Pirates: My Cool and Handsome Captain

When Sanji and I found Luffy, Nami was there too. Sanji immediately spun around: "Nami~"

Nami slapped Sanji away with one slap. She said to me dissatisfiedly: "Doria, you are so cunning. You actually acted alone."

"Ah? What are you talking about, Nami?" I pretended not to understand.

"You sneaked off to play, and Zoro and the others are in big trouble!"

"Isn't Zoro a big trouble himself?"

"That's very well said, Dorea! Green algae head itself is a trouble!"

Nami waved her fist to drive away Sanji who had intruded, and he immediately turned around and went to the mermaid princess to show his courtesy.

"Ms. Dorea, long time no see." Jinbei greeted me with a smile, just like he did two years ago.

"Boss Jinbei, you are here too." I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance, so I waved to him.

I leaned closer to Nami and asked quietly, "Does Luffy know that Zoro has occupied Ryugu Castle?"

Nami shook her head: "I haven't told Luffy yet, and now it's not as simple as us occupying Ryugu Castle."

Nami told everyone how after I left, Hodie Jones led the new mermaid pirate group into Ryugu Castle and kidnapped King Neptune.

"I never thought such a serious incident would happen in Ryugu Castle." Jinbei was surprised.

Luffy asked hurriedly: "What about Zoro and the others? How are they now?"

Nami spread her hands, "I don't know either. I plan to go back after I see you."

Princess Shirahoshi on the other side sobbed and cried, "How could this happen? My father was actually captured. This kind of thing... This kind of thing is simply unbelievable."

Boss Jinbei sighed heavily, sat on the ground, and told us solemnly what happened on Mermaid Island ten years ago.

I sat next to Luffy and listened to Jinbei talking about what happened on Fishman Island many years ago. In general, it was a boring and clichéd story. Humans hated the fishmen, and the fishmen hated humans. In order to change the situation of the fishmen and humans, two key figures appeared on the island. One was Princess Otohime, the queen of the Ryugu Kingdom, who advocated "peaceful coexistence with humans", and the other was Fisher Tiger, a fishman explorer who advocated "breaking with humans". Fisher Tiger died of excessive blood loss in a battle. Princess Otohime was also assassinated ten years ago while collecting signatures for the establishment of friendly relations between the fishmen and humans. After that, a series of events were implicated, including Arlong's exile to the East China Sea, Nami's hometown suffered a disaster, and the little princess lost her mother at the age of six.

Luffy beside him had already started snoring quietly.

Jinbei solemnly expressed to Nami the mistake of exiling Arlong. The atmosphere was heavy for a moment, and I slapped Luffy who was sleeping to wake him up.

"Ah...ah? You slept so well." Luffy's snot bubbles burst.

Jinbei and the others couldn't believe that Luffy actually fell asleep when he was talking about such a serious matter. Sanji came over angrily and kicked Luffy in the face, "Come on, asshole!"

Luffy rubbed his eyes and looked at Jinbei blankly: "Jinbei, why are you crying?"

Jinbei quickly wiped his face with his sleeve and said, "How could I cry? You must have seen it wrong."

"Ah?" Luffy didn't think much about it and put on his straw hat casually: "Jinbei, you just said that Shirahoshi's mother caught the pirates and then what happened?"

Sanji Shark Teeth: "You bastard, this is what I said at the beginning, you almost fell asleep during the whole process!"

I took a deep breath. It's really hard to be Luffy's companion. But with Luffy's jokes, everyone temporarily forgot their sadness.

I clapped my hands. "Okay, what should we do next, everyone? The Mermaid King has been kidnapped, and Zoro and the others don't know the situation yet. We don't have any extra time to waste."

Jinbei stood up and said, "I'm sorry everyone. It took quite some time to confirm who was in Ryugu Castle. When Hodi and his gang attacked, the king and the soldiers were captured. Your four companions are missing. That's all we know for now."

Xiao Ba lay on the ground and told Jinbei everything he knew. When they gathered together to discuss what to do, a huge snail slowly crawled over. It was an image-forming Den Den Mushi. It blinked its big eyes and projected an image onto the bubble wrap, and the image soon appeared.

That's...Hodi!

Hodi is extremely arrogant. He not only wants to rule Fishman Island, but also those Fishman Islanders who signed the list will be punished later. He also wants to publicly execute King Neptune. And from the projection, Zoro and the others are locked in a cage and are about to be submerged by the sea.

Public execution!

This instantly reminded me of Ace's public execution. My heartbeat quickened and my eyes went red. The way I suddenly knelt on the ground startled the people who were discussing the plan.

"Dorea!"

"Dorea! What's wrong?"

Little Red Bean licked my face, its snake eyes full of anxiety.

I took a deep breath, touched my hot face and wanted to laugh. I didn't expect that the aftereffects of the Battle of Marineford two years ago would show up at this time.

The words "public execution" kept turning around in my mind, and my eyes turned into snake pupils unconsciously. Nami was scared by my appearance.

"Doria, are you feeling unwell? Your eyes..."

"...I just remembered the public execution of Marin Vandoace two years ago." I whispered.

Everyone was silent, and Jinbei stood up and said solemnly: "We have to thank Miss Doria for her help two years ago. She helped us stop Akainu."

"Boss Jinbei, you already thanked me two years ago, and I'm Ace's sister, I will save him without hesitation." I looked at Luffy and said, "Luffy, beat that guy up there, he's so disgusting."

"You should go and rest on the boat, Doria. No wonder Terran left you on the Daughter Island. You are too weak." Luffy crossed his arms over his chest.

"What the hell is Terra Man? Be careful. My captain will slice you up for exhibition if he finds out you nicknamed him casually." I stood on Red Bean and let it take me back to the room of the Sunny. "Maybe I was disgusted when I was dealing with that pervert just now. I'm going to take a rest. Luffy, remember to clean up the other garbage together."

"Go and rest now, I'll knock them all away!"

Watching me leave, Nami asked quietly, "Doreya, what did that just now?"

Chopper also lowered his voice: "It seems to be the symptoms of the sequelae of the war. Maybe it suddenly broke out when he saw King Neptune being publicly executed."

"Is there no way to cure it?"

"This is a psychological problem. Some people will be immersed in the fear of war for their whole lives, while others will recover without any medicine."

"But didn't I hear Telaman say Doria had this disease two years ago?"

Chopper shook his head. "Nothing had happened to stimulate her before, so it's normal that she didn't show any symptoms. Maybe something terrible happened in Marinford at that time, and Doria has been suppressing it in her heart. Today, she saw someone being publicly executed again, so she felt dizzy."

"What happened?" Luffy scratched his head.

Jinbei hesitated for a moment and then spoke: "I heard that at that time in Marinford, Blackbeard somehow took the Tremor-Tremor Fruit out of Whitebeard's body, but Whitebeard's pet snake took the opportunity to snatch it away. In the end, the pet snake was torn to pieces by Blackbeard, and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was also lost in Marinford."

"Is this true? How come I don't know about it?"

Facing Luffy who was out of touch with the news, Jinbei asked: "Haven't you read the newspaper in the past two years?"

"Ah, apart from practicing, eating and sleeping, Uncle Rayleigh said that those things would affect my mentality for practicing."

"As expected of Rayleigh, he's really strict."

Nami quickly brought the subject back: "Jinbei, what you meant just now was that Dorea was the snake that stole the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?!" As she said that, she quickly covered her mouth. This was life-threatening news. The Tremor-Tremor Fruit was the devil fruit that many people coveted. The previous user was the Emperor of the Sea, Whitebeard.

"Besides her, I can't think of anyone else who has this ability to deceive the admiral and Blackbeard. The injury Miss Dorea suffered afterwards also confirmed my guess. Fortunately, not many people know Miss Dorea's ability, otherwise Blackbeard and the navy would not let her go."

"Enough!" Luffy interrupted Jinbei, "These are Dorea's own business. Whether it's Blackbeard or the Navy, Ace and I will not let Dorea take risks again."

"Huh?" Everyone looked at him strangely. Why did this sound so weird?

"Ace said that he would cherish the life that was saved in exchange for sacrificing his brother and sister because of his willful impulse, and even his father's life, so..." Luffy smiled and showed his white teeth: "I will also protect Dorea well."

I returned to the guest room and picked up the Den Den Mushi. The chubby little boy's eyes were drooping and his hands were tapping the table. I hesitated for a moment and finally picked up the microphone on the Den Den Mushi.

"Bulu Bulu Bulu... Bulu Bulu Bulu..."

On the pirate ship, Ace put down the bottle in his hand and took out a Den Den Mushi from his arms.

"Ace?"

Ace looked at the Den Den Mushi that automatically transformed into the other person's snake eyes and red lips and smiled, "Doria, why did you think of contacting me today?"

"How can you say it as if I don't care about you? You never even contact me on your own initiative, you stinky little brother!"

Ace looked at Den Den Mushi with amusement as he squinted his eyes and pouted, "My bad, Doria, how are you doing in Daughter Island?"

I was silent.

"Why aren't you talking? Is something wrong?" Ace saw the Den Den Mushi's eyes looking left and right but not saying anything.

"Well... that's it... I'm out to sea, not on Daughter Island."

"Oh, Trafalgar picked you up?"

"No." I leaned on the table holding the Den Den Mushi. "Luffy and I left together. The captain doesn't know."

"What do you mean? What do you mean you're leaving with Luffy?"

"I followed Luffy out to sea secretly, and the captain didn't know." Without waiting for Ace to say anything, I immediately put the blame on Law, "It's all Law's fault that he ran away from home and didn't come to pick me up. I've lived on Daughter Island for two years, and he didn't even leave me living expenses. He must have forgotten about me. It's all his fault!"

Den Den Mushi narrowed his eyes and said in a sinister voice, "I've been talking for a long time and it's you who went out to sea without permission. Stop making excuses."

"Oh, it's obviously Luo who kept me here for too long. You are my brother, can't you speak for me?!" I started to make trouble.

Ace sighed, thinking about how Dorea's thighs were not as thick as his arms, how low her health was, how low her defense was, and how fragile she was. It seemed unreliable for her to go out to sea with Luffy. "Are you going out to sea with Luffy and not going back to the Heart Pirates?"

"Of course not. I asked Peikin and the others before. They are in Zou now. I can meet up with them there."

Ace was speechless. It was fine if his brother was unreliable, but his sister was also a worry. "Are you stupid?! Do you know that Zou is located in the second half of the New World, and it's a moving island? If you escape like this, you will never be able to reach Zou in your next life!"

"Ah... what should I do? I'm already out..." I felt a little disappointed and a little anxious. Would I never see Captain Luo again? !

Ace looked at the two snake pupils of Den Den Mushi with two bubbles of tears. He pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Where are you now? I'll take you to my place first, and then notify them to pick you up."

I wiped my nose with tissue: "We are on Fishman Island, do you want to come over? Will it affect your business? Besides, Luffy has some things that he hasn't finished dealing with here." As I said that, I roughly told Ace about the Fishman Island.

Den Den Mushi sighed and lowered his head deeply. It could be seen that Ace on the other end was having a headache.

"You stay with Luffy and don't run around. If you encounter danger, let Luffy go and you hide in a safe place. Do you understand? I will come to you after I finish the things at hand."

"Just go about your business. I mainly wanted to ask about your recent situation. Why did you come to see me..."

"Who told you to run around?"

After being scolded by my brother, I put down the Den Den Mushi dejectedly. I originally wanted to care about Ace whom I hadn't seen for a long time, but now Ace was the one who was worried about her.

On the pirate ship.

Ace put the Den Den Mushi in his arms, picked up the bottle and took a big sip, then let out a long breath.

"Whose Den Den Mushi is this? You don't look happy, Ace." Marco walked over while chewing on a pineapple.

"It's Dorea. She went out to sea with Luffy."

"Dorea...your snake sister? Is she coming to the new world?"

Ace saw that Marco was very excited, "Why, Dorea wants to go to Zou, and she doesn't know exactly where it is. I want to pick her up here first, and then have her companions come here to pick her up."

"Zou? Come to think of it, I haven't thanked her in person for her kindness. I haven't seen her since I left Marinford... No, I haven't seen her in person." Marco murmured after taking a bite of pineapple. At that time, the snake hid the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in the feathers on his back and took a stone to deceive Blackbeard and the navy. He still remembers how it was torn into pieces in the end. Later, he heard Ace say that she was seriously injured but fortunately still alive.

"Haha...Although Doria ate a snake-shaped devil fruit, her nature is like that of a wild cat. She loves to run around but is timid. She's very interesting." Ace complained about his disobedient sister with a smile, "I'm worried about her running around with Luffy, so I'm going to pick her up in two days. Can you and everyone else stay on the ship?"

Marco slapped Ace on the head and said, "Of course! Our territory has been much more stable during this period. Although Dad is gone, fortunately you are back safely and your strength has improved a lot. I am relieved." Looking at Ace's face, which was much more mature than two years ago, Marco patted his shoulder fiercely and said, "It's a good thing you are back! Dad must be very happy."

Ace's eyes were red and he didn't say anything. He thought about when he just came back, he knelt in front of his father's grave and was unwilling to leave. Marco patted his shoulder and said to him: "It's a good thing you're back." The two brothers cried for a long time. Except for those who died in Marinford, another group of people from the Whitebeard Pirates left. They took the rest of the people to pacify their father's territory.

He always remembered what Dorea once said to him: he is the new era of the Whitebeard Pirates, he wants to be the kind of person who can protect his brothers, and he wants to bring the Whitebeard Pirates back to the top!