Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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"Suit yourself, you're no match for me anyway."

Ron smiled, pushed open the tavern door, and walked out.

Smoker clenched his fist after he left.

"Just how strong is this guy now?"

"The fight hasn't even started yet, but it already makes me feel like I definitely can't win..."

"Has he become even stronger than he did three years ago...?"

"hateful……"

……

Ron arrived at the execution platform and met up with Robin Connie and the others.

After visiting the execution platform where the pirate king Roger was executed.

The group then prepared to leave the town and head to the next island.

Before Ron left.

He noticed a young thug in the crowd with green hair, sharp teeth, and a nose piercing.

It should be Bartolomeo in his younger days, a fanatical fan who idolized Luffy in the original work.

However, it seems that he is not yet a user of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.

Barrier-Barrier Fruit, huh...?

Ron's eyes flickered slightly.

It would be nice to get it.

However, the chances are slim, since he has no idea when or where Bartolomeo obtained the fruit, nor can he be with him all the time.

Ron looked away and followed Robin and Connie out of the bustling area.

Bartolomeo glanced in that direction, but saw nothing.

"What's wrong? Boss?"

"No, it's nothing, it must be my imagination."

……

After leaving Loguetown, Ron and his companions continued their aimless journey across the East Sea.

Ron will check in at each island he passes by, while Connie and Kung Fu Dugong Seven will continue to look for opponents and hone their combat experience.

Robin would buy and collect a large number of books and information wherever he went.

Gradually.

They, who call themselves travelers, have gained some fame in the East China Sea.

……

Soon, the remaining month or so of the year was over.

On a cold winter night when snowflakes were falling on the sea.

The Voyager, which was drifting aimlessly in the East China Sea, arrived at the small island where Cocosia Village is located.

The village of Cocoyasi, which had been occupied by the Arlong Pirates, was gradually covered in white snow.

On the outskirts of the village.

In a room in the backyard where orange trees are planted, a girl with short orange hair, around ten years old, is engrossed in a nautical book.

105, Outsider in Cocoyasi Village

the next morning.

"Nami, are you awake?"

A girl with short blue hair and healthy, wheat-colored skin called out into the room, "It's snowing heavily outside. I'm going to check on the orange grove first. You'd better get up quickly..."

"Hmm~"

The short orange-haired girl, who was half-asleep and slumped over the table, responded to her words with a half-asleep, half-awake tone.

There was silence outside after the sound of a door closing.

After a while...

Nami, who is 12 years old this year, slowly woke up, rubbed her eyes and raised her head.

"It's so cold..."

She hugged her arms and wrapped her thin clothes around herself.

She looked out the window at the white expanse and murmured to herself, "Is it snowing... no wonder it's so cold."

I felt a little warmer after putting on a thick, old coat.

The young girl Nami walked out of the room, where two slices of black bread were placed on the table.

After she finished eating the two slices of black bread that were already a little cold, she opened the door.

The snow outside has stopped, the sky is crystal clear, the sunlight is warm, and everything in sight is white.

The orange trees near the cabin were covered with a thick blanket of snow, and the roads and fields in the distance were also a blanket of white.

"What a beautiful snow scene..."

As Nami gazed at the scenery before her, a hint of longing flashed in her eyes: "If only I could see this with Bellemere..."

It's been two years since that incident...

Time really flies.

I need to grow up quickly so I can get money as soon as possible... That way I can save those villagers and save this village!

Nami's eyes gradually hardened.

But thinking of the enormous sum of one hundred million Berries, she couldn't help but sigh.

suddenly

Plop.

A large clump of snow fell from the orange tree and merged into the snow on the ground.

Nami then remembered Nojiko's instructions.

"Oh no, we can't let the snow break the branches of the orange tree."

She quickly started removing the snow from the orange trees to prevent the branches from breaking and affecting next year's harvest.

While she was busy.

Ron, Robin, Connie, and Kung Fu Dugong Seven have disembarked from the Voyager and arrived at the quiet and peaceful village of Cocoyasi, which is covered in snow.

"What a peaceful village."

Robin, tall and slender with long legs, wearing a white fur coat and exuding an air of elegance, walked along the snow-covered road, gazing at the scattered cottages around her, their chimneys emitting wisps of smoke.

"Master, is there really a guy here with a 2000 million Berry bounty?"

Wearing a thick red cotton-padded coat and a felt hat, Xiao Qi looked at Ron expectantly and asked.

Ron, whose Observation Haki had already spread across the entire island, nodded to it and looked at the tall building near the sea in the distance, saying, "It's over there."

A hint of excitement and anticipation flashed in Xiaoqi's eyes. She turned to look at Conis beside her and said, "Can I do it this time, Boss Conis?"

Connie, who was wearing the same white fur coat as Robin and had her blonde hair tied back, turned to look at it and laughed, "A guy with a 2000 million Berry bounty must be pretty strong, right? Little Seven, are you really capable?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoqi thought for a moment and said to her, "Hmm... I don't know."

"But I really do want to fight some tough guys."

It then looked at Ron beside it, a man with black hair reaching his ears, wearing a black hooded fur coat, a black knife hanging at his left waist, and a tall and well-proportioned figure.

"Master, do you think I can challenge and defeat that guy?"

"Probably not."

Ron said casually.

He glanced at Xiao Qi at his feet and laughed, "Right now, you haven't even learned Moonwalk or Haki, and your strength is barely 100 kilograms. If you rashly face that guy, your chances of winning are basically zero."

"Is it……"

Xiaoqi was a little frustrated.

Robin, standing to Ron's left, couldn't help but smile as he looked at Ron's dejected expression.

Connie smiled at it and said, "Then it's the same as before. Leave the strongest one to me, and you, Xiao Qi, deal with his subordinates."

"Ah."

……

Snow-covered country roads.