Donghai, Cocoa West Village, the square in the center of the village.
Regardless of men, women, old or young, everyone in the village lined up in a long line with excitement.
Haoxue stood with her arms folded next to Croob and three other fish-man cadres, watching with eager eyes as they returned the original amount of money they collected to the villagers. The old village doctor was holding the household registration book to help check.
"...The situation is like this, I think it is necessary to inform you."
On the bench in the corner of the square, Victor, who had his legs crossed, was holding the microphone in his right hand, his left arm casually resting on the back of the chair, and said to the phone bug on his knee: "Do you have anything to say to Aaron and the others, Jinbe?
"
The phone bug, who was sitting firmly on Victor's raised knees, had a calm and resolute face, sighed and said: "I have to thank you very much this time, brother Victor. I didn't expect that my soft-heartedness and letting Aaron go almost caused a catastrophe.
I originally planned to rush to deal with Aaron whenever he causes trouble, no matter where he is, and ask the Navy Headquarters to keep an eye on his movements. Unexpectedly, he actually colluded with the local Navy branch in the East China Sea, and even the Navy Headquarters was kept in the dark.
...Fortunately, you are here!"
"Don't blame yourself, Jinbei. It is your duty as the [boss] to think about your brothers. I understand."
Victor chuckled lightly: "I can only blame Aaron for being stubborn. You have done your best to be kind and righteous. However, Mr. Haoxue was a bit harsh. Even if Aaron wakes up, he will have to lie in bed and eat liquid food for the rest of his life.
"
"Being alive is already the greatest gift to him." The phone bug lowered his head and solemnly thanked: "Brother Victor, I know you took my feelings into consideration and didn't kill Aaron on the spot... I can't thank you enough!"
Victor shook his head: "You are cheating on me again... Then I will let Mr. Haoxue have full authority to handle this matter."
The phone bug nodded: "That's very good."
The two chatted for a while, and after hanging up the phone, Victor leaned back in his chair and watched the villagers happily leave the square with the money that had been robbed by Aaron and his gang, with a smile on his lips.
At this moment, an orange appeared in front of Victor's eyes.
Victor took the orange and looked at Nami who was a little embarrassed: "You don't need to pay for these oranges?"
"You are our great hero, how can you accept money!" Nami retorted angrily, and then asked in a low voice with a slight blush: "Brother, what is [Shichibukai]?"
"Huh? Why are you asking this?" Victor peeled off the orange peel, broke off a piece and threw it into his mouth: "Well... the sweet and sour taste is just right. It's delicious."
"No, no, I just heard Bellemere and Takeru mentioning the word [Shichibukai] with admiration when they were talking about you, my eldest brother."
"Don't do this, you have a serious expression, right?" Victor tilted his head: "It doesn't hurt to tell you. The full name of the Shichibukai is [Ocean's Shichibukai], and we are the seven recognized by the World Government."
'Pirate' and 'hēi shǒu dǎng leader'. As long as we hold this title, everything we do will be legalized with the recognition of the government."
"It's so complicated..." Nami blinked, and then suddenly asked excitedly: "Wait a minute, is it legal? If I join your organization, big brother, will it be legal even if I steal books?"
"...Li, theoretically speaking, this is correct."
Victor was at a loss for words for a moment. In the eyes of this girl, the title of [Ocean Shichibukai] is just a protective umbrella for stealing books legally?
"Great~ Big brother, can I join you?"
Little Nami opened her eyes as hard as she could, trying to create the effect of what Bellemeier once said, "the innocent and cute eyes of a deer."
"No." Victor said categorically, and flicked Nami's head lightly: "Speaking of which, what book do you want? If it's not expensive, I can give you two books. Don't always think about stealing books."
"Really? Thank you, big brother!" Nami, who rubbed her forehead, took out a long list from her pocket with a smile. She seemed to have been prepared: "Don't worry, it's not much, just twenty-six books.
Let me read you the titles of books, "A World History of Navigation Charts", "Exploration and Conquest", "Principles of Meteorology {Fifth Edition}", "Monsoon Theory", "Changes in Ocean Currents"..."
"Please stop for a moment..." Victor quickly stopped Nami, who was reading the book titles enthusiastically, and said with a headache: "I'm giving you two books, not twenty-six! And what you are talking about is all related to navigation.
Books, right? I thought you wanted children’s books like comic strips.”
"Only young children should read those boring little books!" Nami stuck out her tongue and said angrily: "Don't underestimate me! I'm learning navigation and can already draw a map of this island! I
My dream is to use my sailing skills to travel around the world and make a [world map] that I can see with my own eyes!!"
There was no ridicule as expected. Nami saw the handsome blond brother showing a gentle and surprised smile, and said softly: "I underestimated you. I'm sorry. I apologize. But what a coincidence..."
"What a coincidence?" Even the young Nami blushed a little at Victor's smile.
Victor nodded: "We happen to be on a [four-sea cruise], and the East China Sea is our first stop."
"Cruising around the four seas, I know!" Nami said excitedly: "That is an ancient route passed down hundreds of years ago, traveling around the four outer seas for a complete circle! It is a very, very amazing route! It's so amazing, I even dream of doing it.
Such a voyage! Please, let me join you!"
Victor looked at Nami quietly, and after the latter calmed down, he said, "Are you really sure you want to go with us? You have more important people here, are you really willing to leave them?"
"I……"
Nami retreated. Faced with her dream and her family, she chose the latter.
"Nami, go ahead."
A voice interrupted what Nami was about to say.
Victor and Nami looked back, and Bellemel, who was wrapped in bandages, walked to the two of them with the support of Ajian. She bowed to Victor first, and then said to Nami: "If it is Mr. Victor, I will
I can safely let you go with him. This is an opportunity you will never encounter again, Nami, go ahead and chase your dream."
Through the newspapers, Bellmere knew very clearly about Victor's deeds. This man was a real [hero]. He was completely different from the strong men of this era. He was willing to think about the civilians and the weak. If Nami followed him to sea
, and I can feel at ease. Nami has extremely high navigation skills. If she stays in Cocoa West Village, the pearl will only be covered in dust. This will be Nami's best opportunity.
Bellemare looked at Victor again, bowed again, and said in a trembling voice: "Although as a mother, I always think that my child is the best, Nami is really a good child, and she also has a very high talent.
I leave this child to you, Lord Victor."
Nami shook her head with tears in her eyes: "I, I want to continue living with Aunt Bellemere..."
Seeing the deep love between mother and daughter in front of him, Victor scratched the back of his head: "You don't have to say goodbye like this, right? Even if you join us, it will only take more than a month of sailing to return to the East China Sea. Our organization is in [Going Home to Visit Relatives]
It’s quite relaxed in terms of things.”
"Huh?" Bellemere and Nami were both stunned. Nami stammered and asked: "But, but... isn't it difficult to come back after entering the Grand Line? And there is a windless zone...
…”
"These are not problems. The world government has developed technologies to deal with these problems." Victor said with a smile: "It is by applying these technologies that we can safely and quickly come to the East China Sea from the 'New World'."
Once she knew that she and Bellemere would not meet again, Nami's mood immediately improved. She had an idea, knelt down in front of Victor and shouted: "Master!"
"..." Victor looked at the orange-haired little girl speechlessly, as if he saw the original Luo: "Okay, master is master. You also have a senior brother named Trafalgar Law."
"Okay, Master!" Nami stood up with a smile, then stretched out her hands in front of Victor: "Gift!"
She didn't think about what expensive gifts Victor wanted, she just subconsciously wanted to get closer to Victor.
But Victor thought for a while, and a small box emerged from the zipper space in his palm. He squatted down, looked level with Nami, and then handed the box to Nami: "This is a gift for you."
Nami opened the box curiously, and what she saw was a white pineapple with spiral patterns on its surface.
"Master, what is this?" Nami picked up the white pineapple and looked left and right but couldn't see anything interesting about it.
Bellemere's face turned pale with shock. She didn't expect that Victor would be willing to take out such a valuable thing. He was not dealing with Nami's childish temper. Was he really planning to accept Nami as his apprentice?
"This is a Devil Fruit." Victor said nonchalantly: "The specific name is Yunyun Fruit. You only need to know that it is a sea treasure worth hundreds of millions. Now, the master's first order is to eat it.
.”
Although Nami has a naughty temperament, she also knows how to respect her teachers. She obediently took a bite of the pineapple skin and found that the soft surface was not as hard to eat as ordinary pineapples. But the second bite was not so delicious.
, the disgusting texture and taste filled the entire mouth, and Nami tried her best to swallow this mouthful.
She grimaced and was about to take a second bite, but was stopped by Victor: "Okay, this thing will only work if you take the first bite. Come on, give it a try, the Devil Fruit will give you powerful [power], naturally.
He's even better at devil fruit."
Nami immediately felt the changes in her body. Her fingers, arms, and body gradually turned into floating white clouds, which made her scream. But within 2 seconds, her body solidified again and became its original shape.
Body shape. Then Nami was able to skillfully transform her body into the form of a cloud at will, and had a great time playing with it.
Victor smiled slightly, and as expected, Nami was 100% matched with this natural fruit. This fruit can only exert its greatest effect in the hands of Nami, who is born with the qualifications to become the strongest navigator, but the specific
The development direction needs to be checked by herself.
There is no other reason. Because in the sixth comic of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" that Victor read in his dream, there is a powerful stand-in user who can use such abilities to perfection.