Oliver stayed staring at the door and felt that Nami's scent had already gone far away.
"She must have gone into her room already."
He sighed a bit and scratched his head.
"Using personal situations for my own benefit... I prefer to use what I know to help everyone, but I can't just tell Nami that I know about Arlong's pirates and what she went through to try to help her. I need to think of something else."
Oliver stayed looking at the stars while feeling the sea breeze.
"I think I should keep training."
Several hours passed while Oliver trained Hoplomachia, since it was the best fighting style he had and the most balanced for now.
"This fighting style is strange, the left arm hardens, it almost feels like Tekkai/Iron Body, and the right arm with its attacks is similar to Shigan/Finger Pistol. I'd like to have Rokushiki/Six Powers to compare them."
Then he heard some noises and saw Zoro coming out of the men's quarters.
"What are you doing awake so early?" Oliver asked.
"I'm here to take over the shift, you go sleep," Zoro said.
"Well, I guess I do need some sleep," Oliver said.
Oliver went toward the men's quarters when he saw Zoro leaning on the ship and falling asleep.
"BUT DON'T FALL ASLEEP!"
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And 2 days passed as they sailed in complete calm without any problems, talking about different things just to pass the time.
Oliver kept training, now fully recovered from his wounds.
"Right now what we're missing is a musician," Luffy said, bored.
"Are you still with that? You should have better priorities," Nami told him.
"I agree with Nami. First we need a cook—which we're almost getting—and then a doctor. We can't just cover our wounds with bandages and nothing else, otherwise we could get an infection," Oliver said.
Then a shout was heard, grabbing everyone's attention.
"We did it!! Here it is, the Restaurant Ship!! Aniki-Zoro!! Aniki-Luffy!! Aniki-Usopp!! Aneki-Nami!! Aniki-Oliver!!" Johnny shouted, calling everyone.
They all went to see, and there was a big restaurant ship with a fish theme.
"What do you all think?!" the two swordsmen asked.
"What a huge fish!" Luffy exclaimed.
While they stared amazed at the Baratie, a ship approached and positioned itself beside them.
"A marine ship!!" Usopp shouted, terrified.
"When did it get here?" Luffy wondered.
"I hope they don't start shooting," Usopp said.
Then the cannons of the marine ship aimed at the Going Merry.
From the marine ship came a man with a light elegant suit and pink hair.
"I don't recognize that pirate flag," the man said, looking at the ship. "I am Lieutenant of Marine Headquarters, Iron Fist Fullbody. Who is the Captain? Speak."
"It's me, Luffy. And we just made our pirate flag the day before yesterday," Luffy told the marine.
Then the Marine Lieutenant looked at the two bounty hunters.
"Hey, I've seen you two before," he said, staring at them. "You've worked for the government before. I remember you're those damn bounty hunters. Yosaku and Johnny, I think... So in the end you got caught by pirates?"
"Yosaku, seems like this guy wants a fight," Johnny said.
"We can't let him look down on us, Johnny. We won't get any belly, but I think we need to teach this puppy a lesson, Nakama," Yosaku said.
"Take this, marine coward!!"
Both jumped to attack, but suffered an overwhelming beating.
"W-We lost... by a little," they both said, injured.
"Are you sure it's not because you're too weak?" Luffy asked them.
"N-No, he's really strong," Yosaku replied.
"Even we barely lost," Johnny replied.
"You two need more training, I don't know how you even defeated pirates," Oliver said, looking at them.
"Oh, come on Fullbody, stop bothering those weaklings. Let's go already!" a woman called from inside.
"Ah, yes, let's go. You're lucky I'm on vacation, pirates. I only came here to enjoy some good food, but be careful when I'm active again. If we meet again, you're done."
He warned, then went inside with the woman as the ship began sailing away.
'If I destroy the cannonball, how much would things change? Would Sanji not join, or would Luffy get into trouble anyway and end up staying longer?' Oliver thought, wondering what to do.
"Everyone!! That idiot is aiming the cannon at us!" Usopp shouted. "They're firing!!"
"Leave it to me!!" Luffy shouted. "Gomu Gomu no... Fuusen!!/Gum-Gum Balloon"
Luffy's stomach expanded to stop the cannonball and launch it back, preventing the Going Merry from being destroyed.
The cannonball flew away, but not toward the marine ship—it went straight toward the Baratie.
"Who the hell are you returning it to, you idiot?!" Zoro scolded him.
When Luffy saw what he had done, he fell backward.
"And now what do we do?" Oliver asked, seeing the damage on the Baratie. 'It's better not to interfere. I don't want anything to change with the nakamas, unless something else happens.'
"Let's say it was the marines," Usopp suggested.
"Good idea," Zoro said.
"No... I'll go try to fix it. I'm the one who caused this, so I'll go," Luffy said.
"Are you sure? It's better if we say it was the marines," Nami told him.
"I'm going," Luffy said, determined.
They approached the Baratie and docked so Luffy could get off and enter the restaurant.
"There are quite a few ships here," Oliver said.
"The Baratie is a famous restaurant where many people come to eat," Johnny said.
"Even nobles come to eat here," Yosaku said.
Oliver fixed his eyes on Nami, who looked more worried.
'She must have seen Arlong's bounty poster already. Isn't there any way to help her so she doesn't leave?' Oliver thought.
The crew waited for Luffy to finish talking with the restaurant owner to see what he would do about the damage.
"Luffy is taking his time. He'll probably have to wash dishes for a month or something," Zoro said, imagining what would happen.
"We could have blamed the marines, but he's too honest," Nami said, frustrated with her Captain.
"He's quite unique. He seems like anything but a pirate," Oliver said while exercising.
"Let's go see him! We can get food!" Usopp said, thinking about eating.
"What are you talking about?! Do you know how expensive it would be to eat there?!" Nami yelled at him.
"And why not? We can eat plenty and well, better than what we've been eating for days," Oliver said, thinking about the food.
"Putting it like that, we could go see what happened and why he's taking so long," Nami said, standing up and pointing at them. "But nothing expensive will be bought."
"If there's something too expensive, I can try paying. Don't limit yourselves so much," Oliver said. "This way we can also see what the cooks here are like."
"You have that much money?" Usopp asked.
"Who do you think has been paying until now?" Oliver said.
"Let's eat everything!!" Usopp shouted.
"Don't exaggerate or I'll make you do whatever Luffy is doing."
They got off the ship and headed to the restaurant to see what Luffy was doing.
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