21: Chapter 21 Zoro"Hahahaha!" Luffy laughed loudly as he landed on the deck.Coby asked curiously, "Mr.Luffy, why are you laughing so happily?Did something happen?"
"Yeah, I met a really interesting person," Luffy thought again of Nami's expression when she saw the treasure she had worked so hard to steal being taken away, and couldn't help but laugh again."However, if I want Nami to join me, I have to defeat Arlong first.But defeating the Arlong Pirates is as easy as having hands," Luffy muttered.
"By the way, Mr.Luffy, since you want to become the Pirate King, you must enter the Grand Line, but you can't do it alone.You need to recruit a group of reliable crew members."
"Ah, I already have a suitable candidate, it's Zoro, the pirate hunter known as the monster in human skin.But I heard he was captured by the Marines in Shells Town," Luffy said with a smile.
"What?Mr.Luffy, you actually want to find someone like that as a partner?But why was Mr.Zoro captured?" Coby exclaimed in surprise, his mouth agape.Then, as if remembering something, he added, "But with your strength, rescuing Mr.Zoro should be a piece of cake, right?"
"I don't know about that, we'll just have to go and see," Luffy said, feigning ignorance."But your last sentence was true ♡＾▽＾♡"
"By the way, Mr.Luffy, your arm suddenly stretched out on the ship just now.Did you eat a Devil Fruit?"
"Yeah, I ate the Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit, so any part of my body can stretch." "I see, no wonder Mr.Luffy is so strong.I wish I were half as strong as him, then I wouldn't have been forced to become a pirate by Alvida," Coby said dejectedly."Everyone has their own destiny.Even if you eat a Devil Fruit, if you don't develop its abilities properly, you'll still be weak," Luffy advised."So, Coby, if you want to have great strength, you have to work hard yourself.Don't envy others, understand?"
"Mr.Luffy," Coby said, looking up with emotion.Just then, a message popped up in Luffy's mind: "Ding dong, congratulations to the host for completing the system achievement 'Life Mentor,' reward: Paramecia-type Devil Fruit—the Sword-Sword Fruit." Luffy said speechlessly, "Oh, right, Ling'er, why didn't you issue any mission to defeat Alvida just now?"
"Her?A small-time pirate with a bounty of 8 million?" Ling'er scoffed."Uh, you're right."
Luffy glanced at Coby, thought for a moment, then took out the Blade-Blade Fruit from his system space and handed it to Coby, saying, "It's fate that we met.This is a fruit I obtained before.I checked the encyclopedia; it's a Paramecia-type Blade-Blade Fruit."
Koby exclaimed, "How can this be?This is such a valuable item!"
Luffy said, "This fruit isn't very useful to me, so please accept it.Consider it a favor between friends."
"Mr.Luffy," Coby was so moved that tears almost fell.Without hesitation, he took the Knife-Knife Fruit and ate it.However, his expression changed after just one bite.He felt like he was eating rice, but he still forced himself to finish it all."Well, actually, you only need to eat one bite to gain the power.There's no need to eat it all," Luffy said.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Coby was on the verge of tears."Well, you've already eaten it, so feel the power first." With that, Luffy took the oar from Coby's hand and rowed towards the destination that had been pre-adjusted.
On the other side, Nami rowed while cursing, "That damn Straw Hat boy, don't think he can do whatever he wants just because he's handsome!" "Now we have no choice but to risk entering the Marine base in Shells Town to steal the Grand Line map," Nami said through gritted teeth.