"Hiss… it hurts so much…"
Late at night, on the deck of the sailboat, there was a cry of pain from Zoro, who gasped for air.
"Uh-huh… Is the training from the boss very strict?"
After handing him the bandage, Kalina, who was sitting next to him and watching him apply the bandage, asked with a smile.
"Ah… His strength is like a monster. It's hard to believe that he is only one year older than me." Zoro nodded, with an excited smile on his face. He said in a firm tone: "He can become so powerful at his age. I believe I can catch up with him quickly."
"Aiming to be the boss? This is a very difficult thing to do. You have to work harder than us." Kalina said.
"Ah… I have already made up my mind."
Zoro stood up, picked up the three famous swords and said to Kalina, "When he comes out after healing Nami, tell him that I won't be sleeping on the boat tonight. Meet me at the same place tomorrow."
After saying this, Zoro walked towards the depths of the island with the help of the cloudless moonlight.
Apparently, he was planning to stay up all night training.
It has to be said that after learning that Dewey had an island in the sky, Zoro was no less excited than Kalina and the other girl. This is simply the perfect gym.
Even when sleeping, he could directly dive into the bubble that Dewey had seized control of and continued to rise.
After learning about the bubble culture, Zoro did not go back to the ship to sleep the next day.
Of course, in addition to convenience, he also didn't want to disturb Dewey and the two girls' nightlife.
Such a considerate deputy captain made Kalina and the other girl like him more and more. Although he was one year younger than him, the two girls with rich experience regarded him as a younger brother.
Watching Zoro's figure disappear into the night, Kalina turned back to the cabin to destroy Nami's plan to take advantage of her healing to eat.
Time passed quickly and soon it was the end of January 1519 in the Haiyuan calendar.
Since the new ship would not be completed until February 26, Dewey controlled the island's drifting speed and did not return to the Water City immediately. Instead, he headed towards the Kingdom of Alabasta, one of the oldest ancient human countries.
Yes, Dewey is going to steal Wang Luffy's girl again.
Digging one is digging, digging two is digging, and digging three is also digging.
Throughout the entire One Piece, there are only four most important crew members of the Straw Hat Pirates.
One is the deputy Zoro, one is the navigator Nami, one is the ship's doctor Chopper, and the other is Robin who helps Luffy become the Pirate King.
The ship's doctor Dewey doesn't need one. In his eyes, the most valuable people are Zoro, Nami and Robin.
Nami has become one with him, Zoro has become their younger brother, and the only one left is Robin, whom Dewey was planning to recruit when he expanded his fleet.
In the drawer of his desk, there are still video recordings of historical texts and the design drawings of Pluto.
Dewey was very curious. If he dug out three of the four most important crew members of the Straw Hat Pirates, one of whom was Robin, a rare person in the world who could decipher ancient characters, how could Luffy, the destined king, become the Pirate King?
"Your strength has increased a lot. Now it's time to give you a test."
On this day, Dewey did not let Zoro go to training. He gathered the three of them together, looked at them and smiled.
"Boss, are you going to start that plan? Or are you preparing to return to the new world?"
Hearing this, Nami immediately asked with anticipation.
Zoro also showed an excited smile: "Finally, we are going to face real combat, the strong men of the Grand Line, it's really exciting!"
"Our new ship will be ready soon, Boss. Are you planning to get rid of those CPs who have been looking for us? Or drive them away?" Kalina asked curiously.
Although they would return to the air base at night, Dewey and the other two did return to Qinghai during this period.
Dewey and his three companions would even secretly return to Qinghai every few days to expose the sailboat to the eyes of trained seagulls and news birds.
Using Nami's perception that covers dozens of nautical miles, Dewey and the other three have been guiding the spies who are following them towards the Kingdom of Alabasta.
I believe that there are already people from the navy and even Marijoa waiting for them there.
"Yes, it's time to get rid of those annoying guys." Dewey nodded to Kalina and smiled meaningfully: "This is the best time to expose the Dark-Dark Fruit. It is also a test and mission for you."
"What tests and tasks?" The three looked at Dewey curiously.
"Defeat Shacklockdale, the boss of Baroque Works, and recruit a new companion at the same time." Dewey said.
"Baroque Works? Such a familiar name, I seem to have heard it somewhere else," Nami scratched her head.
"Baroque Works, I know that."
At this time, he said: "That is a bounty hunter organization. They invited me before. The location seems to be in the East China Sea, but I couldn't find the entrance to the Grand Line, so I refused."
"I remember it too. It's a secret criminal group that became famous a few years ago." Kalina looked at Dewey in surprise and said, "The mysterious boss of that group is actually Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"
"Well, your test is to defeat him and his men." Dewey nodded and said, "And the mission is to recruit his deputy, Nico Robin, the son of the devil who was once famous all over the world and had a bounty of 79 million berries at the age of eight."
"I see."
Kalina and the other two nodded, without asking Dewey why he wanted to recruit a pirate.
Because they all knew Dewey's ambitions and plans, and were ready to become wanted criminals at any time.
"This is the abilities and weaknesses of Crocodile and his men, as well as information about Nico Robin. I will not take any action in this test." Dewey took out a thousand-year-old paper cut into three pieces and handed it to the three of them. He stared at Kalina and smiled, "Kalina, you have to perform well this time."
"Hehe…don't worry, I'm a professional actor!" Kalina patted her already huge conscience and assured Dewey.
Zoro stared at the information on Mr. Zibonis, who ranked only below Crocodile and Nico Robin, on the Millennium Paper. He grinned and said expectantly, "Can the user of the Slicing Fruit turn any part of his body into a blade? It's just right for testing the ability to cut steel!"
Yes, Zoro has mastered Steel Cutting.
This is not something to be shocked about.
The reason why Zoro went out to sea was that he felt the bottleneck of swordsmanship, but he had never met a swordsman worthy of his attention.
At the beginning of the original plot, except for Hawkeye, a swordsman whose strength is as deep as the sea, the two swordsmen Zoro met were both in injured states, one was a circus and the other was a six-sword style when seriously injured.
None of them were as strong as Zoro, but even when they were injured and badly wounded, Zoro still managed to take care of them.
The first opponent who truly made Zoro experience death was Mr.1 Dazbonis.
And now, Zoro met Dewey in advance and got help from Dewey, the top swordsman. He was so self-disciplined and focused on training, and put in dozens of times more effort than ordinary people. More than a week after the start of training, Zoro had already comprehended the breath of all things. Then a few days ago, he successfully cut off Dewey's bamboo sword which was as hard as ordinary steel.
As a reward, Dewey allowed Solon to drink for an hour that day.
And Nami, after nearly two years of hard training, finally mastered the dual-color domineering.
Since then, Nami's strength is no less than that of Portgas, who had not yet joined the Whitebeard Pirates in the original work. In addition to physical skills, Nami is much stronger than Ace in perception, destructive power, domineering and escape.
In other words, Nami's strength is worthy of a bounty of more than 500 million.
After Nami mastered Armament Haki, Kalina was no longer Nami's opponent, even though she mastered Dark Water, which can restrain Devil Fruit users.
Three natural elements and a swordsman who has mastered the art of steel cutting. Although there are only four of them, Dewey's team is the top fleet second only to the Overlord even in the New World.
Even without Dewey, these three people can almost move freely in the first half of the Grand Line as long as they don't encounter those reclusive legends.
Therefore, Dewey really did not plan to take any action during this trip to the Kingdom of Alabasta.
After handing the information to the three people, Dewey used the power of the Float-Float Fruit to control the sailboat back to Qinghai.
In the next few days, the four of them stayed on the sailboat, enjoying the long-lost sailing trip.
When the time came to February 5, 1519 of the Sea Circle Calendar, the sailboat finally arrived at Saint Ting Island where Alabasta was located.
"Wow… What a huge island! This should be the largest island we have seen besides the Sabaody Archipelago, right?"
Looking at the huge island, even Nami, who had seen the world, couldn't help but be amazed.
"It is truly the largest island we have ever seen, bar none."
Kalina, who had seen the photo of Saint Ting Island in the geography book, said calmly: "After all, the Chabaoti Archipelago is not an island, but an archipelago."
"No need to look for a port, just find a deserted place to dock."
Dewey brought out a beach chair and sat on the deck of the cabin rooftop. His voice was like a breeze and was heard by the three people: "I will wait here for a week. You are not allowed to come back within a week. You can only call me if you encounter something unsolvable. I will end your trial."
"learn."
Kalina turned around and made an OK gesture to Dewey, then Nami turned the rudder and headed towards the place suitable for sunbathing that she had chosen for Dewey.
When the sailboat docked, Kalina and the other two, carrying backpacks filled with a lot of money, headed towards the rainy land of Saint Ting Island.
Dewey took out a novel and started reading. From time to time, he looked up at the seagulls flying across the sky. After more than an hour, he simply covered his face with the book, as if he was taking a nap.
After a while, the seagulls that had been circling in the sky finally left the sky in this area.
I don't know if it was because they saw Dewey sleeping, or if Nami and the others who landed on the island made some noise.
After more than an hour, when the seagulls still hadn't returned, Dewey seemed to take a short nap, put away the book, stood up and returned to the cabin.
When night fell, no one saw that the sailboat suddenly moved on its own and came to a remote place far away from the rain, which even Nami 960 could not sense with her domineering aura.
Then a figure that blended into the night flew into the sky carrying a large number of boxes filled with Baileys.
Back on the sky island, Dewey placed all the Baileys in a tree hole and then flew out of the island.
As the moonlight shone down, Dewey's figure was revealed.
He was not wearing the beach pants and short-sleeved top that he wore during the day, but a loose black windbreaker that covered his entire body. The hood also hid his hair, and he wore a white mask with a clown's smile painted on it on his face.
Flying all the way towards the Sabaody Archipelago, just before dawn, Dewey had already flown over the Red Earth Continent and arrived directly in the New World.
Time goes back to a few hours ago, and they have arrived at the rainy city of Alabasta. Nami and the other two don't know that Dewey's test this time is actually to get them away so that he can do something secret.
They deliberately made some noise in the rain, but did not immediately go to cause trouble for Crocodile. Instead, they played around for a day.
"The Dazbonis that Zoro wanted to challenge hasn't come back yet. Let's go to Crocodile's casino for a few days."
Back in the room that belonged to the two of them, Nami said to Kalina, "From what I perceive, those guys have already left. Although they have the information about my amazing perception and eavesdropping, I still discovered their sight and small movements when you used the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit. Kalina, the suspicion that you are the user of the Float-Float Fruit should have been cleared!"
"Great, those annoying flies are finally gone."
Kalina smiled with satisfaction.
At this time, Nami suddenly asked: "Kalina, should we secretly go back to find the boss?"
Hearing this, Kalina's face was a little moved, but she still shook her head and said: "Forget it, this is a test given to us by the boss. Maybe he is somewhere you can't see, watching us silently."
"Huh? Why is our boat gone?" Nami subconsciously looked for the sailboat, but her expression changed slightly.
"It must have been done by the boss. It seems he has high expectations of us." Kalina smiled as expected.
"Okay, that's the only way." Nami said with a frustrated look on her face. She thought Dewey didn't want them to sneak back to eat, so he deliberately left her perception range.
Little did they know that their boss had already left the first half of the Grand Line, entered the New World and flew straight towards the territory of a certain overlord.
And that overlord is the only female among the Four Emperors – Big-Mom Charlotte Linlin.
That territory is the Kingdom of Totland (Ten Thousand Kingdoms)