Pirate Codex

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Nico Robin showed a shy smile, and then lowered his head with some sadness and uneasiness.

"He and the other pirates are all because of me."

Nico Robin was filled with guilt and uneasiness.

Feeling guilty that the village encountered pirates because of him, he was worried that Arthur and the others would think that he was the embodiment of bad luck and drive him away.

"nothing."

Arthur gently rubbed Nico Robin's little head and said with a smile: "Even without them, there will be other pirates attacking in the future."

"The troubled times have come, and there is no way to escape. The weak can only drift with the tide, and there will be no peace."

"Only by becoming strong can you control your own destiny and live the life you want."

"For us, this is just a small threshold on the road to becoming stronger."

Hey, what am I talking about? She is just a child.

Arthur looked at Nico Robin who was stunned on the spot, touched his nose in embarrassment, turned around and walked into the bathroom.

"Okay, I'll wash up first."

Strong?

Control your own destiny?

Nico Robin stared blankly as Arthur turned around and walked into the bathroom, with an inexplicable look in his eyes.

"Get up, get up"

"Wash up quickly and start your morning run later."

After Arthur finished washing, he woke up the younger brothers one by one and urged them to put them into the bathroom.

The new member Monica was also awakened by everyone's actions. She rubbed her eyes in a daze and walked out of the room.

Since the dead villagers were buried together yesterday, most of the surviving villagers have left to find relatives to seek refuge with.

Pirate robberies twice every six months made the villagers completely understand that Orchard Village was no longer safe, and most villagers chose to settle in the city.

Monica, who was left unattended, was taken in by Arthur and became a member of his gang.

Arthur naturally saw Monica, so he took a few steps forward, walked to Monica and squatted down:

"Monica, did I disturb you? It's still early now, you can continue to sleep for a while."

Although Monica has joined him and others and will definitely need to practice in the future, now, of course, Arthur will not force Monica, who has just lost her loved one, to practice.

As for Paul, who also lost a loved one, perhaps for him, only hard practice can make him forget this pain for a short time.

Arthur looked at Paul who was the fastest and had already finished a glass of water and was waiting for everyone at the door.

"Are you going to start practicing?"

Monica had woken up, looked at the busy people, turned her head, and said firmly to Arthur: "I want to practice too."

Then he ran back to the room, took out a small wooden sword that Arthur had sharpened for him yesterday, held it in his hand, and stared at Arthur with a stubborn look.

"Good good."

Arthur laughed and could only nod towards him, then turned to everyone who had finished washing and said: "Bonis will lead the team today, you can go practice first."

"Ok"

Bowness didn't waste any words, he agreed, and then led everyone out and ran towards the training ground.

"Come on Monica"

Kevin, who stayed behind, smiled and made a cheering gesture to Monica, then turned and walked towards the kitchen.

He was going to start making the food needed for several people to supplement their nutrition in the morning and during this day's practice.

"Then go and wash up first."

After Arthur pushed Monica into the bathroom, he came to the dining table, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then sat down and waited.

"that"

At this time, Robin also finished washing the clothes, wiped his hands on her skirt, stood up from the pony, and asked timidly:

"Boss Arthur, I also want to practice with you, is it possible?"

Oh

Arthur turned his head and looked at Nico Robin, who was nervously lowering his head and rubbing his hands, and said with some surprise: "Aren't you a Devil Fruit user?"

"You also need to practice like us"

Speaking of which, I don't know enough about Devil Fruits. I only know that they can give people various strange abilities and come with a curse that can be restrained by sea water.

So far, all I have learned about is the flowers and fruits displayed by Nico Robin.

"needs."

Nico Robin nodded cautiously.

"My ability is to make any part of my body grow like a flower on any tangible thing within sight to perform attacks or other functions."

"For example, hands."

Nico Robin crossed her hands in front of her chest to activate her ability, and then a small hand grew from the dining table, grabbed Arthur's wrist, and gave it a strong squeeze.

Arthur only felt his wrist being moved upward by a small force. Arthur just shook his hand lightly and broke free of his little hand.

Nico Robin lowered her hands, and the arms on the dining table disappeared. “The hand I open is as strong as I am.”

"I understand, so you also need to do strength training."

Arthur nodded. For an ability like the Blossom Fruit, it seems that its attack method can only be carried out through the arms, so it is very important to exercise physical strength and even wrist and arm strength.

"Yes."

Nico Robin nodded cautiously and continued: "And the use of my abilities will consume my physical strength, so I also need to carry out physical training."

"No problem." Arthur thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Nico Robin's Devil Fruit ability is quite weird and very useful. Helping her become stronger is also my original idea.

"You can follow us to exercise, but you don't need to learn swordsmanship. I will teach you a set of basic boxing skills. You can learn various effective ways to exert force based on the boxing skills to use your fruit abilities."

As a flower fruit esper, Nico Robin naturally does not need to practice swordsmanship, which is just a waste of his ability and time.

Well, Monica can also learn boxing together first. Boxing is also the basis of swordsmanship. Besides, with her current strength, she can't lift a long sword.

"Great"

Nico Robin's little face was full of joy, and then she paused slightly and smiled stupidly at Arthur: "Come on hehehe, come on hehehe"

This silly smile

Arthur remembered the story little Robin had told about between him and Vice Admiral Sauro, and sighed softly.

How important is this hundred-year history that the Navy needs to make such a decision? Even a lieutenant general can sacrifice at will.

Don't worry, stay here. I, Arthur, am not the kind of person who betrays children.

but

"From now on, you can practice with us every morning, and carefully study the makeup skills in the afternoon, which are the bottles and jars I brought back to you yesterday."

Plastic surgery still needs to be learned, after all, once his identity is exposed, everyone in his group will be ruined.

"what"

Nico Robin's face froze, she shrugged, and said with some embarrassment: "But I don't know how to do it."

"You can learn slowly."

Arthur does feel a little embarrassed when he recommends others, but this is necessary.

So Arthur waved his hand and said without any doubt: "This is what you must learn."