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"HOW COULD YOU GET BIGGER BOUNTY THAN MEEEE?
The peaceful but cheerful atmosphere of Thousand Sunny broken by Sanji's scream.
"Because I'm better than you, Curly Brow" Zoro didn't waste opportunities to mock him.
"What did you say, moss head?!"
"Oh, now you are deaf too? Pity"
"OH... I WILL BEAT YOU. YOU GREEN FREAK"
"Bring it on, pervert cook"
And just like that, their bickering continued, until Franky put a stop in it.
"If you break the ship, I'll throw you to the sea myself so you can continue your fight elsewhere."
"Thanks, Franky" Nami sighed and looking at the bounty's paper again. After Wano, their bounty skyrocketed. It was not unexpected given their current situation. It is nice to have so many zeros in your bounty poster, but it also means there will be many dangerous people hunt them down.
She opened the newspaper, scanned its content to found important news that would be useful in the future.
In the middle of news scanning, she found an article that made her smile widely.
"Hey look! It is the children! They found their parents," Nami shouted to the other crews.
Soon, all of them gathering around her to see the news.
"They found their parents. To celebrate it, the navy gave them a farewell party. "
They saw the children smile and laugh with adults they've assumed their parents. G5 is playing around them, looks like they are singing and dancing.
"Glad to know they are okay" Chopper smile widely.
"They will be home. It is suupeeerr" Franky did his pose with tears running down his face.
When everyone chattering, Zoro looked at the newspaper, he looked at the picture in question and began his search for one navy captain.
'There she goes' he said in his mind when he saw a telltale of a familiar woman with glasses in the corner of the picture.
'Wait a minute... what the hell is she doing? '
"Usopp.. let me use your loupe! "
"Why do you need it, Zoro"
"Just give it to me" He took the loupe from Usopp's hand and proceeded to the nest. Newspaper and loupe in hand.
"Weird" grumbled Ussop. But weird and strange is a word he associated with all Strawhats crew a long time ago.
Meanwhile, Zoro reopened the same page and started to use the loupe on the newspaper. And no, his eye didn't deceive him, even if he only has one. There, on the corner of the picture, was Captain Tashigi of the marine, in another man 's embrace.
"SHITT!!" He threw the newspaper and started pacing around the room.
'How could she do that? ' He asked himself
Okay, he never claimed or has any relationship with her, but it doesn't mean he didn't feel rage consumed him. Fast and struck him in the core, it made his blood boiled, and an urge to kill someone, namely the nameless guy in the picture.
He knew he didn't say anything regarding his action in Punk Hazard. But he didn't go kissing around any woman he met. No, she is special, and not because of her similarities with his late best friend.
Along the way, he fell for her, and he knew it. He thought she would felt the same way, judging by the way she kissed him back. And now... that picture ruined everything.
"Just wait," he said, "I'll make sure you didn't fail to interpret my intention, woman."