The Great Voyage Begins with the Celestial Dragons

Even though the Gum-Gum Fruit is quite troublesome, with Ace's guidance, defeating Luffy shouldn't be a problem for him.

However, his goal was simply to join, and since he wasn't good at acting, he might as well just join directly.

However, after joining, he discovered that there seemed to be a way out of what he had imagined.

"You dare to go to sea without knowing how to navigate?"

"Hehe, I'm going to be the Pirate King!"

"No, you don't exercise every day, you just eat and sleep?"

"Ah!? Of course I need to eat if I'm hungry!"

"Hey, don't you need to learn how to be a pirate?"

"Pirates are the freest people in the world!"

"..."

After spending two days together, Zoro looked at Luffy sitting on the deck, grinning foolishly, and felt a surge of anger rising within him.

He was now certain that his future captain was probably an idiot.

On a ship like this, there's absolutely no need for undercover agents.

If you just tell this idiot that you surrender and confess, he'll definitely believe you without a second thought.

Zoro could even guarantee that if this fool hadn't been strong and lucky, he wouldn't have survived to leave the East Blue; he would have probably killed himself there.

"Sigh... I thought Ace meant hardship when he said hardship, but I didn't expect it to mean something else entirely."

Chapter 333 A Predestined Encounter

"Hey, idiot, can't you find a navigator?"

After sailing for several days, the ship, which had been seized from the naval branch, had become somewhat dilapidated due to the unexpected events at sea.

Fearing that he might one day fall asleep and die in the sea, Zoro couldn't help but yell at Luffy.

He genuinely thought Luffy was unreliable; he didn't do anything a normal person would do, and all he did was eat, drink, and shout that he wanted to become the Pirate King.

"Ah... what is a navigator? Can you eat it?" Luffy scratched his head.

Zoro had been speaking to him quite harshly these past few days, but he could sense that the other party meant no harm. It seemed that it was because he hadn't done a good job, so he didn't have any particular thoughts about it.

As for navigators and such, he genuinely didn't know.

"This is unbelievable. Someone like you going to sea as a pirate? Are you playing house?"

Zoro sighed softly, feeling that the future held great promise and a long road ahead.

"There's a small island ahead. We'll see if there are any suitable candidates there."

He didn't have any requirements for navigators; he didn't need them to be particularly skilled, as long as they could guide them to the New World alive.

From Ace, he learned that the New World was the ultimate place where the strong fought and grew stronger.

He also knew that Kuina had gone to the new world after saying goodbye not long ago.

......

Dege Island, port.

Gazing at the approaching, dilapidated ships in the distance, Nami, now a graceful young woman with long orange hair, smiled.

"I've finally waited for this moment, but its navigation ability is really terrible; it can't even avoid storms and tsunamis."

Just by glancing at the damage on the ship, she could roughly tell what Luffy and his crew had gone through.

After muttering a few words to herself, she chuckled and disappeared into the crowd.

On the other side, after entering the port, Zoro repeatedly gave Luffy instructions:

"I'm going to buy daily supplies. You stay on the ship and I'll be right back!"

"it is good!"

Luffy shouted a greeting, but he had no intention of obeying at all.

Once Zoro leaves, he plans to explore the island before him.

Pirates are the freest people; how could they possibly back down because of their crew's warnings?

"Then I'll go first."

Zoro left with the money and two swords, looking quite dashing. At least Luffy was willing to obey, which made him extremely satisfied.

He asked for directions as he walked toward the island's market.

However, after walking for 30 minutes, when he saw his own boat appear in front of him again, he couldn't help but fall silent.

"Tch, that guy can't even give directions."

Zoro muttered something to himself and prepared to leave again.

However, as he glanced at his own dilapidated boat, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Would that guy... really be this quiet?"

When he didn't see Luffy on the deck, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly ran towards the boat and jumped aboard in two or three leaps.

Looking around but not finding Luffy, his expression worsened, and he strode towards the ship's interior.

A few minutes later, he came out with a gloomy expression:

"Ugh... this is so annoying! I really overestimated the difficulty of this task!"

The thought of his captain going missing made Zoro feel extremely depressed.

Now that no one is guarding the ship, he dares not leave it here.

There are hardly any good people around. Ships without crew have only one fate: they will be plundered and taken away.

Now he can only wait for Luffy to return before going out to buy everyday items.

However, what he did not expect was...

Two hours later, Luffy returned excitedly, carrying a large backpack on his back, with a girl with long orange hair beside him.

"Hey, are you going shopping? And who's that next to you?"

Zoro was puzzled by Luffy's situation.

"Hehe, Nami is a good person, these are all things she gave me!"

Luffy placed the large package on his back onto the ship, looking like he was asking for credit.

"Hey, don't just accept things from strangers. Your name is Nami, right?"

Zoro frowned as he looked at Nami. His swordsman's intuition told him that the woman in front of him was not weak, only slightly weaker than him in terms of actual strength, but much stronger than Luffy.

“I am Nami. Your captain is a good man. He promised to save my homeland.”

Nami looked at Zoro with a pitiful expression, her mouth watering.

Zoro couldn't stand the woman's appearance and frowned, saying:

"Speak up if you have something to say, or get lost."

"Ah...I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Nami quickly stopped crying and recounted her experience of her hometown being taken over by fish-men and living a miserable life.

"A fish-man...?"

As Nami recounted the villagers' plight, Zoro kept his hand on his sword, his veins bulging as he displayed extreme anger.

He had absolutely no respect for such a beast who only preyed on the weak.

"Yes, I can tell you are very strong swordsmen. Can you help me?"

Nami looked at the two pitifully. This was her plan to board the ship—simple, crude, but effective.

"Zoro! Let's help him! Nami is so pitiful, let's go and take down those fishmen!" Luffy shouted from the side.

"Since the captain has spoken," Zoro nodded calmly, acknowledging the situation.

He still wanted to see the strength of the fishmen.

"Thank you! You are such kind people!"

Nami spoke, a hint of surprise in the depths of her eyes.

She thought her undercover agents were just ordinary pirates, but it turns out these two are actually quite friendly.

Luffy, in particular, may seem easy to fool, but he is actually an exceptionally kind person.

Nami felt a sense of guilt for deceiving someone like that.

However, when she thought of the Don Quixote family's power and Uta's promise to provide shelter to Cocoyasi Village, she immediately put the so-called sense of guilt out of her mind.

Kindness is worth very little; it's not like she hasn't stolen from kind people before.

"Hehehe, another person has joined us, let's go!" Luffy shouted with a laugh.

Zoro and Nami exchanged a glance. Nami gave Zoro a sympathetic look, while Zoro looked touched and understood.

Having such a lovable captain can bring a lot of joy, but who wouldn't have a headache?

After setting off again, and with Nami leading them through a natural disaster, Zoro unexpectedly discovered something:

"Are you a navigator?"

"Is being a navigator difficult? It's going to rain heavily 10 kilometers ahead, we'd better go around it," Nami casually remarked.

"Very well, I acknowledge you as one of our crew members."

Zoro grinned and steered the ship to prepare to go around.

There was a navigator who would finally no longer have to live in fear.

"Hehe, looks like I'm not bad at all. My dream is to create a world map, what about you?"

"I made a promise with someone to become the world's greatest swordsman."