Pirate: I am King Luffy

"He better pray that he doesn't block my way home."

(End of this chapter)

123. Chapter 123 Swimming

123.

"Shark hahahahaha...The navy of the East China Sea is so pitifully weak."

On the sea, there is a pirate ship with a unique shape floating.

The ship's bow was jagged and its flag featured a red image of a fish.

The fishman's pirate ship.

On the boat, the strangely shaped fishmen were celebrating their victory.

Several murlocs jumped onto the boat from underwater.

Not far away on the sea, a whirlpool slowly swallowed a ship with a seagull flag.

The tall humanoid creature, wearing only a yellow jacket and with a sharp, serrated nose, shook the wine glass in his hand.

"It's ridiculous. The navy on the waterway doesn't care about us at all, but the navy in the East China Sea always gets in the way, and they don't have enough strength..."

Aaron looked at the newspaper that reported that Jinbei became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and said with some amusement.

"It seems that Jinbei didn't spread the news of our falling out." said the octopus man with several tentacles.

"It's really thanks to him that the navy thought we were from the Seven Warlords of the Sea and consciously avoided us."

Another fishman said.

"enough……"

Arlong spoke, he didn't want to hear anything about Jinbe.

He tore the newspaper into pieces. "This is the weakest sea area. The navy is also vulnerable. They can't even understand the characteristics of fishmen. It's ridiculous."

"Let's build our own paradise here, enslave humans, and let them have a taste of what it's like."

He laughed loudly at his compatriots around him, showing the hatred in his heart without any concealment.

"I want to build a paradise like the one in Shampoodi, which belongs only to us fishmen. We are the supreme race, born with strong bodies, and we are the sons of the sea. Why should humans who can only live on land stand above us..."

He took out a map that he had snatched from the navy and spread it out.

"Let's get out of Garp's way first. That living legend is still very troublesome."

"Mark out everything in the newspaper about Garp's whereabouts!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates began to look for old newspapers and handed information related to Garp to Aaron.

Aaron checked the information in the newspaper and blacked out all the routes related to Garp.

"That way we'll be safe. Also, if the navy comes and gets in the way, we'll talk to their leader first and give them some Bailey. If that doesn't work, we'll sink their ship and create signs of a shipwreck, and then the headquarters' navy won't go out."

"We also need to be a little more low-key."

Arlong Shark laughed. Since Jinbei didn't take the initiative to say that he had left the Sun Pirates, he would just use the flag of "Seven Warlords of the Sea".

The government is really interesting. It actually legalized the behavior of pirates.

"We will slowly rule in this direction and find sailors who can draw sea charts. We need such talents to fully utilize the characteristics of murlocs."

Aaron drew a circle to outline an area of ​​sea.

……

Cocoa West Village.

Luffy lay on the recliner, folded today's newspaper and put it aside, then picked up a book to read.

Then I found something wrong with the content of the book.

This is a "comic book" with no words, only some images, more like line drawings.

But the things in the comics gave Luffy a sense of familiarity.

There was something called "Ninja" drawn on it.

Luffy closed the book and looked at the cover, on which were written three big words: Dog of Fire.

"..."

Luffy searched among the books again.

I discovered some more abstract things like the Seven Monkey Balls, Pokémon, and Big Maru.

Finally, I pulled out a picture book called Sea Warrior Sora, and only then did I feel that the style of painting was normal.

Then he started reading it with great interest.

"Luffy, you are such a child, watching something like this!"

Nami, Uta and Nojiko were running around on the ship.

They all held camera-phones in their hands and took photos of each other, which was an activity that girls liked more.

"I'm just a child." Luffy said confidently.

He felt that this "Sea Warrior Sora" was quite good and worthy of being a world-famous picture album.

Girls are not interested in picture albums of this level because they are too rough and have no text, just blurry line drawings.

"Luffy, let's play hide and seek together!" Uta suggested.

Luffy looked at the girls around him. As their diet structure gradually became more rational, they all grew taller and more graceful. The oldest, Nojiko, had completely revealed her girlish charm.

Luffy immediately thought of the scene he had seen before: wearing an official uniform, covering his eyes and wearing a black hat on his head, playing hide-and-seek with a group of girls...

That's the kind of hide-and-seek I want to play, it's really exciting.

"I'm not interested in this game." Luffy said.

"Compared to this, I can't even swim. Can you teach me how to swim?" Luffy looked around at the girls around him.

There are already three.

Now that I have reached the standard, I will learn to swim reluctantly.

"Luffy, can't you swim?" Nami couldn't imagine it for a moment.

She thought Luffy knew everything, and swimming should be a very basic thing, but that powerful grandfather had never taught him!

"It's incredible..." Nojigo sighed.

"Oh, Luffy once fell into the water, and it was Uta who saved him. Humph, although he left a bad impression on Uta at that time, Uta still mercifully saved his life." Uta also thought of this and crossed his arms proudly.

"It's not too late to learn now." Luffy said.

"Okay, Captain, one thousand Baileys!" Nami happily offered.

"Nami!" Noki shouted. She felt that everything was so familiar to her that there was no need to play such paid tricks.

"This is the agreement between me and the captain, so Nokiko should not interfere!" Nami retorted.

"Then you must teach me." Luffy reminded.

"Leave it to me!" Nami pointed at herself with her thumb.

"I am serious about Bailey!"

The three girls surrounded the boy and went to the swimwear store to buy swimwear.

"We don't need this kind of thing at all, right?" Nami asked as she saw Uta taking out the swimming ring.

According to Uta's description, she can swim.

"I can't do that now, because the sea will make me exhausted. I can only rely on the swimming ring to soak in the sea." Uta explained.

Nami nodded suddenly.

Return to the boat and change into swimwear.

Uta was soaking in the sea water with a yellow duck swimming ring on her body, her hands hanging limply in the sea, letting the swimming ring float on the sea.

She turned her face to the side and watched with her purple eyes as Nami held Luffy's hand and slowly guided Luffy to lie flat.

Nojigo was standing by, ready to respond to any dangerous situation at any time.

Now they are two landlubbers, and Uta also needs to pay attention, she can't swim at all.

So powerless...

Uta thought softly that since she became a person with special abilities, she had never touched sea water because it made her feel powerless.

This is the curse of the sea.

Sometimes this symptom occurs when taking a bath, but not every time. It seems to be related to the water quality.

Uta lay motionless, listening to the sound of the water.

"Swimming is very simple. If a beginner dares to put his head in the water and can float, he has basically learned it. As for whether the movements are standard or not, and whether the swimming speed is fast or not, that is a matter of gradual practice and improvement later..."

Nami teaches Luffy the secret of swimming.

This was very simple for him. He could easily float on the sea just by controlling the distribution of his body weight.

So he completed the first step that Nami mentioned.

"After that, be careful not to tense your body. When your muscles tense, your body will sink. Also, don't use your hands and feet at the same time. Find the rhythm between breathing and kicking your legs..."

Nami said while holding the boy's hand.

Swimming is the best way to experience the tension of the body. When you are tense, your body will feel heavy and will sink.

Nojiko on the side pushed Luffy's head into the water, and then lifted it up after a while, switching back and forth to find the rhythm.

Nami was looking directly at the boy's body.

She began to notice that the boy's hands had distinct joints, the lines of his arms were symmetrical and beautiful, and his back was also beautiful, very smooth, with obvious muscle lines.

This is the body of a boy...

She quietly placed her hand on the back of Luffy's hand, feeling the condition of his skin, and curiously stared at the arm with beautiful lines. She found an opportunity to poke it, and felt something hard under her skin.

"The next step is to kick your legs and push the water. Your ankles need to rotate to push the water enough. When you pull your legs in, don't pull your thighs in, pull your calves in. Your strokes should be continuous..."

Nami gradually let go of Luffy's hand, motioning him to paddle on his own, and told him the relevant details on the side.

For a warrior like Luffy, he will find the feeling after trying these basics a few times, and can be said to have learned to swim.

Next, Nami began to teach in-depth things, explaining techniques such as breaststroke and backstroke, and then corrected minor mistakes.

After Luffy tried more than ten times, he felt that he could swim perfectly. These were all basics and he just needed to practice more.

At this time, Luffy is worthy of being called a good swimmer, and Nami did not expect Luffy to learn so quickly.

She floated on the sea, watching the boy swimming freely on the sea.

"It's quite simple." Luffy said.

"It's still a long way to go." Nami said subconsciously.

"Having it is just the basics of walking on the sea. You also need to be careful when rescuing people underwater. Drowning people will subconsciously grab swimmers desperately and interfere with their actions. Saving people is the most critical thing..." Nami said incessantly.

I have a talent as a teacher, Nami thought. These were all taught to her by Bell-mère. After becoming a teacher, she subconsciously taught in Bell-mère's tone.

"Now I will be the drowning person and you will save me." Nami said according to the progress that Bell-mère had taught her before.

Then she took a deep breath, and her curvy body fell into the sea like a fish. She lay on her back, waiting for the boy to come down and rescue her.

Luffy dived into the sea and looking at the increasingly dark sea, he couldn't help but recall the messy knowledge he had read before.

Some tiny bug penetrated through the swimming trunks, bravely rushed towards 66, and entered the human body to parasitize.

My eyes were scratched by fish scales...all kinds of random things flooded into my brain.

The curse of knowledge has begun to strike again.

Luffy didn't want to think about all these things, so he divided his weapons into two parts, one to protect his "cerebellum" and the other to protect his eyes.

Although I was scared, it's not shameful.