Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"No need, I'll handle it for him!"

Sakura waved to Hongo and then formed hand seals on the ground, creating runes for a summoning jutsu.

In the burst of smoke, a slug, about the height of a person, straightened up.

"Ugh, Sakura-chan, you've dragged me to the ocean again!!!"

Because pirate ships spend most of their time at sea, they are always covered in salt, which makes it tantamount to burning a slug for food if it stands on it.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

The wriggling slug seemed to be dancing a strange dance, crawling up to Sakura's waist and wrapping itself tightly around her.

"Stop fooling around, slug, cooperate with my treatment!"

Sakura carried her toward Shanks, her rough handling making Hongo, who was watching from the side, twitch his eyebrows.

The ship's doctor, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, simply stood in front of Sakura and angrily rebuked her, "Stop! You're planning to apply insect plasters to the seriously wounded! Do you want to kill him?"

"I'm an old friend of Shanks, and I wouldn't do anything to harm him."

In short, calm down first!

Sakura unleashed a burst of icy energy, instantly freezing Hongo's feet to the ground.

Then, to Hongo's astonishment, he used the Palm Healing Technique with the help of the slug to completely heal Shanks' injuries.

"That's impossible..."

The ship's doctor was shocked by the shock and lay dejectedly to one side.

"Mind your own business when it comes to people with special abilities."

The chef, Raki Lou, squatted down next to him and finished him off with a knife.

On the deck, Shanks, who had fully recovered from his injuries, gradually regained consciousness. He opened his blurry eyes and saw the girl carefully bandaging him.

The bright moon hangs high in the night sky, its soft light spilling down, while the cool sea breeze lifts the girl's hair, revealing her flawless face.

"Sigh, we lost again."

Shanks etched this beautiful scene into his heart and sighed softly.

"Idiot, can't you just admit defeat if you can't win?"

Sakura wrapped the last patch of his body tightly with bandages and tied a knot.

"Take it easy, I'm injured, and what man in the world would back down in front of the woman he loves!"

Shanks was wincing in pain, but his mouth, which was being subjected to a 2,000-degree Celsius heat, remained stubbornly closed.

"You never learn!"

Sakura raised her fist and shook it at Shanks.

However, this move did not scare him; instead, it made Shanks jump up with great energy.

"Men, let's start the feast!"

A loud shout caused all the crew members on the pirate ship to stop what they were doing, and then the atmosphere on the entire ship became excited.

"Oh!"

The pirates' laughter and chatter echoed to every corner of the sea, and a grand banquet was held on the deck of the Red Fox.

The combatants worked diligently to carry the food onto the deck, and Chef Lucky Roux became the focus of attention with his charcoal-grilled sea king meat steak.

Bottled and barrelled liquors were piled up casually around the mast, ready for anyone who wanted a good drink to take whenever they wanted.

As the only outsider not belonging to this ship today, Sakura naturally received special care from them.

"You're sixteen now. Don't think you can get away with drinking juice this time. Otherwise, you'll be sitting at the same table as my daughter!"

Shanks had two bottles in his left and right hands, and one foot was raised on a large wooden barrel, looking like he was about to explode with Sakura.

"Your...daughter?"

Even knowing of Uta's existence, Sakura was still in a daze for a moment.

There's this strange, almost painful feeling of having a childhood best friend suddenly appear in front of you with their child, urging you, as the elder, to give the child a red envelope.

"Yes, that's a treasure that our Red-Haired Pirates are very proud of!"

Shanks flicked the cap off the bottle, shoved the glass bottle into Sakura's hand, opened one for himself, clinked his bottle against Sakura's, and started hoarding!

"That's really...congratulations."

Sakura glanced at Uta, who was playing and frolicking with the pirate crew members, and listened to the girl's clear singing voice floating on the sea.

"What a nice kid."

Sakura was overwhelmed with emotion, realizing that she had reached the age where she could call others children.

"Auntie Xiaoying".

Meeting the girl's gaze, Xiao Uta ran forward and greeted her politely.

"Ahem! Auntie..." Sakura's eyes bulged, and she ruffled the girl's hair in an annoyed tone: "Call me 'older sister'!"

"Hahaha!"

Shanks picked up his daughter and spun her around, smiling like a kind old father.

After seeing Uta off, his gaze returned to Sakura. Seeing that the girl hadn't touched a drop of alcohol, his expression changed and he said, "Drink it all! I've already finished a whole bottle. Are you trying to cheat me?"

"Hmph, Shanks? Do I need to cheat to deal with you?" Sakura proudly raised her head and downed the wine in the bottle in one gulp.

"Sakura, you really dare to say that!" Shanks' eyes sharpened. "Want to have a match?"

Instantly, the noise on the ship disappeared, and the crew members gathered around.

Raki Lou, who was part of the atmosphere-building group, squeezed through the crowd and announced the rules: "Then the competition begins. The winner is crowned and the loser is eliminated, until only one person remains!"

"Alright, are you planning to drag your entire pirate crew into this fight?"

Sakura was not intimidated by their provocations and raised her glass to accept all the drinks offered.

—Today I'll show you what a giant really is!

One bottle, two bottles... ten bottles, twenty bottles!!!

When the banquet hall was filled with discarded bottles, the members of the Red-Haired Pirates simply collapsed into the pile of bottles and fell fast asleep.

The two main forces had fallen, the combatants were exhausted, and even the chef, Lakiru, was snoring while holding the ingredients.

"It's a monster..."

The pirate crew members were completely defeated by one person, and in the end, none of them regained consciousness.

"That's it? You guys aren't going to be unable to handle it?"

The girl held a meat bone in her hand and stood on a wine barrel.

With a slightly flushed face, the comfortable sea breeze made her emerald eyes squint, and she looked down on everyone with her usual arrogance.

"whispering sound!"

Shanks, who was lying on the ground unable to get up, had already passed out and woken up for the second time after drinking too much.

At this point, he no longer has the strength to even provoke Sakura, let alone get up and fight again.

Despite giving it their all, they were ultimately unable to win.

Lost.

Completely defeated.

However, there is still a long road ahead, and Shanks does not dwell on temporary gains or losses. As long as he continues to sail the seas, he will surely defeat her one day!

"No, I really can't take it anymore!"

"Hmm~" With her sharp, cat-like eyes, the girl instantly squatted down beside him.

His mouth was wide open in a delightful grin, his smile radiant.

"Oh my gosh, guess what? Someone's given up! Wait a minute, I'm going to find a video Den Den Mushi, you can say it again later!"

Shanks caught the scent of a dog, and his heart raced, his blood rushing to his head. In a fit of rage, his consciousness began to waver again.

In a hazy state, I seemed to hear someone barking like a dog.

“Little Uta, look, your dad has lost to me. You be my witness and tell him to stop bothering me next time.”

In his desolation, Shanks sank into deeper darkness, a final thought lingering in his mind.

—You scoundrel, don't bring trouble upon your family!

Chapter 88 The local gangs are so rude.

The next day, Shanks woke up from his hangover in bed, and Uta walked in with a bowl of hangover soup.

"Oh, did Uta even prepare a hangover soup for me?"

Looking at the soup filled with his daughter's love, Shanks felt a warm glow in his heart.

"No, it was Sakura-neechan who did it! She's already left, saying she's going to travel the world."

"Before she left, she asked me to tell you that she would be waiting for you at the top, and she hoped you wouldn't disappoint her!"

Little Uta placed the hot soup on the bedside table, sat on Shanks' bed, and swung her legs.

Shanks finished the soup, and the warm liquid flowed down his esophagus, relieving the acidity in his stomach caused by the alcohol.

Shanks put down the wooden bowl and gazed out the window at the vast sea.

"Really? A meeting of titans?"

Shanks couldn't suppress the urge to smile; anticipation was practically overflowing from his chest.

—I really need to find a way to marry that woman!

Shanks lifted his head back and chugged the torrent, then stepped out of the cabin.

The team members had everything ready, their faces, weathered by the sea breeze, filled with anticipation.

Shanks took in everything he had created, and his sense of pride grew.

He raised his head and shouted, "Men, let's set sail!"

"oh!!!"

The pirates aboard the Red Fox cheered loudly, hoisted their sails, and continued their adventure.

On the other side, in the port city of Spedamaruz in the North Sea.

Needing to replenish fresh water, Sakura piloted the Leviathan toward the city's dock.

Soon, Sakura arrived outside the town.

The town is bustling, and although it is filled with waste and large warehouses, and chimneys flowing with the blood of industry, it gives the city a steampunk aesthetic.

The bustling street was busy with people coming and going, and the air was filled with the aroma of grilled seafood. Beer foam from customers at the street-side pubs slid down the sides of their glasses.

Sakura asked a random passerby for directions and quickly found the city's most famous restaurant.

As soon as she stepped inside, the waiter greeted her warmly, but his pupils contracted after he saw Sakura's appearance.

He forced a smile and mechanically asked, "Welcome, is there anything you need, sir?"

"Food, delicious food! Give me a serving of your local specialties for twenty people!"

Since it wasn't mealtime yet, Sakura decided to grab some leftovers to tide her over.

The waiter warmly welcomed Sakura to her seat and then dashed off to the kitchen.

Inside the kitchen, the restaurant owner, who was cooking, was being violently pulled and tugged by a waiter.

"Boss... Boss... something terrible has happened! A wanted criminal has arrived outside!"

The waiter opened the cabinet and rummaged through it for a while before pulling out an arrest warrant and handing it to the shop owner.

"Wow, 440 million Berries!"

The shopkeeper gasped, a surge of greed rising within him, but upon calming down, he realized he was no match for such a formidable pirate.

Seeing the shop owner's predicament, the waiter suggested, "We could notify those adults on the garbage mountain!"