The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

Upon hearing this, Luffy, who would truly be a pig if he still didn't understand, couldn't help but grin and utter his declaration.

"He's also this guy's captain!!"

He patted Link on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

Well, you're quite the captain, aren't you? You even have to do the work of winning over the crew, which is what I, the first mate, do. You're such a hands-off boss, it must be so comfortable~~ Link barely suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and slam the guy's head to the ground.

"So, Dr. Tony Tony Chopper, would you like to become a member of our Straw Hat Pirates?"

Chopper looked up at the two human pirates in front of him with genuine goodwill and clear, sincere eyes.

He slowly raised his little deer hoof and placed it on Link's outstretched palm.

"Ah."

Chopper is only fifteen years old this year in human years.

At this age, she's not actually that young; she's only two years younger than Luffy.

However, due to the animals' overly innocent nature, coupled with Dr. Kureha's deliberate protection,

Chopper is even more naive than Luffy, and his mind is also much purer.

One advantage of this is that emotions come and go quickly.

She was in the castle room earlier, crying her eyes out with Luffy and Link.

But the moment they arrived outside the castle and started a snowball fight with Luffy, they immediately began shouting.

"Hey Luffy, why did you have to launch a sneak attack when you threw a snowball?!"

"Hahaha, Link taught me this, how about it, not bad, right?!"

"I'm not convinced, let's go again!!"

"Come on then, hahaha!!"

The two of them were having a great time on the towering snow-capped peak, amidst the icy landscape.

At the castle gate, Link watched the two laughing and joking around, and couldn't help but say to Dr. Kureha, who was leaning against the gate with her arms crossed:

"Have you really agreed?"

"What can I do if I disagree? My stupid son has been seduced by you with just a few words. I have no choice but to accept it!"

Dr. Kureha exhaled a puff of cold air from her nostrils, seemingly still quite displeased.

However, upon seeing Chopper having a wonderful time playing in the snow with Luffy, a kind of gentle light flashed in his eyes.

“At least, he won’t have to suffer alongside his strict master like me.”

"He no longer needs to envy others; he can have a snowball fight himself."

How could Kureha not care about Chopper, her silly son whom she adored?!

Furthermore, Kureha knew that after years of learning from her, Chopper's mastery of medicine far surpassed that of many renowned doctors outside the medical field. Chopper's accumulation of knowledge and learning was sufficient; all he lacked was practical experience.

While Chopper stayed by her side, he would only hide in the back. Just as Link said, he needed to go out and explore on his own to grow and mature.

Kureha had no reason to stop Chopper from setting sail.

Influenced by Hiruluk and driven by Chopper's childhood dream, it was only a matter of time before he set sail for the sea.

It seems that the time has come.

"Boy."

Kureha suddenly spoke to Link, "Take good care of my silly son."

After saying that, she turned around and walked into the castle without looking back.

"Don't worry, I will."

As Link made his promise, he glanced at the two people still having a passionate snowball fight, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

Chopper's agreement and his longing for the sea, along with Kureha's decision to let go, signaled that the Straw Hat Pirates would be welcoming a new member.

When Luffy and Link were about to leave, Chopper was about to say goodbye to Kureha, but instead, he was thrown out of the castle along with a backpack and luggage that had been prepared for him.

A series of scalpels appeared, scaring Chopper and his friends so much that they quickly grabbed their things, transformed into reindeer, and dashed down from the ropes.

"Oh right, Luffy..."

Chopper, who was running as fast as he could on the cable, suddenly remembered something and asked Luffy, whom he had almost become familiar with:

"I saw you guys walking in mid-air before..."

He was puzzled and confused, and even now, thinking back on it, he still asks in shock, "How did you do that?!"

"That was done with the help of Link's gadgets."

While clinging to Chopper, Luffy held onto his straw hat to keep it from being blown off by the snowstorm. "Link, he's a really amazing prop master!!"

"Eh, a prop master?!"

Chopper blinked. "What's that?"

"He's someone who can come up with a lot of interesting and fun gadgets. Link's gadgets are all really fun!!"

"My tools are not meant to be your toys, Luffy."

"Hahaha, they're all the same, they're all the same!!"

Link ignored Luffy's laughter and turned to look at Chopper, who was riding on his back:

"If I have the chance later, I'll show you and let you experience it properly."

"Um!!"

Chopper nodded vigorously.

Gazing at the gradually emerging village silhouette in the distance, the longing in his eyes grew stronger.

He was finally going to join a pirate crew, and as a pirate, he would embark on a voyage and adventure on the high seas with his companions.

Dr. Hiluluk, I'm about to head out to sea!

Under the moonlight, reindeer carried two figures, tracing a dreamlike path across the sky.

Big Horn Village is the village where Dalton currently hosts the Straw Hat Pirates for rest.

When Chopper brought Luffy and Link down from the cable, they landed right at the entrance to the village.

However, as soon as they entered the village, they heard a bustling noise coming from inside.

"Um?!"

The two people and the deer went inside and saw Karoo the fast-running duck, which was covered in blue light and lay there motionless like an ice sculpture.

There's also Usopp who looks like he's been punched into the ground by some ferocious animal, almost like he's fallen headfirst!

"Have they... caused some other trouble while we were away?"

Seeing this, Link knew that these dishonest guys must have done something reckless again.

"Ah, that's right."

Sanji happened to walk over with two cups of warm tea.

"Usopp was bragging to the villagers, and he got a little carried away with it, when he saw a strange bear walking into the village with a cane."

"He thought it was a wild animal that had wandered into the village and was planning to catch it, but..."

Sanji chuckled at the thought, “The villagers next to me said that she was a villager named Maria Onion Bear and that she had two sons.”

"So he was forced down in the snow, right?"

It's truly unacceptable for a sniper to mistake someone based on their eyesight.

"No, no, no, that's not true at all..."

Sanji looked puzzled and said, "The villagers here are very friendly. Usopp apologized to them and everything was fine."

"The key point is that after that woman, another guy of roughly the same build walked into the village."

Usopp assumed they were villagers too, so he didn't pay much attention and planned to go up and say hello, and then...

Then you encountered a real picnic bear and got rubbed in the snow, right?

Link glanced at the other end of the village, where a picnic bear walked and greeted people along the way.

Like Labang, these picnicking bears, endemic to Drum Island, are very particular about etiquette and greetings.

If he encounters anyone along his route, he should greet them with a proper nod.

If you were to casually approach and greet it like Usopp, you might incur the wrath of the picnic bear, who would feel disrespected.

"What's the deal with this duck?"

Link gestured towards Karoo, who was lying cold and stiff on the ground, with Vivi anxiously standing beside him.

"Nobody knows why it suddenly jumped into the river and then froze like this."

Vivi said anxiously.

Luffy immediately suggested, "Since it's already like this, why don't we just roast it? Background Roast Duck, Sanji, I want to eat the Background Roast Duck that Link mentioned."

Sanji, who was carrying out a bowl of hot water, said, "Frozen ducks aren't suitable for roast duck, but we could try making braised duck."

"But before cooking it, we have to pluck the feathers first. We originally intended to warm it up with this hot water, but it's actually perfect for plucking the feathers."

Vivi: "!!!!!!!"

"Hey Hey hey!!"

Nami, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore. "You two, be serious! This duck isn't beyond saving, is it?!"

"But then again, as a duck, even though it's a land duck and can't swim, it still jumps into the river knowing it can't swim..."

Zoro, who had just finished winter swimming in the river, acted as if nothing had happened and was still teasing:

"What a stupid duck."

As if hearing Zoro's mockery, feeling the immense injustice he had suffered, and realizing that if he didn't speak up, he would be roasted and eaten, Karoo Duck, still feeling that he could be saved, finally opened and closed his mouth slightly.

“嘎

A weak cry came from its mouth.

"It said that when it saw this green algae head swimming in the river, the person suddenly disappeared. It thought the person was drowning, and in its anxiety to save the person, it jumped into the river."

Little Chopper, standing nearby, understood what it said and subconsciously translated it.

"So it was all because of you!!"

Nami and Vivi, who were standing nearby, each punched Zoro in the back of the head.

"Hey, you stupid duck, how dare you call me Algae Head?!"

Zoro didn't have any other thoughts after taking two punches to the head, but he was very unhappy with Karu's statement.

"Gah?"

"It's said that it was heard from the mouth of this perverted kappa with curly eyebrows."

Chopper was there faithfully translating again.

Then, with some curiosity, he looked at Sanji, who was feeding Karoo hot water and had finally managed to revive it so that it could at least survive and talk.

Is this the person described as having curly eyebrows like a lewd kappa?!

"A lewd kappa and curly eyebrows?!"

Upon hearing this title, Sanji immediately raised an eyebrow and his eyes narrowed.

A chilling aura emanated from him, as if he were searching for the perfect spot on Karu to make a cutting motion, his mind still racing with ideas on how to prepare the duck.

At that moment, Zoro, with a bag on his head, stood behind Sanji.

"Hey, you lecherous cook!"

Annoyed lines appeared on his face. "You're the one who called me 'Green Algae Head,' aren't you?"

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"what?!"

Sanji slowly turned his face upon hearing this, revealing a smug, street-smart expression: