Chapter 27: Rebirth Day 4 How could a player possibly...
Day 4 of Rebirth:
Wendy blinked when she heard this, looking confused. "My spawn point is the Kingdom of Goa. What's wrong?"
...Born in the Kingdom of Goa? That means he's from the same place as Vice Admiral Garp... So he's just a relative of Vice Admiral Garp?
Aokiji breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
Fortunately, the other party had nothing to do with O'Hara.
"So what made you want to go to O'Hara?"
"Well... because it's marked on my map. It's the closest and most convenient for resupply."
…It turned out that the old map was to blame.
Aokiji was now more relaxed and replied, "O'Hara has disappeared now. You should find another island."
"Huh? Is that so?" Wendy was shocked. She opened the system map and zoomed in to take a closer look. Then she used a telescope to observe in the direction of O'Hara. She did not see any similar islands, but only a seemingly calm sea.
"Really not..." Wendy looked disappointed, then raised a new question, "Why did O'Hara suddenly disappear? If you know it disappeared, you must know the reason!"
"..." Aokiji was somewhat impressed by his opponent's ability to step on landmines, but he didn't show it on his face. He replied slowly, "Well... who knows."
It looks like the plot explanation hasn't been triggered... Wendy glanced at Aokiji thoughtfully.
She asked this question not only out of curiosity, but also because the system popped up a prompt [Story in Progress: O'Hara's Secret].
After this death and resurrection, the system was also updated. Originally, it would only be included after the event was completed, but now it is included from the beginning of the plot.
Looking at the progress sign, Wendy was scratching her head - you know, what players hate most is a pile of unfinished events!
But even with Aokiji's words, she understood that this might just be a hint, and she'd have to explore the details herself. Perhaps the plot couldn't be triggered because the NPC's favorability wasn't high enough... If she had known, she would have asked Long. Since Long had been to O'Hara, he must know something or other.
Unfortunately, she has already left. Although this world can use a strange creature called Den Den Mushi that looks like a snail to make phone calls, Long also gave her a Den Den Mushi. However, due to problems with the lines and magnetic field, it is not possible to make calls and contact people everywhere.
However, she has erected a teleportation sign at the Revolutionary Army base... but I don't know if the sign can be used at this distance.
"Then I'll go ask someone else." Wendy said regretfully.
"It's best not to mention this matter, and don't ask about it." Aokiji glanced at her, and his originally lazy tone became much more serious. "If you really want to ask... then ask Vice Admiral Garp."
Wendy opened her eyes wide and nodded under the other person's gaze.
Aokiji stopped talking.
He had a mission to complete, so it was impossible for him to take Wendy directly to the Navy Headquarters to find Garp. However, he was indeed worried that Wendy, a newbie, might encounter problems while sailing, so he led his men to his destination - the nearby Navy branch.
However, Wendy's ship, which had been weathered by storms before, was not that strong and broke down when it was about to reach its destination.
Fortunately, Aokiji was there. He froze the sea surface and estimated the distance: "Fortunately, we're not far from our destination... You can follow us. If Vice Admiral Garp is at the Navy Headquarters, you can even take a ride on one of the Navy's ships to find him."
Wendy nodded, took out her walking stick, and followed him on the ice track... but after a few steps, she slipped and fell.
Wendy stood up with a serious expression—damn it! The original Don't Starve setting where you slip on ice also applies here!
Looking at the other person's miserable appearance of stumbling every three steps and falling on his butt, Aokiji couldn't help but remain silent for a moment.
He had already discovered that this little girl was really spoiled...which made him even more suspicious that she had actually run away from home.
Although he is not a gentle person, he cannot bear to see Wendy fall all the way like this, so Aokiji naturally chooses to give her a ride.
But his bike didn’t have a back seat either… In the end, Aokiji let Wendy sit on his shoulders, and then he rode the bike forward.
He was nearly three meters tall, and he carried the petite Wendy, who was only 1.6 meters tall, on his shoulders with ease.
Wendy sat on his shoulders and looked very happy - she recalled the time when she trained cows when she played Don't Starve. When she had cows as mounts, they were also fast and had a good view.
But this happiness did not last long - because she was frozen.
When Wendy realized it belatedly and looked at her three-dimensional values, she was horrified to find that her health was starting to drop. She quickly called out to Aokiji to stop, then came down and immediately lit a fire to warm herself.
While roasting, she rolled a warm stone and placed it next to it. She also put on the cow horn hat and bearskin vest that she had used to keep warm. Fortunately, they did not drop when she died. She was wearing these clothes when she died last time, and she put them directly into the backpack when she was resurrected.
Otherwise she would be in trouble now.
While warming herself by the fire, she was still wondering, "Why am I freezing?"
The surrounding temperature has not dropped much. Will walking on the ice make it feel like winter temperature?
Aokiji was shocked when he heard her question—wasn't it obvious?! They were walking on ice right now!
However, although he used the ability of the Ice Fruit to freeze the sea surface, which did cause the temperature nearby to drop...but this was at sea after all, and the temperature was only three or four degrees lower than other places. Normally, no one would be frozen by this.
This little girl was much more delicate than he had imagined. He was even curious about what her life was like before.
"Maybe it's because I'm the user of the Ice Fruit." Aokiji still answered this sentence, and took off his admiral cloak and handed it over, "I'll give you this too."
It seems that the other person is afraid of the cold.
Wendy took the cloak and looked at Aokiji with regret.
She had originally thought about developing this kindhearted person into her next ally. After all, she had Dragon on the Revolutionary Army side and Dove on the Pirate side, but she didn't have any ally in the Navy yet... However, because of this debuff that made her lose health as if she was living in winter whenever she got close to him, she could only regretfully kick him off the list.
Wendy hadn't taken the cape seriously at first. After all, aside from the special effects clothing she'd crafted with the help of technology, other clothing was merely aesthetically pleasing to her. Thickness and thinness all made them look the same, and they got dirty easily, unlike the always spotless clothing in the system skin set.
Therefore, this cloak does not provide much warmth. It is just out of inertia that players will hide it on their bodies even if they receive junk and refuse to throw it away until their inventory is full. So Wendy naturally put the cloak into the empty space in the backpack when she received it.
Then she suddenly found a prompt in the system.
[Admiral Aokiji's cloak]——
Description: This cape is gifted to the player by Admiral Aokiji, a symbol of his status as a Navy Admiral. It also provides a bonus to users of the Ice Fruit, granting 300 points of insulation when equipped.
Note 1: After equipping, the player's prestige in the navy camp will increase, and the hatred value of some camps will increase. Although it is very cool, please be careful when using it!
Note 2: Special items cannot be repaired using a sewing kit.
Generally speaking, most of the buffed clothes made by Wendy, except for floral shirts and wreaths, which are made of plant materials with freshness, have the property of being mendable. If the percentage durability value drops, it can be increased by mending it with a sewing kit.
Wendy felt a little disappointed when she saw that the cloak could not be repaired, but then she became excited again - a special item dropped out of thin air!
I don't know if this is a new feature added after rebirth or if it requires a special plot to trigger... But no matter which one it is, it proves that she can loot... No, the number of drops she can pick up has increased! She needs to be more diligent in interacting with NPCs from now on!
It seems like it's a side effect of the Devil Fruit user? Or is it due to the special job of the Navy Admiral?
Thinking about it this way, since Dragon is both the leader of the Revolutionary Army and a Devil Fruit user, he must have some special gadgets too! I wonder what special effects grabbing Dragon's cape will have... I'll just ask for it next time I see him!
Wendy thought with satisfaction.
From Aokiji's perspective, he watched Wendy make his cloak disappear out of thin air, and then he looked quite surprised. The next second, the cloak reappeared... but this cloak seemed to be proportionally reduced to the size of her body.
She put it on to try it on, then put it away with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Aokiji: “…”
No, he was just lending it to her to wear... Was he planning to just take it away? And this magic trick was also amazing...
Perhaps his gaze was too obvious, Wendy looked at him with a hint of vigilance, frowned and said, "Whatever you give me is mine."
How could a player possibly return something to an NPC? Especially since it's a special drop!
...Wow, he has a personality like a little robber, and his navigation skills don't look like a pirate. Could he have been a noble in the past?
Aokiji thought so in his heart, and replied: "Forget it, you can take it."
Anyway, she had made him smaller, so he couldn't wear the cloak even if she brought it back.
Wendy was happy, then thought for a moment, looked at the straw and branches in her backpack, and directly made a new backpack and handed it to Aokiji: "Here, as a return gift."
She also deliberately used a cute backpack and skin!
...He was wrong. This girl was quite polite and should not be a noble.
Aokiji took the small backpack and immediately discovered its magic - after putting it on his back, the backpack would automatically adjust to the size he could use.
Such a practical yet subtle fruit ability...
Aokiji looked at Wendy and thought so.
It's obvious that Wendy is different from ordinary people because she doesn't hide it at all. Therefore, almost everyone who comes into contact with her will judge that she is a devil fruit user after a short time.
This was actually why Aokiji was initially worried about Wendy sailing alone - she was a landlubber and didn't even know how to use a boat, yet she bravely ventured into the Grand Line alone, which was simply courting death.
"Thank you." Aokiji did not refuse and accepted the rabbit backpack.
The episode passed like this, and the two continued on their way to the nearby naval base.
"Oh, by the way, is your name Aokiji?" Wendy asked, remembering the name of the cloak she had seen.
"Hmm?" Aokiji was stunned for a moment, still a little surprised, "I haven't told you this name before, right?"
After all, the last time he met him, he hadn't become an admiral yet, and naturally didn't have the nickname Aokiji... and judging from the other party's common sense, he didn't seem like someone who would pay attention to and know this kind of information.
Wendy nodded: "Yes, because your cloak has information displayed."
...So her first reaction after receiving the cloak was that it could extract information? It's a truly mysterious fruit ability. But can you just share this ability with someone you haven't known for long?
Aokiji was now almost certain that the child had run away from home. Otherwise, his parents would not dare to let him travel alone.
"Do you remember my name?" he asked.
On this point, Wendy said confidently: "I don't remember!"
"What? You actually forgot? That's really sad..." Aokiji was not surprised. He chuckled and replied in a somewhat lazy tone, "My name is Kuzan. Don't forget it next time."
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The author has something to say: When the cloak breaks, all you need to do is find Aokiji and say: Give me your cloak [sunglasses]
In Don't Starve, you can also inherit the bones and items of your predecessors - sometimes you can pick up good things, which are quite useful in the early stages (although most of the time they are rags)
PS: There will be an update on Deep Water tomorrow morning, remember to come and see [shy] I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel that when there are additional updates, there will be fewer comments... (deep thinking)
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