Chapter 31: Rebirth Day 8 (40,000 Nutrient Solution Update) You Want to Be...
Rebirth Day 8:
After making the agreement, Wendy also checked the system.
After discovering that no new plot was included, she regretfully withdrew.
Hey, I originally thought that if I made a promise with an NPC, there would be some plot included... The item description of the straw hat suggests that there is an important plot, but it is obvious that the current owner of the straw hat, Shanks, will not give it to her.
Maybe she could get a straw hat by raising the other party's favorability... but the straw hat didn't have any special bonus effects according to the system description, so she wasn't very interested.
When Wendy had almost finished collecting and storing all kinds of supplies, she began to go out and explore again.
However, she didn't bring Luffy this time. After being stopped by Garp the last time she tried to bring Luffy, she believed it was forbidden by her guardian. Furthermore, Luffy was such a voracious eater that bringing him along would double her food reserves, so she refused to do something so unprofitable.
Wendy then began to roam the East China Sea, erecting a teleportation sign at every landfall. When her food ran low, she finally stopped, docked her boat, and filled her backpack with oranges from a small island dotted with orange trees. Then, using the last teleportation sign and the remaining three meatballs, she headed home.
Because she sailed for five days and traveled quite far, she had to transfer once on her way back.
But when she returned to Windmill Village, she realized that she seemed to have missed a lot...
"Hey? What's going on?" Wendy, who ran to the dock originally wanting to share oranges with Makino and pick up Luffy, was shocked by what happened.
What's going on? Shanks and his crew are back, so that's fine. It's normal for them to stop by the East China Sea to resupply... but why is Shanks' straw hat on Luffy's head? And Shanks' left arm is missing?
She was only away for five days, did she miss any important plot points?! I feel like I was at a loss!
"This is what happened..." Makino stopped her and briefly explained the whole story.
Maybe someone was looking for trouble and kidnapped Luffy as a hostage, then killed him and threw him into the sea. Luffy, a landlubber, also encountered a sea king. Shanks got his left arm bitten by a sea king in order to save Luffy... As for the straw hat, it was given to Luffy by Shanks.
"Is that so..." Wendy nodded blankly, not feeling much about the plot.
After all, she had more experience with the Don Quixote family before, Shanks was not familiar with her, and he was still alive.
However, considering that he saved Luffy, Wendy still walked over, stared at Shanks for a moment, and suddenly took out the healing ointment she had stockpiled and gave him a pat.
Shanks was taken aback for a moment after receiving 20 HP points. He looked at Wendy and laughed, "Are you still a doctor?"
He could naturally feel the usefulness of the other party's slap just now.
"No, this is just a healing ointment. There's a more effective honey ointment, but I haven't started raising bees yet, so I can't produce honey in large quantities." Wendy said something that no one could quite understand, and took out her five remaining healing ointments. "I'll give you all of these. I heard you lost a lot of blood."
Only Wendy could use items like healing ointment, whether for herself or others. After all, no one else could just smear this small jar of ointment with a pestle on someone and make it disappear completely.
The crew members watching now were all amazed at Wendy's move—it disappeared again!
Wendy used five healing ointments in a row on the person, and Shanks naturally felt the changes in his body.
Although it wasn't useful for wound healing... it did instantly cure the symptoms of blood loss. Shanks also thought this was quite miraculous and thanked him: "Thank you very much, I'm much better now."
Divine Doctor Wendy nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Are you leaving now?"
"Well, we've finished our work here, and it's time to go." Shanks looked at her, and the curiosity that he had suppressed in his heart surged up again.
It wasn't just her special devil fruit ability...it was also her peculiar attitude. He just wasn't the type to ask questions just out of curiosity.
Just because he doesn't say anything doesn't mean Wendy won't do anything.
"Are you going to the Grand Line?"
"Well, we came here from the Grand Line."
"Then can I go to your ship and put up a teleportation sign?" Wendy asked excitedly.
...Teleportation plaque? As the name suggests, it means teleportation, right? — Shanks was a little confused. After a moment's hesitation, he replied, "Yes?"
After receiving the approval, Wendy didn't care whether the other party was asking a question or not, and ran to the other party's boat. When others exclaimed, "Is Miss Wendy going to go with us?", she found an empty seat that she liked, put up a wooden sign, and wrote the words "Shanks' House" on it.
She originally wanted to write "Wendy's Extraordinary Stay 1," but since there will definitely be 2, 3, and 4 later, she decided to write something more specific so it would be easier to find. She'd put up a lot of signs, after all.
...Just a simple wooden sign? A mark? — Shanks stared at the sign, his confusion growing deeper, but he didn't show it.
He decided to keep the sign and see what would happen next. It felt quite interesting, and he could sense that Wendy had no ill intentions.
He also discovered that Wendy was someone who didn't hide her thoughts and intentions at all, and that she certainly couldn't hide any bad intentions either, as they would all be written on her face, such as when she first took his hat.
Wendy naturally noticed his hat as well—after all, it was what she had set her sights on in the first place. However, the straw hat was already on Luffy's head.
Great! This straw hat will most likely be mine from now on! When Luffy gives it to me, it'll definitely have a special effect! — Wendy felt delighted. Her stamp collection had taken another step forward.
Because of this, she generously took off the wreath on her head, stood on tiptoe, raised her hand and tried to put it on Shanks' head: "Your hat is given to Luffy, so I will give you my wreath. You can go back to San."
Although I don’t know what it means to return San’s gift, but judging by Wendy’s attitude, this should be a good thing... Is this her return gift on behalf of Luffy?
Shanks didn't refuse. He laughed twice and lowered his head to let Wendy put the garland on him.
The Red Hair Pirates had no plans to stay longer, so Shanks and his crew said goodbye. After they raised anchor and set sail, Wendy looked at Luffy, who was standing beside her, staring at his straw hat. She asked with a hint of surprise, "This hat is Luffy's, right?"
"No, Shanks gave it to me for safekeeping." Luffy grabbed his hat, a different light burning in his eyes. "You can't give this to Wendy. When I become an excellent pirate, I will return it to Shanks."
Wendy secretly sighed - what a mistake! Fortunately, the wreath only needed 12 petals to make, otherwise she would have lost money.
However, Luffy did not forget his agreement with her. He turned his head and looked up at her with a big smile: "Wendy! When I become the Pirate King, I will have my own hat, and then I will give it to you!"
"Okay, it's a deal then." Wendy agreed happily.
She didn't think Luffy was making empty promises or lying. After all, she hadn't encountered an NPC that made a promise to the player but didn't deliver. Unless the NPC died or there was some other follow-up plot.
This time, Wendy opened the system interface and found that there were new plots included.
The title of the plot is: [The Inheritance of Freedom].
Freedom...does it mean the hat? Or does it mean being the Pirate King?
Wendy blinked, a bit confused. But as she looked at Luffy, there was a hint of happiness in her eyes. No matter which one it was, her chances of waiting for a special item to drop were greatly increased! That was a good thing!
Ah…but seeing this plot hint, I remembered that she forgot to ask Cap O’Hara’s secret…never mind, I’ll tell you next time!
"To celebrate, I'm going to make something different today!" Wendy said excitedly, pulling an orange out of the package. "Let's develop a new recipe!"
Previously, she mostly got vegetables, but this time she got a lot of fruits, so she could try them without worrying about wasting them.
Then, Wendy's made a bunch of "soggy, squishy" failures, which is what happens when something is stuffed in that doesn't follow any recipe.
Of course, she succeeded in some aspects of it, but apart from the berries and fruit sundaes, the rest were no different from those filled with vegetables, and she suddenly lost interest.
Luffy ate it all and enjoyed it, but he preferred meat. This child was easy to feed and not picky at all. He even ate the "wet and sticky" pile, which shocked Wendy.
However, the warm and harmonious feeding life of the two did not last for two days, and Cap came back.
Garp was stunned. He'd only been gone for half a month, and how had Luffy suddenly become a Devil Fruit user? He was also constantly shouting about wanting to become Pirate King, and Wendy beside him was happily supporting him, even seeming to believe he could achieve it?! His son was going to be a marine!
Garp threw an angry iron fist, grabbed Luffy's cheek, and lifted him up and walked out: "What Pirate King! You and Ace are going to become the strongest navy! I should have known not to let you stay in Windmill Village... Come with me!"
"Ahhh! It hurts! Grandpa, let me go!"
"Then swear that you will stop being a pirate and join the navy!"
"I don't! I want to be the Pirate King!"
“You little brat—!”
Wendy blinked and watched Luffy being punished by Garp's iron fist of justice again, then followed with her walking cane to watch the fun.
"Uncle Garp, where are you taking Luffy?"
"Ah, Wendy, you're here too..." Garp didn't stop her. After all, he could see that she had a good relationship with Luffy. Even if he didn't want her to follow, he would have to explain it to her later. He sighed and said, "This child can't continue to be so indulgent. I'll take him to Dadan."
Wendy was curious: "Who is Dadan?"
"They were a group of bandits I once let go... They didn't do anything particularly evil, so I didn't send them to jail. In exchange, they helped me look after my children." Garp reached his destination and shouted, "Hey! Dadan! Come out!"
Then, Wendy watched as several people walked out of the wooden hut in front of her. Leading the group was a plump middle-aged woman wearing a loose shirt and pants, a cigarette in her mouth, and a dagger on her wide belt around her waist. Her whole demeanor was very bandit-like.
But at this moment, Dadan, who had just walked out of the door, stared at the blonde girl behind Garp. His eyes gradually widened, his body began to tremble, and he raised his hand to point at her, his voice a little unsteady: "It's, it's you...!"
Wendy tilted her head: "Hmm?"
Seeing the innocent look on her face, Dadan couldn't help but recall the peaceful afternoon ten years ago when she and her companions saw a little girl alone and tried to rob her, only to be beaten half to death by a white ghost... After waking up, they all thought that the little girl was also a ghost sent to punish them. They didn't expect to see the little girl grown up now.
"So you are a living person?! No, what about that ghost at that time..." Dadan was a little incoherent.
Wendy continued to tilt her head: "That's my sister, Abigail."
"So that's it, it's my sister..." Dadan showed a relieved expression and breathed a sigh of relief. Halfway through, he suddenly realized something was wrong, "Wait a minute! Isn't that still a ghost?!"
"What? Do you know her?" Cap turned to look at Wendy.
Wendy shook her head: "I don't know him."
"We don't know him!" Dadan reacted and answered quickly, finishing the rest of his words in one breath, "Please let us go, Garp! Ace alone is troublesome enough, and you even threw your grandson here... This is not a nursery! We are bandits! Don't even think about asking us to raise a child! Also, take that brat Ace away!"
"Ace?" Wendy blinked, confused. "Who is it?"
"That's another child." Because of Ace's background, Garp was reluctant to say more and was a little vague. "He can be considered my grandson."
When Wendy heard it, it naturally took on the literal meaning.
She opened her eyes wide in surprise - it turned out that Long had a son before! He had kept it a secret for so long!
"Yes, yes, they're all your grandchildren! Can you take all your grandchildren back with you? I can't stand it any more!" Dadan's face was filled with despair. "You left Ace with us for ten years. Do you know how we've been through these ten years?"
As he spoke, Dadan couldn't help but glance at Wendy, a wave of panic rising in his heart. Was this woman going to be here too? She absolutely didn't want to live with a ghost! Who knew when this seemingly innocent and lovely woman would go on a killing spree? The more harmless she appeared, the more ruthless she would be!
Wendy didn't know what he was thinking, but when everyone shouted "Ace is back", she followed everyone and looked over, and saw a little boy sitting on a fallen bison.
The man looked about ten years old, with short black hair and a bandage on his forehead. He had a gloomy expression, his lips tightly pursed, and his arms folded across his chest. In his hands, he held a long hose stained with fresh blood. The look he gave me was filled with hostility and distance.
Luffy, who was forcibly pulled over, also looked over with an unhappy expression. The time when the two looked at each other was full of confrontation.
Wendy, on the other hand, was completely unaware. She looked over with curiosity and even greeted him, "Are you Ace? Did you hunt this bison? It's impressive. Will you be my child?"
This one looks more capable! Since Luffy can't be her child, this one should be fine, right? — Wendy was full of confidence.
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Author's words: Wendy: Do you want to be my child?
This is an update on the 40,000 nutrient solution... Deep in thought, where did you get so much nutrient solution? (.)
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