Chapter 84: I have to wait five and a half years for my first day home, right? I know...
First day home:
Because it was completely unexpected, Hawkeye was unable to react for a moment.
After the kiss, Wendy happily took her fishing rod and went fishing again. When passing by some unknown small islands, she found some baits and was able to go sea fishing again.
Hawkeye watched her run off with her fishing rod and subconsciously warned her, "There will still be plenty of sea kings around here. Remember to call out your sister."
"I know!" Wendy said, calling Abigail and adjusting her sister to anger mode, then she went to the side of the boat and started fishing.
Hawkeye didn't follow her out to look at her this time, but just sat there with his head resting on one hand.
He needed a moment to digest what had just happened.
After all, he initially assumed that Wendy didn't realize the difference between the two, but he didn't expect that she actually knew... No, wait.
If she knew everything... what did she mean by asking if Red Hair could join at that time?
Hawkeye finally realized his blind spot, and his expression suddenly changed - he really couldn't relax...
Wendy didn't know that the man she had just appeased was now feeling a stronger sense of crisis than before, and she continued to fish happily.
Perhaps because she came to a new sea area, she caught a new fish this time - corn cod.
After killing this fish, you can get a piece of corn, just like the popcorn fish you caught before dropped popcorn after killing it.
The fish dropped here are either small fish pieces, larger raw fish pieces, or vegetarian dishes such as corn and popcorn.
Not only Wendy, who had long been accustomed to this, but even Hawkeye actually accepted it very well - after all, there were a lot of strange things on the Grand Line. They had encountered things like the Juice Basin and the World Marshmallow when they were in Wano Country before.
As for the passing sea kings, if Abigail attracts their hatred, they will be monster meat xN.
After Wendy had almost filled up all the space in the refrigerator, she stopped fishing and even started cooking frantically because there was too much food in the refrigerator.
Hawkeye would cook occasionally - in fact, Hawkeye was a pretty good cook, but the food he cooked had no beneficial effect on Wendy, it was just for her to taste.
When Wendy harvested 5 corns and was wondering if the sea area was occupied by vegetables, Hawkeye came out of the cabin and stood beside her.
By the time Wendy caught her sixth corn cod, she had completely lost her temper and put away her fishing rod in a depressed mood.
"Are you done fishing?" Hawkeye asked her.
"Yeah." Wendy nodded. Just as she was about to go into the cabin to put the corn X6 on her body into the refrigerator, Hawkeye grabbed her elbow.
Wendy looked up in confusion, "Mihawk?"
Hawkeye stared at her, leaned over, and whispered, "Don't move, close your eyes."
After saying that, he lowered his head and leaned forward, turning the kiss that just touched the corner of her mouth into a real kiss.
"We have to wait five and a half years, right? I get it."
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By the time they returned to Kraikana Island, more than three months had passed.
Upon returning, Wendy discovered that her thatch and branches were completely gone. While the crops needed to be replanted, the thatch only needed to be irrigated and fertilized when it withered. There was no need to worry about the branches and trees; there would be no shortage of waste.
Therefore... the baboons that had been taught before also helped with the harvest when the two left, resulting in a large pile of crops.
Wendy spent several days just collecting these drops, even clearing out several boxes to store them. She figured she wouldn't need to collect new ones for the next few years, and this wave would be enough. Since she didn't fight bosses, she didn't use her wooden armor much, so it didn't consume that much.
For this reason, she was forced to like these baboons and finally expelled them from the monkey category in her heart. However, when she tried to give these monkeys bananas again, she was stopped by Hawkeye and gave them meatballs instead.
After harvesting all these, she went to dig up the thatch roots and tree branches planted there, began to cultivate new fields, and then planted new crops.
Then she handed the follow-up care to Hawkeye and used the teleportation board to go to the Seven Waters. Before leaving, she thought about it and took some local specialties with her - a bunch of things she had picked up from various islands in the New World that could be put into the box but were useless to her.
The people at Tom's studio were all very welcoming, but they were a little puzzled by the local specialties she brought. New World specialties...why did they all seem like junk? Why were there tree bark and sand?
But everyone was considerate enough not to say anything. Even the most straightforward Fram didn't think there was anything special about the specialties Wendy brought back - she must have liked strange things like sand and bark, so she brought them back from the New World specifically for them!
"Uncle Tom, is my clamp winch out yet?" Wendy ran straight towards the target with a look of anticipation on her face.
"You mean something that can be salvaged from the seabed, right? I designed a version, but I don't think we can just dive into the seabed so deep and salvage it directly as you said..." Tom felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
Salvaging tools is easy, but directly retrieving tools from the deep seabed... that's too difficult!
"That's okay, I'll give it a try!" Wendy took the blueprint and stuffed it into her backpack, then clicked "Study." Then she sat there, her face in her hands, looking at Tom expectantly. "Uncle Tom, can you build a ship that can cross the doldrums? I want to pick someone up from the North Sea."
Tom looked somewhat embarrased. "I guess this would only work for naval vessels... The main issue is that there are so many Sea Kings in the Calm Belt. Without Seastone, there's no way around it. But Seastone is controlled by the World Government."
Wendy looked confused: "What is seastone?"
"Hey? Wendy, don't you know?" Fram was passing by carrying wood and came over when he heard this.
"Put your wood down! What if it hits someone?" Iceberg frowned and scolded, then began to explain to Wendy, "Seastone is equivalent to solid sea. If installed on the bottom of a ship, it will prevent sea kings from feeling the ship passing by, allowing them to safely pass through the doldrums. However, if a sea king discovers it, it will be a disaster. It also restrains Devil Fruit users. Miss Wendy, please be careful not to touch it yourself."
"Oh!" Wendy nodded repeatedly, feeling that she understood - so seastone is to the ship like a bush hat!
"I know! Then I'll go ask Uncle Cap if he has any seastone for me! If he does, Uncle Tom, please make it for me!" After saying that, Wendy ran away using the teleportation sign, and no one could stop her.
"...It's really a rush." Tom was a little helpless. "I haven't even told her that someone from the World Government is investigating her..."
"Ms. Wendy is Vice Admiral Garp's daughter, so there shouldn't be any safety issues..." Iceberg pondered, "Besides, Hawkeye is here."
Naturally, the people in Tom's studio also saw the newspaper, but no one was too surprised - after all, Bingshan had guessed it before and told everyone about this speculation, and now it has just been confirmed.
When this was mentioned, everyone nodded frequently - Yeah! If they were all willing to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea for Wendy, they would definitely protect her!
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On the other side, Hawkeye, who had no idea that people in Tom's studio had high hopes for him, was reading a newspaper.
The headline in today's newspaper is... Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, becomes the king of Dressrosa.
While he was staring at the newspaper, thinking, Wendy came back and ran straight towards him. Seeing him reading the newspaper, she tilted her head and leaned over to stare at him: "What's the news today?"
Hawkeye glanced at her, then simply put his arm around her waist and picked her up, letting her sit on his lap and watch.
"Ah... Dover has become king." Wendy nodded without much reaction, and tried to recall. "Come to think of it... he did say Dressrosa was a good place back then."
It seems like this was all planned long ago... So it seems he was also involved in the previous king of Dressrosa's fall. Was becoming a Shichibukai and gaining official government recognition also part of the plan?
Hawkeye lowered his eyes and asked the person in his arms, "Did he tell you about this plan?"
"Dressrosa was only mentioned. At that time, I said that I like warm places, preferably with spring all year round, and preferably with flowers. Then Dover said that Dressrosa fits the bill. I really wanted to go and see it before." Wendy recalled.
"..." Hawkeye glanced at her, "You wanted to live in Dressrosa before?"
"Well...actually, as for a place to live, it doesn't really matter as long as it's suitable for farming," Wendy commented, frowning, "I prefer my current home. We have a great climate, I can grow my own flowers, and you're here, Mihawk."
She was being honest—compared to crowded places, she felt more comfortable on this isolated island. The entire island was hers to build a home for, with no NPCs wandering around to bother her. And she had Hawkeye, her companion who farmed alongside her and stayed with her the whole time!
...Before, I would have wondered if she did it on purpose, but now I feel like this girl is just pretending to be ignorant even though she knows the truth.
Hawkeye decided not to delve into the matter and let her go.
Wendy jumped down and ran to the kitchen, took out a bunch of ice and put it in.
Hawkeye, who came over to see what was going on, was puzzled: "Where did you go just now?"
Aren't you going to look for Tom? The Seven Waters City is frozen now?
"I went to Uncle Tom's place and got the capstan, but I didn't know if it could be used. Then Uncle Tom said that if we wanted to go to the North Sea, we would need seastone, otherwise he couldn't build a ship. I went to look for Uncle Cap again, but unfortunately he was not there. I happened to meet Kuzan, and since I didn't have much ice at home, I asked him to produce some, and I smashed some ice back." Wendy said obediently.
She always adheres to the principle that she should not come back with an empty backpack after going out.
Hawkeye: “…” Yeah, that’s certainly her style.
"I finished smashing the ice and Uncle Cap hadn't come back yet, so I came back first and will go back next time!"
"You go there too often, and it's not a good thing for Garp to find out what the wooden sign is for. He might destroy it." Hawkeye said, "It's okay. I'll go to the Shichibukai meeting this year, and I'll ask Garp for you then."
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Author's note: The nutrient solution has arrived! There will be an update tomorrow morning! [Kiss]
The deep water level is 1/2, not yet reached. Actually, it would be better if you gave me nutrient solution! [Sunglasses]
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