Chapter 3: The third day of survival, we will always be together! (Catch...
Chapter 3: The Third Day of Survival
It's no wonder that Garp's voice was trembling, it was because the scene just now was too heartwarming. However, the word "heartwarming" should not be associated with his rebellious son.
When Long heard this question, he was silent for a moment, and then replied in a steady tone: "Companion."
Garp stared at the wreath of flowers on his son's head with a look of disbelief.
While Wendy ran outside to carry the ingredients, Cap was arguing with his son.
"How come you get along so well with Wendy?" Cap's tone was genuinely confused - no matter how he looked at it, his son always looked like the type who would scare little girls into tears, right?
Long could understand what his father meant: "Wendy is very brave."
After all, she was a little girl who spent her days with her sister's spirit, loved going out on her own, and could even single-handedly take on a group of pirates with a spear. Even if I told her to be careful, after all, she'd just say, "It's okay, Abigail's a group attack," and then just keep going her own way.
What's more... there is a beating heart in my backpack.
If you think about it, he was the one who was scared by her.
When asked about this, Long also asked: "Father, do you know Wendy's origins?"
"Huh? Isn't she just a little girl who's alone?" Cap said nonchalantly. He even opened the refrigerator and was a little surprised to see a pile of meatballs inside. "Are these made by Wendy? The little girl is amazing...and they taste good too..."
Long was still there, stopping him from doing so. "Wendy likes meatballs. You can have the broth over there. It's more filling."
The reason why Wendy likes it is because she always eats meatballs and gives him the broth, saying that it would be a waste if she ate the broth before she was completely hungry.
However, Long is not picky about food, and after eating it, he found that the broth is indeed more filling than meatballs, almost twice as filling as meatballs.
Garp wasn't a picky eater, and the broth didn't taste bad, so he took it out and started eating. As he ate, he asked, "You and Wendy seem to have a good relationship. Are you still going out? Isn't it time to come back and continue your service in the Navy?"
"I can't go back." Long first rejected the most important point, then corrected the other party's misunderstanding, "Besides, I've said it before, Wendy and I are just companions."
Seeing that his son's expression did not seem fake, Garp felt relieved a lot. It was not because he felt that his son was not good enough or that he could not stand the fact that they were a couple... It was mainly because he knew what his son thought of the Celestial Dragons and the nobles, and Wendy did not look like an ordinary civilian at all, but more like a runaway child.
Even if there were no Romeo and Juliet in this world, Garp, as a senior navy officer with considerable prestige and experience, understood that such a union under such a conflicting background would not be a good thing.
The conversation between father and son didn't last long because Wendy came back with the meat.
After enjoying the delicious broth, Garp was quite curious about Wendy and leaned over to see how she cooked. Wendy first put a piece of meat that had a strange purple glow into the pot, then added three brightly colored mushrooms. Then, she stirred it twice and covered the pot.
Cap was not a man who lived a refined life, and could even be said to be quite rough, but he was also shocked by the other party's cooking method - because he knew that the meat and mushrooms were poisonous!
Karp decided to remind: "Wendy, those ingredients just now are poisonous..."
"Huh? I know that monster meat and mushrooms can't be eaten raw. But it's okay if they're cooked into dishes!" Wendy smiled widely, and the big pot next to her made a humming sound of steaming.
...The toxicity will be eliminated when it is cooked!
Garp turned to look at his son in shock, but even though the dragon wasn't looking at him, he wasn't idle either - he was helping Wendy carry the boxes.
Wendy was still circling around him, praising him: "Sure enough, it makes things much easier with a dragon around! I can't move the boxes, so I have to tear them down and rebuild them. Only a dragon can do that!"
Garp: “…”
He could carry ten of those crappy boxes in one go, right? And a dragon could do it, too, right? Why is he carrying them one by one?! Are you really just a companion, given your attentiveness?!
Garp was shocked, Garp was confused.
And during this interval, the bubbling pot also stopped.
Wendy went over and opened the pot. Inside were three large meatballs. Their color was perfectly normal, with no signs of poison at all.
Karp was stunned - how did this work?
After moving the boxes, Long came over to explain, "Wendy only needs one portion of meat and three portions of vegetables or fruit to make meatballs. Her special ability is that no matter what kind of meat, vegetable, or fruit, as long as it's divided equally, she can make identical meatballs."
Garp: “…Oh.”
Although he didn't really understand, asking now felt embarrassing... Uh, anyway, in other words, those poisonous things are actually fine if they are cooked? - Karp suddenly felt that he had an epiphany.
Then, the next day, Cap accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms and mushrooms grew on his head. Once the mushrooms were pulled out, more grew.
Long was very busy trying to suppress his father who was having a tantrum due to hallucinations caused by poisonous mushrooms, and at the same time pulling down Wendy who was delighted to see the mushrooms on Garp's head and was about to pick them to use for cooking.
Wendy was quite regretful: "Why can't we pick them? This way we can quickly gather a bunch of mushrooms and don't have to worry about running out of vegetables."
"..." Long was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, "Having the power of a devil fruit does not mean you have to become a devil."
Wendy: “?”
Wendy didn't take her friend's advice seriously, but Uncle Garp was very kind to her, the first intelligent NPC in the world to be so kind to her, and she didn't want anything to happen to him. She even made some sanity-boosting wreaths to put on Garp, and she truly regretted the lack of bananas—banana jelly and banana milkshakes were easy ways to restore sanity! They were also her favorite dishes! They were much more practical than wreaths!
Fortunately, Cap had thick skin and the toxicity of the mushroom was nothing to him, and he recovered quickly.
After recovering, Garp also deeply felt that Wendy must be a master chef - no matter what ingredients are not fresh or poisonous, she can make delicious food! And every portion is very standard!
He watched as Long started to help Wendy build a fence around the land they had reclaimed behind their house, and he continued to look at his son with tinted glasses.
But this peaceful life did not last for a few days and was soon broken - Garp received a call from the Navy Headquarters, saying that the Pirate King Roger had surrendered.
Garp's expression became solemn, and he vaguely felt that a storm was coming.
Then, after searching for his son and discovering he was missing, his expression grew even more serious. This unfortunate fellow had snuck off again! He'd even left a note for Wendy to pass on! She must have overheard his phone call and noticed something! She knew he couldn't sit still!
After cursing his son eight hundred times in his heart, Karp still accepted his fate and did as he was told.
Of course, before writing the letter, he specifically asked, "Wendy...what do you think of dragons?"
Wendy blinked. "The dragon is my chosen companion!"
Hmm... a companion indeed. — Garp secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So if Long leaves you..."
"No." Wendy interrupted him, answering in a matter-of-fact tone, "We will always be together!"
After all, they are already teammates! How could they break up?
...Wait a minute! Does Long know about this? — Garp now felt that if Long were in front of him, he would definitely give his son a good beating, but since he was not around, he still bit the bullet and sent a message: "This is it, Long should have gone out to sea by now..."
"Huh? He's already left?" Wendy stood up suddenly, a look of disbelief on her face. "He's so quick!"
Wendy didn't have the concept of leaving without saying goodbye. In her mind, the dragon going out to sea equaled her friends going out to sea, which meant their friends had gone out to explore the map first.
According to the process, now that the home was built and supplies were stored, the next step should indeed be to go out and explore the map to find new resources. It was just that she was lazy before and didn't take the next step.
Upon learning that the other person had already left, Wendy immediately sprang into action: "Then it's time for me to go out too!"
Cap watched in amazement as the blonde girl, whom he thought would be sad and lost, completely skipped this step and started packing her luggage, put on her backpack and rushed to the beach... Then she made a raft that looked like it could be overturned by a wave and jumped on it, looking like she was in a hurry to go out to sea.
"...Wait! Wait a minute! Don't be so anxious! You can't catch up with Long's speed even if you go now! And you'll die if you go out to sea like this! Oh, by the way, I still have a letter from Long here! Take a look first! What if he's not worth chasing after?"
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