Chapter 44

"Hehe, tonight you will serve the Young Master."

"Naturally, you must be washed clean first."

Anna and Sharlya chuckled softly, grabbed Nojiko, and left.

With Nojiko's addition, their evenings would be much easier.

"I..." Nojiko hadn't expected the progress to be so fast; her face turned red and she didn't know what to do.

Although she knew that following Lin Yu meant becoming his woman, this was far too fast.

Regarding Nojiko's situation, Lin Yu did not interfere; instead, he lay on the ship's bow with eyes closed, resting and recalling the information he had just sensed within Nojiko.

【Name: Nojiko】

【Identity: Navy Adopted Daughter】

【Special Skill: None】

【Talent: None】

【Friendship: 20】

【Combat Power: No Star】

Looking at Nojiko's "Three-No" panel, Lin Yu sighed, beginning to consider which position to assign Nojiko to, and wondering whether to feed her a Devil Fruit right now.

The Paramecia-type Box-Box Fruit offers little boost to combat power; judging by its literal meaning, it most likely grants the ability to possess a storage box, so it might not suit Nojiko.

The best candidates for the Box-Box Fruit are actually Kaya and Makino.

One is his future ship doctor, the other his future cook.

Whether medicine or food, both require massive storage, which is why these two are the candidates for him to feed the Box-Box Fruit.

And Nojiko is truly just an ordinary person: no special talent, no special ability, no star rank.

She is simply a "Three-No" girl.

Recruiting her into the group now would yield Lin Yu no extra abilities.

On the contrary, after feeding her a Devil Fruit, Lin Yu might, when recruiting her into the group, be able to obtain Nojiko's Devil Fruit ability.

Thinking this, Lin Yu made up his mind: until he finds a Devil Fruit suitable for Nojiko, he will temporarily not recruit her into the group.

Of course, it is only that he will not recruit her into the group.

The process of intimacy, he will naturally follow.

Recruiting first then cultivating bonds, versus cultivating bonds first then recruiting, makes no real difference.

Either way, Lin Yu can obtain one of the other party's abilities.

Thinking and thinking, Lin Yu began to consider where to get a Devil Fruit, or to find a pirate who possesses a Devil Fruit.

By evening, under Anna and Sharlya's guidance, Lin Yu arrived at Nojiko's room.

"Lin Yu..."

Seeing Lin Yu arrive, Nojiko understood what was about to happen; her pretty face flushed crimson, and she lowered her head, daring not to look at him.

So sensible!

Looking at Nojiko, who had been changed by Anna and Sharlya into a 'cool outfit', Lin Yu praised the two in his heart, then closed the door.

Next was the time for him and Nojiko to be alone.

The next day, Nojiko woke from bed and found Lin Yu's figure gone.

Thinking of last night's events, her face flushed slightly; she then gathered the bedsheet and hid it away.

Coming to the deck, she saw Lin Yu supervising Anna, Sharlya, and Reiju during their training.

"Do I have to join them too?"

Sensing Reiju and the others' gazes, Nojiko asked the three, who were wearing crop tops and hot pants.

"Yes, if you want to improve your strength, this is necessary."

"Alright."

After Nojiko finished speaking, she also changed into crop tops and hot pants identical to Reiju and the others, revealing her graceful figure and long legs to the fullest.

Seeing Nojiko change into her workout clothes, Lin Yu smiled and said:

"You start with the most basic training first."

Nojiko's foundation was too poor; Reiju and the others' training was not suitable for her.

"Mm." Nojiko obediently nodded.

East Blue.

Navy 16th Branch Base.

Inside the base, most Navy soldiers were drinking and playing cards, making noise without any semblance of Navy conduct.

Only a very small portion of Navy soldiers were still adhering to the Navy's duties, training diligently.

"Captain, should we really continue training?"

A newly joined youth looked at the Navy soldiers holding a banquet in the distance, feeling somewhat envious.

He also wanted to go drink, eat meat, split the money, and play with women.

Captain Roronoa, to prevent his misdeeds from being exposed, had already co-opted the vast majority of Navy soldiers within the 16th Branch Base.

Only a very small portion of Navy soldiers, led by a Sergeant, still held fast to their Navy convictions.

As for these people, Captain Roronoa directly arrested several members among them and threatened the others not to leak secrets, or he would kill their families.

Under these circumstances, the Navy soldiers who still maintained their convictions could only turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to Captain Roronoa's actions.

"Why did you join the Navy when you first joined?"

The bearded Navy Sergeant in front of the youth asked the youth and the several soldiers beside him.

"My father was killed by pirates, so I want to catch pirates," the youth said, lowering his head.

"Then do you think they can catch pirates?" the bearded Navy sergeant pointed at those Navy soldiers who were playing around.

Looking at those people in the distance, the youth shook his head seriously: "No!"

The bearded sergeant looked at those people in the distance with a face full of disgust and said very firmly: "Of course not, because they are not Navy!"

"Well said!"

Lin Yu walked over from the side and glanced admiringly at this bearded Navy sergeant.

Behind Lin Yu, Reiju, Nami, Anna, and Sharleya all followed at his side.

The purpose of their trip was to eliminate the rat Captain who had colluded with Arlong, to avenge Nami, and also to use these scum to train Anna and Sharleya.

Only through the trial of blood could the two of them grow rapidly.

"Reiju, you are responsible for that rat; take him alive."

"Anna, Sharleya, you are responsible for the others; leave not a single one."

"Yes." The three of them—Reiju and the others—answered in unison, lunged at the distant Navy base, and began the slaughter.

Among the three, Reiju was the most skilled, while Anna and Sharleya were slightly clumsy, but under the boost of the Zoan-type Devil Fruit, they also began to become proficient rapidly.

And those base soldiers who had been drinking and making merry had already neglected their training; at this moment, they could not even form the most basic resistance and only cared about fleeing for their lives.

So on the scene, it was basically a one-sided slaughter.

"You..."

The Navy youth, seeing Reiju and the others' slaughter, spoke out in shock.

"Do not speak."

The bearded Navy sergeant stopped this new recruit, because he had already recognized Lin Yu's identity.

Lin Yu, the God-Slayer who killed a Celestial Dragon in the North Blue, with a bounty of 1.5 billion Berries, was not someone any of them could stop.

Moreover, just as he had said earlier, he did not regard those people in the base as Navy at all, so naturally he was indifferent to their life or death.