Near Hana's house.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and white snowflakes fell from the sky.
"Mr. Yang?!"
Hana, who had just run out of her house, was also wearing a beautiful bathrobe. She ran towards them, her breath turning white in the cold. When she saw Yang Tao standing beside Elisa, a look of surprise appeared on her red, frozen face.
Looking at Hana, whose golden aura was almost solidifying into a Stand, Yang Tao's eyes nearly popped out. Moreover, after some time apart, Hana's figure had become even more unseemly.
Her little white rabbits bounced around, making one worry they might pop out at any moment.
Yang Tao looked at Elisa, who instantly understood his thoughts and explained, "Because there are no vengeful spirits consuming Hana's life energy, the life energy on her body has begun to accumulate."
Accumulate??
But the vessel for storing this life energy was simply too bizarre.
"Mr. Yang, last night Miko even said you might come over. I didn't expect you to actually come today. Miko is so happy this time."
"Hana, don't talk nonsense!"
Hana said with a teasing smile, "Oh? Is that so? Then Miko, let's just the three of us go shopping today. We won't bring Mr. Yang. Haven't you always wanted to go shopping?"
"Anyway, Mr. Yang is usually very busy..."
Hearing this, Miko looked at Hana without saying a word, but her sharp gaze made Hana uncomfortable. She quickly changed the subject and asked, "Alright, alright, where are we going to play today? I told my family I'm sleeping at your house tonight~"
"I'll take you to the beach."
"The beach?"
Looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, Hana suspected she had misheard.
"That's right, the beach!"
...
"Is this on a warship?"
Miko stared wide-eyed at the steel behemoth beneath her feet. For her, Blue's size was already considered enormous.
"You could say that."
Blue's suspended hair system wasn't just for show; there were indeed things inside. This was a good item that Harry Osborn had spent a lot of money to acquire.
Elisa was different from the two overly excited young girls. Her attention was more focused on the people constantly training on the deck.
In her perception.
The people in this world were like monsters in human skin, each possessing incredibly powerful bodies.
Especially the beautiful woman walking towards them, the beautiful woman naturally being Alvida.
"Captain, you went out and actually brought back three such beautiful girls. No wonder even a beautiful woman like me can't catch your eye..."
Alvida looked at Yang Tao, unreservedly displaying her top-tier figure, which could even be considered among the best in the One Piece world. Her bare upper body only wore a white bra, and large expanses of her fair skin were exposed to the air, completely disregarding the surrounding gazes.
Yang Tao glanced indifferently at Alvida, his lips curving slightly as he said, "Alvida, it's been a few days... your courage seems to have grown quite a bit, just like your strength. You even dare to flirt with me now."
"Do you want me to change my form and have a heart-to-heart with you?"
Alvida's face instantly turned pale upon hearing this. In recent days, due to her Devil Fruit and the Character Creation Book, her strength had rapidly increased, putting her in a great mood. When she saw Yang Tao, she couldn't resist teasing him a couple of times.
Bang...
Alvida knelt prostrate on the deck, assuming a standard apologetic posture: "Captain, I was wrong! Please, please forget what I just said."
"Alvida, remember, only I get to tease others. No one has ever been able to tease me."
It was a pity that Ender Dragon couldn't hear Yang Tao's boastful words, otherwise she would definitely burst out laughing.
Just thinking about being touched by the Captain in that form, Alvida felt a layer of goosebumps appear on her smooth skin. She expressed profound agreement with Yang Tao's words, saying, "You are right, Captain."
"Any special situations recently?"
Alvida immediately got up from the ground when she heard Yang Tao asking about serious matters and said, "Luffy and his crew arrived in Loguetown yesterday. Oh, and there's also a group of guys wearing cloaks and hiding their identities..."
"I specifically arranged for people to follow them and found out it was Bugs Bunny the Pirate's crew..."
Bugs Bunny?
In the true storyline, Bugs Bunny was stranded on an island and was rescued by Alvida, who had eaten the Slip-Slip Fruit, from a sea monster.
After a series of miraculous coincidences, he found his subordinates and came to Loguetown together to defeat Luffy. Unexpectedly, even without Alvida, Bugs Bunny still came to Loguetown.
'Is this Bugs Bunny's luck?'
"Also, Ms. Tashigi of the Marines wants to talk to you about weapons..."
"Tashigi? Uh, let's talk about her later. That guy is just a weapon fanatic."
The time in the One Piece world is similar to the time in Miko's world, but the seasons here are completely different. Even the morning sun, when it falls on a person, gives a feeling of dryness and heat.
Miko and Hana were still wearing their winter bathrobes, and by now they felt sticky and couldn't help but say to Yang Tao, "Um... Mr. Yang, I want to go back and change my clothes, is that okay?"
Seeing the two of them already sweating on their foreheads, Yang Tao finally realized. He couldn't entirely blame himself; mainly, after such a long time, he himself had lost concept of the environment's cold and heat.
He quickly said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot about that. Let's go to a clothing store first, buy some characteristic clothes for you two, and then I'll take you around the island and watch a big show!"
"Elisa, you help them cool down first."
He didn't have cooling methods, but for Elisa, who controlled dark power, it wasn't too big of a problem.
"Alvida, you prepare the brothers. Tonight, we'll set off for the Grand Line."
Yang Tao felt that waiting for the plot to unfold little by little was too boring. He was going to find some fun for the Celestial Dragons.
"No problem, Captain."
Alvida showed no fear on her face when she heard they were going to the Grand Line. Instead, a genuine smile appeared.
Pirates in One Piece, regardless of good or evil, strong or weak, all possess a heart that yearns for freedom and adventure.
Except for those failures who have completely lost hope.
Yang Tao led Elisa and the two girls from the deck down the stairs extended by Blue towards Loguetown.
Along the way, Yang Tao acted as a narrator, telling stories about One Piece.
Hana looked in surprise at the five-meter-tall giant by the roadside. She couldn't help but reach out and tug on Yang Tao's clothes, leaning in and asking in a whisper, "Mr. Yang, how... how can that person be so tall? And that guy over there, how does he have six arms... Ah! That octopus-like guy is walking towards us..."
"Captain, you're back!"
"Hmm, I just got back too."
Yang Tao looked at the frightened Hana and Miko beside him and said with a smile, "Let me introduce you. This is Hachi, an octopus fish-man, and also a member of the crew."
"Also, the takoyaki it makes is especially delicious. When we come back this afternoon, you can try it."
"And that five-meter-tall person who just passed by, in this world, can only be considered a normal human. But there are also giants. If you're interested, I can take you to see them."