A few minutes later.
"Shooting the tree with a bow and arrow?"
"How could you even think of that? With your strength, a simple push would knock it down!"
"What a stupid woman."
Zoro sat sprawled on the tree trunk, which had a large hole in the ground, his eyes scrutinizing the strangely dressed woman ten meters away.
Silas smiled indifferently, her eyes also looking Zoro up and down, as if she was looking at some rare item.
Indeed, it was rare; a character from an anime was now alive before her eyes. If she had her phone with her, she would definitely go up and take a photo.
As for the "stupid woman" from his mouth, she didn't feel angry at all.
It had been less than an hour since she changed from "he" to "she," and her gender perception hadn't yet adjusted.
Since she wasn't a woman, "stupid woman" naturally held no offense for her.
"You..."
The expected scene of a woman getting angry didn't happen, which surprised Zoro a little.
This woman had a pretty good temper?
"You want to leave this island?"
He asked after a moment of silence.
"Yes, I want to find a group of people. I thought it would be difficult, but now it seems quite easy," Silas nodded.
"The people you're looking for are in the East Blue?"
"Yes."
"On which island?"
"I don't know," Silas shook her head.
"Do you know where they are?"
"I don't know."
"Then you have no clues at all, how could you possibly find them?!" Zoro looked speechless; he felt it was a bit difficult to communicate with this woman.
"Although the East Blue is vast, there aren't many islands."
Seeing Zoro about to get angry, Silas reined in her desire to tease him a bit and said, "Besides, isn't there only one route in the East Blue that leads to that path?"
"The people you're looking for are going to the Grand Line?!" Zoro's expression was startled, not expecting a woman he met by chance to have the ambition to enter the Grand Line.
But then he thought of the arrow that carried Frost earlier, and the faint sense of threat emanating from her seemingly delicate body.
This woman's strength seemed to be quite extraordinary.
And she was suspected to be a Devil Fruit user, so it was reasonable for such a person to want to go to the Grand Line.
So, what kind of people were the ones she was looking for?
Zoro narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are the people you're looking for pirates?"
"Uh... not yet, I guess," Silas gently shook her head, stroking her chin.
"Not yet, which means..."
Zoro came to a conclusion: this was a group of pirates who hadn't yet set sail, and this woman before him was a designated member by the Captain of that pirate ship.
He had never imagined that Silas had not yet joined that pirate crew.
Because in his opinion, with this woman's strength and beauty, no pirate crew in the world would refuse her to join.
"Pirate? That identity doesn't quite suit me," Zoro said indifferently.
"Not only does it not suit you, pirates and Pirate Hunters should be mortal enemies who fight on sight," Silas agreed.
Zoro's pupils constricted slightly, and the surprise on his face flashed away: "You know who I am?"
"The famous Pirate Hunter—Roronoa Zoro, who in the East Blue wouldn't know you?" Silas's lips curved into a faint smile.
Zoro suddenly stood up and walked away with long strides without looking back.
His figure cast a long shadow on the ground, and it wasn't until he had walked a few meters that his low voice drifted back with the wind:
"My ship is docked on the other side of the island."
"Are you inviting me?" Silas heard his unspoken meaning and asked with a look of surprise.
"Stop babbling!"
Zoro's steps paused. He turned half his face, his sharp gaze sweeping over Silas from head to toe, then suddenly pulled out a wild, fierce smile:
"Let's be clear first—I'm not a good person. If you follow me, I might just cut you down if I find you displeasing at some point."
...On the beach on the other side of the island, a small boat, five or six meters long, was docked.
"Get on the boat, what are you still standing there for?"
Zoro had already leaped onto the bow, holding an oar in one hand, impatiently looking at Silas, who was still standing on the shore.
"You're going to sail with this boat?" Silas asked with uncertainty in her voice as she stepped onto the small boat with her short high heels.
The appearance of this boat was truly unsatisfactory; to call it a boat, it was more like a small raft.
It was even worse than the small boat Luffy initially stole from Alvida in the original story; not only was it more dilapidated, but it was also narrower.
Fortunately, the inside of the boat was tidy enough that she, who had a slight obsession with cleanliness, didn't have nowhere to step.
"How big of a boat did you think it would be?"
Zoro casually tossed her an oar. He then retrieved the anchor (a rope tied to a reef) and pushed off the shore with his foot, and the small boat slowly left the shore:
"Since you know my name, you should know that I have no companions, and one person can't steer a large ship."
"..." With things said to this extent, Silas had no way to complain about the boat anymore.
However, she always felt that sailing across the vast ocean in such a small sightseeing boat was truly outrageous.
Would they really not encounter danger?
Such a small boat would be overturned by any random wave, not to mention that the oceans of this world were extremely dangerous, with sea beasts tens or even hundreds of meters long potentially spawning in the seawater at any time.
And there was one most important question.
Silas pursed her lips, as if thinking of something, then looked at Zoro, who was diligently rowing in front of her, and asked hesitantly:
"By the way, how are we going to handle personal hygiene needs?"
"Huh? What did you say?" Zoro looked up blankly, not having heard clearly.
"I said, how are we... going to go to the toilet?" A hint of crimson floated across Silas's pretty face, finally, and rarely, bringing out the greatest advantage of this body.
Unfortunately, before her was the most insensitive man.
"Do you even need to ask? Just do it directly into the sea..."
Zoro had an expression like he had never seen anything so strange, but as he spoke, he suddenly realized something was wrong, and his voice gradually trailed off.
That's right, this guy is a woman!
He used to either go out to sea alone or on other people's cargo ships or merchant ships; he had never had the experience of going out to sea alone with someone else.
So he hadn't even considered this kind of problem.
Now that he thought about it, he suddenly regretted letting this woman on board.
Should he just throw her off now?
"Are you thinking of throwing me back on the island?"
Zoro's body stiffened abruptly, feeling a dangerous gaze fixed on him.
This woman... how could she know what he was thinking?
Damn it, are all women this perceptive?
Being exposed before he even acted, the famous Pirate Hunter was momentarily thrown into an awkward situation.
His mouth twitched, and he actually dared not meet that gaze, turning his head and saying:
"What nonsense are you talking about, stupid woman? If I wanted to throw you off, I wouldn't have let you on the ship in the first place!"
"Heh, let's hope so."