Chapter 23 Entering the Grand Line
It was a new day, Kuro sat at the bow, Ryan held the rudder.
Clo and Zangao directed everyone to work.
"Captain, there is a mountain ahead!"
"I saw it. That is the Red Earth Continent."
Kuro looked at the red mountain in front of him excitedly.
"It's in this direction. Do you see that water gate, Ryan?"
"Captain, if we take this waterway, the current will push our boat up!"
"Understood Captain."
Ryan held the rudder tightly to prevent the fast current from carrying the boat off course.
If it deviates, it will crash directly into the mountain, and all the people on the ship will be destroyed and killed.
"Chloe, take them and fold the sails! From now on, it all depends on the current!"
Clo called on everyone to quickly reef the sails.
"Everybody hold on tight! We're entering the waterway!"
Hearing the captain's shout, everyone hurriedly grabbed hold of the boat.
Kuro and his crew's black ship entered the current and did not deviate from its direction under Ryan's control.
Rushing straight towards Upside Down Mountain!
"We're about to fly, everyone! Hahahaha!"
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
"Okay, let's go down!"
Kuro held the bow of the boat tightly with both hands as if he was giving a live commentary.
Reporting the situation ahead.
"Ok?"
"It's broken, forget it!"
On the way down, Kuro saw a black mountain ahead.
No, not Montenegro, it's Rab!
The whale waiting for Brooke!
"Ryan, turn right! Quick!!!"
Kuro shouted to Ryan!
"It's going to hit you, Captain!"
“I’m going to die!!!”
The crew on the ship were scared to death!
"It's still in time! Nothing will happen with me here!!"
Ryan's arm muscles flexed and he changed direction in time!
"Great job Ryan."
"Help, Brother Ryan! x20"
Ryan grinned at the captain's praise and everyone's thanks.
"Okay, let's not mess with this whale, let's go around it."
After Kuro finished speaking, he felt someone looking at him.
"Ok?"
Kuro tilted his head and followed his line of sight, and saw a white-haired old man watching them from the lighthouse.
It's you, One Piece's ship doctor.
Kuro waved hello at him.
Then he urged everyone to leave.
"Hey, Chloe, did you buy what I asked you to buy?"
After the black ship stabilized, Ryan walked out of the cabin.
"Oh, you mean the record pointer? I bought it."
After saying that, he took it out from his arms.
"Yes, it is this thing. The master who taught me navigation said that the Grand Line is different from the four seas. The magnetic field here has its own rules."
"An ordinary compass is useless here."
As he spoke, he took out a compass from his trouser pocket that rotated like a small airplane.
"So people created record pointers to use for navigation."
"So Captain, where is our first stop?"
After taking the recording pointer, Ryan asked about the next direction.
"Well, just take any route. The next step is to rely on fate to recruit some crew members."
"After all, there are still too few people on our ship, and we still need to go to the Seven Water Capital to find someone to rebuild a pirate ship."
"In the current state of the black ships, they are only suitable for daily navigation. If they encounter a severe storm, they may sink."
Kuro finished speaking and Ryan said he understood.
He turned around and entered the control room again.
"Okay everyone, pay attention to the weather around you. If you have any problems, call me."
"Understood the captain."
"Chloe, I'll leave it to you and Ryan. I'm going to the captain's room to think about something."
"Okay Captain."
Kuro said and walked towards the captain's room.
Returning to the captain's room, I sat on the bed and thought about what was going to happen next.
I found that there was nothing suitable for me to find.
"There is a vampire fruit in Shuigu Town. We can go look for it."
"Once you find it, you can feed it to Clo. Combined with his cat steps, the two can be combined. It can be done silently."
Kuro wrote on the paper: Vampire, sleeping in the ancient town.
"Well, there is also a Seven Star Sword, but it is useless to me. If I hadn't met Budu Yuhun before, I could have gone to look for it, but forget it now."
"The only thing left is the fruit I've always wanted, the artificial devil fruit, the fish-fish fruit, the mythical beast blue dragon form."
"I'm going to order this fruit. I still have enough time."
"If such a powerful fruit is given to that brat, it would be a waste of nature, so Punk Hazard must go."
"But that's in the New World, there's no rush."
"As expected, the main goal for now is to find a partner."
Thinking of this, Kuro closed the paper, felt sleepy and fell asleep.
When I woke up again, it was evening.
Walking out of the cabin, I saw the crew members, some of whom were training and some were controlling the ship.
"Hey, Suoxi, have you cooked yet?"
Kuro stood on the deck, looking at the green afro.
"I'm working on it, but Captain, can you find a cook?"
"I've really had enough of it. Not only does it affect my training, but I don't even know how to cook some of the ingredients, so they go bad if left alone."
“It’s such a waste of food.”
Kuro just wanted to ask if there was anything to eat, but ended up causing Suoxi to complain.
"Do you think I don't want to look for it? I want to look for it too! But I haven't found it yet."
"Just hold on. Once we get to the island, I'll go around and see if there are any good cooks."
Kuro was also helpless. He did look for them, but not everyone was willing to get on board.
You can't use a knife to force people onto the boat.
You're tied up unwillingly. If they give you some drugs, the whole boat will be in trouble.
Hearing Kuro's perfunctory answer, Suoxi didn't believe a word of it.
Then he walked into the kitchen with a big afro.
"Hey, I'm helpless too."
At this time, Ryan came over.
"Captain, my armament color has taken shape."
Ryan said, shaking his wrist.
"It's finally taken shape, Ryan, show it to me."
When Ryan heard the captain ask him to show off, he quickly made an effort.
Black energy wrapped around his hands, and then hardened. It was a success.
"Hahaha, not bad, Ryan! You succeeded in hardening your Armament Haki."
"Attack me, I'll test your power."
Kuro was very happy to see Ryan successfully harden his armed color.
“good captain”
Ryan said, then punched him.
Kuro also rushed forward with a punch, and the two fists collided with each other, using their armed colors to hit each other.
"Not bad, Ryan. You've made great progress in strength as well."
"Of course, Captain. Even though I have to steer the ship every day, I haven't fallen behind in training at all."
"Besides, I will increase the intensity of the training you set for me every day."
Ryan said with a look of pride.
"But it's still too weak. Let me show you what strength is."
Kuro saw that Ryan's tail was about to lift up, and thought that this was not okay.
Got to knock it.
After saying that, he increased his strength and knocked Ryan off the boat with one punch.
"Hahaha, soak in the sea and calm down."
