The Blind Brawler [ Roronoa Zoro X OC]

Chapter 110: The City of Water

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I was leaning on my forearms on the railing of the ship as I listened to Kokoro tell Luffy and Nami about the next island on our route, "I see. Well, in that case, it's Water Seven for sure. The train you saw on the way here just came from Blue Station on that island. They call it the City of Water. I think you'll like it!"

Nami hummed in thought, "Water Seven, huh?"

"They got great shipyards," Kokoro explained, "You might say that's their claim to fame. When it comes to boats, they're first class!"

I grinned hearing that, "Hey! That's perfect! The Merry could really use a professional touch."

The older woman continued on, sounding proud, "They're always coming up with some fancy new technology to build boats for the World Government."

My grin immediately faltered into a confused frown, "The World Government? That may be bad news for us. They may not take business from pirates."

Luffy seemed unbothered by the news as he got excited, "Whoa, then they must have some awesome shipwrights, too!"

"Some?" Kokoro chuckled, "More like damn near all of 'em! City's like a regular shipwright's convention!"

Luffy was ecstatic, "Ah! You hear that?!"

Usopp was thrilled, too, "Yeah!"

"Alright, then! It's settled!" Our captain declared, "We're gonna find the best shipwright in Water Seven and get him to join our crew!"

Kokoro sounded excited for us, "Oh, is that so? In that case, hold on a sec," I heard her groan a bit, "Upsey-daisy, you can do it," My brow furrowed in confusion as we all waited a moment before I heard her call out as she returned, "I got a present for ya! This is a little map of the city and a reference letter. Just give this to a fella named Iceburg, and I promise he'll fix yer ship up good. Water Seven's a pretty confusing place; be sure not to get lost."

I immediately turned towards my boyfriend at her warning. I sensed him turn to me and frown with a defensive tone, "What? What are you looking at?"

A coy smirk tugged at my lips as I tried to keep a straight face, "Nothin'," He let out an annoyed grunt, refusing to engage in my teasing any further.

While I had been picking on the swordsman, Luffy, Usopp, and Nami all returned to the ship. Chimney's voice rang out as she ran after us, "We'll be heading back to Water Seven soon, so maybe we'll see you there!"

"Sounds like a plan to me!" Kokoro shouted excitedly, as if we had made the suggestion, "And if you like, I can even give you folks a tour of all my favourite drinkin' holes!"

Zoro seemed to perk up at her suggestion as Luffy called back to her, "Sounds good! We'll try to keep a lookout for you!"

"It'll take 'bout a week for the Log to lock onto the next island," She informed us, "So you'll have plenty of time to do some sightseeing!"