"Nami, which direction is Loguetown in?"
After dinner, Qingyun returned to the Sea King with Nami, Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, Carina, and Carmen. He then asked Nami directly.
Nami was taken aback at first.
It seems that Qingyun's goal in going to the seaside restaurant is Carmen!
But shouldn't he still have a target in Loguetown?
After realizing what was happening, Nami quickly understood why Qingyun wasn't going to the sea restaurant but instead was going to Loguetown.
Not only Nami, but also Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, and Carina thought of it.
Carmen, who had just boarded the ship, hadn't thought of this; she still assumed that Qingyun was originally going to Rogge Town.
"Over there."
After recalling for a moment, Nami pointed in the direction of Loguetown and answered.
"very good."
Qingyun nodded, then directly controlled the Sea King to sail in the direction of Loguetown.
He was going to Loguetown, not for Tashigi, whom he had already invited onto the ship, but for Dezaia, who was currently in Loguetown, and Bartolomeo, who would appear in the future.
Qingyun went there because of Dezaya.
But he wasn't there for Bartolomeo himself; he was there for Bartolomeo's Barrier-Barrier Fruit.
However, Qingyun knew that Dezaa was Bartolomeo's childhood friend. If Bartolomeo had already eaten the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, and Dezaa cared about Bartolomeo a lot, he would have no choice but to give up the Barrier-Barrier Fruit for the time being.
"Um?"
Carmen was taken aback:
"How did this ship start moving on its own?"
"ah!"
As soon as Carmen finished speaking, Qingyun swept her up in a princess carry, startling the unsuspecting Carmen, who screamed in surprise.
What are you doing?
"Let me go right now."
Carmen had not yet fallen in love with Qingyun, and even disliked him intensely. She struggled fiercely, but was unable to break free from Qingyun's embrace.
Qingyun smiled slightly:
"Of course, I'm going to tell you why the ship suddenly started moving."
After saying that, Qingyun picked up Carmen and ran towards the living area.
Carmen was somewhat terrified:
"You don't need to pick me up, do you?"
Where are you taking me?
Nami, Nojiko, Kaya, and Makino were already used to this.
Tashigi and Karina are still getting used to it.
They all felt some sympathy for Carmen, but none of them dared to speak up for her or help her, for fear that Qingyun would drag them along to practice marksmanship.
Nami and the others breathed a sigh of relief once they saw Qingyun and Carmen disappear from sight.
However, they felt that Qingyun would most likely help them and Carmen receive his teachings together with the rope, just like before, so they didn't go about their own business and stood there waiting.
However, after waiting for a while, Qingyun did not tie them up with ropes to make them do extra training as Nami and the others had expected, which left them very confused.
"Is Qingyun no longer capable?"
Nami thought for a moment and guessed.
"It should be."
Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, and Karina all nodded.
After all, Qingyun had been teaching them marksmanship for a week straight, and it was time for him to reach his limit.
They should have been happy, but they all felt inexplicably lost, lonely, empty, and cold.
Just like a kitten that is fed delicious dried fish and petted by its owner every day, it will feel very uncomfortable if it suddenly stops being fed dried fish and petted by its owner as usual.
Kittens especially want their owners to feed them dried fish and pet them.
Why do I so desperately want to learn spear techniques from Qingyun?
He's clearly just a shameless lecher!
Upon realizing this, Nami, Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, and Carina all blushed slightly.
"You vixen, this is a perfect opportunity to escape! Why don't you steal Qingyun's treasure and leave?"
Nami encouraged Karina to ask, hoping to distract herself from practicing her marksmanship with Qingyun.
Upon hearing this, Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, and Tashigi all looked at Karina, hoping to distract them from practicing their marksmanship with Qingyun.
"Isn't this a good opportunity for you too?"
"Why don't you just steal Qingyun's treasure and leave yourself?"
"You were probably forced onto the ship by Qingyun, weren't you?"
Karina smiled slightly and asked Nami in return.
She knew that Qingyun could control the Sea King at will, and guessed that they were most likely under Qingyun's surveillance and had no way to escape, let alone steal Qingyun's treasure first and then escape.
She knew Nami must have thought of this too, and guessed that Nami was setting a trap for her.
However, this gave her a good opportunity to use it to distract herself from practicing her marksmanship with Qingyun.
"I wasn't forced onto the ship by Qingyun. I volunteered to go with him after he rescued me and became his navigator. Of course, I wouldn't steal his treasure and leave."
Nami put her hands on her hips and smiled.
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, and Karina were all quite surprised.
They all believed that, apart from Qingyun himself, everyone on the Sea King had been forced onto the ship by Qingyun.
"Really?"
Kaya and the others found it all very unbelievable.
"Of course it's true."
Nami nodded firmly.
"I can testify."
"Nami is telling the truth."
Nochi followed with certainty.
Kaya and the others then began to believe it.
Karina pouted:
"Even if you boarded the ship voluntarily, you probably didn't choose to practice your marksmanship with Qingyun voluntarily, did you?"
"Forehead..."
Nami paused, completely unable to refute.
Moreover, upon hearing Karina mention practicing shooting with Qingyun, Nami, Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, and Tashigi, and even Karina herself, couldn't help but feel even more eager to practice shooting with Qingyun, causing their pretty faces to blush even more.
"I...I'm tired, I'm going to sleep now."
Nami went straight to the room she had chosen.
"I'm going to sleep too."
"I'm going to bed too."
Nojiko, Kaya, Makino, Tashigi, and Karina also went to sleep.
None of them wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to teach Carmen the gun technique to escape.
It wasn't just because they guessed that Qingyun could keep track of their movements at any time and knew that they couldn't escape Qingyun's grasp.
It's also because they've become somewhat inseparable from Qingyun.
After Nami and the others returned to their rooms, the marksmanship Qingyun had taught them kept replaying in their minds, making them feel increasingly empty, lonely, and cold.
The more they try to control or even force themselves not to think about it, the more they will think about it.
In the end, within ten minutes, they all began to review the marksmanship that Qingyun had taught them on their own...