Chapter 102: Sailing Away, Rachel's Thoughts
The Navy has not yet developed a method to install seastone on the bottom of the ship and directly pass through the doldrums.
The only way to go to Marijoa is to pass through the Upside-Down Mountain, enter the Twin Capes, and then cross the entire Grand Line.
This process is very long, but with the permanent pointer of G1 that Garp gave to Luke, this time will be much shorter.
Because the supplies on the ship are very sufficient, the ship can travel without docking, taking detours or stopping.
If nothing unexpected happens, the time will be one-third of the normal voyage, and Lu Kai and his party will reach Marijoa in just one month.
"Lu Kai, are you still adapting?" Seeing that Lu Kai's mood had eased a little at this moment, Russell, the king of the Itachisia Kingdom, walked up to Lu Kai and asked.
Just now, when Lu Kai was watching his family leave, Russell was very polite and did not go up to disturb them.
The Kingdom of Itachissia is one of the member states of the World Government and also one of the most powerful countries in the West Sea. Its king, Darby Russell, is a very capable king.
Especially after the Lukai brothers and sisters helped him quell the civil unrest four years ago, under his management, Itakisia became increasingly peaceful, prosperous and stable.
"Brother, I'm fine. After all, I have experience going to sea before!" Lu Kai said with a smile. In terms of personal relationship, Lu Kai and Russell are quite good.
"I was just wondering what the Grand Line is like. I've only heard about it before. Now I'm finally going there myself, and I'm quite excited!" Lu Kai continued.
"Haha, I went there once with my father. The Grand Line is indeed very different from the West Sea. The climate, ocean currents, local customs and practices are all very different."
Russell said cheerfully, "And the Grand Line is indeed dangerous, and there are more pirates. But with you escorting us along the way, I don't think there will be any problems."
The two talked for a while. Lu Kai knew very well that Russell liked him. The former had always spared no effort to win him over.
After all, for a country, the peak combat power is often not guns but people. Strong warriors are the backbone of a country's strength.
And in Russell's eyes, Lu Kai is the strongest person in Itakissia and has a good personal relationship with him.
Although Russell had heard of the legend of Demo, it was just a legend after all.
Moreover, in Russell's opinion, Dimo has not fought or trained for many years. In Russell's opinion, it is hard to say how much of his strength is still as good as it was in the past.
In addition, Dimo was unwilling to get involved in any troublesome things and just wanted to spend his old age in peace. Therefore, although Russell respected him, he never thought of using him for himself.
But Lu Kai is different. In Russell's opinion, Lu Kai has inherited all the true teachings of Dimo. He is extremely powerful and has a good character. If he is willing to serve the kingdom, he will wake up laughing in his dreams.
While the two were chatting, a pretty and lovely figure slowly came in front of Lu Kai, and then greeted Lu Kai shyly, "Brother Lu Kai."
"Princess Rachel." Lu Kai replied. The visitor was Russell's sister, Princess Rachel of the Itachisia Kingdom.
Lu Kai had noticed Rachel not far away and knew that she had been hiding behind the mast and observing him. Only now did he finally muster up the courage to come over.
In fact, Lu Kai and Rachel are not very familiar with each other.
Although Luke had saved Rachel before and later helped Russell eliminate his political enemies, the Tule father and son, he had very little contact with Rachel during this process.
Moreover, Lu Kai clearly felt that Rachel had always had other thoughts about him, but she was just pretending to be stupid.
After all, although Lu Kai is only fourteen years old, he has lived two lives and his mental age has long exceeded this number.
Although Rachel was very beautiful, Lu Kai, who had been influenced by socialist morality, found it difficult to accept a twelve-year-old girl who liked him from any angle.
"Brother Lu Kai, do you know?" Rachel mustered up the courage to speak to Lu Kai first, "Now many people say that you are our Itachisia hero."
"What kind of hero or not, I'm just doing what I should do." Lu Kai smiled indifferently.
This is Lu Kai's true feelings. Compared to those false reputations, Lu Kai would rather do something practical.
"Brother Lu Kai, I heard from Brother Olin that you ate a devil fruit. Is that true?" Rachel continued to find a topic.
Seeing Lu Kai nodded, Rachel quickly said: "Can I...can I see it?"
Lu Kai felt a little helpless. The other party was so enthusiastic, how could he just ignore him?
After all, the relationship between the two families is there, and it is not reasonable for Lu Kai to be too harsh on Rachel.
After sighing in his heart, Lu Kai said to Rachel: "Hold my arm."
The moment Rachel's hand grabbed Lu Kai's arm, the two of them suddenly disappeared from where they were. The next moment, they appeared at the same time at an altitude of two hundred meters.
"Ah!" Seeing herself in the air, Rachel was so scared that her whole body froze. She changed from one hand to two hands and hugged Lu Kai's arm tightly.
Lu Kai didn't care about all this, and sometimes he took moon steps, sometimes he teleported, and he moved around in the sky with Rachel.
Rachel also changed from being afraid at the beginning to being excited, and she kept shouting in the air. After a while, Lu Kai and Rachel returned to the deck steadily from the air. Rachel's rosy face was still full of excitement.
"With the power of the devil fruit, you have become even stronger." Russell on the side exclaimed.
Lu Kai smiled and said, "I will naturally ensure your absolute safety when I accompany you to attend the World Conference this time. With the power of the Space Fruit, I can better protect you."
Russell felt comfortable with this, but then he became depressed again. Why did Lu Kai agree to join the navy?
I have waited so long for this, but in the end this is the result. I am so sad.
In the following days, Rachel became dependent on Lu Kai. She would go wherever Lu Kai was. Rachel was happy even if she just watched Lu Kai exercise.
The Kingdom of Itachissia is not far from the Upside-Down Mountain, and there was a tailwind along the way, plus the Itachissia navigators are very capable.
In just seven days, the boat carrying the group arrived at the entrance of Upside-Down Mountain.
There is a certain risk in crossing the Upside-Down Mountain every time, but under the precise control of the navigator, this time everyone safely followed the current and entered the Twin Capes.
After the ship entered the Twin Capes, what caught everyone's eyes was not the endless sea, but a very strange scene.
Because at this moment, there were two ships facing each other side by side on the sea not far away. One was a warship, and the other was flying the pirate's skull flag.
Lu Kai was familiar with both ships, because the bow of the warship was a big dog head biting a bone, and its owner was the "Iron Fist" Garp, who was known as a naval hero.
The other ship is even more famous. It is the ship of Pirate King Roger, the 'Oro Jackson' that sailed through the New World and reached the final destination.