"Jaina? Jaina?" Grimm looked at the panicked Jaina and gently called her name twice.
"Oh! This is a strange place!" Jaina looked around. "Sorry, I need to go back to the academy. I promised Kail we'd study runes together today. Oh, I wonder if teleportation works here. Where did that spell go? Ah, here it is! Azaroth Pineapple Mango, wait… that doesn't seem right…"
Watching Jaina chatter nonstop, Grimm roughly guessed which version of Jaina this was. She was still studying magic and was still debating whether to give her blood to handsome Kael or to a serious idiot.
Grimm chuckled—he was close to the "blood" moment: "Jaina, calm down and look at me!"
"Hello!" Jaina waved her hand helplessly, and a few more pieces of information appeared in her mind: "Grimm? Nice to meet you! Can I go back now?"
Grimm patted Jaina's shoulder: "I don't know. If I disassemble you, maybe you can go back!"
"Really? Please!" Jaina begged, "Kael is still waiting for me!"
Grimm spread his hands: "But I don't plan to do that. Because I want to be the son-in-law of the sea!"
Jaina was stunned: "Grimm Lord, does this have anything to do with me?"
"Of course, because you are the daughter of the sea!" Grimm's words instantly made Jaina's face flush red!
"Jaina!" Suddenly, Grimm's face turned serious: "I need you. The world needs you. This world is more chaotic than Azeroth. It needs peace. You will bring peace to it…"
"Peace?" Jaina fell into deep thought. Isn't her studying magic just for peace? (Some friends who don't know Jaina's deeds might find this a bit awkward—if you don't know, you can look up Jaina Proudmoore on Baidu.)
Grimm was very familiar with Jaina's deeds—she dedicated her life to peace between the Horde and Alliance. But contrary to hopes, peace didn't arrive. Instead, her father and brother were killed by the Horde. From then on, she went dark, viewing the Horde as a mortal enemy. She once went berserk, brutally beating Zandalari trolls, and even left her mount: Jaina's reins!!!
Thinking of this, Grimm couldn't help but feel a little scared. Would she kill him someday for peace? Luckily, the system told Grimm that the loyalty of summoned followers would never be a problem.
"You are the daughter of the sea. The peace of the sea depends on you!" Grimm spoke earnestly again. He didn't want a distracted follower by his side, especially one that kept calling out affectionately, "Oh, Kael… Oh, idiot!"
Wouldn't that make Grimm look pretty embarrassing?
So Grimm decided he must give the idiot a green hat!
"Am I really the daughter of the sea…?" Finally, a glimmer flashed in Jaina's eyes. "Then, Lord, where are we going now? What should we do?"
Grimm finally showed a faint smile: "We are pirates now. We must overthrow the Navy's tyranny…"
Thus, Grimm began brainwashing Jaina. After all, not everyone like Plank thought pirates were a promising career.
...
The afternoon after one day, Grimm finally arrived at Water City.
In the past two days, Grimm's meals had been pretty good. Surprisingly, the food summoned by Jaina was very delicious.
Most importantly, these foods could also provide some effects.
For example!
[Power Boost]: Increases strength by 30%.
[Skill Boost]: Increases skill damage by 30%.
[Sex… Boost]: Increases firing speed by 100%, and firing times by +300%…???
But these effects are random, and only one can exist at a time, lasting for a day.
After Grimm led Jaina away, the other members of the Black Sword Pirates wanted to follow, but Grimm refused. He told them that the great Holy Light needed to be spread, and they swore they would promote the greatness of Holy Light to the world.
Grimm didn't care about them, but he didn't expect that many years later, it was these people who truly made Holy Light great in the first half of the Grand Line.
"Huh?"
When Grimm just entered the alleyways of Water City, he noticed Navy patrols patrolling around. Compared to before, their alertness had increased significantly.
It seemed the Navy had added reinforcements, or they were sent to investigate what had happened earlier.
"Are those the government's goons? Do they really serve the wicked Celestial Dragons?" Jaina asked. After these two days of Grimm's teachings, she had learned about the biggest tumor in this world—the Celestial Dragons—and hated them to the core.
"Exactly. They've been encouraging the wicked deeds of the Celestial Dragons!" Grimm replied.
"I'll turn them into ice shards!" Jaina suddenly emanated a chilling aura.
"There's no need to fight now," Grimm reminded her. Jaina then retracted her aura.
The two met up with Plank. After introductions, the three quickly headed toward Tom's workshop on the West Coast.
"Long time no see, Tom!"
Grimm stood at the West Coast dock, looking at Tom working on the unfinished steel battleship.
Tom, holding tools and hammering on the ship, looked up and waved at Grimm: "It's been more than twenty days. That's quite a long time!"
He then jumped down from the bow, rubbed his sore shoulders, and said, "This ship will be finished in three days. You're lucky this time. But whether it can sail depends on the design. Oh, and I didn't make the sails!"
Tom didn't ask Grimm what he had been doing these twenty days. He knew it wasn't his concern, and even if he knew, it wouldn't matter.
"Thanks, Tom!" Grimm said, bowing deeply to this great shipwright.
"No need to thank me. I took your money!" Tom smiled sincerely. "By the way, I have something to tell you! Roger needs your help…"
Grimm's eyes sharpened with suspicion: "What is it?"
"Come with me!" Tom led him to his small hut, then took out a box: "Roger hasn't been here these days. He went to recruit new crew members. He told me that if he's not here, I should give this to you and ask you to keep it safe for him."
"Oh!" Grimm opened the box with more suspicion, then jumped in surprise: "Devil Fruit!"
Inside was an orange Devil Fruit with flame-like patterns. It was obvious at a glance—it was the "Flame Flame Fruit!"
"Roger, what is he trying to do?" Grimm muttered in disbelief. "Trust me so much? Isn't he afraid I'll eat it?"
Thinking for a moment, Grimm guessed what Roger was up to!
"This is so troublesome!"
...
Three days later.
Grimm, Plank, and Jaina stood on the northern coast of Water City. At this moment, the ship was completely covered by a huge brown cloth. Tom was holding one corner of the cloth, reaching out to Grimm: "Come, as the host, witness the birth of this ship first!"
Grimm excitedly grabbed the cloth from Tom's hand, then suddenly tore it off. The true appearance of the ship was revealed to everyone.
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