One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 141 You're so strange!

Yu had promised the Spade Pirates he'd cook a meal, and he wouldn't break his promise. He got up as early as his body could handle it and started preparing. Most of the ingredients were what the Red-Haired Pirates already had, but considering Ace and the others' situation, Yu also planned to prepare some other things for them to take as backup.

You must have prepared a large quantity of these spares, and in different varieties.

The existing ingredients were no longer sufficient, so You began to look for some new ingredients. Since they were at sea, the most convenient thing was fish from the sea.

Ideally, there should be sea kings, and they should be big enough!

"Yosbu, can you check if there are any Sea Kings nearby?" Yu could only rely on his sixth sense to predict, which was useful in a fight, but for targets like this, especially those that were far away, well, it was more convenient to rely on what he already had.

It might be a misperception, but Yu felt that Yasopp wasn't very willing.

After a long wait during which he hesitated and did not fire a shot at the Sea King, Yu impatiently asked why.

"Oh dear, the captain made me practice his Haki, and now I'm not even sure how to use my Observation Haki anymore." Yasopp knew Yu's temper, so he quickly focused his attention and fired the gun with lightning speed.

A sea monster emerged from the sea.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other fish hadn't come over to bite, Yu used his ability to control the seawater and push the sea king onto the shore. Then, using the vines as his arms, he dealt with the sea king. "What does practicing Haki have to do with your Observation Haki?"

"Captain, practice your sight-and-sight killing technique again."

"Crack!" Yu, who had been holding the Sea King up by its head and tail with vines, lost control of his strength upon hearing this word and broke its head and body in two.

"what is this?"

Yasopp suddenly became hesitant to speak, feeling that the fate of this sea king would become his fate... "That's right, make it impossible for the enemy to use their Observation Haki."

Observation Haki is a powerful ability to intensely sense the surrounding atmosphere, allowing one to detect enemies beyond their line of sight or even predict an opponent's movements. Some people can utilize Observation Haki over a very wide area, sometimes even covering an entire island.

Like the person Yu saw last time, who relied on Observation Haki to walk and perceive the outside world, Shanks' Observation Kill directly severed his source. The same applies to other users of Observation Haki.

"How come I've never heard you guys mention this before?" Yu Cai didn't think Shanks had recently mastered it. As for Haki, apart from Conqueror's Haki, the other two types must be trained simultaneously. Shanks has always developed them in a balanced way.

He must have already mastered the "Seeing and Hearing Kill" technique; he's probably just honing it to a higher level now.

"Have you encountered an enemy with really strong Observation Haki recently?" Yu guessed. "But Shanks' Observation Haki is pretty good too. Is there someone even stronger than him?"

Yasopp pursed his lips, his eyes darting around, hoping that someone would come out and save him. How should he respond to that?

It can't be that because someone's Observation Haki has become somewhat exaggerated in recent years, the captain wanted to interrupt his spellcasting at the source and then crush him.

Yu probably doesn't know that Katakuri's Observation Haki allows him to see the future, and a very distant future at that.

"Yosbumi?" Yu waited for a long time without getting a reply. When she turned around, she saw beads of sweat the size of beans on Yasopp's forehead.

Yasopp stammered, "Haha, it's just that I've become one of the Four Emperors, and now there are more people challenging me. Using the 'Seeing and Killing' skill makes things much easier." Yasopp thought his friend was really clever; he'd come up with such a good excuse.

“That’s true.” Yu nodded and continued dealing with the sea king in her hands.

Seeing that Yu showed no other emotion, Yasopp figured she hadn't noticed anything amiss. He made an excuse and ran away.

As he ran away, he ran into Hongo, who was looking for Yu. Hongo thought that Yasopp was sick because he was sweating so much and his face was so red, but after hearing Yasopp's explanation, he sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.

"You really think she believed it?" Although the excuse wasn't bad, it didn't seem like something that could be easily dismissed.

"Don't ask, I don't know." With his hand between the two, Yasopp refused to answer. "I'm leaving."

Hongo continued walking towards Yu's direction. In the short time he had been talking with Jesus, the Sea Kings had been mostly dealt with.

After cutting the meat into pieces, You directed the vines to carry the pieces of meat, preparing it for cooking.

"If the captain knew you were using his swordsmanship to deal with sea kings, he'd probably be furious," Hongo chuckled.

You waved her hand, making a shushing gesture, "It's already been updated."

"Rest for a bit, then drink your medicine," Honjo said, returning to the main topic and handing the medicine to Yu.

Yu looked at it with disgust; it really didn't taste good at all.

Seeing Yu's disgusted look, Hongo knew she was going to make up an excuse again, so he added, "It won't leave a mark."

You withdrew her disdainful look, took the medicine and gulped it down. Then, she made a "slurp" sound, which sounded more like she had just drunk a mouthful of strong liquor than medicine.

"Here, have some." Hongo handed over a candy.

He happily accepted it and popped it into his mouth. There was no way around it; candy was still his favorite, it always worked.

The medicine was finished, and the candy was eaten too. But Hongo didn't leave; he stood to the side, observing Yu, his chin resting on his hand, seemingly lost in thought.

Yu also began to examine herself.

Her clothes were neat; her hairstyle was fine; and her face looked good. There were just some marks left from the fading redness, but otherwise, she was fine.

What is this guy looking at?

"Did I write something on my face?"

"You have no questions about what the captain witnessed and killed, as Jesus said?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"Why would someone practice Observation Haki?"

"..." Yu thought Hongo was going to ask something, but this was all he said: "To become one of the Four Emperors, you have to have some unique special moves, right?"

As for the "Observation Kill" ability, Yu only knows that Shanks is practicing it and knows how to use it. It's unlikely anyone else can use it, and even if there is, it would only be someone from the Red-Haired Pirates.

"You really believed it?"

"if not?"

"Oh."

"...Hongo, you're so strange."

Hongo smiled, perhaps realizing his question was somewhat absurd, "By the way, given your situation back then, why did you think of coming to us?"

Ace and his friends obviously didn't know that the virus had severe symptoms that required contact with water. If they hadn't met them back then, they might not have been so lucky.

Yu felt a little guilty. She couldn't very well say that she actually wanted to find Luo, but she caught the virus, her mind was foggy, and her hand instinctively reached for the life card hanging around her neck...

When Yu saw that situation in the Kingdom of Woka, he contacted Luo and asked him to come and meet up with Yu.

As a result, he not only contracted the virus but was also arrested.

Fortunately, Luo went to the Kingdom of Woka and successfully helped them solve the virus problem.

This is what Yu overheard. During that time, Quinn was furious, and even his subordinates on Onigashima were terrified.

As expected, his younger brother is very reliable, but after so many years, he can't change many of his habits and dependencies.

“I have quite a few Vivre Cards, but,” Yu said, “only Shanks’s is hanging around his neck.”

Hongo tossed over a small jar of candy, saying, "This is a reward for you, but eat less."

Yu reluctantly accepted, complaining, "Why do I feel like I'm more like a puppy?" Well said, and she got a reward.

"They're complimenting your sweet talk; keep it up."

You stuck out her tongue, immediately opened the lid, and ate a few. Come on, with a whole jar in hand, what's there to hold back?

…Actually, Yu knew why Hongo asked about the "sight and sound" incident.

What Yasopp said must have been a reason, but there was also some element related to Katakuri.

We're all in a new world. If you're willing, you'll find out what you want to know and keep up with the latest developments of those you want to follow.

It's unclear why Katakuri is so obsessed with training his Observation Haki, to the point that he can now see the future.

Shanks probably wanted to stand up for her. After all, in Shanks' eyes, or perhaps in the eyes of the Red-Haired Pirates, Katakuri had failed to protect her.

Yu was troubled, both because he was moved by Shanks and because of his troubles.