More than half a month has passed since the farewell of Xirob Village. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info time at this time has come to June 8, 1520.

Under the clear blue sky, the Golden Merry sailed on the calm sea. After more than half a month or so of getting along, Usopp has become a lot more familiar with the relationship between Ash, Luffy and others, and they also know each other's personalities about each other. For example, Captain Luffy is very good at eating, Nami the navigator is greedy for money, and Zoro the swordsman is a workout maniac, but Ash, who is also a chef and singer, although he looks a little cold on the outside, he is a guy who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

It's just that the food she cooks, although it is not unpalatable, is not delicious. But her crisp and melodious singing voice sounds quite good.

It was nine o'clock in the morning. On the deck of the Merry, Ash, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp, who had just finished breakfast, all looked at the pirate flag that Luffy had just drawn in his hand.

"Luffy, are you sure you want to use this pattern as our pirate flag?" Feeling helpless, Ai hoped that the skull pattern smeared on the black cloth that Luffy was holding in his hand was crooked, and he could barely recognize the pattern of a straw hat on an extremely abstract skull head.

Seeing this, Ash couldn't help but lightly cover his smooth forehead. Although she has never cared much about her appearance, if such a pirate flag is really hung on the Golden Merry......

That's really a shame......

"Although I don't know much about the Pirate Flag, I still know about the Pirate Flag after being a bounty hunter for so long. The pirate flag is a regiment that symbolizes death, but Luffy, the pattern you drew ......" Zoro's forehead was covered with black lines, and he looked at the flag in Luffy's hand and complained, "Are you sure you're not here to be funny?" (Or maybe it's a rescue from the monkeys?) You know it's a joke when you look at this picture of Tongxi...... ）

"Well. Luffy knows at a glance that he doesn't have any artistic cells! Usopp pouted and interjected.

"No, no, no," Nami touched her smooth chin with one hand, looked thoughtfully at the abstract skull pattern drawn by Luffy, and said with a serious expression, "In a way, this should be considered an art." ”

At this, Ash couldn't help but give Nami a big roll of the eyes, "What kind of art is this?" Abstract art? ”

"Well, Luffy's drawing style is a bit like the painting style of Iitaka, a famous painter in the West Sea hundreds of years ago." Nami, who had stolen countless pirate treasures, replied.

"I'm still short of food...... "For the picture drawn by his brother, Ash will not agree with it in his heart. Of course, if this is understood from another angle, if you can't kill her, she may agree with it.

"Am I so bad at drawing?" Luffy, who was originally smiling, turned the skeleton banner he drew upside down in confusion and looked at the skeleton pattern again.

"I think I'm doing a good job!"

“……”X4，

"Your drawing is so bad, Luffy! Let me do this kind of work. Finally, I felt that I couldn't stand the long nose, and took the initiative to take on the job of painting flags.

After about ten minutes passed, Usopp proudly tilted his head and excitedly swayed to the crowd to show the pattern he had drawn in his hand.

I have to say that Usopp's painting is indeed dozens of times better than Luffy's. But what's the deal with that long nose sticking out of the skull? This is Usopp's own logo, right?

"The pattern is completely different!" Luffy slammed a hammer on Usopp's head. The pirate flag is in a sense of the captain's own.

For example, the Bucky Pirates are depicted as a red-nosed skull.

"Okay......" Under pressure, Usopp had to revise the pattern again.

Finally, when the revised pattern was spread out on the deck again, Ash and the others on the Merry nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, it's pretty good." Nami compared the two flags on the deck and gave Usopp a thumbs up.

"Not bad, indeed." Ash gave Usopp a rare compliment. Although the strength of this long nose is not good, it can be regarded as very good in terms of mental dexterity.

"But if you don't look closely, you really can't tell that it's the same pattern." Zoro compares Luffy's and Usopp's respective patterns.

"Since I was a child, I have always liked to create on other people's walls, so I am very artistic." Usopp, who heard everyone's praise, proudly clasped his hands to his chest, his face full of pride. The long nose, which was already quite long, seems to have become a little longer again because of this.

"I think you're more of a prank..."

“……”

At this point, the official flag of the Straw Hat Pirates has finally been decided. For the first time, the pirate ship, the Golden Merry, has its own straw hat pattern on the canvas!

"yes, that's it." Ash, who was walking in the air on the ice, fell back onto the deck, put the brush back into the empty oil barrel, and wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand. The delicate handsome face looked at the straw hat skull that he had drawn on the sail with reference to Usopp's pattern, magnified dozens of times, and his pink lips were slightly upturned.

"Ash, give." Nami handed over a glass of fresh water that had already been prepared. After Ash took it and drank it, he took out a snow-white towel and carefully wiped Ash's sweat.

"Thank you."

"Hee-hee, you're welcome. Service charge 1000 Bailey. ”

“……”

Is this kid crazy about money? The beautiful ice blue eyes blinked helplessly, and Ash was about to speak, but there was a sudden cannon fire on the bow of the Merry, and a small wave about four or five meters high splashed on the sea in the distance.

Boom!

"What are you doing, Luffy? It's noisy! Ash turned his head and spoke dissatisfiedly to Luffy, who was standing on the bow of the ship fiddling with the cannon.

"It's rare to have a cannon on board, so I'm just practicing my shooting skills on the ship, but I can't shoot it accurately." Luffy compared the actual position he shot at, and there was at least a deviation of more than twenty meters between the distance between the big rock that was originally the target.

"Idiot, who can compare to me in shooting this kind of thing?" Usopp, who walked behind the cannon, stretched out his hand, calibrated the general orientation of the rock, and pushed the cannon muzzle on the bow of the ship, and when he felt that it was almost enough, Usopp confidently lit the lead while heading towards Luffy:

"Look at me, I was once known as a master of gunnery!"

"Oh!!" Luffy watched in amazement as the cannonball accurately blew the big rock apart. "You can hit it with one shot! Usopp, you're really good! ”

"Huh? Hahaha, of course. Usopp, whose look of surprise was not much worse than Luffy's, hurriedly changed his mouth after hearing Luffy's words: "What's so surprising about this, I said a long time ago that I was over-targeted." What do you think? If you admire me, it's not impossible to give me the captain's position. ”

"Usopp, do you mean it really? Hehehe. A pleasant laugh like a silver bell reached Usopp's ears.

The long nose, who was still complacent a moment ago, suddenly swallowed his saliva secretly, and looked at Ash who was talking to Nami with some fear, but looked at his side. "I'm kidding Luffy......"

"I won't give you the captain's position! Well, our pirate snipers! Luffy grinned and patted Usopp on the shoulder. It's decided, you're the sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates! ”