One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 160 Even the Flame-Flame Fruit is Afraid of the Cold

"Honestly, you didn't hear a thing. Tell me honestly, what were you thinking about so intently just now?"

Thinking about the past, but Katakuri definitely wouldn't say it, "I was thinking, when you first met me, didn't you say you were immune to all three colors?"

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. Yu's eyes darted away, avoiding Katakuri's gaze, and she blinked. "What I said back then was 'should, should be immune,' meaning 'uncertain.' You must have missed a few words."

"Just pretend I didn't hear anything," Katakuri said, dropping the subject.

If she hadn't thought Yu was so powerful that she was immune to all three colors, would she have avoided that ordeal?

I was injured because of him, and I cried so helplessly because of him.

He promised to protect her, but in the end, he was the one who hurt her the most.

Yet, Yu is still overjoyed to see him, standing beside him without any guard. Does she trust him that much? Isn't she afraid he'll intervene again because of his family?

"Katakuri, are you really alright?" Yu felt that Katakuri was acting strangely, she couldn't quite put her finger on it, but there was something unnatural about him.

Katakuri tightened his grip on Yu's hand and said calmly, "No, by the way, what was that feather you didn't mention before? I don't remember you having it before." If you did have it, you wouldn't be either lost or on your way to get lost.

The topic was successfully steered in a new direction.

Speaking of feathers, a smile appeared in You's eyes. Actually, feathers don't have that much use, but it's still fun to talk about and hear about them.

"I plucked that feather from Brother Ma. At first, I just thought it was pretty, so I plucked it when he wasn't looking." Yu really liked the flame-like blue feather. "And I've kept it with me ever since."

Later, when I got lost in the castle, I was wandering around like a headless fly when a feather fell out. It was still as fresh as when it was plucked, dancing in the wind like a flame.

Desperate, Yu decided to try her luck. Whichever direction the feather drifted, she walked in the opposite direction. By sheer coincidence, she actually made it out. After that, whenever she encountered a similar situation, Yu would still take out the feather, and it always worked.

"I guess the feather is a kind of talisman, but I'm trying not to continue being directionally challenged." Yu's memory isn't bad, but when it comes to finding her way around, she always seems to have a memory lapse; if she's not careful, she'll forget which way she's gone.

It's quite unusual for someone to have a photographic memory, excellent memory, and terrible sense of direction to be in the same person.

“I was involved in the design and construction of Grantesoro. Every time I walk along every road here, I try to remember where it leads.” But in reality, she can remember very little.

Katakuri felt a pang of sympathy; he knew Yu had a terrible sense of direction. Besides, he also knew that once Yu made up her mind, the effort she would put in was considerable.

"You are the queen here, just arrange someone to take care of your travels."

"No way, how am I supposed to take you out to play like that?" She didn't want another person by her side, and besides, she couldn't let her terrible sense of direction accompany her for the rest of her life.

Yu's words always manage to tease Katakuri unintentionally, sometimes just to see his reaction, but they're always genuine. It would be a lie for Katakuri to say he doesn't enjoy it.

The two of them chatted back and forth, walking very slowly, while Law and Ace followed behind, feeling quite annoyed.

If you walk fast enough to overtake Yu, you can't keep an eye on Katakuri; if you walk slowly, you can follow behind, but those two are really too slow.

Ace couldn't take it anymore and wanted to rush forward.

However, someone beat them to it.

"Katakuri-san!" Cracker started wailing as soon as he saw Katakuri, even though he was more than ten meters away. He had no air of a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million.

Katakuri couldn't bear to look at him and didn't want to pay any attention to him; it was too embarrassing.

Ace stared blankly at the purple-haired man. "Who's that? He calls him Katakuri."

"Charlotte Cracker, one of the three Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates, Big Mom's son, and Katakuri's younger brother." Law had seen the person who came with Katakuri at the beginning, so he knew without even looking.

When Yu was first brought here by Katakuri, he was seriously injured and in a bad mood.

Fearing that encountering members of the Bigmon Pirates would make Yu uncomfortable, Law memorized the names of all the pirates and tried to avoid having them appear in front of Yu.

However, it was of no use. He would run away from home at the drop of a hat, sometimes for two or three months, sometimes for half a year.

Since Yu didn't create a Vivre Card, Law can't use it to find her location; Yu has to rely on Law's Vivre Card to find him. This makes it almost impossible for Law to find Yu.

Although there are Den Den Mushi (snail phone) to contact her, it's inconvenient and too late to do so when Yuma needs something.

Most importantly, he has a terrible sense of direction and can't recognize where he is. He can only vaguely describe his location or ask people around him. Every time Law listens to useless information on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, the dark circles under his eyes become less noticeable.

Six months ago, when Yu went missing, they had originally agreed to pick her up from the Kingdom of Woka at about the same time, but because of the virus in the Kingdom of Woka, Yu asked Luo to come earlier.

When he arrived, the Kingdom of Woka was already on the verge of destruction due to the virus, and at that time, Luo couldn't find or contact Yu at all.

Thinking about this made Luo feel bad.

Ace, who was standing to the side, suddenly felt a bit cold around him. How could a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit be afraid of the cold?

Turning her head, she saw Luo staring ahead with a sinister expression. "Are you planning to make a move?" Surely that cold gaze wasn't directed at You?

"No, it's just that I was thinking back to that year, that person was also a member of the Big Mom Pirates who wanted to kill Nathan." None of the people in that pirate crew were good.

Ace nodded in agreement, "Seriously, the two of us working together could take on one."

“However…” Ace’s words were true, but, “not now, there are too many people here.”

They should only make their move when no one is around. Otherwise, the Big Mom Pirates will attack them now. Ace is fine because he belongs to the Whitebeard Pirates, but he is different from Nathan.

Cracker had no idea that these two complete strangers were already plotting to teach him a lesson.

Now, all Cracker wants is to win the money back.

"Brother! That's too much! They really went too far!" Cracker tried to hug Katakuri and cry, but Katakuri pushed him away in disgust.

As a result, Cracker could only stand far away and wail at Katakuri.

Katakuri rolled his eyes, not wanting to acknowledge him, but the voice was just too loud and attention-grabbing. People around them turned to look, and the Big Mom Pirates were utterly humiliated.

Of course, that's secondary. Those people who gathered around to watch the spectacle might notice You, and he didn't want You to be watched by those people right now, not at all.

"you…"

"Little Firecracker, you're actually losing money like an idiot. With your personality, wouldn't you have just punched him?" Is this still the same Little Firecracker who explodes at the slightest provocation? He's actually losing money so obediently.

Although cheating is prohibited, it's not strictly enforced in the gaming area. Especially in Grantesoro, they're afraid of Tesoro and don't dare to go too far.

However, upon learning how much Cracker had lost, Yu felt it must be due to his extremely bad luck. He even suspected that Bakura had just sucked away his luck.

How can someone be this unlucky?

"Brother~ you have to help me win it back! They said if I don't have the ability to repay, I'll be detained here as a slave!" Cracker was practically grabbing Katakuri's leg, but the latter dodged away in disgust.

After dodging, he didn't forget to add insult to injury, "Someone like you probably wouldn't want you."