Chapter 269: Loot

Robin, Mikita, Honey Saphir, Nojiko, and Marianne gathered on the deck of the Miss Love Duck. 

"Looks like everything is back on the Miss Love Duck," Mikita remarked. 

"Any troubles?" Honey asked. She hoped everything was fine in their fetch quest however she heard explosions in the general direction where they went. 

Marianne's expression shifted, memories of battle etched in her gaze. "We faced Satori's brother, Hotori," she revealed. Nojiko's silent agreement echoed her words.

"I crossed paths with his other brother, Kotori," Saphir chimed in.

"They were priests?" Robin asked. 

Nojiko's lips curved into a wry smile. "Not quite. He claimed to be higher than divine soldiers but lower than a priest," she replied. 

"There could be more like him," Mikita remarked. 

"The Divine Soldiers are annoying on their own," Marianne commented. 

"But we did well," Nojiko said. 

Conis walked out of the Bridge. "Everyone, Kaya and Vivi are doing well. Kaya is doing a routine check-up, so they should be out soon," Conis announced. 

Nojiko smiled. "They both are tough," Nojiko replied. 

"They acted a bit strange when they fought Fuza," Marianne said. 

"Strange?" Robin asked. 

"I came at the end when everything was over but I thought I saw their eyes were different," Marianne tried to explain.

"Threatening you?" Mikita asked.

"No, they were nice as usual," Marianne replied. 

Nojiko thought she should bring this up with Ben. Their devil fruit was from the same family. They had to have some secret. "I will talk to Ben about this," Nojiko remarked.

"Okay, let us know if you need anything," Mkita added.

"I will but, it's nothing to worry, they are themselves," Nojiko quickly said. 

They all nodded.

Mikita glanced over at Saphir, noticing a distinct mark in her abdomen. "Are you okay, Saphir?" she asked, concern written all over her face. 

"I am fine. Kotori hit me with an impact dial but us fishfolk are strong," Saphir laughed. 

Mikita and Honey were not convinced. "You know the rules, Saphir. We've been through this before. All injuries need to be checked out no matter how minor?" Mikita stated.

"We don't want Ben to be upset," Honey added.

"Logia have an advantage where we don't get hit that easily but that looks a bit nasty," Nojiko interjected.

"Yes, that hurts," Marianne remarked. .

Saphir nodded. "I will go now," Saphir replied. She added, "You all are so caring, I thank you for that." Saphir thought her old crew would just let her sleep it off if they were in pain. Her sister would comfort and support her. Emeraude did her best to heal but sometimes, after battle she would be forced to heal others and too exhausted to help her. Saphir would hate that but now she was in a better place. 

"Our Captain is," Robin remarked. Conis thought this was a different group of people, so caring, she also liked that. 

"He takes care of us," Marianne added. They all nodded. Saphir headed downstairs to the Medical Room, leaving the items she had retrieved on the deck of the Miss Love Duck. 

"Lets see what we got," Mikita announced. 

"I am curious as well," Robin said. 

Honey walked over to Saphir bag and opened it. She saw various dials there and placed them on the floor. "There is a lot," Honey observed. 

"Lots of Shooters," Nojiko remarked.

"There are also 3 Axe Dials. And Impact Dial and Flavour Dials," Conis said. 

"You can tell by looking at it?" Honey asked.

"Yes, I grew up with these and read a book about them," Conis replied.

"That is useful and very helpful," Mikita said. She smiled at Conis. 

"We have this stuff," Marianne said as she placed her Dials on the floor.

"More Shooters," Nojiko remarked again.

"Two Axe Dials and a Flame Dial," Conis reported.

"Some of them look broken," Robin said. 

"They are," Conis confirmed. 

After sorting everything out and throwing everything away, the crew had 6 pairs of working Shooter, 5 Axe Dials, Impact, Flavour and Flame Dial which were working. 

"That is alot," Marianne looked. 

"It is, so in total we have 7 Axe Dials, 8 Shooters, 3 Impact Dials, 1 Flavour Dial, 1 Heat Dial lance and 1 Flame Dial," Robin counted. 

"That is impressive," Conis said. She thought there were all very strong dials and they or we had this many. 

"It will help us for sure, let's put them in the Weapons`s room for now and we can take them," Mikita suggested.

"Yes, good idea," Nojiko replied. They all nodded and took them down.

"Nojiko, let's start moving now, there is nothing left here to do and the Miss Love Duck is fine. At most there is a scratch or two," Mikita said. 

"Okay, that is good to hear, let's go," Nojko affirmed. Mikita nodded. 

Upper Yard

Meanwhile up at the front, Luffy, Chopper and Zoro headed into the forest. They had parted ways with the Going Merry, leaving Sanji, Usopp and Nami in charge. 

"Luffy, this forest is creepy," Chopper commented. He looked at the large trees towering over them. They were colossal and thought anything could be up there waiting to attack them.

"Shishishishi," Luffy laughed. "It's an adventure," Luffy explained.

"It's not funny," Chopper remarked. He was nervous. 

"Nami said there is treasure and treasure means food," Luffy commented. 

He thought back to Nami, shouting to get the treasure or else. She looked scary. "You are right, Nami was scary," Chopper replied. He got shivers on his back. 

"Luffy, where do you think the treasure is?" Chopper asked. 

"I don't know," Luffy responded. He had a big grin on his face.

Chopper thought he was hopeless. "Zoro, where do you think it is?" Chopper asked.

There was no response. "Zoro," Chopper said again. 

He looked around and Zoro was gone. Chopper looked to find Zoro but he was not there. 

"Luffy, Zoro is gone," Chopper said. 

There was no response from Luffy either. "Luffy," Chopper said again. There was still no response. Chopper tried to pick up Luffy scent and attempted to head in the direction.