31- ship upgrade

The ship became much larger than before, The hull was black like marble while the ship's railings were coated in gold, and it had three masts with black sails.

Adding the finishing touch was the figurehead under the bow which was a beautiful golden mermaid with wavy flowing hair, its hands brought together in front of her mouth with her fingers intertwined as if in prayer.

As Ethan and the girls begin to explore the ship, they are surprised to learn the level of luxury and the details that went into its construction.

The ship was well equipped and furnished with luxury items, electric stove, washing machine, dish washer and many other such equipment and furniture.

On the walls, there were paintings and ornaments fit for a noble's mansion, not for a ship like this one.

There were five bedrooms furnished with two beds, one on the left and one on the right, and also had two desks and electric lights as well as two closets.

There was a huge training room enough for all members of his crew to train in.

There was also a blacksmith's room at the back of the ship, when he entered there he found a smelting furnace and some metals and tools. When Kuina entered this room, her eyes were filled with stars.

The kitchen was fully equipped with electric equipment and stocked with food, even for modern standards it was above what a normal ship should have.

Besides that, the storeroom was fully stocked with food enough for twenty people to eat for three months, at the back of the storeroom was a small refrigerated area for frozen foods.

Moving away from the storeroom he found the bathroom, it was very clean, and it had a bathtub equipped with shower, a large mirror was placed above the sink, every metal part was golden in colour.

Moving on from the bathroom Ethan resumed his exploration, Ethan was surprised to find a living room furnished with elegant furniture and artistic ornaments such as paintings and flower vases, there was a dining table in the center large enough for ten people.

At this point the ship looked more like a house than a ship, at least life on such a ship couldn't be called bad in any way.

The last stop was the captain's cabin where the furniture was even more elegant, there was a beautiful wooden desk facing the door and a bed big enough for four people directly behind the desk, and there was even a black sofa to the right side, on the left side was a large window.

Ethan and the girls were shocked by the beauty of the ship, if someone told them what the best ship in the world was, they would surely answer Ethan's ship.

'System, tell me the advantages that appeared after upgrading the ship.'

[1-Ship Upgrade (Hardness,Weight Reduction): you can currently upgrade it 10 times ]

[Why the hell didn't you use this advantage]

[2-Ship Repair: If there is any damage to the ship, you can use points to repair it]

[3-The expansion of the ship: the ship will expand every time a crew member joins you, more rooms and training equipment will be added, and if one of the giants joins the crew, the ship will expand to suit the size of the giant]

[If one of the crew members has a specialty such as a doctor, musician or scientist, a room will be added to suit their requirements]

'Now I know why there is a blacksmith's room, it must be because of Kuina's dream of making the best sword in the world, but regime why not a mapping room.' Ethan thought of Nami who dreamed of her making a map of the world.

[This is because she hasn't officially joined the crew yet]

'System, upgrade Hardness and Weight Reduction 5 times.' He hadn't used this feature before because he didn't have enough points so he wanted to use it now.

[10,000 points will be spent to upgrade, are you sure to upgrade?

1-Yes

2-No]

'Yes'

[Upgraded: Ship's wood's Hardness becomes the same as Iron's Hardness, and the ship's Weight Reduction has been made so the ship's speed has increased by 5%]

Nothing like wood shattering or anything similar to when the ship was previously upgraded had happened.

'I thought it was going to be faster than that,' Ethan thought curiously.

... ... ... ... ...

After a few hours, Ethan arranged the captives and found that there were some of them who had skills in navigation, so Ethan decided to leave them and return to his journey with his crew.

During the previous hours Lucy introduced Makino to the crew, Makino was a really nice girl. Ethan also asked Lucy if Makino had any boyfriend or relationship with any man because he would feel bad if he had an affair with her and she was in love with another man, and Lucy said that Makino had not been in a relationship with a man her whole life.

Before they left, Ethan approached Lucy and said, "Lucy, why don't you invite Makino to our crew?"

"Good idea," Lucy said with a big smile, then she ran towards Makino and started talking to her. At first Makino refused to join the crew but with Lucy's insistence she finally agreed.

Then Lucy took Makino to the ship, and they continued their journey. All the girls and Ethan looked at Makino, which made her nervous. Zora approached her and said, "Do you know how to fight or do you have skills?"

"I don't know how to fight and I don't have any skills," Makino said nervously as she looked at Lucy for help.

Zora looked at Lucy and said in annoyance, "Lucy, what were you thinking of making a civilian who doesn't know how to fight to join us? It's too dangerous for her. We're going to the Grand Line and that place is dangerous for ordinary people like Makino."

"Zora don't worry about it, I have a way to make her stronger in moments and even you can't beat her, Lucy is the captain too and she has the right to include anyone in the crew with my approval." Ethan stepped forward and helped Lucy and Makino, causing Makino to look at him with gratitude and shyness as she thought, 'He's an amazing person ,like Lucy said.'

Zora looked at Ethan in shock, "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding, just wait a minute," said Ethan, as he approached Makino. "I heard from Lucy that you own a bar, so you must know the alcohol and how it was made, and the percentage of alcohol in alcoholic beverages."

"Of course I know that, everyone who works in a bar should know it." Makino didn't understand why Ethan was asking this question.

After that, Ethan took out the devil fruit he obtained after killing Omaeda, and told Makino, "This is a devil fruit called alcohol alcohol fruit , it can give you a body that cannot be touched because it is a Logia fruit."

Because the crew doesn't know what kinds of Devil Fruit are, Ethan starts telling them about it.

"Because this fruit will make your body turn into an alcoholic liquid, your body will become weak against fire, and if you get caught by fire, that is certain death. But you can eliminate this defect if you can control the percentage of alcohol in the alcoholic liquid and reduce it so that it is not affected or burned when you touch the fire." Ethan seriously mentioned the defects and how to eliminate defects.