Around nine o'clock in the morning...
At this time, Portcas D. Ace, the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates, a user with the Burning Fruit ability, nicknamed "Fire Fist", is very powerful and has a bounty of up to 550 million beli. There are only more than three hours left in the public execution.
In Area 60 of the Shampoo Islands, outside the government access and naval headquarters base, a large group of residents who were transported here for refuge were watching the images on the large projection screens through the video phone bug. The execution ground in the Marine Fortress of Marineventor.
At this time, people can already see from the projection of the phone bug:
Countless naval elites were waiting in full formation. Both sides of the execution platform and the surrounding auditorium were filled with naval elites at the rank of naval commander. They were motionless, standing majestically at their respective posts like statues.
That kind of formation was completely different from the previous era when Roger, the Pirate King, was publicly executed and people gathered to watch.
"Ouch!"
"With this formation, the time is almost up. Presumably, Whitebeard has already arrived at Marineland, right?"
"Who knows..."
"But will he really show up?"
"You have also seen that there are so many marines, and they are all elites. Even Whitebeard probably wouldn't dare to show up, right?"
Under the large projection screens, the residents who were watching and waiting for the development of the situation began to discuss quietly.
"yes……"
"Even Whitebeard is a very old man. Does he really dare to go?"
"It's hard to say..."
"Ahem~!"
"After all, he is a figure from before the Great Pirate Era. He should be very old now. There seems to be no news about him at all recently. On the contrary, the rookie pirates are more active."
"Yes, I haven't seen news about him in newspapers for several years."
"..."
"Hey!"
"What are you talking about?"
"??"
"Don't you think about it, if it wasn't for sure that the other party would go, the Navy headquarters would have summoned so many elites, even the Shichibukai were forcibly recruited, and used almost all the troops to prepare for it?"
"besides!"
"If we hadn't received accurate information, how could we all have been transported here to take refuge?"
"Well……"
"That makes sense!"
"There's more!"
"That Straw Hat Pirate Luffy and that scary kid pirate will definitely appear when the time comes!"
"B-bear kid?"
"Yes, it's her!"
"!!"
"how do you know?"
"I'm afraid you haven't heard about it, right? Just the day before yesterday, the Impel Down Prison was attacked by the Straw Hat Pirate Luffy and the naughty Annie. They successfully broke in, and finally saved a lot of people and left safely. Now The Navy is still covering up that matter!"
"!!"
"H-how did you know?!"
"how do you know?"
"Hey! Because my son is a major in the Navy, and he is on duty in the confidential area of the Marshal's Office at the headquarters. Let me tell you, this matter is no longer a secret. When the war is over, it will be made public soon."
"hiss……"
"Then, that's something serious!"
"Now, tell me, who wins in the end?"
"It's hard to say..."
"well……"
"What will this world become?"
"..."
"..."
The group of people discussed for a while, and then soon gradually fell silent, and began to look up at the large projection screens again with solemn and somewhat ugly expressions.
What is the result? It is useless to say anything now. It is not based on the will of them. In addition to staring at the screen and paying attention to the development and direction of the situation, ordinary people like them who have no power can do nothing. No.
'The pirate Whitebeard is more terrifying than a ghost;'
'There are also naughty children, let the bear bite the general. '
'The fire is burning, sit down;'
'Lift your legs and step on your belly, your crotch is full of cake! '
Not far away, a group of innocent little kids were playing skipping rope and singing nursery rhymes and limericks taught to them by some nefarious person in a milky voice.
If Admiral Kizaru was here and heard what he said, he might be so angry that he would vomit blood for three seconds and then fall to the ground and die?
Naturally, Kizaru is currently on standby in the fortress of Marine Fando, the naval headquarters, so he may not be easily heard.
At this moment, the same thing is happening all over the world, in the four sea areas of the southeast, northwest, and the great sea route. People invariably put down what they were doing and gathered around various telephone bugs to wait for today. The result of this public execution.
Of course, more accurately, we should be waiting for the final result of today's war?
The sun is getting higher and hotter.
The naval headquarters is located on Marinefando Island.
Usually, outside the navy's fortress, on the other side of the naval port, in this large town where most of the families of naval officers and soldiers stationed at the headquarters live, the place is always bustling at this time, with countless officers and soldiers Families or residents doing business here have been going to the market or busy in the streets and courtyards long before the sun rises.
but……
Today, it is quiet here. The whole town is dead silent, and there is no sound of people. Whether it is the market, streets, courtyards or various large and small shops, the doors and windows are closed tightly at this time.
At the same time, the streets were a little messy, with only stray wild dogs or unattended wild cats lazily basking in the sun on the spacious streets and looking around doubtfully from time to time.
Obviously, their simple minds don't understand why all those terrifying bipedal creatures in the past suddenly disappeared today?
"……."
Suddenly, in this deserted big town, a man wearing a red waistcoat, blue half-leg jeans, straw slippers, and a straw hat on his head appeared. He was slightly thin and looked no older than A boy of sixteen or seventeen suddenly appeared here and successfully scared away the black wild cat that was lying lazily in the middle of the road, basking in the sun and yawning.
"So that's it!"
"Annie!"
"Come and take a look!"
"This notice says that the townspeople have all gone to seek refuge. The navy has sent warships to take them all to the Shampoo Islands, which is the closest place to here."
That's right, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who was talking and scared away the black night cat just now is Luffy!
At this time, he was standing on the street notice board, looking at several stern evacuation notices posted on it, and finally understood why there was no one in the town of Malinfando.
Fortunately, he just thought that these residents had gone to the naval base to watch the public execution. He was about to lose his temper, but in the end he found out that this was what happened?
"..."
|˛˙꒳˙)?
"There's really no one left..."
(ಠ~ಠ)
After trotting and skipping, she walked to Luffy's side. After taking a look at the notices posted on the white wall on the street, Annie sighed in frustration.
"it's a pity!"
ε=(´ο｀*)))Alas
Fortunately, she teleported herself and Luffy here just now, thinking that she would buy some delicious food first, and then blend in with the crowd to watch Ace's public execution.
But as a result, not only was there no food for sale here, but even the residents who could have been watching were all taken away by the navy to take refuge?
"It seems."
"It seems like we are the only two people left in this town..."
Looking at the empty streets and the shops and residential buildings with locked doors and windows on both sides of the street, Luffy didn't know what to do for a while.
"Annie, what should we do?"
"It will be difficult to save Ace now, right?"
Turning his head to look at the towering mountain-like naval fortress castle in the middle of the island, Luffy's face couldn't help but look even uglier when he saw the countless naval elites standing on the high wall waiting for battle.
Although he really wanted to break into the Navy's execution ground right now, no matter how stupid he was or how he didn't like to think with his brain, he knew that if he dared to act rashly before Whitebeard and those people appeared, not only would he not be able to save Ace, will he be arrested by the navy soon?
After all, he and Annie were the only two people here now, and Dibalu, Xiaoba and the others were all left on the Sunny. They were cruising in the outer sea at this time and did not dare to get too close to Malinfando. They don't have any foreign aid now.
"Of course we can't go now!"
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"Let's find a place to wait first. If we stay here, we will be discovered quickly by the patrolling navy uncles!"
o(´▽｀)o
After saying that, Annie walked aside and walked to a closed pastry shop. Then she first looked up at the 'Closed' wooden sign hanging on the door, and then looked at the locked door.
"..."
(„ಡωಡ„)
"Open the Alaho hole!"
↜(ψ｀▽′)o--*⋆
With just a simple little magic, the locked big copper lock automatically opened and fell to the ground. Then Annie pushed the door open and walked in without any politeness. She saw that there were indeed a lot of delicious food stored inside. stuff and lots of seats to sit on.
"hurry up!"
|ू･ω･`)
"Idiot Luffy, stop looking and come in quickly, otherwise the patrolmen from the Navy will come and catch you later!"
☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ
After walking into the store first and seeing that no one was inside, Annie turned back and waved to the stunned Luffy outside.
"ah……"
"Annie!"
"What kind of magic did you just do? Can it open the lock directly?"
Luffy subconsciously walked over and picked up the intact copper lock on the ground. After finding that there was no trace of damage, Luffy asked in amazement.
"It's just a little lock-picking trick!"
(ʃƪ˘³˘)
Annie didn't want to pay attention to the other party and walked directly into the store.
Anne naturally has countless ways to unlock the door, and the one just now is relatively simple, but the least violent one. There is nothing special about it, but if she is not afraid of kicking the door open directly or directly breaking the door lock If it would arouse suspicion from the navy, she wouldn't be in so much trouble.
"That's awesome!"
"Annie!!"
"Doesn't that mean that after we rescue Ace later, we won't have to find the keys to open those sea-stone handcuffs and leg cuffs?"
Looking at the intact copper lock in his hand, Luffy suddenly thought of the correct use of Annie's magic just now, and asked excitedly.
"..."
(￢д￢.)
However, Anne didn't want to answer the other party.
"Come in and close the door, the navy uncles are really going to patrol here soon!"
s(・｀ヘ´・;)ゞ
"besides!"
(｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)
"Don't speak so loudly, otherwise, if you are caught later, people will definitely not rescue you!"
o(´^｀)oHmph!
After saying that, Annie walked to the counter of the pastry shop and started rummaging around the cabinets and ovens.
"oh!"
"you're right!"
Luffy turned around, stretched out his hands, and soon the two doors were gently closed by him.
Tuk da~du da~!
Duda~!
Immediately afterwards, bursts of neat footsteps came from a distance.
Looking out from the dark pastry shop, Luffy saw a group of majestic and neat naval patrols slowly walking from a distance. He was so shocked that he quickly held his breath, not daring to speak or speak anymore. Make any slightest noise.
"..."
(｡◝～◜｡)Chew~!
At this time, Annie had found a large pot of pastries that looked relatively fresh and still had a little bit of baking warmth, and then sat on the counter and started eating.
"..."
Luffy still didn't dare to speak, but just listened. It wasn't until the footsteps of the marines got farther and farther that he relaxed and turned to look at Annie.
"!!"
"Annie?"
"Is it really okay to just break into other people's shops and eat other people's food?"
"Wow!!"
"tasty!!"
"Uh-huh~"
Although he said that, Luffy's movements were not slow. He directly pulled out the large bowl of pastries and carried most of them into his arms. He tasted one first, and then his eyes lit up. Then he started eating with big mouthfuls.
"The Lun family... gave the money..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
Annie didn't mind and pointed directly to the empty container inside the counter.
Where were the few golden coins she had just thrown there? Their value was enough for her and Luffy to spend money here, and there was no problem even if they ate up all the pastries here.
"So that's it!"
"Then I won't be polite!"
"Ennen, uh, uh..."
As soon as he reached out, regardless of whether they were fresh or delicious, Luffy brought several basins of pastries to him, and then while eating, he listened and looked at what was going on outside.
"Stop looking!"
(O^~^O)
"The hot white beard will definitely come, so don't worry!"
(lll￢～￢)
Originally, Anne didn't want to come so early. According to her opinion, it would be best not to come too late after the two sides started fighting.
However, that stupid guy Luffy couldn't bear it and went to pat her door again after two hours...
There was no other way. When she was so annoyed, when she got angry, she directly teleported the other party and herself to the town of Marinefando.
"It's useless for you to be anxious anyway!"
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"Yeah, yeah, yeah~♡"
(￣～￣)Chew!
"Hey! Delicious!"
(๑•ہ؎•̀๑)
After saying these words casually, Anne no longer paid attention to the other party, but began to eat one bite at a time in this pastry shop that seemed to be dedicated to military officers and wealthy families.
"..."
However, Luffy couldn't be completely reassured by Annie's few words.
"Ace..."
At this time, in the dimly lit store due to the closed doors and windows, he actually sat cross-legged on a table by the window. While constantly reaching out to eat the pastries on the shelves in the store, he stared at the window outside the window. Towering naval fortress and listening to the movement outside.
There are less than three hours left before Ace's public execution. From now on, he must keep an eye on every move in the naval fortress. Once he discovers that Whitebeard is out, once he discovers that chaos has occurred, he must rush to the execution site as soon as possible and Trying to save his brother Ace.
This time, only success is allowed and no failure is allowed!
Because now we have reached the final moment. This time is not like the time in Impel Down City, the prison. Once we fail, there will really be no second chance.
...
It was quiet outside the street. The group of navy soldiers just now had gone far away. With neither Luffy nor Annie wanting to talk, the only things left in the shop were rustling little movements and chewing things. The 'uh-huh' sound you make.
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