Sailing is a very interesting thing. Driving a small boat across the sea and traveling between the waves...
Zhang Daye was full of energy and faced the strong wind: "Fighting against the sky is endless fun!"
"It's a lot of fun while you still have time, come and help pull the schooner!" Perona struggled to pull a cable. She didn't like working, but she didn't have to as long as she took Uncle Long out to work. She had practiced, so it was easy for her to make her choice.
But now I feel a little regretful. It is not easy for Perona to adjust the sail in such a strong wind. She almost hangs on the cable and looks like she will be blown away by the wind at any time.
"Here we come." Zhang Da also grabbed the rope with one hand and Perona with the other, pulling them and the sail together, "Hey, hey, don't worry about your ponytail, you're going to slap me in the face!"
"Who asked you to carry me like this!" Perona grabbed the pink ponytail that was fluttering in the wind and said dissatisfied, "Let me down quickly."
Except for Tom who suddenly flew a kite, everyone performed their duties. The Amber moved against the wind amidst the noise, not directly against the wind but at an angle to the wind direction, moving in a zigzag pattern, although the speed was slow. It was a bit slow, but it was still moving forward, and it took a lot of time to leave the headwind area.
Jackie Chan's physical strength was a little unbearable. He lay on the deck and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves: "It's too exaggerated. I thought it was a typhoon."
"The Grand Line is like this. There are a lot of extreme weather, just get used to it..." Ye Yan lay next to Jackie Chan, raised a hand to block the sun, and asked, "What is that, a kite?"
Jackie Chan looked at it and said: "It seems to be, and it is a Tom-shaped kite. It is well made."
"I have an ominous premonition." Ye Yan felt that things were not simple. After noticing that the 'kite' was getting bigger and bigger, he rolled away from the place and said, "Flash!"
"Wow! Unlucky, unlucky!" Jackie Chan reacted very quickly. With one move, the carp jumped up and ran away.
boom! There was a cat-shaped hole on the deck, and from the hole came the sounds of jingling as various things were knocked over.
A few seconds later, with everyone watching, Tom poked his head out of the hole with a bucket on his head.
Zhang Da also reached out to help Tom take off the bucket, and asked helplessly: "What are you playing at?"
Tom showed an apologetic smile, and Zhang Da suddenly felt something in his heart and hid behind him.
A large triangular kite fell down and hit Tom on the head.
Tom fell down again with the kite, and the cabin was shaken again. Several illusory small kites were flying in circles at the holes on the deck.
No need to explain now, everyone already knows what Tom was playing before. It was probably because he was blown away by strong winds while flying a kite, and then fell from a height unimaginable to ordinary people and was still alive and kicking.
"Boss, Teacher Tom has been mistreated." Rui Mengmeng was the first to accuse Zhang Daye of cheating his teammates.
What he did was a bit unethical. Zhang Da also said shamelessly: "Looking on the bright side, I may have learned how to look at things. Tom will also be happy for me if he knows."
A phantom of Tom wearing a halo floated up from the hole, gave a thumbs up in agreement with Zhang Daye's words, and then floated away.
"Don't die!" Zhang Daye grabbed Tom's soul and crawled through the cat-shaped hole. He pressed the soul into Tom's body and shook Tom's shoulders vigorously.
Tom woke up in a daze, then casually said hello to Zhang Daye like a cat that had nothing to do, and began to clean up the utility room that he had messed up.
Zhang Da also felt that he would be fine even if he left Tom alone. Maybe he would come back after floating around for a while and found that there was no God. Even if he couldn't come back for a while, he still had nine numbered souls in his body that could be used as spares. With.
Tom was unharmed, just a big hole in the deck and a mess in the utility room, which could only be repaired and tidied up slowly.
The others left with peace of mind, training, playing, eating and drinking, only Amber's injured world was achieved.
…
In the next few days, everyone experienced a series of bad weather. When he saw a sea beast that looked like a lucky cat on the sea, Zhang Da also knew that Alabasta was very close.
The huge sea cat raised its right paw and looked at the Amber with a cute expression, as if saying hello.
Arturia swallowed, the sword in her hand ready to move.
But Tom, who would normally have taken out his knife and fork and started drooling, hugged Artoria's legs and didn't want her to do anything.
Artoria asked in confusion: "Tom? It's a sea beast I've never seen before. It looks delicious."
Tom showed a pitiful expression, and Xia Lulu also stood in front of Artoria: "Tom probably wants to say not to eat cats, right? Actually, I would feel a little weird when it comes to eating sea cats."
Arturia looked at Tom inquiringly, and seeing him nodding, she had to put away her sword with regret: "Forget it, I'll catch something else to eat next time."
The world is big and the chef is the biggest. At least in this case, Artoria is a wise king who is very good at taking advice.
"There is a very thick fog ahead..." Wendy said with some confusion, "This doesn't feel like foggy weather, it feels more like hot steam. It's so strange."
"Don't rush in yet, I'll go take a look underwater." Shark Chili is more cautious when it comes to unexplained situations.
After a while, Shark Pepper poked his head out of the water again: "It's so hot. There is a group of submarine volcanoes below. There is steam coming out of boiled sea water. Wendy's feeling is right. It's not the case at all." What fog."
"A volcano again? I seem to have a close relationship with volcanoes recently." Zhang Da also thought of several active volcanoes in the small garden.
"I think it's better to go around it. The submarine volcano sounds very dangerous." Jackie Chan thinks it should be safer.
"Second, I don't want to experience being forcibly sent to the island by something like a volcano or ocean current again." Ye Yan still remembers the last time on Zhenshou Island that people and boats were suddenly sent to the sky. If it hadn't been With good luck, and having tricked the Chaos Beast, there's no telling what will happen to the ship.
Speaking of what happened that time, several people who had experienced it felt sad and immediately voted in favor.
The Amber began to turn, made a large circle, and continued sailing for a while before finally seeing the port city of Alabasta, Nahana.
Rui Mengmeng heard the noise from a distance and said, "The port seems quite lively?"
"I'll go take a look!" Perona excitedly let her spirit body float out to investigate, and her body fell limply in Wendy's arms.
Investigating means that you can go out and have fun, and you can put off practicing kung fu or something without having to listen to Uncle Long’s nagging. It’s great to have the ability to use for investigation!
"Hehehehehe~" Perona floated back after a while, "I'm back!"
Zhang Da also saw through her little thoughts, nodded and said: "Well, I came back in time, the Amber is almost docked."
Perona was unconvinced and said: "What does that look mean? I came back so late because I went out to help others!"
"Oh?" Zhang Daye asked, "How can I help others?"
"There is a group of pirates making trouble in the port, and the soldiers of this country are fighting with them, so I just want to help!" Perona put her hands on her hips and turned her face away, humming, "Is this wrong?"
Zhang Da also never wanted to save face in front of Tsundere, and said happily: "No, no, it was my fault. You did a great job, and you are worthy of being Princess Mononoke!"
"Hmph!" Perona crossed her arms, saying that she didn't want to talk to Zhang Daye, who had wronged someone, but her expression became obviously much happier.
Zhang Da also thought for a while: "How about doubling your pocket money in a while?"
Perona broke through in one second: "This is what you said, don't go back on it!"
"Let Wendy and Xia Lulu testify for you."
Perona nodded happily.
Xia Lulu sighed like a little adult: "It feels like it's easy to bribe Perona."
Wendy smiled helplessly.
…
"Bah!"
A high-pitched and powerful cry sounded from the sky, and the soldiers who had been fighting the pirates just now raised their heads.
I saw a huge falcon hovering and descending from the sky, turning into a tall young man. He was wearing a white robe, with a long sword on his waist, a lavender scarf decorated with black four-pointed stars, and his face There is a facial pattern painted on it that looks like tear stains. It is one of the two patron saints of Alabasta, Bell of the Falcon.
"Lord Bell!" When the soldiers saw Bell, they stepped forward with reverence on their faces. This Lord was known as the strongest warrior in the Kingdom of Alabasta and one of the people they most admired.
"I rushed over from the royal capital as soon as I received the warning that the port was being attacked." Bell looked around the situation, "I didn't expect it was over. Thank you for your hard work."
The soldiers looked at each other, and the last team leader stepped forward with some shame and said: "No, Lord Bell, in fact, most of the pirates were not defeated by us."
"Huh?" Bell frowned slightly, "Is it Crocodile again?"
This happened more than once. After the pirates landed, the soldiers of the King's Army were plunged into a bitter battle. Then Crocodile fell from the sky and eliminated all the pirates with a wave of his hand.
Sometimes even if Bell rushed to the scene as quickly as possible, it would be too late to deal with all the enemies before Crocodile.
This led to the fact that although the residents of Nahana were grateful for the king's army who desperately protected them, they worshiped Crocodile even more, who always appeared like a hero and easily defeated the enemy.
To make matters worse, in order to demonstrate the correctness of the Shichibukai system, the World Government always instructs the news agency to exaggerate Crocodile's deeds, causing residents in other parts of Alabasta to gradually begin to worship Crocodile.
He was regarded as a hero even though he was a pirate, and the people he should protect were always better protected by Crocodile. Bell was deeply ashamed of this matter.
But whenever he reported this incident, King Kobra didn't care. He was a king who was too broad-minded. He always said, 'As long as the people are not harmed, it will be fine. It doesn't matter if you get pirates'.
Bell deeply admired such a king, but always felt that something was wrong.
Limited by his vision and political standards, Bell couldn't figure it out at all and could only quietly increase the amount of training in private. He thinks that as a warrior, he just needs to become stronger, right?
Until a few days ago, Alabasta received a contact from the Navy, saying that someone had captured a large number of agents of the Baroque Working Society. According to the interrogation results, the mastermind behind the Baroque Working Society was most likely still hiding in Alabasta, so he hoped to send A lieutenant general Alabasta secretly investigates.
Later, when I contacted the lieutenant general, the meaning revealed in the other party's words was clearly that he was suspicious of Crocodile!
Crocodile wants to usurp the throne and establish the so-called Utopia? In this way, his behavior of continuously gaining public popularity seems to make sense!
Bell suddenly understood and was so angry that he immediately wanted to lead a team to arrest Crocodile.
It's a pity that neither the navy nor the king has definite evidence. If they attack the Shichibukai rashly, it will be tantamount to provoking the world government. Therefore, they can't act rashly. They can only investigate secretly first and wait for the vice admiral of the navy to arrive. Exchange information to determine further actions.
Now the Vice Admiral has quietly brought people to the royal capital and is conducting investigations with Jackal Jaka. Bell, who is not very good at this aspect, has no choice but to choose other aspects to contribute.
For example, if you hear a pirate attack somewhere and rush there immediately, you can't let Crocodile gain more reputation.
But was Crocodile still beaten to the punch today? Bell was a little reluctant.
But the soldier's next answer made him feel more relaxed.
"No, Lord Bell, Crocodile did not show up today." The soldier said, "It was these pirates who suddenly became...very depressed, even to the point of being completely unable to resist."
Bell asked: "Depressed? What do you mean?"
The soldier didn't know how to describe it, so he simply knelt down on the ground, lowered his head and put his hands on the ground: "In this life, I have been as humble as a grain of sand... If there is an afterlife, let me be a bed bug..."
Bell was confused. What was he doing?
The controlled pirates gritted their teeth, while some of the other king's soldiers snickered, and some admired his courage.
After personally recreating the scene for Bell, the upright soldier stood up and said with a blushing face: "That's about it. The pirates suddenly became like this. The reason is probably... "
"Ah, that's it!" The soldier pointed at a little ghost not far away, "It became like that after being hit by the ghosts."
"Ghost?" Bell approached the Negative Ghost and observed it curiously. Its translucent white body, long tongue, and thick red lips looked inexplicably cute.
"Be careful, Lord Bell!" the soldier reminded, "if you accidentally touch it..."
"It doesn't matter. Since it only attacks pirates and ignores you, it probably has no ill intentions towards us." For some reason, Bell always felt that this ghost looked familiar.
(End of chapter)
