The Tutuya Island Chain is located in the West Sea, and is bordered by the windless zone that separates the Grand Route from the West Sea.
This is a very barren island, so barren that apart from weeds there is only some moss left. Apart from these, it can be said that this island chain cannot even be inhabited.
However, on such an island, a huge pirate ship docked here.
Shilok took a telescope and looked around again, and sighed after finding that there was still no movement.
He has been waiting here for almost four days, one day past the time the other party agreed to the deal.
If the goods this time were not too dangerous, he might have sailed back directly.
"Captain, hasn't the transaction party arrived yet?" Nicole Robin asked.
Nicole Robin now looked different from the beggar she had been a few days ago. Not only did Shilok let her take a bath, he also prepared clean clothes for her.
"No~ What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Robin shook his head, his expression a little complicated, and his spirit a little depressed. "I just didn't expect that you would violate the ban of the World Government like this. It's a bit surprising."
Sirocco smiled bitterly, "Is it an accident? I'm not surprised at all. It's better to say that I've had a premonition of this kind of thing since that day."
Robin smiled and said, "Do you regret it? It's probably not too late to burn that notebook now."
Sirocco scratched his head and said painfully, "Stop talking. If I dare to burn, my elder brother will definitely tie me to a stone and whip me severely." "Stop talking about this, Robin, about you secretly joining us. How have you considered that matter?"
"I'm not against it. But I want to know what your purpose is. I think you seem to be playing a big game."
Shilok quickly made a silent gesture, "No, keep your voice down. What we have to do is indeed a bit big."
As he spoke, Sirocco also made a little gesture with his index finger and thumb. "Just a little, maybe a little less."
Robin raised his eyebrows, "Oh, it turns out that you only asked me to record the deciphering notes of ancient texts for such a small thing~"
"Hey, everyone sees through it but doesn't say it. It's really just a little bit."
"..." Robin sighed, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. There is one thing I am very curious about. I wonder if you can tell me. If so, I will agree to join you."
Shilok's eyes lit up, "You say it, you say it."
"If you value me so much, why would you send me out?"
Robin wanted to ask this question when Sirocco invited her to join the mysterious organization when she was writing the notes, but she didn't dare to speak rashly at that time. Now that she understood the general character of Sirocco, she naturally asked about this matter.
"this……"
When asked about this, Shilok hesitated rarely, and his expression was very difficult.
But Shilok made a decision quickly. I saw him taking out a stack of paper from his arms. Then quickly spread the paper out. "Look clearly, I'll tell you after you sign this."
"This..." Nico Robin just took a quick look and felt bad. As a genius historian, her memory is naturally excellent. Reading a book at a glance is a daily operation, but the contract terms of this stack of paper...
Isn't that a little exaggerated?
"Are you a little too cautious...(￣ー￣)"
"Hey, hehe, it's just so so. In fact, everyone knows that this kind of paper is signed as soon as it is signed, so it is not very effective. However, this contract is actually somewhat related to the fruit's ability. With this contract, you can directly claim the enemy's contract It is human and will force those who sign the contract to perform the contract."
Of course, there is one more thing he didn't mention, that is, if the person who signed the contract is within a certain range of the ability user, the ability user can activate the fruit ability to force the other party to enforce the contract. However, the biggest drawback of this ability is that once the valid contract is burned, the contract will become invalid, and the conditions for the success of the contract are also very stringent, and both parties must sign it voluntarily with a clear mind.
Although it is possible if there is external force, a forced contract can only be effective for one month, and it will be useless after one month.
Having said this, Robin also put aside his disdain and looked at the contract seriously. But after reading the whole story, Robin felt bad.
It's not that this contract is so harsh, it's better to say that this contract is very relaxed, but the confidentiality aspect is extremely harsh.
Not only did the other party list that they could not tell others directly, they could not even transfer confidential information to others by any means. And it was not over yet. After the contract was written like this, it also listed various ways of leaking secrets that might have loopholes.
For example, when you have amnesia, when you are mentally controlled by others, when you are unable to control your own body, etc...
Any possibility of leakage has been taken into consideration by the contract.
It's almost truly inevitable.
The above method even took into account the method of leaking secrets in the form of death messages in a special way of death.
"..." Nicole Robin was silent for a while, and then asked Sherlock tentatively, "Have you figured it out?"
Shilok nodded, "Yes, this has ruined my old nose skills. I thought about it for seven days, then added seven days of supplements, and then revised it for seven days. Finally, it took another seven days to summarize and subdivide it, plus the final draft, which is enough It took me a month.”
"...You are really a talent..."
"Thank you for the compliment!"
"I'm not praising you! Forget it, just think of it as me praising you." Robin sighed silently, looking at Sirocco with a complicated look in his eyes, and signed the contract without much hesitation. own name.
Seeing Robin sign, Sirocco smiled instantly, quickly received the contract in front of him, and then signed his name.
"Of course, the contract cannot take effect yet. After all, the contract is relative. If you want to keep it a secret, then I have to tell you. Now let's go and talk slowly."
…
"Boss Shilok, here they come, they are finally here." A younger brother rushed over and shouted frantically.
Sirocco paused for a moment, stopped talking to Robin, then walked up to the bow and took out his telescope. Sure enough, at the line between the sea and the sky, I saw a large, crystal-clear boat jumping out of the water.
Seeing this scene, several newcomers who had just joined were a little shocked, but Shilok didn't feel anything at all.
As the strongest among the four seas, the West Sea is naturally very different from the other four seas, and the biggest difference is that there are already some things that can only appear on the four seas in the great seas, and coating technology is one of them.
However, the profession of coating master is generally not popular unless it is in a special team.
But this does not eliminate the fact that the appearance of this profession in Xihai has improved the overall strength of Xihai.
Needless to say, because of this coating technology, there are even many people in the Western Sea who do not take the great sea route and directly enter the new world from the deep ocean currents in the windless zone led by dark forces.
Of course, most of these guys immediately regretted it after going to the New World.
He had accompanied Locke on a trip to the New World before, and then he almost became autistic.
Is that kind of place really a place for people to stay?
But these are not the issues that he needs to worry about now. If the other party comes, it means that he and Nico Robin are going to be separated.
"It seems that we can only talk here for the time being." Shilok said with emotion.
After several days of chatting, Shilok also understood that Robin was not as cold and ruthless as the World Government had posted a reward for his arrest. He might look cold, but he was actually a very good person with a good heart.
"Yeah, I don't know when the next time we will meet is."
"I can't explain this clearly."
"We will meet again. Aren't we already gay?"
Shilok also lamented, "But I think you might see the leaders first."
"Lords of leaders?"
"Oh, didn't I say this?"
"Did you say that?" Robin glared at him, but when he saw that the ship to pick up the goods was not far away, he sighed, "Forget it, knowing this is enough now, sometimes death just means knowing more. A little bit of problems."
Shilok nodded, "That's true, but since you are already gay, you should read this book carefully."
Shilok took out a book of "Quotations of the Leader (Revised Edition)" from his arms
Robin took the book and glanced at it, "Is there anything special about this book?"
Shilok spread his hands, "You will know after reading it. This is a summary of the core ideas of our organization."
Summary of core ideas?
"By the way, there is a secret code I want to tell you. If you meet someone who you think may be the leader, you can use this to test. Now only 10 people including you know this secret code. And these Everyone is extremely powerful.”
"So awesome~" Robin was a little surprised. But it's more interesting.
"Hmm~" Sirocco cleared his throat, "Remember, this code is..."
"How many floors does a bag of rice have to carry? A bag of rice..."
After listening to Sirocco's secret code, even Robin, who thought he was smart, felt a little helpless for a while.
You told me that this bag of rice and the bag of rice that came over were actually secret codes?
But Robin soon had no time to worry about how many floors a bag of rice would have to carry, because the boat he contacted had already docked with Shilok's boat.
The transaction begins.
…
Under the tree, Youyouzi roared into the sky, "I asked, why is this tune so difficult to play!"
Ruby scratched her head angrily and looked away, "Maybe it's because the instruments sound differently."
Although they are both stringed instruments, the guqin and the harp are very different in timbre and playing. The harp has a soft timbre, and the sound it plays is naturally crisp and soft. When you listen carefully, it feels like butterflies swimming among flowers. spring breeze. The guqin has a wider range of timbre, and there are many more playing techniques, so the sound is more melodious and ethereal.
"Of course, this should be just a minor problem. Apart from these, I think you may not be fully understanding, Mr. Messenger."
Ruby had been teaching Yuyuko under the tree for three days.
Although it is troublesome to adapt the music from the harp to the guqin, with the music theory knowledge Yuyuko learned from the professional teachers on the Lilac, it can be said that it is not difficult to adapt the original music right in front of her. But three days have passed, and Yuyuko can't play like Ruby.
"Didn't you understand it well?"
Youyouzi raised her eyebrows and suddenly remembered her Chinese teacher's lecture on reading comprehension in her previous life.
"Mr. Lu Xun's "Run Tu" cannot just be read from the surface. We must not only look at the meaning expressed on the surface of the article, but also understand the words hidden between the lines of the article in light of the background of the times. Those words can only be found by ourselves. ."
If it had been in the past, Yuyouzi might have remembered her own annotation of this passage more clearly.
Lu Xun: No, no, no, I just expressed my feelings and didn’t think much about it at all.
But this idea just passed through my mind.
Although the understanding of music and articles have something in common, they are not all-inclusive. Articles are shaped in the mind through words, while music is the shape of flowing water. It does not need to be shaped, it only needs to be felt.
After figuring this out, Youyouzi suddenly felt enlightened.
Before, I was a little anxious about both the arrangement and the practice, but I forgot to feel the most essential thing about the music.
Thinking of this, Yuyuko decisively stopped playing the piano and turned to look at Ruby, "Can Ruby play again?"
"Eh~" Ruby was a little stunned by Yuyuko's sudden question, and said subconsciously, "No, no problem."
"Thanks."
Ruby "Then I'll start."
Yuyuko nodded, while Ruby closed her eyes and pressed the strings with one hand, but did not rush to do it.
A breeze seemed to blow through the trees, and Ruby smiled, and her green jade fingers began to slide on the few strings of the harp.
This time Yuyuko didn't think about the music, but took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes.
listen to the wind
listen to music
Youyouzi completely let go of her mind and felt it with her whole body.
This is the method taught by the teacher who plays the piano most beautifully on Lilac.
Music is the voice of a person's heart that relies on musical instruments, but it is not just the voice of the heart. Sound and music, music and nature, nature and people, when the three resonate, people can integrate into the music and understand the music to the greatest extent.
This method is like the replacement method when people communicate with each other, but this time it is not people who are replaced, but invisible music.
The wind... blows
Birds...singing crisply
Dust... flying
Leaves... whirling
Qin... a cappella
Youyouzi felt as if she had fallen into the deep sea, but she was not afraid or panicked, because what enveloped her was not the suffocating sea water, but wisps of gentle wind.
They circled around him, like the ribbons of a goddess, smooth and delicate, cool and gentle.
Under the guidance of these winds, I felt that my whole person was extremely relaxed, and my consciousness gradually became indulged.
"Ding~..."
The sound of the piano started again, and the world suddenly became clearer. This time Yuyuko lost her eyes, ears, and all senses. She felt that she had completely transcended everything and transformed into a wisp of breeze, following her will. The arrogant heart is swaying left and right in the air, but it just dances.
The dance steps are sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes even stopping, circling forward and back, everything is casual.
And as the dance moves farther and farther, Yuyouzi feels that her heart is getting further and further away...
"Huh~"
After the song ended, Ruby slowly opened her eyes.
Although she is the successor of Tianlan Shrine, her mastery of this piece of music can only be said to be barely good in the village. Many of the older generation can play it better than her.
I don’t know if Master Yuyouzi feels it?
That freedom like the wind.
Looking towards Youyouzi, he saw Youyouzi sitting with his eyes closed, his hands lightly pressing the strings, but not moving at all, his eyelashes twitching slightly, but there was no sign of opening his eyes. The corners of his mouth were raised, and his face was calm. It was obvious that he had entered the country. .
This should be useful. Ruby thought happily.
However, at this moment, Ruby felt the wind suddenly blowing around her. The breeze flowed in from the wide cuffs of the miko uniform, making her feel a little shy unconsciously.
Although her chest is not huge, it can be regarded as a small lotus peak, which is unique. When the wind comes out, it seems as if someone has sneaked a hand.
It's all Yuyuko-sama's fault, otherwise I... huh?
Ruby wanted to turn around and give Yuyuko an angry look, but she couldn't look at her anymore.
All of Yuyouzi's clothes seemed to be swollen and fluttering by the wind, making her look like she was floating out of this world.
This situation lasted for several minutes, and finally Yuyouzi's body suddenly lit up with a faint green light.
However, the blue light flashed past and soon disappeared, accompanied by the motionless wind that had been surrounding Youyouzi.
Suddenly, Ruby felt a familiar aura on Yuyuko's body.
My mood suddenly became excited.
Lord Youyuko, you succeeded!
