Kurokas's room in the lighthouse was not much different from two years ago, except for some simple daily necessities. The only thing that might be a little surprising is a small bucket in the corner of the room, filled with newspapers.
It can be said that Koulokas is truly living an extremely simple retirement life.
However, simplicity does not mean that this place is small. In fact, as the outpost of the great shipping route, the size of the Twin Points Lighthouse can be said to be not small at all. At the height of each layer, Space 7 is actually very open.
And there is no need to worry about food. You can fish and dig wild vegetables, so you don’t have to worry too much at all. In daily life, I just take care of Rab and read the newspaper, and also do the maintenance of the lighthouse.
A pot of black tea was poured quickly when it was served on the table. It was still a bit small for the No. 10 person on Youyouzi's side. But it tried its best.
The teapot was put aside, and the ordinary kettle in the room was already being reheated.
"You guys, especially you, Captain Yuyuko, have become famous in the world in the past two years." Kurokas laughed heartily, "Why do you suddenly want to leave the Grand Line?" "And you actually came here all the time. What happened when you came to my place?"
Youyouzi scratched his head, "Well..."
Yuyouzi didn't hide anything and told Kurokas about Qishi.
"Of course, in addition to this matter, I also want to come back to convey a message to you and Rab."
"News?" Kurokas narrowed his eyes, a little confused. After a moment, Kurokas reacted with surprise on his face, "Did you find a clue?"
Youyuko shook her head "NO!NO!NO!~"
"Really? It really is like that~"
"...We found the pirate ship of the Lombard Pirates."
"It's okay, I already looked for it once back then, hoping..." Kurokas suddenly reacted, "What!! You found their pirate ship!!"
Kurokas suddenly sat up, looking extremely excited, "Where is it? What's going on?!"
The sudden loud voice made Yuyouzi's ears ring.
Yuyuko stared at Kurokas with a rather complaining look. Don’t you know people’s ears are very sensitive? !
"Don't be excited, don't be excited. We just found the boat. We found it in the Devil's Triangle, but after so many years, there is only one boat left, and not a single living person."
Yuyuko's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Kurokas. The excitement just now disappeared and turned into a kind of melancholy. "Really? That's right. After all, there has been no news for so many years. The Devil's Triangle Sea, Did it turn out that their journey only ended there..."
Kurokas was particularly sad for a moment.
Twenty years ago, he followed the Roger Pirates and completed a complete circle of the great voyage. Even the legendary Raph Drew was stepped on by him. However, even so, no clues were found about the Lombard Pirates. The only clue was that one of their ships left the Grand Line and headed for the Windless Zone. But in the end, it failed to survive the windless zone. All the people on the boat were found dead. This also allowed the World Government to cancel the bounty on the Lumba Pirates fifty years ago.
Because of this information, Kurokas was unusually hesitant when he came back. However, after hesitation, he still told Rab the truth. However, the guy who finally saw his return with hope after waiting for so many years still couldn't bear it.
Raab did not believe the news and wanted to verify it himself, which led to Raab's behavior becoming more violent than before.
Unwilling to believe, avoid, and...unwilling to give up. For it, the pirate group it followed from the West Sea is its family.
But Kurokas didn't expect that their journey would end in the Devil's Triangle.
It's a little too sad.
"Hey, uncle, don't be sad so early~ Although I said I didn't see any living people, I didn't say I didn't see any dead people~" Yuyuko showed a hint of cunning. Obviously, this round of conversation was intentional on Yuyuko's part. Of the.
Give some hope first, then throw people down, and then give some hope again. After a few drops, the news that was not so good will make people feel good.
Cruel? In fact, this is not the case. Yuyuko did not hide the information that needed to be told, but only arranged it in an artificial order. This method is very commonly used in some movies and is not uncommon.
If Kurokas was told the complete situation directly, then Kurokas might be a little happy, but more likely he would be just sad.
But if you tell him Brooke's current situation after such an operation, the situation will be completely different.
Just as Yuyuko thought, Kurokas frowned and was a little surprised after hearing Yuyoko's words.
"Kid, don't talk nonsense. There are no people alive anymore. What's the difference between that and everyone being dead?"
"Who said that when a person dies, he is really dead~" "After all, there are unreasonable things like Devil Fruit in this world~"
"this……"
"Singer Brook, he is the only member of the Lombard Pirates that we currently know of who still exists. In fact, he has died once, but because he once ate the Underworld Fruit, his soul lingered in the underworld after his death. He circled around and returned to reality, but his soul did not find his body immediately, so when he returned to his body, his body had become a pile of withered bones, but he was still 'alive'. With an immortal The appearance of bones…”
"This..." Kurokas was stunned, his mind was confused by Yuyuko's words. It took me two or three minutes to think about it.
Finally, a summary was obtained.
Dead, but not completely dead. Even immortal...
When he came to his senses, Youyouzi handed him something.
"Uncle, you should know this thing. It's a specialty of Kongdao, Shengbei."
"Sound Bei! You went to Sky Island... That's right. It's normal for a flying ship to have been to Sky Island..." After some fuss and fuss, Kurokas picked up Sound Bei and wanted to press the switch to listen. But hesitant.
Seeing this, Youyuko smiled slightly, stood up and said hello to everyone behind her.
Everyone nodded slightly, understanding. Then he quietly left the room.
But Youyouzi didn't stay any longer, pushed Shengbei forward a little more, and nodded with a smile. "I'm going to go out and wait. Isn't there a little guy waiting outside?"
As you said that, Youyouzi had already walked to the door. As soon as he finished speaking, the door slowly closed.
Kurokas was the only one left in the whole room...
"You really don't show any face to me~ You brat..." Although he complained like this, Kurokas still pressed the sound button.
Then a voice in my memory sounded in my ears.
"Oh ho ho ho, it's really amazing. This sound shell is actually something that can record sounds. It's so amazing."
"Pfft~ Hahahaha, that guy Brooke!!" As soon as he heard the voice, Kurokas was amused by the familiar voice, but there was a trace of tears in his eyes as he smiled.
He had been waiting for this voice for too long...
"Hey!! Did the voice just now be recorded too!!! White teeth!" "But that's okay, it just so happens that I don't know how to say hello anymore." "Kulokas, are you okay this time? Don't take it really for a long time. I heard that you are now a gray-haired old guy. Sorry! I'm really sorry, we... broke our promise. We didn't successfully travel around the world, and we ended only halfway. Sorry. I'm sorry to...disappoint you..."
The voice started to choke up at this point, and Kurokas had already slapped his face.
"Asshole! Idiot! Idiot! If you feel guilty, come back here! Asshole!"
"I know, you must be clamoring for me to go back. But... I want to say sorry again. I will come back, but I won't come back now. I... I am now the acting captain of the Lumba Pirates. They You entrusted me with all your dreams of traveling around the world, and asked me to...let me carry our music to the other side of the world, but I...I can't come back yet!"
Outside the lighthouse, Yuyuko took out a lollipop and bit it in her mouth, "Really, it's really heartbreaking to hear it again~"
Dreams and family…
Whether to pursue dreams or return to family is a question that has always made people ponder.
And Brooke is a little different.
He is no longer just chasing his dream, he is fulfilling a heavy sustenance.
Captain Yorkey, who left the Grand Line and returned home in despair, continued to move forward with their will, but fell to others in the Devil's Triangle.
When everyone leaves, they will entrust their dreams to the remaining people.
And after these dreams were passed on layer by layer, they all came to Brooke.
At the last moment of his life, perhaps Brooke was filled with apologies.
Perhaps this is why in the comics, Brooke had already cheered up and wanted to move on when he met Luffy. Behind him are heavy dreams and missions...
"Wait a little longer, please be sure to wait. This time I will stand on the stage again, set foot on the Grand Route again, fulfill our agreement, and then... reunite with you again!!"
The sound in the sound shell has stopped, and there is no sound in the room.
I don’t know how long after I came here, the door of the lighthouse was kicked open by Kurokas. The old man rushed to the beach in one breath and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Rabb!!"
………
Youyouzi didn't go to see Rab, maybe because she felt guilty. The original agreement was to bring people back to watch it, but in the end they only brought back a piece of sound. Although it cannot be said that it was a failure, the results were somewhat unsatisfactory after all.
However, Yuyouzi quietly took out another sound shell and threw it out.
Using the power of the wind, it was brought to the side of the mighty Crocas who was in tears.
"Yohohohohoyohohoho~
…
Yo ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ~
Bring Binx's wine to you
Like the sea breeze, ride the waves as you please
on the other side of the sea
………”
This music is very joyful, but it is undoubtedly a catalyst for tears for one person and one whale who is crying because of Brooke's incident. This time I cried more thoroughly.
But for Yuyuko, the matter has come to an end. Whether it is Kurokas or Rab, she has given a reluctant explanation.
After that, Labu's condition improved significantly. Perhaps he had found new hope. He no longer hit the Red Earth Continent. However, although he did not continue to hit the mountain, he still came to the mouth of the Upside Down Mountain every day. Call loudly.
Even with Brooke's new agreement, it still hopes that he will come back soon.
On the other side, Youyouzi stopped at the lighthouse.
And this stop lasted three days.
On this day, a new newspaper was brought over by the newspaper delivery seagull.
"An island mysteriously disappeared again in the East China Sea~"
"The island disappeared mysteriously?"
Kurokas nodded, "Yes, it has happened occasionally over the years. Some guys who often drift on the sea find that some uninhabited islands have mysteriously disappeared in the sea. But these news cannot be confirmed, after all, you know , there are too many magical creatures on this sea. It is normal for an uninhabited island to disappear. "
Yuyuko was speechless, but she didn't argue with Kurokas. Instead, she asked, "Could it be the Tsushima Goldfish?"
The Island-Swallowing Goldfish is an extremely huge giant ocean beast that looks like an ordinary goldfish, but can directly swallow some small islands.
However, they only eat the digestible things on the island, and the rest will be excreted, forming a deserted island with nothing, and then it will become a new island full of life who knows how long.
"It's not like that. They rarely come to the Sihai area. And they don't eat so frequently."
"So I do know a little bit about the situation."
Kurokas raised his eyebrows, "It's interesting, tell me what you think."
Youyouzi chuckled and said, "That guy should be the only one in this situation..."
Before she could finish speaking, the phone in Yuyouzi's arms started ringing loudly.
Just after I picked up the call, I heard Youyouzi's words and his expression turned gloomy.
The voice that came from the phone was Qi Shi's voice. However, Qi Shi's voice was a little weak at this moment. "Youyuko... I was arrested, save me..."
