The old man is the mayor of Pegasus Town. After Pegasus Island was defeated and the Twin Horse Kingdom gave control of the island to the World Government, the mayor here basically lost his power.
"The pirates finally disappeared!"
"There are no pirates in this town anymore, we are liberated!"
"Long live emancipation!"
The corpses of pirates strewn on the ground made the ragged civilians smile after a long absence, like dead trees growing buds again, with a little more hope in their eyes.
"Please forgive me, Lord Marine, we have lived too hard under the rule of pirates."
The mayor saluted Clow, who had landed, and said: "It was not like this before. Although those pirates were very cruel, they were kinder to us and not so unscrupulous. But since the kingdom gave up the island to A world government would make us miserable.”
"After that, the appearance of a navy made them even more ferocious... Sir, we secretly hid that navy in order to wait for you to completely recover the island and then hand it over to you."
The mayor looked at Kuro and his tone was very solemn.
"navy..."
Kuro was stunned for a moment and looked at everyone, including the woman who had angered the navy before. She also wiped away tears at this time. Her eyes had lost the resentment and looked more like determination.
"You mean, a navy came here and caused harm to these pirates, but was also seriously injured as a result, and then you hid them?"
Crowe said in surprise.
"That's right."
Betty gritted her teeth and nodded, "We took in the seriously injured marine."
The man who was robbed of his money bag and died by a pirate's knife was her husband.
Of course there will be resentment. If these navies had come earlier, they would have suffered less of this hellish scene.
But if you regret it...
Ever since they took in that navy, they were fully prepared for the price they had to pay!
"This is really..."
There was a hint of shock in Crowe's eyes. He was obviously so weak and didn't dare to resist when facing the pirates, but he still had such thoughts.
Human...is really a contradictory creature.
Kuro closed his eyes, opened them again, and nodded, "Take me there. With your abilities, it's not easy to hang her life."
"she?"
Lida was stunned for a moment, "Is it a woman?"
A female Marine?
"How do you know, sir?" The mayor was also stunned and said:
"That female marine, she fought against those pirates for us. Although she failed in the end, we all admire her."
"What's her name?" Qrow asked.
"I don't know what her name is, I only know that she looks...hey!" the mayor said with some excitement.
"Then which army does she come from and whose command is she?" Kuro continued to ask.
"I don't know which army she is from, I only know that she looks...hey!" the mayor continued to be elated.
"Then did she say anything? Like support or something."
"I don't know if she said it, I just know that she looks..."
"Stop, stop, take me there."
Qrow waved his hands speechlessly.
"Okay, sir."
The mayor nodded and walked towards the corner of the town, followed by other townspeople.
The mayor made many twists and turns in Pegasus Town and came to a remote suburb, where there was a temple. The copper paint of the Buddha statue in the temple had long been scraped off by pirates, and his head had been chopped off. The entire temple was in dilapidated condition.
Inside the temple, you can see some shabby mattresses, where those who were bullied by pirates and bankrupted their lives and survived.
"My lord, here."
The mayor walked behind the Buddha statue and pried open a floor, revealing a tunnel, "Your colleagues are hidden here by us."
Crack.
Kuro opened the lighter, lit the cigar in his mouth, and walked out first.
The tunnel under the stairs is very dark. If you go down suddenly, you can't really see the environment inside clearly.
As soon as he walked down the stairs, a cold voice appeared next to him.
"do not move."
A gun was pointed between his eyebrows.
Gradually, a glimmer of light came out of the darkness. Inside the tunnel, we could see clearly that there was a small warehouse, covered with straw and some wooden barrels. In front of the straw, a man held up a large-caliber pistol and pointed at it. Kuro.
That person had long blue wavy hair. Although her appearance was a little unclear in the dark, Kuro knew that this woman did look like the mayor said... Hey!
"navy?"
The female marine who was pointing the gun also saw clearly the navy cloak that Kuro was wearing through the light from the open floor. She was stunned for a moment and put away the gun, "Sorry, I thought it was a pirate."
"Lida." Kuro said.
"oh!"
Lida transformed into a girl's form and put one hand on Kuro's back, "Collect the energy!"
Then, she flashed and appeared in front of the female marine in an instant. With her shocked expression, a palm hit her in the abdomen.
boom!
This heavy blow sent the female marine flying and hit the wall of the warehouse.
"You, what are you doing!" the mayor yelled.
"asshole!"
The navy man with long blue hair stood up, pulled out the two daggers tied to his thighs with his backhand, and was about to attack when he was suddenly startled.
"I..."
She looked at her hands. The original injuries caused by the battle had disappeared. The serious injuries suffered internally also felt like they were gradually healing, and the vitality in her body...
She is cured!
"Don't point guns at your colleagues casually, Navy." Lida waved her hand and said.
"I'm sorry, I was too nervous. There are too many pirates here and I misunderstood." The female navy bowed to Lida and said, "Thank you for treating my injury."
"No... forget it, I'll treat it for you anyway."
She did this on purpose, who asked this man to point a gun at Kuro.
"Master Marine, are you okay?!" the mayor asked.
The female marine nodded: "Yes, I was cured. Thank you very much. I am Major Ain of this headquarters. I belong to the 'Pirate Guerrilla Group' led by Mr. Zefa. Who are you?"
"Who do you think you are?" Kuro was stunned.
Ain thought he didn't hear it, so he repeated it again.
"Mr. Kuro, Zeffa is..."
Crowe on the side pushed up his glasses. He knew enough about this person as he now specialized in intelligence.
A former navy admiral, a strong man with a "black wrist".
Because he lost an arm in a sneak attack by pirates while leading a new recruit training camp, he has long been relegated to the second line. He formed a "pirate guerrilla team" by himself, cruising around and attacking pirates.
And Kuro knew even more.
A year later, Zefa will completely withdraw from the navy and establish a new navy, and this Ain is one of the bug ability users that Kuro needs to pay attention to.
Those with the ability to regress the fruit can return an object to the state it was in twelve years ago by touching it once.
But now, they are still colleagues.
"Are you here? Where is Mr. Zefa?" Qrow said.
