Chapter 119: The Ice Age
"I see, but there's one more thing to do before then. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info I'm a very shallow sleeper, and I just heard about this uncle while I was sleeping, so get ready to go!" Although the general Qingzhi seemed to be standing at the door asleep before, he still heard the conversation between the old man and the Straw Hats word for word, and he also had the intention of helping in his heart.
I don't know if he was really asleep or pretending to be asleep at the time, but as a general, he also has his own way of doing things. Although it was his job to arrest and eliminate the pirates, he was reluctant to involve inconsequential civilians in disputes between the navy and the pirates.
Hearing that Admiral Qingzhi was ready to help the old man, Luffy hurriedly said with concern for the old man: "Hey, uncle, you can't believe the words of this kind of person, he is a navy!"
"What does it matter?" the old man looked at Luffy stunned, thinking to himself why he couldn't believe what the admiral said? For a civilian like him, he should trust the navy even more, right?
Although the Navy is only an organization under the World Government, the Navy stands for "justice" in this world. Even though this organization occasionally produces some scum, the purpose is to protect civilians!
"Yes, it doesn't seem to matter! In the eyes of ordinary people, the navy is the good guy, and we are the bad guys!" Seeing the old man's expression, Luffy suddenly reacted, and smiled casually: "That guy also said that he wanted to help the uncle!"
Regardless, pirates are always criminals and synonymous with brutality. There are not many alternative pirates like Luffy in this world.
"They are on the third island in front, you want to catch up with them when the tide is low!" The general Qingzhi seemed to have known the old man's thoughts for a long time. However, this is also a matter of course, after all, in the case that the compass cannot be used, there is only one option to wait for the ebb tide. But how did he know that the other villagers were on that island? It seems that this young general's knowledge is unusually strong!
After all, the ten islands of "Long Island" are actually just one ring-shaped island, but they are divided into ten islands at high tide. However, the magnetic field of this island is actually the same, which means that even if the compass records all point to this "long island", they may not all land on the same island.
Although he knew that the general Qingzhi also wanted to help the old man, Usopp didn't believe that Qingzhi had any better way, and said helplessly: "Even if you even know this, you also know that they can't leave now!"
"It's a trivial matter!" Faced with Usopp's questioning, the general Qingzhi replied lightly. This matter seemed to be a simple matter to him, and it was indeed a trivial matter as he said, otherwise he might not have gone back to help the old man with his lazy character.
"It's a lie!" Seeing Qingzhi's lazy performance in such an understated answer, Usopp really couldn't believe that the general Qingzhi would have any good way. The tide of this sea cannot be receded for the time being, and they have thought about the way to take the boat, and they can't figure it out at all.
In the face of other people's doubts, William and Nicole Robin don't think that the general Qingzhi is lying, but only the two of them know that Qingzhi is fully capable of fulfilling his promise. William, who was barely suppressing the demonic spirit, said in agreement: "If it is him, it can indeed be done!"
At present, in the Straw Hats, except for him, only Nicole Robin knows the fruit ability of the general's childishness, although William has not seen the strength of the general's childish like Nicole Robin, but William knows that the strength of the general's childish is definitely that kind of strong and terrifying level.
"It's not bad to do some work once in a while!" said the general, standing up lazily and lazily. If you think that he hasn't worked for a long time, you're wrong, just taking out a few pirates on the sea isn't enough for him to warm up, maybe he really hasn't even warmed up.
"Why do you guys get along well with him?" Seeing that everyone was talking and laughing with an admiral who was originally an enemy, Chopper couldn't understand this behavior for a while.
It's incomprehensible, but it's better than going to war without a word.
"Are you going to swim over with your horse and luggage?" Seeing that the general Qingzhi actually walked to the shore alone, Luffy asked with some curiosity. He was as curious as everyone else was about how the admiral had appeared on this island, at least they hadn't seen any other navy, not even a naval warship, so he couldn't have come alone, right?
But this was really guessed by the Straw Hats, the general Qingzhi really came to this "Long Island" by himself, and he was riding a bicycle. And the reason why he was able to do this kind of thing was entirely due to his Devil Fruit ability.
"How is that possible!" the Admiral Qingzhi didn't pay attention to why Luffy had such a whimsical idea. I saw him squatting alone on the shore and putting his hand into the seawater, and at the same time, the general Qingzhi reminded Luffy and the others behind him: "You guys retreat a little bit!"
Perhaps sensing the appearance of the prey and smelling the smell of food, a sea king living in the nearby sea suddenly emerged from the sea, and pounced on the general Qingzhi who was squatting on the shore with his huge mouth, and the old man hurriedly shouted in panic: "It's not good, that's the sea overlord in this area!"
"Ice Age!" completely ignoring the sea kings who rushed towards him, the general Qingzhi was rarely serious for a while, and directly launched his Devil Fruit ability against the sea.
After a few moments, the childish body was covered with a thin layer of ice. Of course, the entire sea surface has become a thick land of ice, and the sea king who is ready to hunt has been frozen into an ice sculpture before it even touches the general Qingzhi. Because the surrounding sea water is frozen, the temperature in the air has dropped a lot.
"Is the sea actually frozen?" Looking at a snow-white land of ice and feeling the coldness of the air, the Straw Hats were frightened by the general's childish ability.
Although William knew that the general was capable enough to do this kind of thing, after seeing it with his own eyes, William was still shocked, there were not many people who could develop the Devil Fruit to this extent. So far, William has only met two people, one is Crockdahl of the Seven Martial Seas under the original king, and the other is Anilu, the god of the Sky Island.
These two people are the ones who have developed their fruit abilities like fire, and they may even have awakened the fruit abilities, and they can also combine their fruit abilities with the natural world.
Seeing that everyone was frightened by the general's childish fruit ability, Nicole Robin added another explanation and said: "He is an ice-man who has eaten the frozen fruit of the natural system!"
Hearing that the general's childish fruit ability was actually the most tricky natural system, everyone also knew that the other party was not only powerful, at least their current domineering was just getting started, and it was not enough to capture the entity of the natural system.
"This state can last for about a week, let's walk slowly!" pulled his hand out of the ice, then shook the ice cube on his body, and said to the old man lazily: "I hope you can reunite with other villagers as soon as possible!"
"Thank you so much!" Although the old man was also frightened by the ability of the general Qingzhi, he was very happy to learn that he would soon be able to reunite with the other villagers, and expressed his gratitude to the general Qingzhi and the Straw Hats.
Then he took his luggage and Hakuba and set out on his journey to the next island, so that he could get closer to the other villagers, and after reaching the next island, he would be able to catch up with the other villagers and reunite with them after a low tide.
"It's so cold, it's like entering a cold winter!" Although there is still a distance of about ten meters from the frozen shore, the Straw Hats all feel the cold breath, and they are all shivering with cold air blowing over, and the only thing that is not affected is probably only Qiaoba who is covered in hair.
After seeing the "Ice Age" of the general Qingzhi, everyone in the Straw Hats knew that if they really fought against the general Qingzhi, they would definitely not even have a chance to escape. The range of the "Ice Age" was so wide that almost every sea they could see was frozen into ice.
But thankfully, the general Qingzhi really doesn't seem to be interested in them, and everyone in the Straw Hats is praying that the general Qingzhi can really let them go. But as the admiral of the Navy Headquarters, will Qingzhi really be willing to let go of the Straw Hats who are pirates?
Luffy saw the young general sitting on the grass as if he was embarrassed, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"