Chapter 14: A Fork in the Tide of Fate

"I have crossed mountains and seas, and I have also crossed mountains and seas"

"I used to have everything, and it was like smoke in the blink of an eye"

Luo Xiu was blowing the sea breeze at the bow of the boat, singing a certain song he liked before crossing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I used to just like it, but now I can experience the scene in the lyrics. However, because he used Chinese, Robin could not understand, so he could only boredly flip through the history books that he had read several times, looking forward to learning the new.

This is the second year since they left the village of Cocoasi. Ten months and eighteen days, to be exact.

They dodged the navy's wandering around all the way, landed on an island, and then went to various searches. Find people, find history books, find relics...... Exploring the news about the historical text. In terms of results, little has been gained. Should we praise the current world political axe? It is worthy of the guys who have steadily controlled the world for a hundred years. The traces of the historical text have been almost completely wiped out in the past hundred years.

Fortunately, the thing that records the historical text, the huge square stone, is not something that can be destroyed so easily. More than 100 years is not enough time to make it weathered to the point of being unrecognizable.

After nearly a year of hard exploration, the two finally found some clues. And these clues eventually point to a place - the desert country, the kingdom of Alabastan.

This is not good news. Because Luo Xiu knows, the sand crocodile nesting in that desert. In the desert, there are probably not many people who can do this kind of thing except for Luffy. And at the moment, the navy's pursuit of the two of them has not yet slackened, and it is obviously not the time to go.

"Then take a moment to get rid of all those pesky navies!"

Robin, who saw that the text of history was right in front of him but couldn't find it, decided angrily. Of course, Luo Xiu is as good as a stream.

After that, they spent three days throwing off all the navy and living in a windless belt for another three months, completely erasing their clues at sea. Before leaving the windless zone, Luo Xiu also killed a sea king who felt very ferocious, dismantled its bones, and then used the fruit ability to process their boat.

Luo Xiu's abilities are ineffective against living creatures, but it seems to be effective against the bones of dead creatures. Fur seems to be useful, but things like meat and offal don't. Luo Xiu once tried to use this ability to cook, but failed.

Driving the modified ship, Luo Xiu and Robin simply changed their outfits and continued to sail.

Another island that looked small appeared in front of them. The two of them resolutely docked, and in the previous three months of life, they were about to vomit after eating seafood. Thanks to Luo Xiu, he has a way to get some plants under the seawater, otherwise vitamin deficiency will be a big problem.

After the slippery landing, Luo Xian wanted to take a deep breath, but suddenly, a foul smell stimulated his olfactory nerves: "Hmm!!"

"It stinks...... Robin covered his nose and frowned.

Luo Xiu transformed his domineering energy into a needle, pricked it at Robin, and then pricked it at himself.

"What kind of needle of yours is still so effective. Robin's brow furrowed.

"Normally, it's just a little bit of practice. Luo Xiu's brows also relaxed: "It's a pity that there are no conditions for moxibustion, otherwise the two of them will cooperate and the effect will be better." ”

"It's good enough now. So where are we going next? Why does it stink so much?" said Robin, unhappy that there was still a little bit of foul odor left in his nasal cavity.

"Probably because of the garbage there. Although it was separated by a small forest, Luo Xiu's sights and ears were enough for him to [see] the [scenery] in the distance. The mountains of garbage, and the humans who are struggling to survive like insects.

"Tsk, I'm here, uncertain terminal. Is it providential?......" Some thoughts flashed through Luo Xiu's heart. But these thoughts were fleeting, and he took Robin around the garbage mountain, intending to walk through a dense rainforest and then go to the other side of the mountain behind the forest.

It stands to reason that ordinary people, ordinary people, human beings with normal brains, would not live in such forests. So......

"Surely these two children are not ordinary people?" Luo Xiu looked at the two people who were wary of him a few meters away, and when he heard Robin's question, he suddenly felt the urge to cover his face.

Although I don't know the principle, Luffy and Ace did rely on such a thing as "intuition" to confirm the fact that Luo Xiu and Robin are not enemies. So, after getting through the initial vigilance stage, the four of them began to enter the communication stage smoothly.

Luo Xiu, who originally thought that he could solve this problem and then continued to go to the town to purchase, still underestimated Luffy and Ace's desire to fight. After learning that the two people in front of them had been dangling on the sea for a short period of time, Luffy and Ace knew: This man, they are set to challenge!

Well, in fact, at the beginning, when he heard that the two bear children wanted to face him, Luo Xiu refused. Yes, no. Because you can't bear the child and say that he wants to fight, then fight. In this way, what if the bear child is not satisfied after being hanged, what should I do if he gets entangled?

"It's okay to fight, but we have to say yes first. Win or lose, I'll only fight you once. We're still in a hurry to go to town to buy something. ”

"Uh-huh!" the two bear children nodded quickly.

Nineteen seconds later, the two bear children kissed Mother Earth with a large bag on their heads.

Luo Xiu clapped his hands with a comfortable face, no matter how many years have passed, teaching such a thing as a bear child is still so pleasant. Then he left the woods with Robin and walked towards the town.

On the other side, after regaining their mobility, the two bear children covered the big bag on their heads with a twisted face, scolding Luo Xiu while discussing Luo Xiu's affairs:

"Damn, you're serious about kids! Is that bastard really an adult?"

"Damn, I didn't even make it through it! wait...... Luffy, why is that guy able to punch you out of the bag?!"

"I just want to know! Damn, it hurts! Even Grandpa's fist didn't hurt so much......

"Now, Luffy, you say, how about we let that guy teach us to be stronger?"

"Uh-huh!Looks good!Oh-oh-oh!Let's go find him to apprentice!"

"Stupid! Is apprenticeship such a simple thing?"

"So what do you say you should do?"

"Well, let's go ask Maginot first......"

So, the two bear children also went back to the town.

At this time, Luo Xiu and Robin also arrived in the town smoothly. Probably because the garbage is concentrated in one place, the town is exceptionally clean. Of course, the main reason should be that there are many "nobles" living in this town.

Although they are not afraid of this group of people who are full of beeps ~ in their heads, considering their status as wanted criminals, Luo Xiu and Robin are still as low-key as possible. However, there is a saying - life matters, nine times out of ten, unsatisfactory. Even if the beautiful Robin deliberately weakens her presence, she is still very attractive to certain male animals.

Why doesn't Robin make herself ugly? Just kidding? How can a girl make herself ugly in front of someone she likes?!

So this scene becomes a matter of course:

"May I invite you for a cup of coffee, this beautiful young lady, of course, if you wish, this gentleman. "A young aristocratic man dressed in gorgeous aristocratic costumes and with very standard etiquette sent an invitation to Robin and, by the way, Rosho.

In broad daylight, it is still on the street, and Luo Xiu is naturally not good at "blatantly" doing it. Luo Xiu knew that he couldn't give Robin happiness and deliberately ignored something between the two, and had the will to help Robin find a good home. But-

"That's definitely not you. Luo Xiu looked at the aristocratic young man who felt good about himself, and silently "said" to him in his heart. Then with Robin, move on. The aristocratic young man didn't react.

His housekeeper noticed that something was wrong for the first time, so he lightly touched his young master. As a result, his young master fell straight down like a stone statue.

"Young Master!"

……

"Ah, did you just do something?" Robin asked Luo Xiu with interest while eating the food elegantly in a quiet tavern.

"Points. Luo Xiu was not in a very good mood and replied briefly.

"Oh~yes,Point point~" I don't know if I got the answer I wanted, Robin ate happily.

Just as the two of them had finished eating and were about to settle the bill, the tavern door opened, and two bear children broke in. They saw Luo Xiu and Robin at once, because they were the two of them sitting and eating in the tavern.

"Ahh

"Stupid, we haven't officially apprenticed yet!" Ace corrected loudly.

Luo Xiu, who was originally a little sullen, suddenly felt relieved when he saw these two guys, and actually laughed. He laughed and laughed all the time. The tears of laughter came out, and when I was tired, I stopped.

After tidying up his face, Luo Xiu asked the two people who were looking at him inexplicably, "What do you want to learn from me?"

"Get stronger!" the two said in unison.

"It's going to be hard. ”

"Just what I want!" the two of them said in unison.

"Then give me enlightenment!" Luo Xiu said with a smile, then turned his head to Robin with an apologetic expression: "Desert, I may have to go a little later." ”

"It's up to you. That stone won't run anyway, so it's not bad to stay here for a while. "Robin is an empathetic girl.

In this way, Luffy and Ace officially became Luo Xiu's students.