Chapter 8: The Woman in the Sea
After the banquet, Roger and his gang said goodbye to the small garden. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info They took the record pointers of the giants while keeping their own. Because it takes a whole year to keep a record of a small garden. They don't want to stay here for a year!
"Ah Jin, how many years have you been in the little garden, why are you going to sea now? Roger asked curiously. He already knew Ah Jin's identity, a golden snub-nosed monkey that ate the fruit of the animal family, in the form of a giant.
"I became the king of the monkey pack when I was three years old, and two years later I accidentally ate a Devil Fruit, and I was trained by two giants for another year. You're the first pirate group I've seen in years. Ah Jin briefly introduced the first half of his life.
"Ah, by the way, I forgot to ask Brockie about the Rumba Pirates!" Roger suddenly reacted when he heard about the Pirates. They forgot what they promised Colux.
Reilly walked over and patted Roger's shoulder, who was blaming himself, and comforted, "It's okay Roger. There's still a long way to go, so let's go to the island ahead and ask again. ”
Fan Pickup, who had been monitoring the surroundings from the improvised lookout on the mast, suddenly spoke: "In the direction of the bright spot, about four kilometers, there is a girl who has fallen into the water. Do you want to care?"
"Yes, of course. Roger said categorically. At the same time, he turned his course and moved in the direction of the victims.
Schalke took off his shirt, walked to the bow of the boat and jumped. "I'm going to save her first. "Schalke's business came from under the ship. By the time the words fell, he had already swam out dozens of meters.
"It's a fishman, this swimming speed is really fast. Bit lay on the side of the ship, looked at Schalke in the distance, and sighed.
"It's good to save people, but is it okay for us to just change course at will?" Ah Jin asked as he turned his head over his tree.
"What does it matter, where to venture is not an adventure?" Roger wondered. His dream is not to travel around the world for a week, so isn't it the same everywhere he goes on an adventure?" besides, even if he doesn't follow the course of the record pointer, he can travel around the world for a week...... Right?" said Roger, who was a little uncertain. There's one person on board who dreams of traveling the world.
"It doesn't matter. I'm sure we could travel around the world for a week. A wave of warmth welled up in Van Pika's heart. He knew that a freewheeling person like Roger was taking care of his dreams.
"Then let's wait here for Schalke. Roger said as he walked to the stern of the ship and threw the anchor into the sea.
A short time later, Schalke swam back with an unconscious woman on his back. They put the maiden on the bed in the cabin. It was the only bed on their boat.
After some tossing, the girl woke up. "You're awake. The girl heard a voice in a daze, a man's voice.
She sprang up screaming, checking her clothes, huh. The clothes were wet, but they were still neat.
After cleaning up, he noticed the embarrassed-eyed man sitting next to her. Looking at his embarrassed expression, the girl couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. "That...... Thank you for saving me. The girl said. "I ...... My name is Nuss and I'm from Drum Island. ”
"I'm Reilly. Reilly pushed his glasses. "It's just a matter of raising your hand to save you, there's nothing to thank you for. ”
"Also, we don't have any clothes on board for you. You can make do with this one. Reilly said and handed him a set of old clothes, which belonged to Van Pickup. He was the only one on the boat who had spare clothes.
"Ah...... Thank you. Nuss took the clothes that Reilly handed him and thanked him quietly.
Reilly waved his hand to show that you were welcome, and then he turned and walked out the door.
However, as soon as he took two steps, Roger slammed open the hatch with a newspaper and ran in. "Reilly! I've got a bounty! 50 million Bailey!"
"You're pirates!" Nuss said with a trembling voice as she cradled the clothes Rayleigh had just handed him to her chest.
Reilly raised his hand to his forehead, his face full of helplessness. 'This idiot captain can't do anything but bad things!' said Reilly.
"Yes, we're pirates!" Roger said to Nuss with a smile on his face.
"Ah, pirates are pirates. It doesn't matter anymore. "Who knew that Nuth calmed down directly. Said with a nonchalant face. "I'm going to change my clothes now, aren't you going out yet?"
"Huh, you ......" Roger wanted to say more, but he was pushed out by Reilly. "Let's talk about something when we go out!"
Outside the cabin, on deck. Several people were surrounding the newspaper discussing Roger's bounty order.
"Your name is misspelled, Roger. It's Goldow Roger. Is this really you, and not someone who looks like you?" said Ah Jin, pointing to the bounty order.
On the bounty order, Roger carried a small package on his back, pressed his straw hat with one hand, and smiled brightly with a slight squint.
"Ah, it's really me, it's wrong with the name or something, it doesn't matter. But why do I have the nickname of the Most Wicked, and what about killing more than 500 people at Whiskey Mountain? I've never done anything like that," Roger said, with some confusion. Although he was excited to have a bounty, this inexplicable bounty was very depressing.
"That's the problem, you're a complete burden at Whiskey Mountain, but the Navy gave you the bounty. Bit was also a little helpless. It was clear that the three of them had done those things, but the bounty was given to Roger.
"So, what the hell is going on?" said Roger, with a strong intellectual curiosity. Because it was clear that except for Ah Jin, who had just boarded the boat, and him, the other four knew very well what was really going on at Whiskey Peak.
"Actually, the people at Whiskey Mountain are not ordinary townspeople who welcome pirates, they are a group of bounty hunters who get drunk and kill pirate rookies in exchange for bounties. As a result, they were spotted when they attacked us. Then we killed them. Reilly briefly explained what had happened.
"But didn't you wake up at last, why do you still look like you don't know anything?" asked Reilly after explaining.
"Ah, that's right. I thought you wanted to sneak away from them while they were asleep. Roger said with a smile. "I didn't expect them to be enemies!"
"No wonder I haven't seen any pirates in over a year, they all died before. Ah Jin ate the banana he had picked from the tree, and said as he ate,
At this moment, the sound of the cabins opening was heard, and Nuss, the girl in distress they had just rescued from the sea, walked out wearing Van Pickup's clothes. "That...... Thank you for saving me, can you give me a boat? I'm going home. ”
"Absolutely. Roger agreed without even thinking about it.
"We don't have a lifeboat. Reilly said, rolling his eyes. Couldn't this unreliable captain think before he spoke?" "But we can take you to the next island and get you a boat." ”
"Well, it's too late!" Nuss frowned, looking not quite right.
"Is there any difficulty, can you tell us what's going on?" asked Reilly, looking at the anxious girl in front of him.
As soon as she heard Reilly's question, the girl fell directly to her knees on the deck. "Please, save my country!"
"You're asking a group of pirates to save your country?" said Bit in surprise as he looked at the girl kneeling in front of them.
"Judging by your attitude towards me, you are a good bunch of pirates, and I am at the end of my rope now!" the girl knelt on the ground, her watery eyes full of pleading eyes.
"We promised, you should get up first. Roger didn't ask anything, and directly agreed to Nuss's request. He couldn't see anyone else like this the most.
Nuss took the opportunity to stand up and tell her story:
She's a native of Guci Island. When their king went to the World Conference, the prince of their country, Mshuru, seized the authority of the country and imprisoned the king who had returned from the meeting.
After that, the villain began to toss around as he pleased. At first, he fired random artillery and injured a lot of civilians, and later he even used the civilians on their island to test his fruit ability.
He is the one who eats the fruit of the fungus, and he poisons the civilians that even the best doctor on the island, Greva, can't do. You can only watch the poisoned civilians die.
Coincidentally, Nuss discovers that she has the virus. It turns out that she has also eaten a Devil Fruit, which is a healing fruit of the superhuman line. It is possible to borrow "health" from healthy people and in this way heal injured or poisoned people. People who are "borrowed" healthy will only be weakened for a few days, and there will be no major problems.
"I was thrown into the water by Mashuru, I have to go back quickly, or the poisoned villagers will die!" Nuth said anxiously. She is genuinely worried about the civilians who are building her country.
"There is such a hateful fellow. Rest assured, Nuss. I'll teach him a lesson!" Roger assured Nuss with a serious face.
"The problem now is that if we don't have a record pointer, we won't be able to find Nusi's hometown at all. I have to say that the bastard still has a lot of brains. He throws you into the water and is not afraid that you will be rescued by others. Bit said, touching his chin.
Nuss smiled slyly, and he pulled out a permanent pointer from his pocket, a permanent pointer to the Drum Island. "I'm not going to let go of any hope! I took this permanent pointer with me long before he threw me into the water!"
"Well, let's go! Go to Guci Island and teach that bastard a lesson!"