The city is dead.

Even a fool who can't read the atmosphere can see that this city has no vitality and is lifeless. Adults with no job or source of income look at the ground with dead fish eyes, and pour mouthfuls of tasteless cheap rum. A large number of imps who were abandoned by their parents because they were unable to raise them grew up in the garbage heap, and now they have grown into little experts in cheating, cheating, and stealing. Even the underworld and pirates will not be able to reap any benefits in a city that has less and less oil to fish and faces huge tsunamis every year.

In the past, this shipbuilding city of the Seven Cities of Water, which once led the footsteps of the times, has now become such a miserable appearance, and no one could have imagined it.

Its decline may be precisely because of the ancient history that has flourished for thousands of years, and it is precisely because of the incomparable prosperity of its shipbuilding industry that it will flourish and decline, right?

The Great Voyage, no, to be precise, this world, people live on islands. Since ancient times, the islands have been separated from each other, the development of the world's navigation industry does not mean that navigation can go smoothly, if you say who is the real master of this world, it is a pity, although human beings never doubt that it is themselves, but the real master belongs to the creatures of the sea.

Although the four seas are still calm, but the great voyage is different, not to mention the strange weather and geography that can be called the psychopathic level here, just the endless sea beasts on the route are enough to kill all the ordinary navigators, as for the luck of encountering the sea kings, there is no choice but to curse their fate.

As a result, there are very few connections between islands, some of which are uninhabited and even remain primeval in their primeval appearance, while others have long been devastated by human moths......

The Seven Cities of Water also suffered from poor trade, and since there were few connections between the islands, in the face of limited customers, major shipbuilding companies were constantly fighting for customers. In addition, a large tsunami called Akula Ragnar hits every year, causing huge damage to the town, and the iron and timber needed for shipbuilding need to be imported from the outer islands.

At this fateful juncture, the door of the Age of Sail opened by a certain sea thief has added to the already difficult trade routes, and now it has added to the man-made disaster of pirates, and all the merchant ships and materials have been looted by that group of jackals, and the destruction of the Seven Cities of Water is no longer an empty talk. The annual floods alone have caused the water level in the city to rise at an undisturbing height, and sooner or later the city built on water will be swallowed up by the sea.

Pirates are evil, and the Age of Discovery was an unparalleled feast for pirates, but for those who longed for a peaceful life, it was an unimaginable calamity, and under the direct and indirect influence, it was all innocent people who suffered.

The city is built on water, with 117 waterways crisscrossing it, and Wren's boat didn't even need to dock to sail straight into the city.

In the bustling old days, this was not allowed, except that the ships that were repaired would be guided to the ship repair yard, and the general ships could only park at the port docks and were not allowed to enter the city, let alone pirate ships! Since the navy is also a frequent visitor here, such as the underworld forces wanted by the government, they all enter through the dilapidated backstreets. That's also the tacit unspoken rule of both sides, this water seven is in the shipbuilding business, who cares if you are a navy or a pirate, if the navy blocks their financial path because of catching pirates, neither side wants to make a profit.

On Wren's ship, the flag fluttering was not a skull flag, but a horse-headed flag with horns. While it's almost common knowledge that pirates must use skull flags, no one has ruled that pirates can't use other flags. It's just that for a dead city, even if a pirate ship sails in now, the residents who have fallen into despair don't bother to take a look.

Shirley looked at the situation of this city with some concern, the information gathered from the island of St. Poplar, this water seven is a shipbuilding capital, and the purpose of their coming here is naturally not sightseeing, but to repair the tattered boat.

But the city is already this virtue, can it still be repaired smoothly?

"Well, then, it's time for me to go, goodbye, Mr. Wren."

Kuro had already disembarked as he approached the port, and after leaving these words, he put his sword on his shoulder, and Ryuzaki Kazuki also jumped down, leaving behind the indifferent Wren and the bewildered little girl Shirley.

Although the young swordsman is usually reckless, this does not mean that he is an off-line fool. It was already clear that the swordsman from Wano Country had targeted himself on the island of St. Poplar, although Kazuki didn't know that there was some unscrupulous merchant fighting him up until then, but with the idea that he couldn't trouble Wren anymore, he was ready to go it alone.

On the empty island, he met the murderer who had seen through his identity, and now he met a swordsman from the country of Wano, and Yihuang, whose IQ had not yet reached a negative value, soon understood that all of this was a relationship given by Rain. Wren is a wanted criminal with a bounty offered by the Navy, and the value is so high that even the government can't underestimate it, plus Wren once killed all the royal family members of one of the member countries of the world government, it is no longer a level that can be ignored by the government.

De Ace's target is Kazuaki Ryuzaki, who was originally unknown, and it is precisely because of the conspicuous relationship of Ren's target that he will be found.

The young swordsman is unwilling to cause unnecessary harm to Wren and others for his own reasons, and the relationship between him and Wren is not a boring relationship between partners, subordinates, owners and pets, but by chance, Wren awakened him who was ready to fall willingly, although the method was a bit rough, and the ship might pass through his hometown on the way, so he stayed on the ship.

In a sense, Ren, who took him in, was kind to Yihuang, but it was precisely because of this that Yihuang couldn't accept that Rennes was affected because of his relationship.

Whether it's Kulo or Yihuang, they all have their own things to do before leaving, if Wren is an emotional and normal person, he may sigh "The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead." It's a pity that he isn't, and because he's not, he's not interested in what these two people think at all, just as he doesn't know what the name of the Sandia man who helped him leave the empty island is, and is often called by the little girl Shirley as Brother Yihuang, and there is the word Ryuzaki in front of his name.

As the often overlooked king of beasts, Lance was overjoyed by the departure of those two, and in this way, his rations were two more servings!

Shirley looked at the indifferent Wren a little bewildered, to the little girl Shirley, Kuro is a stranger, but Yihuang is different, according to the description in the book and the truth of this world, Yihuang should belong to his companion or friend, right? Since the little girl began to wander, no one wants to have a good impression of such a dirty little girl, and they all treat her with disgust.

Although he was taken in by Wren, he was by no means a gentle and kind person, and he didn't even say anything superfluous to her a few times. The days on the ship were boring, and the terrible Mr. Captain was all the more unbearable, and all this was alleviated by the presence of a Huang.

That person must be the good guy in the books, right? All the dirty work that belongs to him is robbed by that person to do, and he always does stupid things to amuse himself, and will tell himself some interesting stories that are not in books. At the beginning, the little girl was wary of Yihuang, and Yihuang was more helpful than having more strength to help Mr. Captain, and his young self had no need to exist on this ship at all, and his appearance almost squeezed the value of his existence, but as time went by, Mr. Captain was not that kind of materialist, and he didn't even care about the many people on his ship. It can be said that thanks to a brilliant relationship, it has not made such a long voyage lifeless.

People live in the world and always have a goal to move forward. Kulo is like this, Yihuang is like this, even Wren has found a goal for himself to pass the time, so as not to be so empty, but for the poor young girl, just living in this world is already doing her best.

In her opinion, as the captain of the ship, Wren should stop Yihuang at this time, but it is impossible for Wren to do such a thing that falls within the scope of common sense.

Their departures have a clear purpose of their own, and Wren can't afford to let himself fall into them for the boring love-hate of others. In the end, it is someone else's life, and Wren has neither the right nor the obligation to meddle.

Coming to the Seven Cities of Water, Wren was just trying to repair his ship for the next voyage.

Soon, Wren felt inconvenienced, because even such a trivial matter as asking the location of the ship repair yard needed to be asked by him personally, if only Shirley was allowed to go, I am afraid that the child would be abducted in a few minutes, right?

Even so, there is still nothing to gain.

After throwing three waves of ill-intentioned robbers into the waterways with their bare hands, this place has been reduced to a crime city, and unfortunately it no longer has the ability to repair ships.

"Hey, hey, hey...... It's really stupid to hear rumors that you came to this water capital now. ”

"Let's go to the garbage dump on the island, I am afraid that the only one who has not given up shipbuilding has given up so far, I'm afraid it is Tom's studio, go and try your luck, little brother, hehehehe."

Wren, who is not even as good as a ten-year-old girl in terms of human sophistication, finally harvests this only information from a sloppy drunkard after the little girl Shirley pulls out the golden Bailey.

"Tom's Studio...... ......"