31. Chapter XXXI
The pirate ship docked in the harbor and scared passers-by into fleeing in all directions.
"Did we have any weird notes on our faces? How did you run so fast? ”
Bucky, who had his feet on the land, stretched out comfortably, and then spat at the speed at which passers-by were retreating.
"That's because of pirates." Isn't it common sense that the prince and the big money Nickles sighed, and was very helpless for this group of rough nerves?
"Hey, Shanks, we haven't done anything to kill people and set fires, have we?" Bucky asked the person on the side, completely incomprehensible.
"Nope." Expected answer.
"Then why is your captain's bounty so high?" Nikelus casually asked, compared to the few of them who did not have a bounty, everyone else was bounty, the lowest was tens of millions, the highest was hundreds of millions, so - how did you come up with such a high amount?
"Grab one at random, send a navy, won't your deficit be solved?"
The last sentence is purely his personal spout.
But this sentence was listened to by the iron rooster of Reilly, and his eyes glowed, but unfortunately the lenses blocked part of the light, but! That malice is blocked!
Reilly patted Nickles on the shoulder with relief, "Boy, you have a good solution. ”
“…… No, I'm just kidding. Nickles was silent for a moment, and for a long time he said this.
Don't really do it! Your companion will cast a spell on you!
"Speaking of which, this bounty hasn't changed in a long time." Reilly suddenly popped out such a sentence, he touched his chin, looked at the captain who was eager to stick to his sister, but he was very twisted to open some vacant seats, and muttered: "If he is handed over to the navy, in the next few months, the funds will not have to be worried......"
Nickles: ...... I didn't hear anything!!
Are you really companions? A row of cold sweat broke out on the back of Nickler's head.
"Anyway, it rose so fast before because the captain didn't let a country go away, right?" Shanks on one side recalled, touching his chin.
"Turning up a country?" Alka looked at it in bewilderment.
"Oh, that's when Arka was sleeping."
Shanks explained very conscientiously: "It seems that the captain's friend was captured by the king, and he originally planned to rescue people, but it turned out to be a country for some reason. ”
"......" seems to hear something terrible about Nickles.
"The king is happy, the people are suffering, what is such a country going to do?" Bucky said disapprovingly, just because of the country, their funds in the next month or so have eased a lot.
Most of the rest was left behind by the group to make a maintenance fund for the residents of the island.
“… That's why your bounty is going up? ”
Nickles seemed to understand something, and he hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Ah, what else? Suddenly we found out that we were the great good people among the pirates. Bucky said.
"It's so boring, it's good to do it casually, why bother so much." Arka slumped his face and said coldly, "We are the freest pirates. ”
"Hahahaha, Arka is right." Shanks raised his hands in agreement with Alka's words.
Nickles looked at it, sneered, and under Shanks's puzzled gaze, he said, "Suddenly I think pirates are also a good business. ”
“… That, it's not me who hit you, I've pulled it one hundred and eighty times in the past half a month. Shanks was very entangled and said, "If you want to change your career to become a pirate, take off the title of weak chicken first." ”
Weak Chicken Nickles: ...... Hehe.
Bucky on the side laughed.
A group of them walked into the island, and there were no people on the streets, and some of them were terrible.
"It's weird, what's going on here?" Stark walked lazily with his back slightly on his back, his eyes looking around, full of puzzlement.
"The people here ...... Hey, I guess it's been a long-term illness here. After coming for a few days, Lu Jiu, who had some clues, sighed lightly and frowned slightly.
"The air smells of death." Alka, who was on the side, raised his chin, squinted, looked at the sky, and said, "Thick resentment......"
"Huh? Have it? Shanks took a hard breath, but instead of smelling anything, he choked on himself.
"......" At one point, Shanks was as weak as Nickles.
Arka twitched the corner of his eyes, and finally said helplessly: "Probably I am composed of this part, so I am very sensitive to this." ”
Composition, not birth.
Shanks finally eased up a bit, and when he heard Alka's words, he choked again.
Flushing as hair, he reached out and put his hand on Alka's shoulder, coughing as he said, "Al... Ahem, cahem, ahem, ......"
"Shut up and don't talk." Arka slapped the hand on his shoulder with a dark face.
coughed like he was about to die, don't make trouble, if you have something to say, I'll talk about it later, let's calm your anger first.
Lu Jiu led everyone into a ramen shop, which was in line with everyone's wishes, but it was still unknown whether people would be willing to boil the pot.
"Uncle Aven, I'm back."
Lu Jiu shouted into the depressed store.
Everyone who walked into the store looked at this small space, Anderson stretched out his hand and wiped the tabletop, there was ash, but it was not thick, and it looked like it had only recently closed.
Lu Jiu was very familiar with it, after all, when the quilt was not yet covered with a burlap bag, she helped the owner of the shop take care of it, in exchange for the cost of living and eating.
"Miss Lujiu... Ahem, you're back......" There was a coughing sound from the inner room, and after a while, the man walked out, a pale face who was not very old but was tossed by the disease.
Arka glanced at him, and his gaze froze.
"It's good to come back...... The other day, I was coughed up by the thugs...... Just come back. Uncle Evan repeated those words, he was very pleased, and looked at Lu Jiu who was supporting him with some sadness.
"I haven't cured everyone's illness yet, how can I go back?" Lu Jiu helped Uncle Aiwen, who kept coughing, stretched out her hand, patted him on the back slowly, and introduced a few people she brought by the way: "Uncle Aiwen, this is my friend, they saved me and brought me back." ”
"Oh, it's really tall and healthy...... Uncle Aiwen, who was finally relieved, raised his chin slightly, his eyes narrowed, and looked at the several tall men behind Lu Jiu, and suddenly glanced at the shortest Arka on the side: "What a cute little girl, you must be the same as Miss Lu Jiu, right?" Virtuous. ”
He said with certainty.
Lu Jiu, who had been in contact with Arka for a few days, sneered, her eyes slightly bent, and did not deny Uncle Aven's words.
"Well, it's a bit twisty, though."
As soon as she finished speaking, the person who was praised sighed and looked disgusted, but she still didn't open her mouth to push back.
Forget it, it won't drop a piece of meat, Arka thought so relaxed, however......
She rolled her eyes to cover her mouth and smiled at Bucky, the corners of her mouth quietly hooked, this series of actions did not do with Bucky's back, so the first time she was not beaten by Arka was Bucky, Bucky was so frightened that she bit her tongue.
"Sit, this place hasn't been cleaned up for a few days, and if Miss Lu Jiu hadn't come, it would have been even more messy...... After Miss Lu Jiu came, she would run to that house for a while, and then run to this house, and she went up the mountain to pick herbs by herself...... Ahem, she, what a good girl, whoever marries, who is blessed! ”
Uncle Evan wiped it with a clean rag, and while wiping, he succinctly said what Lu Jiu was doing here, but the last sentence made Roger honey red.
"Hahaha, that uncle, we'll do it ourselves-" He grinned and scratched his hair, "We're not afraid of dirty." As he spoke, he sat down on a stool close to him, grinning, and if he hadn't said it, no one would have guessed that he was a sea thief.
"I'm sorry about that, ahem, I'll go get water."
Next year is not very old, but when he walks, he looks like he is seventy or eighty years old.
Lu Jiu looked at the figure of Uncle Ai Wen entering the inner room, her brows couldn't help frowning, her eyes were a little melancholy, she was really a little worried, before she found a solution, the people in the town who were sick, even if they didn't get sick, would ......
Before she could think about it, someone grabbed her hand, it was Roger, and he was the only one who dared to do this on the ship.
He sat down, raised his head, and under Lu Jiu's gaze, his eyes were bent, and his beard trembled: "Lu Jiu, it will be fine in a moment." ”
He said so confidently, his gaze was the same, but it invisibly soothed Lu Jiu's anxiety.
Lu Jiu let go of her brows, chuckled, nodded, and said, "I believe in you, Roger." ”
Everyone on one side turned their heads sideways, snorted coldly, abused the dog, and raised the torch!
After the two sides of the store became familiar, Arka ran out of the house with everyone on his back.
There were still no people on the streets, and it was very lonely.
It's really weird.
She sighed and said, "Come out." ”
"Hehe, Alka~"
Shanks and Bucky, who ran out together, walked out one after the other, pushing and shoving.
Under Alka's impatient gaze, Shanks stood up, put his hands on the sides of his trouser legs, raised his head and chest, and said very seriously: "Report to your boss, Bucky and I will help you solve the case." ”
“…… What the hell is solving a crime? Arka Tuyan said.
"Uh, what about the adventure?" Shanks raised his hand and scratched his head, and the appearance he had created was suddenly gone.
"That's what you're for, right?" Arka sighed and said helplessly, "Come on, but I won't wait for you." ”
Shanks listened, his eyes lit up, and he responded very heartily: "Yes!" Alka-sama! ”
Bucky on the side looked very uncomfortable, and he felt as if he had been given dog food again.