The little girl glanced at him, and only after a long time did she say timidly: "Xi...... Thea. ”

"Thea, that's a nice name." Xia Nuo had a smile on his face, he suddenly felt that he was used to taking Sanji at the beginning, and now he had a hand in coaxing the child thief, "Then do you remember where your home is?" ”

"Yes." Talking about this, the little girl's courage seemed to finally grow a little, and she pointed to the lighted town not far behind, "Thea's house is there." ”

"That's just the way to go." Rose next to him said something, and Xia Nuo smiled, stretched out a hand to the little girl, and said gently: "Come, get up, we will send you back together." ”

"No, don't ......"

To everyone's surprise, after hearing Xia Nuo's words, the little girl's expression became frightened, and she shook her head desperately: "I don't want to go back, please don't take me back......"

"Huh?"

Xia Nuo couldn't help but be stunned, and the rest of the people also looked at each other. Just when I was a little confused about the situation, a woman shrouded in a black robe suddenly rushed over, cursing in a low voice while pulling the little girl's ears to the town, and glared fiercely at Xia Nuo and the others before turning around.

"Wait!"

Everyone reacted at this moment and hurriedly followed, but Kidd was the first to call out to the woman, stopped in front with an unkind expression, stared at her and said, "Who are you, put her down for me?" ”

Kidd was born with a fierce face, how could ordinary people be a little scared when they were questioned like this, but the woman in front of him did not retreat at all, sneered, and sneered: "Who am I her, who cares about your business?" It's your turn to twitter in front of the old lady? ”

"Huh?"

Kidd's eyebrows suddenly rose upside down, his eyes gradually became gloomy, and his right hand was also on the hilt of the sword, Xia Nuo, who was not far away, saw this scene, for fear that this little ghost would be hot again, so he hurriedly came up and held him down, turned to look at the little girl, and asked softly: "Thea, you tell us, who is this woman, okay?" If it's the bad guys, we're not going to let you go. ”

However, Thea didn't know if she was frightened again, or if she didn't dare to talk nonsense next to the woman, so she only sobbed there and didn't answer for a long time.

However, the woman was a little impatient, and snorted coldly: "All her relatives are dead, I am her adoptive mother, and I raised me since I was a child, how is it, are you satisfied now?" ”

After speaking, he dragged Xiao Thea's arm and left, and at the end he dropped a slightly threatening sentence: "Stranger, be less nosy, this is not a place where you can go wild, I advise you to get out of the way as soon as possible, the province will be retributed by the god of fire one day, and you can't leave if you want to." ”

These words made the crowd of the Wind Pirates excited, and they wanted to rush up and beat this woman in turn, and the cadres such as Dramp and Rose also looked at Xia no with an indignant face: "Captain, what should we do?" ”

Xia Nuo didn't answer immediately, he looked at the back of the woman walking farther and farther away in the night, and gradually frowned.

How credible is this guy's words? Is that poor little girl Thea really her adopted daughter? Even if these are true, where did this woman have so much confidence to speak cruelly in front of a group of pirates, and what is the origin of the Vulcan mentioned later?

And speaking of which, this woman's black-robed outfit seems to be somewhat similar to the group of people who were watching the Tempest from afar on the surface of the sea before......

After a little silence, Xia Nuo turned his head and saw that his companions were all looking at him, so he simply retracted his thoughts and gave an order: "Don't care so much for now, follow up, and then talk about it when you enter the town, and then see the move." ”

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison, and the team returned to its original state, slowly moving towards the town in the distance under the cover of night.

About half an hour later, the Wind Pirates finally came to the intersection of the town, and the black-robed woman who was hanging in front of them had long since disappeared, I don't know if she turned into the path while it was dark and ran away.

The town is not large, but it is estimated that there are four or five hundred households, and the architectural style is a bit biased towards the medieval Byzantine kind in Xia No's impression, and the color is mostly pure white, and in the center of the town, there is also a white church with a pointed dome, which looks quite majestic.

"Let's find a place to rest."

Xia Nuo looked at the streets on both sides, and now the street they were walking on was particularly open, it should be the main thoroughfare of the town, and there were some shops on both sides, so there should be two or three hotels.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Kira had quietly disappeared into the alley next to him without waiting for Xano's command - he was known for his speed and assassination, and now he had gradually grown into a capable scout agent, and with his calm temperament, he was really much more trustworthy than Kidd.

And the facts quickly proved this, and in less than five minutes, Kira's figure flashed out from a nearby street corner again, and reported the investigation to Xia Nuo and the others.

According to him, there are only two hotels in the town, the one on the east side has long since closed for some reason, and the one on the southwest side is still open and lit, but the location is in a remote and cold alley, which is a bit unusual.

Xia Nuo thought about it, but still felt that there was no need to change his mind: "Take us over to have a look first, stay if you can, and wait for Xiao Luo to come back tomorrow morning to see the situation." ”

The big guys don't have any opinions on this, not because they are careless, but because after so many tribulations, everyone has long been full of confidence in Xia Nuo's strength, not to mention that the rest of the cadres are not vegetarians.

Unless you encounter an enemy at the level of a naval general, the current Wind Pirates really have nothing to fear.

Turning into the alley, the group, led by Kira, walked towards the small inn southwest of the town, and this time they didn't go far before they realized what Kira meant by remoteness.

This hotel is too much, not only the alley is crowded and narrow, but also the kind of windowless white high walls on both sides, the beginning and the end are silent, I can't see a person for a long time, occasionally there are wild cats on the eaves, and suddenly there is no trace, which makes this place even more bleak and deserted.

It doesn't look like it's going to be a business, how can a hotel be so located?

The further down he went, the more depressing the atmosphere became, everyone seemed to be infected by the environment here, no one had the heart to speak, only Kidd looked left and right like a curious baby, looking like a monkey who couldn't sit still.

Finally, after nearly ten minutes of walking down this strange alley, the hotel finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

A tall fat man sat behind the counter, looking down and intently flipping through a yellowed old book, until all the thirty or forty people of the Wind Pirates came in, he raised his head as if he was an afterthought, glanced at Xia Nuo, who was the leader, and stood up lazily and said, "You want to stay, right, I'm sorry, there are not enough rooms in this store, and I can't accommodate so many of you, so let's go out and find another place to live." ”