Chapter 227: Appearance is still useful
The nameless island was not far away, and after about three hours, as the night began to spread, it finally appeared in sight from the deck of the Tempest.
"This island is not small!"
Kidd crouched down on the bow of the ship, looked at the island with his binoculars, and couldn't help but sigh, "It must be twice the size of the little garden, it's the first time I've seen such a big island since I entered the Great Voyage." β
"Don't think so when you've been to St. Ting Island." Xia Nuo smiled beside him, the ancient country of Alabastan, which has a population of tens of millions, but the entire country is on Shengting Island, and the island of this size in front of him can only be regarded as a reef at most.
"Hey, isn't there a port?" Dramp, who was at the helm, circled the island for a long time, but he didn't see a port suitable for mooring, and he couldn't help but wonder, "And why didn't you even see a ship......
"Maybe there's on the other side." Kidd jumped down from the ramming angle and waved his hand a little grinningly, "Whatever, just find a notch that can barely shelter from the wind and stop at will, anyway, our anchor is heavy enough, and ordinary storms can't help it." β
Dramp ignored him and cast an inquiring glance at Xia Nuo, who groaned slightly, nodded slightly, and said, "It can only come like this, but this situation is really not right, everyone should pay attention to it when they go ashore." β
"Yes, Captain!"
The crowd responded. In a short time, the Tempest dropped anchor in a slightly inward hollow, and everyone on deck disembarked and set foot on the land they had never been before.
"It's not deserted......
Not far from the coast is a vegetable field, well organized, obviously with traces of artificial planting, Xia Nuo looked up into the distance, there are more than ten rare lights in the distance, in the night, "It should be a small town over there, let's go there first." β
As soon as he raised his foot, the people behind him naturally immediately followed, leaving only Xiao Luo and Da Bai, one hovering in the air and the other crouching in the deep sea, watching the movement of the ship behind.
Strange to say, after the Tempest came to a halt, the ship did not come closer, but narrowed some distance backwards, and then remained unmoved for twenty or thirty nautical miles, not knowing what it was trying to do.
The paths in the fields are all dirt roads, narrow and steep, and because of the heavy rain that has just fallen, it is quite muddy and difficult to walk. Xia Nuo and the others lined up in a long line, and it took twenty minutes to walk less than halfway.
"If only the Bone Cow came with us." Kidd, this kid is the most hard-hating character, and when he walked at the back of the team at the moment, he couldn't help but sigh with some nostalgia: "If there was that big guy in front of us, we wouldn't have to walk so hard." β
When he was surrounded by Stoloberg's navy, the indomitable appearance of the upside-down giant tree of the bone cow left a deep impression on him, but it was a pity that this big guy had to go to his partner in the giant soldier pirates, the vast sea, and he didn't know what year and month it would be to meet again.
"In that case, won't all the surrounding vegetable fields be damaged?" At this time, Kira next to him sneered and said, "Besides, even if the bone cow is here, it is impossible for Brother Xia Nuo to allow him to do this." β
"I'm just assuming, can't I even think about it!" Kidd glared at his younger brother in annoyance, damn, since he met Xia Nuo, this thing has always been faceless, do you still remember that he is his own brother?
Kira shrugged, not ready to reply. And when Kidd turned around, he noticed something - on the ridge not far to the right, there was a small black shadow hiding there, and it was swaying gently from time to time.
"Who?"
His expression suddenly cooled down, and his figure flashed in front of the ridge, picking up the black shadow hiding in the dark, and this movement also made the entire marching team stop, in the night, Xia Nuo glanced at this side from a distance, and whispered a few words to Rose beside him, who immediately came over with a torch: "What's the matter, Kidd, what's going on?" β
Kidd nodded, "Caught a guy with a bad heart." As he spoke, he grabbed the collar of the black shadow and slipped over, but under the torch, it was a little girl of only seven or eight years old, curled up there, and her dirty little face was full of horror looking at the crowd around her.
The atmosphere was suddenly awkward, Rose looked at Kira with a sneer, and Kidd's cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Let her go first, don't freak out the kid."
Xia Nuo also arrived at this time, and stroked his forehead a little helplessly when he saw this, what kind of thing is this, I don't know and think it's child trafficking.
The little girl was obviously a little frightened, and after being put down, she squatted down with her arms folded, her body trembling slightly, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.
"Don't worry, that brother made a mistake just now, we're not bad people."
Xia Nuo's heart softened, squatted down and reached out to touch the other party's little head, and comforted him as gently as possible: "I'm really sorry, why don't I help you beat up the brother who scared you just now, and give you a breath, okay?" β
The little girl cautiously raised her head to look at him, and she didn't know if it was because of the lights, but Xia Nuo's delicate and clean face had a magical attraction when she smiled at the moment, giving people a warm and reliable feelingβat least much better than the red-haired weirdo dressed in metalpunk before.
So she nodded subconsciously, and Xia Nuo also did what she said, pulled out Lake Toya with her backhand, and twitched it with the back of her sword against Kidd's buttocks, although it only used two or three percent of her strength, but the latter immediately jumped up in pain and screamed in a hurry.
"Xano, you're not human!" His voice was full of grief and indignation, "I'm fourteen years old, and you're not my son, why do you spank me and get angry when you're fine!" β
Everyone was immediately amused and laughed, and although the little girl was a little confused when she saw this, she couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed, revealing two extremely cute little pear vortexes.
Although these big brothers are a little weird in their dress, they seem to be ...... None of them are bad people, she thought to herself.
Xia Nuo, on the other hand, felt that the time was almost up, stood up and took back Lake Toya, and said with a smile: "Well, the big brother has already helped you out, so don't cry anymore, we have to go first...... Oh, by the way, what's your name, where is home, why don't we send you back? β
The latter words came to mind halfway through his speech, this big night, in the wilderness, although I don't know why this little girl came here, but it doesn't seem appropriate to let her stay here alone, it's better to help.