Volume 1 The Pirate Banner of Faith Chapter 77 The Shadows Hidden in the Depths

After thanking the four of them, Bucky knelt on the ground and apologized solemnly to the four Wusheng for their anti-bone behavior just now.

Luffy violently began to applaud vigorously: "I just like to hear Takeda say this kind of thing, it's weird to hear it." ”

"yes, otherwise he wouldn't have created a work like Notes from the Dead King." Nami didn't applaud, but her face flushed, clearly amazed by the great cause described by Takekatsu, and a strong sense of historical mission suddenly continued in her life, adding a little weight to her soul.

Wu Sheng listened to Nami's words, took a fork in his breath, looked at the sky speechlessly, and smiled, which pot is not opened, what is the "Notes of the Dead King"...... What he just said was his own thoughts, okay......

"Oh?" Bucky was curious: "What Dead King Notes?" ”

"It's the manga we're about to serialize on Shonen Junk!" Nami put her hands on her waist, her chest up and her head up, her nose almost up to the sky.

"You guys?! Weekly Shonen Junk?!Serial?!You're only in high school, aren't you!? The old two-dimensional fat house Bucky was shocked again, his mouth opened, and a trace of saliva flowed out of his mouth.

"Hey, hey! JUNK, which will be released next Monday, is the first serial! Don't forget to support us! Luffy said and gave Bucky a thumbs up, as if he had drawn the manga.

Nami nodded and said, "That's right, I paint, Takeda does the story." As he spoke, he pointed to the sneering Wu Sheng.

"It's really good." Zoro also took care of it, clasped his hands on his chest and nodded.

They also have an inexplicable sense of participation in the works created by Takekatsu and Nami, probably because Takekatsu and Nami often discuss in the activity room of the light sound club, allowing them to witness the whole process of creation.

"Alright, I have more questions for him." Wu Sheng interrupted the four of them discussing the comics.

β€œOK! You ask. Bucky's heart was slightly relieved, and he found that several people turned out to be half a two-dimensional friend, and he spoke cheerfully.

"Will you ever meet anyone else in the realm of sin then? The Awoken. Wu Sheng asked.

Bucky gave a look of reminiscence: "Occasionally. ”

"Will you leave your realistic contact information?" Wu Sheng continued to ask, "Will they also attack people like you?" ”

Hearing this question, Bucky's face was a little gloomy: "When we first explored the Sinful Realm, we met a person, she was being chased by a terrifying shadow will, and we helped her to kill that will with great difficulty, but in the end, we fought again because of the ownership of the treasure...... The world should not easily believe that the awakened are all good people, let alone ......"

Bucky paused, his throat dry for a while, as if he thought of some terrifying scene.

"Speaking of which, I'm going to warn you." Bucky's face was solemn: "The most terrifying thing in this world is not the temple, nor is it the naturally born shadow will in the sin realm...... Both parties can communicate, and even contract. ”

"Huh?" Takekatsu motioned for him to continue, and Luffy and the others also showed a curious look.

Bucky lowered his voice and said with blank eyes: "The most terrifying thing is the awakened person who gave birth to the temple!" ”

"What!?" Luffy's eyes widened and they shouted in unison.

"Fack!" Wu Sheng was also shocked, what a bad luck comes! He just complained about the Four Emperors and the Seven Martial Seas! You don't really want to come! So the things of the second secondary school can't be borne by his young life!

"Before I left...... Find a temple, but once you get in...... We've lost a partner...... Escaped in disarray...... And then there was a quarrel, reality pressure ... Academic pressure... The temple has also become a game of life... I've decided to quit the group......" Bucky said in a staccato manner, the meaning of which was incoherent, but still clear.

"Why can the Awakened also be born into a temple? You don't have to be strong-willed to ......," Nami expressed her doubts.

"Strong-willedness, it also means that there is a lot of obsession......" Wu Sheng guessed, and then asked Erlig in his heart: "Didn't you tell me such an important thing?" ”

"I don't know." Elig said solemnly: "Have you forgotten that I only got half of the information? There's half of it I don't know......"

"Anyway, that time, we didn't even meet the temple glutton, and a single shadow will drove us to flee all over the hall, that is, from the mouth of that will, we knew that the temple was born by the awakened."

"What kind of temple is that?" Luffy was curious.

Seeing that the four of them were curious, Bucky breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly and yearningly: "That's a field, a self-contained world!" ”

He didn't describe what that world was like, but from his tone of amazement, the information that he had withdrawn from the team after escaping from that hall, Wu Sheng knew that that hall must be quite terrifying.

Although he didn't know who Bucky and Shanks were in the team when they were young, in terms of the qualifications of the red-haired guy, it must be on par with the current Luffy, and it was three years after awakening! Maybe it's a big guy of some level!

And just like that, they even had a dead person inside!

However, Wu Sheng still had a question: "Why can you enter the hall of the Awakened, but the Awakened himself is not aware of it?" ”

"In reality, he seems to have lost the memories of the Awakened and the Temple of the Sin Realm." Bucky replied, thinking about it again, and said everything that needed to be said.

"All in all, don't trust others easily when you go to the Sin Realm, you must be careful when you go to the Temple, don't be as reckless as you are today......," Bucky advised: "Also, try not to expose your real information to other awakened people, it is best to wear a mask to cover your face in the Sin Realm, and then give yourself a nickname, don't reveal your real name." Otherwise, it will be very uncomfortable to meet some awakened people who have some forces in reality, and you newcomers who have awakened in high school. ”

After saying that, Bucky closed his eyes and looked like he was about to be killed, as if he was ready to apologize for his sin with death.

"Huh? What do you mean? Wu Sheng asked curiously.

Bucky opened his eyes, his eyes were reluctant, and he said with a stiff face, "Apologize." ”

"How do you apologize?" Wu Shengqi, is Bucky in this world so backbone?

"Apologize with death, what I did just now can only be made up for by death!" Bucky's eyes closed again after speaking, and he had a martyr's expression, but his clenched fists and the sweat on his forehead showed that he was still afraid of death.

Wu Sheng and Luffy looked at each other, in fact, when Bucky knelt on the ground and apologized just now, the four of them almost forgave him, after all, there was indeed an inciting big man lurking in this hall, and Bucky and Chloe didn't know.

So the four of them could easily guess that it was Mammon who had pitted Bucky.

And Bucky's current apology is also very sincere, Wu Sheng no longer has killing intent, and he doesn't want his life anymore.

Half a sound, Bucky was already sweating, his fists and lips turned pale from the long wait and entanglement, he waited for a long time and the four of them did not react, then he quietly opened his eyes, and saw that the four of them were looking at him with a wicked smile.

"Give it a good time!" Bucky said angrily, "There's no point in torturing people, right? ”

"When did we say we wanted you dead?" Wu Sheng said.

Luffy also smiled and said, "Haven't you already apologized?" ”

Bucky was stunned, and the others were not stupid, so he hurriedly asked, "Then you forgive me?" ”

"yes." Luffy laughed.

Bucky's whole body went limped in an instant, and he collapsed to the ground, not forgetting to scold: "Bastard! Didn't you say it earlier?! ”

"Oh, I just want to see how sincere and determined you are to apologize." Wu Sheng raised his eyebrows, he was the strongest of the four, after all, even if Bucky was a cute villain, he was a villain after all.

"Okay, thank you." Bucky wiped his sweat, stood up, and took the trouble to remind him again and again: "You must not show your face when you are in the realm of sin!" ”

Wu Sheng nodded, although Luffy's father and grandfather are all big guys, it is impossible to always wipe their butts for them.

Moreover, unless there are top snipers coming, they are not worthy of anyone in reality, and the Awakened don't really fight each other after all.

"I understand, what about you?" At the same time, Wu Sheng looked at Bucky with strange eyes, you bastard seems to already know our faces and messages, huh?

"Haha, don't you know my name and face too?" Bucky pointed to his nose and said.

"Huh? Is your nose real? Luffy was startled and reached out and touched Bucky's red ball nose.

Bucky was furious and slapped Luffy's hand away: "This is what I came with my costume after I woke up!" ”

"That's true!" Zoro was also shocked, this costume was a bit powerful, he raised his hand, and then stopped reservedly.

Bucky: -. -#

Don't get angry, don't get angry, no one to replace your body.

He calmed down the agitation of the rest of his life and said, "Is there any more problem?" Hurry up and ask, I'm going back to see the little bird Yu-chan! ”

Wu Sheng asked a few more questions about the temple, and Bucky knew everything.

After chatting like this for more than ten minutes, Wu Sheng couldn't think of so many questions for a while, so he took out his mobile phone and handed Bucky's mobile phone back to him: "Let's add a contact information, and I'll ask you if you have any questions in the future." ”

Bucky took his phone and went back and decided that he must put the photo online for backup!

"Okay."

"I want it too!" Luffy shouted and ran over as well.

As for Zoro and Nami, they have no interest in it......

The three of them exchanged contact information, and Bucky looked at Luffy: "I guess I'll go and apologize to Shanks first when I go back this time, since you and Shanks know each other, do you want to be together?" ”

"Nope." Luffy firmly refused: "We said we'll see you when I graduate from high school." ”

"Okay, anyway, if there is anything to contact me at any time, you saved my life and spared my life, I will repay this kindness." Bucky said.

"Forget it, Uncle Bucky, you're too good." Luffy said with a grin.

Bucky was about to turn around, listening to Luffy's words, his body trembled, as if he had been hit by an arrow in the knee, and turned his head to look at Luffy.

found that the other three people also had a look of approval, which made his self-esteem suffer a great blow.

Bucky didn't, and couldn't refute it, he gave up on himself and left directly, already deciding to return to the world of sin and fulfill the unfulfilled promise of the year: "Sooner or later, these little devils will know how good I am!" ”

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After Bucky left, there were only four Wu Sheng left in the huge hall.

They were walking towards the marked entrance to the temple.

"Do you think he can be trusted?" Wu Sheng asked, he wasn't sure, but he trusted the instincts of the three.

Zoro looked serious: "Hmm. ”

Nami receives, "He shouldn't be lying." ”

Luffy hugged his chest and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Okay, I really didn't expect that there would be other awakened people in this world in places we don't know." Wu Sheng sighed: "In fact, I have always felt that we are the only one in the world, a savior or something......"

"Haha, what did you just say?" Sauron was curious.

"This is actually just a kind of homeopathic reasoning, since I met Bucky, since he woke up more than ten years ago, there must be an earlier one, passed down in batches, isn't it just like a torch?" Wu Sheng also explained with a smile.

The entrance is not far away, and it will be there after chatting for a while.

"That's it! Let's hurry up and open the treasure! Nami saw that the two of them were talking about this topic endlessly, so she quickly interrupted.

Luffy handed out the treasure of the pumpkin head and the core of the temple in his hand: "Which of you wants?" Hurry up and settle and let's go to a big dinner to celebrate! Hahahaha! ”

"Let's open the treasure first." Wu Sheng said: "Listen to what Bucky means, some of these treasures can be sold for money in reality, and he has a way to sell them. ”

"Ah, the perfume that came out of the Aaron Hall has never been used so far, why don't you sell it?" Nami pulled the perfume out of her backpack.

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【The Seductive Mystery of Osai】

[Effect: Within 3 hours of spraying perfume, the attack can cause the shadow or negative consciousness to produce "confusion" or "temptation". 】

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"No, no, this might be useful sometimes." Wu Sheng shook his head and gave an example: "For example, when you were besieged in the elevator just now, take it out and spray it in time, maybe it will have a surprise effect." ”

"That's right!" It dawned on Nami that she had just been in such a hurry that she had forgotten about it.

"Okay then." She stuffed the perfume back into her backpack and held two treasures, one for Yaksha and one for pumpkin head, her eyes lit up, and she was very excited: "Then I'm going to open it?" ”

"Let's go." Naturally, the other three had no opinion.

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"Bang!" A bang.

An orange glow erupted in Nami's hand, and then the light gradually began to shape, invisible energy flowed in midair, and after a few seconds, the light disappeared, and a simple and elegant black European portable lamp appeared in Nami's hand. The lantern is about 30 centimeters high and 10 centimeters long and wide, and there is no wick inside, but a light source like a star, which looks extremely beautiful.

Wu Sheng shot a [Detection Eye] at the lantern.

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【Mist Lantern】

[Effect: Invisible detection.] Regardless of the effect, the invisible shadow monster will be invisible in the light of the lantern. 】

[Note: Light can break through the shadows, but it can't break through the darkness of people's hearts]

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"It's not bad...... Wu Sheng said, "It looks like it's worth a lot of money......"

"It's useless, it's big, it's hard to carry." Nami said in disgust, "We can all react to the invisible shadow monster with our spiritual sense!" ”

"What if it's better than us?" Wu Sheng blindly guessed, and FLAG stood wildly.

"Hmm......" Nami was horrified by Wu Sheng's eyes, and hurriedly hugged the lantern: "Then let's take it with you, put it outside the backpack, or hang it on the cross gun!" ”

"Hahaha, I think it's OK." Luffy laughed, "Let's be next." ”

Nami was about to crush the light jade when Zoro interrupted, "Why don't I come here?" I have a feeling this could be a knife! "After all, this is a treasure dropped by the Twin Blades.

Nami didn't care if she opened one less, and handed it back to Zoro.

Sauron took it and squeezed it hard.

Another "bang".

The light shone brightly, but it wasn't as slowly shaped and lengthened as he expected, but into a face-sized treasure.

The light dissipated, and Yaksha floated in Zoro's hand wearing a golden demon mask on his face.

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It was as if a raven was quacking and flying over Sauron's green head.

Wu Sheng looked at the green algae head with a black face with a resentful look in his eyes, if he made a knife, maybe it would be suitable for him?

Zoro looked at Wu Sheng's resentful eyes and said with a forced smile: "This mask is not bad...... Didn't Bucky just say that it would be better for us to wear masks when we meet other Awakened ones? This is also a treasure that comes just in time...... ......."

Wu Sheng didn't speak, a [Detection Light] shot out, this mask actually impressed him very much, I remember that at the last moment in the elevator, Yaksha used this mask to block the edge of the tiger's head Zhan Golden Spear, and the defense power was eye-catching.

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【Yaksha Gold Armor】

[Effect: Shock, when worn, there is a certain chance to deter the projection of human consciousness and shadow monsters in the criminal realm, making them feel afraid.] 】

[Effect: Mental Defense, when worn, blocks most psychic attacks]

[Remarks: The ghost cries and howls, meaning that it is a god.] 】

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"Not bad, right?" Wu Sheng picked up the golden mask and threw it on, putting it on his face, and the mask without a strap naturally attached to his face.

He shook it, not moving at all, comfortable!

Wu Sheng thought that after putting on the mask, his eyes looked out from the two small holes, and his vision would be obstructed, but this mask was a treasure after all, and his vision had not changed at all, and there was a sense of privacy and security of hiding behind something, and at the same time, his breath was blocked by the mask, and the exhaled heating poured back on his face, and a sense of stability and stability gradually rose in his heart.

In the eyes of Luffy and the three of them, Wu Sheng's whole temperament with the mask changed, and he looked calm and relaxed, and when he raised his hands and feet, he saw that the killing intent gradually rose!

"Oh! So handsome! "Luffy thought this mask was chicken, but I didn't expect it to be quite fun!

"I'll try! I'll give it a try! He took off his straw hat.

Wu Sheng took off his mask and threw it over with a smile.

Luffy took it and put it on, asking with a hippie smile how it worked?

Zoro and Nami held back a smile and nodded "handsome".

"To a pretending fierce husky." Wu Sheng smiled and thought.

Watching a few people fighting with treasures, he remembered that he still had to find the Iai practice knife that he threw out as a throwing gun, after all, it cost 100,000 yen, which is not cheap.

But the desert has turned into an ice field in Nami's hands, and it is white......

He was helpless, and told the three of them about it, summoned Elige, and learned Ace to raise a big fireball with one hand, and shouted (forced) to "Emperor Yan!" ”

Then he was thrown into the middle of the ice field.

The fireballs scattered in all directions, and in an instant a white smoke and heat wave evaporated across the desert.

The smoke and waves dissipated, and on the gray-yellow desert, Wu Sheng immediately found the snow-bright steel knife that reflected the light.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly regretted that he had found it back: "Isn't that no excuse to change the knife?!" ”

"Ah, that's stupid!" Wu Sheng patted his chest in pain.

Nami saw Takesheng walking back dejectedly, and thought that the knife was broken, so she took it from Takesheng's hand and looked at it, eh, isn't this good? So it's enough to buy this kind of knife! I'm a thrifty housekeeper!

boasted of himself in his heart, and did not forget to hand the knife back, and praised Wu Sheng by the way: "You bought this knife very well, you don't see that it is not bad." ”

This is stainless steel, well, if it is projected once, it will be broken, it is better to buy a high-imitation model rifle...... Wu Sheng put the knife that didn't even have a name into the sheath with a depressed face, and complained in his heart.

"Okay, then only the final hall core remains, which of you wants?" Luffy looked indifferent.

"I don't need it, you can use it." Wu Sheng was the first to quit, after all, the last one was swallowed by him.

"I really want it." Nami said that she hopes to develop her brain domain as well, and then take her intelligence to the next level, so that she can keep up with the ideas and progress of Wusheng comics.

"Well, so am I." Zoro also nodded, Wu Sheng didn't have to listen to lectures and do homework because of his super memory, but he was envious......

"What do you say? You two guess the box? Luffy announced that he was out of the competition.

"Why don't you tell me why first? Do we try to allocate according to urgent needs? Wu Sheng suggested on the side: "Anyway, according to Bucky, there must be other palaces, whose needs are urgently given to whom?" The next one for another? ”

"Yes." Nami and Zoro are both sensible people and agree.

Wu Sheng looked at the two of them with interest: "Then you can talk about it." ”

The two of them each spoke out about their needs.

Zoro noticed that the three people were looking at him with strange eyes: "Don't want to learn to do your homework? That's it? ”

"Hey, hey! I can use the time saved to improve my kendo skills! Zoro exclaimed.

"Well, that's right." Wu Sheng nodded.

"Okay, then give it to Zoro." Nami also agreed, she didn't have anything in her heart, and the improvement of her partner's personal strength was indeed more important than her own business level, after all, she only needed to draw for a short period of time now, at least for a year, and the storyboard story was all done by Wu Sheng.

And this encounter with Bucky also made the four of them sound a warning in their hearts again, understanding that they are not the only awakened people in this world, and everyone's desire for strength has risen to another level.

"Now, go on."

Zoro took the core of the hall thrown by Luffy, and squeezed it hard, just like he had at the beginning.

"Smack!"

"Boom, boom!"

Countless energies and soul power poured into Zoro's crushing core-crushing hand, then down his arm and towards his brain.

At the same time, the entire hall began to shake violently, countless scarlet ripples swayed from the time and space around the four of them, and countless energies turned into white light particles and floated upward, and then converged, enveloping Sauron.

All the light and building items in the Crow Hall turned into soul power and gathered on Sauron.

Zoro was looking forward to his memory being developed quickly, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't seem to have a big reaction, and he wondered a little, carefully feeling the soul power that was still pouring into his brain, hoping to find some awakening.

However, just when all the soul power of the hall was about to be absorbed by him, he still didn't feel anything, he knew that after absorbing it in a while, the hall would collapse, and hurriedly said to Wu Sheng: "Takeda, help me update the lower panel!" I don't seem to feel like my brain domain is being developed, is there something wrong? ”

Wu Sheng heard that his heart was sudden, and he hurriedly helped him update the lower panel, and the four heads came together, all wanting to know if there was any change in the core of the absorption hall this time.

But I saw that there was indeed one more talent on Zoro's talent panel:

[Children of the Night: The darling of darkness, the spirit is highly cohesive and concentrated at night hours, the efficiency of training and learning is doubled, and the combat awareness and acuity are doubled in places where there is no light or the light is weak. 】

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The four of them were silent, why wasn't the brain domain developed?

"Hmm...... This talent looks okay? Wu Sheng comforted.

"It's really good...... Nami laughed dryly, and then teased Zoro, "It's just that you're twice as efficient when you go back to do your homework at night." ”

"That's a part of your wish, right?" Luffy also patted Zoro, who had a gloomy face.

"Ah......h......h He really wants to develop his brain! That's a full-time bonus, okay! This one only works at night, which is uncomfortable.

"No, no, think about it, this talent doubles the sharpness of combat awareness in the shadows!" Wu Sheng pointed to the last sentence on the panel and exaggeratedly praised: "We all entered the palace at night, which means that your combat power has doubled!" ”

Zoro was about to retort, when the last ray of light from the Chloe Hall entered his hands, and the energy ripples around the four began to disintegrate, and the desert beneath the four of them became nothing.

The entire space began to distort at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Wu Sheng and they could feel the Sins APP kicking them offline.

The next moment, as soon as the light was closed, the eyes of the four of them went dark, and time and space changed, and they had already returned to the present world.

Looking up at the light-polluted sky, the dark and empty alley, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief and began to pack their things, dismantling guns and packing bags.

"It's 9 o'clock now, and the buffet is estimated to be no longer accepting new customers, what are we going to eat to celebrate?"

"Find a cafeteria, shall you? I want to eat fried chicken! Luffy said with a saliva in his eyes.

"Chinese food? Sichuan cuisine? Do you eat spicy food? Wu Sheng suddenly wanted to eat spicy food, and decided to take the four of them to his secret small restaurant for a meal: "I know there is a very authentic Sichuan cuisine, take you to try it?" ”

"You can eat it!" Luffy raised his hands, took the lantern from Nami's hand, and urged, "Then let's hurry up!" ”

Nami and Zoro are indispensable, and anyway, in their impressions, Japanese Sichuan food is not so spicy......

The four of them packed up, took the subway back to Jimbochon, and were led by Wu Sheng to the Sichuan restaurant.

The three of them were first amazed at Wu Sheng's fluent Mandarin, but after Wu Sheng pointed to his brain, the three of them immediately understood.

There is no need for Wu Sheng to explain at all, just make up for it by himself.

At the same time, Sauron was even more angry, this thing even learned Chinese! What kind of fairy talent is this! Although [Children of the Night] sounds quite handsome, he also wants [Brain Domain Development]!

It was not the first time that the four of them had eaten a celebration banquet, and they were not particularly excited, but they celebrated while reflecting on and reviewing the problems this time.

Even if they were sweating profusely from the spicy level, in the surprised eyes of the proprietress, they ate all kinds of Sichuan dishes and killed 3 large pots of rice.

At this time, Takekatsu and Nami had already put down their chopsticks, while Luffy and Zoro nodded perfunctorily while picking up rice under Nami's criticism and education, but it seemed that they were also in their left ear and out of their right ear.

Wu Sheng on the side couldn't help but exhale comfortably, although this palace strategy was thrilling, but the next step was to strengthen the equipment of the four people, the surprise attack of the sleeping state alone made the team almost overturn, not to mention the various terrible states mentioned by Bucky: madness, hunger, brainlessness, anger, silence, etc.

The defense of the four people in terms of spirit is equivalent to running naked, which is too fragile.

Wu Sheng felt the youth of the three companions at the dinner table, his right hand supported his chin and looked at the sky outside the window, his thoughts began to drift, and the drowsiness after the full meal entangled Wu Sheng.

In the middle of drowsiness, there seemed to be a low and intoxicating old song in the distance, looking at the clouds, time traveling, trees lush, flowing water returning to the sea, the vicissitudes of the world, the moonlight raging, sitting in the room with a painful and dazed face, and his eyes full of regret Chloe did not reach the place he wanted to reach.

The sky whispered ordinary poetry, caressing the earth, the spring was gone, the harvest was scattered, the mountains were high, the clouds were streaked across the neon, the cities were crowded, and Bucky, who was tidying up the cluttered room full of idol supporters, finally made a small hole in the cage he had built and saw the light of hope.

In the noisy small restaurant, the banner of faith has been raised and fluttered in the hearts of the four pirates.

And their search for the meaning of life and the truth of the world has just begun.

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Volume I, end.