Chapter 39: The Masked Man
On an unnamed island, Kaido looked at the newspaper in his hand, which had been staring at it for several days, and it was a record of his defeat and embarrassment, and suddenly, Kaido's forehead was bruised, and he looked up to the sky and roared: "Bastard, I'm not done with you!! ”
"Don't worry, captain, I will personally go and get his head back to make amends for you." After the big man wearing the mask assured Kaido, he was just about to raise his feet and leave, but Kaido was smothered on the ground with a mace, and his face made intimate contact with the ground.
"Don't you think Lao Tzu is not ashamed enough, what do you use to fight him, do you think you are better than Lao Tzu, Jack!" Kaido looked at Jack, a little helpless and a little angry in his heart, Jack is his right-hand man, he is good anywhere, but he has no brains.
"Captain, I don't, I just can't stand this guy continuing to be so arrogant." Jack got up from the ground, and Kaido didn't hurt himself with the blow he had just struck.
"Humph! Tell everyone not to go out for the next few months, to avoid the limelight, what's that bastard's name? ”
"Meliodas, Captain." Jack hurriedly responded.
"Lao Tzu remembers, sooner or later, he will get back all the things he did to Lao Tzu!" Even if Kaido is not afraid of being embarrassed, the main reason is that he doesn't want other pirates of the same generation as him to see it, especially Whitebeard, otherwise he will inevitably be ridiculed, and he may not be able to beat it, I'm afraid he will be suffocated to death.
On the other side, Meliodas and the three went to a tavern, found a slightly quieter place to sit down, and ordered a glass of wine and two glasses of juice with the bartender looking confused, the main reason they came here was to investigate what was going on in Dressrosa.
"Brother Melly, why do you have to investigate Doflamingo, I think it's good here, and he saved the country, so it's not good for us to do this." Roald looked at Meliodas with some embarrassment.
"Ah~ Doflamingo is not such a simple guy, although he can hide, but I can still feel a malice, I'm afraid if it weren't for the fear of my strength, I'm afraid he would have done it yesterday and left us there."
"Huh? No way! Roald let out a startled cry, drawing everyone's attention.
"Haha, haha, I'm sorry, you guys continue, excuse me." Roald smiled and touched his chest: the tavern was too dangerous.
"Brother, pay attention, otherwise there will be trouble."
"Haha, got it, pay attention next time."
Meliodas suddenly felt the prying gaze, and turned his head to see that a big man wearing an iron mask and a blue cloak was sitting on the table next to him.
Roald and Leah, seeing what Meliodas was looking at, turned to the masked man as well. Being stared at so nakedly by the three people, the masked man's heart straightened, and after a few more seconds, the masked man couldn't stand it anymore, stood up, and walked towards the three of Meliodas.
"I'm sorry, I just overheard your conversation just now, so I'm a little interested, and I'm really sorry to disturb you." Some old voices came from the masked man's mouth, with a slight trilling sound, as if he had experienced a lot of ups and downs, and even a little hoarse.
"Oh~ It's okay, but how can you be interested, isn't Doflamingo your hero, why are you not angry when we investigate him, but have a glimmer of expectation? Can you help us get that out, sir? Meliodas smiled and looked at the masked man, with a hint of questioning in his tone, and a sharp light in his eyes, as if he had seen something precious, and the masked man was a little panicked.
Hearing Meliodas's question, the masked man suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if he was standing naked in front of the other party, as if he had been completely seen through, and a pair of eyes looked straight at Meliodas, and a nervousness that could not be concealed could be seen in his eyes.
Seeing the appearance of the masked man, Meliodas was even more sure of his conjecture, the person in front of him was definitely related to the previous king, King Liku.
"Well, no, you're mistaken, Doflamingo is indeed a hero, if he hadn't defeated him...... The evil King of Liku, this country will fall into a catastrophe, King Liku...... What a sinner! The masked man became more and more agitated, and even shouted out at the end, but this shout focused everyone's eyes on the masked man.
"That's right! King Riku is a sinner! ”
"If it weren't for Master Doflamingo, we'd all be dead!"
"That's it, that's it, King Riku doesn't deserve to be a king!"
"King Liku is a scumbag!"
"I hate him!"
"The Riku royal family deserves to die!"
Because of the masked man's words, everyone in the tavern began to heckle and blame King Riku desperately.
When the masked man heard those words, he lowered his head, and the sadness in his heart was completely unconcealed, so he could only shake his head and muttered to himself: "Yes~ King Liku...... It's a sinner, it's a sinner. ”
"If you're a sinner, can you tell me what happened? I'm curious to see why Reilly's love for the people King Riku would do such a thing, and if it has something to do with Doflamingo. ”
When King Liku heard this, he was very surprised, he didn't expect that the young man in front of him didn't know about it, he looked deeply at Meliodas's somewhat serious, but slightly immature face, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and let out a sigh: "Come with me, say in another place, there are many people here, and there will be trouble." ”
After the masked man finished speaking, he stood up, drank the wine from his glass, and walked out the door. Meliodas greeted Roald and Leah, and the three of them left the tavern after them, and the three followed the Masked Man to a dilapidated room.