Chapter 17: Hell
"Come on!"
"What?"
Zoro opened his arms, pointed his chest at Luffy, and said, "Do as you say!"
Luffy lowered his head for a moment, and when he raised his head again, the smile on his face was filled with joy and a hint of satisfaction.
The feeling of being trusted is incredibly good.
"I won't let you down!" Luffy pulled out the Wado text and said with the tip of the knife aimed at Zoro's heart.
The corners of Zoro's mouth went up, revealing a row of white teeth, "I won't do anything I regret again!"
Blue sea.
Two children, one older and one younger, stand in a small boat.
The tip of the knife got closer and closer to Zoro, and the smile on Luffy's face disappeared in exchange for a serious face.
"Zoro, with a partner like you, I won't be lonely in this sea."
After saying that, Luffy put his hands forward and stabbed Zoro into his heart.
Little by little, the blade entered Zoro's body, but there were no scars on Zoro's body, until the whole knife disappeared, and Sauron closed his eyes and fell to the ground and fainted.
Luffy dragged Zoro into the cabin and placed him on the bed that was meant to be given to Zoro.
"Rest well, and the rest is up to you."
Luffy returned to Class A, picked up the compass, and began to control the direction of the ship.
The sea breeze blows in my ears, and everything is so peaceful.
The other side.
Zoro came to a strange place.
The sky was overcast, and black fog shrouded everything as far as the eye could see.
The earth glowed with an eerie red glow, and there was an intermittent flow of magma beside it.
Zoro observed the environment blankly: "This...?" Is this hell?"
Sauron began to explore carefully.
After a long time, Sauron found that no matter how far he walked, he only felt that he was moving, but the atmosphere around him did not change in the slightest.
The same repression, the same horror.
In this way, Sauron gave up his initial caution, but did not let his guard down, and walked for a day and a night in this unknown horror zone.
On the edge of a crimson rock, a tired Sauron leaned against the stone and looked at the gray sky.
"After walking for so long, it hasn't changed, it seems that the method is wrong......" Zoro looked up at the sky and said suspiciously.
From beginning to end, Zoro never doubted Luffy in the slightest.
Even if it's hell, there's a way to get stronger.
That's what Zoro thinks.
In a daze, a tired Zoro fell asleep.
The sky is still the same oppressive, and the earth is still the same gloomy, but this time, it seems to have changed a little.
"Zoro... Zoro..."
Whispers of nostalgia rang out in Zoro's heart.
Zoro awoke to the familiar shouts, his eyes slowly opening.
"Ancient... Guina?" Seeing the figure in front of him who had missed him for many years, Zoro was not too excited.
"Sure enough, I was still in a dream."
Zoro rolled over, closed his eyes, and went back to sleep, muttering as he muttered.
And Guina saw that she had been screaming for a long time, and Sauron, who had finally woken up, actually fell asleep again, and her head was about to explode.
An angry Guina reached out and grabbed Zoro's ear and twisted it fiercely.
"Dream of you big-headed ghost!"
"Ah!!h The pain made Sauron's drowsiness disappear in an instant, and he immediately stood up, escaping Guina's clutches.
Gently rubbing his ears, the pain was slightly reduced.
Suddenly, Sauron's head stiffened as if he had been frozen.
"Ancient ?... Guina?" He rubbed his eyes and opened them slowly, not daring to push too hard, for fear that all this was just his own false imagination.
Guina turned her back and said sweetly: "Stupid, could it be that you forgot me after not seeing you for so long!"
Zoro blinked, he had never seen Guina so cute.
On weekdays, both of them are training, and Guina's training volume is even more amazing to adults.
And Guina also has a forward-looking personality because of kendo.
Puzzled, Zoro couldn't help but ask, "So, this is really hell?"
Hearing Zoro's words, Guina's expression became sad, and she said, "Yes, this is hell. ”
"So, I'm dead?"
I don't know why Zoro still can't believe that he is in hell now, thinking of Luffy's expression when he pointed the knife at him, Zoro is still willing to believe Luffy.
Although he had only known Luffy for a few days, Zoro had a feeling that he was destined to meet.
"Whew~!"
Sauron, who was still confused, suddenly felt the earth tremble, and a strange roar pierced in the distance.
"Oh no, it's been discovered!" Guina shouted, then pulled Zoro and fled.
Zoron, who didn't know the truth, had no choice but to run away with Guina, asking as he ran, "What's that voice, Guina?"
Guina, who was leading the way in front, didn't even look back, but replied in a voice: "I don't know very well, it's a very terrifying monster." He is huge, with three heads and nine arms, and a white bone mask on his face. ”
As Guina continued to describe it, the shape of the monster appeared in Zoro's mind little by little.
Sauron's eyes froze, and he suddenly remembered the dream he had had that morning.
It's exactly the same as Guina's description!
In the dream, Guina was taken away by this monster!
"Damn it!"
Zolon, who was thinking about it with his head down, had just thought of this, and Guina in front of him suddenly stopped and stood in place.
Zoro looked up, following the direction of Guina's gaze.
I saw that directly in front of the two of them, a three-headed and nine-armed monster happened to see the two of them.
Guina and Zoro stepped back unconsciously.
Zoro, who had finally met Guina, didn't want to end this encounter so quickly, and said to Guina, "Quick, run back." ”
Thinking of the devastating attack of the monster in the dream, Sauron couldn't raise the heart of war at all.
Gu Yina said lightly: "No, we can't run away." ”
Zoro saw that the monster was already about to walk towards them, and said anxiously, "Guina, you run first, I'll lure him away." ”
With that, Sauron was about to run towards the monster.
Guina grabbed Zoro's arm, looked into Zoro's eyes, and said softly, "Zoro, you should be stronger, right?"
"Of course, but that level of monster is not what we are fighting against! I can only delay for a little time, you hurry up!" Although the anxious Zoro felt that Guina was a little strange, he still wanted to protect her in the first place.
"Let's fight!" Guina said, grabbing Zoro's hand.
Then Guina suddenly emitted a white light.
The light shrank little by little, and Guina, who had been standing there, disappeared.
Instead, Sauron had an extra knife in his hand, and a word of harmony.