Chapter 31: The Trumpet on the Eve of Dawn
"Ah!!h Aaron swayed his hands in the wind, and the wind was blowing under his legs, and he swam in the jungle, tossing and turning, and he did not touch a branch.
Bang!
Then he crashed into an orange tree.
It's really unpretentious.
Aaron's face was pressed against the trunk of the tree, his hands and feet stiffly stretched out, and it took him a long time before he slowly pulled off the tree and fell to the ground.
Aaron stared at the blue sky in a daze, and a long red mark slowly appeared on his face.
The white clouds slowly emerged in his field of vision, and the soothing appearance made his eyelids droop little by little.
It's so calm...
"Stop!" Nami's angry shouts in the distance frightened Aaron to his feet.
"Namiβ" Aaron scrambled to get up from the ground, and this time he didn't pat the dirt on his body, and he hurried into the orange grove.
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Before that.
Shortly after Aaron ran out, Nami returned home.
After a conversation with Nuoqigao, she lay down on the table and fell asleep tired but peaceful.
And Nokigao, after putting a dress on Nami, went to the Straw Hats and his party to meet the group of pirates who had a great influence on his sister.
Nami woke up from her sleep, she seemed to have had a good dream, the sadness on her face disappeared, and she regained her former vigor, she touched the clothes draped over her shoulders, and unconsciously hung a smile.
"It's time to go to sea...... Go steal it again! Nami muttered.
At this time, the footsteps of a large crowd of people suddenly came from outside. Alert and a little confused.
Who... Will it come here?
Confused, Nami opened the door, "Navy and... Mr. Ah Kin? β
When the leader of the navy saw Nami coming out, he stopped, and stretched out his hand to block the advance of the soldiers behind him and Ken.
Looks like he's the chief. Nami said in her heart.
"Squeak! I am Colonel Rat of the 16th Division of the Navy,...... Is that Nami's criminal you? "The Colonel was a man with a goatee, a long beard on each cheek, a mouse's hat, and shrunken eyes.
It doesn't look like a good person.
"Criminals? Also... Because I'm a pirate, and I'm also a big criminal," Nami said, holding her hands on her chest, leaning against the wall leisurely, and said with some fear, "But I'm a cadre of Aaron, since you're a colonel, I think you should understand that if you attack me, Aaron won't sit idly by, in this case, what else do you do?" β
Although he hates Aaron to the core, Nami's use of this kind of flag-pulling behavior is indeed very familiar.
It would be nice if the conflict between Aaron and the navy could be intensified, and the navy would clean up Aaron.
This is a luxury hidden in the deepest part of Nami's heart, and even Nami herself is not aware of it.
"Squeak squeak!" Colonel Rat grinned strangely, he lowered his head and played with the brim of his hat, "What are you talking about?" Pirate? I didn't get any information like that."
He raised his head and showed a lewd smile, and Nami's greedy eyes made Nami have a bad premonition: "Don't worry, I won't make a move on you, but I did receive information that you are a thief..."
"What?!" Nami exclaimed unconsciously.
"I heard that you stole a lot of treasure from pirates, but since the target of the theft is the pirate, I don't plan to embarrass you, but a thief is a thief, and a sin is a sin!"
ββ¦β¦ What do you mean? Nami stared at Colonel Mouse, a sense of foreboding growing stronger.
"That is to say, all the treasures you have stolen so far should be handed over to us and kept by our government!"
"What did you say?!" Nami exclaimed.
"Find me the stolen goods!" "Yes!"
With Colonel Mouse's order, the soldiers behind him rushed around Nami and tried to break into her home with guns.
"Stop, stop me!"
Nami picked up her stick and fought to knock down the Navy soldiers who tried to invade her home, watching them vigilantly like an angry lioness.
"Is this what the Navy is supposed to do now? Aaron and his gang are destroying towns and killing people wantonly, you all know that! Isn't that something more important to do?! Nami roared, "Because of his rule, all the people of this island have become his slaves!" Ignore this big problem, but just go and rob a thief of all the stolen goods, is this the attitude of the government! β
Colonel Rat was unmoved, he looked at Nami with a sneer: "A thief is a thief, don't pretend to be noble and say something great."
"Leave him alone, keep searching!"
"Colonel! There's something strange about that land! β
"Dig down!"
"Yes!"
"Don't touch the orange fields of Bermel with your dirty hands!" Nami slammed the soldier's neck with a wooden stick, causing the soldier to fall into a coma instantly, "I'm not going to let you touch that money, it's... That money is! β
"That money is what this little girl used to save this village! So do you navy still have the right to take it! Ah Jian suddenly shouted.
"What, Mr. Kin, youβ" Nami looked at Ken in surprise.
"We all know that, Nami," Ken cupped his hat, "At that time, your behavior was unbelievable to us, so we asked Nuoqigao...... The whole village knew everything. β
"What..."Nami was incredulous.
"But we thought, if you knew that, when you wanted to get out of here, you would probably be held back by our expectations... So we didn't tell you. β
Such kind villagers, really... It's stupid to go home.
"How come..."Nami looked at Ken in a daze.
"What are you talking about? Could it be that your whole village is a thief and you have to be arrested? Colonel Rat waved his hand in disobedience.
"We're saying that you government guys can't be relied on at all, so we can only fight for our own survival!"
"Uh... What are you doing? Why dig a hole to trip me? β
Up the trail came up Nokigao, and out of the orange grove ran only Aaron.
Nokigao roared, and Aaron tripped over a pit dug by the soldiers.
"Where did the kid come from? Get out of here! The soldier pulled Aaron out and threw him aside.
"Aaron...," Nami said.
"If you don't want to take care of this village, then disappear! If you grind it again! You'll be attacked by Aaron too! "They are worthy of being sisters, and their kung fu is the same.
"Oh? What will happen?" but Colonel Rat was even more fearless than they were, and he smiled strangely.
Then he turned his head and yelled at the soldiers: "Haven't you found it yet!" It's not looking for rice grains, it's 100 million Baileys, it's impossible to find it! β
"What?!" Nami said in shock,
"How do you know the exact amount?!" Ah Jian asked.
"Huh? Well... Probably... It feels like so much Bailey," Colonel Rat blurred into the past.
"Could it beβ" Nami suddenly had a terrible thought in her mind
"Sir! The stolen goods have been found! At this time, the soldier suddenly reported,
"What stolen goods?" Aaron heard the unfamiliar term, and curiously stepped forward, in the mound, he saw a small box, the box was full of Bailey, but this Bailey was full of coagulated blood and dark yellow soil, and it looked extremely dirty.
"Is this the stolen goods?" Aaron retracted his gaze, "it's so dirty..."
Suddenly! His mind remembered what Nokigao had just said about Nami.
That's Nami's stolen money!
That's the money Nami saved little by little to redeem the village!
It's Nami's money that has been desperately pulled out of the pirates' tiger claws in the past few years!
It's not just Bailey, it's Nami's vision and hope for the future!
Seeing that the soldiers wanted to move the box out, Aaron came back to his senses, hurriedly ran over, and tightly protected the box: "You can't take it!" That's Nami's hope! You can't ruin anyone's hope! β
"Where did this little imp come from?" Looking at Aaron, Colonel Mouse said dissatisfiedly, and all the soldiers shook their heads blankly, they didn't know how this kid came here.
Colonel Rat stepped forward and looked down at Aaron gloomily: "Little ghost, get me out of this box quickly!" This is stolen goods, do you know it or not, it is evidence of the sinner's sin! β
"I don't know what swag! I don't know what the evidence is, I just know that this is Nami's hope! No one can take away the hope of others! Aaron looked firmly at Colonel Mouse, and hugged the box in his arms tighter.
"What a mess! I think you're in league with that thief! Colonel Rat quickly lost his patience, and he waved his hand, "Arrest this kid." β
"Yes!" They said they were arrested, but the soldiers loaded their bullets in unison, and the swarthy muzzles were all aimed at Aaron.
Bang! Bang bang bang!
"Aaron!" Nokigao exclaimed, and Nami, although she knew that Aaron was fine, still bit her lip tightly when she saw this scene.
"Really, hurry up and take the stolen goods, let's get out of this hellish place!" Colonel Rat had already turned his head when he shot him, he didn't want to see blood splattered, it would make him not eat to-day's dinner. He waved his hand and motioned for his men to hurry up.
"Long... Sir! Look! But the frightened voices of his men annoyed him a little.
It's just killing a child, what are you afraid of!
He turned away with a gloomy face, and the sight before him frightened him into bull's eyes.
Aaron's face had been shot several times, dented like a shriveled ball, but not a drop of blood came out.
After a while, his face gradually swelled again, slowly returning to normal like a balloon, and Colonel Mouse could even see Aaron's rolled eyes returning to their original positions little by little.
When the long is the long!
All the bullets fell to the ground, and the two collided with each other with a crisp sound, but it seemed to ring in the hearts of the navy.
Aaron's face slowly returned to normal, but his expression became hideous little by little, and in this distorted face, Aaron looked like a demon, "Absolutely... You must not be allowed to take away Nami's hope! He let out a roar of rage, the muscles of his whole body suddenly tensed, and the clothes on his body were torn, revealing the pink underwear inside, Aaron slapped his chest, roared and ran towards the navy.
"Blame... Monster! Shoot! What are you doing in a daze! Shoot! Seeing this, Colonel Rat was so shocked that he took several steps back, he wiped the cold sweat from his body, and eagerly ordered the soldiers.
Without his orders, the soldiers were already unconsciously shooting at the monster.
But even at a distance of two or three meters, the bullets that had just been discharged did not even break Aaron's skin, not even the ridiculous pink underwear.
Aaron rushed forward with the gunshot, raised his big hand in the air, and swept it fiercely at the soldier.
Bang!
As if hit by a heavy hammer, several soldiers were swept away and slammed into the wall.
Aaron swept the soldiers away like he swept the garbage left and right, and gradually approached Colonel Mouse.
"You... Don't come here! You're attacking government personnel! It's a heavy penalty! Seeing Aaron approaching him, Colonel Rat panicked and roared loudly.
But Aaron was already in a rage, and after sweeping away all the soldiers, he chased straight after Colonel Mouse, two fists the size of a casserole raised in the air together, just enough to block out the sunlight in front of Colonel Mouse's eyes, hiding his frightened expression in the darkness.
"No one can... Take away Nami's hope! Aaron said in a deep voice.
"Good, good! I'll be leaving right away! I don't want any more stolen goods, I'll leave right away! Colonel Rat said in horror.
"No one!" Aaron roared like a beast, his fists clenched and slammed down!
"No, no, no, no!! Yes!! β
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Nami looked at Colonel Rat in a complicated manner, but she didn't stop Aaron's movements.
After smashing the mouse colonel flat, Aaron also returned to his original form, but at this time he did not have the cheerful smile he used to have, his cold temperament made people stop, and the blood stains on his face were even more terrifying.
"Aaron..."Nami looked at Aaron complicatedly, grateful but a little distressed by his performance, "Thank you...", but in the end she came out and couldn't say anything.
"It's okay" Aaron shook his head, he wiped the blood from his face, and looked up at Nami with concern, "Nami... Can I help you? β
"No, you don't." Nami shook her head, she seemed to remember something, and her face suddenly changed, "I'm going to find Aaron!" You're here to stay! So saying, she ran down the hill at a brisk pace.
"......" Aaron looked at Nami's departing figure, tilted his head and thought about it, and said to Nokigao, who was stunned, "Miss Nokigao, can you take me to my friends?" β
"Huh? Oh, well, you can," Notchego was stunned, then came back to her senses and agreed, glancing at Colonel Mouse again, lamenting his miserable condition.
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"Yo! Aaron! Did you go out and fight and lose? Why does your face stink so much? Luffy, who was in the village, saw Aaron's figure and waved and shouted from afar.
When Aaron heard Luffy's words, he couldn't help but roll his eyes: "No, I won."
"After winning the battle, your face still stinks? Don't lie to me! Luffy laughed.
Aaron ran over, he looked at Luffy, his face was full of seriousness, "Luffy, let's help Nami!"
"......" Luffy also stopped smiling when he heard Aaron's words, he lowered his head and looked at Aaron calmly, "No"
"Why! Why not! Aaron yelled.
"Because Nami didn't let us meddle," Luffy said calmly.
Aaron stared at Luffy tightly, his fists clenched tightly, but slowly released, and his tone slowly softened: "I see."
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And Nami.
Nami ran to Aaron Paradise.
"Aaron!" She roared.
"Oh? What's going on? Our surveyor's face has turned so bad..."Aaron sat on the chaise longue and greeted Nami with concern.
Nami grabbed Aaron's shirt: "It's the navy you instructed... Come and steal my money! β
"What the hell is going on! Didn't you swear to keep a promise built on money! β
"Oh? When did I break the agreement? Aaron asked suspiciously.
"Don't pretend to be garlic! Those navies are you! Aaron grabbed Nami's mouth and dragged her to his eyes, his bloodshot eyes pressed against Nami, "When... Broken the agreement? β
"Hahahaha!" The fish-men around them suddenly burst into a crazy laugh.
Damn it... Damn it! Nami cursed wildly in her heart, but she couldn't stop it.
"You said the Navy..."Aaron stopped laughing, he looked at Nami and smiled gloatingly, "That's really bad luck... But a promise is a promise! It's just 100 million Baileys! Wouldn't it be nice to save again? Scared hahahahaha! β
Nami looked at Aaron resentfully, but there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart.
Okay, Aaron killed that colonel! I've already saved 93 million Baileys, as long as I go get another seven million, only seven million!
"Boss Aaron! That naval warship has not retreated until now! But the words of a fish-man made Nami's mind sink to the bottom.
"Oh?" Sure enough, after Aaron heard the minions' words, he glanced at Nami, "It seems that those navies are too useless." β
Nami struggled to break free of Aaron's big hand, and she glared at Aaron, "That's what you said!" Swear to keep your promise for money! β
"That's right, that's right! I won't break my promise. Aaron said with a smile.
"Then as long as I save 100 million Bailey, I can..."
"It's a billion Bailey," Aaron interrupted coldly.
"What do you say? Billion Bailey!! You were talking about 100 million Baileys at that time! β
"You may have been too young to hear it wrong, I was talking about a billion Baileys at the time, didn't you?" Ah Long laughed wildly and asked the fish-men around him.
"Yes!" "That's right!" "You're mistaken!"
The noise around Nami made Nami's face look dead,
She understood that Ah Long didn't want to let go of himself at all, he was just using the people in the village to blackmail himself and draw a survey map for him! He used himself like a plaything from beginning to end!
She looked up and looked at Ah Long hatefully: "Despicable, shameless!"
"Scared hahahahaha!" Aaron laughed wildly, his mouth full of fangs made Nami frightened, and he stared at Nami, "It's just a billion Baileys, since you can save 100 million Baileys, then a billion Baileys are also easy, right?" β
"Or do you want to run away? But by that time, the entire village of Cocoia... will all die because of you! β
Nami remembered what Ken had just said, and she suddenly understood what Ken meant!
So she slapped Aaron's hand away and fled away from Aaron Park.
"What's wrong, Nami? Are you finally going to escape? Scared hahahahaha! Behind him, Aaron laughed mockingly.
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Mr. Ah Kin... Everyone... Please! Don't be impulsive! Don't die! Otherwise, it's all over! As long as you live, as long as you live, there is hope!
Nami darted, tears flying in the air, scattered, and handed to the grass beside the road, snapping, shattering into nothingness.
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"Aaron! Aaron! Aaron! Nami was holding a knife, and she was poking her right arm frantically.
On it, there was a tattoo of proof that she had joined the Dragon Pirates, the black and depressing dragon tattoo.
Nami didn't stop until the flesh was blurred, and raised her left hand high to stab it again.
Syllable!
Luffy suddenly catches Nami's knife.
"Luffy..."Nami looked up at Luffy, "What... I don't know anything. β
"Well, I don't know," Luffy replied calmly.
"Obviously it has nothing to do with you!" Nami grabbed a handful of dust and threw it back, covering Luffy's feet, "Hurry up and get out of this island!" Didn't I say that! β
"That's right, I did," Luffy said calmly.
The world seemed to stand still at this point, except for Nami's faint sobs.
It seems like a long time has passed.
"Luffy..."Nami turned her head slowly, tears and dust mixed together, making her look embarrassed, her eyes were full of despair, but there was still a glimmer of tenacious hope at the bottom, "Help me!" β
Hearing this, Luffy didn't speak, he silently took off his straw hat, buckled it on Nami's head, and then slowly walked over Nami.
"Of course!!" He yelled.
Nami looked at Luffy in surprise, she unconsciously touched the straw hat on her head, once she remembered how Luffy treasured this hat, and now he actually put it on her, "Luffy..."
"Gone!" Luffy walked over slowly and said to his partner.
Zoro straightens his sword, Sanji lights a cigarette, Usopp puts on his sniper goggles, and Aaron jumps off the barrel with a serious face.
"Oh!"
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In front of Aaron Park.
"Humph! I was going to challenge them in order to make amends to Nami-sama's head, but I didn't expect to lose to them by a little bit! Johnny sat on the left side of the door.
"We've heard the whole truth in the woods, and we don't have the face to see Nami-sama." Joseph said, sitting by the door on the right.
"These two guys areβ" The villagers were barricaded at the door.
"Excuse me! You who have no chance of winning must not be allowed to pass! Johnny said.
"We're here waiting for someone who will definitely come here," Joseph said.
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Boom! The gate was shattered!
"Big Brother Luffy!" Johnny and Joseph shouted in unison.
"That guy named Aaron... Who is it? Luffy glanced at the fish-man and asked lightly.
And Aaron, the first thing he saw when he went in was a fishman with a tiger's back on his back.
The fish-man had six hands, eight claws plus legs, and a thick sucker on each hand.
This creature is a type of fish-man, and we call it an octopus man, although an octopus is not a fish.
Aaron's eyes were about to pop out when he saw him, and he pointed at him and shouted, "Squidward!"
"My name is Octopus Hachi!" Octopus Hachi roared angrily.
β¦β¦ So, Aaron, what about your cold temperament just now?