Chapter 38: The Beginning Four Years Later
The first month of January 1507 in the Haiyuan calendar.
Since the West Sea had just passed New Year's Day during this period, the residents of many island towns were still immersed in a joyful atmosphere and did not notice it at all...... The mafia organizations throughout the West Sea are unusually silent. They didn't come out to disturb the civilians for the festival, they didn't set off fireworks to celebrate, and they didn't even turn on the lights of the mansion.
The incident was not discovered until mid-January.
So the civilians of good deeds gathered around from time to time, gossiping about what was going on with those mafias? Is it still in their mansion, or is it already out to sea? Or that these tumors have ...... He's dead?
Within a few days, men of greater courage went to the castle mansions to investigate. When they sneak into the house, or look through the window...... All I saw was an empty scene, and all the important things of value were cleaned up, leaving only miscellaneous things rolling on the ground.
…… The mafias are really gone.
And it can be seen that they are in a hurry.
This can't help but make the townspeople cheer excitedly, and even want to have another festival.
But those families who have family members who have joined the mafia are quite worried about thinking...... Where have they all gone? What the hell is going on......
Things started to ferment in late January.
At that time, it was just some strange rumors that spread to certain islands in the West Sea.
Like what...... Some caravans were traveling at sea and suddenly encountered a large number of combined fleets! Those fleets range from a few dozens to hundreds! Or even more than a thousand! There are also some speculations...... These fleets may all be heading to the same place, and no one knows where, but there must have been tens of thousands of fleets there!
And during this period, all the pirates who made waves disappeared!
Some well-intentioned people are aware that the West Sea is about to set off a big storm, and this time it will be an unprecedented turmoil, about the future situation in the West Sea, about the largest country in the West Sea, and about the lives of these civilians.
Soon after, more bits and pieces of rumors spread out to sea.
It is said that the largest country is about to hold a five-year round table, but it has encountered some trouble; It is said that where the navy conspires with pirates to take control of a kingdom; It is said that a fleet of ships often goes missing in a certain area of the sea; And that there are ghosts on a certain island?! The inhabitants of the town have taken refuge in the sea!
It's ridiculous!
……
February 3, noon.
The location is in the middle of a grey route to the United Mediterranean States.
The route had experienced a sudden storm yesterday that had severely damaged a small sailing ship under sail, its keel shattered by the rolling waves, and now the pieces of wood were floating freely with the currents.
But fortunately, there was only one crew member on that ship.
Although people are rare Devil Fruit abilities, they have also escaped the fate of sinking to the bottom of the sea and dying through some wonderful methods.
So for now...... The man was crouching boredly on a large piece of wood, aimlessly surveying the horizon around him, hoping to meet some shipwreck.
Eleven.
Twelve.
Half-past twelve......
…… Leo stared at the dead fish's eyes, his vision began to distort and blur, the sun smoking, the incandescent sunlight brushing his hairline, and the black hair casting a cool shadow in front of his eyes.
He lifted his left hand and looked at his watch.
It's almost closer.
Normally, I had already had lunch at this time.
And yet now?
You can only eat air, sunshine, seawater, and ...... Timber?
It's like a big idiot.
"What a mistake."
Leo muttered, hunger making his face even more difficult to look at.
It's been four years.
Since he began to cultivate, Li Ou has kept his head full and has not stepped out of the door...... Except for the weekly "hunt", but also not far away.
After three years of cultivation, Li Ou entered the stage of actual combat at sea again, but he only dominated the sea area in a circle, and never encountered any problems.
Until yesterday.
For the first time, I chose to go far away and embark on an unknown shipping route.
I was shipwrecked.
- Have I unknowingly entered the Great Voyage?
I would think so, mainly because Leo didn't know how to sail.
If only the Grammys were here, the Grammys are the ones who aspire to be navigators.
But the Grammys and Saibaan, they lost contact with themselves for two years, and in the third year, through the relationship between the original Eiffel City, they found Saibaan's new contact information, and they only found out after dialing a number with a phone bug......
They had already entered the Great Voyage.
No...... It should be said that it was to escape into the great route.
Also went to Alabastan!?
According to Saibaan and Olvia, Alabastan is a vast and sparsely populated area, and there is a huge desert between the cities, and it is not easy for the navy and the government to track down here, so it is safe to be a sand pirate there.
Yes...... Only! Be! Sand! Steal!
It seems that he has also formed a companionship with the sand thieves in the original book, and under the increasing force of Saibaan, he now rules it even more!
My God!
Can there be no more interest?!
At that time, Leo was short of time, he didn't comment too much, and he couldn't find time to visit them, and after hanging up the phone, he fell into the cultivation madman mode again, and had to cut off contact.
Later, I only had an occasional phone call to report the situation.
"Count the time, it's almost the Grammy's birthday."
Leo remembered that Grammy's birthday was Valentine's Day, February 14th, and that he was only eleven days away, and he must have been too late...... There is no express delivery in this world, it is really troublesome, and we must establish a sea express company in the future!
Completely unaware of how difficult it was to set up a shipping company, Leo made a vow and looked like a child.
…… In fact, four years have passed, and Leo has changed quite a lot.
Like what...... Although he looks young, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, his height has reached one meter seventy-one, thanks to the influence of "hunting", and also because of the sea king food, which caused Leo's genes to be rewritten and become stronger, not surprisingly...... will greatly exceed the height of the previous life.
He has fine and crisp black hair, and his face is delicate and good-looking.
Wearing a simple white shirt on the upper body, the cuffs are rolled up and folded to the elbows, the exposed arm shows pleasing muscle lines, the skin is clean and fair, the hair and pores are almost invisible, the fingers are slender and slender, and each nail is trimmed just right, and a trace of fingertips grows slightly......
The lower body was wearing gray-brown five-point pants, which just touched the top of the knees, revealing the white bandages that wrapped the knees and calves.
On his right side, he wore a gorgeous gun. On the left side, he wore a short knife and a long knife.
Short knives are still [Twilight].
The long knife is the trophy that was snatched half a year ago, and the famous knife [Qinghuang] of the 80 workers of the fast knife, due to the problem of length and height ratio, now Li Ou performs swordsmanship, and generally uses [Qinghuang].
"Huh? It's finally here......"
As if a string in his head had been plucked, Leo's gaze looked in a certain direction.