Chapter 11: The Story
Bucky knew that since Robin was willing to speak out, it must have been chosen by her, just like in the original book, Klockdahl asked Robin about the whereabouts of Hades, but the latter used the history of the country to deceive the other party.
"O'Hara is a very beautiful place, famous for the world's best archaeologists and first-class archaeological teams, as well as the world's largest library, the Tree of Omniscience, where Gray set out eighty years ago to volunteer for the Navy. ”
"Kachiu!" Hearing this name, the big octopus was so excited that his tentacles danced, but Robin held his head down and sat back obediently.
In order to find the truth of the world, Gray chose to use the power of the navy, he followed the navy to exterminate the pirates, and after years of accumulated military exploits, at the age of forty-eight, that is, sixty years ago, he was successfully promoted to the vice general of the branch, so he used this identity to secretly search for historical materials, including...... Many of the historical accounts in the Tree of All-Knowing were provided by him and have his signature signature.
Later, one day, he passed through the island in search of historical texts, an island that was not in contact with the outside world at the time, and after discovering the ruins, Gray realized the seriousness of the situation, and he destroyed the stone statue when no one was around, and very neatly repatriated his troops and applied for retirement due to terminal illness, leaving only one of his own soldiers, who also blended into the aborigines under his instructions to find information for him.
The reason for this is the peculiarity and mystery of this statue...... If he hadn't done so, the island would have been like O'Hara if the intact stone statue was discovered...... Completely erased from the map. ”
Bucky stopped talking, thought about it, and didn't ask about the stone statue, according to Robin's personality, he probably wouldn't say it.
Robin continued: "But his actions were also naturally considered by the witch sacrifice on the island to be a demonic invasion, and it was at this time that the landed octopus that had died in the mouth of the sea king was rescued by Gray, and he used the witch sacrifice to instigate the psychology of the natives, and the landed octopus naturally pretended to be a terrifying resentful spirit, and it has survived to this day." ”
After speaking, Robin glanced at the big octopus, and the other party was teary-eyed and seemed to be stuck in memory.
Bucky asked, "Then why did Gray die here?" ”
Robin fell silent for a moment before he said, "Gray's soldiers successfully gained the trust of the villagers, and for the next year, Gray explored the secrets of this ruin, and at the same time continued to train this landed octopus to make this 'resentful spirit' a more real and terrifying existence, in order to prevent the villagers on the island from approaching, and return to the old habit of sacrificing to the gods."
A year later, his own soldiers received the parchment and delivered it to him. As a former student of the Tree of Omniscience, he knows the words on it and how to enter the crypt.
He entered the crypt and hid the upper body of the stone statue inside, and when he came to the end, he found the stone tablet in front of him, and was about to record the documents on the stone tablet and send it to O'Hara, when he suddenly found that an invisible and colorless poisonous gas was entangled in his body.
And this poison may have been released by the mechanism in the mezzanine of the stone statue, and the moment Gray destroyed the stone statue, the poisonous gas also invaded his body, and bloomed from his body in the last moment.
The moment he felt the poisonous invasion, that is, the moment when his life ended......
Several pages of the journal were completely shattered, and the rest were torn, but he gave up, probably thinking there was no need to erase them. ”
Robin said as he looked sideways at the big octopus, feeling quite touched in his heart: "As for the octopus brother, I probably thought Gray was still alive." ”
Although animals are not as smart as humans, but humans will fight for the sake of interests, and these animals will not betray, the octopus brother has been waiting for so many years, isn't this kind of affection more reliable than greedy and ignorant humans......
All the tentacles of the big octopus covered their heads in unison, crying even more miserably, "Boom~"
Although Robin has gone through many details, Bucky doesn't ask about it, his plan is to get the treasure buried here, but so far, there is nothing he wants, and the only thing to gain is the story that Robin tells that has little practical meaning.
Bucky stood up tastelessly: "Now that the purpose has been achieved...... Then let's go. ”
Robin looked at Bucky's appearance, and his smiling face looked a little unkind, "Rednose-kun, it seems that there is no treasure here that you want, I'm really sorry." ”
"The higher you climb, the worse you fall, isn't that true for you?"
Bucky's words silenced Robin as well, and the words unexpectedly stung her.
Robin's interest is not in the whereabouts of ancient weapons, but in the disappearance of a hundred years in history, this result is like a circle in place for her, no progress has been made, and her journey from the Great Voyage to the East China Sea does not necessarily take less time and energy than Bucky, and the final result is not satisfactory.
Robin said bitterly: "Although we met for the first time today, I feel that you are a person who can understand and understand me. ”
Bucky smiled dumbly, "Since we are so speculative, should we consider joining my pirate group?" ”
Robin smiled back, noncommittal.
Seeing the other party's expression, Bucky chuckled in his heart, and his thoughts suddenly became clear.
His own pirate group can only be brutal in the weakest East China Sea, and only two cadres on the ship can see it a little, this kind of combat power is too weak, I am afraid that if the two pirate groups are eliminated casually on the great channel, they can beat themselves and run away, what can they do to protect this son of the devil......
Strength, in the final analysis, is still too weak, this world is a world of the strong after all, even if Robin is forced to get on the boat, not only will the other party be taken away by the world government. His own pirate group will also face the danger of annihilation.
Bucky shrugged helplessly, sighed silently in his heart, and said no more.
Robin touched the head of the big octopus, unexpectedly gentle: "Brother Octopus, let's go, don't disturb Senior Gray who is sleeping here." ”
"Kajirp......" The big octopus wiped away his tears with his tentacles and responded in a low mood.
The two of them turned back all the way, and the half of the stone statue still fell to the ground, Robin revisited it, and then continued to return with Bucky.
When he came to the entrance of the crypt, the stone door was closed tightly at the moment, and there was no light to penetrate.
Facing the upward steps, Bucky tried to push the stone door upward, but suddenly his body stiffened, his hands went limp, and he took two steps back, "Hai...... Hailou Stone?! ”
Hailou Stone at least has the hardness of diamonds, and it will make the capable person weak, even Bucky didn't expect that there would be a Hailou Stone here, and the place where this kind of stone tablet is placed is really not a simple place!
"It should be that the gate closes automatically after the linkage of the organs, and it is not unreasonable that this tunnel has existed for so long......
Robin looked around the floor, walls, and roofs nearby, and said calmly, "There doesn't seem to be a way to open this door from the inside, and I don't think we can get out, Rednose-kun." ”