Chapter 25: The Storm
At the execution square in the center of Rogue Town, Jing Tian held an umbrella and took Nami to stand on the roof of a house at the edge of the square, watching the farce unfolding in the square.
"That's Bucky the Clown?" Nami put her hands on the pergola, and she exclaimed in surprise when she saw one of the pirates take off her cloak and reveal her face.
"Yarrita......" Jing Tian didn't respond, but instead stared at a beautiful woman in the square and muttered.
Boom!
Nami's face changed instantly, and she gave Jing Tian a punch very unhappily, and roared, "What the hell are you concerned about!" โ
"Well, don't get me wrong, I just feel like that Arrita has changed so much."
"Have you seen her?" Nami asked as she looked at the square.
"Ah, didn't she fly over our heads at the beginning, I had a good look in my eyes, so I could see it very clearly." Jing Tian smiled and said, "She was a big fat man at that time. โ
"Then why did she become ...... in such a short period of time?"
Wow โ
There was a sudden commotion in the square, but a huge piece of building debris flew into the square and headed straight for Yarrita.
The next moment Nami was stunned, only to see that the wreckage changed direction in an instant after touching Arrita, as if it had ejected from Arrita's body.
"Devil Fruit." Jing Tian gave the answer at the right time: "It's good luck." โ
"Devil Fruits?" Nami snorted, staring at Arrita with greed in her gaze, and subconsciously murmured, "I really want it......"
It just so happened that at this time, Yarrita spoke out loudly about her bottom line, and told the power of the 'slippery fruit'.
"Ahh After listening to this, Nami's expression immediately became complicated, and she muttered in a muffled voice, "If you get it, should you eat it, or sell it for Bailey......
"Don't think about good things." Jing Tian smiled: "The fruit has already been eaten, so your troubles are not valid at all." โ
"Spoil the atmosphere." Nami came back to her senses and couldn't help but pout and complain to Keizen.
The two continued to look down at the excitement, and as they watched, Nami asked, "Speaking of which, why did that straw hat kid have a bad relationship with Bucky?" โ
"When we left directly, they were the only ones left on the island, so it's not surprising that there would be enemies." Jing Tian said: "But it seems that Bucky suffered a loss at the hands of the Straw Hats, otherwise he would not be so vindictive." โ
"Look! The Straw Hat Kid is going to be ......" Nami suddenly whispered, raising her hand to the execution table.
At this moment, Luffy was trapped on the top of the execution table by the wooden shackles, and Bucky had already climbed onto the execution table, raised the scimitar in his hand, and slashed the blade at Luffy's neck.
At the same time, there is also a chaotic battle going on in the square, Zoro and Sanji are constantly breaking through towards the execution table, but although there is no enemy under them, the distance between the two is too far from the execution table to rescue, and they can only watch as Bucky approaches the blade to Luffy's neck.
"Yikes!" Nami couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands and exclaimed in surprise.
Jing Tian's face remained unchanged at this, first looking at the speed at which Bucky swung his knife and curled the corners of his mouth, and then turned his head and looked at a roof in the distance. D. Dragon, like Jing Tian, is standing on the roof of a house.
Boom โ
Suddenly, there was a sudden explosion in the dark clouds above the square, and in the next moment, an unknown number of thunder snakes suddenly burst out of the dark clouds, enveloping the entire square in the blink of an eye.
The sky and the earth were white, and almost everyone near the square closed their eyes.
At this moment, only Jing Tian saw all the scenes clearly.
Squinting his eyes, Jing Tian looked at the execution table through the scorching white light. I saw that the execution table seemed to have a gravitational pull, leading most of the razers to the iron frame.
The other 'gravitational point' was at the top of the execution table, where more than a dozen razers were constantly slashing at the scimitar held by Bucky.
Jing Tian could see clearly in the white light in the sky, at this moment, Bucky's whole person seemed to have swelled in a large circle, and it was obvious that the skin of his whole body had been separated, which was used to weaken the thunder damage on his body.
The thunder did not last long, and after two breaths, the white color between heaven and earth disappeared, and the huge contrast made people feel that their eyes were black, and it was difficult to recover their vision for a while, but there were some people who recovered quickly and immediately looked at the execution table.
The eye was filled with a pale blue flame.
Because the execution table was contaminated with the blood of many prisoners, the metal contained combustible substances such as fat, and at this moment, those combustible substances had been ignited by thunder, so that the entire execution table was surrounded by flames.
Crunch - Ratch -
The sound of metal twisting appeared, and as the flames on the execution table were extinguished by the sudden rainstorm, the execution table suddenly began to slowly topple over, and then completely fell apart with a 'boom'.
"How, how can this be ......?"
Nami's low voice sounded beside him, and Jing Tian leaned in the direction of Nami with the umbrella he had already prepared, and whispered, "It's artificial." โ
"What? It's ...... people."
"Haha......"
Luffy's laughter suddenly came from the square, and the laughter seemed particularly heartless, making the already silent square even more silent.
Nami, who didn't finish speaking, was stunned and looked at Luffy in the square with wide eyes, in disbelief.
"Indeed, it can only be artificial......" Nami whispered in a somewhat reluctant voice, "Otherwise, that guy would be too favored by God." โ
Before Jing Tian could respond, a roar suddenly sounded at the edge of the square, breaking the silence.
A sergeant appeared at the edge of the square and waved his scimitar in the direction of the square: "Rush forward!" Get them! โ
In the next moment, nearly two hundred naval soldiers appeared in different positions, either armed with knives or guns, and rushed towards the square.
Jing Tian ignored the situation in the square for the time being, and turned his head to Meng Qi ยท D. Long glanced in the direction, and sure enough, the other party's figure was gone.
Retracting his gaze, looking at the chaotic square, and then at Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji who were fleeing from the square, Keitian whispered to Nami, "Let's go, it's just a farce." โ
"Wait a minute." Nami tugged at Jing Tian's sleeve, stared at the battle scene in the square and said, "Let's take a look at the situation of the navy first, if you are weak, you can help, and then I can use this to blackmail from that bastard cigarette man." โ
"Give up, there's no chance." Jing Tian couldn't laugh or cry, turned his head to look at a street in the distance, stared at Smoker who appeared from that side and said, "Do you think that Smoker is just an ordinary navy, a waste wood like Colonel Mouse?" โ
Nami pursed her lips when she heard this, and said in a 'not serious' tone, "It's not a waste of firewood, and it's not much stronger, right?" Didn't Hawkeye say that day? The strong in the navy are concentrated in the headquarters. โ
"It's true, but think about the location of the island." Jing Tian reminded with a smile.
"Location? What's wrong? It's the Great Route......" Nami suddenly paused when she said this, with a sudden look on her face: "I understand, this island is the throat of the Great Route, such a critical position, the Navy will definitely send strong people to garrison, in order to eliminate those pirates who want to enter the Great Route, and contain the living force of those pirates in the Great Route......"
"Yes, I guess it's the same all over the world." Jing Tian nodded slightly, and then raised his chin slightly in the direction of Smoker: "Look, it's a shot, the natural Smoke Fruit ability, Colonel Smoker of the Navy Headquarters......"
"Nature!" Nami was startled, and hurriedly looked in the direction Jing Tian was pointing, and then immediately whispered again: "His hands have turned into smoke!" โ
"This is the strength of the natural ability." Jing Tian looked at Bucky's gang who were easily captured by Smoker, and then turned to Nami and said, "That's why I told you to practice seriously, when facing the natural system or some special abilities, it is simply not possible to be unarmed and domineering." โ
Nami straightened her face and nodded slightly.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look." Jing Tian stretched out his hand, hugged the other party's waist after Nami came over, and then jumped lightly, holding Nami and jumping off the roof.
Since Smoker had already made a move, the riots in the square had completely subsided, and both Bucky and Jarrita, and even those pirate minions were under Smoker's smoke confinement at this time.
Seeing Jing Tian and Nami coming up, Smoker suddenly said ostentatiously, "What are you doing here?" There's nothing you do here, don't mess with it. โ
"Hmph." Nami grimaced at Smoker, then reached out curiously, touching the solid-like white smoke.
"Humph!" Smoker responded to Nami, and then gave the order to his opponent, "Shoot the net!" Catch them all! โ
"Yes!"
After that, the naval soldiers with special rifles in their hands raised their muzzles, aimed at the pirates shrouded in smoke, and immediately opened fire with a 'bang'.
Large nets were launched from the muzzles of the guns, instantly covering all the pirates.
"Bastard!" Ever since he saw Jing Tian's figure, Bucky had been silent, but after being caught in the net, Bucky suddenly cursed angrily.
Jing Tian had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and couldn't help but step in front of Bucky, looked down at Bucky, who was scorched and lying in the net, and asked, "You seem to be very surprised, what?" Didn't expect the navy in Rogue Town to have this kind of weapon against the 'Devil Fruit Ability'? โ
Bucky's face was gloomy and he didn't respond, but Smoker walked over and asked Jing Tian, "Do you know him?" โ
"We've fought before." Jing Tian was still staring at Bucky, and after answering Smoker's question, Jing Tian continued to ask Bucky, "Judging by your previous performance, have you been instructed by someone this time?" Why did you come to deal with Straw Hat Luffy? โ
The corners of Bucky's eyes trembled slightly, but instead he avoided answering and whispered: "You really got mixed up with the navy, no wonder you know the navy six." โ
"I forgot if he didn't say anything." Smoker interjected, took a puff on his cigar and asked Jing Tian, "Who did you learn the Navy Six Style with?" โ
"Still need to learn? Just take a look at it. Jing Tian glanced at Smoker, then stared down at Bucky, the corners of his mouth curled playfully: "It doesn't matter if you don't answer, in short, you have been pitted this time." โ
"Shut up! You bastard! As if poked in the sore spot, Bucky suddenly yelled at Jing Tian.
"Hehehehe...... Interesting. Jing Tian saw something from Bucky's reaction, and couldn't help but chuckle, and began to think in his heart.
There are not many people who can make Bucky give face, combined with the current situation in the East China Sea, Jing Tian easily circled two targets, one is Karp, and the other is Meng Qi ยท D. Dragon.
It's just that Karp doesn't have much hope, so the only one who is most suspicious is Monchi. D. Dragon, but Jing Tian doesn't understand why Bucky is involved with the other party, after all, if you want to talk about friendship, Bucky should have some intersection with Karp.
If you can't figure it out, you don't want to, anyway, these things have nothing to do with Jing Tian.
"Hey......" Seeing that the exchange between Jing Tian and Bucky was over, Smoker couldn't help but speak in a deep voice and said to Jing Tian, "Did you see it just now?" โ
"What?"
"That straw hat kid......" Smoker looked solemn, "In the face of death, that straw hat boy smiled." โ
"Ah, I see, it's heartless."
"Hmph, do you think so?" Smoker's eyes were gloomy: "Yes, after all, you haven't seen the scene of twenty-two years ago. โ
"Twenty-two years ago?" Jing Tian repeated, and then suddenly looked at Bucky.
Under Bucky's gloomy face, Smoker said in a deep voice: "Twenty-two years ago, it was here and on that execution table that one piece king Gordo Roger was facing the execution...... He was just smiling......"
What does that mean? Maybe they're all the same, heartless. Keizam said evasively, and at the same time did not remind Smoker about the question of One Piece being concealed by the Navy.
"No way!" Smoker let out a low roar and immediately asked his subordinates around him, "Which direction did the Straw Hats flee to!" โ
"In the direction of the port west of town." One of the sergeants immediately replied.
"The first-class troops should be in place over there." Smoker breathed a sigh of relief.
"No, it's not......," the sergeant hesitated, and then whispered with little confidence, "I have already sent a communication just now, because of the sudden rain, all the gunpowder has been wet, so the first class troops have left the port and returned to the base to re-equip ......"
"What!" Smoker was startled and asked loudly, "Then aren't they all the way unimpeded!" โ
"It's the ...... of the west wind now," Nami listened the whole time, and had roughly understood what was going on, and after listening to Smoker's roar, she looked up at the weather, and then reminded with a solemn face, "If their ship is in the West Harbor......
Swallowing her saliva, Nami said to a stunned Smoker, "The wind is too good for their course." โ
"Bastard!" Smoker clasped his teeth tightly, bit off the two cigars in his mouth in one gulp, and roared with a slightly hideous face: "Is this all accidental!" It's as if a god is secretly helping them! โ
"Earls said it was artificial......" Nami reminded again, frowning, reminding Smoker.
"Artificial?" Smoker was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Jing Tian.
Seeing Jing Tian's head, Smoker controlled his emotions a little, took out two cigars from his pocket again and lit them, and after thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "No matter what! I, the 'White Hunter', bet on the reputation of the Colonel of the Headquarters! Never let that Straw Hat Kid leave this island! โ
"Get my locomotive ready!" Smoker commanded his subordinates, and then turned to look at Jing Tian and Nami in confusion: "You know that straw hat boy?" Why don't you see you actively participating in the pirates' bounty this time? โ
"There have been two contacts before." Nami responded, "But I didn't see the other party do evil." โ
"A pirate is a pirate, and to be a pirate is to have the consciousness of being caught." Smoker let out a puff of smoke, then walked towards the locomotive he had prepared, and said in a quiet voice without looking back, "As for whether he is guilty or not, it will be the world government to judge." โ
A roar sounded, and Smoker rode a huge locomotive nearly two meters high, and quickly took a shortcut to the west port.
Jing Tian lowered his head and glanced at Bucky in the 'Sea Tower Stone Net', and then said to Nami, "Let's go, let's go see a good show." โ
"Is it too late?" Nami didn't ask much and kept up with Keizen.
"Just in time." Jing Tian said: "Just take the shortcut. โ
The shortcut is the rooftops, and since the town of Rogue is also on high ground, the buildings on the island are built in a 'cascade pattern'.
Instead of walking down the street, Kei jumped from the roof of the house with Nami in his arms, and five minutes later, the two saw Smoker.
Stuck at an intersection, Smoker saw Keizam and Nami, but he ignored them and continued to focus on the end of the street in front of him.
A minute later, two figures spun around from the end of the street and ran in the direction where Smoker was.
"Who are you?"
Luffy and Sanji came to the vicinity of Smoker and couldn't help but stop to ask.
"Colonel of the Navy Headquarters! White Hunter Smoker! Smoker squinted slightly and introduced in a deep voice.
"Oh, I'm ......"
"Straw Hat Luffy!" Smoker interrupted Luffy's polite introduction and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect to be tricked by you near the tavern once before, and I actually answered a pirate's question for directions!" โ
"Ahaha, thank you in the morning, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find the location of the execution table in the afternoon." Luffy raised his hand to hold down the straw hat and replied with a grin.
"You were there in the tavern...... Smog said with a big puff of smoke and a slight squint, "Remember what I said to the tavernkeeper?" โ
"What?" Luffy asked very casually.
"Humph!" Smoker snorted coldly and whispered, "I said it at the time, unless you knock me down!" Otherwise there is not a single pirate! It is possible to get out of this island! โ
"Oh, I forgot if you didn't say so." Luffy grinned and smiled nonchalantly.
"Pretend garlic with me!" Smoker was annoyed, and immediately stopped being verbose, and instantly elementalized his arms, and attacked Luffy and Sanji.
Although Luffy and Sanji have good strength, the two of them from the East China Sea have too narrow visions and don't know about the natural Devil Fruit at all.
After a useless struggle, Sanji is beaten by Smoker and flies into a private house, while Luffy is grabbed by Smoker and pressed to the ground.
"Who's that guy?" Nami, who was standing on the roof of a house, was suddenly stunned, looked at the cloaked man who appeared behind Smoker, and asked Jing Tian in a low voice.
"The leader of the revolutionary army." Jing Tian squinted.
"Revolutionary Army!" Nami screamed, and was about to say something when she was suddenly stunned, and immediately looked up at the sky, and whispered in surprise: "What's the matter! Sudden ...... in air pressure"
Boom โ
With a loud roar of thunder, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the dark clouds in the sky, and the next moment, a violent wind quickly gushed down from the center of the whirlpool, causing the rain that had been falling to disappear abruptly.
The wind smashed into Rogue almost instantly, sweeping the entire island in the blink of an eye. The streets of Rogue Town turned into outlets, increasing the power of the strong wind, and suddenly people turned on their backs, and all kinds of debris flew around.
"Ahh
Jing Tian stabilized his body in the way of a 'jack pendant', holding an umbrella in one hand and bringing back Nami's body that was about to break away with the other.
However, the next moment, the umbrella in Jing Tian's hand instantly turned over, and the umbrella surface was torn apart by the wind, leaving only the bare umbrella bones.
At the same time, the roof under Jing Tian's feet also began to tremble violently, and it looked like it would be swept away by the wind at any time.
Don't care to pay attention to the situation on Smoker's side, Jing Tian immediately shouted to Nami: "Hurry up!" โ
Feeling the strength of his waist increase, Kei Tian temporarily let go of Nami, and quickly wiped his right hand on the umbrella bone he was holding in his left hand, so that only a metal bar remained in the entire umbrella bone.
The next moment, a layer of pitch-black color instantly appeared on the umbrella bone, and then Jing Tian's eyes froze, and he waved the umbrella bone from bottom to top with all his strength.
Bang โ
The dancing of the umbrella bone seemed to break through the wind, making a huge sound, and in the next moment, a huge black-gray sword qi suddenly flew out from the tip of the umbrella bone, breaking a vacuum channel against the strong wind, and the sword qi quickly slashed towards the dark clouds in the air.
Silently, the dark clouds in the sky instantly broke a huge gap, and the length of several kilometers made the sky seem to be broken, and at the same time, the hurricane instantly weakened.
The next moment the hurricane suddenly disappeared, and the rain fell again through the dark clouds.
Jing Tian looked around at the roof that had been lifted around, then looked down at Nami who was in shock in his arms, and asked softly, "Are you okay?" โ
"It's okay......" Nami still didn't dare to let go, and looked up excitedly and asked, "You split the wind?" โ
"How is that possible?" Jing Tian chuckled: "It's that guy who just stopped." โ
"The Wind is ......"
Nami was stunned, and immediately turned her head to look at Smoker. D. Dragon's very oppressive gaze was square.
Seeing the glowing eyes under the hood, Nami felt the air suffocate...... (To be continued.) )