Chapter 39: The Summer Dragon Festival

The great route cannot be speculated by common sense at all.

The seasons and weather here are unpredictable. One second it was a sunny day, and the next second there might be a few lightning bolts in the sky! Yesterday was a crisp autumn climate, and today you wake up to a deep layer of snow.

Maybe if you don't pay attention to the recording pointer, your course will be reversed 180 degrees. The sea here is like that, whether it's the wind or the sky, the waves or the clouds, nothing can be trusted. What remains constant is only the direction of the record pointer.

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Today's weather is spring, and the time is summer.

The Beagle sailed out of the Twin Gorges at the foot of the Upside-Down Mountains and headed for the town of Tanar.

The sun is warm and the sea is calm.

Victor lay leisurely on the chaise longue at the edge of the deck with a pillow in one hand, flipping through it boredly with a copy of the great voyage pop novel sent by Kurokas.

Mai Honghime stood on the deck, her eyes closed, and she struck a gesture of drawing her sword, trying to find the slightest hint of foresight that had been in the battle with Feleming the Demon Sword Messenger.

Perona sat on the roof of the cabin, dangling her slender legs, humming an eerie song and nibbling on an apple. A large number of ghosts formed a lookout team hovering over the ship, constantly monitoring the currents and weather changes.

Robin sat in the cabin, collating information about the islands on their route against charts.

"Brother, turn 47 degrees to the right."

"Okay, turn right 47 degrees...... Finish. ”

From time to time, such a short conversation came from time to time. With Perona's excellent navigation skills and Victor's skilful handling, the Beagle took advantage of its speed and sped towards the town of Tannar.

Day 5 after sailing from the Twin Gorges.

"Passengers of the Beagle, please bring your luggage and prepare to disembark, Tanar Town has arrived~"

Perona's cheerful voice echoed the Begel.

Mai Hongji poked her head out of the kitchen: "So fast? Didn't you say that it would take at least 8 to 10 days to sail? ”

Victor, who was adjusting the sails, smiled slightly: "The speed of the Beagle is superb. If it weren't for the fact that I was not familiar with the climate and currents because I had just arrived on the Great Voyage, the trip would have been shortened by about 1 day. ”

Mai Hongji looked at the sea level in the distance, and the outline of Tanar Town could already be faintly seen directly in front of her: "What about the Robins?" ”

"Ho ho ~ she's going to get us pocket money."

As soon as the words fell, Robin walked out of the cabin with his suitcase and said with a smile: "100,000 Berry's pocket money per person." ”

"Oh yes~~" Perona and Mai Hongji cheered.

Victor smiled: "Let's go change your clothes and get ready to land." ”

In a short time, the Beagle approached the port of Tanar.

Today seems to be an important festival in the town of Tanar. At least 50 large and small ships are moored around the port, and colorful banners and festive pennants are hung on the pier.

"Victor, do you need to keep someone on the ship?" Mai Hongji changed into a red and black casual dress, which was similar to the color scheme of Perona's gothic skirt.

"No, just take your belongings and get off the boat."

After everyone disembarked, they stood on the dock, and with a flick of Victor's finger, a 'guide zipper' flew into the hull of the ship, and the power of the Devil Fruit instantly transmitted to the Beagle and began to transform its form.

"Resin zipper capsule hotel."

Layers of resin zippers arch into a dome, completely covering the upper voids of the entire hull, leaving no gaps.

The crowd of people involuntarily stopped, stunned by the astonishing act. It's not like they've never seen a Devil Fruit, but it's very rare for them to do this.

This can be regarded as an invisible demonstration and deterrence.

After the 'coating' of the Beagle was completed, Victor hooked his index finger and retracted the 'guide zipper':

"Alright, let's go, let's move freely, and meet up on the side of the Beagle in the evening."

Perona and Mai Honghime happily walk together and go to the famous tourist food street that Robin explained to them before. Robin, on the other hand, follows Victor closely, wanting to secretly enjoy this rare intimate date.

Victor was also happy to go shopping with Robin, after all, he didn't have any travel tips for Tanar Town, and Robin knew more about it.

Unlike the Land of Flowers, there are no special food stalls on the wharf in Tanar Town, and most of them are merchant ships and civilian fishing boats trading or transporting goods.

The two walked straight across the pier, which ended in a huge round-arched porch covered with ribbons of festive pennants.

When approaching the round arch porch, it was as if the volume adjustment knob had suddenly turned to the head, and the hustle and bustle of popularity came to the face.

The laughter of adults and children, the smell of food, the streamers dancing in the sky, and the bustling crowds of people in the streets!

Today is the most important festival of the year in Tanar town – the Charon Festival!

The streets are lined with people, some locals, but more tourists. Every stall smelling of food was filled with people, and children were reluctant to disperse in front of stalls selling festive masks and souvenirs.

In the center of the road is a long column of delicately shaped paper models of dragons. Each dragon is different, but all of them are made with special care. Producers stand in front of their creations and happily exchange ideas with other makers, or explain to onlookers.

Victor and Robin were infected by the joyous festive atmosphere and walked slowly down the street with smiles on their faces.

"The Charon Festival is an important festival that has been passed down from ancient times in the town of Tannar. At this time of year, almost every family in the town spontaneously builds a paper model of the dragon and puts it on the street for everyone to admire, in memory of the hero who saved Tanar 300 years ago, 'Paper Dragon' Angie Wells. ”

The two were attracted by the smell of food and stopped in front of a stall. Taking advantage of the time in line, Robin begins to explain the customs of Tanar to Victor.

'Oh?' Paper Dragon'? Sounds amazing. "After a while, it was Victor's turn. He spent 400 berry on two snacks 'Bingbin Pru' and handed one to Robin.

'Bingbingpru', a unique grilled sausage, is cut into evenly sliced slices and placed in a carton and topped with a generous amount of yellow mustard and grated cheese. If customers like spicy food, they can also pick up a free chili pepper from the stall, which is a specialty of Tanar Town's 'Compassion Green', which is amazingly spicy.

Robin thought about it for a while, but still didn't take the pepper, and put a piece of cheese-stained sausage in his mouth with a bamboo skewer, and his big eyes narrowed slightly. The two stood in the shade and slowly ate their snacks, and Robin continued to explain to Victor:

"'Paper Dragon' Angie Wells, a thief who became famous on the sea 300 years ago, is an origami man who eats origami fruits. He can fold his body at will, turn into various paper model forms as he wants, and the paper on his body can be as hard as a sword. In addition, after successful theft, he will leave a small origami of animals. One day, his hometown of Tanar was invaded by a group of penguin pirates led by the pirate "Emperor Penguin" Dinabo, and suddenly even the garrison navy was suddenly wiped out by this vicious group of pirates. At the moment of crisis, the 'paper dragon' turned into a paper bird, rushed back to his hometown single-handedly, and fought against the pirate army of thousands of people alone. At the end of the battle, he transformed into a giant paper dragon and defeated all the invaders, but he himself died of exhaustion. In order to commemorate the great hero of the prodigal son's return, the people of Tanar town designated that day as the 'Summer Dragon Festival'. ”

Victor listened with some emotion: "One man against a thousand-man army." Even after countless artistic processing, the battle scene at that time must have been amazing...... Is this 'Bingbin Pru' delicious? ”

"Well, it's delicious!" Robin smiled and nodded.

"Let's go, I see a drink stall in front of me." The two of them walked slowly towards the stall in front of them.

At this time, several men in black wearing festive masks stopped in front of the two. A well-proportioned man at the head spoke slowly:

"'Murder Chain' Mafia Victor, can you talk about it?"

Victor raised an eyebrow: "I don't like to talk to guys who hide their heads and tails. ”

Robin was a little panicked, and she subconsciously hid herself behind Victor.

Even if you don't need to identify it with a special domineering 'Apocalypse', Victor can guess the identities of several guys on the other side.

Cipher Pol, or CP, an espionage agency representing the world government.