As we all know, the reason why Polusalino, who takes fishing as his greatest pursuit in life, has worked so hard in these years is to accumulate enough "fishing capital" and clear the obstacles to his retirement in his old age - before he crosses over, his behavior and choices are like those program apes who were crazy 996 when they were young.

Of course, unlike programmers who can only work on a step-by-step basis, Polusalino is here after all. So many times, he can kill two birds with one stone, three eagles or even more carvings by being flexible - rounding it up, it means that he is both working hard and fishing.

What is Schrödinger's fishing! (Fog) (Tactical Fallback.jpg)

This is the case with the voyage he arranged for the Leander Palace, killing five birds with one stone (Chapter 344).

But just as the old mille-feuille pie is beyond the five layers, there is always an atmosphere, and Polusalino's five eagles are only appearances. There are a lot of scalp-tingling details.

For example, the crew he arranged for the Leander Palace, why did only Guina and Anilu come to this gray island that was once used as a training camp by the CPs?

Why......

……

Click.

The clatter of the clock hands was heard underfoot, followed by the deafening sound of the bell ringing three times.

"It's three o'clock."

After muttering a sentence in the aftermath of the bell, Kosha leaned over the handrail of the observation deck.

If you don't count the royal palace, this is the highest point in Alabastan. On the top floor of the bell tower overlooking the square, a small minaret-shaped observation deck on a dome-shaped roof offers a panoramic view of the streets of Albana, the thriving royal city of Albana, lined with brick houses.

On the sand-colored streets, people are also busy running around today. An old woman boiling mung bean soup in front of a shop, a young man pulling a shelf full of vegetables, and a child running from one alley to another with a puppy. In the market, the small shops of traveling merchants are crowded together, and the colorful weaving cloth is spread on the ground, which looks like beautiful patterns.

This land of sand is very peaceful, and it is still today.

The clock hands clicked again, three and one o'clock. At the same time, the door behind him was slammed open and slammed into his back with a thud.

"Wow, that scared me."

The probe came in with a little girl wearing a sand bandana.

"Kosha, how did you end up in a place like this? It's forbidden to enter here~"

"That's my line. Where did you come from, Sucrose? ”

"Because the door isn't locked."

Sucrose pouted, then pointed at Kosha.

"Say! Aren't you coming in too, Kosha? ”

"It's okay if I come in, because I'm an adult."

"Kosha is so bad! Always talk about adults like this! ”

Sucrose yelled in discontent, her knees blackened by the dust, most likely sneaking in through vents or something.

Sucrose is the daughter of the owner of a tavern in Albana, which opened just last month, and because this tavern has a wide variety of drinks from all over the world and reasonable prices, even if it has its own favorite shop, Kosha has gradually become a regular here.

Sucrose, who had just celebrated her eighth birthday last month, was a troublemaker who often played pranks on tavern guests, for which she was often slapped by her mother. But Kosha has a good relationship with her, because according to Kosha's father, who came from Yuba to play, "Except for the fact that Sucrose is a girl, she is exactly the same as Kosha when she was a child!" ”

As for Sucrose's dissatisfaction, Kosha was very surprised when he heard it.

"What are you doing here, little kid?"

"I'm going to paint, because you can see all of Albana from here~"

As she spoke, Sucrose pulled out a piece of hard paper from her pocket. This paper is called papyrus and is woven from reed fibers. Because of the arid nature of Alabastan, paper made from trees is precious, so it is common to write or draw on papyrus paper with a dipping pen made from sharpened eagle feathers.

However, it stands to reason that the Tavern business of the Sucrose family is very good, and her mother loves her very much, so she should use ordinary paper. Using papyrus, perhaps because her mother thought that they had just moved to Albana and didn't want Sucrose to be separated from the other children.

Thinking so, Kosha raised his eyebrows slightly: "You don't have to be here to paint. ”

"What's the matter, inspiration only happens from high places!"

Sucrose retorted very unceremoniously, and sat on the ground with a very unladylike ass. She took out the inkwell from her pocket, opened the lid with a bang, then dipped the tip of the quill in the ink, and began to draw without typing.

“…… Really, it's all said that it's forbidden to enter here. ”

Desperate, Kosha gave up his persuasion and turned his attention back to the streets of Albana.

In fact, he couldn't reprimand Sucrose loudly. When Kosha was a child, he also used the bell tower as a secret base for the Shasha Troupe, and sneaked in with his friends to play here many times.

This kind of forbidden place is more attractive for people to come in and have a look......

The gentle breeze that blew up from below gently brushed his forehead, and Kosha wiped away a thin layer of sand from his glasses, squinting at the vista across the walls.

Nor can the desert be described in a nutshell, as the intensity of the light and the angle from which it is viewed are different, and its colors are varied. The shadows of the rocks were a dull reddish-brown, white in the sun, and the dunes were pale orange above and dark orange below—at the end of the footprints that interrupted the hue of the sand were the camel caravans lining up.

"Words ......"

Sucrose, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly muttered.

"Kosha is handsome, isn't he?"

"Huh?"

"Many of the girls I know, regardless of age, like you too."

"Hey, why did you say this all of a sudden?"

Kosha's brows furrowed speechlessly—is it true that girls of the same age are more mature than boys? At his age, he was thinking only about how to dig holes in the sand.

But Sucrose raised her head, looked straight at his face, and asked:

"Have you ever had a loved one? Kosha? ”

“…… Who knows. ”

Kosha was silent for dozens of seconds before he finally squeezed out this dry answer.

"Alas~"

Sucrose let out a long sigh of anguish and looked at the royal palace that stood across the square.

"I'll tell you, Kosha, if you like it, you have to seize the time and opportunity to express it boldly, otherwise you will regret it."

“…… You're only eight years old, Sucrose. ”

Kosha was made to laugh and cry by Sucrose's tone and speech as a child.

"What's wrong with being eight years old? Our Kaolin Flower of Alabastan received a whole room of love letters when she was eight years old! ”

Sucrose argues with reason.

"Please, His Royal Highness Vivi is not an ordinary person......"

"But speaking of His Highness Vivi, Kosha, have you read the news?"

Sucrose said as if she had remembered something.

"What's the news?"

Kosha frowned inexplicably - he was busy with other things during this time, he basically didn't have time to read the newspaper and drink and chat with his friends, like today's daze, which was one of the few rests.

"It seems that His Royal Highness Vivi is going to go to Mary Joya as an outstanding graduate of the Naval Medical College, on behalf of the Naval Medical School, on behalf of Alabastan......"

If Her Royal Highness Vivi really wants to go to Mary Joy, then it will be troublesome, there will be big trouble!

Before he could finish listening to Sucrose's words, Kosha went down three steps along the dim spiral staircase in one go, and finally jumped down eight steps, falling to the ground with a "bang", and then kicked open the wooden door with great force, and rushed outside.

After Kosha left in a hurry, Sucrose put away his painting tools, patted the dust on his body with some annoyance, and then hooked the corners of his mouth and left.

……

The tavern called "Clinking Glasses to the Heart's Content" closed early after Sucrose's return, citing the reason that the proprietress had something urgent to deal with. In order to compensate the guests who have not yet had their fun, the hostess directly gave them a free order for today's drinks.

Although the guests were helpless, they left satisfied.

And so—

"All the best?"

The chubby proprietress undisguised her head, revealing the medium-length pink hair that covered her right eye and the counterclockwise circled left eyebrow. The purple eyes were full of anticipation.

"Of course~"

Apparently there was no change in her appearance, but the expression on Sucrose's face gave people a real feeling that she didn't fit her age, not the child who pretended to be an adult in front of Kosha before.

"It's already certain,"

Sucrose plucked a grape from the fruit bowl brought by Lu Jiu and put it in her mouth, and said with a look of enjoyment:

"The Baroque Workshop, a criminal association formed by His Majesty the Seven Warriors of the Sea Klokdal, has come into contact with Kosha, the leader of the Sand Regiment, an organization of young people from Alabastan. Klockdahl probably took advantage of their desire to build the country better, right? In the name of the hero of Alabastan, he hid his coveting of this country. Of course, they also ate our bait. ”

"It seems that Mr. 3's information is not wrong,"

Lu Jiu stroked his chin, his delicate face in stark contrast to the fat body that had not lost his disguise, "And he did his best to make the bait thrown by General Polusalino trusted by the sand crocodile." ”

"Then we shouldn't be responsible for the rest of the work, right? Sister Lu Jiu,"

Sucrose slumped in her chair as if she was exhausted, "That's just normal intelligence work next." I really don't want to deal with those little devils anymore.,And I have to pretend to be a bad boy every day.,It's almost like Koshatao.,I'm obviously a cute girl! ”

"Who asked you to draw lots and draw the most difficult assessment items?"

When Lu Jiu heard this, she couldn't help but laugh, "But then again, this kind of assessment item that tests your mentality and multi-faceted perception ability is really aimed at you, so that you can overcome your character weaknesses."

"So, is that draw really random? How do I feel that Mr. Zefa is lying to us? ”

Sucrose looked loveless, "I really want to draw a combat assessment, and then finish it early and get a full score evaluation." ”

"Alright, I know that your fruit is very strong"

Lu Jiu rolled her eyes - the fighting ability of the Childlike Fruit, that was indeed a bit unreasonable.

"By the way, Sister Lu Jiu,"

Sucrose suddenly turned over with a salted fish, revealing a gossip expression, "You and that Princess Weiwei, the plan you participated in, why don't you take action. Didn't General Polusalino ask for a time limit? You're not really just here to accompany me through the test, are you? ”

"It's over."

"Huh?"

"I mean, Princess Vivi should be invited right away."

Lu Jiu held her chin with one hand, and her smile was full of mystery. The scheduled crew members of the Leander Palace met and assessed for the first time in pairs.

"Hey, you're still alive, aren't you? Anilu?"

Calling out the other man's name, Guina peered down at the bottom of the pit.

Seeing that the bottom of the humanoid pit did not respond, Guina had no choice but to take out a text and prepare a hardcore call - although her master Hawkeye did not teach her like this, the baboons on the island taught her a lot.

"Leave me alone, destroy, tired."

Anilu listlessly raised his hand to stop Guina's movements, then lowered his hand again, and the whole person continued to lie face down at the bottom of the humanoid pit - beaten to the point of shutting up.

Seeing Anilu like this, even Guina couldn't help but feel a little funny - although she knew very well that Anilu's performance towards her at the beginning was a disguise and was also to provoke her, but she could feel that the other party was indeed a proud and powerful person.

But now, I've been thoroughly educated by Rob Lucci - even if the other party is still watching here, it's completely rotten.

Guina was amused, and just wanted to continue to say something-

"Yo yo yo, isn't this an impact boy Anilu? I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you pulling it like this? ”

A flirtatious voice rang out, and Rob Luci in the distance immediately stopped teasing his pigeon, and took the most standard stance and bowed his head respectfully.

Guina was a little hesitant, but she also looked like a learner, and Anilu in the pit hurriedly got up and sorted out her appearance.

"It's been decided, Leander Palace, let him be a cable sail captain on your ship, after all, he usually takes care of his earlobes."

"Guina is undoubtedly the main combatant, and she can force Luqi to look like that, little girl."

(End of chapter)