Chapter 56: The Hope of Life
"Three thousand?"
Vivian was stunned.
You want me to save 3,000 people?
Are you messing with me?
But then he remembered that the garrison on Justice Island, including government officials, seemed to have nearly 10,000 people, right?
Only saving more than 30% of the people out is considered to complete the task, so it seems that it is not too difficult.
What a ghost!
"I'm just one person, how can I save 3,000 people in this rain of bullets?"
And at the moment when he complained, in front of him, ten warships with a total of 200 guns were still indiscriminately spraying bombs on the land of Justice Island.
Meanwhile.
"What did you just say? What saves people? ”
Tina suddenly appeared behind Vivian and asked.
Vivian: "......"
What does it have to do with you?
Stay away from me, woman!
"I didn't speak, did you hear me wrong?" Vivian stepped back.
"Tina heard it all just now, you want to save people on Justice Island, right?" Seeing this, Tina leaned forward and asked with a puzzled expression, "Do you know those pirates on the island?" Why did you save them? ”
"I don't know."
Vivian shook his head speechlessly and said, "Do you think that on Justice Island, there is no one else except for the Straw Hat Pirates?" ”
Tina: (⊙o⊙)
"You mean, the garrison on Justice Island?"
"Nonsense."
Vivian rolled his eyes back, "Except for the guilty jury, aren't the other defenders human?" ”
"They all have their own parents and relatives, and why, why should they bury those damned pirates?"
As the words fell, Tina fell silent for a moment.
Oh, yes.. Why?
But hasn't the Demon Slaying Order always required them to implement it unconditionally?
"Perhaps. Does the government have their unspeakable secrets? ”
"Unspeakable?"
Hearing this, Vivian suddenly couldn't hold back, "What kind of unspeakable concealment can put thousands of lives on the line?" ”
"Don't they deserve to live?"
"Ask yourself, what if there are any relatives, friends, or teachers you respect in these forces stationed in the navy?"
It's not that I'm acting, but I'm really dissatisfied with the current situation.
The scene that was brought by a stroke in the original book used to only happen in anime, but now he has traveled to this world!
Everything became a reality!
He saw a number of soldiers kneeling on the edge of the island, flintlock pistols in one hand and constantly waving wildly at the warship they were on in the other, and their frightened expressions turned into despair at the sight of the falling cannonballs, and then completely swallowed up in the explosion.
"So, are you going to stop me to save someone?"
Vivian pulled out a cigar and put it to his mouth, asking without turning his head.
"Of course. . . No. Tina shook her head.
At the same time, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes when he looked at Vivian's back.
This man who was transferred from the East China Sea is really an interesting guy.
...
"Help!!"
"We're still on the island!"
Bombarded by the heavy artillery fire, they fled in all directions, watching their former colleagues being blown to pieces one after another, and their limbs and rotten flesh scattered all over the ground, and the surviving soldiers sat on their knees one after another, looking at the warship with continuous artillery fire with tears in their eyes, their faces full of despair.
"Why, why?"
"Why do you want to kill us together?"
"I... We're Navy too! ”
After working diligently in the naval agency for so many years, and then being sent to Justice Island as a garrison, I thought that I would be able to spend my life in this place in peace until I retired, but who knows now...
Nightmares, suddenly.
Many people don't even understand why, before they die, the organization to which they are loyal will one day suddenly turn their guns on them.
"Newman, Newman! Wake up, wake up! Woo woo woo .."
In the smoke-covered rubble, a bloodied soldier struggled to drag his brother out from under the rocks, looking at his severed left leg and sunken chest, tears falling from his eyes.
"Newman. . . I'm sorry, I shouldn't have egged you on to come with me to Justice Island."
"I killed you... Woo woo woo .."
The crying grew louder and louder.
Memories of the past flashed back to his mind, and in his ears, the sound of bombs flying down came again, and the soldier raised his head and stared blankly at the sky.
However, at the moment when he closed his eyes and had decided to welcome death...
Hmmm——!
A golden bolt of lightning slashed overhead abruptly, slicing the falling cannonballs to pieces in an instant.
Listening to the sound of the explosion in his ears, the soldier, who didn't feel the slightest pain at all, subconsciously opened his eyes, only to see a black-haired and black-eyed young man wearing a navy uniform standing in front of him with a cigar in his mouth, just like himself, and asked him, "Hey, can you still go?" ”
"Hmm.." The soldier nodded stunned.
"It's good to go, follow me, and I'll keep you from dying." The young man dropped these words, then waved the long red knife in his hand, and walked deeper into the ruins.
...
I don't know how long it took.
The shelling shows no signs of stopping.
However, at the same time, Wei Wei'an, who shuttled between the ruins of the town, had gathered no less than 500 people, and kept moving forward in the face of the rain of bullets.
"Thunder Breath, One Type, Thunderbolt Flash!"
Lightning slashed forward, and a large number of shells exploded in the air.
Vivian took his cigar in his mouth, inserted the Blood Demon in his hand back into the scabbard, turned around, and said, "Where are the rest of the people?" Did anyone know? ”
"That.. Over there. It's a residential area over there, and there should be a lot of people in it! Someone pointed in a southeasterly direction.
"Really? Then go there. Vivian nodded, his mind engaged in the list of systems in his mind.
[Quest Progress: 598/3000]
"Hiss~~~ Whew!"
There were nearly 10,000 garrisons, and he only bumped into more than 500 people?
Glancing at the severed limbs scattered everywhere on the ground, Vivian couldn't help but sigh.
I'm afraid most people are already more than lucky.
With this in mind, Vivian continued to walk forward, and the soldiers who followed him all changed their expressions of despair from their previous expressions, and their eyes once again showed a desire for life.
"We... I'm going to make it out alive, right? ”
Everyone looked at each other.
"I'm sure as long as the man is here, it will."
Someone nodded, as if assured, as if comforting himself.