The rain curtain gradually thinned out.

"The knot is over?"

Usopp stood up from behind the dunes and spat out two mouthfuls of sand.

The battle inevitably spilled over to Usopp and the others, who were hiding on the sidelines, and they managed to flee far away so that they were not swept up in the sandstorm caused by Klokdal.

It was impossible to watch the battle, and with their strength, it was a blessing to barely survive in the aftermath of such a battle.

At this time, after there was no more movement from there, everyone climbed up from behind the sand dunes, and through the rain curtain, everyone could only see a few vague figures.

"Luffy!"

Nami shouted over there, "Zoro! Sanji! ”

There was no response.

Everyone began to feel that something was not good.

Vivi stumbled down the hill, followed by the others, and soon, they saw the first person.

It was Towngsen, who was kneeling in the rain, his head hanging and his expression in sight.

"Mori-kun!"

Wei Wei called out and rushed over to hold Tang Sen's shoulder: "Are you okay?" ”

Tang Sen raised his head at this time, his face was full of a look of loss, his eyes were blurred, and he seemed to see Wei Wei's face clearly after a pause.

"It's fine." His voice was hoarse.

"I'm sorry. We failed. ”

"Klockdahl was stronger than I expected."

"I tried my best, but I still let Klocodahl run."

"It's fine if you're okay." Wei Wei helped Townsend up: "It's me who should be sorry"

She paused for a moment, revealing a sad look: "Obviously, everyone is for Alabastan, but I didn't help anything." ”

"Zoro!"

With an exclamation from the side, Nami had already spotted Zoro lying on his back.

He still held the long knife in his hand, and his body, which had been drained by Klockdahl, had recovered from the heavy rain, but he was already unconscious.

"Sanji is over here!"

Everyone soon found the trace of Sanji not far away, the other party's injuries were obviously more serious, and he was directly pulled into a dry corpse by Klockdahl at that time, although the rain fell in time, but the body still looked a little dry, and the ribs could be seen in the untied collar.

Chopper hurriedly went up to check it out and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's all alive, it's good to recuperate."

"What about Luffy?"

Nami looked around, and the ground of the battlefield was in shambles due to Klockdahl's abilities, and with the rain watering it, small potholes had begun to form in many places, like quicksand.

Everyone looked around, and finally found Luffy, who was half buried in the sand, and the huge wound on the other party's chest was shocking, making the Straw Hats suddenly cold hands and feet!

"Luffy !!"

Anyone who saw such a wound would never doubt its fatality, but Luffy was not dead, his arms were raised, his five fingers spread as if to grasp something, and although his eyes were rolling, his mouth made an instinctively weak sound.

"Chopper! Come here! ”

Nami shouted to Chopper, the Straw Hat Doctor, as she rushed up and tried to drag Luffy out of the sand.

Then, she finally heard Luffy's unconscious words clearly.

"Meat eats meat"

Nami: "."

Are you still so obsessed with eating meat when you're dying?

It turns out that for a perverted physique like Luffy, eating meat is really effective.

By the time the clouds had completely cleared and the sun was shining across the desert in scorching temperatures, Luffy had become alive again.

"Sometimes I wonder if I'm the same species as you."

Nami looked at Luffy, who was covered in bandages, but had a big stick bone in his left hand and a big piece of meat in his right hand, and his mouth was full of oil, revealing a complicated expression.

"I was mortally wounded. Is it possible that eating meat can also cure diseases? ”

"Because it's meat!" Luffy said as a matter of course: "If you fight, you will be hungry, if you are hungry, you will not be able to fight, and if you can't fight, you need to eat more meat!" ”

"When I'm full, I'll go back to Klocodahl!"

He threw up his hands and shouted, "This time, I will definitely not lose again!" ”

Sanji lit a cigarette and didn't speak.

He doesn't have the confidence of Luffy, and as the person who faces Klockdahl directly, he knows best the gap between his group and Klockdahl.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for Townsend summoning the rain, everyone wouldn't have been able to hurt Klockdahl at all, and even if the rain restrained Klockdahl, everyone would not be the enemy of the other party.

Thinking of this, he looked at Townsen, who was sitting alone on the side, a little out of place with everyone.

He knew very well that the other party almost succeeded, whether it was his ability or firearms, it made Klockdahl feel a great threat, otherwise Klockdahl would not have tried to escape.

It's a pity -

Sanji didn't know what was going on behind him, but the fact in front of him was that even if everyone tried their best, they still didn't leave Crocodahl, and he had no doubt that when the other party was ready to sweep in again, everyone's situation would be even more difficult.

"Luffy, you need to rest!" Chopper reminded from the side: "Your injuries are too serious, if you force the fight again, your body will not be able to hold it." ”

"Hold on!" Luffy clenched his fists and said, "I will never fall until I defeat Klockdahl!" ”

"I'm afraid the biggest problem right now isn't how to take down Klockdahl, Straw Hat Boy." Tang Sen next to him suddenly interjected in a heavy tone: "You don't think that he will stay in the rain and wait for us to find him, right?" ”

"Huh? Wouldn't it? Luffy was stunned for a moment.

"Now that my existence has been exposed, and he already knows that I have a Hailou Stone weapon in my hand that can restrain him, it is impossible for such an opportunity to appear again today."

"Don't forget, Klockdahl's purpose was never to deal with you pirates, he wanted to subvert the country!"

Wei Wei's face turned pale suddenly.

"Mori-kun, what do you mean—"

"That's right, I think he's going to stay behind the scenes, speeding up his plans until the country is completely engulfed in war."

"But. . . We have defeated all the high-ranking cadres of the Baroque workshop, including the MR.2 who was able to transform into my father"

"Miss Vivi, that doesn't mean we've ruined his plans." Tang Sen shook his head: "The number of the revolutionary army is increasing, and the outbreak of civil strife is already close at hand. ”

"As long as it rains, right?" Vivi said:

"If it rains in Alabastan, then people won't think about rebellion, right?"

She looked at Tang Sen expectantly, she knew that the only person who could do this kind of thing was the man in front of her.

"I hope so." Townsend stood up and sighed: "If just the rain can prevent the people of this country from dying in vain because of the conspiracy, I am willing to run around the land of Alabastan all the time." ”

"However, this is not possible."

"Miss Vivi, the resentment in the hearts of human beings does not dissipate so easily, Klockdahl has been able to create too much hatred in this land over the years, and these hatreds have accumulated in people's hearts, and it is no longer something that can be reversed by rain."

"I can do it." Vivi spoke, "If I could meet with the leader of the rebels, he would be able to listen to me—it's all Klockdahl's fault, isn't it?" ”

Tang Sen looked at Wei Wei deeply, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Miss Wei Wei, then go do what you want to do." ”

"Mori-kun. Not with me? Vivi was stunned, she could hear the unusual meaning in Townsend's tone.

"Somebody has to contain Klockdahl, to contain the Baroque studio." Tang Sen said flatly:

"Like I said before, as long as Klockdahl doesn't die, his plans won't stop. Although the Baroque studio has lost its senior cadres, there will still be a steady stream of people to fill those positions. ”

"If you let it go, even if you convince the leader of the rebel army, the civil strife will not stop."

"But. If Mori-kun deals with Klockdahl alone, it's too dangerous, right? Vivi said worriedly.

"You're in the most dangerous situation, Princess Vivi." "If you can really persuade the leader of the rebel army, although you can't completely end the civil strife, it will undoubtedly have a big impact on Klockdahl's plans, and you are a greater threat to him than I do." ”

He looked at the Straw Hats and said, "Although you are a bunch of pirates, but—"

He paused, "I want to ask you to protect Vivi. ”

(End of chapter)