Pirate Vice-Captain Heart

Chapter 111 THE105, Tell a story

For Usopp's temperament, he should have been straightened up a long time ago. He has always regarded everything as a joke.To be honest, if Usopp is not on Luffy's ship, but on any other pirate ship, Usopp can only be a soldier hiding in the front armor cabin, and he will not be able to exert his ability at all .

"What are you talking about? Don't say such embellished words at a time like this! What are you crazy about!" Nami grabbed Lin Xi by the neck.

"This is a pirate ship, isn't it? And we are pirates, not playing tricks. The captain's orders are bigger than the sky. The more important and critical moments we have, the more we must abide by this principle. And now... ...I think I can call it an important moment," Lin Xi said.

"Lin Xi, stop talking!" Nami wanted to stop Lin Xi's mouth.

"No, she's right. The vice-captain is the one who should obey the captain and faithfully carry out the captain's orders. In this case... I quit the pirate group. In this way, I don't have to obey the so-called captain's orders."

When Usopp said this, everyone was shocked.

"Usopp! Do you know what you're talking about!" Sanji was also a little anxious.

"I know, and it's very clear." Usopp pointed at Luffy, "Luffy, since you are the captain of this ship, then fight with me! This ship belongs to the victor!"

Luffy pressed the straw hat, unable to see the expression clearly.

"Okay, ten o'clock tonight then."

Usopp left the ship, and everyone was very unhappy because of this incident.

Some people say that this is the darkest time for the Straw Hat Pirates.

Lin Xi agreed, because her heart was just as heavy.

Obviously intending to be an outsider, but unknowingly, he lost himself in it.

She obviously knew the future development of the story, but she couldn't relax anyway.

Now the only thing she can do is that thing.

Nami saw Lin Xi get up suddenly, "Where are you going?"

"Forward battery compartment."

"Where are you going..." (Where are you going and what are you going to do)" Before Nami finished speaking, Lin Xi's people had already walked out of the conference room and closed the door behind them.

"Speaking of which, Lin Xi has been staying there since she came back from Sky Island. What the hell is she doing?" Lu Fei asked suddenly.

"Compared to this matter, Usopp's matter is more important!" Nami tugged at Luffy's clothes angrily, "One is like this, two are like this...Why did you agree to Usopp's duel!"
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The time passed quickly this time, and it was ten o'clock in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xi didn't watch the duel because she felt there were more important things than this.

Then the battle was decided.

Luffy handed over control of the ship to Usopp.

Nami called Lin Xi out of the cabin.

"I packed everything for you, including the poster behind the door. You see everything in the modeling world, right? So... we should go."

"I see."

Lin Xi got up and followed the others to leave the Meili.

Everyone found a hotel in the capital of seven waters and put all their things there.

When night fell, no one could fall asleep.Lin Xi, who was alone in the room, even left the hotel.
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Usopp was lying on the deck with big characters. Although his body was in pain, it was not as painful as the pain in his heart. He opened his eyes and was full of thoughts.

"Yo, I haven't slept yet."

The familiar greeting made Usopp jump up.

Then the moonlight, Usopp saw the comer clearly.

"Sister Lin Xi... No, Lin Xi, what are you doing here?"

"Are you really willing to do this? Break with everyone for a ship?" Lin Xi sighed.

"But you all abandoned Meili! I can't! I'm different from you, Meili is an irreplaceable existence for me!" Usopp cried.

"It's not just you, the Merry is equally important to us." Lin Xi didn't care if Usopp stopped him, and landed on the deck of the Merry with one jump, "You're sad, don't we? Or? Or... wouldn't Mei Li be sad seeing us like this?"

"So what can I do if I'm sad? Didn't you all follow the captain's words and abandon Meili! Deputy captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, you should obediently listen to Luffy's words! Get off the Meili! This is not where you should come place!" Usopp actually took out his slingshot and pointed it at Lin Xi.

"Don't you think what I said before was wrong?" Lin Xi asked back.

"...You are right. But I can't do it! I can't just watch Mei Li being abandoned by you, he will be sad..." Usopp's hand holding the slingshot was shaking.

"I want you to hear a story."

"what?"

Lin Xi leaned on the bow of the Meili and told the story.

This family is a family of three. Although they are very poor, they live happily.

One day, the father who was the pillar of the family suddenly fell ill. The illness came very suddenly, and he went to the doctor. The doctor said that he had cancer.

People in the country know little, and think that they can recover by eating some good things in addition to taking medicine.In addition to buying medicine, their family’s money is to buy chicken for their father, and they cook chicken soup every day, thinking it is a great tonic.My father was very happy, and he ate up a whole chicken every day, and my family was also very happy. Whenever I saw his strong appetite, I felt that cancer was not a problem at all, and the disease would be cured soon.

The good times didn't last long, their family money finally ran out, and the father passed away.

"Why? With medicine, and eating a chicken every day...how could a person with such a strong appetite die like that?" Usopp was puzzled.

"Do you know what kind of cancer that father had?"

"What is it?"

"Bowel cancer." Lin Xi stroked the Mei Li with a nostalgic expression, "Think about it, how much pain would a person with bowel cancer have to endure if he insisted on eating a whole chicken every day? However, that father not only Not shouting, but smiling."

"This man... why did he do this? Is he a fool?"

"I actually think he's stupid. It's just that he doesn't want his family to grieve for him, but he endured all the pain silently in the last days of his life. I heard that the father was smiling when he was dying."

Usopp opened his mouth, but said nothing, obviously realizing something.

Lin Xi continued: "This ship is like the father who suffered from bowel cancer, and we are the family that feeds it chickens. The Meili is obviously scarred, but we still want to repair its impossible scars. Let it endure the pain and go sailing. Don’t you think it’s cruel to hold on to the dying person like this so cruelly..."

"But... I..." The slingshot in Usopp's hand fell to the ground, and he was trembling all over.

"Instead of letting the Meili survive in such pain, it is better for us to send it away with a smile. This is the best ending for both it and us. Luffy, he must have understood this truth a long time ago." gone."

As soon as Lin Xi finished speaking, Usopp fell to his knees and lay on the board of the boat, refusing to get up.

"I know...I know...but I can't bear it. Woooooo..."

Lin Xi was silent, watching Usopp and crying for a long time.

When she thought of her former self, she held onto the past tightly and didn't let go.

But the tighter the grip, the easier it is for the sand to escape.

Until the end, there is not one left.

　The story comes from one of the stories in "The Book of the Dead" written by the horror novelist Li Ximin. Zhixing's writing level is limited, and the general part of this chapter does not fully show the essence of this story to readers.If you are interested, I highly recommend reading this book.By the way, although this book is about "death", it has no scary plots at all, please read it with confidence.

　　


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