Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 373 The whereabouts of partners (3)

The snow fell on the white ground piece by piece, constantly thickening the snow on the ground.On a huge bridge that is being erected but has no end in sight, a hundred meters away from the neatly arranged workshops in the distance, there is a deep pit like a bear's claw in the snow slowly.

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"Why hasn't anyone come over yet?" Raphael, who was floating in the pit, patiently shook the jade flute in his hand, and then stared at the two four-leaf clover ornaments in a daze.

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Robin, who was still wearing a summer dress, was lying not far away, but there was a faint halo of light around her to protect her body temperature from the freezing weather here. After a while, Robin groaned, Slowly opened his eyes, "Um..."

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, Raphael still looked at the two four-leaf clover, and asked with a chuckle, "Are you awake? Miss Robin?"

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Robin sat up slowly, and was a little surprised when he recognized the handsome blue long-haired boy in front of him, "You are Mr. Rafael? Why are you here?"

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"Come to confirm your safety, otherwise my dear has been skipping meals, I am very worried~~"

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"Miss Anke, was it taken to your place?" Robin looked at the surrounding ice and snow, but he didn't feel the cold. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't ask when he thought of the ability of the floating person next to him. up.

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"No, I was the one who picked her up in the Chambord Islands. After all, there are only a handful of people in the world who know the exact location of our country~~"

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"Is that so?" Robin paused for a moment before asking worriedly, "Is everyone okay? Miss Anke..."

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"Mr. Lu Fei and most of them have landed safely, but there are still a few who are still flying in the air because of the long distance, but I have already healed all the injuries, so don't worry~~", Raphael continued with a smile Looking at the four-leaf clover on the white jade flute, the sky-blue eyebrows and eyes are full of tenderness.

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Robin looked at him quietly, and then asked again: "So, what about Miss Anke? How is her body?"

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"It's not clear, because the owner of the eyes is not me~, but maybe it will be fine in a few weeks~~~", Raphael shook the jade flute in his hand with a smile, and his gentle smile suddenly showed a cunning smile. , "However, it's OK for my dear to stay with me forever~~~"

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Robin just looked at him silently, frowning slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

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"Ah, someone is coming." Raphael looked up at the gray sky, and then said to Robin with a smile: "Then I'm going back~ I'm worried my dear~, and, with your The ability should be able to safely return to the Chambord Islands. During the time you go back, Xiao Ke will have time to recuperate and return to normal~~~~"

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Robin smiled politely and nodded, "I see, thank you for your willingness to rescue Miss Anke."

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"Xiao Ke is my dear~ I absolutely can't ignore her~~. Then, after I leave, the enchantment around you will dissipate. After all, people can't notice the strange place~~, but you won't feel it. If it’s cold, I’m sorry~~”, after Raphael nodded to her, he disappeared.

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"Huh...", Robin exhaled, leaning directly on the cold ice and snow without feeling a trace of cold.Quietly looking up at the snowy sky above, Robin let the snowflakes pile up on his body, "Is that the one who protects Miss Anke? That's great..."

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Not long after, there was a sound of sparse footsteps, and then a little girl with long yellow hair in a blue one-piece cotton robe slid down from above.Solan, the little girl holding a few square wooden planks, looked at Robin sitting there with a little fear, and asked cautiously, "Well, are you okay..."

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"It's okay..." Robin looked up and looked around, then asked in a low voice, "Where is this?"

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"Tecchila Wolf is a country located in the East China Sea." Solan looked worriedly at Robin in summer clothes, and suggested in a low voice: "You are cold, why don't you go to my house."

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"If it doesn't bother you, then please..." Robin smiled and nodded, looking gratefully at the little girl in front of him.

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Solan wrapped his thin scarf around Robin, and then carefully dragged her to the distant workshop.

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In the tidy workshop, Solan took Robin sneaking around in the dark corners, avoiding as much as possible the supervisors who were waving whips or carrying guns and wearing red cotton uniforms.

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Robin frowned and looked at the surrounding environment, and followed Solan cautiously.After arriving at one of the workshops, Solan opened the door and went in. Robin looked around vigilantly and then slipped in.

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Inside sat five haggard middle-aged women, wearing the same one-piece overalls as Solan, but all of them had a white apron with a number on them.

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"Soloan, did you run out without permission again? It's not okay, didn't you get noticed by the officers and soldiers?" A fat woman looked at her worriedly, but found the Robin she had brought back.

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Seeing a strange and stylishly dressed woman appear, the women in the house began to discuss:
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"Who is that guy?" The woman in No. 619 frowned and looked at Robin standing there.

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"Look at her clothes, isn't she from here?" The woman with the number 13 glanced at the clothes on Robin.

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"I found her in the snow," Solan explained in a low voice:
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"Drifter?" A skinny woman (No. 1219) looked at Robin unkindly, "Or a bounty?"

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"Anyway, the people who come here are not normal people," said woman No. 78 indifferently.

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Seeing their attitude that they didn't want to keep her here, Robin smiled lightly and said, "I really bothered you, so I'm leaving."

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Solan grabbed Robin's hand who was about to leave, and firmly said to the five people sitting there: "I will take good care of her!!"

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"What a joke!!" No. 1219 was the first to stand up and protest fiercely, "Hiding a woman of unknown origin, if officers and soldiers find out..."

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"I accept the punishment alone!" Solan interrupted her loudly, his eyes were firm, indicating that she would keep Robin here no matter what.

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"Really, this child," No. 1522 looked helplessly at Solan who refused to change his mind, "Then where are you going to hide her?"

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"my room."

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"Attic?" No. 78 nodded and said, "The words there should be fine for the time being."

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Seeing the change in their attitudes, No. 1219 immediately persuaded in a low voice, "Everyone are joking! It's better to hand her over to the officers and soldiers now."

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"Anyway, it's over when she enters here," No. 78 said lightly, not really wanting to hand this woman over to those ruthless officers and soldiers.Although she didn't know this woman of unknown origin, she knew that the group of officers and soldiers were not good people, and her heart was not so dark that she threw others into the fire pit.

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"That's it, I don't want to regret it." No. 619 also nodded and continued to drink the porridge ahead.

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Seeing their attitudes, No. 1219 snorted coldly, and said irrelevantly: "I don't care what happens!"

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"Everyone..." Solan looked gratefully at the four middle-aged women who helped him.

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"Don't get me wrong, I can only wait until the injury is healed..." No. 78 looked at the blood stains on Robin's body lightly.

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No. 1219 said in a low voice: "Even if the injury heals, nothing good will happen..."

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In the narrow attic, Solan lit the oil lamp, then handed Robin a blanket, and then gave Robin more than half of his bowl of clear porridge.

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After handing the bowl of clear porridge to Robin, Solan leaned forward and sniffed lightly, "My sister's body is very fragrant..."

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"Huh? I didn't wear perfume." Robin took the bowl and looked at her in surprise.

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"It's the smell of the outside world..." Solan took his own bowl and went to sit in the corner opposite Robin.

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"The outside world?" Robin held the bowl of porridge that was still hot, and looked at the little girl who was only 5 or 6 years old in front of her.

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"I've never seen the outside world..." Solan pursed his lips slightly, and then looked enviously at Robin in front of him, "Sister, are you a traveler? Are you from a warm place?"

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Thinking of his partner and the splendid Thousand Suns, Robin replied with a nostalgic smile, "Yes, traveling by boat."

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Upon hearing this, Solan immediately looked at her excitedly, "The big boat?? What kind of island did it come from? Have you seen rare flowers and birds? And..."

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At this moment, a piercing bell interrupted Solan's childish questions, and immediately, a sharp shout from No. 1219 came from below, "Soloan, the rest time is over!! Get ready! !"

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"It's time for work..." Upon hearing this, Solan put down the bowl of porridge that he hadn't eaten much, and then walked towards the wooden board that went down.

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"It's so late, and you still have to work?" Robin looked at the little child in surprise, it's still night, isn't it?

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"Work never stops," Solan lifted the wooden plank leading to the stairs, and then smiled and looked at Robin who was sitting there, "Sister, you can rest here~~ Tell me about the outside things in a while ~~~"

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"Okay, go slowly, Solan." Robin nodded, watching the child go down the stairs and then close the fast wooden board.Afterwards, she took out the life card from her trouser pocket, looked at the moving card quietly, and then looked at the wind and snow outside the window, "If Mr. Rafael is here, the matter of Miss Anke You shouldn’t have to worry, but you should go back quickly, or your friends will worry...'

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The wind and snow continued to intensify, and Robin slowly closed his eyes and began to rest.

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Outside, after the severe wind and snow, the workers driven by other officers and soldiers were still working hard, no matter if they were women, old people, or children, none of them were spared.

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In the morning, Robin was woken up by a slight sound, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Solan, who was a lot messy, just put down the board, "Soloan, your outfit..."

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"It's okay..." Solan, who had worked all night, looked a little pale, walked back to the corner and sat down, then hugged his legs.

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"Solan, what kind of work are you doing?"

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"We are building a bridge. This is the country on the bridge." Solan looked at the ground in front of him and said in a low voice: "It is a huge long bridge that connects the island directly. We have been building it for hundreds of years. Officers and soldiers That's what they say..."

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"Hundreds of years……"

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After realizing that this was not a good topic to talk about, Solan looked at Robin in front and asked curiously: "Tell me, sister, where are you from?"

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"I... have no hometown..." Thinking of the tree of omniscience that disappeared in the sea of ​​fire, Robin's face was a little gloomy, but then he smiled and said, "However, I have traveled to many seas and islands."

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Solan looked at her excitedly, as if the tiredness on his face had been swept away.Suddenly, she stood up and ran to a certain partition, took out three or four square wooden boards, ran back, and pushed them in front of Robin.

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Robin looked at the wooden board with pictures in front of him in a little surprise, "This is..."

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"Paintings of islands all over the world~~~", Solan smiled happily, and then blushed and said a little embarrassedly: "Because I have never been out, these are all my imagination. As long as I start painting, I feel I really went on a trip to those islands~~. I can forget all the sad things~~~"

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"It's really amazing~~", Robin picked up the three wooden boards and looked at it, and then looked at one of the paintings with white clouds and houses in surprise, "This is Sky Island."

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"Is there really? An island floating in the sky." Hearing her words, Solan immediately looked at her happily, waiting for her answer.

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"Yes~~", Robin, who had been there personally, nodded with a smile.

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"Really?? Can you tell me the story of that time??"

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"Okay~ Where should I start~~~", Robin continued to nod with a smile, and then looked at the crude wooden board in his hand and began to tell about the air journey he had experienced with his partners.

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The vertical upward current, the layers of white clouds and the exquisite houses above, the kind angels with wings, and the subsequent adventures, and the process of returning to Qinghai in an octopus balloon...

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Every word seemed to the little girl's ears like a fairy tale, both surprising and mysterious. Those beautiful pictures seemed to be unfolded in front of her with Robin's faint words, never to be seen. The outside world in the past showed her a beautiful side. Although it was only a verbal recount, it was already a miracle in her life.

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"It's amazing!! There are many interesting things outside this country~~~", after the end of the extraordinary adventure story, Solan still had more than enough to say.Then she sat there, lowered her head and said with hope: "We are forced to work every day, and we are exhausted. However, thinking about it, building a bridge may not be a bad thing. If one day, we can connect with distant islands If so, everyone can cross the bridge and travel freely~~, if this is the case, I will travel around the world and draw real islands~~~”

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Robin looked at her with a chuckle, "It's a great dream~~"

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"Hmm! Can you continue to tell me the story outside??"

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"Ok~~"

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"Can we also listen to it?", except for No. 1219, the four middle-aged women stood at the stairs, looking at Robin expectantly.They have never heard of the outside world, and just accidentally heard a little description about Sky Island, which made them yearn for the free world outside.

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"Please~~~"

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There was a harmonious conversation in the attic. People who had never seen the outside world looked at Robin who was telling a story like a child, and imagined how beautiful the scenery would be.

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At the door, No. 1219 looked back carefully at the closed door, then whispered to the dozens of officers and soldiers in front, "The woman is in the attic."

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"Yeah." The leader nodded, and then directed his officers and soldiers to go in, "Go in!"

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"Wait a minute! You said that you will let me leave here, right?", No. 1219 shouted loudly, but got no response from the rude officers and soldiers.

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The people in the attic were also disturbed by the noise below. No. 78 carefully lifted the wooden board and looked down, then closed it immediately, and said nervously to the people standing there: "Someone reported to the officers and soldiers! The purpose is to she!"

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Solan looked nervously at Robin who was sitting there, his face was full of panic, "What should I do..."

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"Window! Get out of the window quickly." No. 619 carefully opened the window, and the others immediately helped Robin to climb outside in tacit understanding, and then closed the window tightly.

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After more than ten meters, the officers and soldiers rushed up with guns smashing through the wooden boards. The leader with a big belly asked sharply: "Someone reported that there are suspicious women here! Recently, people who oppose bridge construction have started dangerous actions again. Hurry up." Honestly hand her over!!"

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"We don't know that kind of person." No. 13 said coldly. Seeing the officers and soldiers who were rummaging through boxes and boxes, she immediately said impatiently: "It's useless to search for you! Everyone is tired! Go back quickly." !"

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Hearing her rebellious words, an officer and soldier stood up and hit her hard on the ground with the butt of a gun, "Speak politely to me!!"

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"Auntie!!" Solan rushed forward worriedly, looking at the fallen man.

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"If you don't say anything, I'll arrest you all and interrogate them one by one!" The leader took out a whip from his arms, smashed the wooden box on one side violently like a demonstration, and said unkindly: "You should Know what interrogation is all about in our country."

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At this time, an officer and soldier noticed the only window that allowed him to leave the room. He went there and opened it, poked his head out to check, and retracted after finding no one.

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"My lord, I found this." At this time, another officer and soldier handed the three boards drawn by Solan to the leader.

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The leader looked at the crude painting in his hand with contempt, "What, these graffiti. Islands?"

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"I drew it! Give it back to me!" Solan immediately looked at him nervously.

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"You said it was an island? Hahahahaha!!!", the leader laughed sarcastically, and then threw those wooden boards to the officers and soldiers beside him, "It's really stupid!"

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"give me back!!"

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Seeing the tension on Solan's face, the leader suddenly had a plan. He took a wooden board with both hands and squatted in front of Solan, "Tell me where the woman is. If you tell me, I'll return the painting to you."

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Facing his beloved words, Solan said loudly without any hesitation, "I don't know."

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"Crack!", the leader broke it cleanly and threw it aside, then took the second one: "I'll ask again, where is that woman?"

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Having learned from the past, Solan already knew that these paintings would definitely be lost, but he still said firmly, "I don't know!"

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"Kacha" was another clean cracking sound, and the third picture was the board with the empty island drawn on it.The leader held the painting and induced: "If you help us, we will release you one day, and you will be able to see the outside world~"

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Solan pursed his lips tightly and looked at the painting. Trembling all over, he still shouted loudly: "I don't know!!!"

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"Crack!", the one who ran out of patience took the lead to tear the board and at the same time threw all the other paintings on the ground, and then trampled them all to pieces in front of Soran.

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Seeing his long-standing spiritual dependence being trampled to pieces, Solan couldn't help but burst into tears, but he still tried his best not to cry.

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"Anyway, you guys don't want to leave here!!", the leader ordered harshly: "Take them all away!! Make sure to interrogate that woman!!"

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No. 619, who was afraid of being interrogated, had already fainted from fright, and No. 13 on the side immediately supported her.

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The leader looked ferociously at Solan, who was full of tears, and said in a cold and ruthless voice, "Even the children can't be let go!!"

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Just when these kind people who had saved Robin were about to be taken away, there was a burst of gunshots outside the window, and then the gunshots became weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared.

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Robin, who was standing at the door, was still standing in thin clothes in the wind and snow, smiling and looking at the officers and soldiers who had been dealt with by him until there was only one left.

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"Forgive...forgive me...", fearing that he would be defeated by the hand growing out of his body like others, the officer and soldier threw away the gun in fear, and squatted on the ground with his head in his arms.

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Robin, however, just smiled at him and slowly raised his hands in surrender.

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Trembling, he raised his head and saw Robin surrendering. The officer immediately pointed his gun at her, and shouted intermittently to the officers and soldiers in the attic: "I caught, caught!! I caught that There's a new woman!! Send reinforcements over here!!!"

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After the people in the attic heard this, No. 13 immediately protected Solan, who was almost forcibly taken away, and said loudly to the people standing there: "What are you doing, do you hear me?"

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"Isn't that the woman you're looking for?" No. 619 also shouted loudly,
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"Hurry up and catch her!",
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"Really, it disturbed us!!",
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Realizing that he had really made a mistake, an officer and soldier whispered to the leader: "My lord, what should we do now?"

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"What else are you doing!?? Go to the scene immediately!!!" The leader roared angrily, and then glared fiercely at the few people there, "That's it this time...
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Let you go! !But I remember your uncooperative attitude! ! "

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"Whatever you want!", No. 13 also said coldly, watching the bullying guy fall down the stairs with his feet empty.

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Solan immediately climbed to the window and looked worriedly at the person below who was pointed at by the gun, "Sister..."

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At the door, Robin was sitting on top of the people who had been beaten to the ground by him, holding hands and smiling at the person who pointed a gun at him.

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Not long after, the leader appeared here, waved and ordered: "Put her in Shanghai Loushi handcuffs!"

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"Yes!!"

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When Robin was taken to the command post, he saw countless enslaved workers repairing the bridge and the brutal supervisory officers and soldiers waving whips.

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In the headquarters, the bearded chief faced the hard-working people outside the window, and introduced to the new prisoner behind him lightly: "This is the country of laborers, and the people who work here are all sent from various countries. The criminals who came over, and the citizens of the countries that refused to join the world government, that is, slaves."

Robin, who was obediently shackled there, asked calmly, "How many meters has the bridge been built?"

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"It's impossible to estimate because the project has been going on for 700 years."

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"700 years? Why??"

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"You don't need to know this. As a laborer, you just need to concentrate on building bridges."The officer looked at her coldly, but his eyes did not seem to be looking at humans.

An island that looks like a flower blooming in the sea is called the Boeing Islands.

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"Let's go! Usopp's expedition team! Of course the captain is my uncle, and the team members are..." In the lush forest, Usopp stepped on the stone with a huge green slingshot full of energy, introducing When I got to the team members, I pointed behind myself, but the Straw Hat Pirates who should be standing there were all gone.

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"For some reason, I'm not here now..." After sighing in frustration, Usopp looked up at the dense jungle, "I don't know if Luffy and the others are okay? If I'm not here, they must be nothing, now they must be I'm crying and making a lot of noise, anyway, I have to find them now..."

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At this moment, there was a sudden vibration in the bushes on one side, and the pale sniper king looked there in panic, and he was relieved when he found that it was quiet, coughed lightly, and continued his adventurous speech , "As mentioned above, the Usopp expedition team must always pay attention to the changes around them and act~~"

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In this way, the one-man Usopp expedition started at noon, from humming at the beginning to walking and then to exhausting and dragging forward, time began to slowly approach dusk.

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"Where is the exit..." Usopp, who was so tired, looked left and right, and immediately shouted: "Hey!! Is anyone there????"

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Is anyone here…………

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Is anyone there......

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Are you there…………

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After the gradually dissipating echoes, there was a dead silence again, and Usopp began to tremble all over, "Could it be that he fell on an uninhabited island, ah! I got a disease that would kill me if I couldn't see anyone...", choked The sniper king, who was holding his neck, fell weakly to the ground, and after a few seconds, there was still silence.

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Usopp, who found that no one was watching his acting, immediately got up again, and shouted loudly to the surrounding forest again: "Is there really no one?? Please, don't hide! Come out!!"

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"Crack." As if responding to his intention, the sound of a branch being trampled suddenly came from behind him.

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"Ah, it's out!!", Usopp immediately turned his head in joy, and when he saw the huge beetle, which was several times stronger than his small body, standing behind him and staring at it, Usopp immediately broke into a cold sweat. He said hello to it, "Hi, how are you?"

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The giant beetle opened its mouth towards him, and the two jagged horns on its head faced him, ready to cut it off.

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"Wow!! This is too big!!!!!!!" Usopp screamed and turned around and ran away, jumping up and down to avoid the sharp horns of the beetle behind him that could cut a person into two pieces .

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Just when he was jumping up, a sharp wooden arrow was shot towards his face suddenly, just flew past his proud long nose, and then shot accurately on the beetle's head .

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Usopp, who felt his long nose was about to be burned by the friction of the wooden arrow, stuck backwards on the ground following the inertia, only two legs were exposed there.The shot beetle also flew up due to the momentum, and then stuck upside down on the ground next to Usopp in the same posture.

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Not long after, a man dressed like a black beetle flew over like Mount Tarzan clutching vines. I don't know if it was because his hands slipped or he wanted to keep the formation. The man also stuck upside down near Usopp in exactly the same posture. . (Hercules)

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In the quiet forest, the two of them and the worm just kept that posture motionless.Not long after, a small white butterfly flew over and landed on the big beetle.

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As if unable to bear the tiny weight of the butterfly, the beetle fell to one side.Also as if in order to maintain the formation, Herix and Usopp fell down in the same posture one by one, and their heads buried in the soil were pulled out as a result.

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Herix stood up, and under Usopp's dumbfounded gaze, walked over to the dead big armor.Noticing that there was still a person sitting there, Herix pointed to the big beetle and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

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"Who wants to eat it!!" After Usopp replied angrily, he looked at the living person in front excitedly, "But I'm saved, thank you. Although I don't know who you are."

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The black beetle man introduced himself in a deep voice: "I am Hercules."

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"Oh? Such a handsome name~~"

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As if being praised by others for the first time, Hercules paused for a while before saying, "Really..."

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"I'm Usopp, please give me your advice."

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Knowing that Usopp would not eat the big beetle, Hercules took him to another place, picked a strange fruit and threw it to him.

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Usopp took a magnifying glass to carefully study this never-before-seen fruit, and asked strangely: "What about things that have never been seen before, can I eat..."

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Suddenly at this time, Hercules on the side stood up, and after a quick pose, he introduced himself again: "I am Hercules~~"

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"I see, it's handsome." Usopp nodded, continuing to study the strange fruit in his hand.

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At this time, a plant that looks like an earthworm but has two green leaves?animal?Appearing quietly behind Usopp, the body several times bigger than Usopp twisted a few times, then opened his mouth with sharp teeth and bit down on him.

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"Usopp!!!", Hercules immediately picked off a huge fruit next to it, facing that plant?animal?I smashed it hard, and it flew backwards, then fell hard on the ground and stuck upside down.

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"!!!!!!", Usopp, who was so frightened that his legs were limp on the ground, looked at the plant stuck upside down in disbelief?animal? , tremblingly asked: "Just now... what happened just now?? It wanted to eat me???"

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"Of course, it's a man-eating plant."

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"Man-eating plants??"

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At this time, Usopp, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly found that there was a plant similar to a flower petal with tiny sawtooth on his hand, and the same plant kept falling from the top of his head.

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Usopp stared blankly at the plants that kept biting the ground, and suddenly felt a weight on the top of his head, and then the hat he was wearing seemed to have been bitten by someone.

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"Ah!!!", Usopp immediately shook off the plant on his head, and stood up with hands and feet to stay away from it, but accidentally stepped on a blooming flower with a huge mouth and sharp stamen on the ground. Toothed flowers.

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Usopp screamed again and walked away from there. Just when his legs were so weak that he was about to grab a vine, he fell from the tree with a big mouth that could swallow him in one gulp.

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"Ah!!!!", Usopp screamed and fled again, but was chased by more man-eating plants, while escaping, he screamed and asked: "What the hell is going on! !!"

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Hercules, who was not attacked by any plants, sat on the stake with his arms folded, and said flatly, "This is the Bandit Forest, Greenstone!"

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"Ah!! Help!!!", screaming Usopp continued to be chased by those plants with legs, and didn't even bother to listen to what he had to say.

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"Also!", because those plants can be ignored by him, Hercules also thought that Usopp would be fine, and continued to introduce himself with a cool pose, "Also, I am Hercules!!! "

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"Ah!!! Help!!!!!!!"

(End of this chapter)