Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 87 The Encounter Between the Demon Sword and the Witch

When dusk comes, the whole sky is full of beautiful orange-red clouds, which makes people feel warm.The remains of Mount Dora in the valley are also immersed in the remnant brilliance of the setting sun, peacefully.Elder Ganfort and Pierre went to find the god team imprisoned by Enel, while the father and daughter of Cornis took Aisha and Weber to a relatively intact house for recuperation.Enke also treated Aisha at Nami's request. The so-called "treatment" was nothing more than rewriting her memory of that period.The Straw Hat Pirates divided up the big bag of food and sat down together to rest with their full bellies, although 5% of the bag of food went into the stomach of a big eater.

"We're full too, and it's getting dark soon..." Nami looked at the gradually darkening sky and said, "Let's go back to the boat first."

"Nami! What are you talking about??" Luffy immediately followed up with his disapproval.

"What, what? There are warm beds and quilts on board, so you can have a good sleep, can't you?"

"Usopp, what do you think she said?" Luffy looked at the innocent Nami with contempt.Usopp also said contemptuously: "Yeah, it's too much! People who say such things are not even pirates, they are not even human!"

"What do you mean??"

Luffy and Usopp looked at Nami like an idiot with the same expression.Nami asked loudly in doubt: "So, what is it??"

And listening to this familiar conversation, Anke just shook his head and smiled helplessly, and Sauron and Sanji also knew what Luffy and Usopp meant.Robin, who received similar treatment last time, obediently did not take the lead in suggesting to return to the ship this time.

……………………………Campfire………………

A soft full moon hangs in the sky, illuminating the entire sky island with light.A huge wooden frame was set up in the ruins of Shandora, and the warm bonfire swayed in the wooden frame.Around the wooden frame, the people of the sky and Sandia were dancing happily. In addition to Encore, Zoro and Robin who were sitting and watching, other members of the Straw Hat Pirates also participated in it. As for the huge The boa constrictor, after a brief introduction by Encore, everyone also moved to accept this big snake that has silently guarded Mount Dora for more than 400 years, so the big snake also happily joined the bonfire dance, shaking all the time.Cornis, old man Ganfur and the chieftain of Sandia all took care of Weber who was still in a coma in the ruined house.

"It's really lively~" Sitting leisurely on the huge island cloud with two knives stuck in it, Robin smiled and looked at the happy smiles on the faces of the dancing people.

Looking up and taking a sip of wine, Zoro said equally relaxedly: "I knew that guy Luffy would do this, but it's really not that guy's character to go back to sleep quietly."

Looking at the people in the warm firelight with a chuckle, Anke just hugged the two demon knives firmly sealed by the crystal, lying on the soft island cloud with ease, the soft touch under his body, the orange fire in front of his eyes and the The sound of people laughing happily created an unusually relaxed atmosphere, which easily made Encore feel a little sleepy, "Perhaps, it should be fine to take a rest now..." The thick eyelashes slapped a few times, Slowly cover the violet eyes that are shining brightly under the firelight.

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In the empty and pale room, there were twenty girls wearing the same white dresses. Different Arabic numerals were embroidered with black thread on the white skirts of the children, which were their names.Ten 8-year-olds were tied to a cross. Each of them had a dark complexion, was dying, and would die in the next second.Opposite them stood 10 children about three years old, each of them turned pale with fright, but they all held a dagger in their hands and pointed at the bound child tremblingly.A gentle man in a white robe holding a pen and paper was standing in a corner not far from them, with a smile on his mouth and cold eyes.There is a transparent box on the stone pillar next to him, inside is a pink strange fruit that looks crystal clear.

"Hehe, my dear experimental subjects, don't be afraid~~" The man comforted the 3-year-old children who were about to faint from fright, "Didn't the training you received clearly explain which one to stab into the human body with a knife?" Part, is it the fastest to end a person’s life? This is to exercise your courage and improve your proficiency in the human body. Hurry up, if you don’t do it, they will continue to suffer~~”

Seeing that the children hadn't done anything yet, the man put away his smile a little impatiently, but then he smiled gently and said, "Don't be afraid, just stab the dagger in, they won't resist. They just failed the experiment The waste products produced, you don’t need to treat them as human beings, they are just used for waste now. And didn’t I tell you many times before that you can’t have cowardly emotions such as fear and sympathy? You just simply regard yourself as Killing machines without emotions will do. If you don’t do anything, you will be like them~~”

A little girl walked forward slowly, her hands trembling while holding a sharp dagger, her pale face was dripping with cold sweat.To match the height of the children, the strapped children are placed very low.The sharp dagger was tremblingly placed on the neck of the 8-year-old child, and the 3-year-old girl looked up at the person who was about to end her life by herself: It was a very beautiful girl, even though her face was black and her face was full of bruises. Even sweating couldn't hide her graceful silhouette, but unfortunately, she never had the chance to walk into the future, and her life was destined to be cut off by this girl who was younger than herself today.

The man watched with satisfaction at the kid with the knife, while the other 3-year-olds watched with horror at the first out of line.In the beautiful big violet eyes, the pain and despair in the face of the person in front of him were reflected.The girl holding the knife closed her eyes lightly and took a breath, then opened them suddenly, her trembling hands suddenly became stable, and she slashed hard at the girl's fragile neck, a large amount of blood spewed out from the carotid artery, almost stained red The little kid in front of him.However, the child just silently withdrew his bloody hands holding the knife, and then held the knife tightly in his left hand, and gently wiped the blood drops on his face with his right hand, but smeared more blood on his delicate face. Scarlet, with big eyes, glanced calmly at the dead girl above, "Rather than continue to linger in pain, why not end happily?"Don't blame me, I believe you have also experienced this kind of training...'

Seeing this bloody scene, the other children who should have been frightened quickly calmed down as if they had taken a reassurance. Although he was still a little hesitant and trembling when he started, he was killed with one move.Looking at the blood sprayed on their bodies, they just ignored it indifferently, and the indifference in their eyes did not look like a 3-year-old innocent and lovely child.

They should be 3-year-olds, but they can't be 3-year-olds at all.In the past year, apart from receiving knowledge teaching and human body teaching, they would watch other children's killer training at other times. They are no strangers to blood, on the contrary, they are more familiar with it than anything else.

"Hahaha!!!" Seeing that everyone had completed the task, the man clapped his hands with the pen and paper in his hand with satisfaction, and said with a smug smile, "Not bad, not bad, the hands were clean and neat, and those trainings were not wasted." Instructing the children to stand in a row in front of him, the man put the pen and paper in his hand on the ground, then took out the mysterious fruit contained in the transparent box and walked in front of the first child who completed the experiment, "No. 349 is the first to succeed." My child, so I will reward her with this fruit. This is a good thing. Although it will turn people into landlubbers after eating, it will give people superpowers that are different from ordinary people. Eat it quickly, I still have to watch What kind of ability is this devil fruit, I will record it later."

The girl looked at the fruit in front of her, bit her lower lip in fear, and shrank her body slightly.Seeing the girl's resistance, the man was a little displeased, and then he smiled gently and said, "It seems that you don't like to eat skin~ come here!!"

Hearing the man's order, two men dressed as doctors walked in outside the door.One of them walked up to the girl and squatted down, with one hand imprisoning her thin body, the other clamped her jaw fiercely, forcing her to open her mouth, and the other took the fruit from the man's hand respectfully After that, he broke it apart forcefully, grabbed the pulp with his right hand wearing a medical glove, and stuffed it roughly into the girl's small mouth.

"Woooo!!!" The girl writhed in pain, but she couldn't escape the strong hands of the person behind her. The flesh that was stuffed in was stuffed in more before it could be swallowed.After the cruel torture, the girl finally ate the whole fruit. After the man behind her threw her on the ground, she bowed slightly to the man and went out with another person.

"Ahem..." The girl coughed uncomfortably. After wiping off the juice all over her face, she got up and stood expressionlessly. A few traces of blood slowly flowed from the corners of her lips that were cracked by the flesh, but she didn't seem to be at all. Standing there as if feeling nothing.

"Hahaha!! Okay," the man patted the top of the girl's head in satisfaction, then went to pick up his pen and paper and said expectantly, "I don't know what kind of fruit this time is~ If these devil fruits can be compared with these experimental products The medicine in the body reacts, and then makes the physique of the experimental product more special, maybe it will make it easier for me to succeed in other experiments~~hahaha~~~~"

——She was only three years old that year. She should have been the most innocent age, the age when she was acting like a spoiled child beside her parents, the age when she should have the purest and most beautiful smile. Unfortunately, these should never have happened to her It existed in her mind, because she never knew that these things existed in the world.At that age, her hands were already stained with blood, and she began to bear the burden of obliterating other people's lives.At that age, what she had in her mind was the theoretical knowledge of how to kill people quickly, as well as various painful experiments every day. The expressions she saw most were the indifference and ruthlessness on the faces of children and those who were about to be killed by her. There was an almost relieved smile on his face.

'Live' may be her only bright idea, but unfortunately it is still covered by endless bloody memories, even so she is still working hard to live, subconsciously waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.Perhaps it was this tiny bit of hope that allowed her to barely support herself through those inhuman days.

——All the children in the laboratory have no names, only numerical codes.If a child dies due to the experiment, a new child will be added, inheriting the code name, and so on.Her code name is 349, and she doesn't care how many times this number has changed owners, she just hopes that no one will replace her in the future, that's all.

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In the large and dark room, there were countless people in black trench coats standing in the dark corners. The huge hats only exposed the lower half of their faces. Everyone held various instruments in their hands.In the middle was a single bed that was stained red with blood, and blood was still flowing like a small river.The mutilated bodies of countless children are scattered around the crib, no.To be precise, it is a body divided into several pieces, as if it exploded in the body.The most attractive thing is not the bloody scene, but the two knives placed on the knife holder, one is blood red as if blood is flowing in the body of the knife, and the other is white with snow-white handle. It is tied with a white ribbon, which is pure like an angel, but on that knife, it looks more like a demon in an angel costume.The two knives were beautifully shaped with sharp blades, but they gave off an ominous aura.

"Why?! Why didn't it work?? A simple experiment was done before, and a knife was simply sealed. Those experimental subjects were either frozen or cremated directly. Theoretically, the attributes of these two knives are mutually exclusive. It will succeed, but why is it not successful??!!" The man in white robe kept walking back and forth in front of the two knives, his handsome and elegant face was distorted now, "I spent so much energy to find These two thousand-year-old demon knives also used the pure blood of countless children to fully stimulate their evil nature. According to my inference, it should be possible to seal them in the child's body. But why is it unsuccessful??" The man said He kicked the severed arms and legs flying away, and his face was full of anger for the unsatisfactory experiment. "Each one was sealed and exploded because it couldn't suppress the demon sword's evil nature. These experimental subjects are really waste!"

"Doctor, please calm down." A man in black with a crystal ball whispered, his old voice was deep and deep, "Sealing a knife in a human body is an unprecedented feat, and now we have almost mastered the trick. I believe it will be successful in a few more times. The physiques of these experimental subjects have been adjusted by you, doctor, and are already very close to the conditions of the host of the demon sword. But these two knives are fire and snow, which is really unacceptable to the bodies of these experimental subjects .If there is an experimental subject with a more special physical quality, I believe the experiment will succeed faster!"

"Fire? Snow? A more special physique??" After thinking calmly for a while, a sinister smile appeared on the man's face, but then he returned to a gentle smile, "The last experiment that ate the devil fruit If I remember correctly, her ability is a crystal, a crystal that is neither afraid of fire nor snow. Hurry up and bring the most important subject of my experiment here!! Hahahahaha!!!"

"Yes!"

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The naked child was placed on a bed full of blood, and his limbs were tied with thick iron chains and pulled apart in large characters.An old hand was stained with a strange liquid, and kept drawing weird symbols on the child's white body, surrounded by uniform voices, chanting ancient and mysterious languages ​​in a low voice.

After the old hand finished drawing, the man came to the small bed with a test tube filled with transparent liquid, and gently shook the test tube in front of the expressionless girl, "This is my latest invention, it can stimulate the devil fruit very quickly. This will make it easier for you to become the host of the demon sword. This experiment is a great innovation combining science and witchcraft, don't let me down!" The man chuckled, opened the girl's mouth, and put After the liquid in the test tube is poured in, it is closed.

After the man took a few steps back, the two men in black each used special instruments to place two knives on the girl's thin body. The one-meter-long knives were many centimeters longer than a three-year-old girl.As soon as the knife was put on, the girl groaned in pain and her body kept shaking, but the thick iron chains tied her whole body tightly to the bed.The sound of spells around was getting louder and louder, and the two demon knives shone brightly, one was blood red and the other was snow white, illuminating this mysterious room.

"Ah!!!!" The girl's body continued to tremble violently, and her little head kept shaking, as if she wanted to escape the chill and terrifying murderous aura that kept pouring into her body.The thin limbs were pulled even though they were bound by iron chains, and the delicate ankles and wrists were scratched by the iron chains, and even blood flowed out. However, it seemed to the screaming girl that these pains did not exist at all.

The crowd slowly sped up the spell, and under the strange light, the two knives miraculously dissipated slowly, the girl's screams became weaker and weaker, and the violent body shaking also slowed down.After the red and white light slowly gathered at the girl's heart, it quietly disappeared, and the two demon swords no longer existed.The girl who was completely silent and did not make any movement turned her head to one side, her sweat-soaked long black hair was tightly stuck to her pale, almost transparent face, her violet pupils were half-squinted hollowly, without any focal length at all, only The air on the nose wing was so slight that it could be ignored, indicating that this person was still alive, barely alive.The body with the strange symbols written on it was cracked with scars, covering the entire white and thin body, blood mixed with a strange liquid slowly flowing down, merging into the bed full of other people's blood.

"Although the body is a little cracked and the spirit is a little slack, the experiment was successful, hahahaha!!! This experiment perfectly verified my experimental theory. The special human body can indeed be the host of the demon knife, hahaha!!!" The man Gently caressing the girl's cracked body, as if sympathizing with the most important object in the world instead of a half-broken body and a near-dead child.After the man closed the child's half-opened eyes, he proudly confessed: "Take her down and take care of the wound, don't leave scars, and don't let her die. She is the most successful result of my experiment, we need to keep It needs to be perfect. I still need to continue to observe and record relevant data for reference, hahaha!!!”

The man's excited laughter gradually moved away, and the bloody scene gradually moved away in front of his eyes. After closing his eyes tiredly, the man's slightly crazy laughter was no longer in his ears, but an increasingly clear and exclusive The anxious voice of a special person: "Encore!! Encore!! Wake up!! Open your eyes!! Encore!!"

An Ke slowly opened his slightly dull eyes according to his words, but he blocked his eyes with his hand because of the light of the fire in the distance, and blinked at the black shadow in front of him, only to see himself being hugged by Luffy , while the other partners on the boat surrounded him worriedly, An Ke frowned strangely, when was he hugged by Luffy?And when did Sauron and the others be by his side?Why didn't I notice it at all?An Ke whispered strangely, "What's the matter, Luffy..."

"Huh, that's great, you're awake~~~" Seeing Anke opened his eyes, Lu Fei hugged her tightly and said, "You were trembling slightly just now, your brows were tightly wrinkled and you were still muttering. What, it made me worry to death..."

"Really, the appearance of the cutie just now really worried me..." With an unlit cigarette in his mouth, Sanji's tone was also full of worry.

"It must be a nightmare." Nami looked at Anke tenderly, and then said to Luffy dissatisfied: "Really, if you listen to my advice and go back to the boat, Encore won't have to sleep in the wilderness. !"

"Could it be the problem with these two knives?" Usopp propped his chin and looked at the two knives that were placed next to Anke at some point and said, "I remember that Anke seemed to be sleeping with them just now. "

Sauron also looked at them with the same feeling, "It is very possible that even the owner of the sword may have frightening dreams because of the problem of the demon sword when sleeping, even if they are now sealed by the crystal, the demon sword's Evil nature cannot be sealed so simply."

Robin smiled softly and said: "Just now, Mr. Ship Doctor and I lighted some incense to help sleep near Mr. Deputy Captain.".Chopper nodded and said, "Well, in this case, Encore should sleep more comfortably."

Anke was a little touched to see the companions who appeared around him who were worried about him, then rubbed his brows and left Luffy's embrace to sit aside, showing a faint smile to his companions: "Thank you, I'm fine, you continue Go play. Maybe I have experienced too many things today, so I just had a nightmare..."

"Are you really okay? His face is still very bad..." Luffy leaned in front of her, and looked at Anke's pale face with a wrinkled face.

"It's okay, it's okay." Gently pushing away the face in front of him, Anke smiled and pointed to the lively bonfire in the distance and said, "You guys continue to dance, don't make them wait too long, they are full of respect and gratitude to you ~~”

"How about you, cutie?" Sanji stood up with his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at the smiling Enke: "Would you like to go with us?"

"No, I'd better sit and rest first~~"

"I see, then let's go~~" Nami pushed Luffy with one hand and pulled Usopp's long nose with the other, leading the way to the bonfire, "If we continue to quarrel, Encore's head will grow bigger."

"You little cutie, rest well~~~" After Sanji said this with concern, he immediately spun and ran towards Nami, "Nami-san~angels~~~here I come~~~~"

"Wait for me!!!" Chopper trotted after him.Sauron and Robin still sat on the island cloud and looked at them as before, but they were far apart, one was holding a wine bottle, and the other was smiling and looking at the dancing crowd.

After watching them all leave with a smile, Anke put away his smile slightly, looked calmly at the two demon swords quietly sealed in the pink crystal, then let out a soft breath, and looked at Sauron who was drinking from a wine bottle. said: "Sauron, give me your wine..."

"Huh?" Sauron spewed out the wine in his mouth in fright, coughed a few times before looking at Anke strangely: "You are a child, even if you have a nightmare, you don't have to think about it so hard, right? This is wine with a high alcohol content, not water!"

"Stop talking nonsense, give me..."

Hearing Anke's overly calm words and seeing the slight pain in her eyes that couldn't be concealed, Sauron hesitated, and passed the wine in his hand, "I can only drink a little."

After taking the wine bottle, Anke raised his head and poured it into his own mouth without saying a word, that heroic aura frightened Sauron on the side, and he quickly snatched the almost empty wine bottle: "Hey! I said it can only be a little!!! How much did you drink???"

"Wow!! Zoro/Green Algae!!! You bastard!!!!" The other members of the Straw Hat Pirates, who had been watching Encore from a distance, drank from the bottle when they saw Encore, all of a sudden Leaving the bonfire dance, he rushed over and yelled tacitly at the innocent Sauron's fangs: "You actually let Encore/cutie drink?? And it's a whole bottle??? You three swordsman (Luffy)/demon (Nami)/Beast (Usopp)/Devil (Chopper)/Chlorophyta (Sanji)!!".

"No...I'm not...it's her..." Sauron was in a hurry again, holding the wine bottle in his hand and looking at Encore behind him with puffy cheeks, and then at the other people who were looking murderous.

With a "gulp", Anke swallowed his mouthful of wine, and then smiled sweetly at everyone, his innocent and cute appearance completely melted everyone's anger.Immediately afterwards, Anke's face slowly turned red, and he hiccupped lightly. After blinking at them with big misty eyes, he raised the corners of his lips, closed his eyes and fell down.

"Hey, Encore!" Luffy hurried over to snatch Encore back into his arms, and patted her red face.

"Huh?? Luffy~~~hug~~~~" Anke opened his misty eyes and looked at Luffy, hehe smirked, hugged his neck for a few times, and then directly leaned on him to sleep, completely ignoring How much trouble I have caused a poor swordsman.

"What, this little guy can't drink at all. I thought her drinking capacity was as terrifying as her ability~" After seeing An Ke lying in Luffy's arms and falling asleep, I thought that I could avoid a lot of alcohol. Zoro's Zoro easily lifted the wine bottle and planned to finish it. As soon as the mouth of the bottle touched his lips, he felt sinister and vicious gazes from all around him.Sauron's Adam's apple twitched, looked at the people around him with a drop of cold sweat, and then slowly took the wine bottle and wanted to leave.

It's a pity how cruel the reality is. Robin, who was sitting quietly on the side, smiled and watched the devilish Nami drag Zoro, who dared not speak and disturb Encore's sleep, to a dark corner in the distance, while Sanji and Uso Chopper, who had become popular and gigantic, also followed slowly while moving his body. "Take care, Mr. Swordsman~" After watching them disappear in that corner, Robin looked back at Luffy who was carefully holding the encore, and then continued to look at the dancing crowd.

Luffy, who seldom gave up the lively occasion, just gently hugged the child in his arms, quietly looked at the brows that were still furrowed in her sleep when she was drunk, and stretched out his hand to gently rub the wrinkles between the brows.Seeing that the eyebrows were no longer tightly locked, Lu Fei hugged her tightly and turned his back to the gorgeous bonfire in satisfaction, not letting the slight light disturb her sleep
I will absolutely protect you!So sleep peacefully! !
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(End of this chapter)