Yearning for Pirates

Chapter 8 Drought
"Looking for an island? Are we looking for Kubi?" Hill lay in the boat and chatted with Kubi, "It's so easy to find, isn't it?"

"You don't like the heat in Alabasta, do you?"

Kubi can't speak, only knows how to swim desperately.

I don't know how long I have been swimming, but Kubi stopped suddenly.

"Why don't you leave?" Hill felt the boat stop, sat up and looked around, and there was a desert island in front of him.

"..."

"Kubi...you can not be so caring next time, wouldn't it be nice to swim in the sea for a while?"

Hill seriously doubted whether he was disgusted by Kubi, and even brought himself directly to Alabasta, so he went ashore by himself, and it can be released freely in the sea, right?
"Could it be the relatives in the sea you asked? Where is Alabasta?"

Hill wanted to ask more, and Cooby had already pushed the boat five miles away to the shore with one of the tentacles, and then sank into the sea.

"..."

"Blue, blue, blue..." The phone bug rang, breaking Hill's embarrassment.

"Hey……"

Smoker said in a low voice: "Sill!! Have you found the island yet? I've been waiting for you for three days!"

"……found it."

"If you found it, why didn't you call me?"

"Just arrived..."

"Where is it? I'll pick you up."

"Alabasta..."

"Kajia..." Smoker hung up the phone directly.

Hill looked at the big desert full of yellow sand, and felt a sense of desolation.

But before he had time to feel sad, he saw a man with a big back, a long horizontal scar on his face, and a cigar in his mouth.

"Hill?"

Hill froze for a moment, then recognized Sha Crocodile, "..."

One of Shichibukai is now a pirate recognized by the government, and he has no reason to act.

"What are you doing here?" Sand Crocodile looked at Hill indifferently.

Hill said lightly: "Mission."

"Mission?" Sand Crocodile frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, "What missions are there involving the navy?"

Hill didn't speak. This person asked, obviously doing something bad. If he said to catch Nicole Robin, the purpose of this old crocodile was an ancient weapon, and he would not let him catch it for the time being, so Hill concluded that The conclusion is to fight directly.

Both felt hostility towards each other, Hill raised his foot and kicked over, Sha Crocodile instantly blocked it with the golden hook on his left hand.

"You want to catch me?"

Hill jumped out of the attack range, scratched his nose, and replied, "Catch Nicole Robin."

"..." Sha Crocodile looked at Hill speechlessly, "Catch her, what are you doing to me?"

"I thought you would prevent me from catching her by asking so many questions."

"..." Sha Crocodile didn't know what to say, he just asked one more question because he was worried that his plan would be discovered by the government.

Seeing that Sha Crocodile didn't intend to stop her, Hill asked directly, "Have you ever seen a woman named Nicole Robin?"

"No." Sand Crocodile replied very simply, without even blinking his eyes.

"..." Hill complained in his heart, "If I hadn't watched anime, I might have believed your evil."

Sand Crocodile ignored Hill's expression of disbelief, turned around and turned into a ball of sand, floating away.

"..."

Hill sighed, and walked to the town ahead. The task was secondary, and the focus was on getting enough food. Not to mention the matter of Nicole Robin, even Aokiji had a heart of compassion, so he was even more lazy to do it.

The weather in Alabasta is indeed too hot. It is difficult for people who have lived here for a long time to adapt to the hot and dry weather.

The dry and cracked land has not been moistened by rain for a long time, and no green plants can grow.

The walls of the house began to desertify, and soon there would be no people living there.

Many people have already started to pack their luggage and prepare to move out of this town. Hill sighed, found a restaurant, and walked in.

"Boss, is there any water?"

"There is this little brother, but a bucket costs 100 Baileys."

Hill nodded, took out ten coins from his pocket, and gave them to the boss.

"Isn't the boss planning to move out? I see a lot of people outside are moving out."

"I'm moving soon, but I've lived here for decades, so I'm a bit reluctant." The boss sighed and continued, "There are fewer and fewer towns in the Kingdom of Alabasta, and it's all because of those damn dancing fans."

Hill stopped talking and drank the water quietly. It was cloudless outside and it was difficult to form rainfall.

After drinking the water, Hill decided to find an inn, rest for a day, and then go to other towns.

The child on the side of the road seemed to have chapped lips because he hadn't drank water for a long time, and he kept licking with his tongue. Hill stepped forward and handed over the remaining water in the bucket.

The child looked at Hill timidly. Hill smiled and put it beside him. The child picked it up and only took a sip. For him, this water was too precious to waste a single drop.

Hill walked around the town, and the wells could hardly draw water. If they wanted to drink water, they had to transport it from a distant town. People simply decided to abandon this place and move to a town where it was convenient to fetch water.

It's just that if the drought continues, the next town will disappear.

Hill found the inn, lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a long time.

The next day, he finally thought of a way to make it rain.

The only way to make it rain in cloudless places is the rain machine of Weather Island. Hill took out the phone bug and called Karen.

"Hello, this is the 27th Unit of the Navy Headquarters."

"Karen, this is Hill."

"Lieutenant General Hill? Do you have any instructions?"

"Find a way to contact Weather Island and find out where they are."

"Weather Island?"

"Well, I'm going to take them to Ala Ashtan for rain."

"Rain?"

"Excuting an order."

"Yes, I'll get in touch right away."

After making the phone call, Hill finally felt relieved and continued on to the next town.

The most comfortable place in Ala Ashtan should be the base camp 'Rainland' of Sha Crockerdale, and it is also the place where it is most likely to meet Nicole Robin.

Hill found a map and went straight to the rain.

……

Underground of the rainy land's largest casino, 'Rain Feast'...

Sand Crocodile took a puff of cigarette, and said to Nicole Robin: "The ZF sent someone here, the target is you, you should be careful."

Nicole Robin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "They have captured me for 20 years, and I'm still free."

Sand Crocodile spit out the smoke, "This time it's Hill who sent you. If he's serious, you won't be able to escape."

"Hill?"

"The strength of the quasi-general, Karp's most proud student."

Nicole Robin's face turned ugly, "I will pay attention."

　Humbly ask for a recommendation ticket, huh...

　　


(End of this chapter)