Pirate's Freedom

After seeing the words on the cardboard——

Ila ran two steps without hesitation and came to the man in black robe.

"Ain, I'm leaving."

She turned around and waved to Ain.

"My friend came to pick me up."

"Wait a minute! Ila..."

Ain hurriedly grabbed her hand.

"Do you really know him?"

Not only was the hood covering his face, he was also wearing an extra white mask, and he was still dangling there without standing up.

The man in front of him looked suspicious from top to bottom, and it really made people wonder how he got in.

"Yeah!" Ila nodded and turned to leave, "Let's go."

The man in black robe also slowly began to turn around.

"..."

Ain didn't let go.

"Ain?"

Ira turned back.

"Ira..."

After a moment of hesitation, Ain's voice became firm.

"You can't just leave."

"why?"

The little girl wondered.

"Ain?"

"Feel sorry."

The girl just said that.

"And you too—"

She turned her attention to the man in black robe.

"Please come with me to Brigadier Smoker's place."

"..."

The man in black robe turned the cardboard back and then over again.

【no】

"Why?" The girl's face was cold and her voice was serious.

"No matter who you are, you have an obligation to cooperate with the navy..."

"Uh!"

Her expression suddenly stiffened.

【I am Admiral Aokiji】

It was written on the black-robed man's cardboard.

"What are you talking about?!"

【I am Admiral Sengoku】

"Do you think I don't read newspapers?!"

【I am Navy Hero Garp】

"..."

Facing the obviously mentally disturbed babble, the girl frowned, and Ila slowly returned to Ain.

Next change on cardboard -

【I am the Pirate King Goldo Roger】

"That's enough! Don't waste any more time."

Ain couldn't help but take a step forward.

"Come on and come with me."

Just now.

"Ian."

Click——

A flash of silver light flashed in the corner of his eyes, and Ain turned his head subconsciously.

Click——

A silver spray can shook in Ila's hand.

spray?

Thoughts lasted only a moment.

"Ian."

Looking up at her, Ila's eyes were bright.

The little index finger pressed on the nozzle of the spray can.

"Goodbye."

A bright silver mist sprayed on her body.

"Ira! What do you do..."

Ain subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, but he could no longer put his raised hand down.

"what?!"

"Everyone--"

The clear and childish voice of children sounded like silver bells.

wow-

The black robe was lifted up.

In front of Ain's eyes, it bloomed like a flower.

"hurry up--"

The head fell to the ground with a soft sound.

slap~

Putting her hands firmly on Noki's head, Nami jumped up like a jumping goat.

"Drink!"

Nokigao jumped backwards and fell to the ground.

"Retreat!!"

"Wow……!"

Karina, who was suddenly relieved of her burden, staggered on the spot.

"Hurry up! Run!"

Nami took the lead and ran down the stairs.

"Wait! Haha..."

Karina was out of breath and stumbled into running.

"Wait a moment!"

"Karina—"

Nokigao slowed down, turned around and grabbed Karina's hand.

"Give me your hand!"

"The game has begun~!"

Her short legs flew very fast, and Ila ran past them like a gust of wind.

"Fourth! Third! No.2!"

"Haah...Ira..."

Karina was indignant.

"How can you do this!"

……

The patter of footsteps faded away.

"Stop!! Ila!! Uh...!!"

Even with all his strength, Ain remained motionless.

Most of the white navy uniform turned silver.

The light clothes that were hard to notice in the past suddenly became extremely heavy, as if the body was covered with a full-body armor...

No.

The armor also had movable joints, but her clothes were more like an extremely hard solidified sculpture, preventing her from moving at all.

"what happened?!"

"What happened?!"

Amidst the sound of "bang bang", doors opened on both sides of the corridor, and the sailors popped up and looked toward the stairs.

"Someone broke in!!"

Keeping her hands raised to cover her face, the girl stood motionless at the top of the stairs.

"Hurry up and chase!!"

"Okay! Warrant Officer Ain!"

Although it was a bit strange, she didn't have time to think too much as the sailors passed by her one by one.

"How is it possible...just like this..."

The faint firelight flickered, and the light and shadow on the girl's face changed.

"I am..."

Click!

There was a crisp sound, and the girl groaned.

"Uh-huh...!!"

……

"No. 1!"

Staircase corner from the fourth floor to the third floor.

After overtaking Nami in the corner, Ila came to the leading position.

"how is this possible!"

There are still five or six steps from the third floor.

"Look at me……!"

Nami jumped down.

Boom! !

The two landed at the same time.

Ahead, on the left, near the stairs leading down, a door opens.

"Hey! You guys-!"

A naval clerk poked his head out from behind the door with a frown.

"Don't run on the stairs!"

Walking out of the door, he stopped in front of the two of them and stretched out his hand.

"Stop! You are-!"

hiss--

Ila squirted him.

"what--"

Maintaining the gesture of reaching out, he froze on the spot.

"what happened?!"

"Can't move?!"

"someone is coming!"

The sailors who rushed to the stairs from the next floor rushed up.

"go there!"

Nami shouted decisively as she nimbly avoided several arms.

"There are stairs on the other side too!"

Hiss--

Ila squirted into her pants.

"Ah! It hurts!"

"My knees!"

"My ankle is sprained!"

Amidst the sound of falling to the ground, four people rushed into the corridor.

……

In the office on the top floor, Smoker was silent after talking on the phone and didn't know what he was thinking. Hina was still sitting on the sofa.

Suddenly, a faint noise came from downstairs.

"Why so noisy?"

After being slightly surprised, Hina closed her eyes.

"Smog."

The next moment, she spoke out.

Smoker looked at her, and Hina, who had her eyes closed, raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"You'd better come and take a look..."

……

Four girls ran down the corridor.

"Catch them!"

A huge army followed behind them.

"Watch out for the spray in her hand!!"

"what happened?!"

The sailors who didn't know what was going on opened the doors one after another.

"Is there an intruder?!"

"What a big courage!!"

A few small figures flashed past the door.

boom!

A shot went off.

"Don't shoot! Repeat that! Don't shoot!"

Holding the walkie-talkie, the bearded captain said seriously.

"That's the daughter of Brigadier Smoker and Colonel Hina!"

"Eh?! Why...?!"

"runaway?!"

"Family conflicts?!"

Everyone was talking about it in the public channel.

"Maybe it was due to issues between the parents."

Emotional experts speak freely.

"This often happens. After entering the burnout period, the relationship between the couple is discordant, which eventually leads to psychological shadow in the children."

"real or fake?"

Someone questioned.

"Brigadier General Smoker and Colonel Hina aren't married yet, are they?"

"What's the point? I even have a child..."

The open intercom is placed on the large desk.

"..."

Hina and Smoker listened in silence with expressionless expressions.

"Uh-huh! Anyway-"

After listening with interest for a while, the captain interrupted them and said sternly.

"Attention everyone! We can't let them leave the base!"

……

"There's someone down there!"

The stairs on the other side.

Nami, who was running at the front, braked suddenly.

Looking down through the cracks in the stair railings, one can see the surging crowds of people crowding the stairs, as densely packed as migrating fish schools.

"Up and back—"

"There are people up there too!"

Karina shouted, looking up.

Clinging to the armrests, the seamen who crowded around could not see any gaps.

"forward……"

There is a dead end ahead, and it will end in a short distance.

Needless to say, the guys chasing after him were getting bigger and bigger like a snowball, and the "rumbling" footsteps were like an earthquake.

"Then—"

At the critical moment, Nami suddenly opened the package in her arms.

"so--!"

A large ball of rope was thrown into the air and stretched out instantly.

"Ira!"

With lightning speed, Ila quickly sprayed up.

Hiss--

An extremely solid mess, and a cell door painted by an abstract painter, blocked the intersection between the stairway and the corridor.

"what is this?!"

The sailor who rushed forward got stuck.

"so hard!!"

"Stop!!"

"Ouch!!"

"It's almost crowded!!"

“Don’t squeeze in the back!!”

The people behind were like paste, layer by layer.

"While now—"

Nami said as her eyes glanced at the doors on both sides.

"Let's talk inside the house!"

……

Bang!

A door was thrown open.

"What's going on outside?!"

The sailor in charge of exchanging gold stood up from his chair.

"Hey! You guys!"

Ila raised the spray can in her hand——

hiss--!

The marine soldier was only halfway through getting up before he was frozen in place.

After closing the door tightly, everyone looked at Nami.

"Are you okay? Nami!"

Nokigao said worriedly before she had time to speak until now.

"Are you injured?"

After the gunshot, she saw Nami stagger with her own eyes.

"don’t worry."

Nami's expression remained normal.

"I didn't throw away the cardboard."

She pulled the cardboard out of her clothes.

“I sprayed some on the back too.”

She turned the cardboard over and showed it to everyone.

A lead bullet almost penetrated the cardboard, but it deformed on the last piece of paper.

"call--"

The sound of relief was clearly audible.

"but……"

Everyone immediately became concerned.

Nami frowned and rubbed her chest.

"My chest just hurts so much!"

After a while.

Hiss--

The entire door and door frame had turned silver. After spraying the door, Ila began to spray the wall.

The crashes and shouts grew quieter as the walls were covered with a layer of silver.

However, the sounds outside the window gradually became louder.

"Nami——" Karina turned around and said after walking to the window and taking a look.

"It's already surrounded below."

"It's okay, there's a plan B."

Nami is confident.

"We go from heaven."

She held up the package in her hands.

"There's something else in the package—"

Click!

"...!!"

After a soft sound, several people were suddenly startled and looked towards the door.

The silver on the door has disappeared, and the door handle has been turned.

With a click, the door was pushed open.

"We meet again, Ira."

A girl with long sea-blue hair and a cool temperament walked in, wearing a navy uniform as neat as new.

"As long as you follow me to see Brigadier Smoker, I won't hold your friends accountable."

"Well……"

The spray can was raised in the air, and Ila pursed her lips.

"Stop it, Ira," Ain said seriously when he saw that Ira was motionless, "There are already marine soldiers outside."

"so what!"

Taking the spray can, Nami blocked Ira behind her.

"No problem, Ira, I'll deal with her."

"Is that so, I understand."

Looking at Nami's expression, Ain didn't change his expression.

"Then, please tell me something -"

"How old are you guys this year?"

"What do you ask this for?"

Shaking the spray can in his hand.

"and also--"

Nami tensed her body and stared at Ain.

"You were sprayed, right?"

Although she didn't know how hard the sea floor stone was, in Nami's mind, what was sprayed with this [Super Alloy Color Tinting Spray] was completely indestructible.

"How on earth did you break free?"

"I am a user with the ability of [Regression Fruit]. Everything I encounter will go backwards in time."

There was a dull pain in the dislocated and reattached wrists. Ain raised her hands, and like a will-o'-the-wisp, two peach-colored flames burned quietly on her hands.

"So I have to ask."

She spoke calmly.

"How old are you this year?"