[One Piece] Exquisite alone

Under the setting sun that sank to the horizon, the reddish sunlight sprinkled on the people.

"Are you really leaving, Ace."

Looking at Ace who packed his bags, the Straw Hats were very reluctant. They have experienced a lot together, and it is too uncomfortable to be separated suddenly.

"Well, since Blackbeard isn't in Alabasta, I have no reason to stay in this country."

Having just experienced an anticlimactic duel, Ace confirmed the fact that Blackbeard is not in Alabasta at all. The previous information about Blackbeard's presence was released by an uncle in order to defeat him.

"Really." Lu Fei didn't say anything to stay, the feelings between men.

Sanji looked at this well-mannered brother, who was too worry-free compared to Luffy, "Where are you going next?"

"According to what the uncle said before, someone has seen that guy in the west." Ace's meaning is obvious, his destination is only Blackbeard.

"Take it." Ace threw out a piece of paper casually, and the white paper hit Luffy's palm.

Luffy: "Huh?"

Ace: "Luffy, you have to keep holding it."

"What, isn't it just a small piece of paper?" Lu Fei looked at it as an ordinary piece of white paper.

"Yes, this little piece of paper will allow us to meet again." Ace said something that made everyone confused.

"Hey~" Luffy flipped through it again in surprise.

Ace asked, "No?"

"No, I want it." Luffy carefully put away this small piece of paper.

"I will pay attention to see if I can meet Xia Lan's former island. If I have time, I will ask my partner to look for it in the New World." After all, the Whitebeard Pirates don't just stay on one island all year round.

Xia Lan blinked in surprise, Ace actually took this matter to heart, a kind of warmth that was valued rose from the depths of his heart, "Thank you, Ace. The adventures during this period are very good."

"We're all friends, you're welcome." Ace frowned again.

Sure enough, my brother is a gentle person.

Xia Lan couldn't help thinking.

"With such a brother who likes to get into trouble, I'm very worried as a brother!" Ace said with a smile on his face, although he was more conniving than helpless.

"You must have nothing to do with this guy, right? But I'll leave it to you." The elder brother looked serious and couldn't bear to refuse.

Looking at his baby brother, Ezra lowered the brim of his cowboy hat, and said softly but firmly.

"Luffy, the next time we meet will be the pinnacle of pirates!"

"..." Luffy didn't say anything, just grinned at Ace.

"Hey!"

The uncle who just challenged Ace and was defeated took his children and bid farewell to everyone loudly.

When the Straw Hats turned around, Ace was gone.

"Huh? Where's Ace?" Luffy looked into the distance suspiciously.

Sauron: "Let's go."

"Yeah, he wanted to leave quietly, but I sent him a cloud. After all, this is deep in the desert, isn't it?"

Raising her head, Xia Lan looked at the sky, but at this time, there was no trace of the cloud that Ace was riding on.

Luffy is very open-minded, "We will definitely meet again."

Yes, we will definitely meet again!

"Okay, take it." Nami put away the needle and thread in her hand, and handed the straw hat to Luffy. At this time, she had the beauty of a good wife and mother.

Looking at the nympho cook next to him, he knew how amazing this beauty was.

"Wow!" Luffy put on the straw hat baby, "Thank you, Nami, I'm relieved to hide here."

Sauron: "Speaking of which, there's nothing on that piece of paper, so it's useless to keep it right?"

Luffy: "I don't know either, but since Ace told me to take it, I will keep it well."

Sanji: "Your self-confidence is really unreasonable."

Luffy: "What does it matter, anyway, I often say it."

After several hardships on the road (after all, the captain is a troublemaker), the Straw Hats finally saw the city of Juba not far away, and it was already late at night.

"Sandstorm, Yuba was attacked by a sandstorm!" Weiwei ran forward in panic.

A strong cold wind blows, and the whole city is swallowed by yellow sand. The dilapidated houses add to the gloomy and lonely atmosphere.

Juba, once the largest oasis in Alabasta and the most prosperous city, has become deserted and has become a victim of this natural and man-made disaster.

"How could this happen?" Weiwei's face was pale, and she really couldn't accept that the once largest oasis turned into what it was before her eyes.

"The situation is really miserable." Sauron said, and everyone else felt the same, isn't it very miserable.

The wind was bitter, and the yellow sand rolled up the scorched flag. In the long sand and stones, the withered yellow wood made a miserable cry, as if calling for something, and seemed to tell something.

"This place looks like Elmar..." Xia Lan murmured, taking in the scene of wind and sand all over the sky.

"Where is the town?" Luffy was a little puzzled, so strange, "Isn't this an oasis, Weiwei."

Weiwei didn't say anything, just walked forward quickly, where is the rebel army.

"...Are you a traveler? Are you tired from traveling in the desert?" It was an old man with a thin and flat body. His skin was as dry as bark, and his voice was harsh and hoarse. He probably hadn't spoken for a long time.

The old man was digging hard in the deep pit, "I'm sorry, this city has been abandoned."

"However, you can take a good rest here." The old man looked at the group of people with a trembling and helpless voice: "There are as many places to stay as you want..."

"...This is the only thing that this city can be proud of right now."

Weiwei pulled the veil to cover her cheeks to prevent the old man from seeing her true identity.

Seeing Weiwei's worry, Sanji took a step forward and asked softly, "Excuse me, I heard that there are rebels in this city..."

"Why are you looking for the rebel army?" The polite behavior did not make the old man raise his eyebrows, but instead he became angry, staring at his eyes and said: "Are you trying to join the rebel army!?"

"Wow! Why did he suddenly get angry?!"

The Straw Hats frantically dodged the empty barrels, stones and other objects thrown by the old man, for no apparent reason.

"...Those bastards are no longer in this city." After a long silence, the old man sighed in an extremely disappointed tone.

"what?!"

"how so!"

After hearing this sentence, the Straw Hats all had expressions of shock, and after the old man said that the rebel army had moved to Cattleya, Weiwei's expression changed suddenly.

Because Cattleya was not far from the Rohala where they landed at the beginning, after hearing Weiwei's words, the faces of the others were also not very good, and they made this trip in vain.

When the group was silent, the old man stepped forward with an excited face, "Wei Wei? You called her Wei Wei just now, right?"

Everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats, Weiwei's expression was blank, and her heart was beating wildly with anxiety.

Luffy was in a hurry, sweating, and said, "Hey, Uncle, Weiwei is not a princess!"

Xia Lan had a headache: "..." Idiot.

"Don't say it! Idiot!" Sauron used his hand as a knife to slash the idiot severely.

"Little Weiwei...is that you? You're still alive...it's me, haven't you recognized it yet?" Putting on Weiwei's shoulder, the old man spoke incoherently excitedly, "I don't blame you, my appearance has changed too much. big."

Weiwei stared earnestly at the weather-beaten face in front of her, which gradually overlapped with the kind face from a long time ago.

"Uncle Duo Tuo?!" Weiwei covered her mouth in shock, she really never imagined that meeting the father of her childhood friend again would be like this.

Xiao Weiwei, I believe... His lord, he is definitely not the kind of person who betrays the country!

They decide to fight it out in the next attack because they have no way out!

Please, Xiao Weiwei, stop those idiots!

"Weiwei, are you worried about the rebel army?" Xia Lan felt a little worried when she felt the blue-haired girl's disobedience.

Uncle Dotuo's words still echoed in her ears, Weiwei couldn't calm down at all, she smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Xia Lan..."

Before finishing speaking, Xia Lan interrupted, "Is there anything to apologize for? We are friends, aren't we?"

"..." Weiwei looked at those pale golden eyes, with a stern face with a little baby fat, a little funny and touched, "Yes, thank you Xia Lan."

Xia Lan raised her eyebrows, she looked peaceful and gentle, "You can share with me what you can't do, and I can help you with what you don't want to do."

Weiwei, who was comforted by a girl who looked like a younger sister, said, "I see."

"Everyone has worked hard today. In short, let's take a short rest to replenish our strength and prepare for tomorrow."

Before the words fell, Usopp lay on the bed nimbly, and said with a happy face: "Good night."

boom!

Throwing a pillow casually, Zoro was particularly displeased with Usopp's relaxed appearance, "Didn't you sleep all the time today!"

Whether it's when he's hunting or cleaning up Luffy's mess, Long Nose is lying on the soft white clouds and sleeping soundly.

If only Xia Lan could control the movement of the clouds, and they had just finished their day's journey, there would be no time to rest now.

"Bastard, I need to regain my strength! Don't compare me with you monsters!" Usopp grabbed the pillow under his head and threw it back.

"Bastard, you dare to hit me!?" Sauron took off the pillow on his face with a stinking expression.

After a while, the war spread to the well-behaved Chopper beside him, "By the way, the most useless person today is you, Blue Nose!"

The little reindeer was particularly aggrieved, with tears in his eyes, "Because I'm afraid of heat!"

"Sanji-san, this is my bed..."

The princess looked at the chef occupying her place in confusion, trying to say something but couldn't say it. .

"Hmm." The nympho chef said serious nonsense, "I just thought it would be hard for you to sleep alone tonight..."

"What are you doing over there?" Sauron was upset when he saw the perverted cook.

"Ah, how courageous, who threw a pillow on my head just now?!" Sanji jumped out with a hideous expression.

"You guys! Do you know what rest is?" The orange-haired girl clenched her fists.

"Miss Nami~~"

outside

"Uncle, the water still won't come out." Lu Fei sat by the pit and watched the old man's persistent digging, "It's because of you that you can live in such a ghostly place."

"Lu Fei, what you said is too direct." Xia Lan sat on the cloud, she would not sit on the soft and clean white cloud, but nest on the ground like Lu Fei.

"Water will come out!" The old man categorically refuted Lu Fei's point of view, "The oasis of Juba is still alive, and Juba will definitely not lose to the desert!"

"No matter how many times I dig it out, I will show you!"

People are old at heart.

The old man's will infected the single-celled Luffy, he nodded solemnly, "Okay, let's dig!"

The two arms flew upside down quickly, and the flying sand fell into the hole dug by the old man.

"Wait," the old man blocked the flying gravel, "don't throw the sand into the hole I dug!"

Luffy looked innocent: "I don't have one."

"..." Xia Lan couldn't complain, and could only use his brain circuit to solve the problem, "Luffy, you should turn around, for example, face me." The person had already changed direction while talking.

"You are so troublesome, Xia Lan." Having said that, the captain still turned to his partner obediently.

"Hi~Hi~~" Since the sand will no longer hinder the old man, Xia Lan nodded casually.