One Piece: Heart Set Sail

It's strange to say that the iron chain on the girl who everyone was hugging was untied by itself at this time. Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Although I don't know what's going on, as long as I'm alive, I'll be fine.

When the blood of the two girls hanging upside down had almost stopped dripping, Xiaochan discovered that there was a wooden door in this room that could lead to other places. She and several other girls finally opened the door, but at this moment there was a thud behind them. Two loud bangs.

Xiaochan turned around and saw that the two dead girls had fallen to the ground, and now they were moving, limping toward them covered in blood.

"Quick...Run!" Xiaochan's intuition told her that this situation was definitely dangerous. She shouted, and then everyone ran behind the wooden door. At this moment, she found that the corridor behind the wooden door was different from the previous one. Here There are windows, and the sun shines in through the windows.When she looked back, the two girls had also speeded up, and it looked like they would be able to catch up with them soon.

"Why do dead people come back to life? No, it's not so much a resurrection, it's more like a walking dead." Xiaochan casually picked up a thick wooden stick in the corridor and held it in his hand, preparing to use it for defense.

This corridor was really long, turning left and right, and the end was never seen. Just when Xiaochan was wondering, a woman wearing a black cloak appeared in front of her, which really shocked her.The woman looked very strange, and she kept mumbling something.

"Could it be..." Xiaochan thought about witchcraft. There's really no way to explain this kind of thing. There are all kinds of weird things all over the world, but there is no time to think so much at the moment: "These things, are they?" What did you do??”

The woman laughed evilly twice, which made Xiao Chan feel hairy on her back: "Clean and pure girls, your blood is the best thing."

"What did you say?!" Before Xiaochan could react, the woman quickly grabbed a girl, a dagger appeared in her hand, and stabbed her arm.

"Ah!!" the girl wailed. Now it can be said that there is a wolf in front of her and a tiger behind her. The only way is to jump out of the window.Xiaochan didn't have much time to think, so she picked up a wooden stick and slammed it against the glass window. The glass immediately broke to the ground.

"Great, you can go out..." Xiaochan was about to climb over the window but stopped, with a look of despair. This corridor was very high, and it was suspended below. It was at least as high as the first floor.

"Stinky girl, you still want to run away?" The woman in black discovered Xiaochan's motive, pushed the girl away from her hands, and rushed towards her.

"No matter what, I will die, and I don't want to die in your hands!" Xiaochan didn't know where she got the courage to turn over and jump out of the window. Fortunately, she only fell one meter, and then she grabbed the protrusion on the outer wall. Get up and hang in the air.

Luo and his party walked around for a long time without seeing anyone, but Beibo suddenly heard something moving here, and everyone rushed over. As soon as they arrived under a suspended corridor, they saw Xiaochan who might fall down at any time.

"Xiaochan!!!" Peijin shouted: "Hang on! We are here to save you!"

"Captain! This..."

"Room!" A large light blue light circle opened, and the moment Xiaochan couldn't hold on anymore and let go, it replaced her with the pebbles on the ground.She finally landed safely now.

"Captain! Wuwuwuwu..." Xiaochan looked even more embarrassed now. There were not only blood stains on her clothes, but also a lot of dirt and dust.

Peijin quickly took off his coat and put it on her body: "It's okay, Xiaochan, please calm down first."

"Where are Xiaochan, Xiaoxue? And Ikaku, where have they gone?" Bebo asked anxiously.

Xiaochan huddled in Peijin's arms, her whole body still trembling uncontrollably: "I don't know... we are separated, right! Those girls above! Please save them! Captain!"

Luo looked up and saw that there was no movement above: "There is no one there anymore. If those girls are not dead, they should have been captured elsewhere."

"..." Xiaochan was silent for a moment and then said: "I saw a woman in a black cloak. I guess she is a witch because she can control the dead."

"Control the dead?" Luo remembered what he met at the gate of the castle: "Ah, interesting guy." He put the ghost cry on his shoulder again: "Where did you get separated from?"

"It should be the passage at the back! We were dragged to the right, and they should be on the left!" Now we can see the appearance of where we were just now. The two towers are symmetrical, with a suspended horizontal closed passage in the middle, and where Xue and the others went The tall tower on the left is connected to a stone bridge: "Captain, there is a bell tower over there. I wonder if they will go there along the stone bridge."

Luo looked over from a distance and saw that the bell tower was an isolated building except that it was connected to the stone bridge.At the same time, in the bell tower, the three people who followed the old lady were taken to a room with retro decoration.

"Grandma, can you tell us who you are?"

"I am the steward of this castle, but that was before it became the hell it is now." She boiled water from the stove and poured it into three cups: "Drink some water. , you should have had no water from last night to now."

"How do you know we came last night? In fact, we still haven't figured out what happened." Ikaku looked at the water in the cup and did not drink it: "However, these should be all those kinds of virtues." Count Vencil must have done it, I really don’t know what kind of person likes this kind of bad taste so much!”

"Please don't say that." The old lady hurriedly explained: "Earl Devonsil is a good man. These things were not done by him. Besides, he died ten years ago when he went to sea."

"Who did those?" Camilla asked: "You see, we are all injured. We don't even know how we did it. I have never encountered such a weird thing."

Mentioning this, the old lady became sad: "It's all sin. Many pure girls have died here in recent years. All of these are sins committed by Miss Christ, alas."

"Christ is?"

"Our Earl has two daughters. The eldest daughter is called Crystal, and the younger one is called April. The year the Earl died, the eldest daughter and the younger daughter had just turned seven." The old lady even said with some nostalgia: "But the current eldest lady is no longer as kind-hearted as before."

Xue thought for a while and asked a few more questions: "So, why did Miss Crist bring us here?"

"It's a long story, but the eldest lady has killed so many people in recent years. I really feel sorry for the count. In order to do something, I want to give you something. I will tell you slowly later. .”

The old lady rummaged through the cabinets and found a square box, and took out a piece of fruit: "This was left by the earl. I heard it is a very magical thing. After eating it, you can gain divine power."

Snow took a look and saw that it turned out to be a fruit that looked like a peach. If there was any difference, it was that its surface was covered with patterns: "Grandma, is this a devil fruit?"

"I don't know, but I can give it to you. Which of you wants to eat it? Maybe after eating it, you will have a chance to leave here. Otherwise, you can't defeat the witch in this castle alone."

The three of them looked at each other, and they were all confused. Who didn't know that after eating the devil fruit, they would become landlubbers, and it would be okay if they had better abilities. What if it was a useless fruit and they couldn't develop it themselves? Isn’t it a loss-making business?

"Xiaoxue, how do you choose?"

"Ah, I don't know. Although Brother Luo and my parents are all capable people and are very powerful, I, I don't think I can do it." Xue shook her head.

Of course, Camilla chose not to eat it, because she was an ordinary person and could not use the devil fruit well even if she ate it. So the three of them pushed and pushed, and finally the old lady made the decision.

"Youngest girl, it's up to you to eat."

"Why do I?"

"I'll tell you when you finish eating."

"Why is it still so mysterious?" Xue took the strange fruit and held it in her hand for a long time to look at it: "But, I'm still not ready...well..."

The old woman couldn't wait any longer, so she stuffed the peach in Xue's hand into her mouth: "Eat it quickly."

Xueji reluctantly took a bite: "..."

"Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?! I'm talking about grandma! What on earth did you give her to eat?!" Ikaku saw the indescribable expression on Xue's face and thought she was poisoned.

"I...ka...ku...I'm fine...it's just...too...hard...to eat..." Xue almost gritted her teeth as she spoke. This was definitely the most unpalatable thing she had ever eaten. one!

"Okay, now let me tell you, maybe this peach will have a side effect, which is oxytocin." The old lady said calmly.

"what?!"

"Actually, this is what the count told me. If a child eats this fruit that looks like a peach, he will quickly grow into a young man. If a young man eats it, he will become a middle-aged man. In this way, By analogy." The old lady said: "Don't worry, this won't kill you. The eldest lady originally wanted the little lady to grow up quickly and extract the pure blood from her body, so she wanted the little lady to eat this peach, but later The little lady ran away, and this strange fruit was left behind.”

"Can I ask, why does your eldest lady do this? What makes her not hesitate to hurt her biological sister." Xue was surprised. They say blood is thicker than water, but why do blood relatives always turn against each other? This kind of thing is just like his father Doflamingo and Uncle Cora.

The old lady felt it was both sad and hateful: "The eldest lady fell in love with a man. He said that the eldest lady should wait for his return. If the eldest lady is still as beautiful as when they first met, he will marry her. The eldest lady How much I love that man, in order to keep my youth forever, I do not hesitate to irrigate myself with the blood of pure virgins."

Ika Ku crossed his arms and said: "This is too ridiculous. Besides, this man is definitely not a good person. Maybe he just wants to deceive your eldest lady's feelings."

"I don't know, but if it weren't for that person, I don't think the eldest lady would be like this. Every time I see those girls who died tragically, I feel very sad. The Earl was a good man and so kind. .”

Xue lowered her head to drink water, thinking, if it is true that such a hateful person must have some pity.