One Piece Codex

"Hey hey hey~ No way, you are the one here to assassinate me?"

A sudden voice sounded from behind.

【what? ! 】

Lorna trembled with shock, turned around suddenly, and found Walker, dressed as a guard, standing at the door with a playful expression on his face.

Walker licked his lips and said, "Okay, come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was suddenly the sound of chaotic footsteps upstairs and downstairs.Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen pirates dressed as guards appeared out of nowhere and blocked the bedroom door.

It was obvious that they had all been hidden in advance.

News of the assassination is revealed!

【damn it! 】

Lorna calmly backed away toward the window.

The second floor was not high, so even if she was injured after jumping, she would not be incapacitated, and with Levi's sniper support, she still had a glimmer of hope.

But she didn't notice that a group of people had gathered downstairs and were scattered below the window.

All of this seems to have been a trap from the beginning, a trap waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Lorna was just about to grab the window and escape, but a familiar face that shouldn't exist but did appear behind the crowd stopped her in her tracks.

【Girod!He, why didn't he die? !Could it be...]

Her eyes widened in disbelief.But she reacted quickly.

【This is a trap!The one on the bed is a substitute! 】

Lorna didn't hesitate, raised her hand and fired several shots in Girod's direction.

When she fired, she aimed hastily and the bullet did not hit Girod in the back of the crowd.

"sieve!"

Of course, Walker would not be idle. He turned into an afterimage and disappeared instantly.

"Snapped!"

"Crack."

Everyone saw a black shadow flash past. Walker knocked the weapon out of Lorna's hand at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to see clearly, and by the way, Lorna's hand holding the gun was also disabled.

When he looked again, Lorna was already being held in mid-air by his neck.

"What a disobedient brat."

Walker chuckled.

"Damn it!... Uh-huh!"

Lorna's right hand was bent back at an incredible angle, and the pain from the dislocation made cold sweat break out on her forehead.

[That beast is not dead yet!Must escape! 】

She struggled desperately, but faced the "werewolf" Walker with a huge gap in strength.He is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and any struggle is of no use.

Immediately afterwards, a huge force came from his neck.Walker's vice-like claws pinched Lorna until she almost suffocated.

Simultaneously.

In the shadow of the bell tower a thousand meters away.

Under the mask was Levi's extremely solemn face.

Through the sniper scope, he could only see the struggling Lorna and half of Walker's arm.

Not only that, Girod's palace had just been surrounded by soldiers and entered a state of alert, and it seemed that more people would arrive.

Things have developed far beyond his expectations.

Levi was thinking about countermeasures rapidly in his mind, when the familiar voice of Girod suddenly came from the phone bug.

"Boy, who sent you to kill me?"

In a simple sentence, Levi quickly came to two conclusions.

[Girod is not dead, and he doesn’t know that I am the mastermind behind this. 】

While thinking about it, Levi aimed the sniper scope at Lorna's struggling and shaking head, and at the same time placed his finger on the trigger, as if ready to press it at any time.

Whenever Lorna showed any signs of exposing his name, Levi would shoot without hesitation.

They had known each other for only a week, and it was impossible to say that they had a deep relationship.

Levi would not say that Lorna was not his friend against his will, but compared to himself and his family, this friendship was far from enough.

Moreover, he had confessed from the beginning that the price of this mission might be death, and the other party agreed without hesitation, but he did not say how he would die.

Levi is a man of his word.

He had promised that Girod would not live long.

Even if he had to kill Lorna, he would stick to his sniper position until he killed Girod.

in the bedroom.

"Broad!...Ahem!"

Feeling that the strength on her neck was loosening, Lorna coughed and gasped for air, and her face that was originally bruised from suffocation gradually turned red.

“Poor boy, even though you have committed an unforgivable death penalty, it is known that Andre Girod is a kind and merciful Highness.

I can forgive your ignorance, after all, smart people are never on the wrong side.

...just say the person's name. "

Girod stared at Lorna and said thoughtfully.

When he spoke, his eyes shone slightly, as if he was expecting something.

Lorna stared at Girod, her eyes filled with scarlet bloodshot eyes, and the other person's hypocrisy made her feel extremely ridiculous.

She snorted disdainfully and continued to struggle, trying to break free from Walker's grasp.The struggle was in vain, but she still chose to struggle and resist.

"Clap."

A silver gemstone necklace slipped out of his pocket and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

【Levi...】

Lorna was startled, and the figure of the young man appeared in her mind.

When did you first meet that guy?

Is it at the boulder?

It seems to be earlier. It seems that a long time ago, there was always a guy running up the mountain alone at a time.

【What a strange person...But he is also a very reliable person. 】

Lorna raised the corners of her mouth slightly and spat hard on Walker's face.

"Pooh!"

Before he could dodge, the saliva splashed into Walker's face.

"Hey."

His little patience had been exhausted by this ignorant boy.

"Behave, boy!"

A heavy punch hit Lorna hard in the stomach.

"Well!……"

Lorna flew out backwards, hit the corner, grunted, and fell to the ground again.

She twitched twice on the ground, and blood dripped from the corner of her mouth.

【it hurts……】

Girod: "Walker, be gentle, this kid will be useful later."

"Don't worry, she won't die. I just want her to calm down." Walker said impatiently.

After struggling to get up from the ground, Lorna looked around at the people around her with cold eyes.

"Kill me if you dare, you beast!"

Girod frowned slightly and said in an unhappy tone:

"Boy, I'll give you double the benefits Jimmy gave you, as long as you tell the truth."

[Andre Jimmy, the missing second prince? 】

Lorna was stunned, something seemed to be strange.The other party actually didn't know that he would assassinate him. The reason why he set up an ambush in advance was to deal with Jimmy.

There seemed to be lightning flashing across her mind, and her eyes lit up.

[The second prince wants to assassinate the eldest prince! 】

Jimmy is usually known as a playboy in the kingdom, and even Lorna, who lives in the slums outside the city, has heard about it.Compared with Girod, he is only bad on the surface, while Girod is bad in the shadows.

It's not a good thing anyway, so it's better to let them dog eat dog.

Moreover, following Girod's wishes and throwing the mastermind behind the scenes to the second prince, there seems to be a chance of his own survival!

Lorna rolled her eyes and immediately pretended to be hesitant.

"Three, three times, I want three times the reward."

It has to be said that in desperate situations, people can often do things they can't do normally. Take Lorna now, for example, she almost perfectly interprets her greedy and submissive face.

The corners of Girod's mouth raised slightly.

"no problem."

He readily agreed.You are not afraid that the other party will ask for money, but you are afraid that the other party will not want money.

"So, who is the mastermind behind all this?——"

"Andre Jimmy, he asked me to kill you." Lorna said immediately.

"Well, it turns out that my brother is the mastermind behind everything. He actually wants to attack me, my brother."

Girod sighed deeply, and his expression gradually became "lonely and sad".A completely different look from just now, with a heartbroken look.

After sighing "sadly", he turned sideways to a helmeted soldier in different attire.

"Captain Nat, I believe that with your eyesight, it is not difficult to see that this kid is not the person I specially arranged, and she has obviously received professional killing training.

Although I can't believe that Jimmy would do this, now that the evidence is conclusive, let's ask my father to make the decision. "

The helmeted soldier's name is Nat, one of the king's exclusive guards. He was temporarily transferred over by Girod on the grounds that he was a witness.

Nat, under the silver helmet, had an expressionless face. He looked left and right, then nodded:

"His Majesty the King is on his way."