[One Piece] Almighty staff

Today's weather is very good, the sky is blue, the clouds are light and thin layer by layer, the sun is warm, and the wind is gentle.

Even Rab no longer violently hits the red soil continent, and quietly basks in the sun with his huge white belly turned over.

The lighthouse is too small for sunlight to penetrate.After eating lunch, Kulokas lay on the deck chair at the bottom of the tower to bask in the sun, and the bowl was left at his feet. He decided to wait until he woke up to clean up.

The waves beat against the rocks softly, Rab breathed out a mouthful of water vapor lightly, Kulocas closed his eyes, and heard a small "hush", as if someone wanted to quiet the huge island whale.

Kulocas raised his eyelids a little, and saw a small broken raft slowly passing under Rab's eyelids.The blue and white strips of the raft are very rough in shape, and it seems that they were torn off by force and used as ropes.There were a few rags wrapped around the tail of the raft, floating left and right with the current.

Sitting on it was a dwarf with a huge package on his back. The package blocked the figure tightly, only his black and bright curly hair was exposed, and he was paddling very vigorously with a wide and thick wooden board as an oar. .

Kurokas closed his eyes again without much interest.

Iron-clad warships may not be able to cross the reversed mountain with their tails intact. Such a small broken raft is either a distressed person who comes here to rest and recuperate, or a curious boy who doesn't know where and comes to join in the fun.

Seeing that the little paddle was paddling very vigorously, he probably didn't suffer any injuries.

Kulocas basked in the sun for a while, and didn't feel sleepy, so he paid attention to the movement of the small raft again.Unexpectedly, the other party's movements were small, and there were waves of waves around him, so he didn't hear anything.

He thought he was very courageous, and he didn't even hum when he saw Rab.Opening his eyes, he saw that the little curly had already touched the shore without a sound, and stepped on the ground with one foot.

Kurokas: "You..."

The little curly hair fluttering in the wind stopped and slowly lifted up, revealing a pair of big round blue eyes.

Kurokas couldn't lie down anymore, he sat up suddenly: "Child?!"

A small wave came, and the broken raft shook. Little Curly slipped his feet and fell into the water with his head up.

Kurokas: "!!!"

He rushed forward, stretched his old waist and stretched out his hands, the bright blue eyes of the little curly hair looked at him hesitantly, and the short arms suddenly and quickly pulled the big bag off his back.

Kurokas: There's a show!It won't sink if you lose your bag!

Kulocas took another two steps forward, feeling something was wrong, why did the kid lift the bag?

He opened his mouth: "Eh...?"

The huge dark green backpack flew into the air, Kulocas was still running forward, his hands stretched out to save Curly, but his eyes couldn't help following the flying backpack——

"boom!"

The backpack fell straight down and hit Kurokas heavily in the face.When Kurokas's eyes darkened and his head hit the ground, he just heard a "plop", and the little curly hair also fell into the water.

Kulokas opened his backpack in a daze, and just as he stood up, a big wave hit him, chilling him from head to toe.The waves rushed to the sky wrapped in the little curly hair, and the little curly hair hugged his legs into a ball, turned twice in the air, and landed firmly behind him with both feet on the ground.

It turned out that Rab flapped his tail fin just now, which caused a huge wave, and the current sent the little curly hair ashore from the sea.

The little curly milk voice was crisp and loud: "Thank you, Big Fish!"

Rab whimpered happily and spun in a circle, and another big wave hit Kulocas.

Kulocas's nosebleeds mixed with seawater flowed all over his mouth: "..."

What happened in the past few days when he went out to shop?

The little curly hair "da da da" ran to Kurokas, the chubby held the big dark green backpack tightly, and his round blue eyes were bright and clear, sincerely reflecting Kurokas's distressed figure: " Thank you, grandpa. Hello grandpa, I am Lili, temporarily borrowing... um..."

Little Curly Molly thought for a while, and finally said cheerfully: "I've been living here for several days! But I haven't boarded a suitable boat. I have to stay for a few more days. Please take care of me\(≧▽≦)/ ~"

Kulocas took the small curly facial tissue to wipe the nosebleed, and listened to him explaining the cause.

A week ago, Lili, a child who was out on a trip, crashed into a boat and fell into the mountain when he was on a boat with his sister Leah who was on annual leave.The little curly Maulili fell back into the great waterway, while the elder sister Liya fell into a certain river, and it was unknown which sea area was washed into by the current, and her life and death were unknown.

The crew tore their clothes and made a simple raft to row to a nearby island to contact the owner of the ship, but there was no news from the owner.Lili decided to look for his sister by himself, so he began to squat at the foot of the inverted mountain, hoping to take a reliable boat to the world.

It's a pity that after squatting for so many days, there are many pirate ships entering the great route from the four seas, but there are not many ships going from the great route to the four seas, and they are all pirate ships.

Lili bears in mind the teachings of his sister and teacher, never approach pirates, and if possible, notify the nearby navy as soon as possible.

He went to the nearest small island to buy food every day, and he had already found out clearly.There is no naval base near Upside Down Mountain, and the nearest branch is far away in the sea.According to Liya, the day lily would be cold when the other party sent troops over.

When Kulocas heard this, he couldn't help raising his hand to interrupt Lili: "Have you been here these two days?"

Although he only came back this morning, he also read the newspapers and found out that the new admiral of the Navy Headquarters left the great sea route and went to an unknown sea area among the four seas.

But no matter which sea area you go to, you have to go upside down in the east, west, north and south.

If Lili has been here for the past few days, there is no reason why he can't meet the navy's warship.As an ordinary citizen on the great sea route, if you try to ask the navy to take a ride for a while, the other party will tell you whether you agree or not. It is impossible to embarrass a mere child.How come I haven't seen it after hearing the description of the little curly hair?

Li Li's blue eyes are very sincere, it doesn't look like he is lying to him: "Yes, I have been here all the time!"

Kurokas scratched his chin in wonder, didn't he go to the world?

Or did you not take the road of Upside Down Mountain?

Kulocas himself immediately dispelled this conjecture.If you don't go upside-down mountain, don't you go through the windless belt?That's impossible.A ship of soldiers is so popular that it is impossible for a warship to come out of the sea king's lair.

That guy in the Warring States Period is very deceitful. He has only been in office for a few days, and the position of Admiral of the Navy has not yet been warmed up.It's not that something big happened, and I will never let a general-level warship carry soldiers to die easily.

Then it is more credible that the false report of the newspaper is true. The place where the admiral is going may not be the four seas outside the great route.As for where he was going and why he used newspapers to cover up his true whereabouts, who knew if there was any secret operation.

Kulocas shook his head, not thinking about what the navy was going to do again.He is not interested in knowing, nor capable of asking.

After the Roger Pirates were disbanded, most of the crew members went their separate ways.As Captain Roger expected, they tacitly never took the initiative to contact their former partners, because they were afraid of attracting the attention of the world government and navy and destroying the hard-won peaceful life.

The little curly said that he had lived here for several days, but with Kulocas' keen observation as a doctor, he didn't find any traces of life nearby.He also inspected the newly built islands in Tain and Rab as soon as he came back, and they were the same as before he left.

Kulocas's eyes scanned the surroundings over and over again, but finally found nothing.

He wondered, "Where do you live these days?"

Lili was taking off his rubber-soled cloth shoes, which had long been crumpled by the seawater, and drying them in the sun.Hearing Kulocas' question, Lili ran to the bottom of the tower with bare feet and moved away a big stone that a child could just hug with his hands.

Then, under Kulocas' disbelieving eyes, he easily and quickly dug out a hole that was big enough for adults to get in and out along the bottom edge of the tower!

Lili stood up and patted the dirt on his hands, and shyly invited Kurokas: "Grandpa, would you like to come in for a glass of water? The house is relatively small and a bit dark, but Lili cleaned it very well!"

Kulocas: "..."

Don't you want to stay for a few days?How did you dig a house?

The soil of the laterite continent is actually very hard.

Thinking about Reversing Mountain, there are not very few forces with special methods and top navigators. Unless they have absolute strength, most people still depend on luck.

Ships have been coming and going for so many years, wouldn't anyone be tempted to dig a hole in the red earth continent?

Of course there is, and the world government even tried it, but it was only after actually trying it that it was discovered that this idea is not realistic.

The Red Earth Continent is huge and generous as a whole, and it is one thing to be a natural behemoth that is rare to see on the sea.The soil texture of this ocean dividing line is hard, and the difficulty of construction with existing construction machinery is also an important reason.

In the entire Upside Down Mountain, there is only one building, the lighthouse, which was built by a great power after careful calculation and design, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources.

However, the world has changed, and that force has been involved in the chaotic torrent of the times, and has no time to care about the small lighthouse beside the inverted mountain.The lighthouse has been acquired by different forces several times, forgotten several times, and repaired and processed several times to become stronger.

The tower keeper has changed several times, and the last time the lighthouse was repaired was by Kulokas himself. Since then, he has been guarding the lighthouse and repairing it.No one knows better than him how deep and firm the Taki is.

Kurokasto walked to the bottom of the tower with heavy steps, and looked at the cave that was dug next to the tower, feeling very strange.

The most vulnerable place in the entire Red Earth Continent may be the land at the bottom of the tower.After all, after the foundation of the tower was built, someone opened up the land once every few years for routine inspection and maintenance.

As for Kurokas himself, he drove it twice with difficulty.

He looked at the little curly hair strangely. The curly hair on his head was still straight and black after falling into the water, and his eyes were shining innocently and brightly.

The Red Earth Continent is so big, he was looking for a place to dig a hole, but he chose the most suitable place.

Kurokas looked up, and the intense light in the afternoon was mostly blocked by the tower, and shone into the dark part of the cave, making the bottom of the pit look very shallow.

Kulocas looked at the little curls in the blue eyes that danced with sincerity and anticipation, and hesitantly stretched out his foot and stepped into the cave.Then he slid down and sat down on a soft thing that he didn't know what it was, and the touch of his fingers touching the surroundings was also very smooth.

In the light of the sky above the hole, Kurokas saw that the cave he was in was surrounded by dark green, and the thick cloth separated the soil, opening up a small dark but dry and clean space.

The top of the head was dark, and the little curly hair also crawled down, pulled a round cloth to cover the hole on the top of the head, and reached out to turn on the sailboat-shaped children's night light hanging in the center of the small cave.

The situation in the cave was immediately clearly displayed in front of Kurokas.

To be precise, he is sitting in a dark green mountaineering tent.The tent is not small enough for three adults to lie side by side.The round cloth that the little curly hair just pulled up is actually the skylight on the top of the tent.

Under his buttocks sat a gray polka-dot cushion that didn't match the overall style of the tent.Toiletries and clean clothes were neatly placed in one corner of the tent, and next to it stood an engineering shovel taller than Curly, which was still vaguely stained with sand.

This is... really dug a home (-i_-).

Kulocas turned his face and saw that the zipper for the entrance and exit of the tent was on the right hand side.He crawled over and opened the zipper, and sure enough, he saw the smooth base of the body.

After checking up and down, Kurokas was slightly relieved.As expected, the base of the tower is still very intact, and it is still buried very deep.Compared with the depth and firmness of the foundation of the tower, the small pit dug by Lili is not worth mentioning at all.

He looked around and guessed that the little curly should have dug a hole at the bottom of the tower that was big enough to accommodate the opening of the tent, and then unfolded the tent in the hole.

Lili rummaged through the huge package he carried back for a while, and fiddled with Kurokas for a while, then politely handed him a blue bear water glass, and entertained him skillfully: "It's hot, drink some It's ice!"

Kulocas took the water glass, thinking that Curly's tone of voice was really like that of a bartender in a nearby island bar, and took a sip of iced milk unexpectedly.

Kulocas: "..."

The temperature underground is low and there is no wind.In the afternoon, lighting the night light in the dark cave, drinking iced milk with Little Curly, Kulocas actually tasted a bit of comfort in the silence.

Little Curly was drinking milk, and suddenly sighed deeply.

Kurokas: "Huh?"

Lili: "How time flies."

Kulocas: "..."

Lili: "Grandpa, what's your name?"

Kurokas: "Kurokas."

Lili: "Grandpa Kurokas, do you have a sister?"

Kulocas: "No."

Lili: "What a pity."

Kurokas: "...It's okay."

Lili: "I miss my sister so much."

Kulocas sincerely comforted: "Maybe he is still alive."

Lili: "Grandpa Kulocas, you really can't speak."

Kulocas: "..."

Little bunny!

----

North Sea.

Crane hung up the phone and looked at the pale blue-eyed girl who was on a drip: "You heard it too, that's it."

Leah frowned deeply: "No, Rosindi can't fool Doflamingo."

He paused, and said softly: "But his work has been done very well in the past few years."

She is the person who has the most contact with the Don Quixote Pirates here, and she really can't pretend to be ignorant to comfort Leah by saying that Doflamingo will never find anything.

"Blood relationship is the key reason for Rossindi's trust in Doflamingo, but it will not be his life-saving talisman."

The cold liquid flows through the hose and into the thin blue blood vessels.Leah sat in a wheelchair and wrapped herself tightly in a blanket: "Doflamingo, he is not someone who will be bound by blood. How much he values ​​Rosindi now, when the truth is exposed, he will bring out the corresponding amount of cruelty and cruelty." Decide."

Crane looked out the window, and the ship of the Don Quixote Pirates had disappeared. She sighed softly and did not speak.

"He's in the Navy."

Sakaski listened to the whole process behind Leah, and his military rank and status didn't matter whether he knew about this kind of secret.His attitude was so calm that it was almost cruel: "This is his task."

He said gently: "This is a secret mission based on his voluntary establishment. It is also Rosindi's wish to stop his brother from doing evil."

Sakaski's voice was full of disapproval: "Don't spoil her, this is not something you can do willful."

It was extremely quiet in the cabin for a while.

Major General Gion coughed lightly, raised his head and said to Leah, "Speaking of which, Leah doesn't know yet. Sakaski has already been promoted to general."

In someone else's territory, it's not good to embarrass the host.Leah smiled apologetically at Gion, followed her words and turned her head to Sakalski with a sweet smile: "I saw it in the newspaper. Congratulations on your promotion, General Sakalski."

In the final analysis, she was the only one who was worried and opposed to Rosindi's matter.Be it Sakaski, Crane, or Warring States, even Rossindi himself is well aware of the danger of this mission and has no objection.They don't think there's anything wrong with it.

It is a natural duty to go undercover in the pirate group, obtain information, and prevent the pirates from harming civilians.The value gained in this is completely worth the risk of a navy's life.

They are the Navy.

Leah's life itself is built around the presence of the Navy.But at this moment, she clearly felt the estrangement between her and the navy in this attachment relationship.

In Leah's subconscious mind, the navy and the world government are always one. She depends on this behemoth to survive, but she cannot trust it wholeheartedly.The sense of belonging that Marlin Fando people should have is as fragile as a thin piece of paper, and if one day it is pierced, nothing will be left.

In any case, the navy had indeed blessed her and Lili to survive in troubled times with safety and quality for many years. This idea was too ungrateful, and Leah ashamedly wiped out the dissatisfaction caused by the different positions.

She changed the question with the same concern: "How is Lili? Have you contacted Lieutenant General Garp?"

A trace of annoyance appeared on Leah's face: "He must be very worried. Sakaski, I want to borrow your phone bug."

This time, not only Tsuru and Gion, but even Sakaski fell silent for a moment.

He got up and held the handle of the wheelchair: "Go back and talk."

Liya nodded and sincerely thanked He: "I'm sorry to trouble you today, Lieutenant General He. Thank you for the clothes you prepared."

Back on the warship that Sakalski had upgraded at the same time after his promotion, Liya asked suspiciously, "Sakalski, where is Mr. Adjutant? Why are there only so few people on board?"

Sakasky pressed the brim of his hat: "I asked him to take someone to perform an important task."

Leah turned her eyes away, pointing to a luxury cruise ship chained to the back of the warship, she could see the naval soldiers standing guard on it: "That is...?"

Sakarski: "People trafficking ships from non-alliance countries abducted many children in the three allied countries in the North Sea. They caught them along the way."

Leah nodded, it really should be caught.

Pirates' world order is out of balance, and slavery is justified in many countries.In her world, human traffickers, who everyone wants to cut to pieces, are still considered a profession here, and some countries even issue business licenses.The brutality is evident.

But Leah soon lost the mood to spurn the traffickers.There was something wrong with Lili, and Sakalski said little. She learned about it from Bogart through the phone bug, and her tired face became paler and paler because of illness.

The water was almost finished, and Liya did not ask the nurses of the medical team for help. She took out the needle and took a cotton swab to press the wound, and barely stood up from the wheelchair: "I want to go to Upside Down Mountain."

Sakaski pressed her shoulder: "You have to go back to Marin Vandor, now."

Liya's eyes were full of anxiety: "When I find Lili, I will..."

Sakarski interrupted her, not to be denied: "You have to go back and be investigated."

Liya was stunned, and looked at him inexplicably: "Is it because I have contact with the Don Quixote Pirates? Or..."

"On the day when O'Hara launched the demon-slaying order, all phone bug frequencies will be intercepted and copied." Sakaski's voice was extremely cold: "The world government has been investigating for a long time, and found you along one of the frequencies. .”

Leah slowly grasped the armrest of the wheelchair to support her weak body.

Sakarski said in a low voice but firmly: "You must go back to accept the investigation immediately. The longer the time is delayed, the worse the situation will be. This is related to whether you can stay in the navy in the future."

Liya raised her eyes, her blue pupils were calm and firm: "There is nothing more important than Lili's safety."

Sakaski's black eyes darkened under the brim of his hat: "Leave this matter to me. All the plainclothes soldiers on the ship were scattered all over the world to find his whereabouts."

Leah: "No news for almost a week?"

Sakalski: "It won't be long. You go back."

Liya stood with downcast eyes for a while, then sat back slowly: "Let me contact Teacher Zefa."

Sakalski looked down at her frowned eyebrows, and there was a slight cold alienation in the calmness.

"Teacher Zefa has been notified, and he will help to pay attention."

Leah shook her head, her eyes still on the floor: "I want to contact him."

Sakalski took a deep look at her, left the phone bug behind, turned and went out.

Leah let out a breath and pressed her forehead with a headache.

Sure enough, you can't talk nonsense, and bad things can't stand talking.She had just lied to Doflamingo that she was carrying O'Hara's secret, but the government really came to her with this excuse.

A word becomes a prophecy.

Having been together with Sakalski for several years, they both have a deep understanding of each other's personalities.It is impossible for her to go back to Marin Fando obediently, and he will never let her procrastinate.

From the moment she boarded the ship, this spacious and comfortable cabin was a cage.

He is willing to indulge her in all ordinary and big matters.It is not unforgivable to go shopping in the Pirate's Den even for a while.A little weak and coquettish, he softened his heart, raised it high and put it down gently.

Over the years, she has intentionally gotten close, acted coquettishly and self-willed with a half-open heart, and taught him to be a family member instead of a boss intentionally or unintentionally.When he was young, Chiquan's defense was not strong enough to deliberately guard against the weak and sincere little girl, so he was inadvertently pushed back to the bottom line step by step.

Now she stepped on a minefield that would shake the absolute rule of the world government and navy. Although the facts were still unclear, she did violate his bottom line.Not being shackled and put in a real prison immediately, it can be considered that the sincerity of these years has achieved remarkable results.

Liya felt that she should feel very relieved, but perhaps because of her illness, her willpower was much weaker, and her heart was filled with sourness and exhaustion.

This emotion is too unfamiliar, and the disaster should not be imagined at the moment.Leah closed her eyes, suppressing the strange feeling.

Teacher Zefa is a reliable character and loves Lili very much. After receiving the news, I am afraid that he has already turned the world upside down in the South China Sea.There is not much time, so she should think about how to find rescuers.

It was the first time to take her younger brother on a long trip, Liya was well-prepared, Lieutenant General Garp's private number was memorized by force and Lili.Karp is more or less responsible for this matter, and it is not too much to ask him to help out.

The important thing is that Sakaski may not be able to beat the naval hero at this time.Among other things, Lieutenant General Garp is absolutely reliable in fighting.