The bloody hand Mary of the pirate
Chapter 119: The art of violet blue and white wax figures
"74th Street of the Third Island..."
Mary asked nearby passers-by and followed the flow of people. After almost an hour of stumbling, Mary found the location of the exhibition.
Looking at the celebrities wearing designer brands, Mary couldn't help but be speechless.
"It seems like this group is really famous. So many people come here to see it?"
The faces of people coming in and out were full of excitement and admiration, and these expressions inevitably aroused Mary's curiosity.
Artists from the One Piece world are quite curious.
This exhibition is free and can be entered without a ticket.After fumbling to find the entrance, Mary entered the wax museum behind an aristocratic couple.
As soon as she entered the wax museum, Mary's attention was immediately attracted by the many wax figures displayed on both sides of the corridor.
"This is...Whitebeard?"
"Marshal of the Warring States?"
"Hawkeye Mihawk?"
"Fuck!"
Mary looked around in surprise, and familiar faces came into view.
Hearing the exclamations of tourists, Mary also felt a sense of admiration.
Every wax statue she saw was lifelike, and she could even see the twinkling light in the eyes of these wax statues, making the whole statue come alive.
These are not statues, they are clearly living people!
With this mood, Mary became more and more curious about the creators of these statues and went deeper.
"Moonlight Moria, Bartholomew Bear..."
They looked over one by one, and as they were walking, suddenly, an extremely familiar appearance appeared in front of Mary's eyes.
The movement of her feet stagnated, and the name she silently muttered also stopped.
"This is...no way..."
She lowered her head and looked at the introduction under the statue.
[Zzisław Kuhlman "Zimu"]
[The former legendary officer in the North Sea had a legendary naval battle record in which a thousand troops defeated a local force of [-].He disappeared after the Shikokuzan War and is now in the navy as a member of the "Golden Generation". 】
This wax figure of Kuhlman is probably the heroic figure of Kuhlman decades ago. His face has much less vicissitudes than it does now, and has a bit more youthful spirit.The snow-white military uniform on his body is not the standard uniform of the navy, but it is enough to show the demeanor of a general in his movements.
"Was this guy so handsome before? He doesn't look like the same old man at all."
Mary looked at the statue with stunned words.
Turn around and look over again.
[Jade Spear] Enxia, [Violet] Ai Xi, [Silver Fish] Dasqi, [Vegetarian Lion] Paul.
Then--
["Bloody Hands" Mary Vinicius]
[The leader of the "Golden Generation" of the Navy, the strongest supernova among the new generation of the sea, once defeated Crocodile, the "Sand Crocodile" of the Shichibukai, and led the Golden Generation to defeat the extremely evil generation. 】
"Sure enough, we all have statues?"
Mary couldn't help but shake her head and laugh. She didn't expect that she also had a statue...
Thinking of this, she looked back at this row of statues with some emotion.
Unknowingly, can I be considered a prominent figure in the world of One Piece?
Looking back, Mary looked at the statue carefully.
In the performance of this statue, Mary lowers her head slightly, holds the front brim of her military cap with her left hand, and tightens the cinch of her left glove with her right hand. Her cloak seems to be dancing wildly in the storm, and her golden hair is also dancing with the wind.The slight steps he took seemed to be moving forward. The crimson lines on his skin, the cold expression on his face and his sharp eyes made the statue look extremely powerful.
Even compared with several elite navy lieutenants around him, he is not inferior.
'interesting……'
Mary looked at this gesture and subconsciously touched her chin.
It looks very intimidating, but I probably haven't done this action before.
Was this designed by the sculptor himself?There is a set.
While thinking about it, Mary made this action.
Then, when her face changed slightly, a ferocious aura and the temperament of a superior person without anger and self-respect were naturally revealed.
For a moment, everyone around him felt an inexplicable chill.
A couple noticed what was going on here. The woman crossed her arms in confusion at first, then looked at Mary curiously, measured herself and said to her husband:
"Hey, why is it so cold... Look at that little girl, she's following the same example, it's quite interesting."
"Yeah, they look quite similar."
The man nodded in agreement.
However, as soon as he said this sentence, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Then, the couple's expressions suddenly changed.
The dust around Mary seemed to be affected by some invisible force and sank to the ground, unable to float at all.The still Mary in the white dress stands opposite the Mary in the black dress as if she is in a storm, creating a wonderful picture of movement and stillness interlaced with black and white.
The man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked a little horrified and shouted:
"This, this is Mary!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place suddenly became quiet. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their eyes focused on Mary.
At this time, Mary also withdrew her eyes from the statue, turned around, looked around at everyone, and nodded slightly.
"Hello..."
"Ahhh-"
Before Mary could finish her words, she was interrupted by a flurry of exclamations.
Looking at the quickly retreating crowd and the looks of admiration and admiration mixed with fear and resistance on their faces, Mary began to think about something.
Hmm... aren't you a navy?How could you feel scared?
Is it possible that I killed too many people?During this time, I feel like I have restrained myself.
What Mary didn't know was that maybe Morgans wanted to create a topic. All her photos were bloody and extremely spooky.Moreover, the photos taken when publishing the newspaper were usually taken when she was fighting or just after the battle, so her expression and physical features looked extremely strange.
Especially in the battle in Shampoo, the scene of the final use of Tian Tiansheng and countless black flame swords falling from the sky was very much like the day of judgment brought by the devil.Most religious believers who saw this scene could not sleep at night.
Even the common people, when they saw Mary's ferocious temperament, were glad that the pirates were severely punished, but they also felt trembling with fear towards the navy's rookie.
Although Mary was overwhelmed by the steady stream of feared people being harvested in front of her, and harvesting fearful people on a large scale was what she wanted to do at first, the feeling of being feared by the people she protected was really uncomfortable.
Instead, Mary just looked at everyone in silence. As a result, the panic not only did not stop, but intensified.
Just when Mary didn't know what to do for a moment, shouts of dissatisfaction came from outside the crowded crowd.
"Hey, hey, what's going on? Why is there such a commotion?"
"Everyone line up and spread out, otherwise don't blame me for putting you on the blacklist!"
A man shouted, and just from the lines, Mary could tell that this was the organizer of the exhibition.
Moreover, it should be the uncle named Hyacinth.
However, listening to this somewhat familiar tone, Mary's expression became a little... subtle.
"What are you doing!"
The crowd showed no sign of dispersing, and the man squeezed into the crowd with annoyance and confusion.
He wants to see who messed up his wax display.
Then, after squeezing out of the crowd and standing in the front row, he cursed and raised his head:
"Who is causing trouble here... uh..."
Looking at the person in front of him, half of what the man said was choked back in his throat.
Mary looked at the man in front of her with a strange expression, and for a moment, the two looked at each other speechlessly.
After a while, Mary spoke quietly:
"Won't you ask me to sit down, Galtino?"
……
"Please sit down, please sit down, come on, come on, sit here..."
Mary silently followed Galtino's movements and sat on the sofa.
Galtino hurriedly ran to pour tea.
Looking at the well-dressed guy in front of her, Mary became a little interested.
Gar Dino, partner of "missgoldenweek".A plastic artist whose symbol is a crocodile in the shape of a "3". He adds "~ガネ" at the end of his words when he speaks. He likes to make his enemies into candle dolls.
Used to work in Baroque Studio, codenamed mr.3, ability is Wax Fruit.In the later big prison break operation, he joined the prison break wave, and later seemed to follow Bucky.
Speaking of which, during the Battle of Alabasta, according to the original timeline, Galtino should have been in the sea near the Little Garden at that time.
In other words, they may have missed that battle.
Because of this, he escaped without going to jail?
Wait, if Galtino escaped, then his partner...
Hyacinths, gypsophila, I see, that gypsophila is Miss. Golden Week Mariano?
Just when Mary thought of this, the door of Galtino's office suddenly opened violently.
"Gartino, I'm out of paint!"
The little girl's angry voice came from the door.
Mary turned to look and saw a little girl wearing a brown-red hat and two cute braids, pouting and shouting at Galtino.
Before Mary could react, Galtino was so frightened that he rushed over and covered Marianu's mouth.
"Idiot, didn't you see that I was greeting important guests..."
"But I ran out of paint!"
"you!……"
"OK OK."
Seeing that the elder and the younger were about to argue, Mary waved her hand and said to Galtino impatiently:
"Hurry up and finish your matters, then come and talk to me."
"I'll give you two minutes."
After saying that, Mary picked up the tea that Galtino had just made and lay down on the sofa leisurely.
Marianu also noticed Mary at this time, but the little painter either didn't watch the news very much, or his memory was not very good. He just glanced at Mary curiously and said nothing more.
"Okay, I'll go, I'll go."
Galtino quickly wiped his sweat, quickly took Marianu's hand and left.
Mary didn't think much about it. She spread her eyes and watched the two of them, and then she began to quietly close her eyes and rest.
Fortunately, Galtino was still very honest. Maybe he also understood that he could not escape from the eyes of someone who could defeat his boss, so he wandered back to his office without making too many small moves.
Then, he sat down in front of Mary very formally.
At the same time, Mary opened her eyes and stared directly at Galtino.
Galtino shuddered and straightened his back immediately.
Silence for a long time.
"Gartino, I'll give you two choices."
Mary knocked on the table and looked at him intently.
"One, surrender yourself to the Navy Headquarters. Marianu, I will send her to the Navy Headquarters, Lieutenant General He, for discipline."
"And if I beat you until you surrender, Marianu will do the same."
"You should be lucky. Your wax figure is well made. I don't want to cause any more trouble now."
After saying that, Mary lay down directly on the sofa and looked at Galtino with half-squinted eyes.
Now her murderous nature has been much restrained compared to when she first crossed over. Plus, she didn't want to cause trouble when she came to the island, so even if she saw a notorious prisoner with a bounty on his head, she would not take action immediately.
As for Marianu, first of all, she is too young and has great plasticity and possibility of transformation. If she is sent to Counselor He, she may be able to get on the right track.Secondly, her ability is indeed special, and being recruited into the navy can be regarded as a contribution to the navy.
Not to mention the official Shichibukai system of the navy itself, there are precedents for pirates to be transformed into the navy, such as Zangao.Considering that Marianu, a talented person who has basically no initiative to do evil and is relatively ignorant about the concept of good and evil, Mary still has some thoughts of recruiting.
As for Galtino, maybe prison is the best destination for this guy.
Mary drank her tea slowly, waiting for Galtino's reply.
I saw Galtino sitting on pins and needles.After a while, he spoke with difficulty and asked:
"I...can't I choose neither?"
"Ok?"
Upon hearing these words, Mary's eyes widened immediately, and a thick and piercing killing intent burst out of her body.
Galtino suddenly jumped up from his seat, waved his hands in panic and said:
"Don't, don't, don't get excited, take a look at this first..."
After saying that, Galtino hurriedly ran to his desk and rummaged for something.
Mary raised her eyebrows, but did not take action immediately, but looked at Galtino leisurely.
After a while, Galtino dug out a stack of things, breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to Mary, and handed the stack of papers to Mary.
"Look at it."
"This is……"
Mary picked up the stack of paper and found that it was actually a stack of photos.
The content on this stack of photos is...
Galtino poses with a group of smiling children.
Mary flipped through the photos one by one. Almost all of these photos were of this kind of scene. Sometimes they were photos of Galtino and children, and sometimes they were photos of Mariano and children.Each photo shows a different group of children.
"what is this?"
Mary asked with a frown.
"Ah hahaha, this is a photo of me and some children from the orphanage."
Galtino waved his hand quickly and said.
"I have been doing charity work during this period. Many of my works have been sold during this period, and I have allocated more than half of the money for charity!"
"Look!"
Galtino pointed to the pennants on the wall: "These are all given to me by the government!"
[Charity Ambassador of the Kingdom of Calvo] [Charity Ambassador of the Kingdom of Matisse]...
Dazzling.
"How about it, I think I don't need to be arrested and sent to jail now, right?"
Galtino said somewhat triumphantly.
In response to him, Mary said something a bit baffling:
"what?"
Mary asked nearby passers-by and followed the flow of people. After almost an hour of stumbling, Mary found the location of the exhibition.
Looking at the celebrities wearing designer brands, Mary couldn't help but be speechless.
"It seems like this group is really famous. So many people come here to see it?"
The faces of people coming in and out were full of excitement and admiration, and these expressions inevitably aroused Mary's curiosity.
Artists from the One Piece world are quite curious.
This exhibition is free and can be entered without a ticket.After fumbling to find the entrance, Mary entered the wax museum behind an aristocratic couple.
As soon as she entered the wax museum, Mary's attention was immediately attracted by the many wax figures displayed on both sides of the corridor.
"This is...Whitebeard?"
"Marshal of the Warring States?"
"Hawkeye Mihawk?"
"Fuck!"
Mary looked around in surprise, and familiar faces came into view.
Hearing the exclamations of tourists, Mary also felt a sense of admiration.
Every wax statue she saw was lifelike, and she could even see the twinkling light in the eyes of these wax statues, making the whole statue come alive.
These are not statues, they are clearly living people!
With this mood, Mary became more and more curious about the creators of these statues and went deeper.
"Moonlight Moria, Bartholomew Bear..."
They looked over one by one, and as they were walking, suddenly, an extremely familiar appearance appeared in front of Mary's eyes.
The movement of her feet stagnated, and the name she silently muttered also stopped.
"This is...no way..."
She lowered her head and looked at the introduction under the statue.
[Zzisław Kuhlman "Zimu"]
[The former legendary officer in the North Sea had a legendary naval battle record in which a thousand troops defeated a local force of [-].He disappeared after the Shikokuzan War and is now in the navy as a member of the "Golden Generation". 】
This wax figure of Kuhlman is probably the heroic figure of Kuhlman decades ago. His face has much less vicissitudes than it does now, and has a bit more youthful spirit.The snow-white military uniform on his body is not the standard uniform of the navy, but it is enough to show the demeanor of a general in his movements.
"Was this guy so handsome before? He doesn't look like the same old man at all."
Mary looked at the statue with stunned words.
Turn around and look over again.
[Jade Spear] Enxia, [Violet] Ai Xi, [Silver Fish] Dasqi, [Vegetarian Lion] Paul.
Then--
["Bloody Hands" Mary Vinicius]
[The leader of the "Golden Generation" of the Navy, the strongest supernova among the new generation of the sea, once defeated Crocodile, the "Sand Crocodile" of the Shichibukai, and led the Golden Generation to defeat the extremely evil generation. 】
"Sure enough, we all have statues?"
Mary couldn't help but shake her head and laugh. She didn't expect that she also had a statue...
Thinking of this, she looked back at this row of statues with some emotion.
Unknowingly, can I be considered a prominent figure in the world of One Piece?
Looking back, Mary looked at the statue carefully.
In the performance of this statue, Mary lowers her head slightly, holds the front brim of her military cap with her left hand, and tightens the cinch of her left glove with her right hand. Her cloak seems to be dancing wildly in the storm, and her golden hair is also dancing with the wind.The slight steps he took seemed to be moving forward. The crimson lines on his skin, the cold expression on his face and his sharp eyes made the statue look extremely powerful.
Even compared with several elite navy lieutenants around him, he is not inferior.
'interesting……'
Mary looked at this gesture and subconsciously touched her chin.
It looks very intimidating, but I probably haven't done this action before.
Was this designed by the sculptor himself?There is a set.
While thinking about it, Mary made this action.
Then, when her face changed slightly, a ferocious aura and the temperament of a superior person without anger and self-respect were naturally revealed.
For a moment, everyone around him felt an inexplicable chill.
A couple noticed what was going on here. The woman crossed her arms in confusion at first, then looked at Mary curiously, measured herself and said to her husband:
"Hey, why is it so cold... Look at that little girl, she's following the same example, it's quite interesting."
"Yeah, they look quite similar."
The man nodded in agreement.
However, as soon as he said this sentence, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Then, the couple's expressions suddenly changed.
The dust around Mary seemed to be affected by some invisible force and sank to the ground, unable to float at all.The still Mary in the white dress stands opposite the Mary in the black dress as if she is in a storm, creating a wonderful picture of movement and stillness interlaced with black and white.
The man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked a little horrified and shouted:
"This, this is Mary!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place suddenly became quiet. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their eyes focused on Mary.
At this time, Mary also withdrew her eyes from the statue, turned around, looked around at everyone, and nodded slightly.
"Hello..."
"Ahhh-"
Before Mary could finish her words, she was interrupted by a flurry of exclamations.
Looking at the quickly retreating crowd and the looks of admiration and admiration mixed with fear and resistance on their faces, Mary began to think about something.
Hmm... aren't you a navy?How could you feel scared?
Is it possible that I killed too many people?During this time, I feel like I have restrained myself.
What Mary didn't know was that maybe Morgans wanted to create a topic. All her photos were bloody and extremely spooky.Moreover, the photos taken when publishing the newspaper were usually taken when she was fighting or just after the battle, so her expression and physical features looked extremely strange.
Especially in the battle in Shampoo, the scene of the final use of Tian Tiansheng and countless black flame swords falling from the sky was very much like the day of judgment brought by the devil.Most religious believers who saw this scene could not sleep at night.
Even the common people, when they saw Mary's ferocious temperament, were glad that the pirates were severely punished, but they also felt trembling with fear towards the navy's rookie.
Although Mary was overwhelmed by the steady stream of feared people being harvested in front of her, and harvesting fearful people on a large scale was what she wanted to do at first, the feeling of being feared by the people she protected was really uncomfortable.
Instead, Mary just looked at everyone in silence. As a result, the panic not only did not stop, but intensified.
Just when Mary didn't know what to do for a moment, shouts of dissatisfaction came from outside the crowded crowd.
"Hey, hey, what's going on? Why is there such a commotion?"
"Everyone line up and spread out, otherwise don't blame me for putting you on the blacklist!"
A man shouted, and just from the lines, Mary could tell that this was the organizer of the exhibition.
Moreover, it should be the uncle named Hyacinth.
However, listening to this somewhat familiar tone, Mary's expression became a little... subtle.
"What are you doing!"
The crowd showed no sign of dispersing, and the man squeezed into the crowd with annoyance and confusion.
He wants to see who messed up his wax display.
Then, after squeezing out of the crowd and standing in the front row, he cursed and raised his head:
"Who is causing trouble here... uh..."
Looking at the person in front of him, half of what the man said was choked back in his throat.
Mary looked at the man in front of her with a strange expression, and for a moment, the two looked at each other speechlessly.
After a while, Mary spoke quietly:
"Won't you ask me to sit down, Galtino?"
……
"Please sit down, please sit down, come on, come on, sit here..."
Mary silently followed Galtino's movements and sat on the sofa.
Galtino hurriedly ran to pour tea.
Looking at the well-dressed guy in front of her, Mary became a little interested.
Gar Dino, partner of "missgoldenweek".A plastic artist whose symbol is a crocodile in the shape of a "3". He adds "~ガネ" at the end of his words when he speaks. He likes to make his enemies into candle dolls.
Used to work in Baroque Studio, codenamed mr.3, ability is Wax Fruit.In the later big prison break operation, he joined the prison break wave, and later seemed to follow Bucky.
Speaking of which, during the Battle of Alabasta, according to the original timeline, Galtino should have been in the sea near the Little Garden at that time.
In other words, they may have missed that battle.
Because of this, he escaped without going to jail?
Wait, if Galtino escaped, then his partner...
Hyacinths, gypsophila, I see, that gypsophila is Miss. Golden Week Mariano?
Just when Mary thought of this, the door of Galtino's office suddenly opened violently.
"Gartino, I'm out of paint!"
The little girl's angry voice came from the door.
Mary turned to look and saw a little girl wearing a brown-red hat and two cute braids, pouting and shouting at Galtino.
Before Mary could react, Galtino was so frightened that he rushed over and covered Marianu's mouth.
"Idiot, didn't you see that I was greeting important guests..."
"But I ran out of paint!"
"you!……"
"OK OK."
Seeing that the elder and the younger were about to argue, Mary waved her hand and said to Galtino impatiently:
"Hurry up and finish your matters, then come and talk to me."
"I'll give you two minutes."
After saying that, Mary picked up the tea that Galtino had just made and lay down on the sofa leisurely.
Marianu also noticed Mary at this time, but the little painter either didn't watch the news very much, or his memory was not very good. He just glanced at Mary curiously and said nothing more.
"Okay, I'll go, I'll go."
Galtino quickly wiped his sweat, quickly took Marianu's hand and left.
Mary didn't think much about it. She spread her eyes and watched the two of them, and then she began to quietly close her eyes and rest.
Fortunately, Galtino was still very honest. Maybe he also understood that he could not escape from the eyes of someone who could defeat his boss, so he wandered back to his office without making too many small moves.
Then, he sat down in front of Mary very formally.
At the same time, Mary opened her eyes and stared directly at Galtino.
Galtino shuddered and straightened his back immediately.
Silence for a long time.
"Gartino, I'll give you two choices."
Mary knocked on the table and looked at him intently.
"One, surrender yourself to the Navy Headquarters. Marianu, I will send her to the Navy Headquarters, Lieutenant General He, for discipline."
"And if I beat you until you surrender, Marianu will do the same."
"You should be lucky. Your wax figure is well made. I don't want to cause any more trouble now."
After saying that, Mary lay down directly on the sofa and looked at Galtino with half-squinted eyes.
Now her murderous nature has been much restrained compared to when she first crossed over. Plus, she didn't want to cause trouble when she came to the island, so even if she saw a notorious prisoner with a bounty on his head, she would not take action immediately.
As for Marianu, first of all, she is too young and has great plasticity and possibility of transformation. If she is sent to Counselor He, she may be able to get on the right track.Secondly, her ability is indeed special, and being recruited into the navy can be regarded as a contribution to the navy.
Not to mention the official Shichibukai system of the navy itself, there are precedents for pirates to be transformed into the navy, such as Zangao.Considering that Marianu, a talented person who has basically no initiative to do evil and is relatively ignorant about the concept of good and evil, Mary still has some thoughts of recruiting.
As for Galtino, maybe prison is the best destination for this guy.
Mary drank her tea slowly, waiting for Galtino's reply.
I saw Galtino sitting on pins and needles.After a while, he spoke with difficulty and asked:
"I...can't I choose neither?"
"Ok?"
Upon hearing these words, Mary's eyes widened immediately, and a thick and piercing killing intent burst out of her body.
Galtino suddenly jumped up from his seat, waved his hands in panic and said:
"Don't, don't, don't get excited, take a look at this first..."
After saying that, Galtino hurriedly ran to his desk and rummaged for something.
Mary raised her eyebrows, but did not take action immediately, but looked at Galtino leisurely.
After a while, Galtino dug out a stack of things, breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to Mary, and handed the stack of papers to Mary.
"Look at it."
"This is……"
Mary picked up the stack of paper and found that it was actually a stack of photos.
The content on this stack of photos is...
Galtino poses with a group of smiling children.
Mary flipped through the photos one by one. Almost all of these photos were of this kind of scene. Sometimes they were photos of Galtino and children, and sometimes they were photos of Mariano and children.Each photo shows a different group of children.
"what is this?"
Mary asked with a frown.
"Ah hahaha, this is a photo of me and some children from the orphanage."
Galtino waved his hand quickly and said.
"I have been doing charity work during this period. Many of my works have been sold during this period, and I have allocated more than half of the money for charity!"
"Look!"
Galtino pointed to the pennants on the wall: "These are all given to me by the government!"
[Charity Ambassador of the Kingdom of Calvo] [Charity Ambassador of the Kingdom of Matisse]...
Dazzling.
"How about it, I think I don't need to be arrested and sent to jail now, right?"
Galtino said somewhat triumphantly.
In response to him, Mary said something a bit baffling:
"what?"
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