[comprehensive] red tide

When Aokiji rushed over, he was a step late, and Nicole Robin had already made a move with someone else.

The loud bang of the collapse of the building caused the ground to vibrate, and it was still trembling even after a long distance. , Scarlet and bright, tearing the night to the sky.

Many people were awakened from their sleep and rushed to the street, running aimlessly with panicked faces. In the capital of seven waters under the moonlit night, the peace and tranquility were shattered by the sudden disaster.

The green pheasant, who was chasing along the traces of the color of knowledge and knowledge, could barely stop. Standing above the house and watching the surging crowd below, he frowned, then closed his eyes, and looked further away.

An extremely ferocious aura erupted there, wrapped in great sorrow and anger, and the blood that flowed out in an instant swelled endlessly in the wind, so strong that people mistakenly thought they were in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

There may also be the muffled sound of wailing and bone cracking, the empty sound of continuous pulling of the trigger after the ammunition is exhausted, and the panting of prostrate on the ground, short and messy, and it didn't take long for it to fall silent, like falling into a pool of stagnant water.

And that direction was exactly where Nicole Robin was staying at the hotel.

…………

Aokiji's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he flew away quickly and arrived at the scene as quickly as possible.

As far as the eye can see, there is devastation everywhere. The original two-story building has been destroyed without even the foundation. The ruins and broken wood are scattered all over the place. The unburned furniture is covered with sparks, and the burning black smoke emits a choking smell.

After pausing for a few seconds, Aokiji slowly stepped on the rubble. The soles of his shoes occasionally hit bullet heads and casings, and there were black bullet holes everywhere. One can imagine how fierce the battle was just now.

The human remnants scattered in the unrecognizable courtyard numbered as many as a dozen, and none of them survived; At a loss, there is no time to escape.

The frightened and distorted expressions on the recognizable faces were fixed, but the unrecognizable... was blood and flesh. Aokiji found that the scars on each of the deceased were deep to the bone, as if they were torn apart or torn apart with bare hands. .

And the clothes worn by these unknown assailants were so familiar to Aokiji's eyes, so familiar that he has seen them with eyes open and closed for decades.

Snow-white shirt, navy blue trousers, seagull logo... a strong fishy smell, large swathes of blood soaking the ground, not a single wreckage preserved... Aokiji felt slightly dizzy in his head.

…………

Slowly, slowly looking around, he took a step in a daze for a while, walking forward but didn't know where to go, he just turned around in this mess.

After a long while, he finally stopped and squatted down to look at the person lying on the ground. This was the only one that was relatively complete, with a hole pierced through the chest that went straight to the back. The bones were broken and uneven, and the heart was missing.

It was a man, about 30 years old, lying on his back, with dilated pupils and a surprised expression, as if he had been fatally attacked before he realized the approach of death.

After watching quietly for a while, Qingzhi pursed the corners of his mouth, turned his face sideways, half-closed his eyes, looked at the half wall not far away, and listened to the almost imperceptible rubbing sound behind him, which was caused by the fabric wafting while walking. The light sting sound is like a beast sneaking in the dark.

After a while, the man quietly turned around from behind the broken wall, as if he couldn't see his existence, walked to a more open place in the corner of the courtyard, bent down and gently put down the man who was holding him in his arms .

That corner was not burned because it was next to the pool. Every family on this island used to build pools to raise calf fish. The seawater brought in extinguished the fire caused by the disaster, but the shed collapsed. Compared with other places full of wreckage, it looked clean.

After putting down the obviously dead person, the man tidied it up carefully, then got up, stood still and did not speak, the silence was almost strange.

It was only at this moment that Aokiji could see clearly that they were lying side by side in that corner... Adding the one she brought over at the end, there are three in total...

They have all lost their lives, and they belong to the hotel owner's family of three.

Aokiji subconsciously stood up, and quickly walked over to check, but the man didn't stop him, he was still standing, and when he passed by, he clearly saw that the pair of dark blue pupils were out of focus, and he was in a daze, as if he had lost his mind Reflecting the jumping firelight.

He wanted to say something in an instant, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his dry vocal cords could not make any sound, so he could only turn his eyes away, and walked slowly to the hotel owner's family.

…………

The owner of the hotel is a family of three, the housewife who talks and smiles at dinner, the man who is quiet but calm, and the child who is lively and active... This family is so ordinary that you can see it everywhere. They are hospitable and gossip, soft-hearted and easy to trust.

Originally, Aokiji was still secretly annoyed, but if he was questioned again tomorrow, how would he make up the lie that was full of loopholes between him and Nicole Robin, so that he would not be kicked out with a broom by the mistress of the house.

But now, he doesn't have to worry about it.

Three members of the family died at the same time that night.

They were still wearing pajamas, so they were clearly shot to death in their sleep? !

Staring at the family of three covered in bullet holes, Aokiji slowly narrowed his eyes, stood up abruptly in the next moment, turned back and looked at the most complete body just now.

It wasn't Nicole Robin who killed these three people, but the group of people who died in the courtyard did it.

Those who attacked here tonight shot and killed the entire family of the hotel owner, and they happened to be bumped into by Nicole Robin when they were retreating, which caused her to suddenly become violent.

…………

A strange man in his thirties, apart from the frozen look of astonishment in his wide-open eyes, upon closer inspection, there was a trace of unruliness and savagery remaining between the brows of this man.

And such a reckless temperament... After thinking about it, Aokiji ripped open the shirt of the deceased and turned it over, his eyes searched slightly, and the mark that fell into his sight confirmed his guess.

Then he found several other remains from nearby, and after examining them one by one, he saw the same mark as expected.

Let go of the fingertips to let the stiff and cold body fall back to the ground, patted the mud stained on the bottom of the hands, Aokiji slowly stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and turned his head sideways.

During the time he was examining the deceased, the man seemed to have finally come to his senses, still did not speak, his dark blue pupils stared at him for a moment, the corners of the black cloak were rolled up, and the invisible pressure slowly moved towards him. Expand all around.

The air suddenly became gloomy and cold, with wisps of chill spreading and winding.

In an instant, Aokiji felt that the man standing under the darkness was like a beast under attack, frantically trying to tear apart the creatures that invaded the territory.

She intends to do everything in her power to kill him——this is Aokiji's only comprehension at this moment.

After realizing it, he took a step back and said in the most peaceful tone, "It's not the navy. It's not the navy that attacked this family, but pirates."

"Those people killed by you all have tattoos on their bodies, and that mark belongs to..." At this point, Aokiji paused, hesitated for a moment before calmly continuing, "Muse, one of the three major black markets."

Or should I say, the remaining forces of the master behind the Muse, one of the three major black markets.

Presumably, the person who devised this strategy knew that the navy was trying to recruit Nicole Robin to become the new Shichibukai; the fake navy attacked her and killed those who were involved with her in order to set the blame.

The people behind the scenes want Nicole Robin to go to war with the Navy again.

This is a conspiracy.

…………

The man remained silent the whole time, and the erratic air around his side gradually calmed down, as if he understood the answers he said and the secrets he hadn't said, the eyes faded from the blood under the night and gradually became empty.

She staggered her eyes towards him, slowly separated from the corner where she was standing, and walked step by step towards the gate that had disappeared from the courtyard exit, her brows were as calm as stagnant water.

One step, two steps...two meters, one meter...

The moment the black cloak passed by with bitterness like ashes, Aokiji stretched out his arm and grabbed the man's shoulder, "Do you want to cry?" His voice was lowered, hiding a little pity.

He could see clearly during the day and evening, and she also showed clearly.

She cared about this family of three very much, and it could even be said that she secretly liked them, but at this moment, that love was actually ironic. The ordinary people she liked died because of her, and it was she who brought about unwarranted disasters, which led to the tragedy tonight.

He never said it, but she clearly knew it.

…………

The person's side face was so pale that it was almost transparent. After his words fell, her lips that were originally pursed into a straight line were slightly hooked, and her smile was indifferent and tired.

"I'm not as sentimental as you think, General Aokiji."

With a slightly neutral voice, without any emotion, she gently broke away from the strength attached to her shoulders, and continued to walk forward without looking at him, "For the people of Meteor Street, the only thing that cannot be held is the can give up."

His eyes were still staring straight ahead, and the man's cloak in the corner of his eye was gradually withdrawn from his field of vision. The movement was silent and slow to a heavy frequency, vaguely as if it was pain.

The man's answer was uneventful, but Aokiji sensed an indescribable sadness from it, how many times she had gained and lost before she had such a comprehension.

The family she borrowed from in the capital of seven waters is also the lonely old man who took her in.

She said it was abandonment, but in fact she couldn't protect her. She couldn't help her countless times, and she watched the people or things she cared about destroy and disappear, time and time again, until she became numb, until she no longer felt any more.

Closing his eyes, Aokiji clenched his hands hanging by his sides, sighed deeply, turned his head and looked at the man for a while, until the man stepped out of the courtyard wall, he suddenly remembered something, and was shocked, "Where is the child?" ?!"

…………

He and she hurried through the cobweb-like waterways all over the capital of seven waters, and finally stopped the kidnappers in a corner of the city, in an abandoned building half-hidden in the sea.

Located in the most central part of the city, there is such a dilapidated building complex for some reason, with ruined walls and no grass growing. The foundation sloping to one side causes more than half of the place to be submerged in sea water. In the naturally formed puddles, there seems to be more Most of the half-destroyed houses wandered around.

Domes, stone pillars, arched flower gates, dry fountains and pools, and the carvings that are occasionally preserved in the remaining parts are vaguely majestic. The cemetery fits perfectly with the killing that is going on at this moment.

Unlike the people who died in the hotel courtyard, these people were dressed in ordinary clothes and hid in the crowd of refugees caused by the commotion. It took some effort to find them.

The participants in the attack tonight were divided into two groups, some shot and killed the hotel owner’s family, some snatched the children and fled first,

It's just that they miscalculated Nicole Robin's speed of action, and they might have escaped halfway and found that the way was cut off. Aokiji's natural-type devil fruit ability borrowed water channels to freeze the sea, and erected a towering ice wall around the capital of seven waters.

This group of people turned around in a hurry and fled towards the center of the city, creating chaos from time to time along the way in an attempt to buy time.

The man turned a blind eye to this, whether it was the collapsed building from the explosion or the screams of the injured crowd, the man seemed to be invisible, staring at the group of people who were fleeing with their children.

During the two fights during the period, half of the people in the group were killed on the spot, and half were slightly or seriously injured. Originally, more than this number died, but Aokiji intervened in order to prevent the warring parties from affecting the civilians who accidentally broke into the killing scene.

In the end, the boatmen from the shipyard of the Carrera Company arrived, and the guardians of the island itself, as well as those who stayed on the island during this period of time with some strength, began to rescue the people and at the same time curb the further expansion of the chaos.

The attackers no longer tried to stir up riots/disturbances, and focused on fleeing.

Without worrying about hurting the innocent, Aokiji also made a move, deliberately forcing him out of the densely populated area, and waiting for a group of people to flee to the abandoned and desolate buildings while fighting, and there was only one person left who attacked and kidnapped the child , and the rest all died at the hands of Nicole Robin.

…………

Standing on the half-decadal and half-upright stone pillar, Aokiji looked down at the man throwing off the body hanging from his fingertips, and slowly walked towards the survivor step by step.

The one who survived was an ability user, who seemed to be of the superhuman type, and his skills were only average. The rare thing is that the ability of the devil fruit is very strange; and the reason why he was spared was because the small cradle with the child was bringing him by his side. Floating above his head like a balloon but still motionless, as if positioning a small space.

The survivor was obviously terrified, and before the man approached, he raised his finger to the top of his head, and sternly shouted, "Don't come here! Or I'll kill this brat!"

Before the words were finished, there was a short and dull sound in the silent air, like a balloon filled with water being punctured with a bang.

It took a while for the rusty smell of damp water to linger in the air.

Aokiji closed his eyes and sighed on the tip of his tongue.

The man pierced the opponent's neck cleanly, and waited until he was out of breath before pulling out the fingers that were stuck in the spinal cord, and expressionlessly caught the rocking car that fell due to the failure of the death ability of the holder.

He raised his hand to cover the curtain of the rocking car, as if he was about to uncover it and then stopped for a moment. The man slowly turned his head, his face hidden in the moonlight seemed to have a blurred expression.

Stunned for a moment, Aokiji jumped off the stone pillar and stood not far from her, raising his hands slightly to show that he had no intentions.

He lowered his voice and asked peacefully, "Don't you want to see how the child is doing?" With the bumpy road and being taken away before, no matter how soundly asleep the child would wake up and cry, right?

Thinking about it, I also took this point into consideration, among the attackers there is such an ability person who can take the baby away quietly without worrying about various problems on the way.

It's just strange, it's eerily quiet in the rocking car.

…………

Thinking of this, Aokiji felt that something was wrong, and unconsciously fixed her eyes on the rocking car beside her, carefully scrutinizing it with the pitifully little skylight, the more she looked, the more surprised she became.

Because of the light problem, he didn't pay attention all the way. At this moment, when he came to his senses, he realized that there were imperceptible thin black silk threads wandering and circling on the curtain of the rocking car, like living things. Snakes.

"This is the enchantment you mentioned, right?" Qingzhi quickly understood why she noticed something abnormal in an instant, and she seemed to be able to see the guidance when she was chasing, it was the black thread entangled on the rocking car during the day.

She nodded but didn't speak, her eyes were a little thoughtful.

After a while, she looked up at the sky, her brows were slightly frowned, and then she opened her mouth, "The pressure of the atmosphere has changed, the gods of water..."

But before she could finish speaking, a gust of wind whizzed past from nowhere, and the wind was so strong that it overturned the rocking cart in an instant. The man hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect it, but unexpectedly, an arrow-like stream of water spewed out from the deep crevice under his feet.

It seemed that the power that had been compressed to the extreme broke free from custody in an instant, silently and menacingly.

A few seconds later, the loud noise caused by the raging waves covered the hearing. In the deafening roar like a disaster, Aokiji's feet suddenly stepped on the air, or it should be said that the rushing ocean current below caused the ground to collapse rapidly.

To make matters worse, he didn't even have enough time to activate it.

The torrent that erupts in an instant is the ocean, the only nemesis for devil fruit users.

…………

The loud bang and the ensuing accident caught people off guard, and he only had time to break through the heavy water curtain and rush to her side, stretched out his arm and grabbed her wrist tightly, and slammed her into his arms.

Immediately afterwards, he hugged the person in his arms and was dragged by the current into the bottomless darkness.