[One Piece] Pirate Life of Port Officers

The early morning in Chambord Islands is as beautiful as a fairyland outside the world.

The newborn sun shines on the large grass and trees, coating them with an orange light.The soap bubbles emerging from the tree roots and flying towards the blue sky reflect colorful colors when they meet the sunlight.The flapping of the wings of the early foraging birds was overwhelmed by the yelling of scattered vendors.From this point of view alone, no one would have thought that this would be a transit point where forces from all sides gathered.

Although it is still early, the owners of many shops on the island are already preparing for the opening of the new day.

A slightly affluent middle-aged man with a beer belly was fighting against the iron fence at the entrance of a small shop with a pawn shop signboard while breathing.

It may be because there is no regular maintenance at ordinary times, and the slightly rusty fence has been reluctant to slide to the other side along the strength of the owner.Just when the man let go of his hand, intending to wait for the young man to come to work before opening the shop, a slender hand pushed the fence, and with a tooth-sickening creaking sound, the iron fence went sideways along the track It slid for a while, just revealing the store's door lock.

After coming here early in the morning, the last drowsiness of the shop owner disappeared. After turning his eyes to see the person coming, he immediately greeted with a smile, "Good morning, thank you, thank you just now. Your cufflinks , I’m still waiting for you in my shop today.”

"Good morning, boss, you don't have to thank me. If you hadn't raised the price of the cufflinks and put them in an inconspicuous corner, it would have been bought by someone long ago. When I make money, I must Treat yourself to a big meal."

"Haha, then I'm looking forward to it."

The girl named Sarai looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, and her delicate facial features under short fluffy black hair were slightly childish, in stark contrast to a well-made black suit and two guns pinned to her waist.If it wasn't for her always smiling three-pointedly and exuding kindness when she saw people, the owner of the pawnshop would not have dared to make friends with her.After all, on this island full of fish and dragons, no one dares to underestimate even a little girl.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xilai said goodbye to the boss with a smile, and walked towards the lawless place under his worried eyes.

The lawless area in the early morning is very quiet, probably because criminals like to haunt at night. At this time, on the green grass, there are only slowly rising bubbles and yarn walking alone.

"Snapped--"

Casually popping a bubble that floated in front of her eyes, although Shalai still had a harmless smile on her face, she was a little irritable in her heart.

That cufflink, she just arrived in this world ten days ago, and sold it to pay for the accommodation to Kate who took her in.She had a drawer for the cufflinks engraved with the Vengley family crest, so she didn't hesitate at all when selling them for money.

But after she really figured out the situation in this world, she realized that ten years later, the rocket launcher gave her a big surprise this time, not only traveling through time, but also traveling through space.This technologically backward world is filled with a group of pirates looking for great treasures.Although the text is in English, the communication is basically in Japanese, and the purchasing power of the currency is about the same as that of the Japanese yen, but this world is definitely not the island country where she lived for eight years.

As a result, even the cufflinks that Peng Lie came with as standard became rare.But the money she was carrying couldn't be used, and she didn't have any jobs to take on. Just trying to redeem the sold cufflinks made her very troubled.

Sha Lai, who grew up in the mafia world, has many bad memories, but lack of money is not one of them.Although she also worked as a waiter in order to complete the task, it was too slow to really rely on this to earn money.She thought about catching pirates in exchange for bounties, but the pirates here are all very strong, and it is a bit tricky for her to have a bounty of more than 5000 million.Pirates under this amount are often the subordinates of some big pirates, and it is not easy to start.

So after wandering in the safe zone of this archipelago for so many days, Xilai still couldn't find any way to make money.Seeing that more than half of the cash on her body had been spent, she had no choice but to try her luck in the illegal area.She didn't expect to find treasures or anything, but she was satisfied if she could meet one or two lone pirates with poor strength.

It's a pity that Shalai's luck is not very good today.After a cursory walk around the lawless area, she saw nothing alive except the occasional squirrel and bird.After the investigation was over, Xarai just happened to reach the darkest place in the archipelago, the population auction venue.

With a slight effort under her feet, she stepped up the big tree, picked a branch with a good view at random, and stood there, then looked at the building with the "HUMAN" signboard hanging from a distance.

Presumably to fit in better with the green-covered archipelago, the rotunda was covered with a layer of straw, but this did not add any gentleness to it.Looking at the past, the two rows of semi-elliptical windows connected to the gate are like the bars of a prison, showing its essence.

Early in the morning is obviously not the time when the traffickers are active. Now the venue is quiet, only the wind occasionally blows through the window, and there is a humming echo.

Pirates and mafia, both of them are indeed places where scum gathers.

After withdrawing her eyes from the unpleasant building, Sarai planned to end the tour, and find a bar or other place to stay before the illegal area became lively, so that she could inquire about the news later.

But Sha Lai, who made this plan, didn't know that in this archipelago, the lawless zone and other areas are almost two worlds.Now this time is in the lawless zone, not to mention the bar, even the grocery store is not open yet.

After wandering all the way to the No. 13 peninsula, Shalai, who was still looking for nothing, sighed resignedly, and considered the possibility of climbing a tree to find a place to sleep.Anyway, nothing bad should happen this morning——

"Help--"

Just when Xilai stepped on the tree trunk with one foot, a little girl's sharp scream pierced the tranquility of the morning.

The pronunciation of Mingzi stopped abruptly before it was finished, obviously someone covered his mouth.Sha Lai put away the smile on her face, held her breath, and looked towards the source of the sound through the cover of the tree trunk.

In front of the big tree where she was, a murloc with black skin and eyes occupying a third of his face was tearing off a few vines from the nearby tree with one hand, and pulling a murloc with its head sticking out of the sack. The girl's mouth was roughly tied, and then the girl was stuffed back, tied the bag, and walked forward with one hand.

Murloc, this is really tricky.Seeing this scene, Xilai thought about some basic information about the world that she had inquired about.

In addition to humans, this world also has races that only appear in fairy tales such as mermaids, murlocs, giants, and snake heads.Speaking of which, when she saw the Mermaid for the first time, she thought it was someone dressing up like that for some event.Later, it was discovered that their teeth were obviously different from ordinary people, and details such as skin did not appear to be fake. After a little research on relevant information, I learned that there are many wonderful races in this world, with talents different from human beings.

For example, the murlocs that are relatively common on this island have ten times the strength of ordinary people.The vines that the murloc tore off with one hand just now were actually very tough, and she could only tear off one by using both hands at the same time.This made Sha Lai very envious of the innate ability of this race.If she had this kind of strength, she would have beaten Dazai to the ground long ago, well, it should be.

Withdrawing her thoughts from the fantasy of trampling Dazai under her feet, Sarai observed the terrain for a while, picked up two small stones from the ground, and quietly followed the mermaid under the cover of the trees along the road, heading deep into the woods. walk around.

"pat-"

"Who?"

Slightly tilting his head, reaching out to catch the pebbles flying towards him, the tall mermaid looked vigilantly at the surrounding woods, trying to find the guy who secretly hurt people.

"I'm Galo under Makuro-sama. If you're sensible, come out quickly. If you kneel down and apologize, I can consider saving your life."

Are all well-known human traffickers so arrogant?It really is a world where good and evil are reversed.Shalai, who was hiding in the tree behind Jia Luo, glanced at the murloc who was proudly talking nonsense, and threw the remaining stones on the opposite branch.

"Is it there? You can't escape, I—"

"do not move."

Jia Luo's voice stopped after feeling the cold muzzle of the gun behind him.Although the voice of the other party sounded like a little girl, being able to appear behind him at the moment when he was slightly distracted was enough to prove that she was not a small character.After spending so long in the illegal area of ​​Chambord, he still has the ability to know people.

After a slight pause, Jia Luo threw the bag in his hand to the ground, and after noticing that the opponent's muzzle was not moving at all, he turned the big eyeball that was obviously different from that of a human being.

So calm, I don't know if it's because the little girl's intention to come has nothing to do with the goods, or because she is a veteran.If it is the latter, it will be troublesome.While guessing the origin of the other party in his heart, Jia Luo slowly raised his hands above his head, put away his arrogance, and said in a low voice: "It's easy to discuss, little girl. How can you play with guns and make fire early in the morning?" suitable."

This kind of instant face-changing skill, Xilai has seen a lot since she was a child.Her hand holding the gun remained still, and with the other hand, she untied a white porcelain bottle from Jia Luo's belt, unscrewed the cap, sniffed it from a distance, and stuffed the bottle into Jia Luo's hand with satisfaction, saying coldly To: "Drink it."

Feeling the muzzle of the gun tap on his back like a urging, Jia Luo reluctantly put the drug he had prepared for the prey to his mouth.I didn't expect the other party to even guess this, so it was his fault.

But thinking of the value of the goods in the bag, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and he controlled the tilt angle of the medicine bottle.Cooperating with the movement of swallowing, he seemed to have finished a bottle of liquid, but in fact he took a small sip. For the murloc, it was an insignificant dose.Then pretended to be poured by medicine, and slowly fell to one side.

"boom--"

Unfortunately, Jia Luo's perfect plan could not be realized.When he was halfway down, he received a blow to the head, and then hit the ground again, and passed out completely.

Because she didn't know much about the murloc's physical strength, Sarai deliberately used the butt of the gun to patch his head a few times.Turning over the pupil that was as big as her palm, and confirming that he was completely unconscious, Sha Lai walked to the sack that was thrown aside and squatted down, and untied the rope.

"Are you OK?"

Just casually dealt with the murloc's Salai who was nearly twice her size like a walk, and after seeing the grass-green short-haired girl emerging from the sack, she rarely lost her composure.The usual smile on his face was replaced by surprise, and even simple questions were incoherent.

But she was surprised, the movement of untying her hands did not slow down at all. After a while, the tied girl was free again, but she didn't stand up in a hurry, or she couldn't stand up.

This ten-year-old girl's lower body is different from ordinary people's, with a pink fishtail.And as if reflecting the owner's uneasy mood at this time, this beautiful tail is swaying slightly at this time.

"Well, can I touch your tail?"

Originally made a little scared by the savior's silent attitude, Kemi, who was wringing her fingers anxiously and not knowing how to speak, was stunned after hearing this sentence.

Seeing the black-haired girl who was only a little older than herself in front of her, with shining eyes as if seeing some rare treasure, she felt her whole body lighten up, took a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile: " Of course, I'm Kemi, thank you for saving me. What's your name?"

"Oda Salai, just call me Salai."