[One Piece] Inferior Star

Good weight.

So heavy, Sabo! !You bastard! !

She has been lying on her back the whole time without moving, and Youxiang's waist has started to hurt.Also, the back of my head hurts, my shoulders are sore, and my legs are a little numb.How long has it been?How many hours?Youxiang also fell asleep a little bit in the middle of the journey, but now because she feels a little uncomfortable, she has been trying to move.

It's time to wake up too!How long are you going to sleep?It seems to be getting dark!Should I wake him up?But is he tired?He and Ace were the ones running around all the time on the boat, and they seemed to wake up very early.Do you want to wait a little longer?But it's so heavy... woo woo...

"You are fragrant..." At this moment, Sabo's voice sounded from beside his ears, "If you twist around again, I will have a strange reaction, okay?"

"What, what..." What a strange reaction!Youxiang immediately pushed him away forcefully, "Now that you're awake, get up!! It's so heavy, Sabo! My shoulder is about to break!!"

"Hahahahaha! Thank you for your hard work! It's getting dark..." At first I just wanted to take a nap, but I didn't expect it to be very comfortable and smell the fragrance, so I fell asleep.Sabo didn't mean to introspect at all, he got up and said, "At night, we can start investigating. Although we don't know what happened here, but if everyone is afraid to go out, then we are not doing the right thing. convenient!"

She even skipped the thing just now... Maybe this guy is too much... Youxiang sat up with a bit of resentment, she rubbed her shoulders and said, "Then let's go to Rossi first. I want to lie to Rossi's bed." big bed~~”

"I told you we're going to investigate, Youxiang, haven't you had enough?"

"It's not all because of you!!"

"Hahaha! Alright, I'll help you squeeze your shoulders~" Sabo went to squeeze Youxiang's shoulders, "I'm a little concerned... Lieutenant General Skem and Colonel Will seem to be afraid of something, Could it be that there are ghosts in this place?"

"Don't say it, it's scary, Sabo!" Ghost or something!Youxiang said, "And it's too hard! It hurts!"

"Hey? Does this still hurt?" Sabo said, obviously putting down his strength, "Youxiang's body is really soft, how about a little exercise?"

"It's Sabo who is too hard!!" I noticed it before, the hands seem to be extra hard... Although they are long and slender fingers even if they are wearing gloves all the time, they seem to be extra powerful... Youxiang grabbed him His hand made him stop quickly, "Let's go find Rossi! He must be very lonely by himself..."

"You Xiang like him so much? I think that guy is a bit strange..."

"Don't bully him, Sabo. Before I met Sabo, Ace and Luffy, Rosie was with me. He helped me a lot and took care of me... Although sometimes I have a little So unreliable at all, but he is very gentle." Youxiang emphasized, she said, "I will help me to isolate the terrible voice every day... Doesn't Sabo like him?"

It seems that I have been avoiding talking to him before... You Xiang asked.

"Ace also said that he is a good person...but..." Sabo replied, "I'm against demons...even if Youxiang doesn't want to hate anyone, I don't...don't want to forgive them. Sorry."

"Sabo..." Youxiang understood his feelings, and didn't know how to tell him... Originally, he hoped that he and Rossi could become friends.

"However, that Rosie was a human before. It seems to be a little different from Frey and the others... Besides, the feelings for Frey are a bit complicated... It's so troublesome~~" Sabola made a long voice, and then He patted his knee and stood up on his knee, "Forget it. Let's observe them for a while!"

"Sabo really...you don't need to watch Rossi anymore!"

"My navy and I are enemies, you Xiang!"

"Sabo's strong words are unreasonable~~"

"Alright! Let's go find him first!"

That guy must have been thinking about what we were doing for so long... Although he didn't do anything specifically, it's not bad once in a while.Sabo glanced back at Youxiang who was hesitating to speak and stared at him, then poked her cheeks that would puff up unconsciously when she was angry, and then ran away immediately when she was about to 'fight back'.

"It feels too bouncy and fragrant..."

"Sa~~Bo~~~"

"Hahaha!"

——The appearance of a particularly good relationship appeared in front of my door, Cabbage and Sabo-kun.

Rossi looked at Sabo, who was standing in front of his room with a wry smile, and Yuka, who was holding his face and was struggling to grab his collar."I thought you wouldn't be here until tomorrow morning," he said.

"How could it be? Judging from the information obtained before, night is a good opportunity to investigate." Sabo said and walked into the room, completely ignoring the incense hanging on him, "I just had a little rest before. Give it a shot. Isn’t it fragrant?”

"You're the only one resting!!" I didn't get any rest at all!My waist still hurts! !Youxiang gave up and dragged him again after speaking, and fell directly on the extra-large double bed in the VIP room: "Good~~soft~~~ Lieutenant Admiral Luo Xindi's treatment is really good! In the ordinary navy room, the bed is It's just a hard board..."

"Because he's a lieutenant general after all..." Once he's a lieutenant general, he's a bit qualified to not need to sleep on a hard bed.Rosie closed the door and said, "The cabbages can sleep here, and I don't mind if I don't sleep."

"Hmm..." Youxiang rolled on the bed and hugged the pillow and said, "Now let's start the investigation first. Where should we start?"

"Well... arrogant. Are you here?" Sabo had already thought about it.He was, after all, a chief of staff.After yelling, the demon 'Arrogance' cautiously appeared in the corner of the room, he said: "Night... will be a little dangerous."

"Ah, it is indeed a bit dangerous for Youxiang and I to stay in the same place at night—"

"Sabo!!" Now I know what you're thinking you bastard!Youxiang threw a pillow and hit him in the face, then looked at the arrogant standing in the corner and said, "You haven't even talked to me. You're just arrogant, right? It's the one who's been by my side all the time... And then let out a terrible The sound of the demon that annoys me?"

"Yes, I'm sorry! I actually, actually didn't know that you would hear the terrible voice...that..." Arrogance was a little flustered, he retreated to the corner and said, "Senior...you told me later. I really don't know. Because in the world of dreams, what I hear and see is different from what I see in this world... Moreover, before I was born, I couldn't perceive many things... I'm sorry... I don't want you to suffer of……"

"Hmm~" It's completely different from the imaginary demon 'arrogance'.Because Frey said he was a very powerful demon, and he was also called 'arrogant', so I thought he would be the very arrogant type.The result was like this... Youxiang walked up to him and said, "But, people who have anything to do with demons will become unlucky, isn't that right?"

"...Most of them seem to be like this." Arrogance lowered his eyes, he didn't dare to look at Youxiang, "I...was able to truly 'exist' at the moment you made your decision two years ago. Therefore I'm not very clear about the previous things. I'm sorry. Whether it's about demons or about humans... I don't know much about it except for the power I have as an instinct."

"Huh? Don't you know anything?"

"Hmm... especially human beings, things in this world. This, this is actually my first time in this world! Because, new——" Ah, I almost said the word bride!Arrogant immediately changed his words, "Because Xiangxiang woke up, so I thought I should be by your side like the seniors...Although, maybe...you don't want to see me..."

"It seems that there are still many things that I don't understand..." Youxiang looked at him, then moved a little closer and said, "Anyway, it has happened. I am very happy now...Ace is alive and well After that, good things happened again, and we are all very happy. Although I know that there may be some things that cannot be forgiven, but since there is no way to avoid it, let's get along well. Okay?"

"..." The bride...doesn't hate me?Don't hate me?Arrogant raised his eyes to look at Youxiang in surprise, and received a bright smile the moment he met his gaze: "It's also for Frey's sake, after all, he has protected me for so long... Yes Alright! Can I touch your horn? It’s so cute!”

"En, um..." Arrogance was deeply attracted by this dazzling smile, he couldn't speak, he could only roughly respond, and then let Youxiang touch his horn.

"It's amazing~~ It was one before...but now it's two!" Youxiang only thought the horns of this pair of lambs were pretty, so she said, "Does this grow on the head? Then Are you a little sheep?"

"Well... that..." Pride was a little nervous, he said, "I'm not a sheep... What is a sheep?"

"Don't you know?" You don't even know what a sheep is... Youxiang looked at him, then thought for a while and said, "Then I will call you Sheep from now on, okay?"

"Call me Xipu... Ah! Is it the same 'name' as the seniors!" Great!The haughty eyes began to sparkle, "Mmm! I like it very much! Thank you Xiangxiang! Give me... and the names of the seniors!"

"It's just a name, right?"

"No... this is very important to us..." Arrogance smiled, and he said, "We originally existed without a name. Although humans have many legends about us, those legendary 'demons' are We're not us. So we can't use their names. We just... exist as ourselves. But when we have names..."

"It's no longer just arrogance, anger...death...we become beings who can have other things, can create other values ​​besides this. As something eternal, it's very important, it's very... happy."

Are you happy?Will the devil be happy too...?Youxiang didn't quite understand, but he looked very happy.That's it.Youxiang tilted her head and looked at him and said, "Then we are partners now. You and Frey and others should help us well, Xiaoxi~"

"Xiao, Xiaoxi?"

"Yeah. It's you. Xipu, so it's Xiaoxi. You also call me Xiangxiang, right?"

"..." Ah... I really like it... Xipu calmed down, and he said, "Seniors and I will help you Xiangxiang! You just need to call us by name! Although, although... There is a price...but just like Senior Frey, citron tea is enough! By the way, what is the fragrance of citron tea?"

"I'll tell you later~"

"Ok!"

"Okay, although I don't have grapefruit tea now, I have candy." As he spoke, he took out a candy from his pocket and put it in Xipu's hand, "Exchange with this, this time Xipu is here to help Right. Can you?"

"Give it to me!?" Really want to give it to me!This kind of thing... looks like a lot of colors (wrapping paper), and such a delicate thing, wouldn't it be very expensive in this world!Can you give it to me? ?Sipp was a little flustered. He said, "I, I know! I will try my best to help! Although I don't know much about the world, I still know a little about the demons and... barriers!"

"Okay! Then explain the situation here to us from the beginning!" Youxiang said while opening the package of candy, "Ah~~"

"what?"

While Sipp was in a daze, he stuffed the candy into his mouth: "Is it delicious?"

"This, this wonderful taste..." It should be, what!have no idea!But like it!

"It's sweet." Don't you even know what sweet is?

"So that's it... this is sweetness! It turns out that candy..." That's it!It feels so good... I like it... No wonder people in dreams always want sweet things, candies, cakes... As a devil, even if you can touch these things in the dream world, you can't taste them ... Xipu was a little surprised and moved, "Thank you Xiangxiang... Is it okay to give me such a good food?"

"It's just candy!"

"Um……"

Sabo and Rossi watched them for a long time.I thought it would be a more intense meeting, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this... After all, that 'arrogance' can be said to be the source of Youxiang's pain and the 'culprit' of everything.If it weren't for him, if it wasn't for him, then Youxiang might be living happily as an ordinary person with her family now.

Even though... in that case, I wouldn't meet everyone now, but it can't be said that I have to deny the suffering I suffered in the past for the sake of the present.

"Cabbage...is a gentle child. Mr. Sabo." Rossi looked over there helplessly, and he smiled wryly, "Even in the face of demons, I can show such a smile. I understand your mood... want to I want to protect her from it, but..." But I love her like that deeply.Very, very contradictory, right?

"..." Sabo didn't reply, he looked at Youxiang for a while before he spoke, "If she doesn't hate, I will hate for her. If she can't escape, I will take her to escape. Things haven't changed, Rosie. I'll find a way... a way to keep you from ever being near her again."

"..." If there is such a method.I think... I won't stop her from leaving.Rossi looked at Sabo, and then smiled, "Well, it's up to you, Mr. Sabo."

"What, won't you be angry?" Sabo said unhappily, "I counted you in. Won't you justify that you didn't do anything wrong?"

"Haha... I just think your choice is right. Although... I do feel a little bit reluctant to part with cabbage, but I am already a dead person. To have the experience now, to meet cabbage, It’s already an unbelievable thing like a miracle. So that’s enough.”

Still smiling, Rossi said, "I'm pretty happy now. So if it's a way to make cabbages happy, why should I be angry or justify?"

You guy... aren't you also an overly gentle person?

Sabo didn't know what to say to him, so he could only sigh: "Forget it...it seems that Ace and Youxiang are right..."

"Ok?"

They say you are a gentle, good man.Sabo didn't explain, but walked directly to Youxiang and the others: "It's already dark, Youxiang. Let's start quickly. Xipu... right? You can start explaining from the beginning."

"Well..." Seeing Sabo's eyes, Xipu immediately hid behind Youxiang, and the chains on his body made a little crisp sound, "That...that's because the barrier here is very, very Fragile, that’s why living people and creatures feel oppressed and cold. Because the boundary with the dream world is about to disappear..."

"Is it because many people died here?"

"Well. Bloodshed...has happened, and...is still happening." Shipp emphasized, "Generally speaking...even in places where such incidents have occurred before, if there are a large number of living creatures to continue If it is active, the barrier will slowly return to its normal state. The well-known mass death incident happened 18 years ago, right?"

"Ah, that's right."

"It's been so long... New towns have been established here very early, theoretically speaking, the barrier should have been restored long ago." Xipu said, "But... now it seems that there is obviously no. Although I don't know what it is Reason...but only inside this white building, the barrier is stable. Outside it's a mess."

"Do you mean that there may be some terrible bloodshed going on in the town down below?"

"It's not a possibility...but a certainty." Sipp lowered his eyes, and he said, "Everything in the dream world is born because of human beings, even nightmares are the same. Only 'demons' can summon 'demons'. Now There's only one explanation for what's going on, and that's what's killing people."

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The author has something to say:

Cang Cang was so busy this week: Come to your senses, huh?The head fell off... to this extent.I'm about to die, but luckily I have a lot of manuscripts, I can still lie down... Qingming is coming soon, and when it comes to Qingming, I can... ah... I don't want to work, I really want to marry Kagawa...

Useless little settings:

Hipp basically has no idea about human beings, anything alive or anything in the world they inhabit.Basically, I only stayed at the stage where I had only seen pigs running, and I had never even heard of some things.Not only Sipp, but also other demons such as Frey.They may know a little more than Sip (after all, they have lived for a long time), but they don't know much about uncommon, strange, or newly invented, unpopular things.Hence: "The devil knows everything." This is a rumour.

In addition, there is no good or evil for them. As long as they pay the price, they will do great good things, and the worst bad things are not a problem.They just represent certain negative emotions and concepts, which are not right or wrong, black and white, and so are they.