[One Piece] Inferior Star

We have some distinguished guests today.

Sitting in his overly luxurious Ofuna office, Kagawa opened the newspaper while checking the time. The story "The Straw Hats Are Fully Resurrected" dominated the front page.The younger brother's scenery has completely attracted people's attention, maybe there is no need to worry too much about his brother being discovered in a short time.

In any case, I hope that the action of the brothers will be smooth.Penderga's place... Recently, some reports from excellent subordinates have made people more and more worried.As Kagawa thought about it, he heard a knock on the door. His secretary opened the door and said, "Mr. Mansfield, your guest has arrived."

"Ah, thank you." Kagawa responded, and then said, "Please let them in. And don't let anyone in until we're done talking."

"Yes." Miss Secretary seemed to be used to this kind of work. She calmly and swiftly invited two guests in strange clothes to enter, and then closed the door from the outside, ignoring the longing eyes of the guests the whole time.

"Welcome, you guys arrived really fast." Kagawa showed a standard 'business smile', and he said, "Gentlemen of Vinsmoke. I'm a little disappointed that Ms. Reiju isn't here..."

"Don't keep thinking about Reiju." One of the guests, Vinsmoke Iji, is one of the members of the evil army Germa 66, or rather, the eldest prince.He frowned slightly and said, "We are just a cooperative relationship. I don't know what you and Reiju have in private...but you still pay attention to your position."

"I'm just expressing my miss to Ms. Reiju." Kagawa spread his hands, and he said with a smile, "Don't be so angry. Or is this the protection of the family as the 'big brother'?"

"Don't mention that kind of boring stuff to me. I'm just reminding you of your position." Saying this, Iji walked into the room with his younger brother, Vinsmoke Nitch, and then went to himself Sitting on the sofa in Kagawa's office, "Let's get down to business. The result of your previous commission has come out."

"I think so. Otherwise, the two of you wouldn't have come to me in person." Kagawa said, "The result must have been conveyed by the two of you personally...isn't it bad?"

"Since you know, tell us right from the beginning!" Ni Zhi was a little angry, and he said, "Do you know how much risk we have taken??"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... In fact, it was just speculation at the beginning. Giving you too much information without evidence is just distrust of you." Kagawa didn't mind Niji's raised voice, he said, "But you two still Perfectly done, isn't it?"

"Isn't that a matter of course?" Otherwise, what kind of result could it be?Compared to his younger brother, Iji was much calmer, he said, "Anyway, let's tell you the information we have investigated, about that... the truth about the secret of Pendergar that was buried under the ruins and rubbish mountains by the world government. "

"This is something that was obtained after raiding a base on Emerald Island." Niji picked up an orange on the coffee table, pointed to Xiangchuan and said, "You have to listen carefully, and then you'd better give us the money promised to us first." get ready."

"Don't worry about money, it's not the first time we've cooperated." I lack everything, except money.Kagawa said, "The two broke into the base of Emerald Isle is really admirable. It is worthy of the evil army Germa 66."

"Don't mention the polite words. Anyway, even a disgusting organization like Emerald Island can't deny our status. They raided several of their bases according to the commission, and they will swallow their anger." After all, those people have bigger ambition, they are very good at swallowing their breath.Iji said, "But what I don't understand is, why are you guys interested in Penderga?"

"It's a commercial secret, Mr. Iji."

"Cut..." Every time I asked about key things, I would be perfunctory with 'commercial secrets'.Iji also became a little angry.He said, "Forget it. Listen carefully, this is the result of our investigation. 18 years ago, the nearly 3000 people of Penderga's nationals did die by suicide, and they died willingly. It's just that their willingness Not 'willingly'."

"...Do you mean that, for some reason, they feel that they have to die?" After listening to this confusing explanation, Kagawa concluded, "Someone used means to make them kill themselves? "

"Ah, that's right." Although it was an astonishing result...but this method really saves trouble.Iji said, "This is an experiment conducted by Emerald Isle to verify something. It didn't happen overnight. It took about five or six years from the time Penderga was chosen until the experiment was implemented."

"To verify what?"

"I don't know. The information has been destroyed. Even the Emerald Isle is scared..." Nichi continued, "After interrogating the relevant personnel, they were more afraid of the 'subject of the experiment' than us. It is said that because the result was too It was too scary, so the plan that was going to be implemented was abandoned.”

"...To this day, the 'experiment subject' still exists in Penderga. The thing that caused 18 people to commit suicide 3000 years ago is still there now."

--silence.

Ace felt the suffocating silence.I don't know if it's because it's late at night, or if it's because I went to such a remote place that there is no sound around.

Even at night, it is impossible for there to be no sound in a small town where humans gather.Whether it's the snoring of people, the sound of animals or the sound of insects' wings vibrating, the sound of wind blowing through leaves and buildings, all these interweave to form the 'true silence' of the night.

And now, this dead silence, without a single sound, is definitely not normal in a small town where people come and go during the day.Ace felt that the man-eating monster was probably frightened by the nun lady, so he came to find him.After all, the other party has a 'righteous spirit'.

In the next moment, Ace felt a murderous aura. Although he didn't feel any 'person' approaching, he obviously didn't know that only people have a murderous aura.He quickly turned around and retreated, his body was burning with flames, and he punched him with almost no hesitation!The fist accompanied by raging fire directly hit something approaching from behind him! !

"what……"

This is too disgusting!Ace saw what he was knocked into the air, it was a monster made of red mud with no human form!The flames burned on it, causing it to hiss in pain, and it backed away, while more of the same monsters surrounded it!

I thought there was only one... Ace took a step back, let the flames on his body continue to burn, and then smiled: "That's right. The monster that made everyone so scared that they didn't dare to make a sound... ...a lot is reasonable. Let's make a 'Monster Hunter' today."

"That's really cool, Ace..." At this moment, the encirclement behind Ace was suddenly broken by something, the ground under his feet began to crack, the color of magma emerged from the crack, and several monsters were swallowed immediately , didn't even have time to make a scream, "It seems that I was worried for nothing."

"Frey?" Ace put away his smile and said, "Don't come here. I can't help but attack you too."

"Youxiang asked me to help you."

"Then go back and protect Youxiang."

"Arrogance is on her side."

"Who are you talking about?"

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Frey felt that the fire on Ace's body burned even more at that moment.He sighed and said: "If you want to beat me or do anything, you can talk about it later. Boy, if you don't take these monsters seriously, they will suffer. You should cherish your own life more now... Right?"

"It's not your turn to talk to me about that." You're ashamed to mention... Ace gets angrier, but Frey has a point, saying, "Okay, let's talk about other things later. But I don't need your help. Go find a nun on the other side of the bridge. She needs you more."

"You really know how to call me." Frey also showed a bit of dissatisfaction, and by the way burned a few monsters with short eyes that rushed towards him, "Okay, anyway, don't miss any grapefruit tea. Don't die again, brat."

I won't die...now, I don't want to die.

Ace didn't answer. He watched Frey disappear into the shadows, then turned around and expanded the scope of the flames. His fire formed a circle, enclosing all the monsters, and then quickly shrunk. The flames spun into a fire tornado Take these monsters to the skies! !

This level is still a piece of cake for him. If this can't be dealt with, then the navy is really a piece of cake!There must be a 'big one' waiting for a good time!Come out quickly, let's face-to-face! !

"stupid……"

The sound came through the smoldering flames, and Ace felt the air turn cold and heard the sound of claws rubbing against the ground.The first thing he saw from the shadows was a huge brown bear. For some reason, there were spikes growing on the bear's back, which should not have been part of its body, because it had obviously pierced the brown bear's skin Let it bleed to get the fur dirty.

Accompanied by the growl of the brown bear, who didn't know whether it was pain or anger, the 'person' who had just spoken showed his figure.He was a thin, middle-aged man with almost no hair, wearing a butcher's apron, holding a ripper for cutting flesh, his skin was pale, his face was dry and bloodshot, and he said—

"Stupid pirate...do you think you can beat me?"

"Huh? How do you know if you don't try?"

I'm not afraid of you at all... Ace didn't panic at all, he calmly put on a stance, ready to attack, but what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't attack, but said: "Are you going to waste your life? Stupid Human beings... You, haven't you already ruined another person's future because of your own stubbornness and weakness?!"

"You... what did you say..." Could he be saying...

"Although the girl is alive and well now, let me tell you! She has voluntarily fallen into the eternal trap for you. She will face the pain called "endless" and watch everyone Died by her side, watched as I finally forgot what I loved deeply, and began to regret sacrificing the right to die just to let you, a guy who didn't want to live at all, continue to live that insignificant life! "

"..." You are... talking nonsense...

"You know I'm right." The other party showed a sly smile, "You also think the same way in your heart, right? It would be nice if you died at that time, what are you doing, that stupid silly woman— —”

The flames immediately engulfed the butcher-like man in the next instant. Ace soared into the air angrily, and he raised his fist: "Take back what you said!! Fire fist!"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" The man who was swallowed by the flames let out a tearing scream, but the shriek turned into wild laughter at the end, "Hahahahahahaha! Human feelings are so fragile!! I It’s just human nature!! Things will definitely turn out like this! It’s you!! It’s you who killed her!!”

Ace didn't answer, he just felt that the flames of anger were almost consuming him.Youxiang is not that kind of person, she is not so...so ordinary.Don't say that about her, she is because, she must be because she loves me——

The smiling face that always appeared in front of my eyes appeared in my mind.Ace hesitated suddenly.He stopped suddenly, but only for a moment, the brown bear roared and rushed towards him! !

"?!!"

When he came back to his senses, the brown bear was close at hand, and he was ready to withstand the blow, but he didn't expect someone to split the giant beast's figure from the other side! !

"If you still have uncertain doubts in your heart, don't go to the battlefield! Brat!!" Sister Qianchun's ax was aimed at the brown bear's eyes and chopped down!In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and the brown bear leaned back in pain and howled!

"Really... the angry look just now, even I want to attack you!" Frey also appeared beside Ace, and he said, "With this mentality, there is no way to fight demons...they... ...We can use it to defeat you in minutes!!" Human beings are so fragile and shaken, "You have already been defeated by the same thing once!!"

"...!!"

Yes, I actually made the same mistake, actually... Ace recalled the top battle two years ago, if he didn't act impulsively, if he didn't lose his composure... If, really, really... there was a strong If you wish to survive...

"What the hell am I...what the hell am I doing!!" Ace raised his voice, and with the flame rising again, he looked indifferently at the enemy in front of him, "Disappear for me, demon."

The pillar of fire rushed towards the brown bear and the butcher like a dragon, and they had nowhere to escape, because the flames almost filled the entire street!It lasted about five seconds before it began to dissipate, and when only sporadic sparks were visible in the street, the two demons disappeared without a trace.

"..." It's really scary, this power... Frey raised his eyebrows, and he said, "That's laziness. The devil is lazy. It can attack the weakest part of human emotions and make people lose their sense of everything. Interest, self-loathing, unwillingness to go out, unwillingness to contact people, panic...depression. The place he attacked is usually deathly silent at any time. No one speaks, no one talks, no emotions, Just like the walking dead, maintaining the minimum survival, until one day, everyone chooses to end it all with death."

"Like...depression?" Sister Chiharu asked.

"Ah. You humans seem to have this disease... a curse a hundred times worse than it is." Frey replied, "Ace. Don't take it too seriously... Laziness is only to attack you so-"

"But demons don't lie, do they?" Ace interrupted Frey, saying, "He didn't lie, did he, Frey?"

"That's right. But that's just the result he thinks. Don't underestimate yourself, and don't underestimate Youxiang."

"...I want to see her."

"what?"

"I'm going to see her now. I'm going."

"Huh?" Before Frey could say anything, Ace immediately headed towards the naval base, "No problem, kid..."

"Although I don't know exactly what happened, but if I feel shaken by someone in my heart..." Sister Chiharu said, "The only way to move forward is to go to that person to make sure."

"Human beings are really complicated..." I don't understand this at all.Frey scratched his hair helplessly, and said, "The mission is accomplished. I'm going back too, nun."

"Who are you?" The nun looked at Frey, and she said, "The one just now, isn't he dead?"

"Demons can't die. They can only go back to where they should go." Frey sighed, and he said, "If the broken barrier can't be blocked, I'm afraid he will come back sooner or later."

"Then how can we block it?"

"I don't know. I can't do it. And the people who can do it... are all dead." Frey said, "Normal human activities and time can restore the barrier on its own, but if he comes out to wander around, people It is impossible to function normally. Unless..."

"unless?"

"There are more people like you. Strong, determined, and hoping to end all of this." Frey said, looking at the nun, "The Navy Headquarters must hope that the lieutenant general they sent can do this. But it seems ...Human beings will always lose to their own nature. Not everyone can do what you do...Although I don't know if you can completely end this, I know that your existence must be very important."

"Go on, Sister. One's struggle may feel ineffective at first, but if you don't start, you will never know the real result."

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The author has something to say:

Enter the Vinsmoke family.I kind of like their setting, I want to fuck their brother w

Today is!The long-lost double update!Looking forward to it!Hey~

It’s okay not to read the following little useful science!

Let me talk about the setting of the temple that Sabo and Xiangxiang entered in the last chapter:

In fact, the setting in "Star Wars" is followed here, and the temple is the so-called 'Jedi Temple'.Many temples are very ancient and hidden, and they are full of 'force'.The Force is a very mysterious thing, it is like magic, but if you say it is magic, a lot of Star Wars fans will spray you.In fact, Cang Cang doesn't know how to explain what the original force is, in short, it is a magical force.The special feature of the temple is that some "certain people" will be guided by the force inside and see some illusions.These visions are not all friendly, and can be very dangerous. Some people disappear forever after seeing these visions, while others may go mad, and others gain new powers.

It all varies from person to person.This phenomenon seems to occur in places full of force, and it also occurs in Yilan, a must-have for the special Jedi lightsaber "Kyber Crystal". Many young apprentices who went to look for the Kyber Crystal may be lost in these illusions forever did not return.The phantom always presents what the person cares most about, it may be hatred, it may be fear, it may be pride, longing... It may hope that you can overcome the weakness in your heart, or it may simply give you guidance.It is such an amazing place.

As for the lightsaber, the important part of the lightsaber is the Kyber crystal (the main place of production of the Kyber crystal is Iraq), and the shell can be made of various materials.As long as it is done well, anyone can use it. There is no saying that only those who can use the Force will use it!Of course, a powerful weapon can only exert its greatest strength in the hands of a powerful person~ Xiangxiang doesn't know how to use a sword, so who will use the lightsaber that will be made sooner or later... Hehehehew