Rain

The feeling of riding the wind freely and dripping down, I experienced it again.I could feel the dark green hair fluttering messily with the wind, and I didn't know whether it was because of exhaustion, excitement or fear that my body was trembling slightly.

Really come back.

That's how I stood on the boat back then.Because of the fear of the unknown, subconsciously fear the ocean.At that time, when I just got on the boat, I was intentionally or unintentionally hostile and guarded, and I was not as bold as Yi Gao, so I didn't dare to stand on the bow of the boat. I just firmly grasped the railing of the boat, opened my eyes wide, and looked at the incredible upward current. Be discreet and stiff.I remember when I climbed the top of the mountain and rode the strong wind and current, my heart was full of excitement at that moment, as if it was about to overflow, and the excitement of flying into the air gave birth to wings.How many more decades in life, how many opportunities for adventure?If you don't let go, who will secretly regret it when you are dying in the future?

I have never regretted my original decision.

But standing here now, I am not in the same mood as before.

Licking my dry lips, I looked firmly at the bow of the ship.

Whether it is hell or heaven waiting for me ahead, I am ready.

I am back.

I am coming.

Sanji, who was sitting on the mast, lowered his head and shouted at us, with doubts in his tone: "Miss Nami, there are mountains ahead!"

Mountain?Could it be!

I looked down, and saw the outline of a giant looming in the smoky sea.

Nami was a little surprised: "No way, from the map, after crossing the Twin Straits, the ocean of the Great Channel should be in front... How come there are mountains?"

The thick low hum that the turbulent water couldn't hide sounded again, confirming my speculation.My complexion changed, I gritted my teeth and began to assess the consequences of overdrawing my soul power for the second time.The little guy is too young, and the coercion comparable to the dragon can only be fully released through my soul... As we approached, the blurry outline in the mist gradually became clear, and we finally saw clearly what was blocking the Golden Meili. The whole picture of the hill, the gray-black body blocking the entire passage, is extremely huge.

Sure enough, it was Rab.

"It's not a mountain!" Usopp's tongue was almost knotted, and he stuttered, "It's a whale!"

"There!" Zoro's eyes were sharp, and he saw the slit on the left that was so narrow that only one boat could pass through, "Turn the rudder to the right!"

"The rudder is broken!" Usopp looked flustered, not knowing what to do, and ran into the cabin.

"Think of a way!" Zhuo Luo quickly turned over and jumped into the bilge, his movements were smooth and his voice was steady, "I'll help!"

None of them noticed that standing on the deck, the captain wearing a straw hat suddenly said: "I have a solution!" After speaking, he ran towards the bottom of the cabin.

My eyes lit up, what a way!

Calculate the speed of the water plus the speed of the ship and the impact caused by the gravity, the distance between the Golden Merry and the whale, the possibility of making the ship turn smoothly is very small.But with the counter-impact of the bombardment, the ships would probably be stopped.

I stopped and stared at the muzzle with bated breath.With the sound of a huge cannon, white smoke rising, and the sound of oak breaking at the bow, the Golden Meili finally stopped.And the expressions of everyone on the boat were terribly unanimous. They were all sweating, their faces were pale, and their mouths were so open that their jaws almost dislocated.

"It's okay." I put one hand in my pocket, looked at the huge whale in front of me, with a calm expression, and helped them to literacy about magical animals, "This is an island whale unique to the West Sea, and it is the largest whale species in the world. Their The protective skin can be hundreds of meters thick, and you can’t feel the shelling. Now... maybe I just feel a little confused."

"Anyway, anyway, let's row out quickly." Sanji and Zoro had already picked up the huge wooden oars, still a little shocked.At this moment of stupefaction, Luffy, who was standing silently beside the broken sheep's head, suddenly exploded, and angrily punched Rab's eyes with incomparable accuracy: "Bastard! How dare you destroy my special class?" seat!"

You are so good at finding trouble!

"Hurry up, everyone!" I was speechless for a moment, and barely clenched the railing to remind me, "The most vulnerable part of this kind of whale is the eyes."

For a moment, Rab's eyes were filled with tears due to the pain, and he let out an angry cry, which was extremely piercing.I covered my ears with my hands to barely block out the horrible noise.Then it opened its mouth, and the hull entered its mouth along the swirling current.

dizzy.Then the water calmed down and we saw the light again.

I stared blankly ahead, not only the light, but also the blue sky, white clouds, and island houses.

With one hand in his pocket and a cigarette butt in his mouth, Sanji asked for me, "Are we dreaming?"

Zoro rested his hand on the handle idly, and said calmly, "Ah, I'm dreaming."

"It's not a dream." I looked around and made a judgment after taking a closer look at the so-called sky. "We are still in the whale's stomach. Those patterns were painted on."

The old man guarding the Twin Straits really has a lot of leisure...

"What?" Nami looked at the sky again in disbelief, covered her mouth, "It's true!"

I looked left and right, but couldn't see the bright yellow straw hat, and sighed: "It seems that Luffy couldn't follow in, and fell out..."

Before they could finish digesting the violent news of the loss of the captain, the ocean of gastric acid ahead suddenly surged.I frowned, stood in front of Nami holding the silver knife, and reminded: "Be careful, there are..." Before I finished speaking, a squid several times the size of the Golden Meili appeared.

Out of the sea, looking down at us ferociously.

Why didn't Rab digest it...

Sanji and Zoro had already reacted, leaning forward and rushing forward.But before they could make a move, the squid was shot dead by the steel fishing gun that penetrated behind him.The blood and ink stained the water surface with a fishy smell, slowly spread, and gradually faded.

Zhuo Luo's eyes were sharp, and a determined smile was slightly evoked on his face: "It seems that there is someone here."

"It's a human." The expression on Sanji's face relaxed a lot, and he raised his eyebrows slightly, "I'm not afraid anymore."

I looked straight at the small island exposed after the squid fell, and saw the bent old man coming out bit by bit with a thick knot in his hands.The old man in a colorful holiday shirt had sharp eyes behind his glasses, with a bit of sternness.

Sanji was very uncomfortable being watched by him, his muscles tensed, as if he was facing a big enemy, for fear that this unknown person would make any sudden movements.The old man just walked to the sun chair next to him and sat down, and began to read the newspaper leisurely.

Sanji almost exploded, I patted him on the back, signaled him to be quiet, walked forward, bowed seriously, with a smile on his face: "Old man, long time no see."

Only then did he look at me twice, thought for a while, and his eyes lit up: "Oh, little girl, it's you."

In the past two years, my facial features have not changed much compared to when I left the great channel.And there are not many people who break through the great waterway single-handedly, and there are very few women.He remembered me as normal.

"Yeah." I nodded, and naturally introduced to the stunned members of the Straw Hat Pirates, "He is the keeper of the Twin Strait Lighthouse, Gulokas, and he is... 71 years old this year. I have been in and out of the Great Walk before. passed him."

"That's right." He sat on the sun chair and nodded, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth, "Little girl, are you going to enter the great channel again?"

"Yes." I looked up at him and said succinctly, "I'm ready."

He folded the newspaper and put it aside, and went into the house.After a while, he came out again and threw me something.I caught it casually, with complicated expressions in my eyes.A pointer is sealed in the cool glass, and the bump marks on the edge of the wooden platform have not changed at all.It's like time stands still and never moves forward.

Close your eyes, and return to the day when you came to the Petronas Twin Towers in a trance.

He escaped from the great channel in a mess and sat at the bottom of the twin towers.

The bonfire reflected my face, I put my chin on my knees, and said in a muffled voice, "I want to improve my strength."

He looked at me and was silent for a moment, without asking why, why I was alone, why I was in a mess, and looked sluggish.

"Little girl, listen to me." He looked at the crackling flames with a calm expression, "Go to the East China Sea. It is the weakest ocean, but at the same time it is also the most complicated ocean. It will help you grow."

With my head buried in my knees, I listened to the sound of waves in my ears, Rab roared, and was silent for a long time.

The orange fire flickered, casting long shadows.

The meager light of the morning sun leaked from the black clouds, and I also made a decision.

I took out this precious and important record pointer from my inner pocket and handed it to the old man. I said firmly: "Old man, please keep this. When the time is up, I will definitely come back. No matter five years or ten years, I Will enter this ocean again."

He reached out to take it, with a complicated expression on his face, but in the end a smile appeared in his eyes that had read thousands of sails: "I'm looking forward to it."

So I entered the East China Sea. Later, by chance, I was bound together with the little guy and became a famous bounty hunter.But this is another story.

I put the pointer into my trouser pocket, bowed to him, and said sincerely, "Thank you."

"If you want to go out, that's the exit." He casually pointed to the large iron gate on the side, "It leads directly to the outside."

Everyone turned their heads to look at his movements in unison, and exclaimed: "There is a door in the whale?"

"Excuse me." I nodded and signaled Nami to steer the boat towards the iron gate.But not long after we had been moving forward, the originally relatively calm sea of ​​stomach acid suddenly churned, and there was a strong vibration.The entire deck of the Golden Merry leaned over, and we slid aside, holding on to the wooden railing to keep from tipping overboard.

The old man can be heard murmuring: "Has it started yet?"

Sanji grabbed the railing and turned to him and yelled, "What started?"

He just glanced at us indifferently, and then jumped into the sea, leaving a sentence: "This whale hit the red land continent with its head."

"So, the whale does have a lot of scars on its head, and it's screaming towards the sky..." Nami's voice was full of doubts, and her expression gradually became serious, "It feels pain..."

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The pirates are coming to an end, Rab is still waiting.