[One Piece] The long way home

"Crunch, crunch, crunch..."

Grandpa Cora led us up to the attic step by step with a lantern. I wrinkled my nose, and the tip of my nose was always surrounded by a strong musty smell, which made me feel very uncomfortable.

"Hehehe, why is this young man worse than a little girl?!" At some point, Grandpa Cora stopped and looked back at me and said, "I'll be disgusted by my girlfriend if you're so timid."

I subconsciously glanced at the very calm Luffy, shrugged and said nothing.

Grandpa Cora's orange-peel-like face looked very strange against the faint yellow halo of the lantern, which made me feel more and more that this place is really uninhabitable.Whether it's the harsh environment or the mysterious Grandpa Cora.

"Here we are." Grandpa Cora stood in front of a door, then stretched out his hand and slowly pushed the door open, "There has been no one living here for a long time, it might be a little dirty, just clean it yourself."

"Eh?!" I looked around suspiciously, "Is there... no one else here?!"

Grandpa Cora looked at me expressionlessly, her cloudy eyeballs motionless: "You also know the environment here, how could someone come?! All the waiters have left, and I am the only one left.

"Don't expect a bad old man who can't walk steadily and half of his body is lying in a coffin to help you strong young men clean up. A man who can't even do homework will be abandoned by his girlfriend in the end .”

"Why is it that I'm either rejected or abandoned?! Why am I always being shot?!" I couldn't help complaining: "Girlfriends who don't know how to work will be rejected, right?! Where did the boyfriend get offended? Are you here?!"

"An action guy who likes to dislike things and just likes to talk but has no practical meaning is the most annoying. Or do you want to become such a person?! I advise you, young man, girlfriends are for pampering , not for commanding, be careful that she abandons you and find a better one. Right, little girl?"

Luffy picked his nostrils, and answered very smoothly: "Yes!"

Me: "I'm sorry for you!!!"

Grandpa Cora finally gave us two keys: "This young man with a long nose lives in the room on the left, and you will live in this room."

Usopp asked: "Is there no other room?! Didn't it mean that no one comes here?! There can't be no vacant room."

Grandpa Cora was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "...these rooms have been killed, only these two are the cleanest."

I was taken aback when I heard those words, and Usopp instantly collapsed to the ground.

Usopp covered his head and shouted in horror: "Luffy!!! We really should go to live in the town!!! It's terrible here!!! Maybe there will be some curse."

"Curse?" Grandpa Cora, who was not at all moved, suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled when he heard these two words, "Maybe there really is."

Usopp: "Hey --!!!!!! TAT"

Grandpa Cora picked up the lantern on the ground and walked back slowly, "There are candles, matches and a toilet in the room. You can heat the hot water by yourself. It's best not to come out at night. Don't come out."

"Otherwise," Grandpa Cora turned his head, his eyes widened, almost out of frame: "You will die."

I held Luffy's hand subconsciously, my heart was beating violently, and I felt like I was about to pee out of fear.Looking at Usopp again, this guy has already fainted from fright.

Luffy turned his head excitedly and said to me, "Hey, Mio, I think things are getting more and more interesting."

"Idiot!" Because Luffy's warm body temperature was transmitted through the palm of my hand, I finally recovered a little: "Stop messing around! Don't forget, Nami and the others haven't found it yet."

"They're sure to be fine! They're strong."

"Yes!" I said angrily, "Anyway, it's already dark and we can't go to town anymore, so you can say whatever you want now."

"Well, don't be angry."

"How can you not be angry!"

"Then... I'll give you a piece of meat?!"

"...Since you want to give it to me, what's the point of being generous?! And what's the matter with your eyes? If you don't want to part with it, don't say it!"

"I feel that Grandpa Cora is hiding some secret from us."

Usopp took a sip of a cup of tea and said.

"No." I rubbed my chin and pondered, "I think the mayor who let us live here is more problematic."

"Is that so?!" Luffy also imitated Usopp, took a sip from his teacup and said seriously.

"It's best not to get involved in any more incidents." I sighed helplessly, "With our current terrible situation, we don't have the energy to deal with those messy things."

"Yeah!" Usopp also sighed, "We have to find Nami and the others and the Merry as soon as possible, and then we all find a way to get back to normal before we leave this ghost place together."

"But..." Luffy wanted to say something, but I cut him off firmly: "It's nothing but, unless you want to stay here forever like this?!"

"No! I still have to go on an adventure! I don't want to stay here." Luffy replied.

"That's it." I finally let Luffy understand that our current situation is not optimistic, and I feel so relieved. "Tomorrow Usopp will go to the town to find out what's going on, and Luffy and I will stay here to monitor that suspicious Grandpa Cora."

Usopp was unhappy: "Why did you let me go?!"

I said blankly, "Then I'll go instead. You can stay here and take care of this brat and Grandpa Cora who might cook us anytime."

"I'm sorry!" Usopp immediately raised his hand and said, "I like this mission very much! So please let me go to the town to find out the news, please!!"

I looked at the time, it was probably past ten o'clock, and Luffy's head was shaking and his eyelids were almost closed.

"Usopp, you should go back to your room."

Usopp hugged the table leg fearfully and said, "Can you let me play the floor here?!"

I pushed him out the door very cruelly: "No."

Usopp: "QWQ"

I watched as Usopp entered the room, and closed the door softly.

This town is really abnormal as Usopp said.

Sure enough, there is a problem, this place...

Let's wait until we find Nami and the others to discuss it together. Speaking out now will only increase troubles.It is necessary to restore the original state as soon as possible and leave quickly to get the plot back on track.

I went to the table and poured out the cup of cold tea, then picked up Luffy who was sleeping soundly on the table, put her on the made bed, and covered her with a quilt.

I went to the window and looked, it was pitch black, I couldn't see anything, the sky was black and cloudy, it seemed that the whole world was blacked out with ink.

I sighed deeply, then drew down the curtains, blew out the candles, lay down on the other bed, and gently closed my eyes.

After a night of no dreams, it was dawn when I opened my eyes. When I woke up, I found that Luffy had gotten up at some point.

When I finished washing and went downstairs, I saw Grandpa Cora sitting behind the counter wearing presbyopic glasses with a book open in front of him, while Luffy was sitting at the table eating breakfast.

"Good morning! Grandpa Cora, Luffy!" I greeted them.

"Yo! Good morning! Little Mio!" Luffy responded inarticulately with food still in his mouth.

Grandpa Cora looked up from the book, glanced at me indifferently, and didn't express anything.

I didn't care, so I went straight to sit next to Luffy and asked, "Where's Usopp?"

Luffy replied: "He has gone out!"

"So fast?!" I said in amazement.

I didn't expect Usopp to be so efficient!If I knew it earlier, I would have threatened him more, so I wouldn't have wasted so much time.

"Young man," Grandpa Cora said suddenly, "It's better not to know some things. Sometimes those extra curiosity are unnecessary."

I knew what he was referring to: "I understand."

"I, I'm back..."

Usopp's extremely weak voice suddenly came from outside the door, and I was taken aback, I jumped off the chair and ran out the door.

"Usopp, what's wrong with you?! Is there something wrong?! Those people..."

Before I finished speaking, I saw those three people who I was very familiar with but unfamiliar standing outside the door.

"brush!"

I slowly backed into the house, then slammed the door shut.

"Hi!!! Wait for me a moment!!! Please let me in too!!!" Usopp slammed on the door, his voice choked up.

"It's so annoying! I want you to go blind alone, please don't take me with you?!" I yelled at him.

The dog's eyes are about to go blind! ! ! ! ! ! !Why did I see the three people I was so familiar with become like this? ! ! !Who is that handsome guy with orange hair? !Who is that tall green-haired elder sister Gao Leng Yu? !Who is that mature woman with short yellow hair? !I don't even know each other, okay? ! ! ! !

"What's wrong, Mio?" Luffy asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, it's just that there are a few chameleons fighting outside the door." I replied subconsciously.

At this moment, half of the seemingly incomparably strong door suddenly broke, and then with a bang, the board fell down, revealing an extremely beautiful but angry face, and a pleasant but icy chestnut face. sound:

"You said... who is the chameleon?!"

The author has something to say: Hahahahahahaha, the heroine said that the dog's eyes are blind.

Usopp said that if he wanted to be blind, he would also drag someone to be blind together.