Today, Bellemere is no longer the recruit she was back then. Her rich combat experience allows her to react instantly.
clang!
Without hesitation, she slashed back with the knife, sparks flew everywhere, and a huge force surged forward. The girl tried her best, but she still couldn't resist. The tiger's mouth broke apart, and the sword instantly came out of her hands and fell to the ground.
Damn it!
Just as a few more pirates were attacking from in front of him, Bellemeier used his remaining strength to rust all the knives. At the same time, he bent down and grabbed the saber on the ground with his right hand.
But, it's just between this lightning and flint.
Bellemeier felt her forehead freeze, and the huge black and cold claws had grasped her head tightly at some point. With just a little force, she could probably see the scene of the watermelon exploding...,
"It seems that I still overestimate you..."
The cold voice of the black bat Murray came from overhead, "That's right, even if you are lucky enough to eat a devil fruit, you will still be just a small role in the East China Sea branch. I really shouldn't have high expectations..."
"Well...she looks pretty good and has a good figure."
Black Bat smacked his lips and sneered, "If you were a man, I could have spared you a small life and left you to serve me, but it's a pity that you are a woman..."
"Say it."
The giant claw slowly increased its strength, and traces of blood spilled from the hair on the girl's head, while Mo Rui smiled sinisterly,
"You have killed so many of my subordinates. How do you plan to die? Are you going to crush your head and blow it off like this? Or are you going to pick off your bones bit by bit and vent your evil anger on your brothers..."
"..."
The girl did not look back, she pursed her lips, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of unwillingness.
It was obviously just a little bit... just a little bit close that she could take the remaining colleagues and the surviving villagers back to the 16th branch, but now, everything has come to nothing...
Is this all the end of it?
It was all his fault that he was not strong enough. Bellmere closed his eyes, his consciousness already vaguely in a trance.
The vague impression of her hometown of Cocosia Village, Nuo Xia and her quarreling and fighting under the orange tree, the gentle and amiable Tulip, the two little girls who fought to the death to save last night...
A revolving door of images flashed through his mind one by one, and Bellemire suddenly smiled, preparing to welcome death calmly.
But just at this moment, an untimely scream suddenly sounded on the boat, shocking her so much that she suddenly opened her eyes.
Turning his head to look, he saw that the one who was screaming miserably was none other than the black bat Murray, whose giant claws were still grabbing his head.
But at the same time, there was also a slender and powerful hand that tightly grasped the giant bat's head, and then shrank it bit by bit...
"It hurts! It hurts!"
Murray instantly transformed back to his original form. At over two meters tall, he was already tall enough in front of ordinary people.
But in front of that figure that suddenly appeared in the rainstorm, he was as weak and small as a child, struggling hard, but to no avail.
"I heard everything you just said..."
The tall figure held Murray's head tightly with one hand, and at the same time leaned down slightly, facing the latter whose face was twisted in pain, and said with a half-smile:
"So, now it's your turn to answer me, crush the head or pick out the bones, how... do you want to die?"
boom!
It was like spring thunder in the clear sky, exploding in my heart.
The moment she saw that familiar face, Bellemeier's heart almost jumped out of her chest. Her eyes widened, her lips trembled, and her face was full of disbelief——
It's him, it's really him!! What the hell is going on? Shouldn't he still be in Marinefando? How come he suddenly appears here?
Was it because she was confused and hallucinating before she died, or was it that she had already died under her claws and what she saw was a beautiful scene in heaven...
"captain!"
She was in a daze here, but the pirates around her were shocked when they saw this. The heavy rain was pouring, and their vision was blurred. They couldn't see exactly when the tall figure appeared.
But everyone knew that their captain's situation was not good, and immediately under the command of several cadres, they roared and swarmed in, trying to rescue Murray.
“Don’t overestimate your own capabilities.”
Nuo Xia glanced up, her right hand still firmly holding Mo Rui's head, and her other free hand was resting on the wind sword at her waist.
Whoosh!
A cold light flashed, and the sword blade passed through the arc-shaped afterimage so fast that it could not be seen clearly, and then returned to the sheath.
The next moment, with everyone watching in horror, the pirates who rushed towards them with strange screams didn't even have a chance to react. They were all cut in half and turned into corpses all over the ground.
Blood was flowing all over the ground, washed away by the heavy rain, and Murray, whose head was pressed, was also stunned for a moment when he saw this scene.
He suddenly seemed to realize something, and with all his strength, he twisted back a little with difficulty, and finally managed to get a clear look at the handsome face so close at hand.
"You, you, you are..."
This great pirate, who was almost unbeatable in the East China Sea, suddenly changed his face at this moment. His face was as white as a piece of paper. His whole body was shaking like chaff, and his voice became particularly sharp due to excessive fear——
"Ro...Major General Romanov Nosha! Impossible! Why are you here in the East China Sea!"
Can you actually recognize me?
"Because Donghai is my hometown..."
Nuo Xia raised his eyebrows and then smiled: "In addition, you are wrong about one thing. I am no longer a major general, but a lieutenant general. So, I'm sorry, I want to take back the right to choose that I just gave you.
…”
No!
No! I still want to go to the Grand Line to pursue my dream, how could I die in such a stupid place!
Murray's pupils shrank suddenly. Realizing the threat of death, he unleashed all his strength to struggle.
But everything was obviously in vain. The head holding his head remained motionless, and in his desperate eyes, it suddenly exerted force——
Bang!
The watermelon finally burst open, and red and white things splashed out.
Nuo Xia turned his face slightly, avoiding it easily, then moved his eyes slightly, and then looked at the other pirates who were stunned expressionlessly.
Being swept away by this gaze, all the pirates felt a chill from the back of their heads, straight to the Tianling Cap.
"...Why are you still standing there, run away!"
I don't know who got up first and shouted. Then all the pirates reacted at the same time and ran back in panic. They all wished their parents had lost two legs.
Some did not even bother with weapons in order to climb the ropes, and some saw that the ship was moving too slowly and simply jumped into the sea in a panic...
But no matter how fast they are, can they be as fast as Nuo Xia's sword?
The answer is obviously no.
Buzz!
Along with the sound of breaking wind, a magnificent white sword energy slashed out, setting off a violent wave of air that instantly covered all the pirates.
Immediately, Nuo Xia was seen walking on moon steps into the mid-air, her body moving and flickering on the surrounding sea...
In just a few dozen seconds, this huge pirate fleet of more than 2,000 people was declared completely destroyed, with not even a single person left alive.
At this time, Nuo Xia finally floated down from the sky and landed firmly on the deck of the warship.
"..."
The remaining sailors were stunned, with their mouths wide open, looking at the figure descending from the sky as if they were looking at a god.
Only Bellemeier finally came to his senses at this time.
The girl stared blankly at the tall figure that was getting closer and closer, and was finally sure that she was not in a dream. She wanted to rush over with a grin, but after sniffing, tears fell down...
"Why are you still crying?"
Nuo Xia helplessly opened her arms, hugged the girl with maroon ponytail, wiped her dirty little face, lowered her head and whispered softly:
"It's all over, Bellemere. You've done enough. It's all my fault. I came too late..."
Wow!
The girl hammered his chest hard and cried louder...
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A few hours later.
The heavy rain gradually stopped, the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, and the afternoon sunlight was exceptionally warm.
The battlefield has been cleared, and the damaged warships finally embarked on their return journey after simple repairs.
After the disaster, the sailors who had harvested a large amount of loot had no time to rejoice, because at this moment, the girl with a maroon ponytail was standing in front of them with her arms folded, threatening fiercely:
"...Do you understand what I just said? If someone tells me about my crying after I go back..."
"Understood, Lieutenant Bellemere!"
The sailors trembled, looked at each other, and said at the same time with a grimace.
The girl then shook her ponytail with satisfaction and returned to the cabin. As soon as she opened the door and entered her bedroom, she saw Nuo Xia sitting by the bed, laughing and telling stories to Nuo Qi.
The little girl lay there and listened in rapt attention. Unknowingly, she felt sleepy. Her eyelids trembled for a long time, and she finally fell into a deep sleep.
Bellmire didn't interrupt, just stood there quietly watching all this, with a smile in his eyes.
On Nuo Xia's side, she had just clumsily tucked the little guy into bed. When she turned around, she was startled by the sudden appearance in front of her:
"When did you come in? Why didn't you make any sound?"
"Have you lost your ability to see and hear again?" The girl rolled her eyes at Nuo Xia angrily, and sat down on his lap naturally. "It looks like you are already familiar with these two little guys?"
"Um."
Nuo Xia looked at the little blue-haired girl who was sleeping soundly. "This child has been looking outside through the window. She has been frightened all morning. I also spent a lot of effort to coax her to sleep..."
From the angle that Bellemere couldn't see, his eyes were a little complicated.
Nuoqi is tall...
As a time traveler, of course he recognized the identities of these two little girls at a glance, and precisely because of this, his mood was even more complicated.
Should we say that this is destiny? Or should we say that the superposition of various coincidences has caused the fate trajectory flapping by butterfly wings to quietly overlap with the original timeline?
Although the time was almost the same, they were obviously on different islands and on different occasions, but Bellemere still met these two adopted daughters who depended on each other and had a deep bond with each other.
I felt the burning reminder of my life card. When I rushed over, I never expected that such a scene would appear...
"What are you doing?"
Bellemeier in his arms pushed him angrily. Only then did Nuo Xia come back to his senses, turned around and asked, "Where's the other little guy?"
"I just woke up and was carried over by the cook to breastfeed. Counting the time, now it should be..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the cheerful cook appeared at the door.
Bellemere quickly stood up, thanked her and took the swaddle from her hand. After closing the door, he returned to the bedside with the baby girl in his arms.
The little one had obviously just had enough to drink and kept burping. Her delicate little face was so cute, pink and tender, like a porcelain doll.
Nuo Xia couldn't help but stretched out her finger, first poked it, and then couldn't help but pull it gently.
"Hello!"
Bellemel, who was coaxing the little one, immediately slapped his palm away and glared at him fiercely: "Pay attention to your strength, it's neither light nor heavy. Don't you know how strong you are?"
This reaction is too exaggerated...
Nuo Xia was speechless, "Of course I know how to hold back, I need this..." He stopped before he finished speaking, because both of them could clearly see that the place where the little guy was grabbed by Nuo Xia was visible to the naked eye.
The ground is swollen...
The little guy pursed his lips, twitched the tip of his nose, and was about to cry.
Bellemere stood up in a hurry, walked back and forth, coaxed and rocked her for a long time, but it didn't work for a long time, and the baby girl cried very loudly.
She was annoyed for a while and turned around to look fiercely. Nuo Xia was standing there helplessly. When he saw her looking at him, he smiled coquettishly...
"Would you like me to hold you and coax you?"
The youngest Lieutenant General of the headquarters asked cautiously with a shy face.
"What are you dreaming about!" Bellmeier snorted coldly, "You are the one who made the child cry. The child is scared by you. Even if you hug her, she won't... eh?"
She looked down at the swaddle in her arms blankly, and saw the little guy with short orange hair. When she saw Nuo Xia opening her arms, she stopped crying at some point, and tried her best to stretch out her two little paws forward.
As I looked around, there was a babbling sound in my mouth...
"Ha! Did you see that she wanted me to hold her?"
Like a child who had won out of anger, Nuoxia proudly took the swaddling clothes from the dumbfounded Bellemere.
After arriving in his arms, the little girl immediately giggled happily, and even took the initiative to reach out her pink little hands to touch the beard on his chin...
Even through the thick cotton cloth, you can still feel the soft and chubby skin of the little one, and the smell of milk. When holding her, Nuo Xia felt as if she was holding all the happiness in the world.
"Hey, look, you really like me more!" His smile almost turned into a Nike grin.
"Virtue."
Bellmere rolled her eyes at him, and then glanced at Noqigao, who was sleeping soundly. He hesitated for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Well... Noxia, there is something I want to talk to you about..."
"What?"
The Lieutenant General gently rubbed the little guy's face with his stubble, and he was so happy that he almost couldn't keep his eyes open.
"I made this decision after I rescued these two children yesterday..."
Bellemere considered the words, sighed, and finally plucked up the courage to speak, "Although I know this request is somewhat unreasonable and unwise, I still hope you can consider it. After listening, don't be angry.