Under the scorching sun, the vast sea of desert spreads out in all directions.
The air is filled with the smell of heat and sand.
Looking into the distance, golden sand dunes rise and fall one after another, surging like waves.
But in front of them, a large-scale ancient loess city stood vicissitudes and tenacity in the roaring wind and sand.
This is the depths of the sand sea in western Alabasta.
There is no human habitation for thousands of miles.
At the same time, this place has also been designated as a medium-risk restricted area by the world government.
Because this is the exclusive territory of ‘One-Tailed’ Shukaku.
When the sight passes over the city wall, it passes through the miscellaneous tower buildings along the way.
After entering the upper level of the main hall through the wall, I heard a strange noise ringing in my ears.
The sound was mixed with roars, blows, shouts, and crackling keys.
Then I smelled the strange aroma of barbecue, not pork or beef.
"Watch out from behind, they're coming at you again!"
"Then you deal with it, I'm fighting this 'Gitori' in a duel!"
"Ah, there are too many, I can't stop them!"
Crocodile and the miniaturized Shukaku were seen sitting on the fluffy carpet.
He was staring at the picture on the LCD TV screen and kept pressing the handle in his hand.
They shouted a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere seemed very tense.
Yes, they are playing games in a team.
A 'unparalleled console game' called "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress".
Look at the surrounding environment again.
Although the space is quite spacious, it has all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances, and every detail reveals warm details.
at the same time.
There are several cat-shaped orcs with short stature, long pointed ears, only about one meter in visual estimation, and walking upright.
Or grilling banana and crocodile thigh meat in the kitchen, or pushing a mop to wipe the floor.
They are Detel, a race of orcs from the Teigu World.
Because it has similar social habits and appearance to El Cat.
But they are more adapted to the desert or desert environment, so they are called the "Lynx Clan" by the Hunter Guild.
Crocodile specially hired ten people to manage the daily life of Shukaku territory.
It is also convenient for you to come and stay for a few days from time to time to relax.
But when the samurai character controlled on the screen was hacked to death with a long sword by the 'Gitsuki Kabane'.
His mood was not so happy.
"hateful!"
"Why is it so difficult to fight such a small trash fish? I tried it four times and I just can't get past it!"
Crocodile threw down the handle angrily, took out a cigar and put it in his mouth, then picked up the lighter on the table and lit it.
"What should I do? Look at this cover. There's a boss like 'Black Smoke' or 'Nue' behind it."
Shukaku spread his hands helplessly.
Crocodile snorted coldly: "I've seen 'Black Smoke' before, it's just a group of 'Kabane' gathering together, nothing special!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked to the kitchen:
"Let's eat first. This is the crocodile I caught from the Santaola River with my own hands when I came here. It is paired with the frost tomato sauce from the God's World. It is absolutely the best!"
Shukaku followed and shouted: "I have long wanted to complain. Is it really appropriate for you, a 'sand crocodile', to eat crocodiles?"
"In this world where people eat people all the time, what's so strange about crocodiles eating crocodiles?"
Crocodile took the roasted meat that Chef Lynx had cut and put on the plate and answered casually.
"Okay, by the way, you seem to be having a lot of time, aren't you guys going to fight?"
Shukaku also took the plate and asked while eating.
Although life in Haixing is a paradise for him.
You can stroll around during the day and be loved by people, and you can also enter the ‘Lord God Space’ at night.
But occasionally I want to have a real fight and help the World Government.
"It's almost time. When the 'Five Stars Join the Sea' is over, we will launch a full-scale offensive on Hades. It is said that we will also open a new star gate. Then we will definitely be busy again."
"Wow, then you have to bring me with you, and let's beat those damn demons together!"
After hearing what Crocodile said, Shukaku was very happy.
He and the demons of Hades have two vengeances to avenge.
One is that he was almost killed before, and the other is the ‘six-tailed’ rhinoceros that has already been killed.
There was originally a "three-tailed" Isobutsu, but he was resurrected on Fish-Man Island.
These nine tailed beasts don't seem to have any contact with each other, even on the surface.
There are even a few relationships that are not very good, such as him and the Nine Lamas.
But there is actually a consciousness space that only tailed beasts and jinchūriki can enter.
It is equivalent to a spiritual chat room with unlimited distance.
So they can communicate with each other anytime they want.
certainly.
The so-called wireless distance can only ensure that there is no problem within a planet at present, and it is impossible to achieve cross-universe communication through the star gate.
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In short, the tailed beasts have never really lost contact, and their relationship is more like brothers and sisters who have separated.
No, it should be said that they were brothers and sisters born from the same child.
At this time.
Just when Crocodile and Shukaku were talking and laughing.
The former suddenly looked serious, turned his dead fish eyes, and stared at the southwest wall.
"What's wrong?"
Shukaku was a little confused.
But about five seconds later, he also noticed a strong aura, approaching at high speed.
"It's Gu Long!"
The reason why he is so sure is because Shukaku discovered the 'dragon energy' in the opponent.
That is, the ancient dragons in the Teigu world have more or less 'dragon attribute energy'.
However, for convenience, it is simply called ‘Dragon Qi’.
"It's that guy Barrett, he's here again"
However, Crocodile gave a different answer, and then greeted: "Let's go out and have a look."
The words just fell.
He immediately turned into a ball of yellow sand, smashed open the window and flew out of the house.
Shukaku did the same and followed closely behind.
Seeing that there seemed to be guests coming to the house, the bobcats of the Deter family immediately began to clean up the messy environment in the house.
The two chefs in the kitchen began to prepare more ingredients.
at the same time.
A large shadow was sweeping across the vast desert.
The creatures living here either fled in panic, or trembled, not daring to struggle at all.
Because above their heads is a giant black dragon!
Visually, the dragon's body is nearly twenty meters long, with a pair of unusually thick curved horns on its head.
The whole body, including the wings and the dragon tail, is covered with sharp black spikes.
Under the scorching sun, it has a metallic cold luster.
Ferocity, brutality, violence, and terror are the feelings that any creature can strongly experience at first sight.
But what these creatures below didn't see was...
Such a terrifying black dragon.
There was actually a man as tall and strong as a little giant, with long blond hair reaching his waist, sitting on its back without caring about the thorns under him.
It wasn't until the dark shadow of the city gradually appeared on the other side of his sight that he slowly stood up.
Then I heard this man who was over five meters tall and wearing a black coat of justice suddenly let out a mighty roar towards the front.
"You bastard of a sand crocodile, come out and fight me!!!"
The air in front of Barrett exploded instantly, and waves of sound visible to the naked eye continued to spread in all directions.
Fortunately, this place is deep in the vast sea, otherwise his voice would be enough to shock anyone within a hundred meters to death.
But his behavior that seriously disturbed the people also received a response.
A huge sand blade cut open the desert in front of the ancient city on the spot, with streaks of purple lightning attached.
That's right, in order to show his grandeur, he wore a domineering and domineering look!
"Dad smashed my head! I'm afraid of him!" (Desert Sword)
This is how Crocodile welcomed the bastard Barrett.