In the gloomy rain, a dilapidated pirate ship was drifting in the wind with difficulty.
There was a strong smell of blood floating on the deck, and there were only a few people left on the ship, all of them injured. They were struggling to throw the bodies of their companions into the sea.
On the bow of the ship, a purple-haired, armless woman wearing a captain's hat looked back in the direction of the Kingdom of Dressrosa with a sinister look on her face.
"Captain Karina, the bodies have been disposed of."
Seeing that she didn't move for a long time, a cadre came over and comforted her in a low voice:
"We're unlucky when we meet that guy this time. There's nothing we can do about it if more people die. Don't take it too seriously. In the worst case, we can recruit more people to take revenge on that bastard later."
"Yes, Captain."
Several other people who survived also advised.
"Don't you care? Those losers will die if they die. I have a broken arm!"
Karina finally turned back, her eyes still cold and gloomy, she gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "That bastard, just wait, this matter won't end like this..."
Just a few hours ago, she set her sights on a prosperous coastal town in the Kingdom of Dressrosa, and she and her subordinates wanted to go ashore and plunder it.
Everything was going smoothly at first. The security team in the town was no match for these pirates, and was beaten back and forth.
Unexpectedly, King Liku's army commander, Cyrus, happened to be spending his honeymoon at the beach with his newlywed wife.
Seeing this, he drew his sword and took action. After a bloody battle, he almost single-handedly defeated the entire Karina Pirates.
Karina herself also had most of her arm cut off. If she hadn't been able to escape with her Devil Fruit ability in the end, I might have had to answer for it today.
In her heart, she was extremely resentful towards Cyrus for ruining her good deeds, but the difference in strength between him and Cyrus was so great that even if she only wanted revenge, she had no chance at all.
Boom!
The thunder in the sky suddenly became louder, the rain suddenly became heavier, the sea fog was hazy, and the vision was blurred.
"Where next, Captain?"
A bald cadre lowered his voice and asked, "I remember that there is a small country two hundred nautical miles to the north that is famous for its medical care. Maybe we can go there and grab some doctors to see if your arm can be reattached..."
"Whatever, just go there."
Karina waved her hand, feeling irritable and too lazy to pay much attention.
The dilapidated pirate ship turned in the heavy rain.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a sudden muffled sound from the direction of the bow of the ship, as if it had hit something. The entire pirate ship jolted violently and was forced to stop.
Hit the rocks?
Karina's mood became worse and worse, and she came to the bow of the boat with a sullen face, "What's going on? Is there water underneath?"
"That's not true."
Several pirates were lying on the bow of the ship and looking around. A cadre turned around and said with surprise and uncertainty on his face, "Captain, you...come here quickly...take a look at this..."
Karina frowned and walked over, looked down carefully, and instantly took a breath of air, revealing the same look of surprise and astonishment as her subordinates.
What I saw blocking the pirate ship was a giant gray-white sharp horn, with only a small piece of the top exposed on the sea.
Looking down through the sea surface, one could vaguely see a super-large Neptune corpse similar to a snake, and in the winding body of the snake, it held a huge oval-shaped stone like a giant egg.
"I don't know how this big guy failed..."
Everyone was talking about it. Such huge sea kings were rare even in the New World.
"You will hold on to it until you die." Someone sneered, "This stupid snake, does it think this boulder is its own egg?"
"I guess my eggs were gone when they hatched, and my brain was not normal, so I got a stone like this and kept it with me."
"Wait a minute, this dome..." The bald cadre noticed something keenly and widened his eyes, "It seems like it's still glowing inside?"
The others were startled and squinted their eyes to see. Although their vision was dim, there seemed to be a faint shimmer of light coming out from the center of the dome.
"It seems empty inside." Karina became interested and raised her eyebrows, "Come on, let's go in and take a look?"
"Well……"
The rest of the people suddenly became timid, and the bald cadre hesitated and said, "Captain, let's forget it. If there is no air inside, why don't we just go in..."
"What are you afraid of?" Karina sneered, "If the situation goes wrong, I will take you out at any time."
As soon as he said this, the others also stopped talking.
They watched helplessly as their captain stared intently at the dome in front of them, then waved his right arm and opened a door emitting blue light in front of them out of thin air.
Door fruit.
This is Karina's fruit ability, and it is also the key to her ability to successfully escape from Cyrus with a few cadres.
The pirates followed Karina through the door cautiously. Behind the door was a dark and damp stone cave passage. It was extremely narrow at first, and only then could it be accessed. After twisting and turning for tens of meters, it suddenly became clear.
Light came in, and when they stepped out of the corridor and saw the scene in front of them clearly, everyone, including Karina, couldn't help but open their mouths wide and fell into a state of shock and confusion.
In the middle is an extremely huge giant tree, and under the canopy of this tree, there are jade and flying flowers, mountains and peaks, carved eaves and painted buildings, hiding among them...
This is truly a magnificent "city in an egg".
But what goes against this beautiful scenery is that there are corpses everywhere on the streets, under waterfalls, in the woods, and the strong smell of blood wafts over, making people sick to smell it.
These corpses are all of the same race, and their appearance is not much different from humans, but they have pointed ears, handsome appearance, and most of them are only about one meter in size.
They were all bloody and bloody. Judging from the wounds, they all seemed to have died from long-term violent impacts and jolts...
"There are at least five to six thousand people..."
Walking along the broken streets, the pirates felt their scalps numb and their mouths dry as they looked at them, "They are all dead, not a single one is alive."
Karina pursed her lips and said nothing, and couldn't help but have a somewhat ridiculous guess in her heart.
——This race that is isolated from the world and lives in the "Peach Blossom Spring" must have been killed by that large sea king, right?
She has no way of knowing and is not interested in it. Compared with this, the wealth that may be hidden in the city is much more attractive to her.
As soon as the order was given, the pirates immediately dispersed and screamed, searching for jewelry everywhere, but unfortunately they found very little.
After a moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded:
"Captain, look over here!"
Karina rushed over immediately and looked in the direction pointed by her subordinate. She was slightly startled, and then her head felt like it was about to explode.
At the bottom of the giant tree, three large stone tablets were erected side by side. The two on the left and right were blue-grey, and the one in the middle was completely red!
"This, this is..." She didn't come back to her senses for a long time, and she felt that her breathing became fast and difficult, "the road leading to One Piece... the text of the road sign history!"
It is said that there are about thirty historical tablets left in the world.
It includes 4 pieces of road sign history articles and 9 pieces of information history articles.
The stone tablet with the historical text of the road sign is red in color. According to the description of the 4 pieces, a sea map can be drawn leading to the legendary final island——
"Rav Drew"!
Each piece of historical text is extremely rare, but suddenly, three pieces appeared in front of me!
She originally planned to catch up with this genocide legacy and resell it for some money, but who could have expected that there would be such an unexpected gain under this giant tree!
…………
"That's probably what happened."
In the top-floor conference room of the Navy Headquarters, in front of the whiteboard screen, Major Brannew of the headquarters, with his hands behind his back, solemnly reported to the bosses present:
"Three pieces of historical text, including a piece of road sign text, were accidentally discovered by the Karina Pirates."
"And this Karina is a very shrewd woman. She knows that she does not have the ability to hold these historical texts for a long time, let alone gather the remaining three road sign stones to find Rafdru."
"So you just let out the news and want to sell these three stone tablets at a good price?"
Nuo Xia put down her crossed legs, raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked.
His current position is second to the left of Ganggu Kong, while Sengoku and He are sitting first on the left and right respectively.
The other lieutenant generals, including Aokiji, are all located further outside.
"Yes, Lieutenant General Noxia."
Brannew nodded respectfully towards Nosha, "She announced through underground channels that the price of each stone tablet was 500 million beli. The historical text of the road sign was even offered a sky-high price of 1.5 billion beli.
"
"It's too low." Qingzhi smiled, crossed his arms and said leisurely, "The layout is still a bit too small."
"No matter how much it is, she won't be able to eat it."
Steel Bone Kong, who was on the main seat, spoke in a deep voice and completed the second half of the sentence for Branyu:
"In addition, she also announced that if she wanted to buy three stone tablets in one go, she would have to exchange them for the head of Cyrus, the army chief of the Kingdom of Dressrosa. If she could buy the head of Dressrosa,
If you want to destroy the country, you will get a half discount."
"The head of Cyrus?"
"...still want to destroy the country?"
Many of the senior navy officials who participated in the meeting took a breath, their expressions changed a bit, and Nuo Xia couldn't help but twitching slightly from the corner of his eye.
Such a vengeful woman is really ruthless when she takes revenge...
"The historical text was released three pieces at a time. This news is really sensational."
He held the tea cup and said calmly, "Our navy and the World Government got the news relatively early, but it was too late to control public opinion. Now the entire New World has exploded, and violent turmoil is inevitable."
"Yes."
Brannew spread out the chart, pointed at it and said solemnly:
"As Lieutenant General He said, all forces are now eyeing these three pieces of history. The Whitebeard Pirates have sent people to investigate, and the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates have also
Ready to move."
Did the three sea emperors take action at the same time...
The naval generals present looked at each other with serious expressions.
"Besides this, there are also other pirate groups or underground forces who plan to make this deal with Karina."
Brannew continued to report, "The situation in Tokushima has suddenly become precarious. King Riku has mobilized the entire country to consolidate defense and urgently requested help from the World Government."
"The Three Emperors shouldn't attack Tokushima, right?" Aokiji frowned, "That would be tantamount to compromising on Karina's harsh conditions, and it would be too embarrassing."
"That's right." He nodded, "According to the intelligence, the three sea emperors are mainly focused on searching for the Karina Pirates. They obviously want to rob them by force and have no intention of making a deal at all."
"But other forces may not be like this."
Cyborg Kong said in a deep voice, "No matter what, as Dressrosa is a member of the World Government, this request for help is reasonable and legitimate, and our navy must send troops."
"Firstly, we must protect the safety of Tokushima. Secondly, we must keep an eye on the movements of those sea emperors to deal with this treacherous and ever-changing turmoil."
Kong's eyes scanned the whole place with a solemn expression, "For such a heavy task, we must send out enough combat power to make me feel at ease."
As soon as these words came out, the navy vice-admirals present knew that they were definitely not qualified to serve as commanders, and among the people present, it seemed that only the ones with the strength to take on the role were...
For a while.
Thirty percent of the eyes looked at Qingzhi, and the other 70% were all focused on Nuo Xia.
Qingzhi touched his nose. He actually wanted to go over and join in the fun, but considering that this guy Nuo Xia has been working in the headquarters for more than four months, and his strength has just improved...
He decided to take the initiative and let Marshal Kong give the opportunity directly to Nuo Xia.
"so."
But at this moment, Cyborg Kong had already taken the lead and said in a deep voice, "Noxia, Kuzan, this time the mission is for you two to go together."
Eh?
Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and looked at each other with Nuo Xia, who also looked surprised.
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On the boulevard leading to the harbor.
"I didn't expect Marshal Kong to send us both out in one go."
Qingzhi put his arms behind his head, looked at the sky and said with emotion, "And the cause of this big incident is actually a woman with a good family. Tsk, this fate... is really nostalgic..."
Nuo Xia chuckled, he naturally knew what Qing Pheasant meant.
Three years ago, he and Aoki first met, and one of his enemies also had a door fruit ability user. That guy seemed to be called Big Black Hat Ron?
Anyway, it was during the riot caused by the Golden Lion's attack on the Impel City last time that she participated in the jailbreak operation and died, so that Karina had the capital to move around flexibly and negotiate prices with major forces by relying on her fruit ability.
"After all, this is the biggest event in the new world in the first year."
Nosha shrugged.
However, he actually felt that it was a bit of a waste to send two top combat forces at once. After all, their mission was just to defend Tokushima and monitor the movements of the Three Emperors.
As for the fight for the historical text of the road sign?
He really wanted to join in the fun, but Marshal Kong did not authorize him.
After listening to the old man's meeting, what was revealed in his words was that the World Government wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and not let the navy get involved. It just sent out a cp-0 secret agent team.
Let's try to see if there is any chance that we can search for traces of Helena and her gang when the dog bites the dog, and quietly take away the historical text monument at the minimum cost.