Branch 329, which had experienced fierce fighting, was devastated.
In the living room, Colonel Bacco, the top officer of the branch base, received the two major generals with almost tears in his eyes. He grabbed Nosha's right hand and shook it vigorously:
"You are really too strong, Major General Noxia!"
"I saw everything that happened just now. Thanks to you, otherwise if our branch 329... were attacked by pirates, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
His emotions were so sincere that even his excited voice changed its tone.
It took a lot of effort for Nuo Xia to get rid of this guy. He looked at the liquid in his hand, which he didn't know whether it was snot or tears. The corners of his eyes twitched, and Peach Rabbit next to him looked amused.
"We are both in the navy, so support is our duty. There is no need to thank me like this."
Resisting the urge to kick this guy, Nuo Xia sat down on the sofa, crossed his legs and looked at Bako, shook his head slightly and said:
"Besides, Colonel Bacco did me a small favor back then, so I can just repay him this time."
Did you do a little favor?
When have we met?
Colonel Bacco looked at Nuoxia blankly. He only knew that the man in front of him was the major general and deputy base commander who had just been transferred from the headquarters. He should have never interacted with him at all...
"When you first met me is when you met him."
Taotu was drinking tea at the side and said calmly.
"Eh?"
Baco was stunned for a moment.
When did you first see Peach Rabbit?
Of course I remember it very clearly. On that day more than half a year ago, the entire 329th branch base was in a sensation due to the arrival of this flower of the headquarters.
He was also very excited at the time, but unfortunately Taotu looked coldly to her throughout the whole process, kept her distance, and did not give him a chance to have a relationship, which made him quite regretful.
On the same day...
Bacco looked at Nuo Xia again, and the extraordinary and handsome face in front of him suddenly overlapped with a vague figure in his impression. His eyes widened suddenly and he shouted out loud:
"It's you!"
The kid who disturbed his dreams and came to ask for a boat in the middle of the night!
Is it so difficult to recognize? Nuo Xia picked up the tea cup and was speechless for a while.
However, it was night after all, the light was not very clear, and his appearance and temperament had changed a lot in the past six months.
At this moment, wearing the white cloak of justice and displaying the majesty of a rear admiral, Bacco didn't think of it for a while, which is understandable.
only……
Nuo Xia glanced at Peach Rabbit and laughed in his heart.
I guess Bacco would never have thought that the Peach Rabbit he saw back then was also him.
"Major General..."
Baco felt uneasy, a flattering smile appeared on his face, and he stammered, "Then, that night, I failed to recognize your identity, and there was something wrong with my attitude. Please...please forgive me..."
What a disappointment.
Seeing his reaction, Nuo Xia shook his head inwardly. Before meeting him, he thought that this guy had a brilliant record in the past six months and that he must have improved in strength and character. He might have completed the transformation like Kebi.
Unexpectedly, this is still the virtue.
"There's no need for this, Colonel. I'm just feeling a little emotional when I see my old friend. I'm not here to settle a score with you."
Nuo Xia waved his hand, not wanting to sit here anymore and deal with this kind of guy. After drinking the cup of tea, he turned to look at Taotu and said with a smile: "It's rare to return to Gur Island and walk around together?"
"What does it mean to come back? I've never been here before."
Taotu rolled her eyes at him, but still stood up and stretched, "It's up to you, let's go."
She naturally stretched out her slender white right hand, and Nuo Xia grasped her hand as if he was already used to it.
The two intertwined their fingers and walked out of the door closely, stepping into the snow outside the door, leaving Bacco's two figures drifting away.
Eh?
Baco was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. What is the situation? Are the two major generals from the first branch base actually still a couple????
The other 329 branches of the navy around them looked at Nuo Xia's retreating back with envy.
Having met Taotu more than half a year ago, they were fascinated by this famous beauty from the headquarters and had long been impressed by her charm.
Unexpectedly, when we met again now, the other party would already be a famous woman.
A sour atmosphere spread in the living room, and after Bacco recovered from the shock, he sat on the sofa with his eyes flashing, thinking for a moment, then suddenly stood up and left the living room.
Walking through the long corridor, he went straight back to his room.
After locking the door, he came to the window and carefully looked around to make sure that Nuoxia Peach Rabbit had gone away. Then Bacco took out a miniature telephone bug from the drawer of his bedside table.
The phone bug has a dark blue body with dark stripes. It is a rare species. It encrypts calls and is extremely difficult to eavesdrop.
After the voice of "Bulu Bulu" rang for a long time, someone finally answered the phone.
"How's the situation? Did you escape?"
A mellow and deep man's voice came from over there.
"I didn't escape. Thanks to the pirates' fishing mentality, they dragged the reinforcements from the first branch to arrive."
Bacco glanced at the floor at the end of his bed, where he had prepared an escape route.
"But for this matter, should you give me an explanation? Do you know why the Altin that I killed before had such a powerful brother? I almost died in his hands."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment before he spoke quietly:
"What, are you questioning me?"
This voice was so sinister that even though it was thousands of miles away, Bacco couldn't help but shudder. He suppressed the resentment in his heart and said cautiously:
"I don't dare, Mr. Corleone, but I think that in order for our plan to be realized early, you should probably pay more attention when selecting targets next time..."
"It's not your turn to remind me yet."
The man on the other end of the phone interrupted him coldly, and after a moment of silence, he said calmly:
"Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen again in the future. After the Navy officially decides to transfer you to the first branch, I will start arranging a great achievement for you."
"If nothing else happens, you will be promoted to Commodore and transferred to the Navy Headquarters within half a year at most."
"Big credit?" Bacco was slightly startled, "You are finally ready to hand that girl over to me..."
"It's not her. It's too early."
There was a "pop" sound from the other end of the phone, as if the man had lit a cigarette, "There is no need to throw this card away so quickly before squeezing out the last bit of her use value."
"Yes, I understand."
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The phone hangs up.
On a small island thousands of miles away, a blond man about forty or fifty years old threw the phone aside, walked out with a cigar in his mouth, and came to a secret room underground.
In the secret room.
A small figure was squatting in the corner with his knees in his arms, his whole body seemed to be submerged in the shadows that could not be illuminated by candles.
Hearing the footsteps near her ears, she raised her head numbly, revealing a delicate and beautiful face.
This was clearly a little girl less than ten years old, with long black hair and a pale and haggard face. She was wearing a worn and yellowed white dress and sea-floor stone handcuffs. There were traces of being beaten on her body, and the blood scabs had not yet healed.
The big dark green eyes should have been very beautiful, but at the moment they were dull and lacked any sparkle.
"You've had lunch, it's almost time to rest, right?"
The blond man looked at the girl with long black hair in the corner and blew out a puff of smoke.
The black-haired girl pursed her pale, dry lips and remained silent.
"Please explain what happened to Altin this time."
The blond man didn't take it seriously. He narrowed his eyes and asked calmly, "Bako almost died in this revenge operation. Did you know the relationship between the White Pigeon Pirates and Alkin, so you deliberately chose him?"
Target? Want to borrow his hand to put an end to the plan to destroy me?"
The black-haired girl lowered her head silently, still not intending to answer.
"It's been in my hands for half a year, and you're still so stubborn."
The blond man sneered and slowly pulled out the slender belt from his waist, "If you don't answer honestly, you should know the consequences, right?"
Snap!
There was a crisp sound, and the belt was suddenly pulled out like a thin lightning whip.
In the candlelight, the thin body of the black-haired girl trembled suddenly, huddled towards the corner in pain, but still did not make a sound.
"Say it or not, huh?"
The whip was whipped out several more times, and no matter how hard the girl tried to dodge, her skin was still torn open and blood flowed out.
"It's so tolerable, Nico Robin."
The blond man sneered while smoking, "But you can bear it, but your family can't, right? It seems that you have made some achievements during this period, and I have also improved their treatment. Now it seems that it is time to
Put them back in the dungeon and suffer a lot..."
Family?
The belt fell on her body like raindrops. Little Robin was so numb that he didn't know the pain, but when he heard this word, his heart tightened and he bit his lip subconsciously.
O'Hara has perished, and nothing can come back. All the familiar figures disappeared in the fire. Only her aunt and cousin's family, who were finally reunited after escaping, are her only relatives in the world.
Even if her aunt's attitude towards her was not friendly at first, even if the man in front of her used their lives as a threat, he could always control her and work for him, thus torturing herself for half a year...
But after all, she couldn't leave her aunt and sister behind and wander alone on the sea.
"I don't know, Mr. Corleone..."
The black-haired girl finally raised her head and spoke, her voice hoarse and dry, not what she should have at her age:
"I'm just following your instructions. The captain of the pirate group that Alkin belongs to has a bounty of 23 million Baileys, which completely meets the standards you set. It is most suitable to use it to reward Colonel Bacco for military exploits..."
"Oh? It seems that the standards I set before were too broad and gave you too much freedom to express yourself?"
A chill flashed in the blond man's eyes, and he twitched again, "Whether you mean it or not, you won't have this opportunity again next time. Before you determine your target in the future, you must give me a call and report first. It's up to me to decide.
Do you understand?"
Snap!
This time he used all his strength, and little Robin almost fainted from the pain. She curled up into a ball in pain, and big beads of sweat continued to seep from her forehead.
After a long time, she moved her lips with difficulty and said weakly:
"I understand, Mr. Corleone..."
"If I find out that you have second thoughts again, the one I will use to beat you will not be my belt, but your sister's body."
The blond man snorted coldly, took back his belt, and threw over a reward order and a small black package:
"In addition, I have already chosen your target for next time. You should follow the previous process. Set off tomorrow, get on their ship, and find a way to take them to the designated sea area to kill them. Colonel Bacco
I'll wait there, do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir..."
The footsteps faded away again, and the black-haired girl stared blankly at Corleone's retreating figure, and then looked at the reward order in her hand.
The pirate above is grinning wantonly at the camera, and the bounty figure of 32 million Baileys below reflects faintly under the candlelight...
What an unlucky guy, he will soon fall into the hands of the navy, turn into a corpse, and become an indispensable part of Bacco's climb up the ladder.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with corpses...
Little Robin lowered his head, smiled to himself, and opened the small black package. Inside were two bags of familiar powder. One package had the words "Latest Research and Development", "Enhanced Version of Drug" written on it, and the other one said "
Disguise and disguise yourself”.
Was it drugged again this time?
Robin shook his head and closed his eyes, the memories of the past six months reappearing in his mind like a revolving lantern.
Either he pretended to be a victim and was rescued on the sea, or he found his target in the tavern and bluntly stated that he wanted to join the pirate group...
In the past six months, she had used various means to get involved with various pirate ships. She relied on her weak and cute appearance to gain trust, and then turned around and betrayed these pirates, leading them into death traps and turning them into enemies.
Making military exploits one after another...
Those "partners" who had contacted her had eyes in disbelief...
The screams and wails of those who had their necks broken by Huahua Fruit...
And Bacco’s satisfied and proud laugh…
Like a devil's whisper, it lingered in her dreams and ears for nearly two hundred days and nights, causing her great pain.
I really have had enough of days like this.
But apart from abandoning his aunt and cousin's family, is there any other way for him to escape from such a nightmare?
The Corleone family is the most powerful underground gangster force in the West Sea. Arms, slaves, and even devil fruits... there is nothing they dare not touch.
I even heard that I recently had a relationship with a big pirate in the New World...
No matter how hard you try to fortify yourself, how can you fight against such a behemoth?
Huhu...
Outside the narrow window, a cold wind suddenly blew.
The candlelight flickered and then suddenly went out, just like the little girl huddled in the corner. In her dark green eyes, despair and powerlessness gradually rose...