"Title page serial·Straw Hats chapter 10·"That bastard, how dare you call me?"
"Marinvando, Garp was sound asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the blue sound of the phone bug. The old man frowned sleepily and picked up the phone. As soon as he noticed from the corner of his eye that a green hood gradually grew on the top of the phone bug's head, he heard the sound on the other end.
A familiar voice that I hadn't seen for a long time came, and I suddenly woke up and became furious."
"But the voice on the other end of the words was extremely low and tired, with a hint of pleading. After listening to it, Garp was stunned at first, and then pinched his chin with complicated eyes and fell into deep thought..."
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"Fram."
Bingshan's eyes were complicated, "I wrongly blamed you..."
He took a deep breath and turned to look at the fishman Tom, "Let's go, teacher, let's go back. The big man must be waiting impatiently there. As Frame said, his ship order, this
We must win this time..."
"No, no, no." Tom touched his belly and laughed, "I don't want to go back, and I don't want to see that person."
"Eh?"
Bingshan and Franky were stunned at the same time.
"Why?" Frankie couldn't believe it, "Old man, this is the best opportunity..."
"Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, because of your recommendation, I choose to believe that coming all the way to a garbage dump like this is always very uneasy." Tom said with a smile, "If it was brought by the iceberg,
That’s not surprising…”
Does this mean that he acts like a little gangster and doesn't look credible?
Frankie was furious and was about to defend himself unconvinced, when he saw Tom looking around to make sure there was no one around the alley, then he took out an old iron box from his arms and handed it into Bingshan's hands.
"What is this, teacher?" Bingshan took the iron box in surprise.
"What's inside is something that can scare even the world's governments."
Tom chuckled and said, "Although I'm not sure whether the Lieutenant General of the headquarters followed Fram here for this thing, but just in case, it's not very safe to continue to put it on me."
He waved to the two disciples, and they both came over at the same time. After whispering a few words, Franky immediately widened his eyes and looked at the iron box in disbelief.
Rao, who had a calm personality like an iceberg, couldn't help but look down at the iron box he was holding in his hands, his hands trembling slightly.
One of the three ancient weapons, Pluto’s design?
Does Teacher Tom actually hide such an amazing secret?
"Iceberg." Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Tom chuckled and waved his hand, breaking the silence, "You must keep it safe. If something happens to me and I am no longer here..."
"What nonsense are you talking about, old man!"
Franky was very dissatisfied and muttered, "Why are you cursing yourself... It's not like that, I really just met that Lieutenant General Nuo Xia by chance, and I don't think that guy should be that kind of person.
ah?"
He had said on the street that he was a fan of Nuo Xia, and the look of admiration he showed was obviously all fake. Because of his background, Franky had never had a good impression of the navy.
But don't know why.
Taking Nuo Xia along the way, Franky somehow developed a fondness for this overly handsome lieutenant general, and even subconsciously began to defend the latter...
"People's hearts are separated from each other, so you should be careful in everything."
Bingshan shook his head, carefully put away the iron box, and then looked in the direction of the studio in the distance, "Anyway, now we have to find a reason to send away this big shot who is not easy to mess with..."
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In Tom's studio cabin.
Nuo Xia crossed her legs in boredom and waited for almost half an hour, but Tom didn't come back.
He had already finished drinking the water in the glass, and he was a little thirsty. He looked at the table and saw an unopened glass bottle of Coke. He simply took it over, picked up the bottle cap with his index finger, and poured it into his mouth.
After filling half of the bottle, he put it down and frowned at the glass bottle in his hand.
It tastes really bad, comparable to Pepsi toilet cleaner.
Sure enough, the cola formula in this world still needs to be improved... As a staunch Coke fan, Nuo Xia was complaining vigorously when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside.
The figures of Bingshan and Franky stepped into the door one after another.
"Where is Mr. Tom?" Nuo Xia looked back and asked curiously.
"Uh, this..." Franky scratched his head and looked at the iceberg.
Bingshan's eyes were calm, but a helpless smile appeared on his face. He took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Nuo Xia, and sighed:
"Sorry, Lieutenant General, when we rushed to the shopping street, the teacher had already left. He just asked his pet to leave this for us."
Nuo Xia took the note, looked at the message on it, and was slightly startled, "The raw materials I wanted to buy were sold out in the Seven Waters City, so I took a boat out to other islands to buy them?"
"Yes." Bingshan rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, "Teacher is so old, but he is still as willful as before... He left without saying a word in advance, so that we can have a good meal..."
He looked at the frowning Nuo Xia, bowed deeply, and said with an apologetic expression: "I'm really sorry, Lieutenant General, it's all our fault. Teacher, I'm afraid it will take at least two or three months for him to come back."
, the shipbuilding thing really can’t be fulfilled..."
"Is this so..."
Nuo Xia glanced vaguely in a certain direction outside the door, then looked at the two people who were uneasy inside, and stood up carelessly, "Forget it, it happens to be Helena Shipbuilding Company, and I don't want to break the contract, so you don't have to worry about it.
superior."
He waved his hand, smiled and rejected Bingshan who was about to go out to see him off, and his figure gradually disappeared into the alley outside the door.
It passed by in confusion...
Bingshan looked at the retreating figure, wiped away the cold sweat, and secretly felt lucky in his heart. Fortunately, the lieutenant general was not a person who wanted to get to the bottom of things.
What a great acting! Franky in the back secretly gave his senior brother a thumbs up in his heart.
If it were him, he would not be able to face Nuo Xia so calmly without revealing any flaws...
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When we returned to the hotel, it was already past eight o'clock at night.
The three girls had already packed their luggage and were lying on the bed, flipping through several comics with gusto. Nuo Xia glanced at the cover and saw that it was another serial comic of the Germa family that Peach Rabbit liked.
This thing is like a superhero comic of the earth. It has been serialized in the World Economic News for many years, has countless fans, and is very popular.
"How old are you and still like to read comics? How childish."
Nuo Xia gave Peach Rabbit a disdainful look, went to wash it off briefly, lay back on the bed, took out a comic "Chainsaw Man" that he bought for 200 points at the mall last time, and started reading it casually.
It's a good read before going to bed to pass the time.
He read absentmindedly, flipping through the pages. His attention was not on the comic content at all, but on what happened in Tom's studio cabin just now.
Tom hid and found an excuse not to see him. This was something he could be sure of.
The reason is pretty easy to guess.
He and the other party have never met before. The reason why he is so vigilant is probably because he is concerned about his identity and thinks that he has heard some rumors and came to him for Pluto's design, right?
Nuo Xia shook her head.
This is really a mistake... Not to mention it is just Pluto's design. As a time traveler, it is not difficult for him to figure out where Pluto is hiding.
But he really has no interest at all...
A giant battleship that can destroy an island with one shot does sound terrifying, but in the end it is just a foreign object.
In Nuo Xia's view, if you have the leisure to be like a sand crocodile and spend all your time planning this thing, it is better to practice more and spend time on improving your own strength.
After eating the Thunder Fruit, or breaking through the bottleneck in swordsmanship and being promoted to the master level, it would not be difficult for him to destroy an island with one blow.
As for whether to find Tom and take the initiative to resolve this misunderstanding...
Nuo Xia thought about it and felt that it was not necessary. Anyway, the ship built by Tom himself was not an urgent need for him. He had already placed an order with Helena Company, so he could not take the initiative to break the promise...
"What are you looking at?"
Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted, and warm breath came to his ears. Nuo Xia turned around and saw that Taotu had gotten into his bed at some point, curiously looking at the contents of the comic book.
"I want to be Miss Machima's dog..." She read out the dialog box on this page, and her expression suddenly became a little subtle, "Where did you buy the comic book? It's a mess..."
Snap!
Nuo Xia's face turned slightly red and he closed the comic decisively.
Immediately.
Amidst the exclamation of the little rabbit, it pounced on it viciously.
The other two women were laughing and watching the fun, but they were dragged by a big hand and inexplicably joined the fighting group...
The last night in the Capital of Seven Waters is destined to be a beautiful and warm night.
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Five o'clock in the morning.
The alarm clock on the bedside was about to start, but a hand had already reached out from the quilt and pushed it down.
Nuo Xia yawned and got up from the bed. He had not slept for more than a month. After being exhausted from the battle last night, his sleep was particularly comfortable and sweet.
When she came to the window and opened the curtains, Nuo Xia was slightly startled.
There was no sunlight shining in, and it was still pitch black outside the glass window. Looking into the distance, dark clouds piled up in the sky, the wind howled, and the entire sky seemed to be covered with splashes of ink.
Is it going to rain heavily?
Nuo Xia frowned. If the rain fell too hard and overturned the speedboat parked outside the pier, it would not be easy to set sail...
After thinking about it, he turned around and pushed the girls awake, intending to leave before the rain got heavier.
Taotu and the others were still a little tired, and they woke up in a hazy state. They were a little dissatisfied at first, but after taking a look at the sky outside, they immediately woke up, and one of them moved faster than the other.
Ten minutes later, the group finished packing and arrived at the first floor of the hotel lobby, ready to check out.
But no one was seen behind the reception desk. Just when Nuo Xia was a little strange, he heard a loud "bang".
It turned out to be a big tree on the street, which was blown to pieces by the strong wind and collapsed right in front of the hotel door.
At the same time, a short and fat figure with a big belly came out of the stairs cursing, rolled up his sleeves, and tried hard to lift the big tree out of the door.
It's a pity.
Such a thick tree was obviously not something that ordinary people could move alone. The short, fat, middle-aged man's face turned red, and he couldn't move the trunk even half a meter with all his strength.
"He's the owner of the hotel." Bellemere recognized this guy, turned his head and whispered to Nuoxia, "It seems his name is Kado, and he has a pretty good heart."
Nuo Xia nodded, walked forward, signaled the hotel owner to get out of the way, bent down slightly, and with a little force on his right hand, he easily threw the giant tree, which was more than ten meters long, out of the door and closed it smoothly.
glass door.
"Eh?"
The cardholders were all dumbfounded. They stared for a long time before coming back to their senses and quickly thanked Nuo Xia.
"You're welcome." Nuo Xia smiled and pointed to the empty reception desk, "We want to check out and leave. Mr. Cardo, where have all your employees gone?"
"Those boys' homes are in the outer slums. I can't worry about the elderly at home. I told them to go back and save people."
Kado wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Nuo Xia strangely, "You still want to leave? The water gods are coming soon, and the ship can't sail at all. Where can it go? In my opinion,
It’s better to stay here honestly, the hotel is on a high ground, at least you don’t have to worry about being flooded, it’s much safer than outside!”
Water gods?
Nuo Xia and the other girls were stunned and looked at each other.
After visiting the Water City for a few days, they naturally knew what the term "Water Gods" meant.
Isn't it?
They were so unlucky that when they were about to leave the island, they encountered the terrifying tsunami that happens every year in the Capital of Seven Waters?
"What a ghost!"
Cardo didn't pay attention to their expressions. He looked at the sky outside and sighed with an unlucky look on his face:
"In the past few years, the water gods came at a fixed time. It was only those few days every year. This year, it's better, it's more than half a month earlier! And it's still at this time in the morning!"