Chapter 17 The Responsibilities of the Sheriff (2-in-1)
"Boss Holo!"
In front of the village chief's house, a young man with an upright face whose overall beauty was ruined by a sharp chin saw Ji Xing and shouted hello.
His name is Abe, one of the seven guards under Ji Xing's command. He was originally a little hooligan who idled around all day and did no good. After being beaten several times by Ji Xing, he was convinced and gradually walked on the right path.
Now he is also the most obedient and most admired guard under Ji Xing's command, commonly known as - the dog-legger.
"Abe, what's going on now?"
"Well, the girl who was swept over by the waves hasn't woken up yet." Abe diligently opened the door for Ji Xing.
"Aunt Kirsty is taking care of her...Village Chief, I, Boss Holo, are here!"
The village chief of Xiaochao Village is 50 years old this year. He is a man only 1.5 meters tall. He holds a cigarette bag in his hand most of the time. He is quite strong.
"Village Chief." Ji Xing greeted, and he nodded to Ji Xing: "Here you go, Holo."
Soon, Ji Xing saw the girl who was swept ashore by the sea. She must be only fifteen or sixteen years old, with black hair with a touch of red, and a cute face with a touch of paleness soaked in the sea.
A look of pity.
Her clothes had been changed by Aunt Kirsty, and she was now covered with a thick quilt.
The village chief gently lifted the quilt, and Ji Xing immediately knew why he was called here, while Abe exclaimed in surprise: "Chains?!"
I saw a thick chain tightly tied to the girl's fair and delicate feet and ankles, which is usually used to restrain criminals!
The village chief took a puff from his pipe and said, "That boy Moss was smart. When he found the chain, he wrapped the child in his coat, so that few people saw him. But now... I have some idea how to arrange this child.
Undecided, Holo."
Ji Xing understood the village chief's concerns. The chains on her feet meant that her being washed ashore was not a simple shipwreck or pirate attack.
"How else can we arrange it?" Aunt Kirsty, who was wiping the girl's forehead with a hot towel, turned around dissatisfied: "Here comes Xiaochao Village. He is from Xiaochao Village. Hurry up and find someone to unchain the child's ankles.
It’s almost swollen from the pressure!”
The village chief shook his head helplessly. He naturally felt that such a little girl could not be a pirate and felt that she was quite pitiful. However, as the village chief, he had to consider the safety of the entire village.
Ji Xing glanced at the girl's two slightly taut little feet and saw that the little toes soaked in seawater were spread apart in an unnatural arc. He smiled and said, "Let's ask her where she came from first.
.Little sister, this is Xiaochao Village on Tide Island. I am Holo, the village’s police chief. I am not a bad person. Don’t pretend to be unconscious.”
Pretending to be unconscious? Several people looked over unexpectedly and found that the girl's eyelashes trembled, she opened her eyes and said nervously: "I... just woke up."
Aunt Kirsty didn't care and said with a smile on her face: "Just wake up. Come and have a bowl of hot water."
She helped the girl sit up and fed her a bowl of warm water. The girl's face gained a bit of color, and she turned her eyes to look at a few people.
Except for Abe, they all seem like good people.
Especially the tall Ji Xing's upright look gives people a sense of security, just like his father.
After being silent for a while, she said: "My name is Natalia, Natalia Nakpushit, I am the daughter of the King of the Kingdom of Sitskail."
A princess again? Ji Xing raised his eyebrows, are all the princesses in this world so miserable?
"The king's daughter...princess?!"
"The Kingdom of Sitskeal?" The village chief was more knowledgeable: "Is it the country on Krayingana Island not far from Tidal Island that has been experiencing civil war for many years?"
"Well." Natalia's eyes were slightly red: "As long as I can remember, the kingdom has been at war. Years of wars have made the people of the kingdom miserable, and the population has continued to decrease. However, the evil rebel army refused to stop. Finally, in ten
A few days ago, they captured the royal capital and killed...killed my father."
"Oh my god... don't cry, child." Aunt Kirsty wiped her cheek gently: "So you were caught by the rebels? They..."
"They're going to give me to the auction house in the Chambord Islands and put me
Sold as a slave." Natalia continued: "Uncle Gianluca tried his best to rescue me. When we were escaping at sea, our boat capsized. When I woke up, I was here, and I didn't know.
Uncle Gianluca..."
The population auction house of the Shampoo Islands? Ji Xing heard the familiar name, behind it was Doflamingo's slave auction place in the Shichibukai!
As for Gianluca, he was probably in danger. It was a rare and lucky thing to capsize his boat in the vast sea and be washed ashore.
Several people knew it by heart, and Auntie Kersty yelled: "These bastards! Village chief, go find a locksmith to open the little princess's chain. Little princess, you will stay in our Xiaochao Village during this period.
If you don’t have any other place to go, just treat this place as your home!”
The village chief took a deep puff of his cigarette and looked at Ji Xing without moving.
"I have to discuss this matter with the mayor." He said, "Child, don't blame me for speaking harshly. Since the rebels captured the royal capital and killed the king, they are now the de facto leader of the Kingdom of Sitskear.
The ruler..."
"No." Natalia shook her head and said with tears: "The population of the kingdom has been wiped out. The Kingdom of Sitskeal... no longer exists. The evil rebel army looted all the kingdom's property and killed
He killed my brother...and sold me, maybe I will become a pirate."
"The Kingdom of Sitskeal... didn't it have a population of hundreds of thousands before? It was completely destroyed?" The village chief looked shocked: "War..."
But in this way, Natalia won't be involved in bigger troubles. It's just that a group of pirates want to capture and sell her. Maybe they can contact the Navy G19 Base?
He exchanged glances with Ji Xing again, and suddenly he heard someone shouting outside: "Oh no! Village chief! A ship has just arrived at the port, and dozens of men with knives got off the ship! Get angry when you see anyone.
Asked if we had seen a girl with a streak of red in her hair!"
Natalia instantly shrank back into the quilt and looked at the people in front of her with a pale face: "Yes, it's the rebels. They are chasing me! I..."
Being able to be washed up on the island by the waves, it is obvious that the place where their boat capsized was not far from the island. If the rebels had been falling far away, it would not be surprising to guess that Natalia might be on the tidal island.
"Dozens of people?" Abe swallowed: "Boss Holo, what should I do? It seems it's too late to notify the navy!"
"The Sheriff of Xiaochao Village naturally wants to protect the safety of the village." Ji Xing had already walked out, took out the knife from his waist, and held it with a sword.
"Holo!" The village chief was surprised: "There are too many of them, you..."
Da la——
A sound of iron chains colliding interrupted the village chief's words, causing him to turn his head, and he saw that the iron ring of the chain on Natalia's ankle suddenly broke in half and fell off!
"This..." He looked at Kirsty blankly, and Natalia's little face was also stunned.
Was it cut off by that blow just now?
I didn't see it clearly, and isn't this an iron lock?
Abe was stunned for two seconds, then raised his legs and chased outside, snapping: "Cool~~~~~Boss Holo, how did you do that?! I've never seen you use a knife before!"
"Then next time you cause trouble again, I will chop you with a knife." Ji Xing replied casually, looking towards the coast, capturing his senses through sight, smell, color, and stepped hard with his feet, and his body disappeared in an instant.
On the other side, more than 40 rebel soldiers were also rushing towards the village chief's home.
There are many people who know that Natalia was washed ashore by the waves, and we cannot expect everyone to keep her a secret, especially in the face of some evil spirits.
In more than ten years of war, almost all the rebels and the royal army were wiped out. None of the surviving rebels had 180 lives on their bodies, and they were much more brutal than ordinary pirates.
The villagers who saw them turned pale and stepped aside. The leader of the rebel army, who was more than two meters tall and strong, walked in the center of the road as if inspecting his own territory.
The deputy leader next to him whispered: "Boss, you are lucky to have found our little princess so easily. It seems that we don't need to sack the village to make up for our losses?
"
"Why not?" the leader snorted: "With the readily available wealth, why not..."
puff--
"want?"
A slight noise interrupted his words. The leader of the rebel army touched his neck in confusion. His hands were bright red when he raised his hand, and his eyes turned blood red.
"Ho...ho..."
After two hard gasps, he collapsed and died!
"Boss?!"
"Ah——" The screams of the rebels echoed with the panic of the villagers. Ji Xing's steady and powerful voice suppressed everything: "Everyone in Xiaochao Village, this is Sheriff Holo! Don't panic, everyone, go home.
Stay here, I will deal with all the evil bandits who invaded the village!"
"Asshole! Did you do this?!" The rebels looked at Ji Xing in front of the road.
"Damn it! Kill him!"
Ji Xing sheathed his sword and raised his fist to meet the attack.
Dongdong Peng——
"ah--"
People are flying with swords!
These battle-hardened rebels are at most the level of pirates with a million-dollar bounty. To Ji Xing, there is no difference between them and ordinary people. He punches a child, and soon there are only unconscious and groaning ones left in front of him.
of.
The deputy leader of the rebels struggled hard: "Damn it... you, who are you?!"
"Didn't I tell you? I am Holo, the Sheriff of Xiaochao Village." Ji Xing said.
"Zhi, what is a Sheriff...ah! It's broken! It's broken!"
"It's my turn to ask you now." Ji Xing said.
For him, the incident of the rebel army capturing the princess was not something worth worrying about. He could not just watch the little girl who was less than 16 years old being captured and sold into slavery. This satisfied his "eyesight"
"Within their power" conditions, let alone the fact that these guys in front of them want to loot Xiaochao Village, it is necessary to reveal some strength.
The trouble is how to deal with the follow-up.
Many things can affect the whole body.
As expected, the deputy leader of the rebel army was not a tough guy. Under knife-and-neck interrogation, he quickly revealed what Ji Xing wanted to know.
Sitskear was indeed defeated, and the victorious rebel army only had about a hundred people left. There was no point in occupying an empty country. They just wanted to take the wealth of the kingdom and choose a good place.
Choose the nobles who attach themselves to the Chambord Islands!
The little princess is one of their stepping stones because of her appearance and identity. There are not many slaves in the population auction house who have the identity of a true princess, and they can be sold for a price close to that of a devil fruit!
Naturally, we should try our best to catch them back.
"Nobles of Chambord...slave auction..."
While Ji Xing was interrogating the deputy leader of the rebels, he heard that there was no movement, and many villagers cautiously poked their heads out of the house, looking at the figure standing in the center in shock.
We know that the new Sheriff can fight, but can he be so good at it? This is simply... more powerful than many navy, right?
Abe's loud voice rang out again: "That's awesome~Boss Holo! Please teach me how to fight!"
Ji Xing waved his hand: "We'll talk about it later. Deal with this side first, tie people up with ropes!"
After placing the rebels, Ji Xing returned to the village chief, who was also surprised: "Holo, when did you become so powerful?"
Ji Xing smiled and said: "As the village's police chief, it is my responsibility to protect the safety of the village. I can't rely on the navy all the time. I have been working hard when no one can see me, and now I have finally achieved some results."
.”
The village chief only believed half of it. There are many people who work hard to train. Who can fight as well as you?
He said thankfully: "Fortunately, I have you. You captured these rebels, and the little princess and Xiaochao Village are safe..."
"It's not over yet, village chief." Ji Xing said: "There are still 76 rebels in Sitskear, including the number three rebel. Because they are wary of each other, more than half of the property they plundered was
We were on the boat that came here, and the two parties even talked to each other before going to the island, so they knew we were here.
This is the harvest of more than ten years of war. There has been no contact for a long time.
Yes, they will definitely take action and come to investigate. There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days, so I plan to take the initiative."
"Lord, take the initiative?"
Ji Xing smiled: "As the police chief of Xiaochao Village, it is my duty to take the initiative to go out and eliminate some safety hazards in Xiaochao Village."
village head:"……?"
A few hours later.
Under Ji Xing's coercion, the captured rebels sailed back, and there were two new passengers on board, Ji Xing and Abe.
Abe stood on the deck, his face slightly pale: "Boss, boss, is it really okay?"
"If you're afraid, don't follow me. I still have to look after you." Ji Xing said with a smile.
"No, no, I'm not afraid! Boss Holo, you are so powerful, I'm not afraid!" Abe said loudly.
"Very good, very energetic."
There is nothing to worry about. The rebels have been fighting for more than ten years. Just when they are about to enjoy the fruits of victory, they have no determination to risk their lives.
What's more, the rebels were still counting on the remaining seventy brothers to create some miracles for them. The only thing that caused trouble was the unpredictable weather on the Grand Route. Under Ji Xing's supervision, they arrived at their destination two days later.
.
The Kingdom of Sitskeal, former site.
The result made the rebels desperate. The seventy-odd brothers rushed to the streets faster than the forty-odd ones. When the rebel leader's third leader was stepped on by Ji Xing and interrogated, everyone was stupid. Didn't you go and capture the little princess?
?What did you bring back?
Abe retched for a long time in the bloody smell. Looking at Ji Xing's eyes, he was extremely respectful: "Boss! Let's solve it completely this time!"
"No." Ji Xing said, "Didn't you listen to what he said? A slave-catching team will come to pick them up in two days. By then, they haven't received anything, and the promised property is gone. Do you think they will?"
Will you check?"
Abe was stunned, what do you mean?
"For the safety of Xiaochao Village, all unstable factors must be eliminated." Ji Xing patted him on the shoulder: "This is the responsibility of the Sheriff."
"……ah?"
Two days later, Abe huddled in the distance, watching Ji Xing chop down the soldiers on the slave ship with two knives, and put the knife on the captain's neck.
At first, the captain cursed loudly and his words were full of threats. He was slapped a few times before he became honest and was asked some questions by Ji Xing.
Abe approached carefully: "Boss? Can we go home?"
Ji Xing sighed: "Not yet. This is just a slave-catching unit, and there is a large ship waiting for cargo at the port of Pereira Island. They know the target of the ship, and there is a possibility of being detected."
"Then, boss, we..."
Abe had already expected this.
Ji Xing nodded: "For the safety of Xiaochao Village, we have to kill the slave ship first. This is my responsibility as a peace officer."
…
Three days later, Pereira Island Port.
The luxurious ship was filled with the smell of blood. Ji Xing, who had been disguised, unlocked the cages one by one, released the slaves who were in disbelief with tears on their faces, and said: "You are free."
"Wow——"
Amidst the commotion, men, women, old and children all covered with bruises and all races were excited and uncontrollable.
Some people burst into tears instantly, while others knelt on their knees: "Benefactor! Please let me follow you..."
"Go away!" Ji Xing waved his hand and said, "I'm just here to grab some money and save a few people. You can go wherever you like. It's none of my business if you get caught again. It doesn't matter if you turn me in. Anyway, let's say goodbye today.
Hope we never meet again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped into the water with the big bag in his hand. After a few waves, he disappeared from the sight of these people who almost became slaves.
Do good deeds without leaving your name.
After swimming a few kilometers, he flipped over and boarded a small boat. Abe, who was waiting on top, was so frightened that he almost fell into the water.
"Boss, boss, let's..."
"We're going home, Xiaochao Village. You row to the west port, and our passenger boat will go back around."
"Okay, can you go home?"
"Um.
"Ji Xing said: "The person in charge of the slave ship reported a lot of things, and the slave auction house couldn't imagine why they were attacked. The matter of the little princess has been completely solved, and Xiaochao Village is safe. As a peace officer, I have fulfilled my duties.
Of course you can go back to your responsibilities."
Abei secretly glanced at the wet package in Ji Xing's hand. "Boss, I don't have enough education. Don't lie to me. Are we really not here to rob? The Sheriff of Xiaochao Village has so many responsibilities? Our village has so many responsibilities."
With 10,000 people, how many islands can the Sheriff take care of?!
Ji Xing leaned gently on the package and asked Abe to row the boat. He explained casually: "Think about it, if we don't go to the Kingdom of Sitskeal, what will the remaining rebels do? Will they take the fishing boat with them?
The slave team went to Xiaochao Village to find someone?"
"...Probably?"
"Then I still have to kill them. I can't hand over the little princess, right?" Ji Xing said: "Then the big slave ship here will know about Xiaochao Village, and will report it to the superiors, and then more people will come.
Right?"
Abe blinked, it seems reasonable?
"So it's better to take the initiative, otherwise our Xiaochao Village may face endless troubles one after another." Ji Xing said with a smile: "It's not easy to be a police officer. In this world, if you want to protect a village or save an individual,
It’s difficult!”
In fact, he really wasn't cheating, it was indeed the truth. When Ji Xing protected the little princess and killed the rebel leader, trouble would ensue.
When it comes to the issue of slave auctions, after Ji Xing kills the slave merchants, the cadres of the Don Quixote family may come to visit again. Unless Ji Xing leaves, otherwise he will fight the young and the old, and he may have to fight many in the end.
Flamenco.
Doflamingo is not a trouble, but killing Doflamingo is a big trouble for Ji Xing now, so... just save his life first!
…
New World, Dressrosa.
The blond man wearing a pink coat, cropped trousers, and sunglasses listened to the voice from the phone with a blank expression, and was not at all happy that he had a chance to escape with his life.
After a long time, he laughed like "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." "It seems that I took over the business of the slave auction house, which made some guys dissatisfied.
Freed all the slaves and took away a devil fruit and a famous sword? These two treasures are the finale... It seems that the next auction will be postponed a little longer. Check those guys for me."
A few days later, Doflamingo frowned in confusion: "Huh? None?"
What's going on? No clues?
Who else have I offended?
…
at the same time.
The Kingdom of Sitskeal, former site.
Among the ruins, a man was surrounded by a group of baboons holding knives.
"Oh? The kingdom has died, humans have withered, and now the masters of this ruined kingdom have become you baboons who can use human weapons? Interesting."
Eagle-like eyes glanced around, and the baboons all trembled and receded in fear!
The man wearing a black top hat and carrying a cross-shaped black knife continued to walk deeper into the kingdom.
Ready-made buildings and empty cities seem to be suitable for settling down and practicing swordsmanship? Take another look.
…
Tidal island, port.
Ji Xing got off the boat with his package on his back, looked at the peaceful Xiaochao Village, and stretched.