[Interlude at the beginning of the chapter·When you wake up·Return with the wind]
[Western Sea, eight-year-old Nicole Robin runs away in the rain on South Chicago Island. Grand Line, Windless Belt, Daughter Island, nine-year-old Boya Hancock climbs up to the high house, spreads his arms and jumps lightly,
Below are dozens or hundreds of Nine Snake women gathered together nervously...]
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Haledas slightly adjusted the magnetic device in the balloon holding the weather ship, and slowly descended towards the Nine Snakes Island below.
The windless zone, as the name suggests, means there is no wind.
Without wind, the weather ship's balloon cannot float with the natural wind.
There was nowhere to borrow any force. Every time he came to this sea area, the magnetic force in the magnetic device was consumed at such a rate that Haredas would tear off several beards in distress.
However, he was particularly curious about the weather on Nine Snake Island and wanted to collect records.
However, there is a rule in this daughter's island that men are not allowed to enter.
But the more forbidden it is, the more curious it becomes...
Hiss...ouch.
With a frown on his face, Haredas unconsciously pulled off another beard and warned himself: "Haredas, Haredas, this is really the last time! Well... the last time..."
The women on this island are so fierce. They are called a fighting nation. If they catch them, it will be terrible.
…
Boom, the weather ship landed.
The white-bearded old man Haredas stood up, took out the chain, and tied the weather boat to a tree trunk in the forest.
If it is not fastened properly, without his load, the weather ship will float away with the magnetic balloon. At that time, he will have to make a new magnetic balloon and drag the balloon string home...
His old body cannot withstand such torture.
If your hand loosens and you don't hold the rope tightly, you will fall to death.
"Hurry up, hurry up..."
Wearing a pointed hat and dressed like an old mage, the old man Haredas took out paper, pen, and instruments for observing and recording meteorological data from his arms, and entered the woods outside Nine Snake Island.
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"It's true, Nine Snake Island is the same as other islands in the windless zone..."
Haredas held up the measuring instrument, studying happily and immersed himself in it.
But suddenly I heard some slight movement nearby.
Beast?
Haredas was startled. Even though he was very old, he was still an old man who traveled all over the world. He still had some small props for self-defense.
Wind Knot may not be effective against beasts.
But he still carries some thunderballs and the like with him. If necessary, he can also use the weather science he has learned to create small thunderclouds on the spot.
Faced with thunder and lightning, most of the wild animals will be forced to retreat.
He was reaching into his arms to get the thunder cloud props, when he saw three little girls walking out of the woods.
The one among them is a girl with black hair. At first glance, she is the leader of the three. After all, she is so beautiful and cute.
On the left and right sides, there was one with green hair and one with orange hair. After seeing him, his face was filled with surprise.
The three girls are all wearing the costumes of the women of Nine Snake Island.
Haredas took his hand out of his arms, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be a little girl. I thought it was a beast..."
Hancock: "..."
Sandasonia and Marigrud immediately grabbed their beloved snakes, stretched them into snake bows, pulled out wooden arrows, and put them on the strings.
Haredas was stunned and said "Ah".
"Who are you?" Hancock crossed his arms and asked warily.
The two sisters, one on the left and one on the right, drew their snake bows and aimed at the tall, strange man in front of them.
The old man with white beard explained: "My name is Haredas... I am not a bad person..."
"No matter how you look at it, it looks suspicious!" Sundar Sonia obviously didn't believe it.
Marigrud drew her bow and said: "That's right! You still have such long hair on your mouth. Is this some kind of disguise? It's so suspicious!"
"Mouth? Hair?" Haledas was shocked, touched his chin, and understood.
Hancock said angrily: "That's a beard! He is a man, a very old man."
"That's the beard?!" The two sisters seemed to have heard about it, and they were shocked, but they were also curious. They held up the snake bow and approached Haredas, and couldn't help but touch the long and supple breast.
White beard, "It's so long... When men grow old, they will grow such strange hair... uh, beard?"
"Of course." Hancock didn't understand very well, so he quickly changed the subject and asked the old man in front of him, "Why did you come to our Nine Snakes Island? You can't be an enemy! Are you trying to steal the women on the island? You
Dream on!"
She showed a dangerous look, as if the old man opposite her was going to execute him on the spot if he answered incorrectly.
This made the two sisters feel very strange. When did the elder sister become so vigilant?
Haredas was also startled and waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no! I'm not an enemy! I'm just a passing scientist..."
Sundar Sonia: "Passing by?"
Marigrud: "Scientist?"
A question mark appeared on the heads of the two girls.
"I travel around the world and collect intelligence from different places. Ah, it's called intelligence, but it's actually just meteorological data..." Haredas was afraid that the word "intelligence" would cause bad associations, so he hurriedly explained, "I study the weather.
Man! I just want to study the weather on Nine Snake Island..."
Around the world? Travel? Hancock's heart moved.
"It turns out we were just studying the weather..." The two sisters slowly lowered their snake bows.
"This is a windless zone. What is there to study about the weather here? There is no wind all year round. That's the end." Hancock didn't believe the old man's statement at all.
"Sister is right!" The two sisters raised their snake bows again, alert.
Haredas was so frightened that he sweated, "That's why we need to study it even more! Isn't it strange that there is no wind all year round?"
He pulled out the notebook used for recording and the various data on the instruments.
"Look...according to my research, the magnetism of this island is very special, just like other islands in the windless zone, and even the entire windless zone! I think this must be the reason why the natural wind here cannot form.
reason……"
The three sisters, Hancock, Sandasonia, and Marigrud, tilted their heads in unison, with a common big question mark appearing on their heads.
"I don't understand what you are saying!"
Hancock shouted, stretched out his hand, and the pet snake Salome stretched into a bow and fell into her hand.
"How you came to this island is already suspicious enough! In addition, you are a man and landing on this island is even more unforgivable! According to the laws of this country, men who trespass on Nine Snakes shall be executed!"
Hancock pulled out a wooden arrow and drew the snake bow to full length.
"..." The two younger sisters looked at the elder sister who spoke righteously.
They really want to say that there is a man in our country now, and he is the kind of man you and your sister got along with privately a year or two ago...
But they still bent their bows and arrows like the elder sister, aiming at the tall old man in front of them.
"Don't kill me... I'm really not a bad person..."
Haredas was dejected and his pointed hat drooped down.
"You want us to cover you? Cover you as a man?!" Hancock's tone changed and he said loudly, "Is it that simple? What benefits do you think can buy us! This is a pirate country, stop dreaming
!”
So, it’s obvious that he wanted to rob someone... The two sisters turned to look at their elder sister again.
Sister has become so powerful! Is this the experience of sailing on a pirate ship?
However, according to my sister’s character, she should obviously be...
Hancock shouted: "Hurry up if you have any good things! Maybe we can let you leave alive..."
Haledas was about to cry but was pointed at by three snake bows. He said, "I'm just a simple scientist. I don't have anything good... Our biggest treasure is just a roomful of research materials... except for
In addition, there are only some necessary supplies in the house... I think about it, there seem to be three devil fruits in the corner of the warehouse, but you don't want those strange things that will turn you into a landlubber after eating...
There’s really no good stuff!”
Why was it all explained at once... The two sisters were dumbfounded.
"Devil Fruit?" Hancock blinked.
At this time, all four of them heard a loud explosion coming from the distant woods.
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"what happened?!"
Throughout the woods, the Nine Snake warriors who were out of the city for training heard explosions or felt unusual tremors in the earth.
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Could it be that guy Giorno did it?
Hancock's mind suddenly changed, and he felt that apart from Snake Princess, only Giorno on this island could pull off such a battle.
"Go and have a look!" Hancock said, running towards the direction where the explosion came from.
"Oh!" the two sisters responded.
Haredas was about to sneak away when he heard Hancock remind him from the front: "Take him with you!"
So, the old man was tied up by two snakes dejectedly and carried away by two little girls.
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The forest clearing near the sea is already covered with bear paw prints.
Even many of the surrounding trees were broken off by the bear's paw prints and were torn apart, making the scene very messy.
Robin used the Blossom Fruit to assist him and hid in a higher place.
Lin Qi's clothes were all in tatters, there was some sweat on his forehead, and his breathing was a little quick.
The big bear in front of him was as stable as a mountain as before. But seeing Lin Qi's state, he said unexpectedly: "Is it because you are very good at returning life that your physical strength is very strong..."
"Maybe!"
Lin Qi smiled, clenched his fists again, wrapped his arms with domineering aura, and rushed over with high morale.
Do you want to use me to hone your domineering energy? The big bear smiled gently and didn't take it seriously. The bear's paws were covered with black domineering energy and he faced me head-on.
boom!
Black fists collide.
Big Bear suddenly looked surprised. He glanced back and noticed that the black shadow had unexpectedly jumped up behind him!
B.I.B's narrow eyes glowed with white light, and his left hand covered with blue flame patterns grasped somewhere on the big bear's back.