〖Island of real money and silver, rich country, suburbs——〗
On the ground in the wild, more than a dozen people were lying on the ground in a mess, covered in blood from claw marks scratched by wild beasts. Some of them were still covered with bleeding holes all over their bodies.
Broken swords and flintlocks scattered on the ground.
The firelight flickers and the smoke curls up.
In the thick smoke, there were two tall figures.
A majestic figure like a werewolf slowly shrank, and finally turned into a young man wearing white sleeves and black hexagrams.
The other one is also tall, more than 2.6 meters tall, but he looks round and round. Looking from a distance through the smoke, he doesn't look like a human figure but looks like a giant egg standing tall.
Gabra recovered from his werewolf appearance and returned to his human body. He glanced at the pirates on the ground and said, "It's so easy to fight, really! How dare these pirates enter the Grand Line with their level? No wonder Lu Qi
That guy is too lazy to come along..."
"Six-style swimming skills·hand combination..."
Gabra turned around and saw his teammate, Otonashi Owl, who looked like a giant human egg, gesturing with both hands to the pirate in the pool of blood on the ground, "The power is only five..."
"There are only five. After all, they were almost beaten to death by us." Gabra nodded and suddenly cursed, "What a liar! Is this how Handai tests his power?!"
The Six-Style Game Skill·Handhe... To put it bluntly, it is an auxiliary skill that uses iron to harden oneself, withstand the opponent's blow, and then judge the intensity of the opponent's blow.
In Gabra's opinion, this move is purely a self-abuse move. Among his companions, only Otonashi Owl has a soft spot for this move. Gabra often doubts this kid's hobby.
Otonashi Owl said nonchalantly: "Come on... they are so weak, it seems they are not pirates planning to rob the palace treasury."
"Hey!" Gabra warned, "Don't tell us our goals casually."
Otonashi Owl raised his hand to his mouth and quickly made a zipper movement.
"The superiors should not have allowed a seventeen-year-old rookie like you to participate in this operation..." Gabra said disgustedly.
Otonashi's owl made another zipper movement in front of his mouth and reminded: "Lucci is one year younger than me."
"Why are you mentioning that guy..." Gabra thought of his sixteen-year-old companion Rob Lucci and felt very unhappy, but he couldn't say anything like he had just disliked the owl.
Three years ago, Lu Qi was sent to a certain participating country to solve the pirate incident. At that time, five hundred soldiers were defeated and captured, and the pirates used this to threaten the king. As a result, Lu Qi, who was only thirteen years old at the time, went into the sea single-handedly.
In the den of thieves, first kill all the five hundred soldiers and hostages imprisoned, and then completely let go and slaughter all the pirates.
Today, three years later, Lu Qi's strength has only increased, and there is no need to question it.
It’s just that the murderous intention is too serious!
Even Gabra, who had eaten the Dog Fruit and Wolf Form, sometimes felt that even if Lucci had not been awarded the Cat Fruit and Leopard Form for the mission three years ago, the boy's innate thirst for blood was still extremely terrifying.
Lu Qi once said that the reason why he joined CP9 was simply because this department was the only one with the power to legally kill people.
Even ordinary civilians can be killed as long as they interfere with their CP9 mission.
Gabra shook his head and asked: "Where is Bruno?"
After not hearing a response for a long time, he turned around and saw Otonashi owl looking at him quietly with the corners of its mouth raised.
Gabra was furious and shouted: "Don't shut your mouth now!"
"He should still be in town..." Otonashi Owl opened the zipper and said leisurely.
………………
The three of them left the restaurant.
To be honest, Lynch was not happy with this meal.
Mainly because I didn't eat enough.
Lynch didn't want to default on the Overlord meal; but even if he and Robin could afford it, the restaurant wouldn't be able to distribute so many ingredients and food.
Therefore, Lynch could only regretfully eat four cents full. Finally, under the stunned gazes of the chef and the rest of the restaurant, he took Robin and Rose, who had already eaten, and left the table in a mess.
And go.
The restaurant's plaque is cracked, which shows that the restaurant owner is also living a miserable life. It is estimated that he is not far from the situation of those people who swarmed up to sell clothes on the street before.
Judging from this situation of people's livelihood, I am afraid that it will not be long before this "Island of Real Money and Silver" is renamed as "Island of Broken Copper and Iron".
In a few years, the "rich country" will slowly be called a "poor country"...
Judging from the comparison of the buildings in the memory scene of "B.I.B", this is the place where Skeleton Brook was beaten away by a big bear and was worshiped by a group of believers as the evil god Satan when he landed.
But that is something that will only happen in about twelve or thirteen years.
At this point in time, Skeleton Brook is still floating on a ghost ship in the thick fog in the Devil's Triangle, if nothing else.
Just as he was thinking this, Lin Qi heard someone on the street suddenly say in surprise:
"It's wet!"
Lin Qi thought there was a flood or a fire somewhere. Just when he felt confused, he looked up and saw a group of businessmen-like people walking along the street, leading several strong men and women to carry several large wooden barrels.
Following behind, as they swayed as they walked, some colorless liquid sloshed out of the buckets they carried. Judging from the reactions of the residents on the street, the buckets seemed to be filled with water.
As if they saw gods coming, the residents rushed towards the merchants, raising their hands and shouting about "redemption water", "wealth water", "wealth water", "resurrection water"... and other nonsense.
word.
"What's going on over there?" Lynch held down a person who was also excitedly trying to rush over.
It wasn't that he didn't want to pull or pull, but he was a bit tall, so he could only hold down the passerby's head with his hands.
The passerby was initially a little unhappy when his head was held down, but when he looked back, he calmed down and explained kindly: "It's the people from the Haiqi Chamber of Commerce who are giving away water for free... Everyone said that if you drink their water, you will be able to catch the light.
You’ll be rich again soon!”
"Do people who drink it become rich?" Lynch asked curiously.
The man shook his head, "No."
"It's useless and you still drink?"
"It's not that it's useless. It's just that although I've made money, it can't cover the debt I have to repay." The passerby wanted to be impatient, but he looked up and continued patiently, "In order to pay the heavenly gold every year, everyone can't afford it.
To get money, we have to borrow money... There is nothing we can do about it. Even after the king's treasury was robbed by pirates, he could only borrow money temporarily to make up for the shortfall in gold from the sky."
No matter who you lose, you cannot lose the money of the Tianlong people. This is self-evident. The Tianlong people will not care whether you were robbed by pirates or something else. If you are short of the heavenly gold you have to pay every year, as a franchise
The country is in serious trouble.
"This process sounds familiar..." Lin Qi pondered, and finally asked, "Who are you borrowing from?"
"Of course it's the Haiqi Chamber of Commerce." The passerby said matter-of-factly, "They are one of the largest chambers of commerce in the Grand Line. Of course I borrow money from them..."
As soon as Lin Qi's big hand was released, passers-by quickly ran away, squeezed into the crowd, and shouted loudly to beg for a bowl of water.
Lin Qi even saw some people wearing soldier uniforms actually put down their work and joined the chaotic crowd to grab the water dispensed by people from the Haiqi Chamber of Commerce.
"The treasury was robbed, and they couldn't afford the heavenly gold and loans, and then they charged higher taxes on the people. The people were overwhelmed, so they had no choice but to take out loans..." Robin walked to Lin Qi's side and looked at the raging competition over there to "get rich."
"Water," the crowd said softly, "The country of Igor, which the old man guarded alone before, gradually fell into ruin like this. In the end, he was unable to pay the heavenly gold and angered the World Government, and was stripped of his status as a member country. And then, the whole country
The island was destroyed by pirates, and the people fled overseas..."
There were too many people, and the water was quickly ran out. The businessman from the Haiqi Chamber of Commerce loudly shouted: "This month's charity water has been distributed today!"
The people of the "rich country" holding bowls or cups were greatly disappointed, and one man in patched clothes even burst into tears in despair.