Chapter 118 The Actions Of The Palace Team 1
"How long do we have to go~"
"Hurry, hurry."
In the vast desert, the dark purple giant scorpion drew a straight line and headed towards the rainy land.
Luffy and Xin were on the back of the giant scorpion, waiting for the end of the journey. The sun had already set and was about to rise again.
The time is five o'clock in the morning, two hours before the [Utopia] project starts.
According to Xin's estimate, it would take about an hour to reach the rainy place.
The first to arrive at the destination was the palace team.
He didn't reach the palace first, but found the enemy target first.
At the beginning of the journey, Shadow Clone quickly found a giant crab and accelerated its progress.
Giant catfish underwater helped several people cross the Sendora River.
It was a long walk across the waterway, and at this critical moment, no one planned to rest.
Until it was close to five o'clock, Shadow Clone took the telescope from Nami's hand and flew up to the sky to check the situation.
It would be best if we could find another beast.
"Is that? The palace?"
The terrain of Arupana is very special. The entire city is built on a hill. To enter the palace, you need to climb a long staircase first.
The high terrain allowed Shadow Clone No. 2 to see it as soon as it took off. The main entrance to Arupana was naturally smooth, but there were disconnected peaks behind and on the sides.
Shadow Clone No. 2 raised the telescope to check the situation in the palace, but noticed three figures on the mountain.
"Um?"
How could anyone climb the mountain at night? Shadow Clone No. 3 increased the magnification of the telescope:
"Merry Christmas, Mr. 4 and Miss.? Is the old man who was tied up Vivi's father!?"
Xin didn’t know what Vivi’s father looked like, and he had never met him. Even when Mr. 2 was performing, Xin was restoring Chakra on the bow of the boat.
"Wait a moment!"
"What's wrong? Have you found the enemy?"
"Hmm! Vivi, does your father look like this?"
boom!
Shadow Clone No. 2 turned into Kobra. Vivi had a bad feeling in her heart and nodded with an ugly expression.
"He was caught."
Hearing this answer, Vivi just nodded silently, having already had a premonition in her heart.
"Then let's go rescue him now!"
Chopper raised his hoof and prepared to attack aggressively.
"no!!"
Shadow Clone Two rejected the offer:
"The other side may know about my illusion ability, so a frontal attack would be inappropriate."
"Crocodile needs the king alive to ask for news about the text of history. Vivi's father is still safe now."
"And the terrain there is very high. If you want to be able to act as a surprise force, you have to fly. I also need to keep the Chakra to send you to the sky."
"Continue to return to the palace, we are looking for support!"
None of the three people had any objections to this proposal. Aruba was not far away from everyone. With the continuous acceleration of the camels, everyone arrived at the place in about half an hour.
Perhaps because of Jaka's summons and the fact that it was late at night, no one encountered the soldiers guarding the city, and no residents were walking around on the streets.
In this way, he successfully walked to the palace before encountering an obstacle.
“Travellers on camels over there, stop!”
"Ahead is the palace of the royal family!"
"it's me."
Everyone got off the camel, and Vivi stepped forward and lifted her hood, trying to clear her face and pass.
"Princess Vivi!"
The soldier exclaimed, causing other soldiers to stop and check:
"I didn't expect you to be alive!! Please come in!!"
The facial recognition was successful, and the four people plus one camel successfully entered the palace.
"Who do we go to now?"
"Uncle Bell, he is Demon fruit power and can fly."
"So awesome~"
"Why don't you compliment me, Chopper?"
"The letter is so amazing~"
While walking forward and talking, Vivi felt obviously relaxed because she was back in a familiar environment.
boom!
"careful!!"
The sound of gunfire came, and Nami seemed to have sensed it in advance. He jumped up and threw Vivi to the ground, avoiding the attack.
Looking in the direction of the smoke, I saw that the shooter was a Kingdom soldier with a sinister expression on his face.
His position was very concealed, and other kingdom soldiers would not notice that he had fired the shot.
But Xin still noticed the smoke from his gun. In order to protect himself, Shadow Clone chose to let other soldiers arrest him.
"That guy is the criminal!"
The soldiers who came after hearing the gunshots swarmed forward, and the second Shadow Clone's attention shifted to Vivi and Nami.
Chopper was searching Vivi up and down.
Wanted to see if she was injured.
"Chopper-kun, I'm fine."
"Really? That's great~"
Chopper breathed a sigh of relief and turned into his human form to help the two of them.
Shadow Clone No. 2 remembered Nami’s reaction just now, and couldn’t help but smile:
"It seems that the special training before was not ineffective, Nami."
"Then I don't need to train anymore?"
"No, let's wait until you wake up to see the color!"
"嘁~"
"What is the color of knowledge?"
"Hey, Chopper, you don't know yet? I'll tell you later."
While several people were talking, the soldiers had already arrested the shooter.
"Your Highness Princess! This is the prisoner!"
"You bastard, why did you shoot!?"
"I accidentally misfired. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Please spare me, Princess Vivi!!"
The soldiers were furious, and the shooter cried and begged for mercy.
"Everyone stay away!"
Shadow Clone No. 2 drove this group of people away. Unless he just threw them away after using them, no one could guarantee that there were no other people with evil intentions hidden among these soldiers.
After Vivi nodded, the soldiers quickly evacuated, and the shooter was tied up tightly and left in place.
"Chopper, come on!"
"Oh! Leave it to me!!"
Chopper in human form raised his hands, and then looked at Shadow Clone No. 2 in confusion:
"What do you want me for?"
"Stand in front of me as a shield. If this guy hurts me, I will disappear."
Chopper looked confused for a few seconds, but still put on a generous and sacrificial expression and stood in front of Shadow Clone No. 2.
The two of them stepped forward gradually. The shooter seemed to know that he had been exposed and changed his statement:
"Let me go! I won't dare again!"
"Go and slap him twice!"
Snapped! Snapped!
Chopper stepped forward without hesitation and slapped him twice. Shadow Clone No. 2, who was hiding behind him, then asked:
"Are you from Baroque Works?"
"..."
"Two more slaps!"
Snapped! Snapped!
"Um?"
Chopper's movement was not small, the hood was lifted, and Shadow Clone No. 2 noticed the tattoo on the neck of the shooter.
"Chopper, knock him out."
After confirming that the shooter had fainted, Shadow Clone No. 2 called the former Miss. Wednesday to come and check, and sure enough, it was the logo of Baroque Works.
"Trouble, have all their people infiltrated into the king's army?"
Shadow Clone No. 2 frowned. There were bad people among the crowd.
"We can't let the soldiers get closer. Do you have any other way to contact Bell?"
Vivi shook her head.
"Then we can only use the most primitive method, Chopper, come on!"
"Eh?"
We can't let the soldiers get close, but we can let Chopper go over and report.
"Let Falcon Bell come here to meet Princess Vivi."
"Ah! The tanuki spoke!?"
"I'm a reindeer! Look, I have horns!!"