NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20: CH20
"Kuzan, the salary of the Navy must be very high, right?!"
"You bought so much food without even blinking your eyes."
"I'm afraid this much money is just a drizzle to you."
On the street, Yoriichi held a drink in his left hand while a huge food box in his right, chewing the special soft candy he just bought.
At the same time, Aokiji is also the same as him, dragging the food box with one hand, and the other hand is carrying red wine.
Aokiji heard that this red wine is unique and the grapes that they used, can only be grown in this specific kingdom.
Although Aokiji is not an alcoholic, he still drinks when he has nothing to do. He likes the feeling of being drunk.
"how is this possible?!"
"Buying so many things also make my wallet to empty ,you know?"
"But it's okay, if it's you... You have to buy me once you have money, haha."
In the rare leisure time, Aokiji was in a very good mood, joking with Yoriichi.
" then you have to wait quite a long time"
"Teacher Zefa said that I can only join the navy when I become an adult"
"So,there is no money to be earned right now"
Yoriichi replied with a smile, but at this moment, the front of the street suddenly became noisy.The people gathered one after another in no time as if like some horrible accident just have happened.
Vaguely, Yoriichi seemed to hear someone calling for help.
"Hey, Kuzan, something seems to have happened."
"Also,I seem to hear someone calling for help? Go and see?"
Aokiji nodded and confirmed:
"I heard that too, let's go and have a look."
While the two were talking, their pace couldn't help but quicken.
"Give way, please let me go."
Aokiji pushed away from the crowd,pushing towards the center of the crowd. Yoriichi followed behind Aokiji ,and then both of them finally saw the scene.
Surrounded by the crowd is a young girl whose luxurious clothes were torn to shreds.her destroyed clothes hung onto her naked body, which couldn't help her skin to conceal at all.
The girl's eyes were blank, and full of panic. The curious and worried aunt hurriedly took off her apron, putting it on the girl.she then squatted beside the girl and asked with concern:
"Child, what's the matter?!"
"What happened? Why do you look like this?!"
Facing the aunt's question, the girl is only yelling one words
"Help me"
Yoriichi and Aokiji looked at each other with their darkened expressions. Aokiji took a step forward, and squatted in front of the girl.The aunt was startled by the sudden appearance of Aokiji, and hurriedly hugged the girl.she gave Aokiji a vigilant look, showing the lack of trust to the sudden arrival of the stranger.
. Seeing this, Aokiji stepped back a little, and then asked softly:
"Miss, can you tell me what happened?"
"Don't be afraid... I am the navy, and I will definitely help you."
When Aokiji spoke, he pointed to the navy logo on his chest, hoping to gain the other party's trust. Sure enough, upon hearing the word "Navy", the girl's eyes suddenly brightened. She raised her head, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Navy, is it really a navy?!are you telling the truth?"
"Save me, save my family!!"
"Pirates! Pirates!they attacked the palace, and my father was also killed by them!"
The girl's words stunned the surrounding people, and then there were bursts of exclamations.Aokiji also stared blankly with great surprised
"The palace?!"
"Pirates?"
Although he looked down on the actions of the Kingdom of Neil, he had to admit that the king is a great man.
Moreover, the Kingdom has its own army, and the combat effectiveness of the army is not weak either. It is impossible for small pirates to deal with Guard Army.
What's even more outrageous is that this is daytime! How could any sane person would attack the allied countries of the world government during the day, especially the Kingdom that is sheltered by Whitebeard?
!Are you out of your mind? !
Aokiji couldn't know that Newk's ambition and desire had made him stupid.That why He ignored the navy and Whitebeard.
Aokiji didn't doubt the girl's words.after all,there is no need to lie.
"Kuzan, should we go to the castle?"
Standing behind Aokiji, Yoriichi asked suddenly.He heard the girl's words, and his thoughts are very simple and straightforward.
There is no need to think much when other party is just an despicable pirate.
However, Aokiji had more experience in dealing with those pirates and he is willing to listen his opinion.
"Is there even a need to ask?!"
"Miss, where is the palace, I will go rush there now!" The girl who heard this finally had a little joy on her face, as if she had met a savior.But she didn't point out the direction of the palace first, but said anxiously:
"The palace is surrounded with many pirates!"
"And they're very powerful.royal guards were all killed"
"The only reason that I can escape is that I ran out through the secret passage. My lord! I am afraid that you two are not enough "
"How about asking the reinforcement?"
"Even so,The two of us will go together. If the opponent is really strong, we will call for backup."
"Miss, rest assured...we are much stronger than you think..so, where is the palace?" before the girl could answer, the aunt directly pointed at the north.
"Go straight along this road, and you will see a very, very wide road paved with bluestone."
"That's the King's Road. When you arrive, you will see the palace."
As soon as her words fell, both of them looked at each other, and immediately ran forward in the direction pointed by the aunt.
Not long after, the two saw the King's Avenue paved with bluestone, but they didn't see the so-called palace.they only saw a mud castle tens of meters high and hundreds of meters wide.
"It should be the aftereffect of the devil fruit.. maybe logia!"
Aokiji looked at the mud castle in the distance with his serious expression. At first he thought it was just some fodder, but after seeing this scene, Aokiji no longer had such thoughts in his mind.
Logia type Devil Fruits are extremely rare, and each of them are powerful.on top of that,he still don't know the exact strength of these pirates,just for precautions,and he said,
"Yoriichi, you go to the branch and inform garp and rear admiral Loka. I'll go and have a look first."
Aokiji realized that the opponent might be a little tricky, and planned to let Yoriichi go back first.
But he shook his head when he heard the words, and said:
"With such a big movement, someone would notify to the branch."
"Whether I go back now or not, it will be the same."
"Let's go together, I can tell that this should be the ability of the logia, right?"
"I dare not say how much I can help you But I would not be a hindrance."
Seeing his determination eyes, Aokiji didn't say any more, and ran towards the mud castle .
Before entering into the castle, Aokiji checked briefly as he found no trace of the door.just as he was about to use his ability to open the passage, he noticed that Yoriichi had already made a move.
" The Breath of the Sun - One Form - Round Dance!"
By Swinging the long knife fiercely, a ferocious flying slash shot out from his knife, directly bombarded the top of the castle.
In an instant, huge amount of mud splashed everywhere,piercing through the entire castle from bottom to top.
After seeing the opening,both of them flashed their figures and disappeared. After the two entered the castle, the surrounding mud slowly covered the gap again, restoring to its original state.