Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 244 I found it, my treasure...

A ship with lights in the distance gradually came into view, and the Thousand Suns approached slowly and then stopped at a distance of five meters, just right in front of the ship.

The oil lamps hanging on the Thousand Suns began to be put away by hands one by one, and then they were organized into a net behind Sauron and the others. The bright lights completely illuminated the ship in front of them clearly.After bringing almost all the oil lamps to the front, Robin retracted his crossed hands, but after thinking about it, he assumed an attacking posture.

Nami also took out the weather stick to catch it, Usopp prepared the slingshot, Chopper bit the rambo ball, Sanji kicked the toe of his shoe, Zoro tied the hood and held the three knives firmly, Fran who parked the boat Qi Ye stood aside and twisted his left wrist to expose the muzzle of the gun, all in a fighting mode ready to go.

Standing on the lion's head, Luffy didn't look back at his friends who had switched to battle mode, but just looked at the small white passenger ship in front of him with his arms folded.

The cabin door of the passenger ship is tightly closed, and there are only simple white railings around the deck at the bow.On the deck, there were two young men wearing the same costumes.One white shirt was rolled up to the elbow, leaning lightly on the railing, with his back to the Thousand Suns; the other stood by the cabin door with an indifferent expression, holding a black iron chain protruding from his sleeve in his right hand, as if It's like preventing the person in front from entering.

Disturbed by the lights of the Qianyang, the blue whale in front of the cabin looked at the Qianyang that was parked there, but didn't say anything, and was still vigilantly looking at the smiling tiger shark leaning there.

Luffy jumped down from the top, stood between the two, and walked towards the cabin without any hesitation.The strange thing is that the two people on the deck did not stop him, and the blue whale even moved a little to make way for it.

After glancing at the expressionless blue whale, Luffy opened the hatch and walked in.The simple cabin has only a small bed, a bathroom and a simple kitchen.The child sleeping on the bed had a peaceful face, as if he had dreamed of something very good, with a faint smile on his cute face.The quilt was tucked under the armpit intimately, and the unopened package was placed on a chair aside.

Walking to the bedside, Luffy looked down at the sleeping child, his tense face finally began to relax, he reached out and caressed her closed left eye for a while, then moved to her short-cut hair .

Gently tugging at the shoulder-length short hair as punishment, Luffy bent down and picked her up from the sleeping body, closed his eyes and felt the familiar weight in his arms for a while, then opened his eyes and walked out .

He got all the treasures back, so of course he was about to leave. He didn't want the treasures he finally got back to be coveted by others.

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Meanwhile, the outside deck.

Smiling as Luffy opened the hatch and walked in and closed it, Tiger Shark said slowly, "Would you rather give her back to the Straw Hat Pirates than let her stay with us, Blue Whale? How bad are you?" trust me?"

After a moment of silence, Blue Whale replied in a low voice, but the iron chain held in his right hand still did not loosen, "I don't want to regret it."

Quietly looking at the stubborn boy who couldn't bring back dozens of cows, Tiger Shark sighed helplessly, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, you can do whatever you want, old man I will take care of it. Really, your rebellious period also caused too much trouble, knowing that the old man will not let her survive, you dare to take her away secretly."

"I have caused you trouble, Mr. Tiger Shark. But I will give an explanation to Wu Lao Xing, so I don't need to bother you." Blue Whale respectfully lowered his tears, and continued to remain silent after reading the words in a formulaic manner. The hand holding the iron chain still did not let go.

"Hehe, explain? Do you plan to change your name with your life?" Tiger Shark smiled slightly, stood up and slowly approached the blue whale standing there.

Seeing him coming, the blue whale quickly blocked the hatch, holding the iron chain with both hands to stop his progress.

Seeing this, Tiger Shark narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped a step away from him, smiled and folded his hands and asked, "Are you going to do something to me? Blue Whale."

Silently, the iron chain held by the blue whale slowly lowered.Seeing this, Tiger Shark smiled proudly.

But before this satisfaction lasted for a few seconds, Blue Whale quickly raised the iron chain to block it firmly, and said in a deep voice: "If it was for her, I would do it, but I will definitely apologize with death afterwards!"

The tiger shark's smile could no longer be held back, and the slightly pursed lips brought a clear murderous intent to the usually gentle face.After staring coldly at the boy who was going to die and protect the child inside, Tiger Shark suddenly laughed, as gentle as before, but the chill was inexplicable, "I'm a little angry, Blue Whale. You think I won't kill you?" The person you want to protect?"

"No, I've never thought about it that way." After answering coldly, the blue whale slightly arched its body as if it would rush forward at any time, but a trace of hesitation quickly flashed through the dark eyes that looked directly at the tiger shark.If he really did, he might not be able to deal with the tiger shark.

It was easy to see his wavering, Tiger Shark withdrew his killing intent in satisfaction, suddenly stretched out his hand to pat his head, and then walked to the side railing to lean against, holding his hands with an expression of nothing to do with himself and no worries.

"????", Blue Whale, confused by his up and down attitude, looked strangely at Tiger Shark, who was in an inexplicably happy mood at the moment, completely unaware of what messed up bad idea he was thinking about again.

With a "squeak", Luffy came out with a large quilt in his arms (because he didn't want the shark to look at the person in his arms with strange eyes, so he wrapped her up like a rice dumpling, only Leave a little gap for her to breathe).Seeing the strange atmosphere outside, he paused. He wanted to leave as if nothing had happened, but he stopped and retreated to the blue whale to stand there.

"Ah, what are you going to do, Mr. Lu Fei?" Tiger Shark, who was leaning there, smiled and looked at the puffy quilt he was holding, "Is it not enough to snatch my ideal type? Take my people away too?"

"He is Encore's benefactor, and you are Encore's enemy. I need to keep him safe, otherwise Encore will be very angry when he wakes up.", a pirate who is very happy because he is holding his treasure After answering with a smile on his face, he realized that if he started fighting now, it would hurt her.He looked up at the Thousand Suns in front of him, and then shouted, "Sauron, come here."

The swordsman who thought he was going to fight appeared with three knives, but after jumping on the boat, he realized that the weird atmosphere on the boat seemed different from the expected feeling before the fierce battle broke out.But this point was directly thrown to the back of his mind, and after quickly coming to Luffy's side, while paying attention to the shark, he took the time to look at the 'zongzi' that was held in Luffy's arms.

"Take the encore back, just leave it to me here." After reluctantly rubbing the quilt, Lu Fei handed him the ball of zongzi.

"I see," Sauron quickly retracted his two knives into their scabbards, and then directly threw the demon knife Xuelian towards the direction of the Qianyang, regardless of whether the people on it dodged or not.After emptying his hands, he took the ball of zongzi. He thoughtfully opened up a bit of the quilt to let the people inside breathe, then ran forward quickly, and stepped on the ground hard to jump back on the Qianyang.After a few seconds, the Qianyang slowly distanced itself from the passenger ship and stopped at a distance of 30 meters, and most of the lights on the ship were retracted.

Seeing that they took the child away, Tiger Shark didn't stop it, just looked at Qianyang with a smile and then looked at Luffy and said, "Mr. Lufei, next is the battle between me and Blue Whale." Question. It seems inappropriate for you to be there, right? Besides, you also took away Miss Witch, so there shouldn’t be any reason to meddle in our affairs, right?”

"Anyway, if I can't guarantee his safety, I won't leave!" Luffy said in a deep voice, raising his fist to block the blue whale.

"Hehe," looking at the vigilant Luffy, Tiger Shark just smiled and glanced at him from top to bottom, then chuckled and said, "Do you think you can beat me, Mr. Lufei?"

"How do you know if you don't try it?", directly ignited by the tiger shark's provocation, Luffy rushed forward with his fists clenched.But in the next second, he was wrapped several times by a black iron chain stretching from behind. The fragments of Hailou stone dotted on the iron chain directly deprived him of all the strength in his body, and he lay limply on the ground with a "boom". On the deck, he hummed weakly, "What are you doing..."

Silently tightening the iron chain in his hand, Blue Whale quietly looked at the pirate lying there for a while and then whispered: "Mr. Lu Fei, you should take her away first, I will be fine."

"Who would believe it? This shark just looks like it can eat people without spitting out bones..." After shouting excitedly for a few seconds, Luffy lay there weakly again, moved his mouth a few times, and then fell silent again. Come down, after all, I really can't use any strength.

"Hehe, Mr. Lu Fei is so worried about the blue whale, I'm really touched~~", I don't know why the tiger shark is in a particularly good mood and smiles like winning a lottery, looking at the pirate who is wrapped in iron chains like a mummy with satisfaction After a while, the eyes shifted back to the cold face of the blue whale.

After squinting his eyes and looking at him, Tiger Shark said mischievously, "But don't worry. I won't do anything to the blue whale. After all, I have worked so hard to teach him~~~"

After looking at the obviously malicious shark with his mouth squinted for a while, Lu Fei's face was full of disbelief.

"Ah, Mr. Lu Fei still doesn't want to believe me? It's too much~~~", Tiger Shark looked at the stubborn pirate, and then looked at the blue whale standing there silently, "Blue whale, you Do you believe me?"

Hearing Tiger Shark's words, the person named trembled unconsciously. After hesitating for a moment, he wanted to shake his head, but he still nodded, expressing that he believed what he said.

Satisfied with his well-behaved reaction, Tiger Shark smiled deeper, then waved his hand to signal him to take back the chain, then stood up and reached out to find something in his trouser pocket.

The iron chain was taken back with a "swish", but Luffy was still lying there breathless, after all, the influence of Hailoushi didn't lose effect in a short while.

"This is for you, Mr. Lu Fei." After taking out a folded white paper from his trouser pocket and bending down to put it in Luffy's hand, Tiger Shark took a few steps back and explained with a smile, "This is the paper of the blue whale. Life card, you just need to give it to the little witch, and she will know what's going on."

Luffy took a deep breath, stood up with his weak body, opened the blank sheet of paper and saw that there was nothing but the cartoon whale in the corner, and it looked exactly like the one Ace gave him .

He glanced suspiciously at the tiger shark who didn't know what he was planning, and after thinking about it for a while, Luffy still couldn't believe that this guy would let go of the blue whale who disobeyed orders and took her away, "I don't know why, but your words are always difficult to let go." People are convinced."

Tiger Shark's smile restrained, "Mr. Lu Fei, Blue Whale was your enemy before, why is he protecting him now? Just because he rescued Miss Little Witch before I attacked her?"

"That's right. Although I don't know what the relationship between Encore and him is, but since he saved Encore, it is true no matter what. I will not leave until I am not 100% sure of his safety. Trust me Encore will do the same."

Quietly watching the calm pirate for a while, Tiger Shark said in a low voice, with a usual smile, "Mr. Lu Fei, will you attack your partners? Especially Miss Little Witch."

"No!" Luffy replied firmly without any hesitation, his expressionless face was not moved at all.

Evoking a smile that he knew so well, Tiger Shark looked up at the blue whale standing there silently, with gentle eyes, "I won't attack him either."

Seeing the tiger shark's deep eyes, the blue whale was taken aback. Fortunately, his indifferent personality kept him calm and didn't say anything. He just lowered his head and looked at the deck in silence, as if he was about to stare it out of the hole. look up.

And Luffy just looked deeply into Tiger Shark's eyes for a while, put on the straw hat and lowered the brim of the hat, then turned around and prepared to leave, without asking whether what Tiger Shark said just now was true or not.

Seeing Luffy's moving footsteps, Blue Whale came back to his senses, looked at Tiger Shark's expression and got his acquiescence, then called to stop Luffy who was holding the railing and was about to fly back, "Wait a minute, Mr. Luffy. I have something for you."

"Huh? What?" Luffy looked back suspiciously at the blue whale and turned into the cabin. After thinking for a while, he let go of his hand happily and asked, "Is it for food?? Meat? Or meat???"

Not long after entering, the blue whale came out with a large package in one hand and a long wooden box in the other.I was a little surprised when I saw the expectant foodie expression on Luffy's face, but he still calmly stuffed everything in his hand, "You probably didn't prepare her clothes. This is her package, and her knife— Chi Yue."

"Ah, isn't it food?" Luffy was a little disappointed, but in an instant he regained his excitement and hugged those two things, "Thank you, I forgot about it~~"

After silently looking at the smiling face for a while, Blue Whale whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Lord Luffy, my sister is counting on you."

Luffy's eyes widened in surprise, then he nodded with a serious expression, and replied firmly, "Don't worry!"

Hearing the satisfactory answer, the corners of the blue whale's lips curled into an invisible arc, and then backed up to stand next to the tiger shark with an indifferent expression, silently looking at the pirate holding a lot of things in one hand He flew back to the Qianyang not far away.

"Ah, my ideal type is just gone..." Seeing the departure of the pirate ship, Tiger Shark felt a little pity, after all, it was not easy for him to meet this doll that perfectly fits his aesthetics.However, if you get into a fight with the blue whale because of that doll, the loss outweighs the gain~~
Afterwards, the Qianyang that was parked there turned around slowly, and then left to continue its journey.The straw hat captain who ran to the backstring waved vigorously at him, and a loud voice came through the sea wind:
"Absolutely be well, let's meet again next time I have a chance!!! Also, thank you for saving Encore!!!"

Listening to the noisy voice, Blue Whale didn't answer, but just quietly looked at the away pirate ship, as if wanting to see the person he cared about.

The tiger shark who was left on the sidelines looked dissatisfied at the blue whale standing there straight as if he had lost his soul, and after waiting for a few seconds with his arms folded, he found that he was still the same, and couldn't help but said very upset: "Hey, blue whale Whales. Have you seen enough?"

"Ah, yes!", the blue whale regained consciousness immediately turned to face the tiger shark leaning on the railing, bowed its head and waited for his order.

After seeing his obedient appearance, Tiger Shark raised a gentle smile in satisfaction, stood up and stretched and walked towards the cabin, "Going back, I have to find a way to deal with the trouble you caused."

A little surprised that the tiger shark didn't show any anger, the blue whale hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Master Tiger Shark, aren't you angry?"

"Angry!" After giving an affirmative answer, he turned around and raised his hand to reward the blue whale with a chestnut, although it was only a punishment of thunder and rain, "Really, I finally dug a grave myself Before I could tell you the reason, you ran away with her? It completely broke my plan!"

"Plan??" Blue Whale ignored the innocuous knock, completely unable to understand the meaning of his words, and a slight doubt appeared on his cold face, "Aren't you going to kill her?"

Tiger Shark has already begun to wonder if there is something wrong with his education method. How did he teach a child who is stupid at a critical moment?In desperation, he had no choice but to explain carefully: "Didn't I tell you to help you find her? After I found her, I have no reason to kill her, right? Although I was ordered to do it, I was just going to dig a tomb to pretend to be her." It’s just for a while, but who told you to run away without saying a word?”

"???", the somewhat confused Blue Whale nodded coldly, and nodded again, his wooden face couldn't tell whether he understood or not.

Knowing that he still doesn't know what's going on, Tiger Shark didn't want to explain any more. After waving his hand, he got into the cabin, "Anyway, I'm ready to go back, Blue Whale. I'll explain to you when I have time."

"Yes!", Blue Whale replied habitually, and then seriously thought about the proportion of truth and falsehood in Tiger Shark's words.

After being unable to figure it out, he reluctantly decided to go back to Huaxian Island first. After looking at the pirate ship under the moonlit night again, Blue Whale slowly raised his hand and shook it slightly in that direction:
Goodbye, sister.If possible, I hope to see you again...

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The passenger ship slowly turned to a course that was [-] degrees away from the departure direction of the Qianyang, and the blue whale drove the ship a little absent-mindedly, recalling the battle after the Demon Slaying Order.

At that time, he didn't know whether the girl recognized him or not, so he could only pretend to be indifferent and watch her, who was already weak, stubbornly resist them.

The serious injury of the Straw Hat Pirates broke her inner line of defense. He didn't know why the girl who didn't even have the strength to stand up at that time could say the cruel words of 'I want them to pay with blood'.

All they knew was that after waiting for five or six minutes, the girl who seemed to crawl out of the pool of blood slowly appeared in front of their eyes, her bloody appearance was terrifying.And she who has been completely controlled by the demon sword will not even let her partner go, but when she can kill him, she forcibly regains control of her body and tells him to leave quickly.

Only then did he realize that the girl had recognized him long ago, but she just didn't want to recognize him.And this is also protecting him who is in the opposite camp with her.

And at that moment, the tenderness in the girl's eyes has been deeply engraved in his memory, indelible.

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"Sure enough, sister is the best~, I almost hurt such a gentle sister", the boy's indifferent face softened and cold under the moonlight, his eyes without waves slowly closed, and the emotion in his eyes was buried in the darkness .

Under the moonlight, the young man swore piously in his heart:

'No matter which camp I'm in, I'll do my best to protect you, sister...'

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In the cabin, Tiger Shark was lying on the only bed with all his clothes on, with his hands behind his head, smiling and looking at the ceiling with deep eyes.

After a while, he slowly stretched out his right hand upwards, as if he was trying to grab something, and his gentle voice sounded slowly, speaking to the Straw Hat Pirates who had already gone away, "For the sake of the blue whale this time, put The little witch returned it to you as a reward for protecting the blue whale for so long when she was a child. But, in the future, I won't be so kind."

"From now on, we are completely in two camps, and the blue whale will no longer protect her!" The smile on the young man's face was invincible, and the depths of his eyes were full of haze:

And, are you really capable of protecting her like you said, Monkey-D-Luffy?

(End of this chapter)