I Have Been Sleeping Among Pirates For A Hundred Years

The sky is getting dark and night has fallen.

Caribu hid his figure, sneaking behind the group of Marine soldiers returning towards the Marine dojo.

After accidentally discovering this group of injured Marines, he made up his mind.

The so-called most dangerous place is the safest.

"That man" would never have imagined that he would be so talented at hiding among Marines.

And in this way, you don’t have to worry about food during the hiding period.

After sneaking for more than an hour, the outline of Marine Dojo gradually appeared in his field of vision. At the same time, a fierce sound of fighting came from the square in front.

"This doesn't sound like the sound of soldiers training..."

With a trace of curiosity, Caribu sneaked around behind the high platform of the dojo.

He climbed up the earth wall on tiptoes, lifted a branch in his hand, then carefully raised his head, pushed aside the gaps in the green leaves, and looked at the scene in the square.

Two swordsmen were fighting in the square, and it was very fierce.

"That person is..."

Looking at the somewhat familiar face of one of them, Caribu quickly searched his mind and determined his identity.

It's none other than Roronoa. Zoro, the rising pirate star I saw on the bounty list a few days ago, with a bounty of 60 million!

But the situation of the green-haired swordsman was not optimistic, and he seemed to be at a disadvantage in this battle.

Caribu was immediately attracted by his gaze and thought to himself: "Is this the pirate with a reward of 60 million? How dare you break into Marine Base alone? Let me, Uncle Caribu, see what happens to you..."

…

The light cast by the red full moon became brighter and brighter, seeming to gradually dye the square red.

"Saka, you are no longer the Saka you were before."

Zoro bit the word "Hedao" and looked at his former friend in front of him, with a hint of pain in his eyes.

"That's right, I'm not the same person I used to be."

Saka glanced at Zoro with an indifferent expression, and slowly raised the Seven-Star Sword in his hand. Under the strange red moonlight, it seemed that he could see the extremely deep darkness in the Seven-Star Sword.

"I'm about to be reborn, and that's why I asked you to come, to realize my dream!" Saka's face gradually became ferocious.

"You have been completely dominated by this demon sword. In that case, let me destroy this demon sword! Tiger Hunt!"

Zoro made up his mind, leaned down, and instantly burst out with powerful force like a tiger, sprinting towards Saka.

However, Saka easily dodged this fierce attack with a slight jump, and he let out a cold laugh:

"I said it's useless, so let me give you a taste of this 'demon fire' and experience the taste of death, Demon Fire Slash!"

After that, the Seven-Star Sword, glowing with fluorescent green luster, suddenly burst out with a burst of powerful green flames under Saka's swing, and rushed straight towards Zoro, covering him.

This flame that was not caused by high temperature did not emit any hot air waves, but the intense pain that felt like every drop of blood in his body was being burned poured into Zoro's mind in an instant.

Even with his rock-solid will, he couldn't help but almost fainted from the pain.

He gritted his teeth, and his strong fighting instinct caused him to wrap up the demon fire in his body and rush towards Saka in front of him.

"Fire. Ghost Slash!!"

The thunderous sword movement whipped up the surrounding violent wind, extinguishing the demonic fire around him and slashing at Saka.

However, this powerful sword did not work.

"How...possible, I should have chopped him down."

Zoro had a look of shock on his face.

For a swordsman, the feedback the sword gives to its owner is unquestionable.

At that moment, the collision feeling from the blade was obviously that his slash hit the opponent...

But Saka didn't seem to be hurt in any way.

No...it's that demon knife!

Cold sweat broke out on Zoro's forehead, and he saw the wound under Saka's robe healing quickly under the green flames.

Compared to the Third Generation Ghost Sword in his hand, which was regarded as a demon sword, I'm afraid... the Seven-Star Sword held by Saka is a real demon sword infused with some kind of power! !

"You should be able to sense it to some extent. The 'power of blood' contained in this seven-star sword is simply not something you can deal with."

Saka showed a cruel smile, "But don't worry, I won't kill you immediately, I will let this seven-star sword slowly drain your blood! Demon Snake. Fang Strike!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Seven-Star Sword in his hand turned into a strange green demonic snake and pounced on Zoro.

Zoro hurriedly slashed at the demon snake in front of him, but no matter how much he slashed, the demon snake transformed by the green light returned to its original shape in the next moment, and immediately bit him on the neck, shoulders, and waist.

…

Located in some ruins in the south of the island.

"Here we are."

Robin walked among the ruins and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated stone room.

"...I only leave this thing for those who come after me."

She read the ancient words engraved on the door of the stone chamber, and then pressed her palm on a hidden grid somewhere on the stone wall.

Gron Gron!

Accompanied by bursts of sounds, the door of the stone chamber was opened.

"As expected of an archaeologist."

Joel looked at Robin's familiar movements, couldn't help but nodded in approval, and followed into the stone room.

The huge stone chamber was very empty, with a huge stone slab placed in the middle.

"Is this..."

Robin had seen historical text tablets in Alabasta, so he was extremely sensitive to these tablets, and his expression suddenly became extremely serious.

She lit the fire fold and read the ancient writings on the stone slab word for word.

Under the dim candlelight, the expression on her face continued to undergo complex changes.

"Miss Robin, does this stone tablet contain any information about the fourth gem?"

After Robin had almost finished reading, Sanji asked.

"...There is no fourth gem. The record is just an introduction, to guide the newcomers here."

Robin took a long breath and said with understanding, "It's no wonder that the stone tablet collapsed exactly at the location where the text was recorded."

On the stone tablet in the ruins of Arcas Village, the picture and text only record that "the three princes took out the Seven-Star Sword that proved the throne because they fell in love with the same miko, and started fighting for it."

After that, the content was completely lost, and was only passed down orally by successive generations of witches in Arkas.

But in fact, the miko did not die like the ending of the story. Not only did she survive, she also retained her own bloodline heirs.

"What...is going on, Miss Robin?" Sanji looked at Robin with confusion.

After searching around the empty stone room and finding nothing, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"Does this stone tablet record the truth about the demise of the Kingdom of Arcas?" Joel said lightly.

"Have you... seen the record on this stone tablet?" Robin looked at Joel in surprise.

"I can't understand these complicated words, it's just my earlier guess."

"...This indeed records the truth about the fall of the Kingdom of Arcas."

Robin's voice paused, "The Legend of the Seven Star Sword is not completely compiled, but the deletion of part of the content makes the facts essentially different..."

"Tell me about it, I'm very interested."

Joel's unfocused eyes became much brighter.

This is not a history that needs to be covered up. Robin just pondered for a moment and then narrated according to the words on the stone tablet:

“In the distant past, all kingdoms stood side by side, and among them was Arcas.

King Akas loved to observe the astronomical phenomena, so someone presented the king with a sword made of the seven stars of the sky, the Seven-Star Sword.

The king was extremely happy and regarded it as a national treasure. However, he did not know that this was a conspiracy called "ancient technology."

The mad scientist injected the demonic power into the sword and used the changes on the entire island as an observation object.

Under the influence of this demonic power, people on this island seem to be able to see the red moon.

Then, the old king died, and three young princes jointly ruled the country.

But the experiment didn't end there.

One day, a mysterious and beautiful witch came to the island.

The witch confessed her love to the three princes respectively, and made the three princes fall in love with her.

As a result, the three princes who were originally close turned against each other in order to possess the witch. They took out the Seven-Star Sword, which was regarded as a national treasure, and used it as a bet. The winner will be the only king who enjoys everything.

The huge waves of war harvested one life after another, gathering countless blood into this seven-star sword, until the country was destroyed and the entire sea area was in turmoil.

And the three princes finally died tragically in this cold killing.

Probably when this crazy scientific experiment came to an end, the witch took out three gems that could interfere with the devil's power, trying to extract the devil's power from the Seven Star Sword.

But this unprecedented experiment ended in failure, and the power of the devil was still entangled in the Seven Star Sword.

The unwilling miko did not give up. She spent her whole life studying this seven-star sword, and left descendants in the name of guardianship. She continued this experiment in cooperation with a certain scientific organization...

It wasn't until the blank hundred years passed that the experiment was completely terminated due to force majeure, leaving only the bloodline of the miko, the Seven-Star Sword, and the name of the experiment... "Bloodline Factor". "

It sounded more like a ridiculous story, but at this moment Sanji couldn't help but be stunned, and the thin cigarette he had just taken out of his pocket was subconsciously broken into two pieces.

"Miss Robin...are the records above true?"

Sanji came to his senses and tried to hide the discomfort in his expression.

"Although this history was recorded by later generations, I'm afraid it's all true, because... the person who recorded this history was... Dr. Clover of Ohara."

Robin mentioned in a nostalgic tone the director of the Ohara Omniscient Tree Library, an authority in the archaeological world... and Clover, who was her first teacher.

Although the vicissitudes of stone slabs have been covered with cracks and gravel due to the erosion of time,

But vaguely, Robin seemed to see a young figure carving words appearing in front of him, gradually overlapping with the old man who was old, kind, and always laughing in his memory.

"Robin, you know, the main reason I became a historian was because I heard the story of a man who

In order to follow that man's footsteps, I embarked on a journey around the world alone at the age of sixteen. "

It was on a clear and moonlit night that the old man and the young girl said this with a book in their hands.

"Since Dr. Clover knows so many things... then he must know how to seal the Seven Star Sword, right?"

Sanji's voice interrupted Robin's thoughts.

Robin buried that longing deep in his heart again, exhaled, nodded and continued:

"It is recorded here that although the 'bloodline factor' experiment has been terminated, the power of the devil in the Seven Star Sword has not disappeared.

Not only that, after a certain man appeared more than a hundred years ago, that power became even more ready to move.

No one knows what he did to that demonic sword, but as long as he gets close to that demonic sword, his reason will be swallowed up by indescribable thoughts.

Even if I gather enough gems, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress the demonic power in the Seven Star Sword... But that doesn't mean there's no other way. "

Robin's voice paused. She stretched out her hand to touch the last text on the slate and read slowly:

"'These demonic powers that rely on human desires are ultimately disgusted by the mother of nature, the sea. If you want to completely seal this demon sword, just sink it to the bottom of the sea. - Clover'."

"Use the sea..."

Sanji murmured thoughtfully, and then said to Robin, "Miss Robin, let's take this news back quickly."

"Mr. Chef, I'm afraid there isn't much time left before the full moon reaches its peak. If you are quick on your feet, go back and tell them. I will follow later."

Robin looked at the slightly hesitant Sanji and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I have no plans to leave the Meili for the time being, nor will I leave without saying goodbye."

"Miss Robin, you misunderstood, that's not what I'm worried about..."

Sanji glanced at Joel, and then whispered in Robin's ear,

"It's just... a man and a woman alone are too dangerous! Miss Robin, you must be wary of this guy and protect yourself!"

"……well."

Like a big sister coaxing a child, Robin watched Sanji leave with gentle words, then turned to look at Joel, her expression calm.

"Except for scholars who specialize in research, I have rarely seen anyone care so much about past history?"

"how to say?"

Joel turned his back to Robin and said slowly, "I have explored many things in this world, but there are still many blanks that I don't know...

Just like a long time ago, I integrated my own blood into this container called the Seven Star Sword, but I didn't know much about its origin, which has always been something I regret. "

"Integrating into the blood...?"

Robin frowned slightly as he looked at Joel's face, and the fragments of his thoughts were vaguely connected together.

Suddenly her pupils dilated, showing an extremely shocked look.

"Who are you?!"

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