A wonderful adventure that begins with a pirate

Otis walked unhurriedly along the traces left by people's trampling towards the island. As he stepped inside, the island clouds under his feet gradually revealed the path until it turned into a road officially built by people.

He walked slowly not only because he didn't want to deliberately get ahead of the children and cause unnecessary misunderstandings, but at the same time he was casually enjoying the scenery along the way.

Although they are both worlds above the clouds, the appearance of Bika is somewhat different from that of Sky Island. The vegetation on the cloud ground and the way the clouds are processed on the island are aesthetically different, which is enough to arouse Otis's interest.

After walking like this for about an hour, he finally saw the first town on Bika. At the entrance of the town, he also understood that there was a sign made of hard island clouds hanging on it, which read "Silili". Town is four words.

"Is that him? Aaron and the others just came over to remind us of the new Qinghai people?"

"It must be true, he has no wings."

"But if he is alone, will there be any problems?"

Not surprisingly, as soon as Otis appeared, the residents of the town turned their attention to him one after another, and even talked and pointed, almost in an attitude of guarding against enemies.

Only a few noticed Otis's solitary state and softened slightly.

But it is a pity that even these people who are not so vigilant, when Otis approaches them and wants to make a simple inquiry, they still avoid and walk away one by one, without giving Otis a chance to speak. Chance.

"What a headache." Otis couldn't help scratching his head.

But it doesn't matter. After training and practicing in the agent industry for so long, he is not worried about small things. As for exploring Enelu and looking for the Thunder Fruit, this matter is of course important, but it is not important. How anxious.

Therefore, Otis was not impatient or annoyed. He ignored the indifference and hostility around him and continued to try to talk to the next person he saw.

It’s not like there’s not even one person willing to answer, right? What kind of hatred or resentment must it be?

With this idea in mind, Otis walked through the entire town along the main road coming in from the door, but he didn't find anyone willing to stop for a moment.

I am Buddha.

Otis looked back at the road he had walked, speechless for a moment.

Since pedestrians on the road couldn't ask, they had to ask someone else.

Otis, who was collectively ostracized by the people in the town, had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​asking for information on the roadside, looked for a store that was open, and then went in to ask people.

Facts have proved that business people are indeed easier to talk to. In a small restaurant, Otis finally found the first person in Xilili Town who was willing to communicate with him, a visitor from Qinghai.

However, this was still the result he got after walking two streets and entering many hotel bars. Even so, the restaurant proprietress only put down the hot beer in her hand and gave it to Otis after Otis paid for the food first. Si cooks.

By the way, the proprietress Irene is 1.6 meters tall but wider than two Otis.

"Here comes our signature dish, White Sea Fish Bibimbap."

After waiting for about ten minutes, the nimble boss lady came over with a plate of deliciously fragrant bibimbap and placed it on Otis's table. The dish called flat fish bibimbap had crystal clear rice underneath and a lid on top. The fish pieces are filled with flat fish, and there is a special sauce drizzled on the fish pieces. Overall, it is somewhat similar to the eel bibimbap that Otis has eaten, and it looks delicious.

"Hey, it's something new that I've never seen before." Otis's eyes immediately lit up when he saw the food that was served. After taking a quick bite, he immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "It's delicious."

"Of course, kid." After finishing her work, Irene sat back behind the bar, took out a homemade cigarette and said happily, "There is no one in the store now. It's great to be able to eat this specialty that I made with all my heart." Food is also a blessing for you.”

"Hahaha, that makes sense." Otis was quite fond of Irene's unceremonious boast, laughed out loud, and then continued to devour it.

It was afternoon at this time, so there were no customers in Eileen's shop. Correspondingly, Otis, who had been rushing here, was indeed hungry. After quickly sweeping away the food on the plate, he satisfied the hungry Otis. Si then had time to speak again and asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

"Thank you, Irene." Otis, who had licked up the last grain of rice on the plate, thanked him first, and then said to the proprietress who came over to clear away the dishes, "By the way, I want to ask you something, why are the people in this town... People seem to be very repulsive towards me, or in other words, they are particularly wary of Qinghai people."

"Oh you noticed" Eileen said over her shoulder.

Otis nodded.

Can you not notice that no one in the whole street is willing to talk to you, and even after walking two blocks to the store, you still won't be greeted. In the end, I met the eldest sister with your physique, and when I met you, I almost used the ruthless horn to greet you, so I finally managed to eat it. A meal.

This restaurant run by Eileen alone is very small, with no kitchen, partitions or anything like that. After Eileen collected the dishes, she started cleaning them directly at the other end: "I don't understand. It seems that you are not the ones who usually come here." People from Qinghai."

"Well" Otis obviously thought of something when he heard Irene's words. "You mean, pirate"

Irene, who was washing the dishes, didn't even raise her head and replied casually: "Yes, they are those bastards who only know what treasures are and want to rob everyone they see."

Amidst the sound of rushing water, Irene said harshly: "So what's going on in Qinghai? Why are you all such annoying guys?"

Otis was a little speechless when he was scolded by Irene for being clueless, but when he thought about his previous guesses and understandings, most of the people who could or were willing to take the risk to come to the clouds were desperadoes, so he understood. few.

However, there was still a question that made Otis couldn't help but ask again: "Are there many Qinghai pirates coming here?"

This naturally attracted Otis's attention. After all, Sky Island is also on the cloud, and there is no such rejection of Qinghai people there. The reason for this difference Otis could only think of at first because of the number of people. different.

"It's hard to say just how many people there are, but it can't be said to be less. Especially when all the people here are bastards like pirates, even just one of them will be annoying." Irene finished washing the dishes and finally raised her head. Answer: "Generally speaking, four or five waves of people from Qinghai will come to the island a month. In our town, there will always be new faces in two or three months. There are many and some small."

She wiped her hands and continued: "But even if there are not many, they are pirates every time, and trouble is always inevitable. There are even several times when there are only a dozen or so Qinghai people, they cause more damage. It seems because they have never done anything." A lot of people died on the way to the top of the West, so I think I want to cause trouble even more, huh, if you ask me, it's deserved, a bunch of guys who only know how to carry knives."

Hearing this, Otis nodded secretly and basically understood what was going on.

Ganfor once mentioned in the original work that there are two ways to reach the clouds, one is the sky-high sea current used by Otis, and the other is to travel from the top of the western sky.

Naturally, the soaring sea currents lead to a narrow escape, but the route to the top of the Western Sky is actually not that much of a concession. Choosing the former will mean total survival or destruction, while choosing the latter will inevitably lead to loss of life. According to Ganfuer, if you can reach the Sky Island or even There is almost no one left in a hundred.

It's just that Bika is different after all, because this is where Otis traveled for nearly a month to reach, and it is quite far away from Sky Island. Based on his experience on the cloud during this period, Otis clearly knows that here It is one of the islands closest to the top of the Western Sky.

I think it was precisely for this reason that led to the situation on the island and what Irene said.

Due to the danger of climbing on the clouds, there are still very few Qinghai people here, and because it is close to the top of the Western Sky, this scarcity is only a description of absolute numbers. If compared with other islands on the clouds, the number of Qinghai visitors Bika accepted is There are so many.

It is very obvious for pirates to be unruly and trouble-making people, not to mention ruthless people who dare to take to the sky and are extremely rare among pirates. Such unstable elements appear in multiples, causing The negative impact will multiply exponentially, creating an extremely unfriendly atmosphere for Qinghai people in Bika.

What a disaster.

Otis, who had passively endured the prejudice of the residents of Bika against the Qinghai people, shook his head secretly. However, the situation was such that it was really no wonder that Bika was here, so he, a Qinghai native, would just have to bear with it first.

In fact, having said that, thinking on the bright side, this is really not a particularly big bad thing for him.

After all, although the difficulty of climbing to the sky has prevented most ordinary people from coming here, causing Bika to misunderstand Qinghai, no matter how big the pirate movements were in the past, there are still so few people in the end, which shows that even here on the top of the Western Sky It is still an existence that is difficult to reach in Qinghai. For Otis, this is the most important thing.

A little misunderstanding and prejudice will not hinder him at all, but the government's tentacles cannot reach here. The key is to avoid interference from the outside world and allow him to plan slowly and act freely here.

Therefore, Otis, who finally understood the situation, did not frown or complain. He simply said suddenly: "I see, is it because the pirates from below came here to commit crimes that made you have a bad impression of Qinghai?"

However, what he said was not really to ask the other party to answer. After deliberately setting the stage, he asked Irene the question that he really cared about: "But, what's going on with the person named Enel?" "