One Piece Codex

Black smoke billowed out from the doors and windows of the restaurant. People were gradually withdrawing from the flames. Upon seeing this, nearby vendors also joined the fire-fighting team.

"What's going on over there?"

At the other end of the street, Levi saw a thick smoke rising straight into the sky from a distance. He, Lorna, and Mads had just finished training and were walking back.

Mads opened his eyes and felt it.

"No, there's a fire over there! Lorna, go!"

Lorna, who was licking the candied haws with enthusiasm, was suddenly startled when she heard the fire. Then she swallowed the candied haws given by Li Wei in two mouthfuls, turned into clouds and immediately floated in the direction of the black smoke.

After a while, the originally charming sunset sky suddenly changed. Under the dark clouds, an unexpected heavy rain poured down, instantly covering the burning restaurant.

By the time Levi and Mads arrived, the fire was basically under control.

The rain was much lighter than before, and the crowd gathered in a circle. A lane was opened in the middle for the town rescue team to transport the wounded.

"Ugh! Bastard! Let me go!"

Kidd twisted his body hard, but his hands and feet were held by two men, making it difficult to move.In desperation, he bit down hard on the hand that was holding him.

"hiss!"

The man in the suit gasped in pain, pulled his hand away and shook it, and found a row of blood marks on the tiger's mouth.Anger rushed to his head, he raised his fist and greeted Kidd in the face.

"You little brat who needs a beating!"

boom!

"Kid! (Boy!)"

Just when Kidd was punched away, two black shadows sprang out from behind the crowd like lightning. Mads caught Kidd from mid-air, and Levi whipped his hand mercilessly. on the person's face.

"It's all right, kid!"

Mads hurriedly wiped the blood from Kid's face, but Kid's face was covered with soot, and the blood became dirtier and dirtier.

"Mads?... And brother?" Kidd's eyes were slightly dazed. When he saw the person clearly, for some reason, he felt his nose was sore.

Kidd snorted and shook his head: "I'm fine!"

Mads, who was worried, checked Kidd's body up and down, and then he felt relieved after confirming that it was just a skin injury, "Phew, it's fine."

He stood up and looked around with his eyes gradually becoming stern, "Who can tell me why you took action against my son?"

At this time, Dahomey had not yet recovered from the shock of her men being eliminated by Levi three times. When she heard Mades' words, she was stunned, then pointed at Kidd and said sternly:

"This little bastard belongs to your family! Everyone saw it! He smashed the vases in my shop and tried to escape. But when he couldn't escape, he set fire to it. Now my shop is gone, and you have to compensate me!"

Dahomey had a loud voice, and the fat on his face trembled when he spoke, and the surrounding crowd could clearly hear it.

"So that's it, this kid is really uneducated."

"Forget it if you don't pay compensation, but if you still set a fire, this kid should be sent to jail for a few days."

"Hey, isn't that the guy who was just kicked by the football?"

"That's him. He has a fierce look on his face. He is indeed a bad guy."

"..."

People immediately started talking, and among them were witnesses who escaped from the restaurant, a child and a group of adults. The crowd concluded what was right and what was wrong.

Mads frowned, but didn't wait for him to speak.

"No!" Kidd pointed at Dahomey angrily, "You lied! It's obviously all your fault! You want to knock me out!"

"Oh! My God! In full view of everyone, this little bastard actually wants to bite me back!"

Dahomey pretended to be short of breath from anger, and kept patting his chest, as if this would really help him breathe easier.

She cried and cried:

"Oh God! Let's judge! My store has been burned down, how can I live like this!"

Mads lowered his head and touched Kidd's head, "Kidd, what's going on?"

"I didn't! I came to buy a plate, but this guy took me to the box and wanted to catch me, so I burned down this place..."

Among the increasingly noisy crowd, Kidd explained anxiously, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Mads with a wave of his hand.

"So, you set the fire!" The voice suddenly became stern.

Kidd opened his mouth, "I, I..."

It was indeed him who set the fire, but it was also to avoid being hunted by Dahomey's men. Kidd didn't understand why Mads wanted to reprimand him.

Mads turned to look at Levi, "How are the casualties?"

Levi, who had just walked around the fire scene and briefly learned about the situation from the rescue team:

"It's not a big problem, no one died, but two were injured,"

Mads nodded and couldn't help but feel relieved.After taking two deep breaths, he faced everyone with a serious expression, "Everyone, the responsibility for today's accident lies entirely with me. I taught the dog improperly and caused trouble to everyone. I am very sorry."

Amidst the discussion, he bowed and said:

"I will fully compensate you for the injuries caused by this accident!"

"Hey! Mads!" Kidd's eyes widened in disbelief.

【Why...why do you need to apologize?It's obviously that fat woman's fault. 】

Endless grievances welled up in his heart, and Kidd's nose was so sore that he almost cried.

"It's almost there."

An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Dahomey's mouth, but she still looked angry and aggrieved, "Can you afford the compensation? Although my store only costs more than 700 yuan, the total number of porcelain bottles in the store is [-] yuan." Dovan Bailey!”

700 million Baileys!The crowd exclaimed, this is not a small number.You know, fishermen only earn 700 to [-] beli a year. [-] million is enough for an ordinary person to live for more than ten years.

Amidst the exclamations, a little boy with yellow hair covering his eyes struggled to squeeze in from outside the crowd.The boy was also dressed in gray and black, with obvious scratches on his knees. It was Kira who escaped from the kitchen.

"You bastard who set fire!" Kira ran forward angrily and grabbed Kidd by the collar, "Do you know what you have done!"

He was a little confused by the sudden appearance of the boy Kidd. Before he could recover, he was punched by Kira angrily.But the opponent was just an ordinary kid after all, and Kidd easily prevented the second punch.

"Hey, are you also with them?" He grabbed Kira's wrist and shouted.

"Damn it!" Kira tilted her head back, "It was you bastard who set the fire, so Ava and Grandpa were knocked unconscious!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he hit Kidd hard on the head with a headbutt.

boom!

[Damn it, why is this bastard’s head so hard! 】

Kira was spinning on the spot in a daze.

Kid just covered his head and took a few steps back, but he didn't rush to take action. Kira seemed to make him realize something.After standing still, Kidd looked in the direction of the rescue team and saw a girl and an old man dressed as a chef lying unconscious on a stretcher.

Regarding Kira's appearance, neither Mads nor Levi intervened, and just watched silently.At this time, there seemed to be some strange noises coming from the crowd.

"Look, that's Kira!"

"Kira? It's the guy with a smile worse than a crow."

"I told you this guy is a broom star, otherwise why would he only burn the people around him if there was a fire?"

"Yeah yeah."

"..."

Looking at the stretcher from a distance, Kidd was silent. At this moment, his mood was a bit complicated.

[So, was it me who caused them to get hurt? 】

Immediately, he turned his attention to the dizzy Kira.

【···This guy. 】

Kidd stepped forward and grabbed the other person's collar as well, "Hey, I'm sorry about your family, and I will do my best to help them recover."

After saying that, he followed the example of Mads and bowed to Kira.

Kira shook his head and tried to wake up.Seeing Kid bending down to apologize, he was still angry and didn't look good, "It's best! Otherwise I will kill you bastard!"

If it hadn't been determined that Grandpa and Ava's lives were not in danger, Kira would never have said another word to each other.

"···I see."

Kidd looked solemn, his previous dissatisfaction and grievance completely gone.

"Mads! Brother! Please help me!"

The raindrops fell, extinguishing the last sparks in the restaurant, leaving only a few wisps of mocking gray smoke rising from the black ruins.The dark clouds dispersed in the blink of an eye. At this time, the afterglow had not yet burned out, and there were still three or two red clouds hanging in the sky.

"Not bad." Levi raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Hahaha! Of course! You are indeed my son!" Mads burst into a hearty laugh.

Seeing that something seemed wrong in the atmosphere, Dahomey frowned and shouted dissatisfied:

"Hey! This little bastard's grandfather is my pastry chef. Now that he can't work, you have to pay for it!"

"Pay you money?"

The bold laughter stopped abruptly. Mads glanced sideways at Dahomey, and his voice suddenly turned cold.

"Madam, I never said I would compensate you. Besides, I have no habit of giving money to a trafficker who wants to kidnap my child."