"Hi~"

Xiao Ren said hello and went to pull the closed window, but it didn't pull. She frowned and increased her strength.

There seemed to be a crisp sound in the air, and the window opened in response. She slipped in along a small crack, and saw the young man pointing at the ground, shocked and angry: "You guy!"

She looked towards where the boy was pointing, and there was something like a window lock on the ground... It turned out that she had to break it to get in. She looked away with a guilty conscience, picked up the thing and put it on the boy's bedside: "Your safety measures are too poor, I checked it out for you, don't thank me."

"Who thanked you! Why did you come to my house in the middle of the night? Get out of here!"

"Hey~" She sighed coquettishly, looking aggrieved, "In order to prevent you from being misunderstood by the villagers, I specially chose a time in the dead of night,"

"What are you going to do?" The boy tightened the quilt tightly, revealing only his head with big frightened eyes. Not moved to tears, but more like being on guard against flower-picking thieves.

"I don't do anything, I'm here to listen to stories."

"story?"

"What is the messenger bird you are talking about? Your reaction is different from everyone else's. You must know something, right?"

"I won't tell you anything!"

"So, you really know?" she said, her eyes scanning every corner of the room, and finally stopped on the full bookcase opposite the bed, "Love reading? That's great... Do you want me to read it too? Of course I borrowed it from you."

There was clearly a hint of confusion in the young man's eyes, but it was not very obvious. Xiao Xin raised his eyebrows and walked slowly towards the bookcase. His fingertips traced the rows of dust-free and exquisitely packaged books: "Maybe I'll turn it over." Don’t mind if you curl the edges randomly~”

The young man behind her still didn't speak, and she didn't speak again. Instead, her fingers paused, and she grabbed the waistband of a book and tried to drag it out. When a third of the book was exposed, the young man finally couldn't help it. He turned over and got out of bed, pushed Xiao Ren away and guarded him in front of the bookcase, with a look of death on his face:

"Don't touch them, I say, I say them all! It's actually a legend circulating in the village. Messenger birds are the messengers of hell. If they appear, bad luck will happen... But in fact, it's not them who bring it, it's because the gods will destroy them. The monsters that destroy the world are sealed in this land. The appearance of monsters will affect the living environment of the messenger birds, so they will come out."

"Oh, it's a boring legend. What else is there?"

"Also, what else is there?" There was a hint of unnoticeable panic in the young man's voice. He held on to the cabinet with his hands, as if this was the only way to reassure him. He frowned, "I've told you everything I know!"

"No, right? My second question... Your reaction is different from everyone else's, right? Even that old man didn't know the species of the bird until he lifted the bed sheet. You can tell at a glance that he has seen it before. ?”

"No! I don't know what you are talking about?"

The young man was lying at first glance, but it was not as good as he expected. After hearing this, Xiao Ren did not pursue the question further, but retreated to the window: "Since you said so, I will leave. Good night."

She said that but didn't leave in a hurry. It was pitch black outside the window, and her eyes seemed to be covered with a pair of big hands, and ink was splashed on her eyes. There was no buzzing of insects in her ears, and there were only the faint breaths of her and the boy in the room, as well as the cold wind leaking in through the gap.

She had a bad premonition in her heart. Just when she was about to ask the boy if he had an oil lamp, a flash of lightning lit up in the sky. Then, as if she had received some order, like a silver dragon dancing in the deep sea, there was a loud rumble of thunder, and the rain suddenly poured down. , it became big and dense in the blink of an eye.

"I said it wrong. That legend may be true. Have you heard of the story of Tang Monk and Sun Wukong? Well, you must not have heard of it. It's like this. Sun Wukong is leaving, and he will draw a ground as a prison for Tang Monk. As long as he does not come out of this circle of light, he will There will be no danger. I had this feeling when I first came to this island. This island looks like Tang Monk, protected by a halo of light..."

"what are you saying……"

"Ah, it's nothing." She turned around, "It's raining too much outside, let's have a good chat tonight."

……

The boy didn't say anything useful. Xiao Ren didn't like to press others, so he couldn't hold on and fell into a deep sleep in the middle of the night.

……

When the boy woke up, a girl two years older than him was leaning quietly against the window, with a hint of blue in her eyes.

"Why haven't you left yet!" After he finished speaking, he realized that it was still raining heavily outside. "You want to stay here again?!"

"No, I'll leave in a moment. But it's not just me, but you too."

"Where are you going to take me?!"

"...That's enough for you, sleeping like a dead pig. It's not me, it's your village chief who is calling everyone to gather in the square."

"This kind of weather?"

"Are you asking me?" Xiao Nin shrugged, "Give me a raincoat, and I'll go take a look... Don't make that dying expression, you won't be discovered."

……

"Hey, where were you yesterday?"

Xiao Ren and Gray went to the square and learned that this group of crazy villagers believed that the extreme weather was a sin from the gods and planned to sacrifice the most beautiful girl in the village to ensure peace.

She didn't like to meddle in other people's business, but she was the one who knocked those birds down. If it hadn't happened, the villagers wouldn't have thought that way. The girl is innocent, but she does not intend to stand up and fight with the scholars. Instead, she wants to wait for them to send the girl into the forest and then secretly rescue her.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to the pirate ship to prepare, she met Bucky and Shanks. It looked like they were specifically waiting for her.

"Yesterday? Went to the village. There was nowhere else to go."

After hearing this, Bucky showed an expression of "I'm right" to Shanks. He came over very proudly and lowered his voice and said bitterly: "How did you do it? Don't worry, I won't tell the captain. How dare those bastards dare to Treat me like this..."

"I... didn't do anything to them. And I have to save them soon. I'm sorry, Uncle Bucky, to disappoint you."

"Huh?" Bucky was confused.

While talking, Shanks took a towel from nowhere and covered Xiao Nin's head: "Wipe it, you will catch a cold."

Woohoo, Shanks is better! Xiao Ren shed tears in his heart and wiped his half-wet hair randomly. She told the two people about the villagers' plans, and the two people had different expressions.

Shanks and Shinobu made the same decision, saying that they would go with her to save the girl, but Bucky felt that it had nothing to do with them.

"It doesn't matter what those bastards do!"

But in the end he went anyway, and he yelled: "You two will definitely mess it up, it's better for me to take action myself!"

In fact, I don’t want to be left behind!

……

"I didn't notice it before, but the trees here are really tall, like an island in the sky."

Originally, the island was very small, with the village occupying only one-tenth of its area. The rest of the island was covered with lush, towering trees, each of which seemed to be more than 20 meters tall. There were also strange-shaped vines and shrubs in the forest, which was a bit... Like a tropical rainforest in no man's land.

Hearing what Shanks said, Xiao Ren answered: "I inquired when I first arrived. The villagers said that the woods are a restricted area. Once you enter, you cannot come out. I was explicitly prohibited from getting close."

"Did you notice just now? What are you looking at? I'm really worried about acting with you guys. Don't hold me back."

"You should stop holding me back!" Bucky almost shouted. He had a very bad sense of the people on the island and never wanted to come into contact with him. "Why do I want to be next to you!" Bucky was disliked by Gray. They also began to dislike Gray. Both of them stared at each other and pressed each other's foreheads, as if they would break out and fight to the death in the next second.

"Okay, okay, Gray is a native and familiar with the terrain. If we don't save anyone, we may get lost first." Xiao Nin put his arm over Shanks and tapped Bucky's shoulder to express comfort, "How about you come here and stay with me? .”

"I'll definitely get hurt by accident when I'm with you."

"? Since you think I'm so unreliable, please stay there!"

They were arguing when Shanks suddenly covered their mouths with backhands from the left and right. Bucky still wanted to struggle, but he saw the villagers all dressed in white appeared and tied a girl with five-flowered hair to a small car. The girl struggled desperately, but the villagers were indifferent, strangely like some gangsters.

Bucky was stunned and didn't speak.

They watched helplessly as the girl was pushed into the woods by the villagers. The car was controlled by a remote control, and when one person controlled it, it started running and rushed straight to a place out of sight.

Xiao Ren thought she would hit a tree, but to her surprise, something suddenly came out of nowhere and rolled up the wheel of the car, dragging the girl away in just a moment.

Seeing this scene, the villagers changed their previous funeral style, and many people laughed out loud. Shouting "God forgives us", the atmosphere gradually became joyful.

Bucky was completely dumbfounded and poked Gray next to him: "Is there anything wrong with the heads of the people in your village?"

Gray was also rare for not being rude, lowering his head and saying nothing.

Here, Xiao Nin has already followed Shanks to catch up. Seeing that Bucky and Gray are still stunned, he quickly shoots two stone bullets at their heads: "Hurry up and catch up."

"Are you too cunning?"

As a real ninja, Shinobu certainly won't run around stupidly on the ground. All of them ninjas can jump from trees. It can avoid danger, observe the ground, and look into the distance.

"It's okay Bucky, when you grow up you will be better than me." After eating the Devil Fruit, your body can split your head and you can fly eight hundred meters.

Of course Bucky didn't know the whole story, so he raised his chin as if Shinobu was praising him.

"Wait!" Shanks at the front suddenly stopped. He tilted his face slightly, as if he was listening to something, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Bucky was suddenly surrounded by soldiers, his sharp claws stretched out and he stared at the surroundings vigilantly.

Shinobu also stopped. There seemed to be some movement, but I couldn't tell. It didn't feel like the sound of walking, but a bit like a murmur.

"mom, Mom, Mom……"

Just when she was about to hear what the voice was saying, she suddenly heard a louder voice.

"Run! It's Dobby Snake!" It was Gray. He shouted and ran away without mercy.

Although Bucky said he disliked him, when he saw him running away, his eyes nearly popped out of his head, and he chased after him without even thinking about it.

"Hey! You two!" Xiao Ren quickly jumped down to Shanks.

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