One Piece: God Killer

I sighed when I heard the pipa, and I often chirped when I heard this again. ——Bai Juyi's "Pipa Play"

The place where Kurokas lives is on the side of the Grand Route of Upside Down Mountain. There is a small piece of flat land extending towards the sea under the mountain. On this flat land, there are two lighthouses, which are also the home of Kurokas.

Next to the lighthouse, everyone sat around on tables and chairs made of local wood and stone, listening to Koulokas telling stories about Rab.

"The child's name is Rab, and he is an island whale from the Western Sea." Kurokas introduced the basic situation of Rab. "That was one day a long time ago. A group of very friendly pirates came from the top of the Upside Down Mountain. Down there, there was a little whale following behind their boat. That was Rab as a young boy."

"Originally Rab traveled with them in the Western Sea, but when the captain decided to enter the Grand Line, because the route ahead was too dangerous, they decided to leave Rab in the Western Sea. But the island whale is a social animal, and for Rab In other words, these pirates are its companions." As Kurokas said, he couldn't help but recall that time in his mind. The friendly and warm pirate group and the little whale following the ship obviously left a lasting impression on him. A deep impression.

"Because the pirates' ship was in trouble, they stayed at this cape for a month. During this period, I also became friends with their captain. So, when they were about to leave, their captain asked me to 'you' Can you help us take care of him for two or three years for the time being? "We will definitely return here after circling the Grand Line." Rab also understood very well, so he waited here with me."

"I heard that 'being entrusted by others is a matter of loyalty', but that whale had huge scars all over its head. Is this how you take care of your friends?" Morana interrupted Kurokas If so, she felt that Kurokas must have failed to take good care of Labu, which was why Labu's head was scarred.

In the face of Morana's accusation, Kurokas was not angry, and just continued: "But, they never came back. So, Rab, who firmly believed that his partners were still alive, began to continuously hit the red earth continent, trying to reach the upside down Go to the other side of the mountain.”

Having said this, Kurokas looked directly at Morana: "Little girl, that was more than thirty years ago."

"This whale has been waiting here for more than thirty years?" Buck was shocked. He thought that what Kurokas was talking about was only a few years, or at most more than ten years ago, but he didn't expect that it had already happened. It was decades ago. "Is the Grand Line so long?"

"No matter how long the great route is, it will definitely take a few years at most to complete it." Gao Shifu, the most experienced sailor, judged, "The pirates have not returned after more than thirty years. There is only one situation. That is, they had an accident.”

"It's really pitiful." Matifa looked at Rab who started to hit the red continent again. "The whale is waiting painfully, but its companions will never come back. This is really a sad, touching, and somewhat cruel story." Matifa, who is at a delicate and sentimental age, was immediately infected by the story of the whale Rab and his companions.

Profik, who had known this story for a long time, just remained silent.

"That's not the case. The truth is more cruel than you imagine!" Kurokas said in a heavy tone, "They escaped. From this great route... this can be confirmed from the known intelligence."

"What?!" Matifa's expression changed drastically. In this way, this touching story with trust and waiting as its core suddenly turned into an outrageous story with betrayal and deception as its core.

Gao Shifu raised a question. As a sailor, he can be said to be the person here who knows the situation of the sea best except Kurokas and Yixiao (perhaps Profic can rely on the knowledge of his previous life in some aspects. On par with him): "However, if you want to leave the Grand Line, you need to cross the windless zone, a place like that..."

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that their whereabouts are unknown until now..." Kurokas continued what Gao Shifu said, "But even if they survive by chance, they will not be able to return to this ocean again. On the Grand Route, seasons, weather, wind direction, and currents are all unpredictable. This ocean, where all common sense has no effect, is best at defeating and controlling the cowardly heart in an instant!"

"So, because of this kind of thing, they abandoned their companions who had been waiting here and disappeared from the sea?" Matifa's voice and body were trembling, and tears fell from her eyes. "But, it has always believed in them and waited here for more than thirty years? This, this is too..."

"Then why didn't you say it?" Through the veil, Morana's expression could not be seen clearly, but from the cold and calm tone, it could still be felt that she still had a strong hold on Kurokas and the story he told. Doubts, "This whale should be able to understand human language, right? As long as you tell him the truth, he won't have to hurt himself every day and hit the red earth continent in vain, right?"

Kurokas closed his eyes, as if to hide his pain. He still maintained his original tone and said, "I told Rab everything without reservation, but he didn't listen."

Kurokas fell into memories:

That was a day more than thirty years ago, so long ago that he could no longer remember the specific date.

At that time, Kurokas was still a young man and Rab was still a little whale.

That day, as usual, Koulokas got up and read the newspaper. But what shocked him was that from the newspaper, he got the news that "the Lombard Pirates escaped from the Grand Line".

Although he did not want to believe this cruel fact, after much thought, he decided to tell the truth to Rab, who was still a little whale at the time.

"Rabb," Kurokas stood on the coast and said to Rab, "I heard that the group of pirates who entrusted you to me and then embarked on the journey have left the Grand Line."

Looking at Rab with his eyes widened and an expression of disbelief on his face, Kurokas continued to explain: "You are indeed companions, and the agreement they made with you is indeed true. But... they will never do it again. came back."

To Kurokas' expectation, Labu, who had always been very docile and obedient, became uncharacteristically excited. It's not even a huge body swinging back and forth in the sea, while making a deafening cry, obviously unwilling to believe it, or unwilling to accept it.

"Rabb, listen to me!" Young Kurokas shouted loudly, "They will never come back again! I can understand your unwillingness to believe it, but you must accept the reality!"

However, Rab turned a deaf ear to Kurokas's shouting. From that day on, Rab often stared at the waterways on the Red Earth Continent in a daze and roared. Later, it further developed into impacting the red earth continent.

"Ever since that day, Rab began to roar at the Upside Down Mountain and began to hit the Red Earth Continent with his body. He seemed to still believe that they would be able to come back from the other side of the Red Earth Continent soon... After that, I also tried it again and again. Tried to tell him the true situation of those pirates, but it refused to accept the reality." Koulokas ended the story he told about Rab in a sad and helpless tone.

After listening to Rab's story, Gao Shifu couldn't help but sigh: "This whale is really amazing... He was obviously let down by his partner, but he still waited stupidly."

"It is precisely because of the 'meaning'," Kurokas' understanding was obviously deeper. "Thirty years have passed, and even if the pirate group is still sailing somewhere, things must have changed. The reason why Rabu Refusing to accept reality, precisely because of losing the 'meaning of waiting', is more terrifying than anything else."

"Rabu is so pitiful..." Rab's story fully inspired Matifa's sympathy, "Brother, everyone, please help Rab!"