Traveler in the Pirate World

Walking out of the simple room, I looked up and saw the scorching sun in the sky that had not changed in three years in Alabasta. It was only early morning, but the air was already distorted by the high temperature, creating a strange feeling that gave people an illusion.

Tina carefully put the muddy water she bought last night into her backpack, washed away the sand in the jar that originally contained the muddy water on the counter behind the bar, poured in a full jar of clean water, and left silently.

As expected, I still don’t want you to die just like that!

As the old woman sat at the bar as usual, she instinctively picked up the small water pitcher. The heavy weight surprised her. After a moment of stunned silence, she gently opened the lid of the pitcher. The full water reflected her old face. Tears slid silently and dripped into the rippling water pitcher, splashing a series of ripples.

How long has it been since I last saw such clear water? It has been so long that I probably don’t remember! The old woman’s tearful eyes were like a spring on a scarred, dry land. She looked at the open door, at the beam of light shining from the horizon, and murmured, “Thank you!”

She carefully sealed the mouth of the can and carefully hid it in an inconspicuous corner of the bar. She had to hide it well because it was her poor grandson's hope of life. If someone saw it, who knew what would happen?

In the end, she still left the hope of survival to Daker!

Just as the old woman had hidden the water jar, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded. She looked up in panic and saw a group of familiar and disgusting guys.

"What are you doing here? You are not welcome here, Waka!" The old woman's angry voice contained a hint of panic that she was trying to hide. She was a little afraid that the other party might see something.

The leader, a lame man called Waka, looked to be in his forties or fifties. After carefully looking at the stairs, he said to the old man, "I'm not here to cause trouble for you. I just heard that two strangers came to your place yesterday, so I wanted to ask you something."

Wakaben was a martyr who was able to survive only because of the help of others in this small town. He said that he was once a well-known businessman, but he suffered a disaster while doing business and became lame in one leg. He also lost all the goods he had staked everything on, and had no choice but to survive like this.

Later, when drought came, most of the young and strong men left with their families. He was forced to stay with no one to rely on, and instead became a cancer in the town who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

Perhaps because he used to be a businessman, Waka would never push people into desperate situations. He was very good at observing people's expressions and words. He could always grasp the other person's bottom line and then test them little by little, never letting people do anything desperate.

Normally he would not provoke a young man like Daker, otherwise he might die at the hands of the other party one day.

"Why are you asking these questions?" The old man's heart was in his throat and his fingers clenched subconsciously until they turned white.

Dhaka is indeed a very sensible guy, but the people following him are not. In normal small matters, Dhaka can still suppress that group of hooligans, but those two girls are too beautiful, and something real bad will happen.

"Don't be so nervous, Ms. Aisiwen. You know me. I am a very sensible person." Waka said the robber's words sincerely and politely, "We just want to borrow some Bailey from the two girls. After all, our pockets are empty now. If we can't buy water, it will be fatal. We just want to stay alive!"

"To be alive? Does being alive mean using other people's lives to prolong your own life?" With the blast of a shotgun, everyone in the hall was startled. The backs of a group of idle men in their forties and fifties were wet with cold sweat. They instinctively raised their heads to look at the stairs, where stood a hideous-looking young man, staring at them viciously, his red eyes full of murderous intent.

The young man's ferocious eyes were like those of a demon, which frightened everyone. Although Daker was vicious in the past, he had never shown any real murderous intention. No one knew what happened to him today.

"D...Darker, this matter has nothing to do with you...with you, okay? Besides, we just want to...borrow some Baileys. We won't return them in the future." Waka's voice was a little trembling. He was not a ruthless person.

As for the skinny guys behind him who bully the weak and fear the strong, they are nothing but irresponsible idlers, a group of greedy and weak bastards. When they meet a real ruthless person, they are as cowardly as mice.

After a brief silence, the crowd slowly retreated. When they stopped at the door, they turned around and ran away, obviously frightened.

Watching the group of beasts fleeing in panic, Daker tightened the gun in his hand again and again, but in the end he still chose not to shoot. After learning the truth about his mother's death, he rarely went to trouble the mayor, because he owed him that, but for those villains, Daker's disgust turned into hatred!

Old lady Ai Xiwen looked at the fleeing figures, but her heart was not at peace. She knew that group of guys would go and cause trouble for the two girls. In this long lonely town, apart from the maid in the mayor's house and some young, haggard little girls, there had not been any beautiful women for a long time.

Apart from not having the integrity of Dacre, she was also a fierce woman. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to run a good restaurant and raise a child alone.

She gritted her teeth and said to Dacre in a trembling voice, "Help them!"

"What am I doing?" Aisiwen couldn't help asking himself in his heart. He struggled immensely. When the temptation was enough, those cowards could also turn into bloodthirsty villains!

Daker didn't say anything, but just looked at his grandmother in surprise, then followed with a gun in hand. He knew that his grandmother was not a kind-hearted person, and was even a little cold. She didn't like to put herself in danger, even if it was to save people.

……

Lily held Rab in one hand and walked side by side with Tina, recording everything around her with the camera in her hand. "Sister, you should know that the old woman won't drink that water, right?"

"Tina knows!" This was not a good topic, but it was the topic that Tina wanted to talk about, even though it made her unhappy.

"Then why did you do that? You know, a can of water can be fatal here. Blessings and disasters are always dependent on each other!" Lily's voice was a little cold. Perhaps only in this way could she not feel so sad. It was just the self-deception of rationality forcing the suppression of emotion.

"No, the old man is a smart man, he just doesn't have much knowledge, but he has enough experience. At least he saw at a glance that we are not in danger, right?" Tina said seriously. If the old man hadn't seen that Lily and the other person would not threaten her, he wouldn't have poured out the two bowls of water as soon as he saw them.

"But she will still choose death, right?" Lily looked at the sky in the distance. The moon still stayed in the sky where the morning sun had not yet fully reached, and there was an indelible sadness in her eyes.

Even if it is a tragedy of chance encounter, it is still a painful tragedy.

Does Lily have the ability to save the dying old man? The answer is yes! But is that what the old man wants? The answer is no!

Did Ai Xiwen really want to die just to avoid being a burden to her grandson? No, she had wanted to die a long time ago! This heavy life, this tragic life, must eventually come to an end!

The two of them kept asking and answering each other, guiding each other and comforting themselves, until a group of troublesome guys blocked their way.

Tina was in no mood to waste time talking to these guys with dirty eyes. She stretched out the black bars in her hands to bind them tightly in place. She simply ignored the existence of these guys and left leisurely with Lily.

Waka, hiding in the dark, watched the two girls' departing backs and shook his head helplessly. He had said long ago that a woman who could walk alone in this desert was most likely not a simple person, and it would be best not to have any bad thoughts. Unfortunately, no one listened.

In fact, he has always known that those guys are a bunch of idiots. Now it seems that it is really dangerous to take advantage of disobedient idiots. He has to change his lifestyle in the future.

Darkel, who followed quietly, looked at the girl's back in shock. This was the first time he saw the power of a devil fruit, and also the first time he knew that humans could be so powerful.