[One Piece] Pirate Life of Port Officers

Inside the temple of Simirip, the light is dim and there are few people.Therefore, every time the intruder makes a sound, it is particularly obvious.

"Dengdeng--"

A sound of glass knocking made the eyes of the two guards guarding the stairs on the top floor flicker. After rigorous training, they turned their heads at the same time and looked at the front window on the right.

However, after seeing through the window that the voice was made by a gray and white pigeon, their eyes softened.

It is undoubtedly an extremely boring thing to be a guard in such an empty place.So whenever a small animal came over and brought them a little life, they welcomed it very much.

After their eyes stayed on the little pigeon for a few seconds, the two guards tightened their slack vigilance, turned their heads back, and looked back and forth, not letting go of any suspiciousness.

It is a pity that it is too late to restore vigilance now.Just a few seconds before they were distracted, a silver figure flashed into the passage at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and disappeared at the corner of the stairs.

The first hurdle was successfully broken through, and the next step is the second hurdle.

Looking at the familiar stone gate in front of her eyes, Sha Lai moved her fingers a bit, suppressing the eagerness in her heart, and began to observe carefully.

Well, no problem, it looks like the stone gate commonly used at the gates of temples and palaces. Although it is a bit complicated, it is an old-fashioned door lock, nothing new.She couldn't believe it. Without guards guarding her, she couldn't open this kind of door and enter the room.

......

One minute later, she gently pushed open the screen of the stone door to express that although she hadn't mastered acting yet, she didn't think she would lose to anyone other than Mr. Pirate One for the skill of unlocking.

After selectively forgetting the [-]/[-] record between herself and Kaito, Sarai took advantage of the morning light coming in from the window and carefully looked at the mysterious room on the highest floor of the temple.

The corner of the mahogany desk is engraved with ancient characters, but there is a desk lamp with a very ancient atmosphere on it.After glancing at the familiar marks on the window sill next to her, Sha Lai immediately understood why two guards were specially assigned to guard the stairs in this temple with few guards.

It seems that she just sneaked in is undoubtedly the right choice.This room is definitely not an area open to ordinary king's guards.

Because she was afraid of touching the unknown mechanism, Sha Lai didn't turn on the light, and leaned close to the wall of the room to study with the small beam of sunlight.Tap the wall now and then, carefully identifying the knocking sound.

The voice was muffled, and it didn't seem to be here.

After checking the gauze by the window all the way, I straightened up and looked at the sun that had risen in mid-air outside the window, feeling a little anxious.A little half of the time has passed, it is impossible to continue like this, she must speed up.

Groping to the other end of the window, I felt that something was wrong with the touch of the stone brick under my hand. I just bent my index finger and wanted to tap to confirm, when I heard the echo of footsteps coming from inside, like dozens of people walking.

Although the stone walls of this temple are old, the sound insulation effect is surprisingly good. The owner of these sounds is estimated to be about to come out in three seconds.

No time to think about it, almost at the same time as hearing the sound, Shalai took out a piece of cloth whose color and pattern were almost the same as the stone wall outside the temple.Then he opened the window, turned it out with his hands, hung out the window with moon steps, and spread the cloth in his hand to cover himself inside.

After she completed this series of skilled movements, there were a few "clicks" of gears opening and closing on the side of the stone wall where she was staying just now, and then a gap was opened in the stone wall, or a stone wall about two meters wide. It began to move slowly to the side, revealing a secret passageway.

"Ha, I didn't expect this secret passage to be true. If I had known earlier, you, the leader, would have—"

The leader of the rebel army?It turned out to be him?Listening to the conversation leaking from the gap in the window she deliberately left open, Shalai frowned.What a trouble, she didn't have much time left, but the most difficult person came.

"Shut up." The voice was the silver-haired rebel leader!

"The high priest must have sent someone to guard nearby. We must be careful not to disturb them when we act."

Listening to that gentle voice ordering in an orderly manner, Sarai became more and more sure of her guess.Although they couldn't see their faces, they were definitely the same person with this voice and the way they spoke.

In this way, the difficulty of the matter is doubled.Thinking of the portrait drawn by the palace painter based on the rebel leader's description in the palace, Sha Lai twitched the corners of her mouth.It is too unreasonable to paint a slender young man as a ferocious man, even with a beard covering almost half of his face as a disguise.Is it because the acting skills of the leader of the rebel army are too good, or is it that the painters in this country are too skilled?

After criticizing the painter who misled her in her heart, and raising her evaluation of the leader of the rebel army by one level, Sarai suddenly felt that this was not bad when she heard the sound of knocking on the stone wall coming from inside.There are a lot of people in the rebel army, so the efficiency of their actions should be higher than hers.

However, it turned out that Sha Lai was a little too naive.

Ten minutes later, when the people inside told the leader that they had found nothing in an apologetic voice, Shalai wanted to sigh.

In such a small room, 10 minutes is enough for these people to conduct a carpet search, and the leader of the rebel army will be brought to perform such an important task. People must have an online IQ.So now there are only two possibilities for this result: either the mechanism is hidden very deep and they haven't found it yet; or their guess is wrong and the thing is not here.

But no matter which possibility it is, it is not a happy thing for her.It takes too much energy to maintain the moon step. If the guy inside still can't find anything after 10 minutes, she must start to act.

After weighing left and right, he finally decided on an action plan. After hearing the next voice, he almost failed to hold the camouflage cloth in his hand.

"There is nothing here, why don't you look for it in another place? And aren't the relics of the royal family underground? Why do you have to go to the top floor to look for it?"

This obviously inappropriate question made the listener want to hit someone very much.However, Shalai outside the temple had developed a certain degree of immunity in the past two days, and after the initial surprise, she had no desire to get angry at all.But the rebels inside who didn't know it obviously didn't have such a good psychological quality as her.

"Who are you? Please come out from inside."

Although Miles, the leader of the rebel army, was still wearing honorifics, his tone was obviously full of vigilance and impoliteness.The rebel army who followed him spontaneously gathered around him the moment he opened his mouth. Some with guns and swords were drawn, and they looked at the secret passageway where they came with murderous intent.

"Don't be so excited, I and your goals are the same for the time being." After a burst of strong footsteps, the voice that gave Shalai a headache gradually became clear, "However, if you don't interfere with the coronation ceremony of the queen of this country under the premise."

"Red...Red Shanks!"

This guy really can bring his own sound effects every time he plays.Listening to the terrified voices of the rebels inside, Sarai became a little jealous of Shanks' high bounty, which is simply a sharp weapon for defeating others without fighting.

"Redhead, have you reached any agreement with the Queen?" Although Miles' voice was slightly surprised, judging from his words, he was not frightened by the current situation, and was still thinking calmly. "As long as you're willing to stand by and watch, I'll pay you twice as much as hers, how about that?"

The conditions are good, but unfortunately Shanks is not——

"The queen said that she would give me the relics of the royal family after the matter is completed. Could you give me two relics of the royal family?"

He is not a person who is motivated by profit, but a willful pirate who is always convulsed.

After finding Shanks' evaluation column in her heart, and adding another positive word to the arbitrary behavior under it, Sarai stopped guessing about the next development of the matter in her mind expressionlessly, and listened to the conversation inside.

"...So, the negotiations have broken down?" Miles, who can take the position of the leader of the rebel army, of course, would not be so stupid as to ask whether there is only one royal family relic, can he get other compensation.The other party made it clear that they didn't want to cooperate and were teasing them.

"Well, it's better to say that there was no negotiation at the beginning." The deep male voice revealed a sense of oppression, and even the yarn that stayed outside the window tensed up when he heard this, "You will neither Giving me the relics of the royal family will not stop the idea of ​​destroying the queen's coronation ceremony. Our positions are completely opposite, leader of the rebel army."

"Indeed, then, what are you going to do? Red-haired Shanks." Miles sounded calm, but Sara felt that this person had probably given up thinking like her.Because, facing a person whose strength is much higher than yours and who likes to play cards unreasonably, no matter how much you think, it will be futile.

You can't win with strength, and you can't surrender with wisdom.In this sea, if you meet such a person, you can only admit that you are unlucky and let it go.

Thinking of the iron rule that the strong are respected in this world, Xilai's eyes darkened. It is really a simple and cruel rule.However, these rebels were lucky. They met Shanks, and they would not ask too much.

"This room is too small, and it's not easy to fight. How about you knock yourself unconscious? Anyway, you can't beat me."

...In a sense, this can be regarded as the most excessive condition.

After hearing this, Sarai felt that she who just tried to guess Shanks' next move was really stupid.Even for Beckman, who has been messing around with him for many years, it is difficult to guess what this person really intends.