[One Piece] Inferior Star

The flock of crows... flew away.In the direction where Youxiang and the others left.

Ace looked up at the flock of crows flying away in the sky, and began to worry again.But before he had time to think, he almost fell into the ditch ahead.Fortunately, Matthew blocked him in time: "Do you want me to hold your hand? Kid Ace?"

"Thanks, Matthew!" Ace laughed, and he said, "After walking into the city, the strange feeling has eased a lot."

"I don't feel anything at all, so I don't have any feelings." Matthew said, "But... the 'voice' that Miss Youxiang was disturbed by, will also decrease or disappear in places where people are active. I think The amount should have something to do with the large number of living people in the city."

"Do you think the matter of Emerald Isle has something to do with Youxiang's 'curse'?"

"I can't be sure...but I tend not to." Matthew thought about it, and he said, "Frey once said that their world is separated from here by a thin barrier, which is said to be extremely tough but actually Also very fragile. As long as there is too much bloodshed, too much persecution and resentment and death, the barrier will be broken, and then what humans call 'spiritual events' will happen."

"You said it this way..." It seems that you have said this kind of thing... Ace also remembered it, and he said, "He seems to have said that we usually think that cemeteries or places where many people have died are eerie, and it is also because of that The barrier has become weak. The so-called ghosts are all evil spirits who came out of the 'dream world'... or something."

"Ah. That's what he said." Matthew confirmed, "So I think it's just a coincidence. It's just because the deaths here caused a common phenomenon. It's the same principle everywhere. We can't Being led astray by this appearance, what we need to investigate is the root cause of this phenomenon and... Miss Youxiang's matter."

"You mean Yilen... To be honest, Matthew, I felt that it was difficult for us to find out about Yilen from the beginning." Ace didn't want to admit this, he said, "Although Sabo has been working hard I want to figure it out, but I'm the opposite of him... I think it would be great if Youxiang could forget about that. Anyway, she won't be able to go back anyway, and there's no need to go back, so it doesn't matter."

"Actually, I quite agree with your opinion, Mr. Ace." Matthew shook his head, he said, "But... I think Mr. Sabo also understands that even if he finds clues about Yi Leng, Miss Youxiang will not be able to go back. Even if you go back, it's meaningless. However, human beings will always instinctively explore their own "birth". Mr. Sabo probably felt the alienation and inferiority that Ms. Youxiang brought because of her unknown origin and wanted to help her Bar."

"Hey... I don't understand those things very well..." Inferiority or something... Alienation or something... Isn't it necessary at all?Although I am... so complicated... Ace frowned and said, "You know about me... I have heard people say to me since I was a child: It would be great if you didn't exist. And until Now the whole world wants me to die too. The first time I heard about Youxiang, I was still thinking... there really is someone more unlucky than me."

This statement is really straightforward... Matthew raised his eyebrows, and Ace continued: "But Youxiang is a different person from me. She doesn't hate anything, whether it's those who say she is a curse, wish she didn't exist, The people who wanted her dead were the ones who thought of her as something scary or inauspicious from the start, and she 'got' those thoughts almost instinctively. It made me feel..."

"If she is left alone, she is too pitiful. She doesn't realize that she can have a precious life herself."

"I see...that's why you were so close to Ms. Youxiang in the first place, Mr. Ace." Human empathy starts with sympathy.It's not a bad thing... But if you say it too directly, it will feel weird.Fortunately, you told me, Mr. Ace.Matthew said, "And now?"

"I want her to have a happy life." Ace's expression became firm, and he said firmly, "Nothing else matters. I will help her do what she wants to do, and I will make her happy. Just So simple."

"Easy to say, but hard to do, huh?"

"Yeah. But even if I'm standing here now, I'm not alone." Ace put his hand over his heart, and he said, "She's here with me. This must be her wish, I know... ...so I'll help her make it happen."

"What about your own happiness, Mr. Ace?"

"It's not a conflict at all, Matthew. If it weren't for Youxiang, I wouldn't even be able to survive, and talk about other big things. I was saved by her, so I can't be so immature anymore. What's more ..."

"You are already very happy."

"When she smiles at me I think that's enough."

"Understood, kid Ace. Matthew already understood."

"She smiles so beautifully, Matthew... You know, even if nothing happens, just look at her, and she will smile if her eyes meet! What kind of angel is this!!"

"Okay, I get it. Don't show love to Matthew anymore. Matthew has no interest in your human love." Matthew used the self-proclaimed 'Matthew' to emphasize that he was really not interested at all, and then turned his head away. I entered a bar-like place in the town. Usually, this kind of place would gather a group of people who like to meddle in business, watch the excitement, and be very idle to inquire about news.

"And she-Matthew! Are you listening to me?!" Ace followed.

"No." Obviously not.Matthew replied, then went straight to the bar, and said to the middle-aged uncle standing inside the bar, "Please give milk to this kid who is in love, and then give me water, thank you."

"Don't treat me like a child!" Ace retorted, and then said, "By the way, give me something to eat, boss!"

"Oh... how about paella?" The boss looked at the two strangers and responded.

"No problem!" Ace readily agreed, and the boss first brought up two cups, poured water and milk respectively.These two drinks are a bit too 'light' for men here.He said, "You two are not from the town."

"That's right, we've just landed, and we're businessmen on a nearby route." Matthew stated his disguised identity according to the plan, and he said, "I came here because of some accidents... Seeing the big signboard of the Navy Fortress, even if It’s a little bit more at ease in this kind of ghostly weather.”

"Ha..." The boss smiled meaningfully, then he turned around and arranged for paella, maybe someone had ordered it before, and when he came back, the rice was already in his hand, and he put the plate on it Say in front of Ace, "You two plan to take a break here?"

"Ah. Let's take a week off..." Matthew raised his eyebrows, and Ace had already started eating.

"Do you want to stay in our hotel? There are still a few rooms upstairs."

"That's really great." As he said that, Matthew showed a smile, "The weather doesn't look so good, I'm worried about where I'm staying tonight."

"This place has this kind of weather all year round." The boss curled his lips, and he took two keys from under the counter, "How about giving you the best room, a total of 3000 Baileys a week?"

This price is really approachable in the new world!Or is it that the guy from Kagawa set the starting point too high...Although he didn't really want to stay for a week, but giving the money readily is good for obtaining information, and Matthew paid the money immediately (out of careful consideration Only he and Sabo are in charge of the money).

"To be honest, there are very few foreigners here." The boss took the money, and then talked more, "I usually only earn money by opening taverns."

"It shouldn't be, this is the patrol route coverage point of the navy, and there is a fortress... There should be a lot of merchants and passenger ships, right?" Matthew asked the answer seductively, "Why are there no guests?"

"There are some... uncomfortable places in this town." The boss curled his lips again, and he said, "Anyway, guests. I advise you not to go out at night."

Now that you said that, Ace is going to go out to play at night~ Matthew has a 'satisfied' expression, it's not bad to be able to get useful information.

Just as he was about to talk to Ace about the plan, Matthew turned his head and found that the man had fallen asleep with a spoon in his hand... Hey... The childhood problems haven't been cured yet.Forget it... I don't want to be an old lady.Matthew decided to ignore him for now, just at this time a few dejected people came in from the door.

Most of the other guests in the tavern knew them, and one of them asked the leader when he saw them coming in: "How is it? Sister? Did Lieutenant General Skym have an answer?"

Lieutenant General Skym...is that the name of the person in charge of this fortress?

"It's still the same as usual." The nun looked sad, she looked very young, and she held the cross with her hands tightly in front of her chest when she spoke, "But Colonel Will promised that we will continue to speak to the lieutenant general tomorrow... In addition , He also confirmed one thing. The surveillance ship from the Navy Headquarters will indeed arrive here soon."

"Ah... that's great, if it's the Navy Headquarters..." The person who asked the question seemed to be a little relieved, but at this moment, a person who was drinking in the corner sneered, and he said, "Hmph... How? Look at the recent movements of Skeem, even the surveillance ship is definitely not here to save us. I am afraid that Skem will give up this place too!"

"You can't say that! No matter what, the navy won't give up this fortress, right?"

"Why not?" Facing other people's questioning, this person asked back, "Anyway, this place is not so strategically valuable, isn't it? The respective territories of the Four Emperors are not very close to here, and even the pirates don't come here very often. Come nearby, even if we stay here to die, there will be no loss to the Navy, will it??"

"........."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a moment of silence in the tavern. Some people wanted to refute, but they were at a loss for words and couldn't say anything.In the end, it was the nun who broke the silence. She said, "But there are other possibilities, right? After all... abandoning a fort will not do the Navy any good."

"The nun is right!" People began to feel a little helpless and even comforted themselves to respond to the nun's words. They exchanged a few more greetings, and then continued to drink.Leaving the nun standing alone in the middle of the tavern, she soon saw Matthew who was eavesdropping and met a rare new face. She walked up to Matthew and said, "God (Maker) bless you, sir. You are the first Come to this island once?"

"Maker..." thought that the beliefs of this planet would overlap with those of his own, but it didn't seem to be the case.Matthew raised his eyebrows. Although there are some similarities in their dress, they seem to believe in different gods.Well, religion or something... Matthew wasn't interested, he said, "If you're going to preach, Miss Nun. You've got the wrong guy."

"Not at all..." The nun smiled wryly. She had beautiful dark green eyes. Although she was wearing a nun's turban, Matthew could still tell from the strands of hair that ran out of her words that she didn't listen to her words. hair.She is a beautiful little nun.Considering her age, her popularity is really incredible.She looked at Matthew and the sleeping Ace and said, "Are you two businessmen?"

"Ah, that's right." Matthew replied, "I was forced to hear some of what you said just now. Is the vice admiral here unwelcome?"

"Lieutenant General Skym is not a bad person... but he is obviously not suitable for dealing with this kind of situation..." The nun replied tactfully, "I let you hear this kind of thing... But don't worry too much, as long as you don't go to bed at night If you go out... so far, no outsider has had any accidents."

"What happened?" This is not reassuring at all, Miss Nun... Matthew said, "What happened?"

"Someone disappeared at night." The nun said bluntly, "I can't find the body, and I can't find any clues. They just disappeared out of thin air. Some will leave some blood, and some will disappear. The only thing they have in common is that...they all disappeared at night, and they were all alone when they disappeared."

It sounds a bit mysterious... Matthew said: "After that, no one can be found again? What does the Navy say?"

"Since the establishment of this naval base 18 years ago, this kind of incident has been happening...it has never been mentioned. It is said that five years ago, when Lieutenant General Skem first took office, he was also very enthusiastic about this incident. I investigated, but in the end...you saw it too." The nun lowered her eyes and said, "The lieutenant general is also very scared."

It should be no result.Hmm... It seems that this place does hide a lot of secrets... I hope Miss Youxiang and the others are doing well in the naval base... Matthew said: "Just now you said 'it is said'... Could it be that you, the nun, have only come here not long ago? ?"

"I am a trainee nun of the church here. I was assigned here a month ago." The nun smiled and said, "Although when I arrived, I found that all the priests and other nuns in the church had escaped, but even I am alone, and I will represent God to protect the frightened people here!"

Oh oh... Fighting the 'man-eating evil spirits' can be regarded as a nun's 'job'.But this nun has too many doubts... For example, can a little trainee nun really have an amazing talent to gain the right to speak and become a representative of public opinion in a completely strange town in just one month?

Although it doesn't mean that there are no such people, but if she really has this ability, how can she still be an 'intern'?It's even more unlikely that they will be deployed to such a place.

"Well, we don't want to cause trouble." Matthew said, "Actually...we are not here to do business, but an accident." Let me test you, Miss Nun.Now you have almost 50 possible identities in my mind.Which one is it...let me see your reaction 'narrowing it down'.

With this idea in mind, Matthew said lightly: "We saved a few navies when we were doing business on nearby routes."

"Navy?" The nun, who was still smiling, suddenly changed her expression, "You mean..."

"Ah. This is the only naval fortress in the vicinity. Our good people did it to the end and sent those people here." Matthew spread his hands, and he said, "One of them seems to be some kind of lieutenant general...and it's still Directly taking orders from the headquarters, a very powerful character, I don't know how to make myself so miserable... But this is a new world after all, accidents will always happen."

Matthew observed the nun's expression, and he continued: "I read the newspaper before...it said something about a supernova...the pirate named Eustace seems to be rampant recently, and has gone to many places in a hurry. I think those sailors might have been attacked by Eustace!"

"It should be very unlikely... Eustace Kidd's range of activities is not around here."

"........."

"........."

The nun seemed to have said this opinion by accident. She realized that she might have 'missed the point' and also noticed Matthew's meaningful gaze. The two of them just looked at each other for a few seconds.Then the nun spoke first: "My name is Chiharu. This gentleman."

"Miss Chiharu seems to be very concerned about the pirates." Matthew did not follow the 'steps' given by Sister Chiharu, but laughed provocatively and said, "It seems that there is not much about Eusta in the newspapers. Where is Si working?"

"The rumors of challenging Shanks, the Four Emperors, are known everywhere... This place is also a harbor, sir." The nun also showed a meaningful smile. To be fair, her ability to "hide a knife in a smile" is no worse than Matthew How much, "Shanks' territory is not here."

"That's right." Matthew smiled even more happily, and he said, "We will stay here for a while...to take a break. Miss nun. I think, the few marines we rescued may be able to give You bring a turnaround. After all, Lieutenant General Skym should be more or less willing to listen to his own people, right?"

"It sounds like you already know exactly what's going on."

"Don't dare... I'm just guessing."

Who is this guy... Seeing Matthew's smiling face, Sister Chiharu's eyes became sharp and indifferent.She said: "Maybe it can really bring about a turnaround... However, the surveillance ship from the headquarters will arrive in a few days. It is really lucky to be able to send them home at that time."

I see... Matthew listened to the nun's tone and confirmed her identity in his heart.There is about an 83.79 percent chance that she is an undercover Navy agent.Things get interesting... who sent the undercover agent?Why go undercover?Isn't this the Navy's own base?

"How? Are there more questions?" Suddenly, Sister Qianchun approached Matthew, and she smiled softly and said, "Don't pry into women's secrets at will, sir. Even a little nun can bite. ?”

If I were a human male, I would definitely be moved by that moment just now.Too bad I'm not human.Matthew's 'heart' did not fluctuate, but he raised some interest!After all, with the operation just now, the nun successfully reduced her probability to 67.34%.Funny how Matthew likes smart people!

Still thinking about it, suddenly, Esther, who had just fallen asleep next to Matthew, woke up with a start.The spoon in his hand fell on the table with a snap, and he turned his head to look at Sister Matthew and Sister Chiharu in a daze, and then without hesitation pulled up the hem of the nun's dress and wiped his face——

The nun was shocked for about half a second, then grabbed the cross on her chest and hit the excessive man. In that posture, in Matthew's view, what she was holding in her hand was not a cross but an axe more relevant.Pretty much a standard pose that can chop off anyone's head.

With a cry: "God, holy, order, order!!!" Ace was knocked to the ground by the holy cross.

"It hurts!!??" Ace sat on the ground, clutching the back of his head and complaining, he seemed completely unaware of what happened.

"With all due respect, Mr. Ace." Matthew watched calmly from the side, and he said, "You deserve it this time."

"...God will forgive you." The nun had returned to her demure look at this moment.She straightened the hem of her long nun robe, looked at Ace and said, "But I won't." She smiled, "However, I will pray for you when God's punishment is issued, so you can go to heaven."

"Ah...?" What the hell... a female version of Matthew? ?Ace was stunned, he didn't know what happened, but the nun didn't want to explain at all, she looked at Matthew and said, "Nice to meet you. Mr. unknown. It's time for me to go back to church. If you need any help, just come to the church and find me..."

"I will definitely 'help'."

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The author has something to say:

Sister Qianchun, two-handed weapon specialization level 200, best weapon: poleaxe, favorite skill: 'May you go to heaven! '

Since it's April Fool's Day, all of the above is bullshit.