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The ghost spider happened to be resting in the courtyard when Polusalino arrived.

He raised his eyelids and stared at the admiral of the navy, who was full of travel and dust, paused for a moment when pouring wine, then continued to fill the porcelain cup in front of him with wine, then took an empty cup from the wine warmer, and poured it Put it on the table when it is full.

The outstretched arm has not yet been fully retracted, the ghost spider saw a phantom flickering in front of his eyes, and in an instant, Polusalino, who was more than ten meters away, had already sat down.

Picking up the wine cup and taking a sip, the ghost spider raised the corners of its mouth and said softly, "You came very quickly, counting the days, I thought you wouldn't show up until the day after tomorrow."

According to the calculation of the voyage, it will take several days for the fastest warship to arrive, and those unpredictable factors cannot be added to this. After all, the unpredictable ocean currents and climate in the New World sea area are risky for any ship.

The yellow ape came early, nearly two days earlier than the ghost spider expected. It can't be said... Putting down the wine cup in his hand, the ghost spider looked Polusalino up and down with his eyes, and then suddenly realized, "Use your ability? It's really hard for you fell into the sea."

General Huang Yuan's ability to move at the speed of light is actually flawed, no matter how fast he can land accurately on the vast sea, he can only go straight forward until he is exhausted.

The action of Polusalino is to borrow the pre-positioned warships, mobilize the warships stationed in the waters near the New World, and locate the coordinates in advance. The natural light fruit moves on the ocean surface, and lands on the warships at fixed coordinates every once in a while. , moved forward again after a short break.

The sea is the nemesis of those with devil fruit abilities. What will happen during the journey is unpredictable. Polusalino's move can be regarded as risky.

After thinking about it, Ghost Spider frowned. He stared at Huang Yuan almost disapprovingly, "I can't wait to confirm the news? I promised to watch it for you during the communication that day~"

"Yeah~" Polusalino smiled, then turned his head to look around, and said in a low voice, "It's a great courtyard~ the town's reputation is well-deserved~"

Quietly watching the man take off the sunglasses on the bridge of the nose, revealing a pair of eyes covered with red silk, the ghost spider's brows tightened again, and he opened his mouth several times to speak but finally said nothing.

General Huang Yuan's expression seemed moody, but they had known each other for so many years, how could the ghost spider not see it?

Polusalino's condition is really bad. This man's calm expression hides an extremely dangerous aura, like a dam on the verge of collapse. If he is a little careless, he may lose his self-control and start killing without any scruples.

This is not a good thing, the ghost spider thought, no matter for his mission or the entire naval camp, the mess after the yellow ape goes berserk will definitely be unmanageable. unwilling to consider.

While thinking about it, the ghost spider saw Polusalino raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, then put down his hand and asked softly, "What about her?"

The ghost spider didn't answer, and Polusalino didn't ask. He stood up after a pause, brushed off the cuffs of his suit, and seemed to think about it before he spoke again, "Lend me a room."

"Huh?" The corners of his eyes trembled, Ghost Spider felt a little dazed, the topic changed too quickly for him to react in time.

Polusalino didn't give him much time. He casually looked around the courtyard, waved his hands, and walked forward on his own. "I'll go see her again after recharging my energy. You may not be able to cope with my current state~"

The key is what do you want to do? !His eyes followed the other person's movement in a daze, until the man disappeared at the entrance of the house, the corner of Ghost Spider's mouth trembled unconsciously.

'Replenish your energy' and 'can't handle it', this kind of rhetoric is really... creepy and has a deep meaning.

Putting his eyes away, the ghost spider picked up the wine cup in front of him again, drank the wine in the glass, and at the same time made up his mind to find another courtyard to settle down after the yellow ape woke up, so that he would not stay here any longer, and there would definitely be disharmony place of the event.

Then speaking of it... this trip has been full of disasters, and it really is that the bad premonition that I had when I was leading the mission came true!

……

He took a moment to feel melancholy for himself, and lighted a candle for the culprit who caused General Huang Yuan to come here regardless. Finally, the ghost spider looked at the courtyard with a bit of regret.

The houses in Li Town are different from the human towns, with a weird soft and extravagant style, vermilion eaves flying corners, carved beams and painted buildings, buildings with an incalculable area hidden in the shade of flowers and trees, small bridges and flowing water separating courtyards from one to another open.

The strange thing is that each courtyard has its own independent weather, like a great waterway with changing seasons, but it is different from the general climate that divides islands. Late spring, early summer, autumn, deep winter, sixteen seasons are staged here at the same time without interfering with each other. .

The courtyard where the ghost spider is located is the late spring weather he specially wanted. The sun is shining and the wind is gentle. A magnolia tree in full bloom in the courtyard half covers the sky. Sitting on the ground in the shade of flowers, drinking and taking a nap is comfortable. It's a pity...

Will this beauty be gone soon?

……

Since that day Portgas D. Ace broke into the heterogeneous space by accident, the human settlements on Shard Island have been ingeniously blended with the illusory world, with streets and alleys, forests and rivers, and many strange buildings in the gaps Subtly situated.

Every three years in July and August, foreign tourists who arrive at the Fragment Island come here for their needs. After Li Town appeared, many people also entered it, and lived in hotels run by monsters according to the usual practice.

The place called 'Peach City' is located at the back of the izakaya that Fire Fist Ace stepped into that night. After the boss's approval, he can enter Peach City'.

The residents of Li Town may think that gathering the loggers together can reduce many unnecessary troubles and fights, so there are no conditions for check-in, and they only need to pay the same amount of money as in the ordinary world. Of course, the residents' respective purposes require They figured out their own way, and Tao was not responsible for any special deals.

The ghost spider also simply asked for a courtyard, but he asked Creevey and his subordinates to stay outside, in order to leave a way out just in case, and also to save some people to search for news in the real town of Shard Island.

As for what the Navy was looking for, the clues circulating vaguely pointed to Shard Island. The intelligence department tried their best but failed to find useful clues on Shard Island, so they had to use their brains to go to Li Town.

If not, the Navy Headquarters would not be willing to have anything to do with the alien world.

Even in the New World, Li Town on Shard Island is a very subtle existence. It has never been conquered by the big pirates who divided it into the second half, let alone submit to the World Government.

In contrast, the Pirate Navy, the World Government Revolutionary Army, and all forces that have power cannot touch this place. The result is that Shard Island is exiled from reality. In other words, any armed force may be bloodbathed after landing islands.

At that time, facing the raised butcher knife, the human residents on the island will not get any real protection except for the ethereal protection of the aliens.

Bloodbath and massacres were wiped out, and such incidents were common in the second half of the new world. The ghost spider felt that the residents of Shard Island were lucky or not. After so many years, the small island was safe and sound.

You know, even if you don't count the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, the second half of the Great Channel has never been peaceful.

This sea area is treacherous and dangerous, causing the pirates living here to be more cruel and cold-blooded than anywhere else. In order to plunder supplies, to vent their desire/desire after sailing and landing, they can even bloodbath a small island without any reason.

Before Li Town of Shard Island was discovered by the world, none of the people with evil intentions who landed here could leave alive.

Before receiving the mission and sailing, the ghost spider read a very confidential document in the office of the Marshal of the Warring States Period. There were so few clues about Lizhen in it that it was a headache, but only a few simple records were obtained by the navy. coming information.

……

The sea area of ​​the New World is treacherous, and the wind direction of the magnetic field, current and wind near Shard Island is weirder than that of any other island. Few people have been able to set sail after landing for thousands of years.

The town guards the island, and the real human residents keep their secrets until the One Piece King Gol D. Roger breaks this weird and delicate balance.

That man... Even if he is a heinous pirate, the ghost spider has to admit that he is a well-deserved king. Let them sail away.

The confidential information of the Navy Headquarters records the first information about Lizhen, which is related to One Piece.

Back then, Gol D. Roger's ship was passing through the waters near Shard Island, and happened to collide with the fleet of the naval hero Garp. An old opponent met and fought vigorously, and the two sides were accidentally involved in strange currents.

After experiencing all kinds of dangers, such as thunderstorms, hurricanes and snowstorms, swirls and snakes, the naval fleet finally escaped. They were still in shock and then found that not only Gol D. Roger’s ship was missing, but also the warship Garp was on The whereabouts are also unknown, and even the phone snail cannot be contacted.

The fleet searched the nearby waters for ten days before returning. Marineford failed to contact Karp through all means, almost thinking that they had lost their iconic and powerful general of the navy.

A month later, Garp's warship reappeared safe and sound, and from this, Li Town on Shard Island was exposed to the eyes of the navy and the world government.

What happened between breaking into Shard Island and then leaving, is not mentioned in the naval data. Garp’s definition of the town on Shard Island is: don’t disturb that piece of land unless you have to.

The high command of the navy is noncommittal about this, and its existence is reasonable, not to mention that Lizhen does not pose any threat to the world situation, so it is okay to let freedom like this.

Unfortunately, not long after that, Gol D. Roger opened the era of the great pirates, and the situation changed instantly.

……

Power, fame, wealth, all human desires are condensed into a substantial goal, Ralph Drew.

The ambitious people who are ready to move start a long fight for the throne, and countless lives are lost in this turmoil that affects the whole world, and Shard Island is not spared either.

Lizhen, between existence and the gap, has entered the field of vision for protecting the island of reality.

The flames of war burning in the new world could not destroy Shard Island. The pirates were wiped out here several times, and the navy and the world government were equally impenetrable.

This small island seems to be floating outside of reality, and the residents of the island trust Lizhen more than any other party.

When the situation in the new world stabilized, the four emperors occupied islands to divide their spheres of influence, and the navy and pirates formed a stalemate, and Lizhen became a secret existence of both sides.

No one can do anything about Shard Island, and they have no choice but to let it float into the world. It's not that they haven't coveted the strange power of Lizhen, but they often return with failure.

Apart from guarding the island, the aliens in Lizhen have no interest in the outside world. The monsters are cold-hearted, and the temptation/temptation that humans flock to is not worth mentioning in their eyes. To achieve the goal, gradually, there will be a trip to the town every three years.

Several incidents related to Lizhen over the years have been included in the confidential information of the Navy Headquarters, and relevant clues have been analyzed from the intelligence that has been painstakingly detected.

The taboo of landing on the island is not to harm humans, and killing is not allowed during July and August, but there is nothing special about it.

What's special is the 'leader', and the various odd conditions to get there.

Because their goals are different, and the conditions are also different. For example, in one of the quite well-known "exchanging time to extend life", the person involved was unable to step out of Shard Island after getting what he wanted, and now the human beings living on Shard Island It is precisely the harsh conditions in towns that no one else follows suit.

Living is a very tempting thing, but unfortunately, if the price of surviving is limited to a small area, no ambitious person is willing to do so.

……

Compared with other insiders, the navy is not so coveted about Lizhen, because the senior management of Marineford knows more than the pirates and the world government.

Lizhen has an agreement with the pirate king Gol D. Roger: the lander has never harmed the island, and the aliens are not allowed to kill each other at will.

It was revealed from Lieutenant General Garp that it was a permanent contract to restrain the monsters who behaved at will. Even if Gol D. Roger died, the promise would still be valid.

The monsters have kept their promises all these years, and Marineford Navy executives believe that, apart from the indifference of the residents in Li Town, perhaps there is some deterrent effect in the contract back then.

Of course, the Navy Headquarters has no intention of delving into anything, let alone destroying the contract. No matter how eye-catching the power of the alien is, it is not my species after all. It cannot be controlled. If there is no way to completely eliminate it, it has to be left alone.

As long as the residents of Li Town remain indifferent to the outside world, the Marineford Navy Headquarters can continue to ignore them.

Unfortunately, until today, this delicate balance may be broken.

One of the main things the Navy is looking for may be on Shard Island, and that's the next thing. The trouble is the townsman who calls himself 'a thousand years old'.

The ghost spider raised his hand a little annoyedly and loosened the neckline. After notifying Huang Yuan, he regretted it a little. Not to mention, what if it was a woman that Huang Yuan couldn't find...

Just looking at Huang Yuan's appearance, he knew that it would definitely not be good this time.

Thinking of this, even the good wine suddenly became indifferent. Ghost Spider got up, turned his head to look at the quiet house behind, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked towards the courtyard exit.

That woman, or the thousand-year-old who is not human, the ghost spider has a strange feeling for her, it is not special but always familiar.

Even for the sake of the mission, Ghost Spider thinks that before Polusalino wakes up, he needs to test Chitose first.

……Dividing line……

Walking out of the courtyard of the temporary residence, one sees a bay covered with mist. Several houses are looming among the waves, and a labyrinth of vermilion corridors lays out on the sea, connecting all places.

Perhaps Peach City itself is formed by the ability of monsters. The courtyards where the residents live are far apart, and the infinitely vast space is much larger than the actual area of ​​​​Shard Island. There is no danger in wandering around, but it will be unpleasant.

After all, the residents are hostile to each other. As a navy, the ghost spider is not in the mood to go out and meet some well-known pirates under the command of so-and-so.

Slowly walking along the corridor along the impression, pausing slightly at every fork. After a while, the ghost spider found that the originally misty mist dissipated, revealing the courtyard at the end.

It is the location of other residents, and with the appearance of courtyards, the temperature also changes, either dry and hot or cold and humid, and the seasons of those courtyards bring changes to the surrounding environment, some are sunny, and some are snowing heavily.

The ghost spider feels that the magical environment in Taodu is close to the superhuman space ability in the devil fruit, but he also understands that even the devil fruit can't do this, and the connection and transformation of countless small spaces is flawless.

The means of the residents of Li Town are extraordinary.

……

After a few short stops, the ghost spider lost interest, groaned, and walked quickly in a specific direction.

Chitose Baisui once told him how to find her, but she called herself a "middleman" and had to disclose her whereabouts to him. After all, he might be able to use her at any time.

After several forks, the road in front of me gradually becomes simpler, and the winding vermilion corridors converge into a straight road. At the end of the road, a courtyard with black tiles and white walls stands in the distance under the clear sky.

That was the destination of his journey, the place where Qiansui and Baisui lived, and it was also the center of Taodu, and more likely the center of the entire town.

On the night of coming here, Ghost Spider discovered that Qian Sui Bai Sui seems to have a high status in Lizhen. Because of her, those monsters also had a different taste for Ghost Spider and his party. Under the circumstances, I think it is because of the yellow ape that he can accurately find the courtyard where he is, and the pirates next to him do not have this honor.

Perhaps it was also because of the thousands of years old, that the ghost spiders spread the troops outside to move smoothly. Although the whereabouts of the thing was still unknown, the other pirates on Shard Island did not dare to obstruct the navy.

It is not without record that the navy was completely wiped out by pirates on Shard Island.

You must know that no matter what kind of mentality they have, the pirates never know what it means to be merciful when the number of them is obviously higher than that of the navy. As long as they don't hurt the island residents, Li Town will not intervene in other parties' battles.

Speaking of it, I should thank her, but the ghost spider will not say thank you.

Because... the feeling of being a thousand years old is really strange to him. He has never seen her before, but she makes him feel familiar, but that kind of familiarity, when he thinks about it, there is a layer of fog in his mind. Can't see clearly.

Asking her has no answer.

Qian Sui Bai Sui's behavior really gave Ghost Spider a headache. He felt a strange sense of anger when he heard her speak. In order not to do anything to drive the monsters away, he had no choice but to avoid seeing her.

……

While walking, the sea view outside the vermilion corridors on both sides is unknowingly covered by light gauze curtains, and the floor-to-ceiling tulle floating like soft smoke vaguely outlines the changing scenery outside.

The wooden touch under his feet also softened, and the ghost spider lowered his head, and then found that he was stepping on a road paved with bluestone at some point, his eyes swept away, and the corridor disappeared like a water shadow, replaced by delicate and meandering trees and flowers.

The round arch is open, and a few plantains hanging flowers are half exposed in the back, and the corner of the glazed house is exposed.

After entering, as soon as I looked up, I saw half a frame of rattan flowers blooming like clouds, deep purple buds adorning the branches, and the petals falling silently with the wind.

Under the flower stand, the gold-woven and emerald soft blanket took up the entire space. Thousands of years old were lying on the embroidered couch, gently patted the child lying in her arms, curled up in a ball of flowers beside the embroidered couch.

With a slight pause under its feet, the ghost spider unconsciously restrained its breath, and stood in a daze for a while before leaning forward again.

When she heard the sound, she slightly raised her eyes, then lowered her eyelashes in an instant, her movements paused for a while, but the softly humming ballad in her mouth did not stop.

The curly-haired kid was sleeping soundly, buried in her arms with half of his face exposed, his eyebrows and eyes wide open, his hands seemed to be subconsciously grabbing her skirt.

He stood beside the embroidered couch, his eyes unconsciously warmed up, and for some reason, perhaps the scene was too soft, and even the singing in his ears seemed familiar.

She lowered her head halfway to reveal a section of fair skin, and the tune revealed by her cherry-colored thin lips, vaguely seemed to have heard it somewhere before, maybe it was a long-forgotten childhood, maybe it was an unknown afternoon...

If so, the ghost spider thought to himself, probably when he returned home from a long journey and saw the woman at home coaxing the child to sleep, the softness in the man's heart could be used to describe his feeling at this time, right?

……

After an unknown period of time, the bewildered singing disappeared, and Chitose Baisui who was lying on the embroidered couch got up gently, and she stopped him from recovering with her eyes, and then he carried the child and walked into the house.

The ghost spider who stayed in place stared at the slender figure for a while, then slowly narrowed its eyes.

He and she may indeed have met each other, and the doubts he asked in a trance that night, which was similar to picking up a conversation, may not be the "old-fashioned start of seduction" in her mouth.

She didn't exist in his memory, but such a sense of familiarity over and over again could not be explained by illusion, but more like... a lie of memory.

If you add Huang Yuan's attitude, there is also Qiuqiu.

Looking down at the snoring balls of hair, the ghost spider pursed the corners of its mouth, and slowly tightened the palms hanging by its sides. The fragmented scenes that rolled in its mind along with the ballad she sang were some kind of Sobriety caused by the key, right?

If she should exist and he forgets...it must be her trick.

So... the temptation and reminder he intends to come here at this moment is just unnecessary.

Thousands of years old.