Chapter 12 His left arm

Cheng Xi's voice broke the subtle ambiguous atmosphere, and Shanks had to withdraw his hand.

The man who could become one of the Four Emperors in the most difficult and dangerous waters of the New World, even though he was more laid-back and good-tempered than the other three, that was only relative. He was not as simple and stupid as he seemed.

Just like now, a dark thought suddenly arose in his mind.

In everyone's mind, Cheng Xi is a person who has been dead for many years. No one knows about her resurrection, no one knows that she is on her own ship, and even no one knows that Cheng Xi is now in Shanks' room.

Unfortunately, as soon as the dark and unspeakable bubble rose, he popped it himself.

When it comes to love, pirates' brutal plunder is of no use and may even cause resentment.

Cheng Xike was unaware of Shanks' brainstorming in such a short period of time. She was only focused on her own business of carving winter melons. After she finished carving, she gestured to Shanks' arm.

"Perfect!" She thought the carving was lifelike and perfect.

Shanks forced himself to wake up from those inappropriate thoughts. He looked at the winter melon carved by Cheng Xi. It did look very realistic, but it was only the size of his forearm. He was a little confused and didn't know what it was for.

Moreover, the talisman in Cheng Xi's hand is also different from before.

"Cheng Xi, why are the paper and ink in your hand different from the ones you used before?" Shanks asked.

Cheng Xi’s previous talismans were all made of yellow paper, but this time it was a golden talisman, and he could feel a surge of powerful force inside it.

Cheng Xi: "Because the colors of talismans are divided into five categories: gold, silver, purple, blue and yellow. Different colors consume different amounts of physical energy and have different effects. Among them..."

There is too much professional knowledge involved, and it took Cheng Xi nearly three minutes to finish explaining.

Thousands of words of knowledge were perfectly filtered in Shanks' ears, and he finally came to the conclusion: "Oh, I understand. Compared with other colors, gold is the most powerful ability."

Cheng Xi: ... Shanks, a master of simple and straightforward summarization.

She swung the knife again, but it landed directly on her own palm. The tip of the knife embedded into the flesh, leaving a wound that went through her entire palm and was deep enough to see the bone. Bright red, warm blood flowed out, dripping onto the winter melon, turning it from white to an alluring red.

"Cheng Xi!" Shanks' eyes were full of worry. He hurriedly pulled Cheng Xi's hand to bandage her, but was stopped by Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi explained: "Don't worry, it's just a little blood."

It sounds simple, but the book records that the lotus leaves that can be used to reshape the body are produced in the Wulian Pond on Qianyuan Mountain, a blessed place. Gathering souls also requires elixirs, and she has nothing, so she can only use blood to water it.

The winter melon seemed like a bottomless pit and could absorb any amount of blood.

Fortunately, it was just an arm. Even so, Cheng Xi felt that most of the blood in his body had been lost. He felt chest tightness and dizziness, and his whole body was cold and weak, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Shanks saw that Cheng Xi's face was getting paler and paler and his breathing was becoming more and more difficult, so he stopped Cheng Xi and said that he didn't want to repair his arm anymore and that Cheng Xi was much more important than his arm.

Cheng Xi is a very stubborn person. Once he makes a decision, even a hundred sea kings, including Shanks, cannot pull him back.

Unable to persuade her, Shanks wanted to use force and knock her out. Unexpectedly, Cheng Xi noticed this idea. She glared at Shanks and said, "If I use my energy to guard against your attack now, my strength will be depleted faster and my body will be weaker."

Shanks was helpless. He was really worried about Cheng Xi. The newspaper about Cheng Xi's death was in the drawer of his room. He was afraid that the tragedy would happen again, so he did something that he thought was smart.

He cut his palm with the knife as well, and blood flowed out very quickly. By the time Cheng Xi reacted, her eyes widened in shock. She was so weak that she didn't even want to say a word, but now she quickly turned into a screaming chicken: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Shanks, stay away from me, don't come over here, ahhhhhhhhhh!"

"Ordinary people's blood will be contaminated. If it drips in, all your efforts will be wasted. Hurry up and bandage it yourself, ahhhhhh!"

There was a chaotic scene in the room, and outside the room was not quiet either, filled with the whispers of the red group.

The reason was that Hongo, who was on night watch, went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and ran into Jesus Bu. When the two of them came out together, they accidentally saw Cheng Xi entering Shanks' room in the corridor. Jesus Bu had no sleepiness tonight, and now he was completely obsessed with gossip.

They were so "uncivilized" as to wake up Gab and Lime Jones who were sleeping soundly. As for why they didn't go and talk about the gossip with the other night watchman.

Well, because the other night watchman is Beckman, and his silence and indifference will hurt Jesus Bu.

Several grown men were discussing this matter in a chaotic manner, wondering whether the boss had succeeded in pursuing love, when suddenly a scream broke out in the captain's room, something like "Shanks, don't come over here"...

Everyone immediately shut their mouths and looked at each other. Although it sounded like they were not saying anything, their eyes seemed to convey thousands of words.

Boss, I didn’t expect you to be so violent.

In the room, Cheng Xi was still angry about what happened just now, and his voice became much louder: "Shanks, close your eyes!"

Hongtuan: Cheng Xi...you are quite unexpected.

Shanks closed his eyes obediently after hearing that. Cheng Xi used up his last bit of strength to help him repair his arm according to the steps recorded in the book.

He felt something strange in his left arm, it was warm and comfortable, and then it gradually became heavy and no longer empty as before.

"Open your eyes." Cheng Xi asked him, "How is my skill?"

Shanks opened his eyes and looked to the left. As expected, his left arm was restored. He was suddenly happy. Before, when he heard Cheng Xi say that she came to repair his arm, although he was very happy to be alone with her, he did not take it seriously. He just thought that she was a scientist like Vegapunk who wanted to do experiments on his arm. After all, even the legendary surgery fruit could not do such a thing.

But I didn't expect that she actually did it!

"Well, it's best not to move your left arm. Keep it still for three or four hours to allow the blood vessels and bones inside to adapt to your body."

Cheng Xi said, and she could no longer hold on. Her limbs were weak, her calves were trembling, and she could not hear any sound. Her body seemed to be trapped in the clouds, and she felt dizzy, and she fell directly on Shanks' bed and fell asleep.

Just as Shanks was about to move, Cheng Xi seemed to see through him and even murmured in his sleep, "Don't move. Four hours." Sure enough,

Shanks stopped moving. He looked at Cheng Xi lying on the bed, her black hair casually scattered around her neck, her face pale, looking beautiful and fragile.

Cheng Xi repaired his arm and shed so much blood for him. She did so much for him. There were complicated emotions in Shanks' eyes, and he couldn't tell whether it was touching or love.

The body felt really uncomfortable after losing so much blood. Cheng Xi was drowsy and thought she was going to die again. She didn't expect that this method would consume so much energy and blood. It was just that Taiyi Zhenren's note happened to be able to repair Shanks' arm, so she just wanted to give it a try. She didn't expect that she would almost die of blood loss again after trying this time. If she had known this, she would definitely wait another ten or twenty years until her ability was stronger before repairing Shanks' arm.

Fortunately, unlike the last time in the sea, no thoughts flashed through her mind this time. At least she was still alive. A lot of messy things instantly flooded into Cheng Xi's head.

But what I am most obsessed with is...I want to eat brown sugar eggs and pork liver porridge later.

Then she fell asleep.

Shanks stayed motionless for four hours as Cheng Xi said. When the time was up, he tentatively raised his left arm and moved his fingers. Perhaps it was because his right shoulder had felt empty and light for more than ten years, and now it felt real, he was not used to it.

After about twenty minutes, Shanks finally got used to it and was able to do some simple basic moves.

The first thing he did after his arm recovered was to cover Cheng Xi with the quilt that she had kicked away, and then gave her a light kiss on the forehead.

Shanks tiptoed out of the room, planning to prepare some food for Cheng Xi. He walked into the restaurant and found that everyone was having lunch here.

When Shanks appeared, the originally happy and cheerful scene immediately became quiet. You could almost hear a pin drop in the restaurant. Eight pairs of eyes, including Meng Shida's, were all staring at him. The way they looked at him changed, and they all had a meaningful and intriguing expression.

Shanks was confused and puzzled. Shanks walked up to everyone and asked, "Why are you all looking at me strangely?"

Then everyone at the table began to push each other, and finally the ship's doctor Hongo spoke first: "Shanks, why didn't Cheng Xi come out with you?"

Shanks's brain circuit couldn't keep up: "Hey, how did you know Cheng Xi was in my room?"

"She expended too much energy yesterday and lost too much blood. She fainted and is sleeping now. Laki, go and make some nutritious supplements for Cheng Xi."

Everyone:! ! !

Are you playing such a big game?

The parent Beckman finally couldn't help it, sighed, and then warned: "Shanks, you two are making too much noise. Even if you are in good health, you have to think about Cheng Xi."

Jesus Bu: "Yeah, boss, you are indeed going too far."

"What the hell are you thinking about in the heads of you idiots!" Shanks suddenly realized that everyone seemed to have the wrong idea, and reached out to shake Jesus Bu's shoulders hard, "Please think healthier."

Jesus Bu was a little dazzled by his shaking, and shouted angrily: "Hey, Shanks, let go of me, you're shaking me into hallucinations, and I actually saw your left arm."

Shanks stopped, and Jesus Bu shook his head, but he didn't feel awake yet.

Lime Jones on the side: "Boss, although you didn't shake my shoulder, I seem to have hallucinations."

Gabu: "Me too..."

After everyone said one by one that they could see Shanks' left arm, Hongo, as the ship's doctor, asked the chef Lachi Lu: "What type of mushrooms did you eat today? I'll go get the medicine now."

After he said that, he was about to get up, but was stopped by Shanks, who showed them his arm in a boastful manner. His words and deeds all meant the same thing, that is, "This was repaired for me by Cheng Xi."

"What!!" Everyone was surprised.

The calm Beckman finally spoke: "Shanks, what is going on?"

Then Shanks told everyone what happened last night when Cheng Xi knocked on the door and carved an arm for him with a winter melon. Everyone's surprise increased instead of decreasing, and their eyes widened to the biggest and roundest size in their lives.

Jesus bowed his head silently and repented, privately to Marseille Xiao Chengxi, I was thinking wrongly.

Laki Lu was surprised: "If that's the case, then if we go to an uninhabited island or something and can't find food, the boss can just gnaw on his own arm."

Lime Jones: "Anyway, we should all thank little Cheng Xi."

"Yes, yes."

"Everyone is here." Cheng Xi's voice suddenly rang out, and everyone looked towards the door of the restaurant. She was wearing a coat that almost wrapped herself up, her steps were unsteady, her face was pale, and even her lips were bloodless. Her left palm was wrapped in thick gauze, which showed signs of excessive blood loss.

"Cheng Xi, why don't you continue to rest in your room?" Shanks asked as he stood up and led her to her seat.

"I'm hungry."

Upon hearing this, Laki Lu immediately stood up and planned to go to the kitchen to make her some nutritious hospital meals. Shanks put a lot of meat on her plate, and the other crew members kept thanking her for repairing their captain's arm.

Beckman: "Anyway, thank you very much this time. If you need help in the future, as long as it is within a reasonable range, our Red Hair Pirates will help you."

Shanks thought that they could help even if it was not within a reasonable range, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Beckman, so he had to prepare to tell Cheng Xi quietly after dinner.

Cheng Xi didn't even raise his head from the food, and said calmly: "It's just a piece of cake."

It really is just a piece of cake.

Everyone: ...? He said it so casually, making it seem like it was very simple.

"Oh, by the way, do you still want to get the Make-up Fruit back?" Shanks suddenly asked in the middle of the meal.

Cheng Xi shook her head without even thinking: "I don't have this idea at the moment."

Her ability to use the fruit is indeed not good. This is not a very powerful fruit. Moreover, she also has to practice swordsmanship and the talisman spells in Langhuan Pavilion. She has no time to develop the fruit. The most important thing is that the weaknesses of the devil fruit are too obvious.

In the next few days, Cheng Xi needed to recuperate, so he no longer chatted, fished, or played cards with everyone like before. Instead, he began to read quietly.

"Thank you." Cheng Xi took the juice dessert specially prepared for her by Laki Lu, opened the book, and gradually became immersed in it. Shanks was sitting next to her, who obviously didn't want to read but forced himself to read.

My eyes are reading the book, but my heart is watching the people.

The afternoon sun was exceptionally warm, and its shadows shone on Cheng Xi, giving her a bright and transparent color. Beckman, who happened to pass by and saw this scene, suddenly felt that Cheng Xi who was quietly reading was much more pleasing to the eye than the lively and bustling Cheng Xi before.

When the Redforth sailed near Marinford, Cheng Xi wanted to say goodbye to them directly, but Shanks said that he could wait for her in the surrounding waters until she got Bailey and then give her a ride and continue to send her to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Cheng Xi thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Just before she got off the ship, everyone in the Red Group was still advising her to be careful, especially Shanks, who insisted on going to Marineford with Cheng Xi, so that if they encountered any emergency, it would be better to have two people than one.

Cheng Xi refused, but Shanks was determined to go with her.

"Shanks, I died before, not being wanted. I wasn't hunted by any force."

The other crew members also advised her, saying that as the headquarters of the navy, Marineford has a large number of troops, and the admirals and marshals of the navy may also be on the island, which is too dangerous.

"Stop!" She stretched out her hand to interrupt everyone's chatter, looking helpless, "Is it possible that I was a navy before, and Marinford is my home."

"For me, the pirate ship is a dangerous place."