Chapter 250: Horned Beast? Fortunately, Tom has no horns...?
The target they were chasing suddenly disappeared. The beasts in the front row stopped to look for it, but the hundreds behind them had no intention of braking. They simply knocked them over and continued running forward, leaving behind only a cloud of dust and a few unknown beasts that had lost consciousness because of their companions.
At this time, Zhang Da also untied the rope around the unfortunate explorer's neck and put his finger under his nose. Fortunately, he was still breathing.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The explorer opened his eyes amid a cough. He looked around and found himself sitting on a branch of a big tree. He then realized that it must be the three people in front of him who saved him. "Thank you for saving me."
Zhang Da also said: "I should apologize to you. The way I saved you was a bit rough."
The man looked bitter, and he obviously remembered the reason for his coma: "Please don't say that. It's good enough that I can survive such a thing. I almost never saw my wife and son again."
Huh? From what I hear, he's a good family man? He seems to be better than Jesus Bu at least.
Zhang Da also asked: "What's your name?"
"Excuse me, my name is Zeole Gist, I'm a zoology researcher, I came to this rare animal island to study the special animals here." Zeole Gist introduced himself, "I haven't asked for your name yet?"
The three of them each gave their names, and Zhang Da also said, "We are traveling and happened to pass by this island. One of our companions got separated and we are looking for him."
The Rare Beast Island that Zeole just mentioned caught Zhang Daye’s attention. He remembered that the Rare Beast Island was in the East China Sea, and there was a person stuck in a treasure chest and couldn’t get out. Later, he became friends with the great God Buggy who had lost some body parts. Is there also a Rare Beast Island in the Grand Line?
"You just said this is the Rare Beast Island?" After asking, Zhang Da also glanced at Ye Yan. This guy's reindeer costume was quite appropriate for the occasion.
Ye Yan was puzzled.
Zeole said: "In fact, the official name should be Crown Island. You must have seen the scene of the underwater volcanic eruption before, right? Water vapor and smoke floated around the island like a crown. According to records, this phenomenon occurs every few decades, so it is called Crown Island.
But because this sight is so rare, many people don’t believe it. Also, because there are all kinds of strange animals on this island, people call it the Rare Beast Island.”
Ye Yan said: "It seems that we are lucky to be able to see a spectacle that only occurs once every few decades."
Yes, not only did I see it, I also saw it in the sky.
However, Zhang Da was not really impressed by these claims that these events only happened once in decades.
Because he has seen a total solar eclipse that occurs once every 100 years, a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that occurs once every 400 years, and he has also seen a lot of "beautiful girls that appear once every 1,000 years" on the Internet.
It's just a crown , nothing special, but it can be generally confirmed that this island has nothing to do with the one in the East China Sea.
Zhang Da also asked: "Then why were you chased by the beasts?"
Zeole explained: "Those animals are called horn-eating beasts. They usually only attack animals with horns on their heads. The reason they chased me today is because they are controlled by someone."
"Controlling animals, beast taming? Wait... attacking animals with horns?" Zhang Daye, Altria and Ye Yan looked at each other in confusion, "Have you taken off the antlers on Tom's head?"
Altria said, "I saw Tom was flung away with his horns still on his head ."
Ye Yan said: "Given his personality, he will forget to pick it up if he encounters something after landing, right?"
"There's no time to chat, let's go find Tom early!" Although Tom might not be in trouble, we couldn't let him get bullied just because we wasted time, right?
Zhang Da also jumped down from the tree, took out a small purse, and found Tom's life card from it.
This was specially made when they were in Shampoo and Magic before. After returning, Rui Mengmeng also sewed a small purse for each person to carry.
It’s just that Shark Chili really couldn’t be made, Ye Yan didn’t make it in time. The same went for Brook and Perona, who hadn’t thought about it before in Water Seven. It seems like I have to make one for them next time.
Zeole watched in confusion as Artoria and Ye Yan also jumped down, and hurriedly shouted: "If you want to go find your companions, please be careful, there are very dangerous people on this island!"
Zhang Da also remembered the reason why this person was chased by the horn-eating beast: "Are you talking about the person who controls the horn-eating beast?"
"Yes, that person was originally in the same industry as me, but one day he saw my research notes..." Zeole hesitated, looked carefully at Zhang Daye and the others, and finally decided to speak out, "After comparing my research notes with the legends he had heard, he believed that this island hides a treasure that can make a person a king!"
After saying this, Zeole carefully observed the reactions of his three benefactors. Seeing that they were normal, he breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he felt a little disappointed. You should at least be excited about such a big secret, right?
This is because he doesn't understand the three people in front of him: Altria, the former Knight King; Ye Yan, the night watchman. Many years ago, the night watchman was the king of the night; Zhang Daye, nothing, but he doesn't believe in this legend.
Does this kind of thing sound fake? If Rui Mengmeng were here, she might have some reaction, after all, she wants to become the Super God King.
"So? Forget it, let's talk while we walk. Are you being hunted because of this?" Zhang Da was actually a little disgusted. He thought he was a serious zoologist, but he didn't expect that he actually studied such absurd things.
Zeole slid down the tree trunk swiftly. The three of them were not panicked when they heard that someone could control the horn-eating beast. It would obviously be much safer to follow them.
The four of them followed the direction indicated by the life card and walked forward. Zeoler followed the three of them without any effort: "His name is Bartra, and he is a very talented zoologist. Since the secret of the treasure is related to the horns of animals, he came to this island and studied the sound frequency that can affect horn-eating beasts.
And... he made a violin that can control a horn-eating beast, and it hunted animals with horns like crazy. I disrupted his actions several times to protect those animals, and today he finally couldn't stand it anymore and planned to let the horn-eating beast kill me."
A violin that can control animals... This thing sounds more like something that Brook could research. There really are so many talented people in this world.
Along the way, Zeole introduced to Zhang Daye and the others various strange animals unique to the island, such as the square rhinoceros that looked like rocks, the deer with tiger stripes, the rabbit with pig noses, etc.
"It is said that in a cave on this island lives an animal king, a winged unicorn lion with gorgeous golden horns on its head. It looks like a legendary creature. It would be great if I could see it." Zeole had an expression of longing on his face. He seemed to enjoy observing and studying various rare animals.
However, Zhang Da was also a spoiler: "Excuse me, can those animals be eaten?"
"Huh???" Zeole was surprised, "How can you eat these animals?"
Zhang Da also said, "If you are hungry, you have to eat. Don't zoologists eat meat? Even if we don't eat it, there must be a food chain on the island, right?"
Zeole explained: "No, it's not that I don't eat meat, but the animals on this island don't eat meat. No matter if they have sharp teeth or claws, they only feed on plants. Moreover, the animals here are very spiritual. I even suspect that they can understand what I say."
It is indeed difficult to kill animals with spirituality, but Zhang Da still asked: "Are they all vegetarian animals? Don't those horn-eating beasts eat meat?"
"They are only hostile to animals with horns. Their real food is still grass. If they are not controlled, they will not hunt other animals on a large scale." Zeole was very dissatisfied with Battra's behavior of controlling the horn-eating beasts to attack animals.
Zhang Da also asked: "Why is it called a horn-eating beast?"
"That was a misunderstanding by our ancestors, who believed that they attacked animals with horns in order to eat them, hence the name. Just like whales are mammals, but they are called whales. Even though everyone knows the truth now, these names have already spread."
Zeole answered every question, mainly because he was worried that the problem with Battra had not been resolved yet and his benefactors would have to hunt animals for food, which might make him very embarrassed. Although he could not deal with both sides, as a person who truly loved these animals, he could only try his best to persuade them.
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On the Amber, the remaining sharks Chili, Rui Mengmeng, Brooke and Perona were staring at some strange animals.
A parrot holding a cane said, "Who are you and what are you doing on this island?"
Rui Mengmeng was surprised and said, "The bird spoke! Is it the fur tribe that the boss mentioned?"
Brooke said, "Yohoho~ Because it's a parrot."
Shark Chili retorted: "No, parrots only speak mechanically and repeat themselves. This one doesn't look like that at all."
The parrot said, "It's just human language, it's no big deal, even though the only ones on the island who can speak are me and Crowsuke."
Perona pouted: "This parrot is not cute at all. The gorilla pig he stepped on and the ram next to it are quite cute. Can we make them into zombies?"
Rui Mengmeng reminded: "Perona, if the boss hears this, he will definitely punish you by making you copy the elementary school student rules."
The three animals were startled, and the parrot shouted, "You humans really have bad intentions! Leave this island now!"
"You misunderstood, she was just joking ." Shark Chili explained, "We are a tour group, passing by here to replenish some food, and then one of our companions accidentally got lost. It was a blue cat. Excuse me, have you seen him?"
The parrot said, "Cat? How can animals be companions with humans? You must have caught him. Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. Get out of here!"
Shark Chili had a headache: "It seems difficult to communicate."
