Chapter 31 The Storm is Coming

This happy Christmas is a sign of calm before the storm.

After returning to the headquarters, she began her busy and miserable life in the navy. At this time, Roger had already reached Raftel, conquered the Grand Line, and officially became the Pirate King.

But for some reason, this Pirate King who possessed all the wealth, fame, and status on the sea actually disbanded his pirate group. Overnight, he and his crew disappeared from the sea and there was no news.

If he just disappeared like this, it would be a good choice. At least it would save the navy a lot of trouble. Cheng Xi knew a little about medicine. From his complexion, she could see that Roger was terminally ill and would not live long. She confirmed this during the conversation. She thought it would be a good choice to find a beautiful island to live in seclusion and spend the rest of his life.

But Roger was a man who did not play by the rules. After a year of silence, he did something big. He actually surrendered!

Although the official news was that Roger was caught by the navy, Cheng Xi knew the nature of the navy and the world government too well. She wanted to watch the two pirates and the underworld forces in a certain member country fight each other and then go up to collect the heads, and then shamelessly publish newspapers saying that the navy wiped out the two forces.

Don't ask her why she knows so clearly. It was Roger who helped her to split half of the Golden Lion fleet.

With Roger's strength, how could he be caught by the army of a mere major general? Is that major general a One Punch Man?

This news is like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, instantly igniting the passion of those big pirates.

In the 1498th year of the Sea Circle Calendar, after Roger was arrested, the Golden Lion broke into Marinford alone and made a scene, killing many navy officers and destroying nearly half of Marinford. ** began to stir up trouble on the sea. The remnants of the Rocks Pirates, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin and other pirates made a big fuss on most of the islands in the New World. Cheng Xi went to the headquarters every day and saw the piles of newspapers, and her head hurt.

What was even more unexpected was that a few days before Roger's execution, she accidentally heard in Steel Bone Sora's office that according to a little intelligence from the CP organization, Roger might have a child! ?

This absurd news can't be true, okay?

So she sailed to Impel Down, and after discussing with the navy guards, she finally entered level 6 to see Roger.

"Good afternoon, Roger." Cheng Xi put two bottles of rum through the bars into the cell. Because she was a popular senior navy official recently and had many military merits, the guards here made an exception and allowed her to be alone with Roger.

A long-lost voice sounded, and Roger opened his eyes. The chains on his body made a clinking sound. After seeing the person coming, he slowly walked to the railing, picked up the rum, opened the lid and drank it directly: "It's really delicious."

"Drink, drink, drink, all you know is drink. After you turned yourself in, you sit here and have no worries about food and drink. Someone delivers newspapers to you every day. But you left us a mess. I run around catching pirates every day and the soles of my feet are worn out. The dark circles under my eyes are darker than your heart."

She was furious when she saw Roger. Because of this man, she had been working overtime recently. So she threw aside her original intention of coming here and cursed him a few words first.

“Hehehe…” The man who had witnessed the end of the sea suddenly laughed, “Little girl, you still have such a bad temper.”

Cheng Xi glanced at him and said in a bad tone: “If you work overtime for half a month like me, you may have an even worse temper than me.”

Then he stammered: “That… You said I have been chasing your group for so long. You are the Pirate King now, and I can barely be regarded as a generation of talents in the navy. We have such an antagonistic relationship. That is to say, do you have anything you want to say to me?”

Roger was puzzled: “What do you want me to say to you?”

Cheng Xi: “Say something about entrusting someone with something. Isn’t that what is written in the storybooks? For example, entrusting someone with something before dying or sympathizing with each other and then telling me a big secret or something like that.” “

So that’s the case. Today’s storybooks are really well written.” Roger pondered for a moment. Just when Cheng Xi thought he had achieved his goal, he suddenly said, “Then go and call Garp over.”

Cheng Xi: …

She simply got straight to the point: “What on earth is on Raftel?”

“ONE PIECE, there are a lot of treasures there. "

Cheng Xi: "And, I don't believe that the world government hides such a tightly covered place, there are only huge treasures on it. "

"Tell me, Roger, what did you see on it?"

Roger looked at her as if he was looking at a child. He told Cheng Xi that the adventure on the sea depends on his own sailing, so that the treasures obtained are interesting, but Cheng Xi said that he was born a simplist, and his favorite thing is to take shortcuts, and he doesn't have the character of freedom and adventure like him.

Sure enough, it's still a child, Roger thought so. At first, he thought Cheng Xi was like other navy, just simply wanting to know about the information about the big secret treasure, but Cheng Xi's next words made him see the determination of the young girl in front of him.

"That must be a big secret that can subvert the whole world. "

"Tell me, Roger, I will use it to overthrow the world government and establish a new regime without slaves. "

Her eyes were firm and confident. In a trance, Roger saw a kind of breath vaguely similar to Joy Boy in Cheng Xi, and could feel the strong beating of her heart.

There was already a shadow of liberation behind her.

Roger: "We went at the wrong time. It's too early for the world to know that secret. You can't shake this behemoth now."

"So, you admit that there is indeed a big secret on Raftel!"

Roger: ...

This little girl is really an ordinary little genius of rhetoric.

Cheng Xi: "So what? Even if I can't shake it, as long as I bite a small hole in the foundation of the Celestial Dragons, it will be fine."

"There are so many oppressed people in the world. The last straw that breaks the camel's back doesn't have to be me, but as long as I am among them, it will be fine." "

Tell me, Roger, even if it's just to satisfy the curiosity of your juniors." In the end, she simply became shameless. Even though Roger was knowledgeable, he had never seen such a "flexible" person as her.

Roger would never tell the world that secret easily.

But he couldn't stand her nagging, and he saw the shadow of success in her, so Roger had to tell Cheng Xi about the four historical texts.

Although this was far from what he wanted to know, Cheng Xi was still satisfied, so he asked the reason for coming here today.

"Hey, Roger, do you really have a child?"

The man opposite nodded.

"Can you take two more steps outside and put your head closer to the railing?" she asked.

Although Roger didn't know what she was going to do, he still did what she said and put his head closer to the railing.

At this time, Cheng Xi punched Roger's head with lightning speed.

Roger didn't expect her to do this at all. He was not prepared at all. He was hit by a big punch, and he was hit by her. Stars appeared in his eyes and his head was dizzy. Of course, Cheng Xi didn't feel good either. Because there was a railing blocking her, her hand was also hurt.

"Dead scum." She cursed.

The guards of the Impel Down City saw this scene as soon as they entered the cell. Lieutenant General Cheng Xi punched the Pirate King, who was dominating the sea, and made him see stars. He immediately cast a mysterious filter on Cheng Xi in his heart.

Vice Admiral Cheng Xi, so terrifying.

After Cheng Xi left, Garp also came. Roger entrusted his wife and children to Garp. After a few days, it was finally his execution day.

On the morning of his execution, the weather was very good and sunny, but the town of Roger exuded a strong sense of sadness. Many people came to watch, each with their own thoughts and factions.

When the words "ONE PIECE is real" sounded, the direction of this world would no longer be controlled by the World Government.

A generation of heroes came to an end, but a raging fire had been ignited on this sea, and his will would eventually be inherited by someone.

Since that day, a large number of newcomers set sail and went out to sea to find great secret treasures, trying to get those wealth, fame, and power comparable to Roger. The printers used by the Navy Headquarters to print bounty orders have been scrapped several times in just half a month. The stacks of bounties added together are much higher than Cheng Xi.

The era of great pirates has arrived.

Although the navy has repeatedly strengthened its combat power and recruited soldiers to fight pirates, these pirates are scattered all over the place and cannot be enumerated. Often, another group will appear as soon as one group is captured, which makes Cheng Xi exhausted and exhausted recently.

She feels that her relationship with Sakaski and Borsalino has become more distant.

They are all high-ranking navy officers who are busy every day. Even Borsalino, who is good at slacking off, has to go on missions. After changing offices, they have fewer opportunities to meet each other. And as Kong Ganggu said, some of Sakaski's ideas are unacceptable to him.

However, everyone is an adult, and there is no need to please or cater to them. The life of an adult is accompanied by various losses. Cheng Xi is very open-minded about these. If the personality is compatible, they will interact, and if they are not, they will separate. The most important thing is to do what makes you comfortable.

Recently, Cheng Xi is too busy, and she is about to do a big thing, so she has no time to take care of other things, so she is ready to send Hancock back to the daughter island.

It is not appropriate for her, a child from a pirate country, to stay in the navy headquarters every day.

When they were about to arrive at Daughter Island, Hancock was reluctant to leave. She asked Cheng Xi why he wanted to do such a dangerous thing.

"Because only if one person bravely stood up first, more people would be gathered to light the light of liberation."

Hancock was only seven years old at that time. She was still young and didn't understand what she meant by liberation. She just nodded in a daze. Anyway, in her heart, Master Cheng Xi was the most powerful. As long as she wanted to do something, she would succeed.

After sending Hancock back to Daughter Island, she asked the navy for a month's leave.

First, we went to Fishman Island, where the mermaids and fishmen who were discriminated against by humans lived. Although the Kingdom of Ryugu had become one of the member states of the World Government, this disgust had not improved at all. On the contrary, with the advent of the Great Pirate Era, more and more pirates abducted and sold the female mermaids on the island for money, or committed all kinds of evil to this pure land, burning, killing and looting.

At this time, the relationship between humans and the fishmen had reached the point of being on the verge of a sword.

As Kuzan said, Cheng Xi's five senses of spiritualism were perfect for surveys and searches. After she came to Mermaid Island, she released countless hair figurines to search the entire island for historical texts, and finally found the first red signpost of historical texts in the depths of the sea forest. The text on it was similar to oracle bone inscriptions, obscure and difficult to understand. She couldn't understand what it meant at all, but she just copied it down first.

On Fishman Island, Cheng Xi met two fishmen and mermaids with completely opposite attitudes.

There is a mermaid woman named Otohime, who is very friendly to Cheng Xi. She advocates that mermaids and humans coexist under the same sky. She also takes out various plans every day and asks the citizens of the Dragon Kingdom to sign them. Unfortunately, this childish and persistent appeal has not been approved by the citizens.

There is also an adventurer named Fisher Tiger, who grew up in the chaotic and cruel Fishman Street. He is not friendly to humans and hates them.

Cheng Xi understands Tiger's disgust but does not support it. On the one hand, killing humans who traffic mermaids has nothing to do with her. On the other hand, if she is a mermaid, she will hate humans. This is equivalent to an unsolvable cycle.

"No matter what others think and do, I have always had high respect for all races. Many races form a common sea world and develop together in unity. This is the inevitable trend of historical development."

Maybe Tiger was touched by her words, but what humans have done so far really disappointed him. He can no longer believe in humans.

After leaving Mermaid Island, Cheng Xi went to Wano Country.

Wano Country has been in a closed-off state for a long time due to its unique geographical reasons. She didn't know much about this land, but she dared to go there alone. When she was flying over the waterfall, a black bird with fire on its back suddenly flapped its wings from the sky and overturned her already shaky boat with one claw. Fortunately, Cheng Xi abandoned the boat in time at the critical moment and flew on the sword, which saved her from falling into the sea.

She has eaten the devil fruit now. Once she falls into the sea, she will be powerless to save herself. She can notify the headquarters to start the meal directly.

She is ready for battle and is looking at a few thunder talismans to kill the big bird. The black bird on the opposite side suddenly confirmed in confusion: "Cheng Xi?"

Cheng Xi: ?

Birds can talk?

Is it another rare species? She racked her brains to search for the memory of the talking bird in her mind, and the other side asked again: "Why are you here?"

The tone was full of disbelief.

"Who are you?" Cheng Xi had no impression of this bird in his head.

The black bird in front of her had already opened its helmet full of sharp spikes, revealing a face she remembered, with black skin, white hair, and tattoos, but slightly more mature than a few years ago.

"Abel?" Cheng Xi asked tentatively.

"It's me." Seeing the identity of the person in front of her, Abel suddenly regretted overturning her boat just now, so he said, "You sit on my back."

Cheng Xi looked at the tall and strong man in front of her and couldn't help but sigh. When they first met, he was only about a head taller than her, but now he has grown to more than three times her height. I don't know what kind of food he has eaten for so many years.

Cheng Xi sat on Abel's back, and the flames burning on his body just now disappeared. After safely entering Wano Country, Abel put her on the coast and repeated the question just now: "Why did you come to Wano Country?" "

Travel." Cheng Xi asked back, "What about you?"

"Passing by."

The two of them lied to each other and tacitly admitted each other's lies, even if the reason sounded clumsy and unreliable.

"Are you still following Kaido?"

"Yeah."

"You've caused me a lot of trouble since Roger went to jail." Cheng Xi said with some complaints.

"Cheng Xi." Abel called her name softly.

"What's wrong?"

"The navy is not suitable for you, you should be a pirate, we will follow Lord Kaido together, he will become the Pirate King."

"I will not be a pirate, Abel." Cheng Xi refused straightforwardly and explained the reason to her, "You should know my character, the navy at least still has a layer of justice on the surface, but pirates... Abel, look into my eyes."

"Can you guarantee that you and Kaido will not do some bad things like burning, killing and looting in the future?"

No one is perfect. Cheng Xi claims that she is not a soft character like a saint. She has also done some immoral things, such as lying, copying homework, cheating in exams and other small flaws, but murder and arson are her bottom line. Not all pirates are like Roger and those who just like freedom and adventure. In fact, more than 90% of pirates are bad people.

Abel looked away guiltily. He and Lord Kaido were currently doing these bad things of burning, killing and looting.

"I'm leaving. Goodbye." Cheng Xi stood up from the beach and walked away.

"Where are you going?"

"Travel, didn't I tell you just now?" Cheng Xi turned around and pretended to remind him seriously, "Abel, don't do too many bad things, I will catch you in person anyway."

"Okay." He answered absent-mindedly.

Cheng Xi felt that she might be the protagonist of the world, such as the destined child or the chosen one, because her body could vaguely hear the call of the historical text of Wano Country. She successfully copied the historical text of Wano Country in less than three days here.

Along the way, she saw that the people of Wano Country did not live a good life, they were not well fed and clothed, and her impression of Kozuki Oden was a little worse. When she was on Roger's ship before, she seemed to have heard Oden say that he was the daimyo of a certain village, and he had many retainers. Now it seems that he is not competent as a daimyo.

Coincidentally, when she left Wano Country, she ran into Kozuki Oden. Although he was a daimyo of a certain area and had many retainers, Kozuki Oden's life was not very good. Even the moon cloak that symbolized the Kozuki family was patched. Kozuki Toki was obviously much more haggard than the last time they met, and even his retainers looked worried.

Cheng Xi had a hunch that something might have happened in Wano Country. She asked Oden what happened in the country, maybe she could help him. If it was a serious matter, she could also help him send a message and a letter of help to Whitebeard, but Oden was stubborn. Cheng Xi asked him several times, but this man was more stubborn than a donkey pulling a millstone and just wouldn't say anything.

Although she ran into Abel in Wano Country, she didn't think about Kaido. In addition, there were rumors in the capital that General Orochi was Oden's younger brother. She guessed that Oden might just fail in the fight for the throne like in ancient times, and she didn't think about what kind of hardships the country would encounter in the next twenty years.

This makes it seem like I'm begging for help, and she still has to continue looking for other historical texts, so Cheng Xi got angry with Oden and left Wano Country directly.

Then she suffered the first Waterloo of her naval career.

According to Roger, the third historical text is in the hands of Charlotte Linlin. Cheng Xi originally planned to sneak into the Kingdom of Totland to find the historical text, but she didn't expect to die before she could accomplish her mission. As soon as she got off the ship at the port, she was attacked by seastone, her whole body was weak, and she was knocked unconscious.

When she woke up again, she opened her eyes and saw the beautiful and majestic Linlin in front of her, holding Napoleon and showing an evil expression to her, and the row of children standing behind her.

My God, seeing this scene of the three-court trial, Cheng Xi's eyes went dark, and she wished she would faint again right now and say goodbye to this beautiful world.