Chapter 36: Flowers in a Cage and Cranes

Under the dark night, a person wearing a hooded cloak and walking hurriedly walked through the neatly arranged dessert buildings.

The cloak enveloped her, and the hood was large and loose, covering most of her face, making this person even more mysterious.

In the morning, when the maid was cleaning, she accidentally revealed that two ships would depart from the port on the south bank of the dessert city tonight to go to an island called Atlas in the New World to collect desserts for BIG MOM. In order to ensure the best tasting period of the desserts, each sailing time would be strictly customized between eleven o'clock in the evening and twelve o'clock.

Cheng Xi raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist. It was already ten forty. As long as he could get to the dock within twenty minutes and find a way to get on these two cargo ships, he would no longer be bound by others after leaving the territory of the Kingdom of Totland. From then on, the sky was high and the birds could fly freely, and the sea was wide and the fish could jump freely.

However, when she finally passed through the layers of buildings, avoided the patrolling soldiers, walked to the tall building near the port and looked around from the wall, what she saw was not the pirate ship that was going to receive the dessert, but the neatly arranged egg tart ships and the pirate soldiers and chess soldiers on the coast who were armed and armed, with high morale.

A rough calculation of the number showed that there were more than a dozen egg tart ships, with half of them being human soldiers and half being chess soldiers, about 500 each, and the two cargo ships mentioned by the maids were nowhere to be seen.

The real tribute ship had already left the port at nine o'clock in the evening. All this was a fishing enforcement by the maid under the order of the Charlotte family. Cheng Xi frowned slightly, and his heart was chilled.
At this moment, she was in a dilemma. If she returned to the villa, she would have to wait obediently to marry Cracker. If she ran away, she had no boat to sail, and she had to avoid the detection of so many soldiers. This was really an unsolvable situation... 

Just as she was thinking quickly about how to deal with it next, suddenly a pink wave as sticky and muddy as a swamp swept towards Cheng Xi, intending to engulf her. Cheng Xi reacted quickly, dodged immediately, and jumped onto the roof. The pink wave continued to roll until it swarmed and devoured the nearby buildings, buried them all, and then became hard. 

The air exuded a sweet candy scent, but the actual situation was extremely dangerous. Cheng Xi could imagine that if she hadn't dodged in time, she would be trapped by these seemingly delicious candies and unable to move, deprived of breathing, and finally suffocated to death. 

"Miss Navy, where are you going?" The eldest son of the family in front of the army looked up at Cheng Xi, with a playful look on his face, and asked knowingly. 

The color of his long coat is not the usual bright yellow, but a low-key purple, which blends in with the moonlight. With the iconic candy cane, it has a dark/fairytale feel. Next to him is Katakuri, who is wearing a scarf and is very powerful, and Cracker's two sisters, Casta and Andre. 

"The moonlight is just right tonight, bright and clear, it's a good time to enjoy the moon." 

Perospero: "No matter how beautiful the moonlight is, you don't have to go to the port to enjoy the moon, right? Perloline~" 

"There is a saying in my hometown that the bright moon rises over the sea, and the world shares this moment. The night is long. I miss my fiancé, so I come to the port to look at the sea and miss him. What's wrong? You really don't understand this kind of romantic feeling~" 

Cheng Xi sat on the roof, and she was not panicked even in such a crisis: "Are you satisfied with this reason?" 

If she is not satisfied, she can make up another one. 

This reason is indeed very romantic, but the members of the Charlotte family do not believe it. Cracker's sister, the purple-haired swordsman Angel, spoke in an angry tone and loudly criticized Cheng Xi, a defector who betrayed the family and her brother. 

"Since there is no trust, why did you set up this absurd marriage in the first place?" 

Cheng Xi was puzzled. According to her observations in the Kingdom of Totland for such a long time, although this country is composed of blood relations, the actual degree of intimacy is far from that of the Whitebeard Pirates. It is not so much family affection as fear and responsibility for Big Mom. 

It's like they knew that their identity as a navy was suspicious, but because of Big Mom's paranoia and wanting to embarrass the navy, they still tacitly prepared this wedding, and then came to the shore to block it on the eve of the wedding. It was just like a farce. 

In fact, Big Mom once suspected that she came for the historical text, but after sending more people to patrol for several days, there was no abnormality in the treasure house, and no information was received about the enemy breaking in. In addition, except for the rebellion when the pirate hunter was executed that day, she seemed too obedient, so the empress who could call the wind and rain and shake the sea believed her. 

"Because, I saw the distant future." 

Katakuri's voice was cold and merciless. 

In the future, Cheng Xi would escape to the port, be defeated after a fight, and be imprisoned by the candy waves of his brother Perros, becoming a prisoner of the Charlotte family. 

Cheng Xi lifted the hood that blocked his view: "My future is up to me, so don't worry about it, Mr. Katakuri." 

The moonlight was like water, hanging high in the sky, and the clear light reflected on her, gentle and pure, without any dust, tied up her long hair, ready for battle. 

"I don't want to get married, and I don't want to die here." 

"No." Katakuri corrected Cheng Xi's words, "As a traitor, you are no longer qualified to marry Cracker and become a member of the Charlotte family." 

Perospero's tone was a little excited: "Yes, Miss Navy, the once famous Navy star will be imprisoned in this country in the future, with your hands and feet broken and locked in the dark, or become a lowly maid. My brother likes your face very much. If you try hard to please him, maybe you will have a chance to become his lover. Anyway, you will never escape the palm of the Charlotte family, Kukukuku~" 

He couldn't help but want to see her begging expression. 

"Stop, stop, stop talking." Cheng Xi couldn't bear it anymore, interrupted his words, and said what he really thought in his heart, "It's so scary, I think you are a little perverted." 

Thinking of the life of being caged and without freedom in the future, she couldn't help trembling. 

"In that case, start fighting." Cheng Xi jumped down from the air and made an attacking motion. 

Casta and Angelu attacked first, slashing with knives, but Cheng Xi dodged them easily. "You have good potential and decent speed, but your attack power is not enough. You need to practice more." 

Seeing that Cheng Xi was not nervous and even began to give instructions, the two became even more angry and their moves became more fierce. 

"Candy maiden!" 

Perospero used his fruit power to create an extremely hard golden iron maiden and trapped Cheng Xi in it. But in less than half a minute, there was a violent sound from inside, lightning flashed, thunder was like thunder, and the high temperature melted the candy. Cheng Xi stood alone in it, with no expression on her face. 

Katakuri, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally made a move. He had cultivated his observation Haki to the extreme and could even foresee the future for a short time. Under the siege of so many people, Cheng Xi gradually lost and was defeated. She accidentally revealed a flaw, which was noticed by Katakuri, who restrained her underground and imprisoned her limbs with glutinous rice. Perospero added a circle of hard candy waves on top. 

Being caught in an almost shameful position, Cheng Xi was not panicked at all. Instead, she took a bite of the glutinous rice and candy that imprisoned her and gave her comments. 

"This glutinous rice bracelet is sticky and sticky, but it has no taste. The candy is delicious, sour and sweet."
Angel walked up to her and thrust her sword straight into the grass very close to Cheng Xi's head. She was angry and verbally provoked her recklessly.

Cheng Xi ignored her provocation and said earnestly: "You are such a beautiful girl, why are you so irritable?"

"You...what are you talking about? Be careful or I'll break your hand." Angel thought Cheng Xi would also speak to her in a bad tone, but she didn't expect that she would be praised for her beauty when she was caught off guard. She couldn't help but blush.

At this time, Katakuri's Den Den Mushi rang. It was to prevent the brothers stationed at the other three ports from being attacked. Their tone was anxious and guilty.

"Brother Katakuri, I'm sorry. We had surrounded the female navy, but I don't know why she suddenly disappeared."

Hearing this, the family's highest masterpiece, the powerful and calm Katakuri, felt uneasy for the first time in his heart. Others were also confused. If Cheng Xi had been surrounded by other brothers and sisters, then who was this person in front of them now?

"Katakuri, you are really strong."

Cheng Xi said in a relaxed and fearless tone: "Thank you for your hospitality recently. If we meet again at sea, we will be enemies."

"The moonlight tonight is so beautiful, and the flowers are so affectionate."

"Wood Release: Moon Rose Technique."

As the words ended, her body gradually dissipated, and under the full moon, it turned into petals that rotated lightly, and floated away with the wind, floating with a curtain of faint fragrance, fresh and vivid.
At this time, on the tribute ship of Cake Island, Cheng Xi, who used the power of the fruit to transform into a porter of the Big Mom Pirates, sighed in the crowd, "I still don't have enough energy to make four clones." 

When the empress who lived in the dessert city and had the ability to split mountains and fill the sea knew that her "daughter-in-law" who she used to refute the navy's face had actually escaped, her anger had condensed into a solid entity, bringing a fierce wind, and the children and homies around her did not dare to speak out and offend her. 

"Cheng Xi!" She called Cheng Xi's name angrily, wishing to cut him into pieces and chase him to the ends of the earth. 

When Cracker heard the news, he was fighting the enemy, so he stabbed the enemy's heart one after another with pretzels, and the enemy's blood splattered on the biscuit soldiers. Both the enemy and his subordinates were terrified by his crazy appearance and terrifying momentum. 

Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi. 

You are so brave that you dare to betray me and the family. Thinking of the vows he made to him that he would never betray, Cracker was so angry that he almost lost his mind. His eyes were red, and he looked violent and sinister. 

Doesn't she like to bask in the sun? Then he must catch this lying woman, break her hands and feet, and imprison her in a dark cage without sunlight, so that she can experience the most painful frustration and humiliation in the world, beg for mercy from him, and become a desperate prisoner. 

Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi. 

After the battle, he took off the wedding ring on his left hand and threw it into a pool of blood, with an extremely firm attitude. 

Cheng Xi guessed that they would be very angry after he escaped, after all, he could hear it from Perospero's tone, but he didn't realize how angry they would be. Anyway, the sea was so vast, and they didn't install tracking chips on themselves, so the chance of meeting was very small. 

She had spent too much time on Cake Island, and her vacation balance had ended. She had originally thought of going back to the headquarters to report, and then taking a half-month leave to go to Zou, but she had never thought that she would receive an extremely cruel task as soon as she returned to the headquarters. 

According to the little intelligence that the CP organization had, the executed Pirate King Gol D. Roger still had blood on an island in the South China Sea, so the World Government issued an order that within ten months after Roger's death, all newborn babies, whether children or mothers, would be executed, with an extremely firm attitude. 

"This is simply unreasonable. Did the people of the World Government get their heads stuck in the door? Why did they issue such an absurd order?" Cheng Xi slammed the table in anger. Even though the person opposite him was his superior, the Admiral of the Navy, he still cursed him. 

"This is an order. It is a decision made by the top government officials after careful consideration. You have no right to question it." Gang Gu Kong's tone was firm and full of majesty. 

"Even if you don't execute it, there are so many other navy officers at the headquarters, and they will execute it for you." 

"Huh? Careful consideration?" Cheng Xi was so angry that he laughed, "Does this kind of order to kill people at will still need careful consideration? What do they regard human life as? A tool for power?" 

"When the government thinks, even God laughs. What is the use of their existence except wasting food?" 

"Cheng Xi." Gang Gu Kong looked at the rebellious navy opposite and said seriously, "You are only one person. Do you want to fight against the whole world?" 

"I know your character. I give you the right to refuse to accept the mission, but you don't have the right to cancel the mission." 

Cheng Xi raised his head, trying to digest his anger and keep his emotions stable. 

"Well, I refuse to accept this mission." 

Then she turned and left Kong Kong's office. 

She has understood since she was a child that kindness does not lead to military command and affection does not lead to success. She also knows that anyone who can climb to a high position will have countless bones and blood on his hands. However, the World Government's actions are too cruel. Unconditionally slaughtering babies and mothers, this outrageous order is hundreds of times more cruel than pirates. 

Kong Kong is right. So far, she does not have the ability to fight against the World Government, either in terms of strength or influence. This does not mean that she will give up and divert conflicts and kill people with borrowed knives. 

All the big pirates who have established their own territory know this thing called the historical text. The high-ranking officers of the navy know it, and the CP organization also knows it, but not many people have seen it, and even fewer people have seen it and can understand it. 

She also couldn't understand the historical text, but she felt that the font was a bit like the small seal script she learned when she was practicing calligraphy when 

she was a child. The real historical text must not be publicized. As for the fake one... Cheng Xi wrote a few lines of modified small seal script and sent it to Morgans. Although he was a bit of a headline party, he was still very professional as a journalist. In order to shock the world, he was not afraid of even the world government. So just like that, the news that the suspected historical text was published was like a drop of water falling into an oil pan, and it boiled completely on the sea. 

The world government had no choice but to send troops to suppress and deal with this news, and the influence on the South China Sea baby incident was naturally small. 

"Cheng Xi, did you do this?" Sakaski put the newspaper with the suspected historical text on the table and questioned. 

Cheng Xi tilted his head and looked at him, not admitting it, but not denying it either. 

"Are you crazy! Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?" 

Cheng Xi thought that he was not crazy enough, otherwise he should send out the real historical text. 

She asked back: "What are the consequences? I think this is also good. As the saying goes, the emperor takes turns. Next year it will be my turn. After everyone collects the historical texts, anyone can go to Raftel and become the Pirate King." 

"BIG MOM can do it, Whitebeard can do it, Kaido can do it, I can do it, and you can do it too. Changing the king every year, isn't this a win-win situation for everyone?" 

"Anyway, the consequences won't be worse than the government's wanton slaughter of newborn babies in the South China Sea, right?" 

Sakaski said angrily: "That's not an ordinary baby. He is the child of the Pirate King. He is the bloodline of the most evil person in the world. He shouldn't have been born into this world."
"Does the entire South China Sea have Roger's bloodline? A newborn baby is a piece of pure paper. Whether this piece of paper is black or white depends on how others teach it." 

She tried to calm her tone: "Sakaski, don't quarrel with me. I am full of anger and very angry. You can't win me in this situation." 

Sakaski heard her words like a punch on cotton. All the questions he had thought of before were immediately useless. 

He commented: "You are too impulsive." 

I thought Cheng Xi would refute, but I didn't expect her to nod and admit: "Well, you are right, I am impulsive and emotionally unstable, so whatever I do next is excusable." 

"I really want to kill two Celestial Dragons to have fun!" 

This is not the first time. For this kind of mission, Cheng Xi and Sakaski always quarrel, but not as fiercely as this time. Ganggu Kong is right. She and Sakaski are two people with different personalities. After a long time, there will be a gap. The two of them are not suitable to be together. They can only be colleagues who nod to each other. 

Even though Cheng Xi was the winner in the argument this time, she was exhausted. After driving Sakaski away, she curled up in her seat and buried herself in the large navy cloak. She felt lost and helpless, so she had to try to use clothes to gain a sense of security. I'm so 

tired and want to go home. 

Damn it, I've never felt so aggrieved in my life. I 

want the world to be destroyed, she thought. 

But in fact, she quickly sailed to the South China Sea and rescued several babies and pregnant women from under the blade. 

She was not alone. In fact, there were still many people in the navy who supported her decision, such as Yushula, Calvin and Roy... 

When Kuzan saw her, Cheng Xi was holding a swaddled baby girl in her arms. She looked very well-behaved, lovable, smiling, and not crying or making a fuss. 

He pointed at the baby in Cheng Xi's arms and asked, "Who is this...?" 

"She was rescued on the island. Her mother died of shock and someone wanted to kill her. Fortunately, I felt it in time, otherwise another innocent life would have died." 

Kuzan secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "So you mean to raise her?" 

Cheng Xi quickly retorted: "How is it possible!? I can't even raise myself, how can I have the ability to raise another child? I plan to send her to Broad Island. I have a friend who opened a small restaurant there. She can't have children but really wants a child. It's just right for my friend to raise her." 

Looking at the baby girl in her arms, Cheng Xi's expression was much gentler. Her ability alone was limited, and she really couldn't save all the babies, but not everyone in the navy was a hawk like Sakaski. She believed that other babies would meet their own soft-hearted people. 

"Then I'll raise you." Kuzan blurted out subconsciously without thinking. 

Cheng Xi thought he was joking, so he said, "Don't be ridiculous. We work the same job and get the same salary. It's hard for us to support ourselves, let alone others." 

In order to hide his guilty conscience, Kuzan raised his hand to tidy up Cheng Xi's messy hair. He could clearly feel that her hair was now nearly half as thin as when she was last in the Chabaoti Archipelago. 

Kuzan didn't know that she went to Cake Island, so he thought to himself that it seemed that Xi Xi was really tired recently.