Chapter 396: If you can’t beat an adult, can you beat a child?
After the shock, the dock managers vowed that the ship would be left to their care and guaranteed that there would be no problems.
Zhang Da also expressed his trust in their abilities, and then secretly asked Ye Yan to leave behind a few flag monsters.
It takes some distance to walk from the pier to Yuba, but with the Running Duck Team, it won’t take much time.
The crowd walked leisurely in the desert, watching the camel caravans with interest until screams were heard.
“Run away!”
"It's a giant desert lizard!"
"What?!"
A large purple lizard ran towards the camel group, and it seemed to be even bigger than the banana crocodile. The people panicked and started running away screaming. The camels became even more panicked and ran desperately towards Juba without being driven away.
"Quack!" The running ducks were also startled and raised their legs to run.
Zhang Da also patted the running duck he was riding: "Why are you panicking? Our lunch has arrived."
The running ducks then remembered that they were carrying people at the top of the food chain, and they had nothing to fear from anything edible, no matter if it was a ferocious beast or something else.
The others were similar. After calming down the running ducks, they just stood there waiting for the takeaway to arrive.
"Do you want me to deal with it?" Jackie Chan raised his hand to reveal the dragon talisman pattern on his palm, but everyone looked at him with disdain, so he put it away again and said awkwardly: "Haha...Okay, I won't waste the food, you guys do it."
As the giant lizard got closer, Altria flew up, a sword flashed, and the giant lizard continued to run forward a few steps before falling to the ground with a bang.
Zhang Da also said: "This move looks familiar."
"Well, I modified Brook's moves to suit my own usage." Altria said, "I remember a book about gourmet food said that the way of hunting will also affect the taste of the food."
"So I thought about it carefully, and felt that Brook's swordsmanship is very suitable for hunting. The prey will not realize that they are dead after being chopped. The ingredients obtained in this way must be superb..." When talking about this kind of thing, Altria seemed to be talking endlessly, and it took a while to wake up, "Ah, I accidentally delayed too long! Tom~ please!"
Zhang Da also gave a thumbs up: "You are worthy of improving a sword technique specifically for food."
Tom rubbed his hands expectantly, then rolled up his sleeves and began cooking on the spot.
"Hey?" Weiwei hadn't adjusted to the rhythm of the Amber Group yet. "Is dinner ready?"
"We are like this sometimes." Wendy said a little embarrassedly, "When we come across fresh ingredients, we often make extra dishes at the last minute."
Perona said, "Isn't that great? Weiwei is going to visit her friends, so we can bring them some as gifts."
Xia Lulu complained: "Is it really okay to use lizard meat as a gift?"
Weiwei was a little surprised and said, "Hey? Is it okay? This big lizard is very ferocious, you must have never tasted it!"
"You really need to bring this." Xia Lulu covered her face. It seemed that Vivi's thinking was a little off the mark.
The pedestrians on the road had already run away, and when the soldiers near Yuba received the news and came to drive away the giant lizard, all they saw were the remaining skeletons.
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"Hey~ Kosa!" Vivi sat on Kalu's back and waved her arms happily.
At the edge of the city, a young man who was digging a hole for a tree with a shovel raised his head and said, "Weiwei?"
Kosa showed an expression of surprise on his face, and then turned into astonishment: "Why are you here?"
His first reaction was that Weiwei had sneaked out. After all, she had done this many times before, and once she was kidnapped when she went out of the palace to play with them. Kosha thought Weiwei would learn her lesson, but he didn't expect her to run so far this time!
"What does that expression mean?" Weiwei asked unhappily, "Are you so unwelcome to me?"
"It's not a question of whether you're welcome or not, right?" Kosa threw away the shovel, put his hands on Weiwei's shoulders and shook her head, "How could you run so far without permission? Did the king and the others know? Did you bring any guards with you?"
Weiwei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I came here with everyone. And I'm very strong now."
"With everyone ?" Kosa ignored Weiwei's words that she had become stronger, and looked behind Weiwei. The eight people and two cats smiled and waved at him.
The running duck also waved its wings at him.
"You are..." Kosha's eyes gradually widened.
"Anyway, take me to your house first? I want to visit Uncle Doto." Weiwei showed what she was holding, "I brought gifts for everyone."
Kosha nodded blankly, and as he walked home, he asked Weiwei about what had happened in the past few days. Weiwei happily told him about it and introduced the people of the Amber Group to Kosha.
Zhang Da did not accompany them on the subsequent journey, only Wendy, Xia Lulu and Perona followed.
Zhang Da also gave everyone a stack of pocket money. Some of them formed groups, while others acted alone, and they all started to stroll around Yuba.
The houses are lined up one after another, the roads are neat and wide, and there is a clear stream running through the middle of the city. The streets are full of transport teams, and occasionally children run after each other.
As a city rebuilt from an ordinary oasis, the construction of Juba can be said to be very effective. After all, it has only been two years since the construction began, and Kosa's father is indeed quite capable.
Although it is not as prosperous as the capital, there are still many shops here, most of which should be hotels, restaurants, tea stalls, etc. for merchants to rest. This situation is exactly what Altria wants.
Zhang Da was not at all worried as he went shopping and eating. Thanks to Lao Sha, he had recently received several hundred million yuan in cash, so it was no problem for him to eat all over the city.
Jackie Chan did not stay with them all the time. Instead, after trying some local snacks, he went shopping with Shark Chili. He wanted to buy more clothes for all seasons. In addition, he also wanted to go to the bookstore to buy some books of interest, see if there were any interesting works of art, and chat with people in the town.
Ye Yan was squatting in a corner of a heavily populated street. He said that art comes from life, and he wanted to observe more details of life.
Zhang Daye, Tom and Rui Mengmeng followed Altria's food radar and wandered around. Two of them were responsible for eating, and the other two were responsible for figuring out which ingredients were suitable to take with them when sailing.
While everything was going smoothly here, Weiwei and her friends were having some minor troubles on the other side.
"Didn't your family manage the construction of this city? Why do you live in such a remote place?" Perona asked curiously. If she was in charge of building a city, she would definitely build a big castle for herself and place it in the middle of the city.
"Because this place is suitable." Kosa said indifferently, "Dad said that the city center is more suitable for building markets and shops. It doesn't matter what the place where I live is like. Anyway, it is much better than before."
Wendy said, "Your father seems to be a very powerful man."
Kosa disagreed: "No, he's just a middle-aged man who's a bit fat."
A few people were talking and laughing, when suddenly three men dressed as soldiers of the King's Army blocked their way.
Weiwei was used to seeing soldiers dressed like this, so she politely stepped forward and asked, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
"Is it Her Royal Highness the Princess...?" The soldiers smiled maliciously.
"No, you've got the wrong people!" Kou Sha stood in front of Weiwei. He remembered that the robbers he met two years ago seemed to have a similar expression. These people were very dangerous.
"It's none of your business, kid." The three men drew their weapons and surrounded the children. "Please follow us, Princess. Otherwise, you and your companions might get hurt."
Another person added: "Those two little girls are going to come with us too. You can blame your parents if you want to!"
"Huh?" Wendy asked curiously, "Is this kidnapping?"
"It seems so. Maybe the black-hearted boss offended someone outside, and they couldn't defeat him, so he could only kidnap us for revenge?" Perona looked at these people calmly, and a small light bulb seemed to suddenly pop up above her head, "Wendy! You must ask him for mental damages when you go back! At least a bag of candy every day... No, add a box of chocolates, and cake!"
Xia Lulu looked at Perona counting the things she wanted on her fingers and said helplessly: "Now is not the time to talk about this, right? Besides, your requirements are so low."
"I'll stop them!" Kosa held the shovel in both hands as a weapon. He felt that he could at least kill one and could also hold off the other two. "When I tell you to run, run quickly and call the adults to help!"
"Don't get in the way, kid!" The soldiers didn't have the patience to wait any longer and were ready to take action while talking.
"Ha~ah~" Kosa yelled and raised his shovel to launch a surprise attack. He was good at fighting and this move was particularly effective.
But it was not his turn to show off today. The three little girls looked at each other and decided to take one each.
Wendy trotted two steps, jumped up, and punched a soldier in the side of the face, knocking him flying without even using magic.
Vivi raised her arm and chopped down, imitating Crocodile's desert sword and knocked down a soldier.
Perona was very powerful. She didn't use her ability, but instead trotted two steps into the air and kicked the last soldier in the chest, sending him flying.
"Hehehehe~ The moves Uncle Long taught me are very useful!" Perona was very happy. This was the first time she defeated an enemy without relying on her abilities. It felt so good to kick someone away.
Kosa was stunned: "What just happened?"
Xia Lulu stood on the head of the running duck and patted Kosa's shoulder, saying, "Wendy can deal with hundreds of opponents of this level."
Weiwei came over and put on a big smile: "I told you long ago that I'm very strong. If I fight with you again, I will be the leader of the Shasha Group."
"I once said that I hope you will become a great princess..." Kosa felt complicated, "I feel like the direction of your efforts is a little off?"
"No way!" Weiwei argued, "Brother Tatsuya said that for a country, a strong military force is indispensable. Even if it does not invade others, it must have the power to protect its citizens. Just like the incident a few days ago, if..."
"Isn't Vivi so amazing? She can remember the big truths that the black-hearted boss said after listening to them once, but I feel sleepy when I listen to them." Perona was a little impressed, but soon felt bored. She simply dragged the three people who attacked them over and woke them up one by one for interrogation.
"Are you the remnants of the Baroque Works?" Xia Lulu asked in surprise, "But haven't you heard about us these days? How dare you three attack us?"
The three of them turned their heads away and said, "We know that your Amber Travel Group is powerful, but if you can't beat the adults, can you beat the children?"
Ever since Crocodile was caught, they knew that they could be found out at any time. Now they finally encountered a few children who were alone. It was a rare opportunity to catch them and kill them to vent their hatred, or to extort money from them and leave here, and then kill them again to vent their hatred.
But they didn't expect that they couldn't beat these kids...
"Weiwei, why don't you go back to the capital?" Kosha suggested, "There may be other remnants of the Baroque Works who want to take revenge. This is too dangerous."
"No, I finally got out to travel. These people can't hurt me anyway, so it's okay." Weiwei is now a natural ability user, and her elementalization skill makes her very confident. "Besides, catching the criminals like this can also help Bell and Kaka."
Weiwei had a bold idea, to use herself as bait to attract others to kidnap her! Weiwei was always brave enough to take risks in such matters.
Kosa had no way to stop her: "In any case, hand them over to the sheriff or the garrison first."
After some twists and turns, Weiwei and the others went to Kosa's house and sat for a while. After listening to Kosa's description, Uncle Doto was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly contacted Cobra to report the matter.
So the next day, when everyone left Juba, there was a falcon circling in the sky.
Zhang Da also looked up for a while and even waved, but Bell did not respond , so he asked Uncle Long to take out the sniper rifle.
"Isn't that necessary, Mr. Tatsuya?" Bell smiled bitterly. "I just came to make sure Princess Vivi was safe. I didn't mean to disturb you."
Zhang Da also said: "I just want to invite you to come down for a cup of tea. Thank you for flying so far."
Weiwei asked, "Bell, did father ask you to pick me up?"
Bell shook his head. “No, although His Majesty the King and Captain Ikalem were extremely worried, His Majesty the King finally decided to respect the Princess’ wishes. He said that this was also a valuable experience.”
Weiwei said happily: "That's great!"
"Well, I'm going to pick up those prisoners and report back. Goodbye." Bell turned into a falcon again. "Have a pleasant journey, everyone. Princess, please be careful. The king said that you are not allowed to use yourself as bait."
The smile on Weiwei's face froze, and she asked guiltily, "How...how could it be?"
Looking at her expression, Bell knew that the king had guessed correctly, and said helplessly to Zhang Daye and the others: "Princess, please take care of me."
