Chapter 59: All the Stars Gather
Chapter 59 Stars gather at
the Sabaody Archipelago, not far from the Navy Headquarters. The warship departs from Marinford and arrives here in about half an hour. Because this is a must-stop place to reach the New World, the Navy will station a lot of troops on this island to guard and maintain law and order.
But Cheng Xi found that the law and order on the island was particularly chaotic today. Pirates and pirate hunters fighting fiercely could be seen everywhere, and gunshots and shouts could be heard every less than a kilometer.
She randomly stopped a pirate hunter who was tying two pirates in his hands to exchange for bounties and asked him the reason. Perhaps it was because the target was successful, he told Cheng Xi and the others the reason very happily.
One reason is that all the supernovas today, that is, eleven newcomers who have just entered the Grand Line for less than half a year and have a bounty of over 100 million, have all gathered here. Another reason is that the Navy Headquarters did not know what happened, and actually withdrew most of the troops stationed here, leaving only a small force to catch these pirates in full.
This "enthusiastic" pirate hunter gave a few more instructions, telling Cheng Xi not to go out and hang around on the island recently, otherwise he might be captured by human traffickers or pirates on the island and become a slave.
Cheng Xi agreed, thanked him, and separated from Rosinante on the bridge connecting GR No. 49 and GR No. 50, intending to act separately.
In a restaurant on GR No. 24, the pink-haired pirate known as the big stomach woman was sitting at the table feasting, holding a pizza in one hand and a chicken leg in the other, wolfing it down into her mouth without paying attention to her image, which made Capone Becky, who was also a supernova and known as the "gangster", look disgusted and ordered his men to get rid of this woman. The
men wanted to persuade their godfather to stay out of trouble in this chaotic area, but as soon as his words of persuasion came to his lips, before he could say them out loud, he saw a woman with two swords on her back walk behind the big stomach woman.
Her steps were very light, so the crew members of the Bonnie Pirates did not sense that she was very close to their captain.
Bonnie, because she did not feel any murderous intent at all and had not yet filled her stomach, still focused all her energy on the food in front of her, and shouted loudly that it was not enough, asking the kitchen to speed up the food.
Perhaps because of the experience of the bear memory, Cheng Xi felt a little sour in his heart when he saw this scene. Although Bonnie was trying her best to get closer to adults, her words and deeds were still a bit childish, such as her heart-shaped lipstick.
And this extraordinary appetite was probably caused by her wanting to maintain the ability of the Sui Sui Fruit in front of outsiders.
Cheng Xi reached out and gently poked her shoulders a few times.
Only then did the crew notice that someone had unknowingly gotten so close to their captain, so they looked at her with some vigilance, and some had already picked up weapons and prepared to attack.
Feeling the strength coming from her shoulder, Bonnie turned back very reluctantly and asked impatiently, "Who are you?"
Cheng Xi smiled, his eyebrows curved, trying to make himself very friendly, took out a jar of jam and said to her, "Captain, do you want to try my secret delicious jam?"
"Ha!?"
Not to mention Bonnie and her crew, even Hawkins, Caponbeki and other diners who were watching the show were a little surprised.
Is this woman crazy? She is simply desperate. She dares to sell to pirates, and to a pirate with a bounty of 140 million! ?
Caponbeki brought himself into it. If someone dared to sell desserts while he was eating, even if she was a woman, he would not let her go easily.
Hawkins has already started to suspend his tarot cards in the air, trying to calculate the woman's fortune today, but what shocked him even more was that not only the woman's fortune, but everything else, including age, strength, ability and all other aspects, seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog, and he couldn't calculate it.
He still wanted to continue divination, but still got nothing, no information. He even felt as if his brain was pierced by a needle, and the more he divination, the more painful it was.
The tarot cards floating in the air gradually emerged with results, but they were not about this woman, but about himself. The cards showed that if he continued to calculate, his injury rate would be as high as 100%.
And there was a 50% chance... of becoming mentally retarded! ?
Although this result was very strange, Hawkins was still very confident in his ability, so he quickly put away the tarot cards and seemed to continue eating, but in fact he focused all his energy on the gluttonous woman and the mysterious woman.
Bonnie said bluntly: "Is there something wrong with your brain? How dare you sell things to pirates? We are cruel pirates, pirates!"
Cheng Xi still spoke gently and asked her: "Do you want to eat it? This is delicious."
Seeing the colorful and attractive jam in her glass bottle, she was really tempted because of her childish nature. She swallowed her saliva, but still warned fiercely: "Pirates don't pay for food."
Bonnie's crew thought she came mysteriously and behaved suspiciously, and they all tried to persuade their captain not to eat her food.
But it was too late. Cheng Xi directly opened the lid of the jam, and the fresh fruity smell floated into the air, and then picked up the brand new silver spoon on the table that had not been used, scooped a spoonful and put it into Bonnie's mouth.
Before Bonnie could react, she could feel the rich, sweet and sour taste of the jam in her mouth. Her eyes lit up instantly and she praised, "Delicious!"
Cheng Xi handed the jam to her: "If it's delicious, eat more."
After Bonnie wolfed down the bottle of jam, perhaps because of the sugar and functional ingredients in it, her frustration and irritability caused by not being able to find her father disappeared for a long time actually disappeared a little.
But it was only a little, compared to the loss and hesitation in her heart, it was just a drop in the bucket.
After eating, she looked back at Cheng Xi, and her clever little brain turned a little, and she came up with an idea: "The jam you made is delicious, so I want to catch you on my boat as a chef."
The other diners and service staff in the restaurant felt sorry for her. A good girl was about to get on a pirate ship.
Cheng Xi refused and said, "No, I have my own things to do."
"But I have something else to say to you."
Hearing this, everyone in the store was curious and pricked up their ears to concentrate on what she would say. Unexpectedly, Cheng Xi waved her right hand and created a white lotion barrier, which was completely isolated from the outside world. No one could see or hear what was inside.
Cheng Xi learned from the bear's memories that the crew members next to Bonnie were all partners who had lived with Bonnie in the Campbell Kingdom, so they were not on guard against them.
Bonnie was stunned by the sudden barrier. When she reacted, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck. She looked down and saw a sun-shaped sapphire necklace on it.
Cheng Xi fastened the lobster clasp on the back of the necklace for her: "It suits you very well, it's really beautiful."
"Boni, happy tenth birthday."
Bonnie stroked the sun pendant on the necklace, and combined with Cheng Xi's words, she had a guess in her heart, so she quickly stood up, turned around and faced Cheng Xi, holding her shoulders with both hands, tears flowed out uncontrollably, and she looked very excited: "It's Daddy, it must be Daddy, why didn't he come to find me, I've been looking for him."
"Who are you? Where is my father now? Why doesn't he see me?"
Cheng Xi: "I... am your father's friend. He is doing something very important now. He will come to see you when he finishes it."
Because of excitement, Bonnie even spoke incoherently: "You are lying. My father said that he would write to me every month, but I didn't receive a single letter. You are all lying to me. Dad, I miss you so much. Where are you?"
Didn't receive the letter?
Cheng Xi frowned slightly. She remembered that in Xiong's memory, he would write several letters to his daughter every month. How could he not receive them?
Could it be that the CP agents were interfering and intercepting these letters?
She gently patted Bonnie, who was crying hard: "Your father writes you many letters every month, but he may not have received them due to transportation reasons."
Cheng Xi comforted her softly in a coaxing tone: "But it doesn't matter, the contents of these unreceived letters can be told to you in person after you meet again."
Perhaps it was because the grievances and longings in the past six months reached their peak, or perhaps it was because there were adults around, this ten-year-old child finally took off the heavy disguise on her body, turned back to her original form, and lay on Cheng Xi, crying loudly.
She sobbed and said: "Really? Sister, when can I see my father?"
Cheng Xi wiped the tears from her face: "Two months, you will meet again in two months."
After that, she stretched out her palm and said firmly: "Believe me, I really didn't lie to you, people who lie will become pigs."
Bonnie has been sailing on the Grand Line for half a year and has seen a lot of evil in the world. Of course, she knows that she is coaxing herself, otherwise the group of CP members who are taking care of her would have turned into a group of pigs. But he did not expose her words, but just slapped his palm against Cheng Xi's palm.
From now on, she finally had a thought in the darkness and confusion of the past few years. This promise is like a bright moon in the dark night sky, always guiding and illuminating her way.
She will wait for the reunion in two months with joy and anticipation.
Bonnie cried in her arms for a while again, and then quickly adjusted her mood, wiped her tears, pretended to be fierce and ferocious, and when she appeared in front of everyone again, she was still the cruel pirate, the glutton Joelle Bonnie.
After removing the lotion barrier, accompanied by screams of horror, several powerful bullets happened to fly towards Cheng Xi and the others.
It turned out that after Cheng Xi set up the barrier just now, the other people in the store had no idea what was happening inside. After about half an hour, Becky, who was a cruel and ruthless pirate, shot several bullets at this side without any burden.
Cheng Xi reached out and grabbed the bullets with his bare hands, and threw them back in the original direction. The huge impact force generated when the bullets touched the table actually blew up the entire table in front of Becky. Although Becky dodged in time, the strong pressure still hit him. The well-made high-end suit was covered with dust and debris, and even his hair became messy.
Her hands were even more powerful and sharp than the gun!
Becky was a person who pursued the limit by nature, otherwise she would not have given up the stable life of the West Sea to go out to sea as a pirate. Therefore, when she saw Cheng Xi's strength, her reaction was not fear, but...
she must find an opportunity to assassinate her.
Cheng Xi didn't know that in less than half a minute, he was on someone else's assassination list. After dealing with the supernova who tried to find trouble, Cheng Xi smiled and waved to Bonnie and said goodbye, and then walked to the cashier.
The boss was frightened by her expressionless look when she threw the bullet just now, so when he saw her coming, he was like seeing the King of Hell who was urging his life. He was trembling with fear and sweating, trembling all over, and even stumbling when he spoke.
"Hello... Hello."
Cheng Xi threw a purse into the boss's hand: "I'm sorry for blowing up your store. These should be enough for you to redecorate." There
's even some left over.
She couldn't help but sigh that the hard-earned money she earned from running the store every day ended up being used to renovate the store.
The ancients were not deceiving me. Money is really a thing that can be taken as little as a penny and used like dirt.
Thinking of this, Cheng Xi got a little angry, and grabbed a handful of free candies on the counter and threw them at Becky, crackling and severely injuring him.
After leaving the store, although Xiong said that he would not meet Bonnie before the renovation, out of his longing for his daughter, he still secretly glanced at his daughter through the window of the restaurant.
Seeing Cheng Xi, he looked a little embarrassed as if he had been caught. Cheng Xi understood his longing, so the two of them tacitly did not mention this topic.
Cheng Xi walked around the island for a while, not knowing what was going on with Rocinante. As she walked, she arrived at an open space on GR Civilian Street No. 21, and suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from the front.
The cold weapons collided with each other, making a crisp sound, and the grass clippings cut by the sword wind were swept into the wind, mixed with fluttering dust.
Cheng Xi noticed that one of them was a tall man, with a huge pencil as his weapon, and two small white wings on his back, which looked very contrasting. The other man wearing a helmet always looked familiar, as if he had seen him before.
Cheng Xi thought carefully and finally remembered that this was the pirate she met in the tavern on Fite Island when she was just resurrected two years ago. It seemed that his name was... Kira?
She had only met this pirate twice, and they fought both times. She couldn't help but sigh that this pirate was really energetic.
Originally, Cheng Xi was still guessing with relish who would win in this fight, but unfortunately, the two were blocked by another pirate holding two swords as soon as they started fighting.
At the same time, there was another man watching the show. He sat in a very casual position, holding his saber upright, with his fingers crossed, looking like a man watching the fire from the other side of the river, looking very cool. He even wanted to tease the pirate who stopped the battle and asked how many opponents he had killed.
Cheng Xi took out a randomly folded bounty from her pocket, looked at the real person in front of her, and compared it with the photo on the bounty.
A few years ago, she found that there was a big bug in this world, that is, almost everyone did not change their hair color and hairstyle, and rarely changed their clothing style. The person in front of her, just from the appearance, the white spotted hat that had not changed for several years and the sweatshirt with a heart mark, could confirm that he was the same person as the person on the bounty, even the dark circles under his eyes were the same deep, it seemed that this kid's sleep quality was not very good.
However, from the behavior, expression, action, and language just now, he was a rebellious and cold guy. Apart from the same appearance, what is the similarity between this and the obedient, cute and considerate little Luo who is the best child in the world and whom the store employees are almost hearing calluses?
Luo Xinan Di, your elder filter is too obvious! ?
As if sensing her observation and gaze on him, Luo stood up and showed her a provocative and bad expression, then picked up Gui Ku and left this place of trouble with his crew.
The people who were fighting here just now also dispersed, leaving Cheng Xi standing there alone in the wind.
After a while, she yelled at Luo's back, "Trafalgar Luo, you dead brat."
She was angry and decided to do something she hated the most when she was a child, that is, to sue her parents!
After Luo led the crew out of the open space, he went directly to the human auction site of GR No. 1, found a seat that he liked, and sat down to watch the farce of human trafficking that happens every day on the sea.
Bepo and Shachi sat in the seat behind him, with a seat between them. This empty seat was originally intended for Bai Yan, a latecomer, but a clumsy big guy stumbled in and sat between them without even asking.
Shachi wanted to scold this man for being too rude, but suddenly saw this tall man with strange makeup waving his hands with a silly smile, then making a "yeah" gesture, and then putting his hands under his chin and spreading them out, making a gesture similar to a blooming flower, and other strange actions emerged one after another.
This man... Is he a fool with intellectual disabilities?
The crew members of the Heart Pirates speculated psychologically, and even the kind-hearted Bepo wanted to ask his captain for help to see if he could cure this man's brain.
After all, his captain's nickname is "Death Surgeon", and psychiatric surgery is also a type of surgery.
Rosinante was very nervous, immersed in which way to reunite with Luo. He had rehearsed countless times before, and he was looking forward to it. But now that he was right in front of him, he felt a sense of homesickness, as if he was in another world.
As expected of being good friends with Cheng Xi, he finally chose the same way Cheng Xi met him, and poked Luo's shoulder with his finger.
Feeling the movement of his shoulder, Luo turned around and said, "Bebo, don't make trouble..."
The words stopped before he finished speaking. This death surgeon, one of the worst generations, who seemed cruel and terrifying to outsiders and everyone was terrified by hearing about him, seemed to be frozen in time, maintaining the original action, his pupils constricted, his breathing accelerated, and he was no longer calm.
"K... Krasan!?"
He had thought about it countless times day and night. The person who led him to understand true freedom, gave him absolute love, the person he respected and loved the most, the person who was ready to risk his life to avenge him, was now sitting in front of him.
Even if this was a dream, it must be a beautiful dream. He didn't dare to blink, for fear that this false beauty would disappear in an instant.
The gentlest and best Krasan in the world showed a silly smile and made a "yeah" gesture, just like he did in the snow on Mignon Island sixteen years ago.
No, it's different. Sixteen years ago, Krasan was covered in scars, blood, and dying, but now Krasan is alive and healthy, without any harm.
Rosinante smiled and said to him, "Rosinante, you have grown up and taller."
Because of his childhood experiences and his own indifferent personality, Luo rarely shed tears, but now Rosinante's simple greeting with concern made him unable to hold back any more, and tears flowed from his eyes.
He muttered to himself, "Am I... dreaming? It was a really good dream."
Rosinante took Rosinante's hand and put it on his face, saying excitedly, "This is not a dream, Rosinante. When I was dying on Mignon Island, I was saved by a good friend of mine and healed my wounds. I am still alive."
Feeling the warm touch in his palm, Rosinante came out of the dreamlike trance a little bit, but this surprise was too big for him to accept for a while.
Rosinante clenched his hand into a fist and hit Rosinante's head several times, making him see stars and his head bulge. The pain brought him back to his senses.
Bepo and the others were stunned when they saw this scene. They thought he was a fool, but they didn't expect that he was someone their captain knew, and he seemed to have a good relationship with this man named Crassan.
Wait... What's his name! ?
Crassan! ?
As the veteran members of the Heart Pirates, Bepo, Shakey and Pekin all knew this name. He was the person the captain missed the most. However... everyone looked at Rosinante with a strange look in their eyes and couldn't help but move a few centimeters away from him.
Captain, how could such a smart person suddenly be knocked unconscious by the surprise! Didn't you ever think that this Krason in front of you might be a ghost?
The noise here was too loud, attracting the attention of many bidders, but fortunately, the arrival of the third Celestial Dragon Charles Saint made everyone dare not look around, and they all tightened their necks, fearing that they would accidentally anger these world nobles.
The purpose of Saint Rozward coming here today was very simple, that is, to take a mermaid back to chase and play with the piranhas in the water tank at home, so when the mermaid Camie appeared, he shouted out a high price of 500 million without hesitation to take her.
This worried the Straw Hat Pirates at the scene. The total price of all the jewels on the Sunny was far less than 500 million. Did they really want to let their friends become slaves?
No, absolutely impossible.
Just as Nami was racking her brains to think of a way to get Kemi back, the auctioneer's voice rang out again: "Lord Luo Ziwade bid 500 million, is there anyone who can bid higher than him?"
Even if someone could really come up with more money, they would not dare to offend these high-ranking Celestial Dragons, so the venue fell into silence, and no one made a sound. Just as the auctioneer was about to make the final bid, a clear and pleasant voice of a girl suddenly came from the back of the auction seat.
"I'll bid 1 billion."
Such a wealthy and powerful momentum caused everyone present to turn around and look at her.
That was a very beautiful woman, like a flower tree piled with snow, a clear and cold moon, with two swords on her back, wearing a peacock blue long skirt suit, the fabric was very thick and textured, the hem of the skirt was embroidered with various exquisite flowers, birds, grass and animal patterns, a silver chain hanging embroidered contrasting braided belt gently hanging down, long black hair tied into two braids on her chest, she wore a variety of brightly colored accessories, turquoise forehead ornaments, feather earrings, etc., but it didn't look cumbersome, but instead complemented her beauty.
Like a goddess living in seclusion in the mountains.
Seeing her appear, Kidd's mouth raised a nasty smile: "Hey, Kira, do you still remember this woman?"
Kira: "Is it her? The woman in the tavern on Fite Island three years ago?"
Kidd: "I didn't expect her to appear here."
On the other side, Rossinandi was obviously not mentally prepared for his friend's cool appearance, but saw Luo sitting in the front row frowned, with an expression that was a little unhappy with Cheng Xi.
He asked, "Luo, do you know her?"
Luo was about to tell Krasan that he had just seen this rude woman who stared at others, but suddenly heard Krasan say, "Her name is Cheng Xi, she is my savior and good friend. I have been recovering in his shop for the past few years."
Luo: ...
"I don't know her."
The words were concise and cleared up the scene of the two of them disliking each other in the open space No. 21.
On the Straw Hat Pirates side, seeing her coming, for some reason, Nami suddenly felt a sense of relief. The auctioneer of this auction had the opposite idea from them.
This little ancestor, a big evil star, stole the devil fruit worth 500 million berries when he came two years ago. This time he set his eyes on their finale collection, the mermaid. He was born to be in conflict with this ancestor.
He asked carefully, "Are you really going to offer 1 billion berries?"
Cheng Xi smiled and answered her, "Of course... it's fake. I don't have any money. The most valuable things on me are the two swords behind me."
Auctioneer: "Do you want to auction the swords to pay back the money?"
"Of course not. I'm going to rob with two swords."
Ah this... Everyone present was speechless. Has robbery become so fair now? As
soon as she finished speaking, another hurried blue figure ran in. It was the incredibly energetic Rubber Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates.
Luffy is a man of action and doesn't think about any plans at all. So when he saw Charles Saint shot and injured Xiao Ba, he didn't care about his noble status at all. He didn't even think about it and punched the pig-headed man in the face.
Everyone at the scene was stunned. They didn't even have time to take away the slaves that had just been auctioned. They all ran to the exit in panic and began to escape.
The Straw Hat Pirates began a tense and fierce battle with the guards, but Cheng Xi looked at Rosinante. Of course, she hadn't forgotten that Rosinante had just stunned her, so she walked over to them. Just as she was about to complain, she saw that the arrogant guy who looked like he was going to knock down everyone in the world an hour ago tried to put on a smile.
Although this smile is uglier than crying.
"Hello, Boss Cheng Xi."
Cheng Xi: ...?
No, what's going on?
Rosinante, did you secretly read a book about education behind my back?
How come in just one hour, Trafalgar Law changed from a dark and gloomy person who wanted to conquer the world to a sunny and cheerful big boy (pretend version)?