Pirate's Window

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This time, except for the four people sitting on the ground at the door, she finally saw clearly what made her feel something was wrong at first glance.

The door that was supposed to be locked was opened at some point, and behind the open iron door was a figure that seemed to be melting into the darkness.

And as she poked her head out again, the standing figure moved slightly, seeming to look towards her.

bad

She quickly turned her body and was about to escape.

"You," the man's deep voice came over, causing the girl to pause. In addition to the man's voice, she also heard strange sounds.

A bit like

The sound of chirping.

Not good, not good.

In the darkness, Chunqiu quickly shut up and maintained his civilized image.

He was holding a peeled orange in his hand. This was the No. 2 fruit in his mind. He had stolen it from the cargo hold of the Agate.

Oranges are a good thing. Compared with bananas, which are number one on the fruit list, the only difference is that oranges may have pits, but after the banana is peeled open, its perfect pulp can be eaten without any scruples.

He swallowed the pulp he was chewing to avoid making a slurping sound when he spoke, and then his eyes fell on the girl who stuck her head out again.

She held the eaves of the wall with both hands and blinked her big, watery eyes. She looked pitiful, like a helpless kitten. With such on-the-spot acting skills, others might think she was some lost neighbor. girl.

""

This time Chunqiu finally saw clearly the face under the conspicuous orange hair. As expected, it was the girl who was jealous of money.

"You just followed me once in the morning. Do you have anything to do with me?"

Chunqiu decisively pretended not to know him.

I'm not, I haven't, don't talk nonsense

On the other side, the girl was thinking about innocently playing the card of denying the triple union, but when she saw the scene around the man, she was swallowed back into her stomach.

She walked out from the corner, wearing only a light-colored short-sleeved and hip-covering skirt, revealing a figure that made countless women jealous. There was no doubt that she was a tall and graceful girl.

The girl didn't seem to care much about what others thought of her. She looked solemn and frowned slightly:

"What happened to them"

"them"

After hearing this, Chunqiu looked casually at the steel cage beside him, and his eyes fell on the children lying crookedly on the cold wooden boards. They were both boys and girls, and their ages were different, but most of them were no more than ten years old.

"As you can see, they fell asleep and maybe had a good dream."

Looking at Chunqiu who seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with her, the girl's hand behind her back unconsciously clenched the unassembled three-section stick in her hand.

He was filled with murderous intent for a moment.

But at the next moment, her sharp momentum suddenly weakened.

He is worthy of being an intelligent protagonist.

When encountering evil people, he will not sit idly by and has a strong sense of justice, but he can quickly adjust his emotions and calm down.

Chunqiu nodded slightly and said calmly:

"If you haven't made up your mind to become my enemy, put away your weapons. On the sea, you know what taking out such dangerous things means to others."

""

The girl was silent for a while, then raised her arms behind her back, spread her fingers, and let the three-section stick fall freely.

Then, her eyes fell on what Chunqiu was holding in his hands.

"Those who like oranges are not bad people."

Then, she smiled sweetly: "Let's get to know each other again. My name is Nami. I am a thief who only steals pirate treasures. It was purely an accident that I overheard the conversation between you and the captain."

"But I can see that you are definitely not a pirate, right? The little girl accidentally spent all her money on this trip to sea, so she had no choice but to become a stowaway. If you need help with anything, , the little lady is very happy to help. Of course, in terms of reward, for a good person like you, I won't ask for too much."

Nami playfully said half-truths, but when she mentioned the word "reward", Chunqiu still felt that the light in her eyes flickered, as if she was remembering something golden on someone.

"By the way, is that gold bar pure gold?" Nami added in a low voice like a thief.

Chunqiu glanced at her and said expressionlessly: "What you are thinking about is pure gold, of course. But I don't need your help."

"Don't say that"

Nami stepped closer, her heartbeat speeding up involuntarily, but there was a bright smile on her face to cover up the nervousness in her heart.

This is like knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, but preferring to go to the tiger mountains. Instead of running away, you actively approach the Spring and Autumn Period.

"We can work together."

Nami walked around the four guards slumped on the ground in front of the door, but stopped at the door. This was enough for her to see clearly the scene inside.

At the same time, she smelled a mixture of mold and stench.

这 是

Nami's pupils suddenly shrank, and her body slid to the ground as if she had given up all her strength.

In the two small cages on both sides, there were thirty or forty unconscious children crowded together. Some of them were luxuriously dressed, some were dressed in tatters, but they all looked dirty at the moment.

Although they all looked healthy, their complexions seemed to be pale from hunger.

The simple toilet in the cage was filled with excrement and was not cleaned up. This was the source of the lingering stench.

Some children had tears on their faces, some had marks of being beaten on their bodies, and some had wounds all over their fingers, as if they were secretly digging into the planks of the ship in an attempt to escape from hell.

The words he was going to say to Chunqiu were stuck in his throat.

"Can you still stand up?"

Chunqiu didn't look at her, but his tone was a little softer.

"what"

Nami responded, punched her thigh hard, and then stood up slowly. This simple movement felt a little difficult.

She had a dark face and her hair covered her eyes.

"These children are what you call slaves during the day."

Chunqiu nodded.

"They are all in Shieldstown. Isn't there a base where the Navy branch is stationed? Don't you care?"

"Some are, and some of the costumes should be from other islands." Chunqiu replied. He pinched his eyebrows and continued: "I wasn't too sure at first, but it seems that these children are indeed dedicated to the world. Government, they will either be trained as agency personnel or underground spies in the future, and the navy is just a pawn under the World Government."

"The Navy may still be able to expand its power by recruiting soldiers, but not everyone is willing to do such shameful things as underground work, and children happen to be the best ones to control and instill ideological changes. They can be cultivated from an early age. ,It is not good"

Chunqiu sneered.

"a little"

Nami quickly came to Chunqiu. She clenched her fists, raised her head and met Chunqiu's eyes, and stared into his eyes with a pair of beautiful eyes full of obsession.

She said word by word: "It's not good."

Then, Nami stretched out her hand and pulled up his sleeve: "You have to help me."

At this moment, she completely lost her usual quirkiness when she was lying to others, and she looked like a woman who would take action when it was time to take action.

"Are you a Devil Fruit user? This is the first time I've seen one alive." Nami murmured. She turned around and studied the lock hanging on the door of the cage.

"What on earth did you do to Adam at that time? Could it be that you can change other people's impression of you? Speaking of which, I heard that a single Devil Fruit is worth hundreds of millions, so you are really rich, right? You are indeed the son of a certain chamber of commerce."

"Ah, it's open."

As Nami spoke, she had already picked the lock on the cage.

As she spoke, she opened the iron door, not caring at all about the unpleasant smell that hit her face.

Compared with the tragic experience of these children, this trivial matter can be tolerated as soon as the eyes are closed and the heart is turned upside down. It's not like I have never seen worse scenes.

Nami looked back and continued: "You knocked out the four people at the door, right? If they wake up, I'd like to trouble you to use your Devil Fruit abilities to find a solution."

Chunqiu stood there without moving. He folded the orange peel in his hand and put it into his pocket, and then said calmly:

"You don't need to trick me. I knocked these people unconscious. I have a sense of discretion in my actions. They won't wake up so quickly. Besides, it doesn't hurt to tell you."

Chunqiu's voice paused and he said slowly: "The Devil Fruit I ate is called the Memory Fruit. What I changed was not Adam's impression, nor was I a young man from the Chamber of Commerce. What I tampered with was."

"His memory."

Nami's eyes suddenly opened wide, and she felt her hair standing on end.

She suddenly realized that the most powerful thing about this ability was that the victim could not even realize that he had been hit.

"Don't worry, I haven't used my powers on you."

Chunqiu's words made Nami relax a little. Then, she looked at the children who were unconscious on the ground. She seemed to have understood what Chunqiu had done to these children.

"then they"

Chunqiu nodded: "As I said, I just let them sleep for a while. Deleting too many memories at once will create a blank period inside the brain and enter a self-protection mode."

"But they will always wake up." Nami carefully separated some of the children whose bodies were stacked together when they were unconscious.

"That's why we are needed, isn't it?"

Chunqiu's rhetorical question made Nami startled.

She immediately smiled like a flower, showing such a sincere expression for the first time. Unfortunately, Chunqiu could not see it because her back was turned.

"Then what are you going to do, boss? Do you want to rob this ship and drive it back?" Nami said excitedly.

"Boss"

"Otherwise, what would I call you? Boss, you didn't tell me your name." Nami said to herself.

"It doesn't matter if you were eavesdropping. It doesn't matter. Whatever you call me is the same."

Chunqiu didn't care very much, he continued: "Robbery is definitely impossible, and we are not pirates."

"This ship is going to Uma Island."

Nami, who was taking the children's temperatures one by one with the back of her hand, immediately asked dissatisfiedly after hearing this: "Are you going to send these children into the tiger's mouth?"

"Otherwise, why don't we send them back to the island ruled by Mengka? Ask his navy to help us send our children home."

Nami suddenly stopped talking. Apparently she had heard about Mengka's tyranny. She said wiltingly:

"What to do then"

"So let's go to Uma Island." Chunqiu looked down at the floor. "The navy will go to the Solor Chamber of Commerce to purchase ore. Not all navy are bad people. These children come from different places. Do you want to rely on us to transfer them to Uma Island?" Send it back?"

What he said makes sense.

No, it was because I thought he was too awesome and thought he could do anything.

Indeed, it is more reasonable to go to Uma Island.

Nami thought silently for a while, then nodded obediently.