Pirates' Max Level System

Chapter 455 Return to O'Hara

Olivia knew that Qin Luo was not exaggerating, but things would indeed be as Qin Luo said.

"All right, go to O'Hara, now."

Seeing Chitose Castle turned into hell, Olivia also witnessed the Norez royal family suffer the consequences of the destruction of their country and the family, so she said she would go to O'Hara immediately.

"The decision has been made. Does O'Hara have any plans?" Qin Luo got the result he wanted. He had asked Olivia to go back to O'Hara first, but Olivia insisted on checking the movements of the Undead Fleet and the Navy first, which delayed it for several days.

Olivia is too strong-willed to do something for O'Hara, otherwise she'd be embarrassed to go back. For a kid like this, even though she's not destined to be the protagonist, to be able to make it back alive after a trip to the Grand Line is truly a stroke of luck.

"Not yet, but let's go to O'Hara first. I need to talk to the scholars. I will think of a solution when the time comes." Olivia grabbed Qin Luo's clothes tightly with her right hand, looking at the sea in the distance and said firmly.

"Okay." Qin Luo pulled Olivia into his arms. At this moment, Qin Luo planned to use a warm hug to tell her that he would be her strongest backing.

When they hugged, Qin Luo's eyes turned into Mangekyō Sharingan, and a black hole of divine power appeared at their feet. It swallowed them both easily and disappeared above the clouds.

When Shenwei's black hole expanded again, the location had changed to the seaside of O'Hara.

The soft sand, the slightly salty sea breeze, the rustling waves, these familiar feelings sealed in her mind awakened Olivia who was leaning in Qin Luo's arms.

"Is this O'Hara's Shore?" Olivia asked in confusion.

"That's right. You lead the way next." Qin Luo was not familiar with O'Hara. After stopping at the south bank of O'Hara, he handed the guiding work to Olivia.

It was already evening, and the red sunset dyed the entire sea and sky red, just like the reflection of Chitose Castle, which made Olivia speed up her pace.

Regardless of the plan, the first step is to convince the Scholars. The Scholars are not just an academic group, but in O'Hara, they are similar to the Council of Elders, and can greatly influence the decisions of all residents of O'Hara.

Olivia decided to visit Dr. Kuroha, the highly respected librarian among the scholars, as the first person to visit before the sun completely set below the sea level.

Without alerting anyone else, Qin Luo and Olivia came to the Tree of All-Knowing, the library with the largest number of scholars and books in the world.

Only when you get close can you feel the enormity of the Tree of All-Knowing: its canopy as tall as a mountain, its trunk the size of a small island, its leaves covering the sky. It's hard to imagine this could actually be a library.

The room of Dr. Kuroha, the head librarian, was easy to find. He hadn't moved since becoming the head librarian. Although Olivia had been away at sea for two years, every moment of her life and studies at O'Hara was a precious memory that she had never forgotten.

O'Hara, despite possessing so many secrets and precious books, encountered virtually no guards along the way. Even the room of the important scholar, Dr. Kuroha, was unguarded.

Aside from the guard at the entrance, the entire Tree of All-Knowing lacked any security. Even that guard, with his meager skills, looked like an ordinary villager. The Tree of All-Knowing's security was even less than that of a later-day city library.

In the world of pirates, the Navy could easily destroy all of Ohara with just one vice admiral and a few warships. Given the intelligence the Five Elders possess, they shouldn't be unaware of this. But they're sending two hundred warships, apparently just for show, to intimidate other forces advocating for "historical truth."

While Qin Luo was secretly complaining in his heart, Olivia knocked on Dr. Kuroha's door.

After the knock on the door, Dr. Kuroha opened the door. This was the first time Qin Luo met Dr. Kuroha. His gray and withered hair and bloodshot eyes showed that the doctor had not been doing well recently.

"Olivia, it's really you. You're alive and back. That's great, that's great."

When Dr. Kuroha saw Olivia standing at the door, he couldn't help but lose control of his emotions. Tears of joy welled up in his eyes. He held Olivia's arm tightly and kept repeating "That's great."

To the senior scholars in the entire scholar group, Olivia is like a daughter, or even more important than a daughter.

It's inconvenient to interrupt a reunion; sufficient time should always be given to such a reunion. It wasn't until half an hour later that Dr. Kuroha, who had already been restrained enough, noticed someone staring at the ceiling.

Before entering O'Hara, Qin Luo and Olivia discussed and decided to appear in front of the scholars of the scholar group as Liuyun, but Qin Luo would avoid contact with the villagers of O'Hara. Some things should be concealed.

It's not that I don't trust the scholars, but some secrets are too heavy to keep. The fate that O'Hara's scholars bear is already heavy enough, there's no need to add to their burden.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Dr. Kuroha could guess that Or 873 Via's return was inseparable from the help of the mysterious masked man next to him.

"Liuyun." Qin Luo replied.

"Liuyun, God Liuyun? Didn't you say you've already..." Dr. Kuroha always felt that Qin Luo's outfit was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but for a moment he couldn't match him with the Liuyun who was rumored to be dead.

"Well, I am indeed dead in the outside world's propaganda." Qin Luo naturally understood what Dr. Kuroha was not saying, and answered Dr. Kuroha naturally, and emphasized the word "dead".

Dr. Kuroha is not a fool. Although he is very old, his thinking ability has not declined at all. Qin Luo's words show that there is a big secret hidden in the Navy's publicity of Liuyun's death.

Dr. Kuroha was tactful enough not to ask Qin Luo why he didn't come out to clarify. He just wanted to know that the powerful Liuyun was not only alive, but also helped Olivia and appeared in O'Hara together.

Originally, Dr. Kuroha had despaired about O'Hara's fate, but now he seemed to see some hope and vitality.

Dr. Kuroha's mind was working quickly, thinking about Qin Luo's possible purpose in coming to O'Hara. He had to grab this life-saving straw and save O'Hara.

Chapter 456: Negotiating Survival

The look in Dr. Kuroha's eyes when he looked at Qin Luo made him and Olivia a little bit unbearable. There was no way, it was too hot, it was a look that wanted to skin Qin Luo alive.

Olivia coughed lightly a few times, and Dr. Kuroha realized his loss of composure and quickly restored his original appearance. Qin Luo also freed himself from the tight state of his anus.

In order to divert the embarrassment, Qin Luo asked Dr. Kuroha: "Dr. Kuroha, don't you know that the navy intends to annihilate the entire Ohara? I see that you are not prepared at all, just like you are accepting your fate and waiting to die."

Qin Luo's words were not polite at all, because it made no sense that the whole world knew that the Navy was going to destroy O'Hara in a high-profile manner, but the people of O'Hara, who were the target, were still kept in the dark. This information must have been delayed for such a thing to happen. Anyway, Qin Luo would not believe it. So did O'Hara just accept its fate?

"We were told about this half a month ago when a navy officer named Sarron returned to O'Hara with the other thirty-three crew members from the Olivia ship." Dr. Kuroha sat back in his chair and said calmly.

"Really? Those 33 crew members are all alive and have returned to the island, thank God." Olivia was so excited that she almost cried after receiving the news about the 33 crew members.

"Then why don't you do anything?" Not only Qin Luo, Olivia also wanted to know the reason. Half a month's time as a buffer was enough for all the personnel on O'Hara to evacuate, instead of like now.

"No, we have already taken action since we received the news half a month ago." Dr. Kuroha took a sip of coffee and recounted O'Hara's actions over the past half month.

"As early as a week ago, those who could be relocated and would not attract the attention of the navy had already left O'Hara and continued their lives elsewhere. Most of those who remain in the village now are those who have deep ties to O'Hara or are unwilling to leave."

"Even so, you still have to escape. Staying in O'Hara will only lead to death, while running away may give you a chance of survival." Olivia didn't understand such behavior and objected loudly.

"Escape? Where can we escape to? It's not just the Navy; every force is targeting the historical text and O'Hara scholars. These forces, the Navy, and the World Government's spies are waiting in the waters off O'Hara. As soon as we put out to sea, we will be unseen. Anyone with a close connection to O'Hara will face their endless pursuit."

Dr. Kuroha sighed and continued to express his helplessness.

"And even if we could escape, the Tree of All-Knowing wouldn't be able to do anything about it, and we couldn't take the books inside with us. Without the Tree of All-Knowing and these books, O'Hara Scholars would cease to exist. We old folks have lived enough, and we're done with this. Let's just wait for the end of the world, along with the Tree of All-Knowing."

Qin Luo looked into Dr. Kuroha's eyes, carefully observing his expression, trying to see something insincere in it. However, unfortunately, everything was just as Dr. Kuroha said. His eyes were filled with despair about the future and the calmness of welcoming death.

"Dr. Kuroha, when you first heard my identity, your eyes were filled with hope and expectation. That look can't deceive anyone. Why are you giving up now?"

You can never wake someone who's pretending to be asleep, and you can't save someone who's waiting to die. Qin Luo wasn't afraid of anything else, but he was afraid of these stubborn old men from the O'Hara Scholars, who would act like "the island survives, the people survive; the island dies, the people die." Qin Luo wouldn't save someone who didn't save themselves, and he couldn't save them. Qin Luo now had to awaken the O'Hara Scholars' faith in survival.

"Indeed, I had previously thought that the powerful Flowing Cloud God could change O'Hara's fate, but after calming down, I gave up the idea. As long as O'Hara exists, the World Government will not give up the idea of ​​destroying O'Hara, and the Flowing Cloud God can't always protect O'Hara. But with the Flowing Cloud God here, at least Olivia and Robin can leave, and I feel relieved."

Dr. Kuroha spoke in the manner of a dying will, giving Qin Luo the feeling that he was entrusting his son to someone before his death.

Regarding Dr. Kuroha's statement that he could protect O'Hara, Qin Luo wanted to say "I am, I can, I have no problem." Qin Luo could even destroy the World Government and the Navy, it's not like he hasn't done this before.

However, after such a conversation, Qin Luo also understood that the group of people in the O'Hara Scholars Group did not really want to die, but just couldn't find hope to live. This made it easy to deal with. Weak strength limited these people's imagination, and even if they read a lot of books, it would be useless.

Qin Luo shouted, "Mortal, you know nothing about true power." Then, the tiger body showed off its strength and accepted the worship of the mortals.

Out of respect, Qin Luo finally cut off the beginning and end of his YY content, leaving only the part showing his strength.

"Dr. Kuroha, maybe you should take a look at this." As Qin Luo finished speaking, his eyes turned into Mangekyō Sharingan, and a black hole of Kamui appeared in front of Dr. Kuroha and gradually grew larger until it stabilized when the room could no longer accommodate it.

A vast and boundless alien space appeared in front of Dr. Kuroha, accompanied by Qin Luo's explanation: "Some of my abilities, the Divine Power Space, are stable enough to accommodate people, and it is no problem to evacuate more than ten Oharas. Now, Dr. Kuroha, are you still going to die?"

Qin Luo laughed playfully, but Dr. Kuroha didn't care at all. The empty divine space opened a door of life for O'Hara.

In shock, Dr. Kuroha asked Qin Luo several questions about the Shenwei space. For example, how long can the space door be opened, how long can a living person survive in the Shenwei space, whether it is stable, etc.

After getting Qin Luo's definite answer, Dr. Kuroha first closed his eyes to digest and think about the information he had obtained. After opening his eyes, he suddenly knelt on the ground and bowed to Qin Luo, saying: "Everyone in O'Hara, kneels to thank Liuyun God for saving our lives."

Dr. Kuroha's action was so sudden that neither Qin Luo nor Olivia expected it. When they noticed, the doctor had already knelt on the ground. Olivia hurried to pull Dr. Kuroha up.

Qin Luo was different. He was already familiar with this kind of scene and accepted Dr. Kuroha's kneeling thanks with grace and grace. For such a life-saving grace, Qin Luo's acceptance of this gift would make these people feel more at ease. Of course, in order to avoid being punished by Olivia to kneel on the washboard, Qin Luo also helped Dr. Kuroha after receiving the gift.

Afterwards, Qin Luo, Olivia and Dr. Kuroha discussed the work arrangements for O'Hara's evacuation.

Chapter 457 Escape Plan

There are only about 1,500 scholars and residents left on O'Hara.

Most of them are scholars and their families.

Although there are not many members of the O'Hara Scholars Corps, this is because in order to become a member of the O'Hara Scholars Corps, one must pass a rigorous examination and gain recognition from scholars in the Corps before being granted the qualification to become a member of the O'Hara Scholars Corps.

The fact that Nicole Robin was able to pass the exam at the age of eight and successfully join the O'Hara Scholars does not mean that the exam was easy.

On the contrary, this exam was extremely difficult, and Nico Robin's ability to pass it was a testament to her strong learning talent and ability. This was also the result of being taught by a group of scholars from a young age.

Therefore, there are a large number of "scholars in reserve" members and their families on O'Hara. These scholars also participated in the research of historical texts and were targeted by the navy and other forces.

Apart from these scholars, the remaining 600 or so people were the true residents of O'Hara Island. These people were either fishermen and farmers, various craftsmen, or militia members of the island.

These people all had one thing in common: their families had long been rooted in O'Hara, their blood completely woven into the soil. Whether in soul or blood, these people were deeply marked by the O'Hara brand.

The World Government regards these people as criminals of O'Hara, and they will not be spared in the process of destroying O'Hara.

Generally speaking, this number of people is not large. As long as the notification is passed, even if the entrance to Qin Luo's Shenwei Space is not wide, 1,500 people can be transferred to the Shenwei Space in a very short time.

The final plan agreed upon was to send away the precious research materials and books in the Tree of Omniscience in the next one or two days. After all the navy’s fleets arrived, all the residents of O’Hara would be transferred through Qin Luo’s Divine Power Space under the navy’s artillery fire.

The entire plan will be carried out secretly, which means that there will be very few people who know the whole plan. In addition to Qin Luo and Olivia, the only ones who know the entire plan are Dr. Kuroha and several elders in the scholar group.

Qin Luo, or Liu Yun, is only known to Dr. Kuroha.

Even though there are less than 1,600 people on the entire O'Hara Island, there are still a large number of spies sent by the Navy, the World Government, and other forces hidden among these people. The news that Liuyun is alive and has come to O'Hara must not be spread, even if it is just a small request made by Qin Luo.

Even Olivia couldn't announce her return yet. The two most valuable people in O'Hara were Dr. Kuroha and Olivia. The former had the longest knowledge and research on historical texts, while the latter possessed the results of O'Hara's fleet research over the past few years.

If Olivia returns to O'Hara, the navy and other forces will probably be unable to sit still and flock to O'Hara. This is not the result O'Hara wants.

In the next day or two, Dr. Kuroha will gradually gather the important and precious research materials and books on the O'Hara Tree of All-Knowing in a secret warehouse on the underground floor of the Tree of All-Knowing in the name of managing and sealing precious documents.

There are so many books in the Tree of Omniscience, and not all of them need to be moved. Some common books will be left in the Tree of Omniscience, so the workload will not be too heavy, and one or two days will be enough.

These books and research materials will be sorted and placed in the warehouse by Dr. Kuroha. After that, all Qin Luo has to do is to put the organized bookshelves filled with books into the Shenwei space safely.

Easy peasy, isn't it?

The escape of the fifteen hundred people on O'Hara Island was arranged on the day the Navy issued its massacre order and began bombarding O'Hara.

This plan was primarily intended to create the illusion that everyone on O'Hara had perished in the massacre order, the illusion that the residents and scholars of O'Hara had perished together with the Tree of All-Knowing in the midst of the bombardment.

To this end, Qin Luo needs to prepare a corresponding number of corpses in the next few days. At that time, these corpses will be placed in the Tree of All-Knowing to replace the transferred O'Hara Islanders and turned into ashes in the fire.

Dr. Kuroha and Olivia also discussed the feasibility of gradually relocating the island's residents over the next few days, but ultimately both rejected this approach.

Regardless of the excuse, the continuous disappearance of people on the island would certainly attract attention from all sides, especially the spies among the more than 1,000 people, who would inevitably pass on the news, which would only make O'Hara's escape plan go to waste.

Dr. Kuroha not only wants to escape from O'Hara, but more importantly, he wants to remove O'Hara from the sight of all the forces in the world. Otherwise, even if he escapes this time, he will face a worldwide hunt.

Therefore, it was finally decided that on the day the navy ordered the bombardment of O'Hara, Dr. Kuroha would summon all the villagers through Qin Luo's divine space. By then, even if the spies saw Qin Luo and knew the entire escape plan, they would have no time and opportunity to pass the news on.

Qin Luo would find a way to equip the supplies for escape and daily life after escape. When escaping into the Shenwei space, the scholars and island residents would not take their luggage and property with them, as they didn't have anything particularly valuable anyway.

By now, the main escape plan had been finalized, and Qin Luo did not get involved in the details.

For example, the list of documents and books that need to be transferred, the reason and timing for summoning everyone on the island, etc.

These things were discussed with Dr. Kuroha, who was familiar with O'Hara, and Olivia. Qin Luo said hello to Olivia and left alone to prepare some things that would be used in the plan.

Qin Luo first went back to Mermaid Island.

Eleven o'clock is already quite late. For the business in the pirate world which is not particularly developed, closing down after dark is normal.

But some places are different. The Sabaody Archipelago and Fishman Street are such places.

Ever since the flowing clouds protected Fishman Island and built an underwater tunnel, Fishman Street has gradually replaced the Sabaody Archipelago and become the largest trading center for pirates.

The pirates have given Fishman Street its new nickname: the street where the lights never go out. Here, all the shops and stalls never close, only changing shifts. This scene persists even amidst the recent clashes between Fishman Island and the surrounding pirate forces.

Here, Qin Luo easily purchased enough daily necessities for more than 1,600 people for nearly half a year.

Chapter 458 Playing with the Soul

Without alerting anyone in Dragon Palace City, Qin Luo used magic to change his appearance and bought everything in Fishman Street.

Fishman Island has long been an important place for pirates to equip themselves with travel supplies, so Qin Luo's large-scale purchases did not surprise people.

Qin Luo thought about it for a while, and finally sent these supplies to Sky Island.

If the people on Ohara want to escape the pursuit of the World Government, Fishman Island and Sky Island are both good choices. Both are controlled by Qin Luo and are equally hidden.

But in comparison, Sky Island is still more suitable. Unlike Fishman Island which has gradually become lively, Sky Island is still a sparsely populated place even after more than 20 years.

The only way to reach the Sky Island, aside from flying like the Golden Lion, was to take the rising current. This seemingly suicidal route would likely prevent any malicious prying eyes, and any spies hidden among the O'Hara residents would be unable to spread the news.

After doing all this, all that remained to be prepared were more than 1,600 corpses.

Once again, Qin Luo returned to Qiansui City. Even at this time, sporadic massacres were still going on.

In the silent night, wailing, blood, and flames were the main themes of this city. Many people, having lost hope of survival and unable to accept this hellish scene, chose to commit suicide. The bodies of these people were Qin Luo's first choice.