Pirate: My partner is too crooked

Chapter 11 It’s my fault to have expectations of you

"Don't worry, it's just a bandit."

Aqua has always been very happy with such kind words - she simply doesn't have the intelligence to be suspicious.

"Speaking of which, although we haven't been in contact for a long time, my intuition tells me that a treacherous man like you shouldn't obediently pay off the bandits' debts, right?"

Aqua held her fair chin with one hand, her brows slightly furrowed in thought.

I have to say, regardless of intelligence factors, as a goddess, she is really accurate in reading people!
"Are you treacherous? I didn't expect you to be quite good at complimenting others." Lin Zhi nodded with a satisfied smile.

"Ah, do I look like I'm complimenting someone?"

Aqua put her hand on her forehead, looking very troubled.

Ignoring the angry Aqua, Lin Zhi opened the restaurant door and put the villagers' gifts into the store.

It's not that I'm worried that the things at the door will be stolen, but that I'm afraid that some stupid guy with a "D" in his name will eat them up and wipe them clean.

After locking the restaurant door again, Lin Zhi looked back at Aqua and suddenly introduced the world view inexplicably:

"Aqua, although most of this pirate world is surrounded by the sea, some remote kingdoms, such as Alabasta, a desert country on the Grand Line, are still extremely short of water resources. It is difficult to buy them with any amount of money. .”

Aqua blinked her clear aqua blue pupils, tilting her head with a black question mark on her face.

Does this issue of bandits we just talked about have anything to do with it?
"In other words, water can also be used as a substitute for money to repay the debts owed by the bandits."

Using Aqua's flood magic attack to destroy Sig's lair, disrupting the entire bandit group's position and demoralizing their military morale, this was Lin Zhi's first move.

With his strengthened physical defense capabilities, he might have a chance of winning against the Sigiri Bear with a bounty of 800 million alone, but after all, the opponent is a complete bandit group with many people and several Suifa muskets.

It would be too risky to just fight with Aqua like this.

Lin Zhi considers himself a wretched protagonist, a warrior who either clenches his fists or is reckless.

In fact, in his plan, this step was to be started after the shipbuilding work was completed.

But there is no way. Since the bandits are attacking Aqua unscrupulously, he must get it back in this situation!
No matter how much she dislikes or despises her, Aqua is her partner and will not tolerate being bullied by others!
Lin Zhi, who had always acted cautiously, had flashing eyes. In order to prevent Aqua from getting too carried away, he did not express his true thoughts.

"I see. When you say that, I completely understand."

Aqua nodded in sudden realization, and exclaimed in a narcissistic tone, "It is indeed a perfect plan that can only be realized with the presence of this goddess!"

Lin Zhi was stunned for a moment by this sudden enlightenment.

"Do you really understand?"

Hearing this, Aqua waved her hands impatiently: "Don't underestimate people, Lin Zhi, how could I not understand such a simple truth!"

Could it be that he was beaten by those bandits, oh no, his head was cured?
Lin Zhi was doubtful, looking at the sunset gradually setting in the distance, thinking that there was not much time left, so he believed Aqua's lies for the time being, without worrying too much.

The two people who reached an agreement began to head towards the bandit group's stronghold where Sig was located.

There are many bandits hanging out around Windmill Village, but the only ones with fixed hills are the Dadan family and the Sige Bandits.

They occupy the north and south directions. One has an ambiguous relationship with the naval hero Garp, and the other has a large number of people and complete equipment. They are the two most powerful bandit groups in this area.When Lin Zhi took the risk to borrow money from bandits, Lin Zhi had already been to the mountain top where Sigiri Bear was located once. He was quite familiar with the overgrown mountain roads and could accurately avoid dangerous areas where forest beasts lurked.

Although Aqua's curiosity and arrogance caused a lot of trouble along the way, after going round and round, the two of them arrived at the stronghold of the Sig Bandits without any danger.

In the open space surrounded by dense trees, there are several wooden houses built of hard wood, surrounded by fences with sharpened wooden stakes.

At the only narrow entrance and exit, two bandits armed with long knives and flintlock muskets were guarding there to ensure that they would not be attacked by the navy or colleagues who suddenly appeared.

"Aqua, that's the lair of the Sigiri Bear."

In the bushes dozens of meters away from the bandit stronghold, Lin Zhi bit a grass root in his mouth and introduced the basic situation of the bandit group to Aqua.

"Oh! Then let's go quickly. We'll finish this and go back early. I also want to try the wine Miss Maginot gave me!"

As she was being chased by a strange bird while digging out bird eggs, Aqua's long hair was messy with a few feathers sticking out, and she looked quite embarrassed.

As she spoke, she stood up from the bushes, patted the dust and fallen leaves on her body, and walked on the winding mountain road towards the bandit group's stronghold.

"What kind of plane do you want to get?!"

With quick eyes and quick hands, Lin Zhi quickly took hold of Aqua's little hand that was wandering around and pulled it back forcefully.

"Of course we are following the plan. Didn't we agree that I will go over and replenish their domestic water supply to repay their debts?"

Aqua blinked her eyes, looked at Lin Zhi who looked wrong, turned her smart head casually, and immediately thought of the reason.

"If you are really scared, just stay where you are. Don't worry, just leave this matter to me. After all, I have to put in some effort to keep eating from you."

Looking at Aqua's confident look, Lin Zhi was silent for a long time, and finally sighed heavily.

"Aqua, I'm really sorry."

He stared closely at those intelligent pupils and said extremely seriously, "It's my fault for having expectations for you..."

Before Aqua, who looked confused, could respond, she held Aqua's hand tightly and suddenly pulled her back into the half-meter-high bush.

"Don't ask any questions, just do as I say."

"Let's hide here so that no one will find us. Aim at the bandit group's stronghold and use the water spell you want to activate in the restaurant!"

Aqua didn't understand why and frowned reluctantly: "They say that flowers, birds, wind and moon are my special skills, how could I just show them to those rude and vulgar bandits?"

"Although they will definitely burst into tears after watching it, because they are lucky enough to witness such a wonderful show and their debts are forgiven, but there is no way for them to see it from such a long distance."

"...Are you an idiot? You really are an idiot!"

Lin Zhi, who had a dark face, couldn't bear it anymore. He stretched out his hands to pinch both sides of Aqua's cheeks and pinched them.

"That attack magic I was talking about that can summon floods!"

(End of this chapter)