Pirate: My partner is too crooked

Chapter 30: Bounty obtained, Bucky the Clown’s movements
"Really, with that look of contempt, I, the goddess, will go over right now and heal that red-haired pirate's injury for you to see!"

The way Lin Zhi lowered his head in thought fell into Aqua's eyes, which seemed more like a sincere questioning of her.

So, Aqua, who had always wanted to be strong, turned around and walked towards Shanks who was surrounded by the officers.

"Idiot, what do you want to do?" Lin Zhi, with quick eyes and quick hands, stretched out his hand to pull her.

This guy used his limited power to, well, use it to disrupt his plan to shoot Sig in the head, and he was now in a state of near overdraft.

If you forcefully cast the healing blessing, there might be some bad backlash!
Aqua was forced to stop, hearing the rare anxiety and worry in Lin Zhi's words, and her unhappiness quickly disappeared.

"Lin Zhi, are you worried about me?"

Those sky-blue eyes narrowed slightly, pretending to be inexplicable, "Don't try to excuse me, my goddess's perception is very keen now~"

"I'm worried that you will make a fool of yourself by running over. Then as your companion, I will be embarrassed." Lin Zhi said unhurriedly.

"What a fool! This is simply a great insult to me, who believes in the god of Axis Cult!"

Aqua twitched the corner of her mouth, roughly rolled up the pure white sleeves on her arms, and walked towards Shanks with firm steps.

"If you really want to prove yourself, then come and help me heal."

Lin Zhi's voice came slowly from behind, "After all, because of some idiot, I was stabbed hard in the chest by Sig. If it is not treated, the wound will be healed."

Hearing this, Aqua stopped abruptly, turned around and blinked her big, clear eyes.

"Ah? Since when did that guy Luffy cause you trouble?" She frowned and asked with confusion on her face.

Lin Zhi: "..."

Luffy was not the only one who was present just now, okay?
Can you still be a little self-aware?

Although Aqua, who tilted her head, could not recall anything about Luffy, it was indeed true that Lin Zhi suffered a knife wound on his chest.

Thinking that this could prove her worth as a goddess, she turned back, stretched out her slender white palms, and gently pressed on Lin Zhi's chest.

As her intelligent eyes became serious, Aqua's unique goddess aura was revealed, and a faint warm glow lit up from her palms.

Lin Zhi did not interrupt Aqua, but quietly felt the process of being healed.

Putting aside the IQ barrier that completely prevents people from having evil thoughts, Aqua's hands are quite beautiful, with tender and icy water...

Ah, no, this healing process of warm energy flowing through the wound is very wonderful!

While maintaining the healing blessing, Aqua focused part of her attention on the red-haired pirates.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she couldn't help lowering her voice and asked the confusion in her heart: "Lin Zhi, in fact, the pirate wearing the straw hat had his arm cut off on purpose, right?"

"How do you know?" Lin Zhi blinked and asked in surprise.

After the incident in the tavern a few days ago, didn't this stupid goddess keep saying that pirates were no big deal? Why is her intuition so sharp now?
"When he appeared just now, I inexplicably felt a very powerful aura, which was more terrifying than the demon king that the heroes defeated..." Aqua said truthfully what she was thinking.

How could a strong man of this level be hurt by someone like Sig if he didn't mean it?
"I see."

Lin Zhi, suddenly enlightened, sighed heavily, "What an enviable talent..."

Since he could sense the pressure of Shanks' Haki, it was natural that Aqua, who had mastered the essence of Haki of Sensokuse before him, could not know it. "Uh-huh, I've said that ordinary people can't compare with goddesses!" Aqua showed a rather proud smile.

As she was speaking, she suddenly realized that the little strength she had left did not show any obvious loss at all.

Looking down at Lin Zhi's open chest, he saw that the well-defined muscles were so clean that even the bloodshot traces were hard to see!
Etc., etc!
Will the wound heal without treatment?
For Lin Zhi, who has an abnormally strong defense, isn't this level of skin trauma equivalent to nothing? !

After pondering for a long time, Aqua finally came to her senses and successfully realized the fact that she had been tricked.

"Asshole! You bastard, you don't need treatment at all. Damn it! You even dare to deceive the noble Lady Aqua!"

Aqua, who came back to her senses, was furious. She grabbed Lin Zhi's collar and cursed loudly. She didn't look like the holy goddess who was bathed in the dim light just now.

"If I had known you could tell Shanks was doing this on purpose, I wouldn't have had to do this."

Lin Zhi let Aqua shake her body vigorously and spread his hands helplessly.

Shanks would rather risk his own arm to teach Luffy to grow. This is his determination, a man's determination.

What reason did he and Aqua have to interfere?
……

After Luffy's mood calmed down a little, Shanks, surrounded by the cadres of the red-haired pirates, was taken back to the village by the hurried village chief and Maginot for emergency treatment that was not necessary.

After saying a simple hello to them to express his condolences, Lin Zhi packed up Sigriz Xiong's body as a matter of course.

He conveniently took away the tens of thousands of Baileys and the custom-made long knife that Sig was carrying, and then returned to Windmill Village with Aqua.

There is no special place to exchange bounties in the village. The nearest exchange point is the capital of Goa Kingdom.

Taking the overland route requires crossing the Colpo Mountains on the back side, bypassing the confusing and uncertain terminus.

The sea route must start from the outlet of Windmill Village and sail along the coastline of the Kingdom of Goa, passing through several coastal villages.

Either method was quite time-consuming, so in order to save trouble, Lin Zhi simply handed Sig's body along with the reward list to the only merchant in the village who did business by sea, and they would collect it on his behalf.

Of course, the handling fee is also very touching. Five points have to be drawn, which is a full 40 Baileys!
Among them, it is because this businessman is a member of the Axis Cult (the one who came to pay the money and waived the debt with great courage), and out of respect for the goddess Aqua (poor), he took the initiative to lower the price by two points.

In addition, there are certain risks in transporting bounty criminals, as well as troublesome procedures such as exchange procedures and personal information registration, so Lin Zhi did not make a counteroffer.

He is indeed a businessman with special connections, and his efficiency is quite impressive.

The next afternoon, he successfully obtained the bounty and handed 700 million Baileys to Lin Zhi.

I wonder if there are still 60 Baileys left?
Naturally, it will be used as compensation for Aqua destroying the village's only boat dock with floods...

This amount is far from the 1000 million Baileys required to wish for a second partner.

As for the second condition for opening the wishing well [special Bucky bombs], Lin Zhi had already raised eyebrows.

Since the public execution of Roger the Pirate King, most of Bucky's activities have been in the East China Sea.

According to the information received from Shanks who was recovering from his injuries, a group of them are currently wandering near the Organ Islands.

Orange Town, the port city of the Organ Islands, is where Luffy beat Bucky away in the original book. You can find it anywhere on the East China Sea map!

(End of this chapter)