The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

   Chapter 425

  The country of harmony, the capital of flowers.

   "I am so happy today!"

   "The annual "Fire Festival" has begun~~"

In the only two prosperous place in the whole Wano Country (the other is the planting flower town), there are lights and bright lights everywhere, and masked children laugh and run and play, and adults also put down the burden of life and have a drink. , Enjoy the various performances on the street:

The huge golem puppets allow people to stand on their arms and dance, the'mountain grandmother' with a ghost face exhales flames to drive away evil spirits, the various snacks on the street exudes fragrant aroma, and traditional goldfish games, etc... ··But behind this'prosperity':

   "If it is time, it would be nice to be able to stay on this day forever."

  Only this day can carefree older children have to start helping the family;

   "After the memorial ceremony, I will have to wait another year before drinking."

It is not easy to live in the capital. If you don't work hard, a large family may be driven away;

   "Damn... if it wasn't for the backer of Kaido behind the big snake...!!!"

  The old samurai covered his face with his hands, but tears that couldn't stop running down his cheeks.

If it were just a simple black charcoal snake, this kind of perverse and wanton destruction of the country would have long been condemned by the warriors of the country of Wano. However, behind the opponent is Kaido, known as the strongest creature in the world, and the swordsman of the country of Wano. The great swordsmen fell under the opponent's mace...

Only on today’s day to pay homage to the dead, everyone can relax, forget the hatred of the past, forget the difficulties of life, forget everything, put on the best clothes, sit at the door of the house and look at the lights in front of them, and let the heaven’s Relatives will not worry about themselves.

   "It's very lively, Xiaoyu."

  "Master, here...it’s just heaven!"

  The tengu swordsmith who led Xiaoyu walked down the streets of the Flower City, and the prosperity in front of her made the little girl who had to work hard every day to make a hat to survive.

   "Big brother, they said that as long as they defeat Kaido, the entire Wano country can be like—"

  Oops, I accidentally missed my mouth!

   "Hahaha, defeat Kaido?"

  However, hearing Xiaoyu's words next to him, the man holding the hip flask did not change his face as much as Xiaoyu thought. Instead, he lifted up the sake mixed with most of the water in his hands with seven points of drunkenness and three points of anticipation.

   "The story of the little girl is good, tell me more for everyone~~"

   "Yes, only today."

  Another old man holding water took a sip of the liquid in the glass, “Orochi and his doglegs are going to the ghost island to worship their master, so we can speak freely!”

   "So, little girl, tell the story you made up boldly. Let everyone have a good time--"

   "It's not a story!!!"

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   "Big Brother Ace, Captain Luffy, Mr. Roman, many warriors from the sea!"

  "There is also a large group of samurai who were saved by them. I saw with my own eyes that they assembled a huge fleet. Tonight, they will go to the island of ghosts to fight against Orochi and Kaido!"

  ? ?

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  Everyone on the street froze for a second:

   "Hahahaha~~~!!!"

   "No way, I laughed so hard..."

  "This is the happiest thing I have heard this year, although it's just a fantasy--"

  However, the people around quickly laughed and cried.

   "It would be great if there were really samurai who could kill Orochi and Kaido,"

   "Speak your dreams to your heart's content, but today no one will die innocently! Although tomorrow will be the same."

"Little girl, it's been twenty years! I have personally seen the samurai who went to the ghost island to attack Kaido twenty-three times, but none of the hardened men came back. But thank you, let me This deadly heart throbbed again."

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  The little girl felt unreasonable in the face of the people who ‘comforted’ herself with kindness.

   "Why don't you both want to believe me! What I said clearly is—"

   "Forget it, Xiaoyu."

   Next to   , the swordsmith wearing a tengu mask, "Tengu Mountain Hitotsu," shook his head slightly.

  "This country has endured too much suffering and despair too many times. Even dreaming is only today."

  This is still the most ‘prosperous’ capital of flowers, and ordinary people’s lives are already overwhelming. Other areas are starving everywhere, most people are heavy metal poisoning, skinny, and living to fifty is considered a "longevity".

   "Today, just today, let everyone let go of everything and remember the past."

  However, children like Xiaoyu don’t have any impression of the country of Wano ‘used’. The land of Wano in their memory is full of smog, poisonous water, and mutant creatures everywhere. Since there is no object of ‘remembrance’, there is only a ‘looking forward’ to the future.

   "Big Brother Ace and they will definitely win!"

   "They can be one of the'Four Emperors' who are as famous as Kaido in the open sea, and Brother Lu Fei, who is also a samurai called the'Five Emperors' by the people outside the sea!"

  ? ? ? ?

   "The Four Emperors?"

  "I have vaguely heard about this. Two years ago, a "Four Emperors" launched a war that swept the entire open sea..."

   "Is it true this time—"

Just as the people on the street felt dimly that this time when the "Cracking Ghost Island" was different, there was thunder in the sky, and it even overwhelmed the noise of the entire flower capital, making everyone confused. 'S raised his head:

"what is that?"

   "How do you look at the island, right?"

As the island with the thunder and thunder came closer and closer, lightning, thunder, radiance, and huge flying slashes... and the sound that people from the country of Wa no will never forget :

   "Oh, oh, oh~~ What can I do, kids!"

   is Kaido? !

  For an instant, the familiar voice made the carnival civilians suddenly startled in a cold sweat! However, compared to the **** of the world and full of air in peacetime, his voice now looks hoarse and low, with insufficient stamina. But there is no doubt:

  "Kaido himself!"

  "Damn it, why did that guy come to the City of Flowers? Could it be that the island in the sky is..."

  A ghost island?

  The fire festival in the entire flower capital was interrupted. Everyone looked up anxiously at the slowly approaching island. Even the bright moon in the sky was covered by the huge island, only the thunderous battle and firm voice came.

   "Kaido, you are determined to lose today!"

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   "Yes, I will go to sea with Ace, and leave after I blast you out of the country of Wano! Kaido——"

  ? !

   Accompanied by the sound of shouting and fighting, there are intermittent roars from above, making the silent people below hear the brain blank as if they are in a dream.

  Is it true that Kaido is fighting with people above his head, and, it seems, probably, maybe:

  Kaido is at a disadvantage?

   "Oh, hello~~ Ignorant kids, for your hard work, let me tell you the ‘truth’ of this world!"

  In the sky of the ghost island, the scarred dragon looked down at several young people who were equally scarred but unwilling to fall. It splits a huge mouth, like two rows of fangs with sharp knives are missing several.

   "Do you think that the throne of'One Piece' is just a fictitious name?"

  "Whoever arrives at Lavdru, who sits in that position, must bear the obligation to challenge the ‘god’ of the Draco!!"

  ? !

Ace and Luffy below    were both shocked. After all, their dream was and is now the crown of "One Piece". But they didn't expect that this title would also involve the dragon people... and what is the **** of the dragon people?

   "In other words, will it be besieged by the navy... or even the general?"

   Facing Luffy’s doubts, the giant dragon in the sky seemed to hear something funny and laughed wildly.

  "Navy? General?"

   "It's just the dogs of Denon!"

"You don't think that the navy is obedient to those idiot Tianlong people because of the so-called'Descendants of the Creator' and other nonsense? And those generals who claim to be righteous, do you think they don't know what the Tianlong people look like? You don't have any. I wondered why they dare not—"

   "Rebellious?"

  In this world where Wei Li belongs to one body, a general can be worthy of thousands of troops. If there are two or even three generals who can't understand the behavior of the dragon people, then the so-called holy place Mariagioa should have long ceased to exist, right? but:

   "Understand, not all Tianlong people are idiots. The ‘god’ standing behind them is the real reason these pigs have been able to dominate for eight hundred years!"

  Kaido squinted the huge longan, looking at the little ghosts who were shocked by his ‘breaking’, secretly seizing the time to recover!

  Even in the form of fish fruit, fantasy beast species, and blue dragon, under the attack of three domineering entanglements and a double domineering compression, he was beaten all over. Otherwise, how could Kaido suddenly give up the battle and start ‘explain’ the truth about the world.

   is just delaying time.

   "In history, there have been many top-notch powerhouses like me attacking the red earth continent, but have you ever heard of their legends?"

  ···No, no one!

  The only explanation is:

  "The world government erases history,"

Robin, who defeated Black Maria, one of the six sons, came over in the heads-up. She had already noticed-many ruins in this world showed that the islands once had a glorious civilization, but in the end Inexplicably turned into a ruin.

   "Oh, yes. Nicole Robin—"

  As the huge golden pupils turned, Kaido's eyes fell on Robin.

  "You are more important than you know! You who can understand the text of history are the key to Lavdrew's hidden ‘Great Secret Treasure’!"

  "Only when you get the great secret treasure of Lavdrew and put the ancient weapons in your palm, can you be qualified to challenge the ‘god’ of the dragon who has dominated the world for eight hundred years, and then can you return the world’s true ‘freedom’!”

   "Now, do you understand?"

"Compared to the battlefield I am going to face, you are just a group of mud-playing little ghosts! Because of physical problems, Roger can only use himself as a bait to kick off the prelude to the era of the great pirates, and those who will inherit the One Piece must have To break the shackles of this world for eight hundred years! Of course—"

   "It must be me!!!"

The roar below    interrupted Kaido's delaying speech, Luffy raised his head and looked at the dragon in the sky seriously.

   "I can only become the One Piece! I don't care about 800 years of grievances, I just need to be the freest person in the sea!!!"

  "You are very courageous, kid..."

  If you want to be the most ‘free’ person in this sea, the Tianlong people are an absolute obstacle! And Lu Fei’s words are already very clear, whether the Tianlongren, or the ‘god’, let them come! ——

   "Everything that stops me will be beaten by me!"

brush,

  Point a finger at Kaido in the sky.

   "Now, I'm going to beat you away!!!"

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  As Luffy’s domineering declaration spread throughout the island of ghosts, even the capital of flowers below fell into a dead silence. Even if everyone hadn't witnessed it, they seemed to have seen a figure standing upright.

   "It's Big Brother Luffy!!"

  Xiaoyu’s cheers reminded the people on the street, and their dizzy brains finally connected a series of accidents to everything.

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  Is it possible that the dragon-slaying warrior...No, in the words of a foreigner: the dragon-slaying hero really appeared?

  ——————

  And on the island of ghosts:

   "Knowing that you are delaying recovery, but—"

  Roman, who was covered in diamonds, waved his hand, and a piece of ‘blood bottle paper’ after conveying vitality flew back to his hand.

   "In fact, we were hurrying to recover just now. If you continue to hold on, we might be the one who fell. Kaido~~"

  ? !

   "Smelly kid!!"

  "Everyone, go on--"

  (End of this chapter)