[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 195 The Skeleton Sacrifice

"Senior Luffy~~!!"

"........."

Luffy quickly left the room just now, he had a very familiar 'feeling of powerlessness', to say how familiar it is, he had personally experienced this just two years ago.And what's worse than that is that I can't do anything except wait, I don't know what to do.

My relatives have some ill-fated fate.When I saw Ace for the first time, I couldn't imagine that he was the son of One Piece. When I saw Sabo for the first time, I couldn't even imagine that he was a nobleman qualified to inherit the throne. You Xiang, still can't imagine that such a small white dumpling bears such a terrible curse.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what kind of background, as long as we are together, nothing bad will happen.But then, bad things happened one after another.The 'curses' surrounding the family members are one after another, and they are all things that I can't do anything about.

Ultimately, Sabo 'died' in his dream of freedom.Ace was pushed to the execution platform.As for You Xiang, even today she still cannot get rid of that terrible nightmare.

If possible, if possible... I want to bear all this instead of them.It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm a rubber man, if it's me, everything will be fine.That way they won't suffer.However, reality always makes people powerless.

When I heard the news that Ace was still alive, when I saw Sabo's face again, I thought everything would finally be able to restore what it should have been, but now I found out that in the original "should have been", There are also 'curses' present.

Why?Why is this world... why can't it tolerate even people who have done nothing wrong?

"Luffy."

Still standing in the corridor of the Colosseum dappled by the sun, Luffy heard Bartolomeo's voice calling himself.He raised his head and saw an unexpected person: "Ai, Ace...?"

"Eh——hey...? Eh, ah——???!"

Because Bartolomeo made a strange sound not far behind him, this Ace should be real, not his own hallucination.Luffy looked at Ace standing in front of him, he didn't know why he was so wronged, and suddenly cried: "Ace~~~~"

"Hey... I'm crying for your size!!" I thought you were going to do something!Although Ace said so, he still couldn't avoid Luffy who jumped over and wrapped him around ten times, then buried his head and started crying.

"But, but Xiangxiang... um..."

"I know about the incense. It was Frey who dragged me here." Ace replied, "You have other things to do. Don't you just give the burnt fruit (although it's a replica) to others like this? May I?"

"Can't……"

"That's right. So you still have to win a championship. This is what Youxiang wants you to do." Ace said, "That guy is also an idiot, and everyone said that it is dangerous for her to stay in this country , but still refused to leave. For others, she can always make herself like this. I will take care of her, you still have the competition in the arena."

"Hmm..." Lu Feichao hummed aggrievedly, he wiped his tears, sniffed and said, "Ace... Xiangxiang her, she won't die, will she?"

"No way! Who will die!!"

"Ughhh..."

"Stop crying!! Don't put your snot on me! Luffy! Cheer me up! You're the captain now!" Ace peeled the guy off himself and said, "Calm down! I I promise you she's fine!"

"But Ace promised me before that he would not die!"

"I—" I was speechless.Ace froze for a moment, and then said immediately, "I'm not dead yet!!"

"Hmm..." That's right.Ace is fine.It was Xiangxiang who saved him, with her own heart.Xiangxiang has reached such a point that she doesn't even have a heart, so why do she still treat her like this?What did she do wrong, and why...

"Don't cry Luffy!" It's my fault!It's me...damn it!Ace grabbed Luffy's shoulder, and he said, "Listen Luffy, now do what you have to do according to the plan. If we can't complete this mission and save this country, do you think Youxiang will be happy? Although She would never blame us, but people are always disappointed."

"Well……"

"It's like... after I said something like that once but failed, even you won't believe me anymore. You don't want Youxiang not to believe us one day, do you?"

"Hmm..." Luffy wiped his tears again, he nodded and said, "I see..."

"Ah. There are still many people who need you. I don't think Telaan alone can defeat that so-called Doflamingo. He has been trying to be brave all the time." Mingming was very scared, obviously cautious to the point of nervousness, But still pretending nothing happened.What a bunch of worry-free guys.

As soon as Ace finished speaking, he found Bartolomeo who had been not far away from the beginning, and now he didn't know whether he was excited or moved or something, twisted into a strange creature.He said, "Do you know that guy Luffy?"

"He said he was my fan!"

"Aha?"

What's yours?The world is so big and full of wonders. Luffy has fans... Ace looked at Bartolomeo with incomprehensible eyes, and Bartolomeo seemed to see his "dream lover" With eyes shining with tears and 'starlight', cheeks flushed, and hands that are cramped and have no place to rest, waving lightly on both sides of the body: "Brother Ai, Ai, Ace!!!"

"Huh...?" Ace didn't know what expression to make, he said, "Well... can you... keep it a secret? Pretend you didn't see me?"

"Whatever you say is what you say! Brother Ace!!"

"That's great, or I'll kill you."

"Ugh... I'm going to be killed by Brother Ace, I, I, I—"

"You're almost enough. Stop it." I don't know what he was going to say, but Ace stopped him in time, "In short, hurry up and go back to the game, don't reveal your identity, Luffy. If you have fragrance, leave it to me , don’t worry about her, understand?”

"Yeah." Luffy nodded, and he said, "By the way, this is the candy that Xiangxiang gave me before she passed out completely. Ace will hold it for me first."

She really prefers you! !Candy will be given to you at any time... Hey... I can almost understand Youxiang's mood, Ace sighed, he took the candy and said, "Shouldn't you eat it now?"

"Ah, I have to wait... to eat that guy who hurt Xiangxiang!" That guy must be in the arena!Then he must also be a player, and he also found out that there are many people in this arena who are hostile to Xiangxiang.It must have been one of them that launched that white thing.Luffy's gaze became firm, "Ace is not allowed to steal."

"I won't." Just keep it for you for now.Ace put the sugar in a buttoned pocket and said, "Is there any incense in there?"

"Well... that's right!" Luffy said, "There is a person named Rebecca inside. She just helped me take care of Xiangxiang. She is a good person, Ace!"

"Rebecca, I see." Is it a girl?Ace walked into the room as he said that, and waved to Luffy by the way, "Okay, go back to the other players, or we will become suspicious like this."

"Okay! Cockscomb head! Let's go back!" Luffy greeted Bartolomeo.

"Oh, oh oh!!" Is the cockscomb calling me! !Bartolomeo followed up with Luffy with a happy face, "Senior Luffy~~Say, speaking of it, that is really Big Brother Ace, right? But, that burnt fruit is..."

"Keep it secret! Cockscomb head! Matthew said that if anyone finds out, it will be over!"

"Hey hey hey--did Brother Matthew say it!! I know! I will definitely keep my mouth shut!!"

"You even know Matthew!"

"I know everything about Senior Luffy, little brother!!"

Hey...it should be fine.In terms of fighting, Ace still has some confidence in Luffy.Thinking this way, he walked into the small storage room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a girl in a cloak and a golden helmet taking care of You Xiang who was completely unconscious.

"You, you are—Where is Lucy?!" Rebecca immediately became vigilant when she saw the strange man coming in. Just as she was pressing her hand on the hilt of her sword, Ace had already come to Youxiang. With Youxiang's pale face, the moment he grabbed her cold hand, his eyes widened in surprise.

"I'm... I'm Luffy. I mean Lucy's friend." Ace calmed down a little, and he said, "Leave it to me if you have fragrance. You are also a player in the arena with your clothes? Hurry up." Let's go to the game."

"..." Lucy's friend?Speaking of which, why does this person seem... familiar?Rebecca was dubious, "I can't just trust you—"

"Whether you believe me or not, I will never leave her side." Ace interrupted Rebecca, and he said, "Your name is Rebecca. Lucy told me, why don't you go out and ask?" he."

This person seemed a little angry... Rebecca paused, she hesitated for a while, and finally left the room.The way he looked at Youxiang was not fake.it should be no problem?

There is fragrance, there is fragrance, there is fragrance... What are you kidding, why is it back... It's back to the state it was two years ago! ?

This pale complexion, this body temperature, don't scare me... that's enough, I can't go through it again.Experience that you won’t wake up every day, stay by your side and talk to you every day, but don’t get a little response, and fear that you will never open your eyes again every day, so...don’t, don’t do this!

If possible, I will definitely stop you, and I will definitely give you this heart back.I don't deserve it!How can I deserve your heart? I have never done anything great, and I have been irresponsible and self-willed from beginning to end. Whether it is you or Dad, they all tolerate me, and you have always protected me.

Why did you save me, why didn't you stay by my side after you saved me, why did you leave me, you... you cunning... you cunning Youxiang... Damn it!How do you want me to obediently... open your eyes?

I haven't forgiven you for what happened yesterday, but now I do.

I have done many, many stupid and bad things before and dare not tell you, and now I want to tell you all of them.

So please, please have fragrance...

Ace couldn't speak, he said countless times in his heart, repeated countless times in two years, he couldn't say a single word that he prayed every day.Calm down, calm down Ace, you have to help her.She must have encountered something in a dream, and she must be fighting now.

You have to help her.

"Matthew." Ace took out the communicator, "Matthew, you can hear me. I'll explain it to you later, but now... Youxiang and I need to leave the arena."

It's so cold... so cold, this is the world of dreams.

Youxiang hugged her arm, and she was surrounded by a fog, and she could barely see the black shadow of a city in the distance.There is someone whispering in my ear, like singing.The ground was dry and cracked, and blue-green light erupted from the cracks.

This is the world of dreams, she is very familiar with it.I still remember what happened just now, I was with Luffy, and then...a person attacked me, and he threw a white thing towards me, although I couldn't see it clearly, but that thing looked very, very terrible.

Then his consciousness began to blur, and he seemed to hear the voices of Rebecca and Frey vaguely. Luffy didn't have a smile on his face, so he gave him the candy he had put in his pocket in advance.after that just...

That's it.

"Rosie! Frey??!"

Youxiang tried to call twice, these two people would be by her side anytime.But at this moment, there was no response.Instead, the singing became louder and louder.There is no other choice, Youxiang can only walk in the direction of the singing, the further you walk, the clearer the singing will be.

It was like a lullaby, and the singer had a gentle voice. After walking for a while, he saw a figure in front of him. This person was wearing a white robe and his long hair was covered by a veil. He was a beautiful woman.She was sitting next to a small wooden cradle, rocking the cradle gently, probably coaxing the child to sleep.

Youxiang watched from the side for a while, but the woman didn't notice her, so Youxiang had to get closer, and the moment she carefully reached out her hand to make a conversation, a purple beam of light suddenly passed through the woman's back chest! !

The singing stopped abruptly, replaced by the painful gasp of the impaled person!Youxiang covered her mouth in shock to prevent herself from screaming, but the woman still found her and struggled, showing a distorted expression of despair and anger, and stumbled towards the frozen Youxiang!

"It's you!!" With all her strength, she yelled this sentence with her mouth that was already spitting out blood, and firmly grabbed Youxiang's wrist, "It's because of you!!"

"Hmm...?!!" Youxiang struggled in horror, she ran towards the back of the woman, and just came to the side of the cradle, only then did she realize that there was nothing in the cradle, let alone a baby, and she was still surprised , A sallow skinny person with a hole in his chest pierced by something hot and with deep-set eyes popped out of this dark thing! !

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Youxiang couldn't hold it back this time, but she was caught and shouted, "It's because of you! It's you!! It's you!! It's you!!"

"Ahhhhh-!!"

"Don't touch her!"

At this moment, a familiar voice came into Youxiang's ears, someone hugged her to let her out of the monster's control, and then all the fog dissipated!The ground was covered by magma, and the flames wrapped around the bodies of the two monsters in an instant, and they screamed and were burned to ashes!

"Youxiang! Youxiang..." Frey hugged her, calmed her down, and pressed her head into his arms, "Are you okay? Youxiang, it's me. Frey, I'm fine now! Calm down point."

"Woooo..." Frey...Youxiang grabbed Frey's clothes tightly, and there was a burning pain from the arm that was just grabbed by the monster, she cried, "That, that is... what? "

"..." Frey didn't answer her.It's not like I don't know, but I don't want to say it.

"Tell me!" Youxiang raised her voice, she almost cried, "Tell me everything, Frey!! You should too... you should tell me everything!!"

"It's a demon. It's your nightmare. That's all." Frey said, and he hugged Youxiang tightly, "You just need to know this."

"Frey...you...you don't look like a devil at all..."

"You're the only one who can say that, girl." Don't tremble, it's okay.Don't cry, I'm here.You don't need to know, you don't need to add more nightmares, enough is enough, haven't you experienced enough?For humans, that's enough.Frey said, "Give me grapefruit tea when you get back."

"Idiot..." Idiot, idiot, idiot...tell me!Even if you tell me... tell me... Youxiang put her head in his arms and hammered his chest at the same time, "At least tell me what that was just now!!"

Frey paused for another moment before he spoke. "It's a sacrifice," he said. "It's a sacrifice for the 'bride'."

"Don't you find it strange? There is incense. It was obviously sacrificed, but two years ago, I got a chance to get rid of this curse. All magic... has a price. That chance is the same."

"Hey……?"

"Someone soiled their hands, soiled their soul, and gave you that chance. To you who were sacrificed as a 'bride' without knowing it, a choice not to be a 'bride' Opportunity. Those just now are demons transformed from sacrifices needed to obtain this opportunity."

"Their desperation, anger and resentment ... made them a nightmare here."

What……?Who... what do you mean... That chance, the time that saved Ace, could it be...

Frey let go of You Xiang slightly, he lifted You Xiang's chin with his hand and looked into her terrified eyes and said, "Don't pay attention to them, You Xiang. The sacrifices are dead, they are not here, those are just the residue of resentment .You made your choice, as long as you don't regret it..."

"But that chance was bought with their blood... they were sacrificed, and it was for me—for me to choose..."

"Let you choose to get rid of this curse completely."

But you didn't choose.You chose to save others.You chose to be with me, with us... forever.

"Sounds good," Frey said. "You're not going to be sent into this nightmare all of a sudden. Someone attacked you. Somehow the barrier was opened and you were pulled here by force. You just If you die, you will never wake up again."

"..." Ace...I...wait a minute, those people...could it be...but...Youxiang fell into chaos for me. Those who were sacrificed, are they innocent?Who are they?If they didn't choose to get rid of the curse, then would they just... die in vain?At once……

But, but two years ago, if he chose to get rid of the curse, Ace would... die!don't... i don't want to...

"You Xiang..." I said it's better if you don't know! !Frey knew it would be like this, and he grabbed Youxiang by the shoulder and said, "It's not your fault. Whether it's sacrificing them or giving you the right to choose, it's not your decision. So you didn't do anything Wrong. Do you understand? These sacrifices are not your responsibility, and it is not you who killed them."

But they say... because of me.

So that's what it means... They died because of themselves.Again……

Died because of myself.

Youxiang looked at Frey, and tears flowed again: "Frey...Frey, I..." If I had to choose again.If you tell me all this, and let me go back to two years ago and let me choose again, I will also...

"I don't regret it, I'm sorry. I... don't regret it at all!"

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The author has something to say:

Here it means:

Someone took Youxiang as a sacrifice and opened the 'bride' contract, so Youxiang became a bride

Originally, this matter was a matter of nailing the nail on the board, and there was no room for choice

But someone again made a deal with the devil (arrogant) and sacrificed multiple innocent lives

What this transaction brings is an opportunity, that is, the opportunity to choose Youxiang during the top battle

1. Choose to continue as a 'bride' and stay with the demons forever

2. Don’t do it, become an ordinary person

Under normal circumstances, normal people will choose 2, after all, it is not very fun to be with demons (refer to the various side effects that Xiangxiang suffers from)

However, the situation at the time, if you choose 2, Ace will die.So Youxiang chose 1.

These two transactions seem to be able to achieve what both parties want, but although the bride can use the power of the devil, it still needs more price.Choices can backfire depending on the circumstances at the time.Countless stories tell us not to make deals with demons, because they will ultimately benefit no matter what.You can never win.

However, neither of these transactions was done by Xiangxiang, so Frey said that it was not her fault at all.However, innocent sacrifices are bound to fall on her, but one thing is certain, that is, she will never regret her original choice.

In this chapter, you can refer to Chapter 97, Fino’s description of Youxiang’s mother, and Chapter 182, the record of the last summoning of Fanwai~ Chirp Mi!