[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 199 Breaking Through the Haze

Luffy could feel that the atmosphere here had changed.Not to speak of other people's attitudes, but a certain feeling.It is the atmosphere in the general environment that has begun to change.

Although the contestants were still high-spirited and Shao Shao Guo was still full of attraction, but he could feel that when You Xiang left the arena, some people's goals began to turn to him.

That's just right, I was trying to settle accounts with the person who attacked Xiangxiang.Luffy doesn't understand many things very well, he is a person who doesn't pay much attention to details.He knows what he wants and has always known, so he always runs forward without any scruples.And a long time ago, when I was not so firm...

He also knows who is by his side, listening to his dream every day, and believing that he can catch this dream every day.

He has no family in the traditional sense. He doesn't know who his mother is, and his father has never met him.Grandpa also shows a state of stocking himself every day.But he still got his family.That was more precious than anything, especially for someone like him.Even if there is no blood relationship, even... there is no so-called 'family bond'...

Memories of the past don't lie.Those are more real and profound than blood relationship and family.

Therefore, I want to protect this true and profound relationship.It's like wanting to protect your companions.This is a matter of course.If someone took them away, take them back, if someone made them cry, help them defeat those enemies.No particular reason, no particular reason needed.

"...You are now a star that everyone is looking forward to."

Luffy was still walking towards the arena where he was about to appear, when a voice came from behind him.As if talking to himself, Luffy turned his head and saw a man with black hair and black clothes standing there.This man was tall and thin, with long black hair reaching his waist, and his face was a little too pale, so he was still young.

He looked at Luffy with a smile on his face: "If people know your identity, you will be the target of public criticism."

"?" Lu Fei looked at this man, thought for a long time but couldn't remember who he was, "I don't know you, do I?"

"Of course, I'm just a nobody." Then, the man walked forward. When he passed by Luffy, he raised his hand and patted Luffy's shoulder, then said in a low voice, "You want to protect that Little girl. Straw hat kid. She's so special and so endearing. I... came here to tell you that no one can protect her."

"!!" Luffy turned his head to look at this man in surprise, but this man took half a step back. He spread his hands, still with a smile on his face, and then walked towards the booth of the arena.Is he in the same group as me... Is he...

Luffy was still in a daze, and there were more players from Group C coming up behind him, and the fighting skills were about to start, don't worry about it so much first——Huh?

Luffy was still thinking about going on stage before talking, he took one foot but felt that half of his body became extremely heavy, especially the shoulder that was patted by that person just now, and when he put his hand on it, he felt a rush of pain. With a cold touch, the arm over the shoulder also became hard, as if something heavy was pressing on it.

"Mr. Lucy!"

Has it been calculated! !Luffy was still thinking, when another person ran to him, he looked up and said, "Ah, you are...Xiao Jiu!"

"It's 99...hey, forget it." It doesn't matter what you call me. 99 gave up his defense and said, "I'm sorry to stop you before the game, that... have you seen Miss Youxiang?"

"Xiangxiang, she..." This person is Xiangxiang's friend, so you should be able to believe it.Luffy simply thought so, and he replied, "She was sick... very uncomfortable, so she went back first."

"Is that so..." Sick?It was obviously fine before... Could it be because of a physical problem, was it affected by the broken barrier?It is indeed possible.After all, Miss Youxiang is someone who can stay awake in a dream.Such people are said to be greatly affected by the state of the barrier.

99 said: "I see... because her friend named Rosie suddenly disappeared, so I wondered if something happened."

"Well, it's okay. I put her in the hands of the most reliable person, so don't worry about her." It will be fine.Luffy replied, "By the way, is your match over yet? I didn't see you on stage before..."

"No. I won't play, Mr. Lucy. My purpose is not to burn the fruit." Shaking his head, 99 said, "In fact, my mission here has been completed, and I have to leave here."

"Oh! That's it!" Luffy laughed, and he said, "Then you take care! I'll-"

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Lucy." There was a foul smell coming from his body.It shouldn't be. 99 noticed something strange about Luffy, and his expression became serious, "You're going to play soon, so I'll try to hurry up... please believe me, okay?"

"Huh?" What do you mean?Luffy saw 99 put his hand on the sword hilt at his waist with sincere eyes, and he said without hesitation, "Ah, I believe in you."

"Thank you very much." After saying this, 99 quickly drew his sword out of its sheath. The speed was so fast that most people should only see an afterimage!The afterimage flicked across Lu Fei's shoulder, and before it disappeared, 99 had already retracted the sword, "The evil spirits are scattered."

He said something softly, and then breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his head again and smiled at Luffy: "That's it. Do you feel more relaxed?"

"Oh oh oh! It became different immediately!!" Luffy laughed happily. He moved the shoulder and arm that felt heavy just now, and now he felt extremely light, and there was a burst of blue on the shoulder. Smoke, but it dissipated immediately, "Thank you! Xiaojiu!"

"You don't need to be so polite. We can't be regarded as friends...but..." 99 said with a smile, "but my elder sister said that exorcising evil spirits has nothing to do with other positions. In short, you go to the competition, Lu Mr. West."

"Yeah! I'm leaving Xiaojiu! I'll tell Xiangxiang that you asked her!! Bye!"

Luffy waved at 99 while running, and 99 could only smile wryly and wave at Luffy.What a simple person.Although it is a pirate, it is not annoying.However, just now... it is impossible for ordinary people to be infected with evil spirits for no reason, and ordinary spirit bodies cannot stay in this world at all. That is, someone... summoned that thing, and then 'stained' it on the road. on West?

It seems that his mission is not completely over yet.Take a moment... Let's take a look again.

——That person... is the navy, right?

Sabo hid in the dark, he saw 99 walking through the corridor of the arena.I seem to have seen him in Pendergarh, the special forces of the Navy... They are here too.

Luffy has just played, and it's not too late for him to come.Just don't know what happened, Matthew suddenly lost contact.The communicator showed no response, and no one answered the phone bug.It's going to be okay... By the way, is she still in Dressrosa's palace?

It might be a good thing if she rolled over and fell asleep again.Sabo thought to himself, always felt that this arena made people uncomfortable.It's better to take the burning fruit and withdraw it.Not to mention the fragrance, even I feel that this country is not good for my health.Anyway, let's go watch Luffy's match now.

When Sabo found a suitable location to watch Luffy's match, the arena was already quite lively.The narrator Gates is quite passionate, and under his influence, the audience also shouted crazily.It's obviously just a battle between trapped beasts of the same kind, so what's so exciting about it?

Humans are indeed weird.Got it right again for Matthew.

"-Did you listen to me!!" At this moment, Sabo caught a voice. He saw a black-haired man in black staring at Luffy with disbelief. He said a little madly, "You can't save her. She is a person who has no talent but bears a curse. She is destined to suffer forever!"

"You're the one who didn't listen to me!" Luffy didn't intend to calm down at all, he put his left hand on his right shoulder, and then began to swing his right arm, "Xiangxiang's future--not at all I need you to point fingers!! Eraser □□!!”

"Huh-grr...?!!"

The person on the opposite side was punched in the face by him and flew out and hit the wall outside the ring. The audience immediately burst into cheers, paying no attention to what they were saying.

"Ah, really weak." Luffy was quite surprised by this, he muttered, "It turned out to be just a guy who can use strange tricks."

Is that okay? I said Luffy... Aren't you completely exposed!Sabo raised his forehead with a headache, and suddenly used the fruit ability.Forget it in other places, here, everyone knows who the owner of the rubber fruit is! !

"Eraser? Did that guy's arm stretch just now??"

"Did he say rubber? Could it be...straw hat Luffy??"

"How is it possible? I heard that the straw hat boy is a five-meter-tall monster! How could it be this kind of short winter melon!"

Sure enough, because Luffy was 'rubberized' just now, the players in the arena made such discussions.Luffy also realized that he had revealed his secrets, and he immediately said: "Ugh! Oops! The one just now doesn't count!!"

"What's not counting!!"

"It doesn't count, it doesn't count! Eraser...ah, no!" Almost used the fruit ability habitually. After all, this is what Luffy has had since he was a child. Now that he is suddenly not allowed to use it, he is not used to it very much. .However, he still jumped up and hit the opponent in front of him with his normal fist, "Normal □□!!"

"Uh ah ah!"

"Lu Xi—!! He is killing other players with amazing momentum!!"

Gates' voice made Sabo's gaze return to the ring, it should be no problem, Luffy, it's hard for me to do it if you're like this.Originally, my plan was to attend the finals instead of you, and eat the Shao Shao fruit immediately after I got it.I have made up my mind to eat the unreliable products made by Matthew!

Ok?

Just when Sabo was still thinking about whether to make a backup plan now, he suddenly noticed that the fighting fish in the pool around the ring seemed a little... strange?Because he stood at a relatively high place and looked down, he could see more clearly. For some reason, the bettas who were originally very aggressive and aggressive all started to gather towards the inner side of the ring.

"...It stinks."

"?!" Shocked me!

Sabo suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him. He turned around and saw 99 standing behind him at some point: "Are you talking about me? How rude!"

"No. It's not you. I'm sorry." 99 shook his head. He said, "It's the pool in the arena, which smells bad."

"The pool?" Sabo said, looking at the pool again, "Do you know anything?"

"...Although I really want to exorcise the evil spirits now, but there are too many people, it is not good for me to show up like this." Normal social activities cannot be affected.Otherwise, it will become an unreasonable navy. Shaking his head, 99 said, "Sabo...sir. Right? We met once in Pendergar."

"Well. You still remember me."

"The Chief of Staff of the Rebel Army, of course I will not forget."

"!……Do you know who am I?"

"No matter what I say, I'm a senior officer, and I won't be confused all day long." 99 asked if this was a matter of course, he said, "But you don't have to be so vigilant, I'm not here to catch you, and I won't conflict with you now. "

"Really? Aren't you a Marine?"

"The main responsibilities of the special forces are not the same as those of the ordinary navy... In short, I am only following the order, and it is not beneficial to have a conflict with you now." 99 took out a wooden sign from his clothes, he said , "You should still stay in this arena...Although it happened suddenly, can I ask you to take this?"

"What is this?" Sabo took the small wooden sign, with something written on it in unknown characters, like an amulet.

"It's a prop for exorcism." 99 said, "If you don't know how to play, please give it to Mr. Lucy. It can protect you from that...things in that pool."

"...Should I thank you?" Sabo still didn't understand, "What's in the pool?"

"It's the same thing that has been bothering Ms. Youxiang. Or something from the same place." 99 explained, and he said, "I also saw what happened just now. Mr. Lucy is a... very What about good friends. Miss Youxiang is a lucky person."

"If you know these things, tell me more! I'm looking for a way to get Youxiang out of these things!"

"Sorry. I don't know of any such method."

"........."

"However, if you have such an idea, she must be very happy if she knows. This is very important to her...for people like us." 99 smiled, and he said, "Okay. We are considered Enemies. So, the special care is over, Mr. Sabo. I'm leaving."

"Hey...really..." Didn't this say nothing useful...Sabo said unhappily, "Isn't it the Navy's special forces. I will also investigate you carefully."

"Haha... I hope you can find what you want." 99 didn't mind, he turned around and wanted to leave, "Mr. Sabo... Actually, sometimes the way to get rid of the haze is very simple, you don't have to look for very, very complicated things That's fine too."

"what?"

"Then I'll take my leave first." Without any intention of explaining, 99 said as he walked, "If we meet again next time, we will be the relationship between the navy and the outlaws."

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The author has something to say:

On the one hand, Mr. 99 sympathized with Youxiang for having a dangerous curse and was unable to protect herself from the curse. On the other hand, she envied Youxiang for having people who trusted and protected her even so.Because he has a similar talent and a similar haze in his experience, he has a "sense of companionship" towards Youxiang, so he helps Luffy and Sabo who have opposing positions.

In short, he is a good boy.If it is said that his elder sister is a man of steel with the same inside and outside (Luo: I prove it is true.), then he is a top student with the same inside and outside.