novelraw Chapter 367 The body of a mortal
Chapter 367 The body of a mortal
There is no god in this world.
Kwon figured this out too early.Because if there is, it will definitely not tolerate the Wano country becoming what it is now.If those shrines, behind the torii, really enshrine a god, it will never turn a blind eye to the situation.
In this world, right now, there is no God.Maybe it was there before, but now it's gone.
Prayer is useless.Hope has long since been extinguished. What kind of life people have lived for 20 years, even if I am still young, I can understand.And this Huadu... everyone in this Huadu was paralyzed.They turned a blind eye to what was happening outside, and turned a deaf ear to the atrocities of the big snake.
However, Quan Tai didn't blame them.Because nowadays, everyone is just trying to survive.
"Mrs. Quan..."
At this time, the man in front of him made a slightly angry voice, even though he still had an exaggerated smile on his face: "Do you know why I called you here myself?"
"...Master Kuangshilang." Quan Tai felt that he had a clear conscience. He sat in front of the scariest person in Huadu without any fear, "I don't know."
"Oh..." Don't you know?Kageshiro sat on the tatami, leaning on a small table, raised the wine list and let his little maid who had just joined the job refill the wine, "I received a report that you cut off the pillars of a shop in the veranda, and made the whole The store has collapsed. Is that the case?"
"That's right." Mrs. Kwon knelt there, his eyes lowered, maintaining a minimum of respect, "but I'm just doing my duty. If I don't do that, the fire may spread to the entire corridor. You You probably don’t want to see that happen.”
"I think what he said makes sense~ Mr. Kushiro."
"What did I just tell you? You just listen and don't talk! And what are you pouring me? Is this tea? Why are you pouring me tea??"
Mrs. Quan could clearly hear the whispers between Kuangshilang and his little maid.The last time I was held accountable for something similar, the maid beside Kuangshilang was much more honest.Now this... is too young, it's also a bit too...
Quan Tai's unrestrained eyes accidentally met Kuang Shi Lang's little maid, and the other party showed a smile so brilliant that even withered flowers could bloom, which made Quan Tai immediately look away.Ah, now this...is a bit too cute!hateful!Is this reasonable? ?Don't bring such a maid with you when you ask questions! !
"Ahem... Anyway, Mrs. Quan. I know you are the person with the highest attendance rate in the entire town." In other words, you are the only one who is doing things.Thinking of that town fire disappearing to Kuangshiro gives me a headache.But it is precisely because they look like that that some of my jobs are better performed.
People like Quanta are rare in Wano Country.If it is for the sake of the future, he should not be discouraged or leave.Kushiro thought so in his heart, and he said: "I understand what you do, Mrs. Quan. But, think about it, you make it difficult for everyone to do this. If I just let you go back, others Wouldn't you be underestimating me?"
"Then... what does Lord Kushiro think should be done?"
I was just fighting a fire.Don't you know what this Huadu would look like if it caught fire?Maybe the bestowers of Kaido are all powerful, but none of them really care about the lives of the people in Huadu.Rather, even Master Orochi doesn't care.No……
If Kaido and the others don't care, Orochi hates it.He hated every inch of this country, and everyone.So, under their rule, can Wano get better?impossible.
And I... I'm just one person.I wish I could do something within my power, at least to my duty.Mrs. Quan said: "This is my job. Master Kuangshilang."
"I'm also doing my job, Mrs. Quan." Kuangshilang stared at the young man in front of him with his slender eyes, and said, "You should keep a low profile. Otherwise, next time... I will have no choice but to not be with you again. You're right. Think about your father."
"..." Hey...it's really wrong.Quan Tai lowered his head helplessly, and paused for a long time before speaking. He said, "I see. Lord Kuangshilang."
"Ah. Very good." He wasn't reflecting at all.Really stubborn.Hope I can save this country before you lose hope in everything.Kuangshi Lang thought to himself, he did not show such emotion at all, but always carried the majesty of the boss, "Okay, you go back."
"Yes."
It's finally over.Because Quan Tai's father is a well-known gentry, even Kuang Shilang cannot easily impose sanctions on him. This is the system of this country.The father is a gentry, so the son is too. In this way, he is 'superior'.Whether it is money, food, land...all can be easily obtained.
If Quan Tai just accepts this fact and continues to live as a gentry, he doesn't need to go to the town fire to work at all.People said that it was their gentry status that allowed them to escape the disaster that Wano Country is suffering now, but Quan Tai felt that it was precisely because of being a gentry that they should do something for the current disaster.
Of course, my father didn't agree with Quan Tai's rebellion against Orochi or Kaido's rule.They are just ordinary people, they cannot be compared with the Giver.They can't be heroes to save the country, they just use this temporary illusion of security and wealth to anesthetize themselves.Letting Quanta come to Dinghuoxiao is already the biggest concession.
However, the town fire disappears like this again.No one cares about the safety of Huadu or the fire hazard at all, they just do some stupid things to attract the attention of the people in an attempt to get more attention.
Is there no other way... Is there really no way to save the country for ordinary people?Shouldn't I also steal some □□□ile to eat, and take a gamble on whether I will become the giver?If you gain power, can you do more things?
With all kinds of depressed thoughts, Quan Tai left Kuangshilang's mansion.Go home first today.Or simply don't go to the town of Huoxiao.It should be the dream of many people to spend the rest of their lives as the young master——
Ding Ding Ding Ding!
At this time, a hasty alarm bell sounded into Quan Tai's ears, and when he raised his head, there was thick smoke rising across the street.It's on fire...
Quan Tai had just reflexively wanted to run over, when he remembered Kuangshilang's words.never mind.Never mind.What does it have to do with me, and...
"Ahhhhh!! Help!! It's on fire!!"
"What should I do! Has the firefighter passed by??"
"It seems that someone has gone, but the child in that store seems to be trapped inside!"
Damn it! !Hearing the voices of the people running over from the street, Quan Tai couldn't control his own steps, and he quickly ran to the place where the fire was on fire. Those people who killed the fire could only perform acrobatics!They simply forgot how to fight the fire! !hateful!hateful!hateful! !
——Is he the only normal person left in this country? ? ?
"What are you doing!! Seniors!!"
Finally ran to the scene of the fire, and those guys from the fire department were performing acrobatics beside them, no one tried to control the fire at all! !The fire is getting bigger and bigger, doesn't it mean that there are still people who haven't been able to come out? !
"Quan Tai, you are here! You were scolded by Kuangshilang again? Hahahaha! Don't mind! Come and form a formation with us!!" The senior who poured flames like a flower greeted Mrs. Quan, not forgetting to make funny expressions with some cold jokes.
Quan Tai has long been accustomed to their attitude, and he kicked the ladder over in a fit of anger: "Stop playing, you bastards!!!"
"Hey~~~"
"It hurts, Kwon Tae~~"
"Really... Even if the fire is too big, the real fighters will come to put out the fire, right?"
Damn, hate, hate... What the hell, Kaido's men, they are the invaders of this country!And shouldn't it be your job to fight fires! !Mrs. Quan became even more angry, and just when he was about to say something, a woman who was already in tears grabbed his sleeve: "My child...my child...please save him!! "
"Hmm..." Sure enough, someone was inside... Mrs. Quan took a look at the burning house, because she hadn't been able to control the fire immediately, and now almost the whole house is on fire, are the people inside still alive?Most likely dead, but maybe...maybe still...
"Hey, hey..." No way, you kid is really hesitating!The senior who just got up from the ground looked at Mrs. Quan, and he made a helpless voice, "Calm down, Mrs. Quan. If you rush in like this, even you may die. Although it is pitiful, you can't just waste yourself Your life. You are a nobleman."
"..." That's right.If I go into the house now, I will feel bad luck, but...but...
Do not make jokes.Do not make jokes……
Hearing the crying of this mother in his ears, listening to the voices of the seniors around him admonishing him and crying mother... Isn't this right.This is not right.Why would you want to persuade a mother to give up her child?Why do you want to watch a person burn in the fire without doing anything?
this is not right.It doesn't take the Kozuki family to tell everyone that this is wrong.It doesn't take Kozuki Oden's children to save it all.Obviously we can do it.Obviously, even if we are ordinary people, we can—
Quan Tai acted too quickly. He grabbed a coat, soaked it in the bucket, then soaked the towel brought by the firefighter and wrapped it around his neck. Regardless of anyone's obstruction, rushed into the fire!
"Quan too!!" Damn it!That silly boy! !Obviously... obviously there is no need to do anything.Obviously even if they did this kind of thing, the family who lost their house and property would be expelled from Huadu, no matter the children or others, they would all die soon.You are obviously a gentry, what are you doing for these 'people who will eventually die'! !
Seeing Mrs. Quan disappear into the flames, the senior clenched the bucket pole in his hand.What a brat who will cause trouble: "Hey!! What are you looking at!! Pick up the bucket!! Create isolation zones around!!"
"Boss, Boss?"
"what?!"
I'm bored, I'm bored, I'm bored... Anyway, we're all going to die one day, isn't it good to have fun while you're there?Obviously it’s enough to paralyze myself like this...Why does it remind me...I think of this kind of thing: "Our town fire disappears, shouldn't we do this?!!"
It is not known who infected whom.The acrobatic time of the town fire is over.They took real tools and did what they were supposed to do.I don't know how long it has passed like this. Although it is only a few minutes in the eyes of others, to Mrs. Quan, it is as long as years.
Smoke was burning his eyes, nose, and throat, and flames burned all around him.The wooden structure of the house was already crumbling. He barely climbed up to the second floor, trying to find the child through the thick smoke. Just when he almost gave up and accepted the fact that the child had already been buried in the sea of fire, he heard a faint cry!
still alive!Where is it... ah God!sorry.I'm sorry I didn't believe you existed before.But no matter what kind of god it is, even if it is an evil spirit, please listen to my request... Make sure to let that child live, definitely, must——
Maybe this is a miracle.Mrs. Quan saw the swaddling baby enclosed in an open space.It may be that he was just placed in a place where there is no combustible material around, it may be that the falling beams just blocked the surrounding flames, or it may be that he was placed on the ground to reduce the inhalation of smoke, whatever it is, that The child is alive! !
This is the second floor, if you go back the way you came, you might collapse before you go out, then only...
Quan Tai made up his mind, he ran, picked up the child and rushed towards the window!There was only a click, perhaps because the burned building structure had become very fragile, Mrs. Quan hid the child in her arms and rushed out of the window! !
He changed his posture in the air and tried his best to protect the child in his arms when he fell to the ground. As soon as he fell to the ground, the senior of Ding Huo Xiao ran over: "Quan Tai!! Are you all right! Hello!??"
"Ahem..." Ah, almost died... By the way, this child... Mrs. Quan rolled half a circle on the ground, and then revealed the swaddling baby in her arms. When the senior saw the child, he immediately took it over to check his body The situation, fortunately, is reassuring. There was a faint cry from the baby: "You are still alive!! Mrs. Quan! You are so fucking good!! Hey! Hurry up! Take this child to see a doctor !!"
"Ahem...well..." That's great... that's great... When Mrs. Quan heard the news, she lay down on the ground in peace. He was coughing crazily, but luckily he was able to take a breath. .
"Are you all right, Mrs. Quan! You rest here first, let's put out the fire first!"
The senior ran away after leaving such a sentence, Quan Tai slowly raised a hand and waved towards his back, and then lay down on the ground even more limply.After lying like this for a while, he seemed to have regained a little bit of strength, so he sat up from the ground, and at this moment, a strange voice came from behind him——
"Oh, you are amazing. Ordinary people can't do this kind of thing."
"what……?"
Mrs. Quan coughed a few more times, and he made a hoarse voice. Turning around, he saw a foreign man who was too good-looking, wearing foreign clothes and looking at him with a smile: "My name is Mansfield Watson. Lance. I am currently planning to start a business in this Wano country, and I hope to get your help. Mr. Quan Tai."
"Huh...?" What the hell...?Mrs. Quan took the white card handed over by the guy as he spoke. He looked at it, and it said: 'Mansfield Industries'.Does he know that you engage in these big snakes?Mrs. Quan waved the card after reading the card, and said to Mansfield in front of her, "I'm just... a mortal. Ahem... I'm not a giver... I can't help you..."
"You really underestimate yourself, Mr. Quan Tai." As he spoke, Mansfield looked up at the fire scene not far away, "You can rush into such a 'hell' without hesitation, but even some' Givers' can't do it. And sometimes, some people won't do it even if they can. It's human nature to shrink back because of the possible consequences..."
What you said makes sense, so...
"However." Seeming to see through Mrs. Quan's thoughts, Mansfield continued, "Those who can break through this human nature, want to challenge the [-]% winning rate to help others, and rush into danger with a mortal body , people called them... heroes.”
"…………"What?
"You want to do something for this country, right? You have... discovered the problem." Looking at Mrs. Kwon who was surprised and silent, Mansfield had a mysterious smile on his face, and he said softly, " I hope that the Wano country can be established. If you think this is better, please go to the place shown on the map on the back of the business card at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
What is this person...
Quan Tai looked at the man in front of him in surprise, what on earth was a foreigner talking about... what kind of Arabian Nights...?
"I need someone like you. Please consider coming to my company." Mansfield turned around as he spoke, "Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, Mr. Quan Tai."
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The author has something to say:
Town fire fire is actually Japan's past 'fire station'.The first time it appeared in the original work of pirates should be when Luffy and the others shot away the lion who kidnapped Xiaoyu, and then met Speed who escorted the food.At that time, there was a fire in the city, and people from the fire department rushed to the scene, performed acrobatics (?), and was spit by Speed: What the hell is this.
The first time I knew about fire stations in ancient Japan was when I watched the Japanese TV series "Niji", and there was an episode in it that was related to firefighters in the Edo period.At that time, almost all houses in Japan were made of wood. It can be said that as long as there is a fire, the whole city may burn down.In that episode, the main character, Doctor Southern, needs to do emergency treatment for a patient in a room, which may take a long time, and unfortunately there is a fire in the city.If it is transferred now, the patient's condition may be delayed and death, and it is almost impossible to practice medicine in the fire scene.
However, just in time, the firefighters from the city arrived in time. They were a group of very rough tough guys. Not only did they not know how to treat diseases and save lives, they even didn't quite understand what the southern doctors were saying.It was just that when they understood that the Nanfang doctors could not move and had to save people in the current room, they told the Nanfang doctors to save people at ease, and promised that the fire would never come close to the house, and then rushed out to fight the fire.When the Nanfang doctor finally completed the treatment and walked out of the house, at that moment he found that almost everything around him had been burned by the fire, only the house he had just saved was unharmed.
In short, it is almost a reconciliation of the original plot of Pirates and the shock brought to me by "Doctor Benevolent", and created the character of Quan Tai.With a mortal body, doing things beyond ordinary people will cause miracles.In fact, I also believe that it will not be Luffy, Momonosuke, or Kozuki Oden alone or some people who finally saved Wano Country, but everyone in Wano Country who tried to fight.