[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 401 Heartthrob Hero

it hurts.My head hurts and my body hurts too.

Ace didn't know whether it was more painful this time or being pierced by Sakasky.Kaido is as strong as a monster, and he also knows how to be fast so that people can't move.When he swung the iron rod, no one knew what it would bring.

Ace's head was definitely badly injured, but he didn't realize how much blood he was bleeding, his vision was blurry, and he couldn't stand up at all.He felt very cold, and he didn't know where it was.I vaguely remember being kicked by Sabo.Why are you kicking me!Ahh...it hurts...

He began to be unable to think well, and the cold and pain had become all he had.Then his blurred vision disappeared as well, and he eventually passed out completely.If this continues, Bai Wu's snow will drown him.However, his luck was not bad, someone discovered him before that.

The girl who was carrying a bamboo basket and wearing a bamboo hat saw him.I thought it was a dead person, this has long been common in Wano country.But a vague premonition made her approach the past carefully, only to find that the person was still alive.She hesitated for a while, but in the end she had no choice but to leave like this, and she dragged this person into her small living quarters.

Under the cover of the white dance and heavy snow, the girl was able to live in such a dilapidated house.If she is alone, she can barely survive by chopping firewood and doing some handicrafts in exchange for some money and food from the town.As for the water... Bai Wu's snow will not be so toxic after being boiled, which can be regarded as a gift of nature.

The teenage girl found that the stranger was so badly injured that it seemed like a miracle that he was still alive.The shocking scar on his chest showed that he might not have been a law-abiding person in the first place.Everyone in this place is barely alive, and the young girl can only roughly bandage him with cloth strips torn from old clothes.

The doctor must not be able to afford it, herbal medicine...

If it goes on like this, he will probably die.The girl looked at the stranger's youthful face. Why did he become like this?In this kind of world where everyone is in danger, have I done my best?She hesitated for a while, and finally picked up her bamboo basket and stood up.

At the junction of Baiwu and Jiuli, sometimes a few herbs can be found miraculously.They heal wounds and detoxify.Although it cannot be said to be miraculous, it can also make people feel that this land still loves its people.As long as you find some of them, you can be regarded as being benevolent and righteous.

If he died after using herbs, he would not have nightmares at night.

The girl confirmed this, and she made up her mind to go out to find herbs.It's okay, Bai Wu has just had a heavy snowfall, no one will stroll outside, even the beasts are mostly hibernating.There's no danger...but—

But she was wrong.

"Hahaha... I have discovered you a long time ago! Little girl!"

A man whose body is too healthy for this era and whose clothes are too "rich" stopped the girl's way: "My subordinates said that there is a girl living in the snow field, I didn't believe it!"

"Hmm..." The girl was grabbed by the wrist, her slightly malnourished physique must not be able to defeat this man, "My, my lord... I beg you, I'm just a commoner who makes a living... "

"Hmph...hahaha..." The man showed a malicious smile, he pulled the girl closer to him, and said against her face, "Isn't it a crime to let a commoner like you live in such a place? Eat well and dress warmly. I promise to sell you a good price from Lord Kushiro!"

"You, corridor..." The girl repeated the word in horror, "I am not that kind of woman...My lord! Please! Let me go! I promise I will leave here and never appear in front of your eyes again!"

"Oh, where can you go?" The man chuckled. He knew that the girl was helpless and had no room to resist him. "Today, my subordinates and I are here to find you. It's not just me! It's useless if you try to escape! Trust me, the verandah isn't that bad, as long as you make good money for me..."

"No... my lord... please..." Ah... what should I do... The girl has no strength to resist at all, and at this moment, the man's carrot-like fingers have already grabbed the skirt of her kimono: "Come on, first Let me 'check the goods'! The verandah doesn't take inexperienced young children very much recently! After all, there are too many of them! Even Mr. Orochi is tired of it! Let me first make you more valuable!!"

"Yeah!! Don't! Help...Help me!!" Whoever comes...Anyone is fine...The girl cried helplessly, begging for help, struggling, but she was pushed down in the snow and crushed Leg, grabbed her hand, despair and fear gradually swallowed her up, and the man in front of her seemed to gradually lose her human body and turned into a terrifying monster!

At the moment when her last struggle was about to be submerged by Bai Wu's heavy snow——

Swish!The girl's eyes only caught a ray of blue light!The oppressive force on her body suddenly disappeared, and when she opened her eyes blurred by tears, she saw a tall mysterious warrior standing in front of her!

The samurai was wearing a strange pale blue modified kimono, and a white fox mask with red patterns covered most of his face.

At the same time, the black sharp blade in his hand exuded an ominous sign. At this time, it was pointing at the prisoner who had just kicked out a few teeth and was too scared to move. His fat belly was exposed under the half-open kimono and he unconsciously The ground convulsed, and he made a whining sound, as if begging for mercy...

"... Be quiet for me." The samurai looked indifferently at the prisoner sitting slumped in front of him, but the object of his words seemed to be the crackling blade in his hand, "It is not our job to kill the wicked. "

"You, you are..." the prisoner covered his swollen face and said while moving back, "Who are you?! Do you know who I am? There is no gain in being a hero here! Come, come! Come, come!!"

This voice made the girl a little scared. After all, if the lackeys gathered around, they might be outnumbered... However, the prisoner's voice did not call anyone, but a huge cat came out of the snow.She is too huge, even bigger than a horse.She walked up to the girl and rubbed her hairy head against her who was still in shock.Miraculously, the girl felt a little calmer.

At this time, the samurai continued: "There was a legend in the Wano country that there was a monster that appeared in people's dreams. If you are a good person, it will keep you safe, and if you are a wicked person... it will eat you up." Your soul."

"Meow~" The big cat let out a cry as if responding to the samurai's words, and then walked towards the prisoner who was frightened by seeing the big cat——

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." The prisoner became even more frightened. He moved back and moved away from this 'monster', but he was caught by something, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move in place!

"Meow~~"

The big cat meowed, and the prisoner rolled his eyes and fell backwards.

The girl was stunned by the scene in front of her and sat in the snow, until the samurai turned around, she came back to her senses and immediately grabbed her messy clothes in panic and fear, trying to dodge backwards.Seeing this, the samurai didn't step forward: "...It's all right now. He won't hurt you anymore...I'm afraid he won't be able to hurt anyone else either."

"...Is he, is he dead...?"

"No. But... it's not considered alive." Whether he is good or bad, the 'monster' who distinguishes good from evil has already made a decision.

"Samurai-sama... are you..." a cat...?The blue samurai...?Everything in front of the girl was like a dream, she said hesitantly.

"Katori. My name is Katori." As Katori said, she stretched out her hand to the girl, "I will protect you from now on. If you believe me, hold my hand."

Katori-sama... I always feel different from everyone I met before.The girl's fear of men disappeared when she faced Katori.As if he...wasn't a man?No.He must be... right?

The girl held his hand, and was pulled up from the snow: "Tsubaki, my name is Xiaochun."

"Miss Tsubaki, are you not injured?" Katori couldn't check anything, so he could only ask, "If you don't feel well, I can take you to see a doctor, or..."

"I'm fine! Really... because you, Katori-sama, showed up in time..." So I was just frightened, and didn't suffer any substantial damage.After Xiaochun tidied up her clothes, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the broken bamboo basket that had been left aside.

"...Do you want to go to a nearby town?" Katori also looked at the back basket, there should be no need to pick it up again, and it probably won't be repaired.He said, "Do you need food, or..."

"No, I'm just...well, actually, not long ago...I found a seriously injured person in the snow, and I wanted to find some herbs for him..."

"The one who was seriously injured..." Could it be——Katori immediately said, "Sorry, Miss Tsubaki. Actually, I was looking for my injured friend nearby. Did you find that person with black hair and a big bruise on his chest? scar?"

"That's right! It turns out that he is...he is Katori-sama's friend?" This is too coincidental...this must be fate!Xiaochun sighed in her heart, and she said, "He...he was seriously injured, I don't know what to do...Katori-sama..."

"It's enough that you can save him!! Thank you very much, Ms. Tsubaki!!" You don't know how important this is...Ahhhh that's great!I found it all the way, and I did it right!Katori said a little excitedly, "Don't use herbs or anything else, please take me to him, Miss Tsubaki! I can treat him!!"

"Hmm, um! I see! Please come with me!"

Xiaochun immediately took the incense back to his residence. As soon as he entered the door, the injured person—that is, Ace was of course still lying there. He really almost died again.Katori immediately came to his side and put his hands on him: "Fino, can you help him heal?"

"Ah... it's fine at this level." Although he almost died again, he was still far away from death.It was completely different from his previous state where life and death were only a second away.Fino replied that he didn't say anything about the price, or that he hesitated to speak, and finally chose not to say, "Don't worry, master. He will be fine."

"I'm relieved when you say that." I'm afraid you will lead him the way!Katori breathed a sigh of relief for a while, and then he remembered that there was someone else in the room, "X-Xiao-Miss Tsubaki! That... this, this is my... ghost friend!" Fino, say hello!

"...Hello. I'm a ghost." Fino greeted obediently and perfunctorily.

"You, ghost..." No wonder Master Katori gave people a strange feeling, he, he is really not an ordinary person... right?Xiaochun looked at Fino who suddenly appeared, and then at Katori, she said, "Master Katori is... the exorcist of Huadu?"

"!"I see!There is also this trick!Katori immediately said, "That's right! I'm that...that is, Tianhuacheng's family!"

"Tian Huacheng...?"

By the way, Chris and his family in Wano Country don’t seem to be called this!Katori suddenly remembered this matter, and he explained: "Yeah, it belongs to Miko Shiba's family!"

"Ah! It turned out to be the master of Mizushiba's family!" Xiaochun's eyes were shining, and she said, "When I was young... my father who has not passed away once told me the story of Master Yulian of Mizushiba's family! I recently listened to People from Jianlou Village in Huadu said that Master Yulian has returned to Huadu, so it is true!"

Wow, Chris and his family are quite famous in Wano Country... and they seem to be very popular...

"That makes sense...you are actually the exorcist of Miko Chai's family..." Xiaochun seemed relieved, and she smiled for the first time since the accident, "Thank you very much for saving me, Katori My lord! With such kindness, if there is anything I can do, please just tell me!"

"No...you saved my friend, that's enough." It should be said that I am repaying your kindness.Katori shook his head, he said, "You don't know... this friend of mine... is very important to many people."

"He also looks like a samurai..." After all, he is so strong...Xiao Chun said, "What happened to get such a serious injury?"

"He fought the evil spirit." It is the evil spirit that cannot be killed.Katori replied, then shook her head, "This book has nothing to do with Miss Tsubaki, I hope you don't ask any more questions. Maybe there will be some danger."

"I understand..." Xiaochun was a little worried, she said, "After Mr. Katori, is he still going to fight that demon?"

"Ah, that's right." You have to... fight him.After all, so much has been entrusted... Katori clenched the 'Jingxue' tightly, and then said, "Miss Xiaotsubaki, don't worry, I said that I will protect you, so I will not leave you alone. No matter what happens to this place It doesn’t look like a place to live. Although the man from before has not come back, there are not a few such villains now..."

"Does Miss Xiaochun have any relatives in this country?"

Xiao Chun shook her head and then lowered her head again: "Since Daddy died, I am the only one left."

"Really." Sure enough, she couldn't be left behind.Katori said, "I know that there is a secret village where some people who have nowhere to go can find shelter. If Ms. Tsubaki believes in me, I can take you there. There you should be able to find a caretaker."

"Wano country...is there such a place in this country?"

"Yes. Although it was built recently, I can assure you that it is safe there."

Katori-sama...Although this is the first time we have met, but...it seems that I have no other choice but to trust him.If he stays here all the time, even if he won't be harassed by the villains, when Bai Wu's winter is over, it will be difficult for him to get usable water again, and then he has to leave... and he has basically nowhere to go.Xiaochun said: "I, I believe in Katori-sama!"

"Thank you." Katori smiled, and he said, "Then when my friend wakes up, let's go together. Soon, don't look at him being injured so badly, he is very strong."

"Haha... Katori-sama, you... are an incredible person."

Oh, that's what Ms. Hiyori said too.Is it that incredible?The male version of me is amazing!Katori was a little embarrassed, she didn't want to become like this.But when walking towards Bai Wu, I happened to encounter some ordinary civilians like Xiao Chun being bullied on the road, so I couldn't hold back and asked Frey and the others to turn themselves into Katori——

The ghosts of 20 years ago must have done something good!

I thought so at first, but I didn't expect to find Ace when I went all the way to fight for righteousness and didn't have time to change back.I didn't encounter so many things when I came to Baiwu before, maybe it was because of the blizzard, but now that the sun is out, the bad guys are here for business.In any case, at least on the road from Jiuli to Baiwu, the blue warrior has become a hero in people's hearts.

Although the effect is good, it is somewhat embarrassing.

"Master. The treatment is over." Fino whispered to Katori at this moment, and Katori turned his head to look at Ace lying there, and his face was much better.He said, "Thank you Fino."

"Yes. However, although he was treated with magic, he is not fully recovered. Please make sure that he does not fight for the time being. For humans, his injury is definitely not light."

"I see."

Although I don't know exactly how he fought Kaido, but just look at the blood-stained bandages piled up on one side.Xiaochun really worked hard to save him.Katori sighed, and then tried to call Ace: "Ace? Wake up. We have to go back quickly."

"..." Ace seemed to be able to hear it, he frowned slightly, and then called out his name, "...Sabo...kick me!"

Well, Matthew also said he kicked you.But I think we should all forgive him.Katori said, "Sabo needs us. So does Luffy. So, Ace? Wake up!"

"Xiang... Youxiang..." Ace called Youxiang's name again in a daze, and then sat up suddenly as if trying to grab something, "Youxiang?!!" As soon as he opened his eyes and saw, After seeing Xiangji, then he was severely hit, "Uhhhhhhh !!! Why !!"

"Ace?" What's wrong!You idiot don't know me!Katori said, "It's me."

"So why!!" Ace hugged his aching head, he said desperately, "Why did you become a man after I proposed!!!"

"..." What kind of marriage proposal! !Did you have any strange dreams? !Katori narrowed his eyes and looked at this person, "I think you're fine."

"Haah...ah, it turned out to be a dream..." Ace came back to his senses, he took a breath, and then found that his chest hurt, "It's great that it's a dream! It scared me to death!! Uh Ah...don't scare me, Youxiang! By the way, you scare me every time you act like this! It's like a nightmare come true!"

"That's too much, Ace. I'm here to save you."

"Thank you... But, can you... that is, return to your true colors?"

"I think I'm handsome now too."

"I don't know if I should say that you really are fragrant or that you are not mine."

"It doesn't matter!" Really!Now that it's done, stop talking nonsense!Katori stood up and said, "Let's go to Matthew first and meet him. Let's talk about other things on the way. By the way, this is Miss Tsubaki, she dragged you out of the snow Yes, it is your savior."

"Oh, oh!" Ace thought about Xiaochun, and he immediately bowed to her, "Thank you very much, Xiaochun! It was a great help!! I'm going to trouble you! I absolutely don't like this kindness." will forget!"

"No...that...you are Katori-sama's friend, so..."

Katori-sama?Ace raised his head and saw that Tsubaki didn't look at him at all, but looked at Katori with a little affection.He felt that this situation was really not good!

"Anyway, Miss Tsubaki will go back with us." Katori said, "After all, this place is not suitable for living. Let's go together."

"Ah, um..." That's okay... Ace also stood up, and he said, "I said, Ka... no. Katori. Don't you think... something is wrong?"

"..." Katori understood what Ace meant.He just tried not to look at Xiaochun's eyes full of reverence and admiration.He pulled Ace, and then turned his back and whispered to him: "Of course something is wrong. I've been given secret (or explicit) glances by at least three girls on the way to find you, and The two made it clear that they wanted to marry me."

"You are too strong..."

"Obviously wearing a mask to hide my handsomeness!!"

"Even if you wear a mask, you still have fragrance."

Hey...you are right.Katori pushed his mask, he said: "The face is also part of my handsomeness! Anyway, because Ace can't fight yet, I'll keep it like this, it's safer for us."

"Okay, okay..." Ace couldn't refute anything, he said, "Then leave it to you. But I think even ordinary Youxiang can protect us well."

"Yeah." Thank you for saying that.But... Katori said, "However, I promised many people... I must take this responsibility." The blade of national salvation is already in my hands, and I must continue to fight until I find a suitable successor. "Heroes... always disguise their true selves as someone else, the perfect person. And I'm not that great, so at least let the blue warrior be the new hope—"

"People here, need him very much."

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The author has something to say:

Writing about the heartthrob hero is too emotional, and I accidentally wrote it too long...

The Youkai of Wano Country (Japan) mentioned by Katori is called "鵺", and it is a kind of Youkai that can distinguish between good and evil.But what's interesting is that this good and evil is the good and evil that monsters themselves think.It will protect people it thinks are good, and it will brutally kill people it thinks are bad.

It's been so dark lately...so unlucky.I can't do anything well, everything is either endless or the result makes people feel... It's not bad, but it's definitely not good. The situation where half the bottle is dangling is really uncomfortable! ! !What the hell is going on!It's just the beginning of the year! ! ! (Decided to sleep with Xiangxiang in my arms every day)