[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 566 Principle of Operation

"I heard that Montanaxi will be blocked soon, and the empire will also seal the port. I'm afraid it will block all the borders."

His brother's voice came from the phone bug, and Ace couldn't help complaining: "It seems that what I picked up is a genuine princess..."

"Haha! There is such a big movement in the empire, it must not be fake." Sabo laughed twice, and he said, "But, don't you think it's strange? Ace... What is the real significance of that little princess to the empire? What about the value? The emperor doesn't seem to really love her, and she doesn't have great power...why insist on locking her up?"

"She said it was because of a curse or something, but that was what the emperor told her. And, so far, that curse has never worked." Ace sighed, and he said, "Maybe it's because the emperor has something wrong. Anyway, I think he was not normal from the beginning."

"You're right. It's no secret that the emperor has a problem." The whole world knows.Sabo said, "Okay, you've been entangled now and there's no result. I'll wait for you in Montenaxi. We won't have time to talk about it when you arrive. I just want to see what the princess looks like."

"Maybe you'll like her."

"Hahahaha... I have high vision! Tell me first what she looks like?"

"It's like Her Royal Highness Princess of the Empire? The eldest lady who doesn't know anything, she is very courageous, she looks thin, but she has a lot of strength... She has a cat that can't speak human language, and her hair is black... No, it's white." No, it's black... No, the current black is disguised by magic, right?But why do you think she should be black...

Ace paused, and he said, "I think you really should see her, Sabo. I always feel that something is not right."

"What's wrong?"

"Everything's wrong! Anyway! We'll be at Montagne as soon as possible!"

"Aren't you—"

"I have nothing! Goodbye!"

Ace hung up the phone immediately, and then he waved casually at Nami to hide his agitation, then Yamato suddenly tapped a hat on his head: "What do you think! Nami!"

"It's very suitable! You just take a big brother! I just won a prize!" Nami stretched out her thumb, and then took a mirror from where she didn't know to show Ace.At this moment, Ace saw an orange cowboy hat on his head, decorated with a crying face and a smiling face.

It was obviously the first time I saw it, but it felt very familiar.Ace took off the hat, and as soon as he said to take a closer look, he heard Youxiang's voice: "Found it! Mr. Ace~~Miss Nami! Yamato!"

"Huh? You're back so soon, Youxiang?" Didn't you go on a date?Is it because Terran is so boring?Nami hugged Youxiang who was rushing over and touched her head, and then Matthew jumped on top of Ace's head along his own head.This little cat...

As soon as Nami looked up, she saw Zed and his ears: "This, this is...?"

"By the way, Miss Nami! Mr. Ace, and Yamato! Look!" Youxiang immediately jumped to Zed's side and introduced to everyone, "This is Zed! Zed looks like a puppy!"

What does it mean to be a puppy... Nami approached Zed curiously, then stretched out her hand almost at the same time as Yamato and touched Zed's ear: "It's so soft!! It's true!"

"Ah... so warm! Are the ears real and not decorations?!"

"That's right!! Nami-san and Yamato can also feel it!" It's a puppy! !It's a puppy! !Little stars appeared in Youxiang's eyes, and she said excitedly, "Look, there is a tail!"

"Shaggy! So is the hair!"

"Ah! And wagging the tail!!"

"..." What's the situation... Ace looked at the girl who didn't know who was surrounded by girls, and he said to Matthew, "Who is that person?"

"He is our companion now. His name is Zed. He is an individual who is completely loyal to Miss Youxiang."

"You mean dog."

"As long as you understand. He is very good, don't bully him, Mr. Ace." Matthew said and patted Ace with his little paw, "Ah, you got your hat back?"

"Is this my hat?" No wonder it looks so familiar!Ace looked at the hat in his hand and said, "Nami gave it to me. How much have I forgotten? Matthew? Who was I?"

"Well... To put it simply, you were also a person who was looking for treasures before. Rare treasures... have always been what you pursued. It's just that you were really wrong for a while, and you were running in the wrong direction. "

Why do you feel a bit like me now?Ace said, "So did I find it?"

"You found it. I think it should be. I don't know much about human beings, so I can only judge from what I saw... You not only found it, but you are also envied by everyone." After Matthew finished speaking, Before Ace could ask, Luo walked over.He seemed to be talking to one of his guild subordinates just now, and now his subordinates ran into the crowd again, and he came over by himself——

"Ace is in charge. Matthew." He said with a serious expression, "I just received some bad news, I have to go to the guild base first. Youxiang and the others..." He glanced at the Youxiang and the others from Lugou', "Maybe I want to play for a while. I leave it to you, and I will meet you at the hotel later."

"Ah, I see." The guild leader is really busy!Ace said, "Are you alright by yourself?"

"It's not about my personal threat." Luo tentatively explained, "It's about the canal. It seems that some merchant ships were attacked just now."

"Attacked in the canal??"

"That's right. But it's not near Veronis. It's the news from the middle of the canal that has already left the port of Veronis." So there should be no danger here.Luo said, "The rumors are all about black killers and the like...I'm going back to the base to find out the situation. After all, we have to go that way tomorrow."

"I see, you go quickly. Don't worry here."

After listening to Ace's words, Luo nodded at him, then looked at Youxiang, hesitated for a moment or turned around and left.Matthew looked at his back and said, "The black killer on the canal...does it have something to do with the orc killer that was mentioned in the city recently?"

"Speaking of black orcs, isn't that what it is?" Ace said that Zed is a huge suspect (dog).

"Zed said it wasn't him. I don't think so either. He was with us all the time just now, so it's impossible for him to go to the middle of the canal." Matthew analyzed, and he said, "Maybe it's other fur tribes, but The characters of the fur people are very gentle, they are a peaceful people, and they don't hate humans—I think there is something else wrong."

"I don't understand what you're saying..." But the dog doesn't look bad.He's really wagging his tail!That tail... looks so fluffy... Ace almost wants to touch it.He thought about it, then relaxed and yawned, "I'm tired, Matthew. Can you persuade the three young ladies over there to go back quickly?"

"At least go back after watching the fireworks!" You are also a little emotional!Matthew said, "But with Zed, you can rest in a corner."

"Am I already useless?"

"Yes."

How cold-blooded and heartless!Matthew is definitely not a good cat!Although Ace complained, he really began to look for a place to rest. He just sat down in a corner by the side of a booth, and ran over when he was fragrant: "Mr. Ace! Let's go to the river and wait Watch the fireworks show!"

"Hey... Do you really want me to go with you?" I really want to rest here!But maybe this is an opportunity, Ace said, "How about we go to a place with few people?"

"Matthew, is this abduction?" Youxiang looked up at Matthew lying on top of Ace's head.Now, because Ace still has a hat on his head, the kitten came out from under the hat: "It should be counted. Don't promise him."

"I'm not abducting you! I have something to tell you... alone." Ace sighed helplessly, he stood up, took off his hat and put it on Youxiang's hair, "I have something important I want to confirm with you. Youxiang."

"..." The hat... When Youxiang was put on the hat, she suddenly froze in place, as if a familiar memory flashed in her mind for a moment, she raised her hands to pull down the brim of the hat, and then her heart seemed to be pulled by something. She was extremely sad as if she was stuck, and then she cried, "Ace...?"

"What, what's the matter?!" Why did she cry all of a sudden! !Before Ace could react, he saw Youxiang looking at him with teary eyes: "Ace?"

For a moment, he felt that he didn't need to confirm anything at all.There was absolutely no need for confirmation, because that was who he was looking for.This scene was so familiar that it would appear in almost every dream he had about the past.found it. The 'Rare Treasure' has been found, and it is indeed in the Imperial Palace.

"Crying like this... I always feel that someone will kill me because of it." Bi Luo is a more terrifying person.Ace wiped Youxiang's tears while talking, "My brain is not working well, Youxiang. I'm an idiot, so I can't figure out many things by myself. You have to help me?"

"I... I don't know why..." Why are you so sad?Why do you want to cry loudly when you look at Mr. Ace?

"It's okay not to know. A lot of things don't work by remembering clearly or knowing the truth." Those things are based on simpler principles and laws.It was like love at first sight for Luo.He once said: only her, and only her.

Luo should be a very smart person, he knows what is right.He was also right this time.Ace said, "Don't cry, okay? Look, it's sparks!" He raised his hand, and the flames streaked across his hand and formed the shape of a flower.Things that I once agreed with someone to only show to her are now only shown to her.

"Ace..." So beautiful, so familiar... I seem to have seen it somewhere, in the depths of my memory, the memory that I tried my best to hide something that I don't want to look like is slowly, little by little recovering. .Youxiang grabbed Ace's hand, "Don't leave me."

"Ah." Ace smiled, "I won't leave you."

So scared, why so scared, so sad?It's so cold, is the surrounding air getting thinner?Youxiang tightened the hat on her head, then began to shake her head: "No... Ace... don't come near me!"

"?" Fragrance?Ace felt that something was wrong. He saw some thick black mist emerging from under Youxiang's feet and from the surrounding shadows. They seemed to be alive and trying to wrap around Youxiang's body. Youxiang pulled back, and suddenly a red light tore through the black haze!

"...Master, are you okay?" Zed held a buzzing red dagger in his hand, and the black mist disappeared immediately after he approached, as if startled.Youxiang's mood has also stabilized a lot: "Ze... Zed...?"

"Well. I'm here, so nothing can hurt you, master." The devil is gone, so it's easier for the master to have those evil things around him, right?However, just before...it seemed that she didn't feel anything strange around Youxiang.Why is this?It stands to reason that Youxiang's physique has become so easy to be influenced without those demons.

Zed was still thinking about it, but Ace had already run over: "What was that just now?? Was that a curse??"

"...It's true that it's a curse, but it's okay, don't worry about it." Zed helped Youxiang explain, "I will protect Master well."

"..." The curse turned out to be real? ?But... But why do you want to curse Youxiang so well?She's just... just a girl who doesn't know anything!Ace couldn't speak for a while, he just grabbed You Xiang's hand to calm her down, and You Xiang also grabbed his hand tightly, as if he was afraid of something so hard that his joints turned white.

"I can't feel the existence of that barrier, but according to the general situation, shouldn't places with many people be the safest?" Matthew poked his head out on Ace's shoulder and said, "Zed? Did you feel something?"

"There is no special smell. They have disappeared." Zed checked left and right, and he said, "But... there seems to be a halo around the master. I can't explain it... It's just different from before. It's the same. Although those demons are gone, the master is safe."

Halo?why is that?Did the Emperor of the Empire treat Miss Youxiang any special way?Or did the god who changed the world do something special to her?Where have all those demons gone... This is clearly their field of expertise!How come even Rosie disappeared? ?

What happened in the short period of time after Miss Yuxiang returned from the past...Damn it, it's all the White Knight's fault!If it wasn't for avoiding him and fleeing to space, I wouldn't know nothing!Matthew hated the feeling of not knowing anything, but felt that this unknown challenge was a bit exciting.He is, after all, a contradictory AI.

"That is to say, she is safe now?" Ace didn't quite understand what Matthew and the others said. Although he was sure that Youxiang was the person he was looking for, in fact, he didn't think about the previous things at all. stand up.

"Well, the master is safe. It might...be caused by emotional agitation just now." Zed replied, "In the past, the master would also be like this when he was emotional, right? Matthew?"

"Ah... Speaking of which, when you are extremely sad or panicked, even if Frey and the others are nearby, Miss Youxiang will become something wrong." Matthew can't see those dark things, but he can indeed observe them Seeing other phenomena, "That's your fault, Mr. Ace."

"Is it me?!" I didn't do anything!I just put my hat on her head!Ace looked at the pitiful Youxiang who was holding his arm, and said, "Well, do you want to take off that hat? Youxiang?"

"Don't!" Don't take it away!Youxiang immediately hugged the hat, "I...I don't know why, but as long as I wear it, I feel at ease..." Youxiang only remembered some sporadic images, and did not evoke real memories.It's just like Ace said, some things don't work the way they do based on truth or memory.

It's still the same as before, Miss Youxiang.Matthew didn't say anything more, but changed the subject: "The firework show is about to start, Miss Youxiang. Do you want to watch it?"

"Fireworks..." Want to see...

Although Youxiang didn't say it out, she could tell what she was thinking from her eyes.So Matthew stretched out his little paw and pointed to the river: "Okay! Then let's go! Find a good place to watch the fireworks show! Ms. Nami and the others are already waiting, right?"

"... Ace?" Youxiang hesitated for some reason, she looked up at Ace, and held his hand tightly.Ace understood what she meant: "Well, I'll go with you. Let's go."

"Won't you leave me?"

"Haha... Didn't you say that you will part ways with me in Montenaxi?"

"Well……"

"Okay I was kidding! That's what I said! I was wrong! I didn't know it then! Okay, don't cry! I'm not leaving you!" Although I haven't fully remembered, this is ok definitely.Ace said, "I will never let go of the 'rare treasure' I finally found, okay?"

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The author has something to say:

Luo: I left for 3 minutes, and my wife (who claimed to be) was gone! ! !

Ace: It wasn't your wife from the beginning, okay? !

White Beard somewhere far away: I always feel like hitting someone, as if my cabbage was stolen...