Part 1: The Island of Lost Souls (7)
It seems that it has just rained on the island, and the path between the forests is a little muddy. The important task of walking on it is trying not to make your footsteps sound too loudly, because the quiet and solemn atmosphere around makes everyone feel like walking on thin ice, fearing that stepping onto too much will bring unexpected surprises.
Luffy was still looking around. Although the footsteps were deliberately lighter, the excited look was really hard to connect her with the word "tough". Compared to her, Usopp and Chopper next to her looked different. Two guys who were usually too timid were even more arrogant and did not dare to breathe and carefully follow the team. In short, this treasure hunt for the Straw Hat Pirates did not seem to be as enthusiastic as before.
Finally, Nami couldn't help but break the silence. Looking at the tower ahead that was still looming in the fog, which seemed to have not shortened the distance at all, the yuki sailor stood up dissatisfiedly: "What the hell is this going on... Why do we feel like we are still spinning in place after walking for so long? We won't get lost, right?"
"This conclusion is not very true..." Sanji shrugged and looked at Ailey who was following him: "The guy Green Algae Head is not here this time. Logically speaking, the chance of us getting lost is very small..."
"It's true..." I stopped at the front and whispered the water droplets on my cloak: "It's just because this island is too big, so I feel like I've been walking for so long but haven't moved forward yet..."
"Is that true?" Nami looked at the gray sky in distress: "If you walk like this, I don't know how long it will take to get to that tower...and...it seems to be raining..."
"It's really unhappy..." Frankie curled his exaggerated hairstyle and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey! Red-eyed boy, have you been here before? Why do you know this island so well?"
"Is this question important?" I turned around strangely and said, "What's more, since you have already made your own judgment, why bother to prove my words?"
"Um! This..." Franky pushed his sunglasses and wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't say it. I turned around indifferently: "So say goodbye now. I still hope you can get such things. If this happens, the world may become more interesting because of you..." Turning back, looking at the silent people, I narrowed my red pupils strangely: "Before this... don't rush to die..."
"Crazy..." As my voice gradually disappeared, my body turned into countless bats and flew into the sky. Looking at the direction of my departure, Luffy raised his head and looked at Franky: "Hey...Franky..."
"Ah...I know..." Turning his head, Franky rarely didn't make a joke: "It's wrong to suspect that boy without authorization, but this is indeed..."
"Ah...it's like this..." Sanji, who was standing beside him, exhaled a breath of smoke and looked at the sky: "Although you didn't want to say anything before, don't you think Kasa's intentions are completely unclear?"
"Uh...gu...is indeed..." Usopp swallowed and looked carefully in the direction where I left: "Although he had been with us for a long time, he did not let us know him at all, we had always been ignorant of his intentions and purposes, and... don't you think he has too many secrets to hide from us?"
"Do you want to say...Casa can't trust it?" Luffy slowly pressed the straw hat on his head: "It's true...Casa is someone we can't see clearly...but..."
"Luffy!" reached out and pressed Luffy's shoulder, and Nami shook her head: "Now we can't completely believe Kasa... because...we..." bit her lip, and Nami finally turned her head: "We... are still afraid of death..."
"I can't trust others completely... Even the partners together will hide things..." Robin next to me retracted his gaze to the sky: "No one can predict what will happen on this island... But what Kasa knows is something we don't know... In this case... we can no longer let us be unable to trust others as we usually do on the boat as we were on the boat..."
"But haven't we lived with Casa for such a long time?" Chopper next to him looked at the silent people in disbelief: "Why does Frank doubt Casa, why do everyone say that!"
"Chorba" Luffy suddenly said, "...Aren't you worried about Zoro?"
"Hey...this..." Chopper was stunned for a moment, but nodded: "Yes..."
"Then go and grab that thing quickly..." Luffy looked at Ailee behind Sanji: "Ailee... I must ask you to lead the way later..."
"Yes...I can..." After biting her lip, Ailey nodded: "In fact, you can reach the God Tower by walking along this road..."
"Hey? But Ailesan... you didn't say..." Sanji looked at Ailes who lowered his head and said silently: "It's hard... Could it be..."
"Sorry... Sanji San..." Ailei raised his head expressionlessly: "In fact, it's like this... God has long noticed your existence when you approached. In order to ensure that the scepter of the Sea Emperor belonging to this island will not be taken away by outsiders, I will appear in front of you... It was not that your partner deliberately helped me, but that the power of the gods deprived him of his soul of the ability to resist... Although it was a pity... but you can no longer escape God's sanctions..."
As if to echo Ailey's words, the surrounding forest became restless and restless. Countless footsteps came from all directions. Silent figures with spears surrounded Luffy and others from all directions of the forest. The silent and obvious hostile posture was obviously not specially coming to welcome Luffy and others.
"Um! Ailey! You..." Looking at Ailey who had retreated to the middle of a large group of people who were fully focused on defense, Sanji took a deep breath: "That is,... your words have been lies so far... are you?"
"Hmph~~~ This question does not need answers..." The expression hesitated for a moment, but soon turned into an indifferent expression. Ailei gently sat down on a gold-inlaid chair brought out by the islanders, showing nobility in every move: "Let me tell you what the saint on this island means... The pirates outside... The noblest one on this island is the gods in the tower... and the next thing is the saint who can directly command the people on this island. All the words of the saint are what people on this island must obey. Correspondingly, in order to eliminate external hidden dangers, the saint is also the first sacrifice to the saint... It can make me give up my original life to deal with you... You should feel honored..."
"Um~~~ This is too many..." Looking at the dense figures around, Frank gritted his teeth: "Tsk! It's actually a trap for the enemy! So, no matter how you log in to find treasure, it's all a lie! Damn it."
"...It seems that we have no chance of winning now..." Looking at the figures around calmly, Robin put down his hands that were hanging on his chest: "What's more, our Swordsman Miss is still in their hands..."
"......Hey...Ailee..." Luffy looked up at Ailee: "Are you all lies?"
"......Um..." The brows shrank sharply, and the latter bit his lips hard: "Stop it! You are just a group of dirty pirates on the sea! But you still have to pretend to be a noble and dreamy look! I will tell you what will happen! You will be the sacrifice of the gods in the tower this year! Before that, you will receive the baptism of the strongest warriors on our island! Then you will take the humiliation of the loser to the end of hell!"
"I didn't plan to go to hell..." Luffy glanced at the crowd around him in a calm manner: "But can you return Zoro's body before that?"
"Hmph...this is impossible..." Ailey sneered: "The ability of the soul fruit given by the gods will completely replace the soul of this swordsman. From then on, I will be the new master of this body... But you should also feel lucky for her... because in this way, her body will not be destroyed like you..."
"Huh... So that's how it is..." Sanji, who was on the side, lit a cigarette again and looked up at Ailey: "It turns out that your experience is not true... It's good that way... I don't have to continue to worry about you for that kind of overly tragic fate..."
"Um~~~" Ailey's lips were embedded with teeth marks: "What are you talking about? Aren't you the betrayed? But this is just right for you pirates!"
"It doesn't matter what that kind of thing happens..." Nami next to her shrugged indifferently: "Anyway, you don't have to worry about your affairs... Then... what do you want to do to us now?"
"If it's imprisonment, I hope I can give me a cup of Coke..." Frankie tidied up his hairstyle: "Although I don't know how you plan to give us to the perverts in that tower, you should be able to treat prisoners preferentially..."
"You...you..." Looking at the people in front of you, Ailey appeared in a moment of loss of consciousness: "Can it be..."
"Ah...we admit defeat now..." Luffy simply sat down on the ground: "But this is not the last..."
"Hmph... whatever you say..." After looking at the people in front of you, Ailei bit her lip and waved her hand fiercely: "Take them all down and lock them up!"
Looking at the people being taken down, Ailey, who was sitting on the chair, bit her lips tightly: Why! Why does she feel this way! What is this...
on the other hand:
"Finally back..." Falling from the sky, I stood in front of the tower gate and gently brushed the somewhat messy cloak: "The ruins of the Tower of Babel... I really feel nostalgic..."
"Crack~~" A flash of lightning flashed through the hazy sky, suddenly illuminating the broken top of the tower, as if the traces of a complete tower being cut off. I walked up the tower with calmness, and walked up the spiral stairs to the top of the broken tower. Opening the old stone door, I walked into the not-too-large room behind the door, a sound suddenly rang in the room after I walked into the door and stood, and the source was the figure who was fixed on the wall with chains. The long white hair completely covered the person's face, and I could only hear the chilling smile: "Long time no see... Kasa..."
Chapter completed!