Pirate Bloody Hand Mary

"any solution?"

Luffy asked curiously.

Tsukimi thought for a moment, then took out a notebook from his arms and flipped through it.

After a while, he took back his notebook and said: "It turns out that more than 800 years ago, people from Infinite Land once went to the Blue Sea."

"They left a lot of things in the blue ocean. Based on the special environment there, scientists have developed many jaw-dropping scientific research results."

"That includes upwelling currents...do you know what these are?"

Tsukimi asked looking at Luffy.

Luffy shook his head honestly.

"I don't know."

"...Haha, that's right. It doesn't look like you know these things."

Tsukimi grinned and continued:

"Let me explain briefly, there is a force like waves connecting the infinite land and the blue sea."

"Scientists from Infinite Earth back then used a device called 'Renesmee' to gather and change the distribution of this wave, causing the water in the Blue Sea to rise into the sky when it passed the location affected by the device."

"This is the so-called upwelling current, which is when a channel suddenly appears on the sea and can fly upward."

"Oh no!"

Luffy's eyes flashed with stars: "It sounds awesome, so can my ship fly on top of it!?"

"If your boat is strong enough, that's enough."

Tsukimi said with a shrug.

Luffy nodded and said excitedly: "That's awesome, cool..."

"Well, old man, what does this have to do with whether I can go back?"

Luffy suddenly realized that Tsukimi didn't seem to have told him how to go back just now.

Tsukimi fiddled with his instruments and said slowly:

"Scientists in the infinite land will not study these things idle and bored."

"Back then, they relied on a similar method to travel from the infinite land to the blue sea."

"Since changing the waves can make the ocean current rise into the sky, if the current is long enough, can it create a channel from the blue sea to the infinite land? They studied it with this mentality back then."

"It is said that their research was successful in the end."

"It is said?"

Luffy tilted his head.

Tsukimi's expression became slightly depressed.

"Yes, I heard."

"It's a pity that they failed to return to the infinite land in the end."

Tsukimi stopped what he was doing and looked up at the sky.

There is a blue planet floating in the sky.

"They almost succeeded, the parameters were adjusted perfectly, and the device was built in an extremely high place."

"But in the end their return was interrupted by a war."

Tsukimi's tone became serious: "According to historical records, that happened about nine hundred years ago."

"A war raging across the world disrupted their plans, and frequent attacks meant they couldn't spare the time to run the device."

"You must know that the infinite rotation around the blue ocean is not static, but will periodically produce some small changes."

"Therefore, the parameters corresponding to the device are time-limited. Due to the delay of the war, the device eventually failed. The residents of Infinite Land were still trapped in the Blue Sea."

"After that, there was no news from them. I don't know if they were completely destroyed or if they simply lost contact."

Tsukimi shook his head and said sadly.

Luffy scratched his head.

He was not very interested in the history Tsukimi said, but he still captured a message.

"In other words, if that device can be activated, I can go back the way they came, right?"

"The theory works."

Tsukimi nodded.

Luffy immediately frowned, looking confused.

"But isn't that thing useless? How can I go back?"

"...Luffy, remember what I said just now, the parameters change periodically, right?"

Tsukimi showed a confident smile: "Don't worry, after my calculations, the device can be activated within these ten years!"

"Eh!?"

Luffy's eyes immediately widened: "What do you mean?"

"Period means that the parameters change regularly, and since there is a cycle, the same parameters will definitely appear."

Tsukimi pointed to Luffy: "The parameters of that device, if it is to be realized, the cycle is 120 years and 330 years. And now it is within a cycle!"

"I see!"

Luffy clapped his hands and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about at all!"

Tsukimi's expression almost became tense.

But the next moment, Luffy showed a bright smile: "But I understand one thing, that is..."

"I have a chance to go back, right?"

Luffy stood up and put on his straw hat: "In that case, I'll wait."

"I believe that as long as I have the chance, I will succeed!"

"After all, I can come to this place, so there's no way I can't go back, right?"

Looking at the optimistic Luffy, Tsukimi shook his head and sighed: "I really don't understand what kind of brain you have. You can think of everything in the right direction."

"Hehehe, this is a pirate."

Luffy said with his hands on his hips.

Tsukimi clicked his tongue: "We will also encounter space pirates here. I don't think pirates are good things."

"It's a pity that I don't have the ability, otherwise there would be no need for you to seize this illusory opportunity."

Tsukimi lay on the ground.

"The most elite group of Infinite Earth scholars all went to the Blue Sea, and none of them came back. The science of Infinite Earth was almost completely cut off."

"As of now, there are only three scientists left in Infinity, including me."

"Originally, there was a device on Infinite Land that allowed people from Infinite Earth to go to the Blue Sea nine hundred years ago. Unfortunately, it has been scrapped for a long time. It is impossible for us to repair it with just a few of us."

"So... I'm still sorry."

"What do you have to apologize to me for?" Luffy raised a brow, "I'm very happy if you can support me. I should be the one to apologize to you for making you worry so much."

"...Haha, you really don't look like a pirate."

Tsukimi looked at Luffy in silence for a long time, then smiled helplessly.

…

It was pitch black on the coast of Alabasta.

In the ruins of the city in the distance - or some low ruins of walls, some tents were set up, and the leaders of several forces were having a heated meeting inside.

These have nothing to do with ordinary soldiers.

After the navy was basically reorganized, Pluto's lights were turned off, and the entire dock was dark. People around also went to rest or participate in the construction of temporary bases.

There was only one person sitting on the temporary dock looking into the distance.

She was carrying a sniper rifle.

Soon after, a girl walked up behind her, looking at the blue-grey sea in the distance that reflected some phosphorescence.

She wears two swords, one is a normal sword and the other is astonishingly long.

Both of them were silent for a long time, and the only sound on the dock was the sound of the sea breeze and the roar of the waves.

"What are you thinking about sitting here in the middle of the night?"

Dasqi lowered his head and looked at the girl in front of him: "Enxia?"

"...It turns out to be Dasqi, who stayed up late at night and came to chat with me."

Enxia grinned and laughed softly.

"I have the habit of patrolling at night, and I just happened to see you."

Dasqi closed his eyes and shook his head, then took two steps forward and sat side by side with Enxia, ​​also looking into the distance.

"It's you, sitting here alone in the middle of the night, what are you thinking about?"

"It's just some feelings." Enxia stretched out her hand, and between her two fingers was the moon in the sky.

"The coast today looks very similar to my hometown. There is a crescent moon hanging in the sky on the coast, and the reflection of the moonlight on the sea water is like that of fish."

"Your hometown?" Dasqi looked at Enxia, ​​"By the way, speaking of it, I have never heard you talk about your childhood."

"Didn't we never say it?" Enxia raised his eyebrows.

"No one has mentioned this matter before." Dasqi smiled, bent down, and rested his cheek on his knees: "Since you are interested today, why don't you talk about it?"

"...I think it's better if you don't listen, and I can't remember much of what happened at that time."

Enxia looked around and saw a pile, then moved her body and found a comfortable position to lean on it.

Dasqi also got up and followed, saying as he walked:

"I heard that you were a well-known bounty hunter before you joined the navy, and you were very capable. And from the beginning, your knowledge and skills were quite good, and your marksmanship was also very good."

"I want to know how you mastered these skills. I was so far behind you as a marine in the beginning."

"This."

Enshia was half lying down, holding her firearm in her arms.

The moonlight shone on her face, and her eyes were quite gentle.

"Then I have to talk about my dad."

"He is the best hunter in my hometown. His marksmanship is amazing. He can accurately hit the target from thousands of meters away."

"I followed him hunting in the mountains since I was a child, and later I went out to sea by myself. My marksmanship became more and more mature as I practiced."

"And I can go without eating or drinking for a long time and integrate into the environment. That's the foundation my dad gave me."

"He was the person I admired most."

Dasqi looked at Enxiya's longing expression and knew that what the other party said was not a lie. Nshia is not a good liar either.

Then, Nxiya changed the subject:

"But one day I hated him."

"Um?"

Dasqi was slightly startled.

Enxia said very indifferently: "My mother, I can't remember her appearance. I only know that we went out to hunt every day. When we came home, she would prepare meals, change of clothes, etc., and then she would tell me some stories. Stories from the village.”

"Until one day, people who didn't know whether they were bandits or pirates broke into the village."

Enxia said with half-closed eyes.

"When my father and I returned to the village that day, when we climbed over the last mountain, we both noticed the raging fire burning in the village in the distance."

"And my dad told me..."

"Don't go there."

Enxia's face was as calm as ever, but Dasqi heard a chill in her tone.

"He asked me to leave and not go to my mother."

"After that, I never saw the woman who smiled at me every night, helped me take care of my wounds, washed my hair, and put me in bed."

"Haha... Dad later said that it was not safe to take me there. He didn't care, but I might die. And if he went alone, I would be in danger as well in the mountains."

"So in the end he didn't take me there."

"..."

Dasqi saw the veins suddenly popping up on Enxia's forehead, and her expression suddenly became ferocious.

"But am I fucking afraid of death!? He didn't even tell me what happened at that time..."

"I don't know anything, and I missed the opportunity to see my mother for the last time."

"And he took me Mingzhe to protect himself, Mingzhe to protect himself, hahahahaha..."

Enxia held her head and laughed loudly. Dasqi looked around nervously, worried that Enxia would wake up the navy who was resting.

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.

Enxia's laughter gradually subsided, and her expression became calm again.

She didn't originally plan to talk about her past, but unconsciously she couldn't shut up her conversation.

"He told me that I must protect myself wisely and protect myself wisely..."

"So when he was bitten to death by the 'Mountain God', I ran away."

"..."

Dasqi's throat choked hard, and her expression became stiff.

"The mountain god is the largest and most difficult beast to mess with over there. A gun cannot penetrate its skin."

"Those powerful people from overseas are not willing to take the time to clean this thing. It usually stays in the mountains and does not come out, so we have never taken care of it."

"Until the day it went crazy for no apparent reason..."

"Dad told me to run."

Enshia shrugged.

Dasqi looked at Nxiya who looked indifferent and didn't know how to answer.

Enxia obviously didn't want her to answer the conversation, and said to herself:

"Later, when I was wandering alone, I heard that bandits led by pirates destroyed the village."

"With nothing to do, I just went to sea and became a bounty hunter until I joined the navy."

"A boring story, right?"

"..." Dasqi was speechless for a long time, and finally blinked and asked: "In that case, why did you choose to join the navy?"

"You...are not a 'just' kind of person, right?"

Dusky asked cautiously.

Enxia nodded, then shook her head.

"I am indeed not a righteous person, I am just an ordinary person."

“Just a little bit of talent and a little bit of luck.”

"I will only keep everything for myself, and if there is a situation, I will leave as soon as possible without taking any risks."

"Normally I wouldn't join the navy."

"Then why..."

Dasqi looked at Nxiya suspiciously.

Enxia pursed her lips, and then said in an erratic tone:

"Who knows?"

"I decided to join the navy after seeing Mary risking her life to fight Crocodile."

"I remember the reports at the time said that Mary almost died once, but she still chose to challenge an opponent she could hardly defeat..."

"That's why I vaguely felt that I must come here, at least I want to meet her."

After Enxia finished speaking, she said with some self-deprecation:

"It's weird, isn't it? To be honest, I don't know why."

"Maybe I met Mary once when I was little? Or maybe I've seen similar people do similar things before."

"...Well, maybe, it's just my impulsive wishful thinking."