Pirate Bloody Hand Mary

Three days later, at the port of Xiangbodi, a rather small warship docked, attracting the attention of others.

"I've never seen a warship of this size before... Does anyone know where it comes from?"

A tourist on the shore turned sideways and asked the owner of the shop next to him.

The boss raised his head slightly and said:

"I don't know. I've never seen a warship of this size before. It's the first time I've seen it in so many years."

After putting them on, Ai Xi and Du Si Qi poked their heads out from the railing and looked at the Shampoo Islands.

"Eh~ So beautiful."

Dasqi looked at the bubbles floating on the Shampoo Islands in surprise. The colorful bubbles were deeply loved by the little girl.

"Yeah, these trees and bubbles are so weird."

Ai Xi couldn't help but open his mouth.

Both of them grew up in the East China Sea and had never seen such a scene.

"Haha, this is the only way to enter the new world, and it is also the playground for the Celestial Dragons."

Enxia came out with Paul. One of these two was a navy of the Grand Line, and the other was a bounty hunter of the Grand Line. They knew much more about Chambord Land than Ashe and Dasqi.

While the two of them were sharing knowledge about Shampoo with Dasqi and others, in the cabin, Coleman was talking to a woman on the phone bug.

"...Well, I'm back. Yes, it's...a holiday, right?"

"Yeah, okay, I'll go find you in two days."

"Okay, you didn't move, did you? Okay, that's it."

With a click, Kuhlman hung up the phone.

When he walked out of the room, he happened to bump into Mary, who had just finished taking a shower and was walking in the corridor in a towel.

Due to Mary's strong request, Zefa specially left a huge bathtub for bathing when designing the ship, which was enough to accommodate four girls lying in it at the same time.

Although on the whole ship, it seemed that Mary was the only one who had the habit of taking a bath. Others were quite repelled by having their bodies immersed in water for a long time, and Encia and Coleman even couldn't understand why Mary, who was both a Devil Fruit user, could endure that feeling of powerlessness.

Of course, that's not the issue now.

"..." Coleman raised his eyelids slightly, "Ahem, pay attention to your image."

When Mary heard this, she smiled with a smile on her face.

"A middle-aged guy still cares about a young girl?"

"If you have a daughter, she won't be a few years younger than me, right?"

Coleman held his forehead with a headache.

Of course he wouldn't be so embarrassed, he has the willpower. The most important thing is that after a period of close contact, Kuhlman discovered that although Mary is a girl, her behavior is no different from that of a man.

There was even a situation where she pushed the door open quite naturally when Paul was still in the bathroom, scaring the entire ship.

It's the same now. After taking a shower, Mary often walks around in the corridor casually in her underwear and a towel.

If it weren't for the fact that several people's rooms were very close to each other, Coleman would never have thought that Mary's private life was so... uninhibited.

"Okay, okay, just kidding."

Mary shrugged: "I could feel the boat stop just now when I was sitting in the boat. Calculating the distance, we should have almost arrived at Shampoo. I'll go change clothes, and you can watch the other four people and don't let them mess around." run."

"It's very difficult to find people in Shampoo Place."

"Um."

Coleman nodded and walked onto the deck expressionlessly.

Mary, on the other hand, frowned and looked at her naked body.

"...How to increase the arousal range of the Desire Fruit? I feel like this lustful charm won't work on most people."

"Desire, desire... There are quite a few directions of desire that can be calculated now, but the intensity is too low and the practicality is too poor..."

Whispering to herself, Mary walked back to the room and summoned a black military uniform.

"OK, let's go to the island."

…

Mary and Coleman were wandering around the mangrove No. 30.

Perhaps because it was too early, there were only a few small pirates running around in the entire Shampoo Islands. After grabbing a few waves of people, Mary lost interest in taking action.

After all, these pirates are not strong, but each one is slipperier than the other. After a few waves of bloody suppression, the remaining pirates hid in the sewers like rats. As a result, Mary couldn't find any of them with her half-baked knowledge.

Thinking about it, these pirates wouldn't cause much trouble in Shampoo Land, so Mary simply stopped looking for them one by one.

I just told them that they would meet up at the Dandelion every night, and if they encountered any pirates, they would go directly to the navy garrison in Shampoo to register. After that, the six people divided into three groups and left.

The two leaders, Mary and Coleman, had no rest. They rushed to the shopping street as soon as possible to purchase supplies and update the equipment on hand.

Paul seemed to have family living in the Shampoo Islands. He went to Mangrove No. 43 alone. Since it was not an illegal zone, the others were relieved.

Enxia, ​​on the other hand, took the two cute girls Ai Xi and Dasqi around, but did not take them to the No. 1 mangrove area.

Except for Dusky and Ai Xi, everyone else knew the reason well.

"Human auction house..."

Walking on the street, Kuhlman looked at the huge mangrove tree marked with the word "1" in the distance with gloomy eyes. His tone was filled with hatred and a hint of helplessness.

"It's really ridiculous that the Navy, which prides itself on being controversial, can only turn a blind eye to this."

Listening to Kuhlman's indignant speech, Mary could only shake her head.

Every world has a dark side. The security of the country in my previous life was much better than this world. The underground black market and drug trafficking associations are still alive and well.

If there is a need, there will be a market, not to mention that this human auction house, as a place frequented by the Celestial Dragons, can hardly be said to have no support from government organizations.

With their current abilities, even if they are filled with anger about this scene, they can't do anything more.

As strong as Garp, he still turned a blind eye to it; as free and straightforward as Luffy, he couldn't do more than beat up the Celestial Dragon.

Under the current system, it is not easy to eradicate these dark sides represented by human transactions.

Kuhlman naturally understood this, so he could only clenched his fists to express his unwillingness, but he made no more moves.

Mary tapped him lightly on the shoulder.

"Kulman, all adverse situations stem from his own lack of ability."

“We have the tools to change all this, but we don’t have enough.”

"Even if we destroy the auction house now, there is no other meaning except for more people to be arrested to make up for this loss. The people who were rescued will eventually be unable to protect them due to our status, and it will inevitably happen again. Caught back."

"We are the navy after all, and we can't touch the forces behind it. If we get angry now, even if we fight, it will be useless."

Glancing at him lightly, Mary said with unusual certainty:

"But we have this future, don't be impatient now."

"Improve your strength with peace of mind, one day..."

The enemy is the darkness of this world, not a small human exchange.

It would be easy for Mary to destroy this human exchange, but in the end, it would not have much effect, it would just be a change of place.

Mary had the courage and consciousness to fight for her life, but it was expected that Mary would not waste her efforts in doing something meaningless in her own capacity.

In the fight with Crocodile, you can see the impact of the victory. The black market in front of us is much more deeply rooted than Crocodile.

Even if the supplier is killed, human traffickers will continue to replenish it. If you want to completely control this phenomenon, you must have the courage and strength to be an enemy of an era.

What the two of them lack now is just strength.

This is the era of great pirates, and how many people who roam the sea don't have such courage?

Kuhlman also smiled, calmed down, and once again put on a straight face.

Two cold-faced rangers were searching for supplies in a strange style on the street. The two sets of justice cloaks, one black and one white, looked particularly eye-catching.

The stacking of large and small boxes is even more eye-catching.

And when the whispers of some of the talking crowd reached Mary's ears, Mary's face turned even darker.

"Hey hey hey...how can there be such a small navy?"

"I wonder, could it be a dress made for her by her family?"

"It's a bit like eh, that tall and thick man was brought out to play by his elders?"

"..."

Mary looked at Kuhlman with drooping eyes. Kuhlman had no expression on his face.

"Did you hear that?"

Mary's faint voice reached Kuhlman's ears. Kuhlman didn't tense up for a moment, grinned, and then quickly tightened it.

"I'm professionally trained and I don't know how to laugh."

"..."

Mary silently threw the box in her hand into Kuhlman's hand.

"In that case, please 'elder', please take up the responsibilities of the elders."

"Ha ha……"

A smile finally appeared on Coleman's always rigid face.

"It's rare to see you suffer."

…

After buying all the things they needed to buy, Coleman and Mary found a place to sit down.

It was almost noon, and the two of them had to find a good place to eat.

The piles of boxes stacked up next to them were so shaky that they were intimidating. Many people were afraid of being hit, so they subconsciously took a detour and walked away.

There was an empty area inexplicably around the two of them, and they were happy to be at ease.

The sky was sunny, and the bench under the sun was extremely hot, but the two people who had walked for a long time didn't really want to move, so they just sat there motionless.

It was not a problem to be so silent all the time. Mary had nothing to think about alone now, so out of boredom, she spoke first.

"Kulman, how old are you this year?"

"I must be forty-one, I can't remember clearly."

"So big!?"

Mary was stunned for a moment and then reacted.

Also, it would be strange if the Legend of the North Sea, who had fought against Kaji, was not of this age.

But having said that, at this age, Zefa still values ​​his talent. You can imagine how amazing and talented he was when he was young. It can be considered bad luck.

Mary shook her head and stopped thinking about this, and then asked:

"Why are you so familiar with the Shampoo Islands? If I remember correctly, you should be from the North Sea."

"Why are you so familiar with Shampoo Land..."

Coleman smiled self-deprecatingly and said:

"My motherland was defeated. The motherland ruled by Germa is no longer my motherland. My comrades and relatives were all killed. I was the only one who escaped into the windless zone."

"If I hadn't been lucky and ended up in the Grand Line, I might have died more than ten years ago."

For a moment, the air fell into silence. After a long time, Mary whispered:

"Sorry, this is not a good memory..."

"It doesn't matter, so many years have passed long ago."

"What's more, I still have the opportunity to make up for the mistakes I made in the first half of my life."

Kuhlman once again regained his classic poker face.

The Navy...is the springboard, the way to change the world.

"Indeed." Mary nodded, "We all still have our own goals."

"Forget it, it's rare to go shopping and have fun. Although we are also doing business, we may not have relaxed like this for a long time."

"Let's put those heavy topics to rest for now and let's talk about something lighter."

Coleman turned his head, looked at Mary who was coughing slightly, and said:

"That being said, I do have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"...how old are you?"

"roll."

"just kidding."

Looking at Coleman's motionless face with Chinese characters, Mary sneered.

"It's rude to ask a random woman her age, Coleman."

"Well...I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

"There's a big difference between your mental state and your appearance."

Coleman pondered for a moment and said.

Mary sneered and said something. After looking Kuhlman up and down, she spoke sharply:

"...Forget it, it seems that you are so old, you probably don't have much luck with women."

Coleman frowned.

"Hmm...why do you say that?"

Mary chuckled and shook her head.

"Just by looking at your bad mouth, I can tell how a guy like you, who doesn't know how to be charming, can be destined to be a woman..."

"Kulman...is that you?"

"..."

A timid female voice came from in front of the two of them. Mary was startled and looked in front of her. She saw a petite adult woman approaching cautiously and staring at Kullman intently.

Mary was silent for a moment, then slowly turned her gaze to Kuhlman.

At this time, Kuhlman clasped his hands together, placed them on his knees, lowered his head and coughed lightly.

"Well...Long time no see, Edna."

"It's really you!"

Edna exclaimed softly, walked forward quickly, and sat next to Kuhlman.

"When you called me this morning, I had no idea you would be arriving so soon."

"Why don't you even say a word to me even though you're around here?"

Edna said angrily.

Coleman's tone was slightly embarrassed.

"Uh...because I have some things to do."

"There are some things... also, you are in the navy now, so you should indeed be busy with official duties."

Edna was startled for a moment, then nodded as if understanding.

"Then this...is your partner?"

Edna looked at Mary aside with suspicious eyes.

Although Mary had appeared in the newspaper, just like Aokiji had never expected before, from that perspective, no one would associate a pretty little girl with the majestic navy.

So Edna couldn't confirm Mary's identity for a while. She just thought it was a bit... weird for a little girl to sit with her partner.

At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly became weird and awkward, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.

When Coleman was about to explain something, Mary immediately answered:

"It's nothing, he's just an elder I haven't seen for a long time. I'll leave right away. It's time for me to go home."

Coleman instantly turned his head to look at Mary, but Mary stood up and turned around without hesitation.

Paul has relatives in Chambord, and I, Mary, also have an elder. This makes sense, right?

"Wait a moment..."

Coleman quickly stood up, comforted Edna, and quickly caught up with Mary.

"Wait a minute, Mary, why did you leave? This..."

"Explain explain?"

Mary raised her eyebrows, lowered her voice, and couldn't stop glancing at Edna.

"Well, she's my friend."

Mary's eyes widened when she heard Kuhlman's explanation.

"How can we have such close friends!?"

"She's almost sitting on your lap. You call her a friend?"

"You are such a woman..."

Mary's breath was suffocated, and her expression gradually became distorted.

This old boy like you actually has a partner!

You fucking betrayed the brotherhood of the revolutionary class!

At this time, Edna seemed to realize something belatedly. She stood up and asked tentatively:

"Um...this little lady, did I come at a bad time?"

Coleman was about to say something when he heard this, but Mary said directly without thinking:

"No, you came just in time!"

After saying that, she looked at Kullman with extremely sharp eyes.

"...I'm leaving, I won't disturb you."

"Senior Kullman, um... when you finish your work, the two of us can catch up on old times."

Immediately, she walked away regardless of Kullman's expression.

"Wait, Ma..."

Looking at Mary who was quickly walking away, Coleman sighed silently.

I still couldn't let Mary get down, she was a little too smart.

I don’t even have to give steps.

After walking a few blocks, Mary could not stop. The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed and ashamed she became.

[Not much luck with women].

What a bad mouth I have...

Mary rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky speechlessly.

"The slap in the face came too fast, like a tornado..."