The bloody hand Mary of the pirate

"when……"

Crocodile didn't even need to look to know who the cold and piercing murderous intent behind him came from.

He was too familiar with it. When he and Mary were one-on-one a few days ago, he fought with this murderous intent!

When he thought of the flaming sharp blade before, Crocodile's heart tightened. Several vital points in his body instantly became elemental, ready to spread out to avoid the attack of the flaming knife.

However, Crocodile did not feel the scorching temperature, but instead grabbed his shoulder with a hand.

Oops, my thinking is fixed!

Crocodile was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses, suddenly in a panic.

Crocodile's previous record of cutting off his arm with a knife and almost decapitating him with a knife left a deep psychological shadow on Mary's black flames. So much so that when Mary came close, his first reaction was to hide with elements.

He fired the knife, but forgot about Mary's best fighting method - blood control!

But that's okay.

Crocodile's eyes turned cold.

I am no longer what I used to be. If you come close to me... you are seeking death!

After reacting, Crocodile immediately opened the dry field for his protection, but the soil of the dead had just erupted, and the release of this dry field was a little slower.

At the same time, Crocodile immediately retreated, trying to distance himself.

In any case, being entangled by a lunatic like Mary, who has an extremely wild fighting style, Crocodile is an absolute disadvantage in close combat!

However, Mary was furious!

Every opportunity is hard-won, and the further you get, the harder it is to get. Any opportunity that comes close... you have to try your best!

Steam began to escape from Mary's body, which was the characteristic of the blood evil technique being pushed to the extreme. Mary's blood flow rate was already countless times faster than that of ordinary people, and her blood began to boil!

With all his strength, Crocodile even pulled away and retreated, but Mary finally caught the intact hand!

"Damn it..." Crocodile looked at this scene with eyes wide open and roared: "Wither it!"

The white light burst out, and Mary's body dried up almost instantly, and began to turn into yellow sand inch by inch. Then it recovered in an instant under the complicated and horrified eyes of Smoker and Crocodile, and the cycle continued.

But Mary always held on to Crocodile. Even if her hand was turned into yellow sand, it would recover in the blink of an eye, leaving no chance for Crocodile to break free.

Blood continuously spurted out from her hands and flowed on Crocodile's arm. Crocodile continuously activated the drying aperture to make the blood disappear, but Mary continued to produce blood, and even caused the entire body to explode to supply blood.

This desperate style of play made Crocodile complain endlessly. He also needed reaction time to activate the dry spell. Mary's wave after wave of explosions without any gaps left him completely too late to respond.

Being attacked crazily by Mary also angered Crocodile. Thinking of the big losses he suffered at Mary's hands before, he couldn't help but feel anger rising in his heart.

“Then come and spend it!!!”

Crocodile roared angrily and no longer pulled away, but instead used all his strength to fight with Mary.

Mary controlled Crocodile's blood and turned it into a bloody knife to pierce Crocodile's body desperately and extend all the way up Crocodile's arm.

Mary's blood lurked in Crocodile's blood vessels, constantly piercing it and destroying his arm. At the same time, it quickly followed his blood vessels and approached Crocodile's heart.

The dry barrier on Crocodile's body also kept flashing. Mary's body was drained again and again, and regenerated again and again. If it were not in Crocodile's body, there was too little blood belonging to Mary, and Mary would have wanted to be directly in Crocodile's body.

Regeneration will burst him to pieces!

The confrontation between the two reached a fever pitch within a few seconds. Mary's life force was consumed at an alarming rate. In just a few seconds, as she continued to dry up and regenerate, a trace of white hair appeared on her forehead.

This is when Mary's vitality began to overdraw.

But she still held Crocodile's hand tightly, continued to pump out her blood, and gritted her teeth to persevere. The blood had been shut down the first time it dried up, but Mary still did not fall behind!

Crocodile was not having a good time either. The lower part of his arm had been almost chopped to pieces by Mary's bloody knife. Feeling the excruciating pain from his arm, Crocodile understood that even if he took his hand out now, he would

His hands are also permanently disabled.

But this only aroused his ferocity. Crocodile was not a good person in the first place, and he suffered heavy losses at the hands of Mary. At this time, Crocodile was like a wounded lion. Not only did he not show any signs of weakness, but he also had no momentum.

Even more powerful!

Suddenly, Mary's output force suddenly increased, and the blood in the blood vessels of Crocodile's arm suddenly accelerated, and it was about to approach Crocodile's heart.

Crocodile also sensed something abnormal, and subconsciously wanted to dry it up in his body, cleaning up a whole patch of blood.

“Don’t even think about it!!!”

Mary shouted loudly, and her long-planned domineering aura erupted at an extremely close distance, almost face to face. The huge impact made Crocodile's brain go blank for a moment!

The jet-black overlord-colored domineering energy that exploded with full force swept out uncontrollably, and even Ace and Smoker were shocked.

When Crocodile came back to his senses, Mary's blood had already climbed to the position close to the shoulder blades. If it breaks out and dries up at this time, Crocodile, who is still unfamiliar with control, may be affected by this force and affect his heart.

Crocodile, realizing the stakes, hardly hesitated for a moment. The arm of the sand that was not stained by blood turned into a sand knife and cut his shoulder in two!

Seeing such cruelty, Mary and the other three were stunned, but Crocodile just turned pale and flew high like an eagle freed from its restraints!

After breaking her arm, Mary could no longer restrain him.

His eyes were piercing, and he struck Mary, who was still stunned, with a thunderous blow!

"Sha Shigure!"

"not good!"

At the critical moment, the first person to react was Ace, who was experienced in combat. Looking at Mary who was unable to exert any strength in mid-air due to the loss of blood, he gritted his teeth and could only use his fastest and most brutal attack method.

He hit Mary forcefully.

"fire punch!"

One hand turned into a fire fist and flew out, and Ace smashed Mary out of Crocodile's attack range as quickly as possible!

"heavy smoker!"

Ignoring the slightly insulting nickname, Ace roared at the same time as Smoker took action. A white vine directly grabbed Mary from Crocodile. In the blink of an eye, both of them reached a level far beyond normal.

reaction speed.

Immediately afterwards, Smoker looked at the aging Mary, knowing that the exhaustion of this attack on Mary had caused her to temporarily lose her ability to fight.

Ace suddenly swung a wave of flames to temporarily block Crocodile's brutal attack. His physical strength had been exhausted too much. After throwing out a punch, he leaned on his knees and gasped for air.

After calming down, Smoker immediately said to Mary:

"Mary, you go to the back to recover first, no matter what method you use as soon as possible! Ace and I will help you delay the time, and wait until you come back..."

After that, Smog didn't know what to say. The determination and strength shown by Crocodile now made him a little helpless. He could only grit his teeth and said a little resignedly:

"When you recover, we will find a solution!"

After that, regardless of Mary's reaction, he directly used smoke to send Mary, who had taken a breath and temporarily lost her strength, to the rear.

He turned around and shouted to Ace:

"Ace, let's take this guy to another place first!"

Ace took a deep breath, straightened up again, and nodded heavily to Smoker.

Even now, Ace's mood has become extremely heavy and he can no longer laugh.

…

"Plop!"

The white smoke dragged Mary far and wide before gradually dissipating, and Mary fell weakly to the ground.

As Smoker said, although this life-for-life style of play caused the greatest damage to Crocodile so far, it also caused Mary to lose almost all her vitality and completely lose her fighting ability.

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Even Bawang Color Haki was forced to shut down.

It's really a life for half a life.

Mary endured the severe pain from her bones that seemed to be falling apart and stood up silently.

My brain is a little dizzy...my eyes are a little black...

Mary struggled to move a little staggeringly under the heavy rain. Now she was looking for some trees to absorb the life force.

With difficulty, Mary raised her head and looked around, but found that there were no green plants in sight.

...Mary wanted to curse a little bit.

Just as Mary moved her body to look for an object that could absorb life force, a blue figure appeared in front of her.

She gently supported the swaying Mary.

Mary looked at the figure in front of her and was slightly stunned.

"...Weiwei?"

The figure that was least likely to appear on this fierce battlefield appeared in front of Mary so realistically that she felt as if she was dreaming.

Weiwei pursed her lips and said:

"Don't ask so many questions first. Get out of here quickly. We'll talk about it later."

"Colonel Tina is helping me organize the personnel to evacuate. I was worried and came over."

"Originally I just planned to watch from a distance and retreat as soon as there was any problem. I didn't expect that I saw you being thrown out, Mary, just as I came here."

"Maybe this is fate."

Mary wanted to complain at this moment, but her tired body made her not even in the mood to complain.

He could only breathe weakly, and was slowly moved to a safe area by Weiwei, half carrying and half pulling him.

Smoker and Ace have already led Crocodile away in another direction.

"Hoo, ho..."

Walking into a building and looking for a window, Weiwei carefully put Mary down against a wall by the window and let her rest there.

Weiwei looked at the aged Mary and thought of something.

Withered bodies...those sand pirates?

Weiwei looked at Mary who was breathing weakly, and the suspicion she had always had in her heart was finally verified.

Sure enough... Mary's terrifying power comes largely from her vitality...

Moreover, Mary can also absorb the vitality of others to fight. Those sand thieves were killed by Mary draining their vitality.

Thinking of this, Weiwei closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then opened her eyes and looked at Mary.

"Your Excellency Mary...can my life force help you?"

As soon as these words came out of her mouth, Mary was stunned.

She looked at Weiwei with firm eyes, a little lost in thought.

After a while, looking at Weiwei with a determined look on her face, she said with a somewhat puzzled tone:

"You know what I'm capable of?"

"Guessed it."

"Then why...you want to give me your own life force?"

Weiwei smiled and said:

"I once said that I could give my life for my country. But now, you are more useful than me. My life force is worth more to you."

"This is the reason why I gave my life force to you. I believe you can use my life force better than me."

Weiwei's pure and clear gaze made Mary, who had always had a charity attitude towards Weiwei, look at the girl in front of her who had awakened the power of overlord for the first time.

...Mary thought he might understand why Weiwei was able to awaken her overlord color.

This awareness of sacrificing one's life for the people is indeed enough.

Thinking of this, she smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"No, my Life Fruit cannot be absorbed by anyone else's life force."

"You said you wanted to give me your life force, but I may not be able to absorb your life force yet."

This is Mary's biggest problem now.

She can now absorb the vitality of all unconscious life forms, as well as the vitality of people suffering from mental breakdown, but Weiwei is obviously not in the category of these two.

Of course, Mary can also knock Weiwei unconscious and absorb the life force, but in this way Mary has no way to judge how much life force she has absorbed from Weiwei. What if she sucks Weiwei to death...

Needless to say, this will definitely become Mary's inner demon.

"Maybe..."

Who knows, when Weiwei heard this, she just smiled helplessly and said, "Sir Mary, if you don't try this kind of thing, who would know? You might as well try to absorb my life force."

Mary looked at the smile on Weiwei's face and fell silent for a moment, then reached out and held Weiwei's hand.

The ability of the Life Fruit is activated.

At this moment, a warm trickle of life force slowly poured into Mary's body from her arms.

Mary's expression suddenly froze. After a while, she suddenly woke up and subconsciously wanted to take her hand away from Weiwei's hand.

However, at this moment, Weiwei suddenly held Mary's hand tightly. When Mary's hand strength made her unable to hold it, she directly pressed her body against Mary's body, and the two embraced each other face to face.

Unable to break away, Mary seemed to have directly severed her connection with the Fruit of Life. However, Weiwei seemed to know this without warning, and whispered in Mary's ear:

"Don't stop, Lady Mary. This is my decision."

Mary's movements froze and she murmured in a daze:

"You just...believe me that much?"

Mary, who had always considered herself to be righteous, no longer mentioned the word in front of Weiwei, but looked at Weiwei with a slight movement of her eyes, who gently rested her head on her shoulder.

"Since you know what my ability is, you should also know how many people I have killed for this life force..."

You know, many sand pirates were sucked dry in front of Weiwei's eyes. And this behavior is justice...even in Mary's opinion, it is a bit too forced.

In her opinion, this is more like a compromise with her own heart.

Therefore, facing Weiwei who believed in her unconditionally, Mary hesitated.

"Even so, are you... willing to believe me like this?"

"Of course I believe it..."

Weiwei's voice was as thin as a mosquito's, yet decisive.

"Because Lady Mary is a good person."

"Although Lady Mary, you once said that you came to help Alabasta because of me."

"But Lord Mary, have you ever thought about why you admire me?"

After a pause, Weiwei smiled faintly.

"You came to help me because of my kindness. But why would you help me because of your kindness?"

"Your Excellency Mary, there is kindness hidden in your heart that even you don't know about. I think this is the real reason why you came to help me."

"The sense of justice that comes from your heart drives you. So no matter how bloody your actions seem, I am willing to believe you and put my life, and the lives of all the people of Alabasta... in your hands."

In hand."

Weiwei's words are calm, yet powerful.

Mary looked forward a little distractedly, feeling a little confused for the first time.

Do I really...have the kind of image that Weiwei has in her heart?

Traveling back several months, in order to earn fear points, Mary has been killing with such brutality that there is a trace of blood when she walks.

However, Weiwei's words at this time made Mary recall something again.

Something that she had somewhat forgotten over the past few months.

The sleeping [sub-personality] that has been suppressed by the [main personality] is slowly awakening.

A severe headache suddenly interrupted Mary's thoughts. She suppressed her thoughts that started to become a little chaotic and whispered;

"Is someone like me... really worthy?"

Looking back on my crazy behavior over the past few months, it now seems like I was manipulated by the system.

It seems embarrassing now.

"Even so, I killed many people, killed many people, and used violence to fight violence..."

"Isn't it too despicable to use just ends as an excuse for brutal means?"

The [sub-personality] in Mary's heart gradually awakened, no longer suppressed by the bloody heart. As soon as the [sub-personality] emerged, she was oppressed by a strong sense of guilt and became breathless.

It was only then that Mary discovered that she was very fragile. It was just her blood-killing heart that made her ignore her conscience, allowing her to kill the evil people she hated with peace of mind.

But this kind of dark justice can hardly be called the correct behavior in terms of my original three views.

The awakening of [sub-personality] made Mary even more shaken. She was in a critical situation, and the sudden and fierce conflict between [main personality] and [sub-personality] seemed extremely inappropriate at this time.

But...who knows if this is the most correct time?

Mary's headache became more and more severe, and it was difficult to control it even if she covered her head. The pain almost completely distorted Mary's expression.

However, the next moment, Weiwei's scolding roared in Mary's ears like thunder, making Mary forget all the pain.

"Even so, it's not Lady Mary's fault!"

Weiwei suddenly shouted angrily, and that heart-wrenching scolding interrupted Mary's self-blame.

"I once learned from my father that I should try my best to save everyone who can be saved."

"Mary, please think about it, with everything you have done, have you killed more people or saved more people?"

"I once thought about saving everyone, but reality tells me that this is just an ideal like a dream!"

"Human abilities are limited, and I can only save a limited number of people. I can only choose to save my people instead of the people in Baroque Studio!"

"And Sir Mary, think about it carefully, what you are doing is just trying your best to save as many people as possible!"

"The pirates you killed, the sand pirates you killed, if you let them go, more people may suffer!"

"If you had not absorbed the vitality of those sand pirates, you would not be Crocodile's opponent, and the entire Kingdom of Alabasta would be in disaster!"

"Everything you do is just working towards the goal of saving more people and saving more good people!!!"

Weiwei held Mary harder and harder, and the confrontation between Mary's two personalities suddenly stopped. At the same time, the third hidden personality originating from the original owner of this body slowly emerged.

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However, this personality did not make Mary feel any discomfort. On the contrary, it was like comforting, making Mary's heart gradually peaceful.

But even so, the vibrations in Mary's pupils became more and more intense.

Is this why... Weiwei is willing to give me her life force?

Is this really what I think in my heart?

"Your Excellency Mary, you gave me a helping hand when I was most helpless, didn't you?"

Weiwei's tone gradually softened, her skin gradually lost its luster, and her hair began to turn white.

"In the final analysis, you have been fighting for me, for kindness and justice."

"I think--"

Weiwei smiled again, that ordinary smile contained incredible power.

"You can be more proud of this."