Nalga roared at Kuro:
"You're saying this woman wants to join your navy? Don't be ridiculous, Lucilfer Kuro, she's a criminal!"
"What criminal stuff? You haven't committed any crimes against the World Government. I'm telling you, you're an employee of 'Enies Lobby,' a direct agency of the World Government, not an employee of the Land of Insects."
Kuro walked over, looked down at Nalga, and exhaled a puff of smoke from his mouth, which swirled around Nalga's face, causing him to cough.
"Get your job straight, you bastard."
"Furthermore, you need to think this through. The revolutionary army is currently in this country. What if they incite the civilians, like this..."
He pointed at Kikyo and said, "One more person means one more fighting force. If I bring her into the Navy in advance, the Revolutionary Army will lose one more fighting force, and the Navy will gain one more fighting force, making a greater contribution to world peace. Can't you do such a simple addition and subtraction?"
"Someone as dim-witted as you dares to cooperate with me? You're utterly stupid!"
Without listening to Nalga, he headed straight for the village.
Lida and Crowe exchanged a glance. Crowe waved for the navy to leave, and they headed towards the village together.
"Kuro! Lucilfer Kuro, I'm definitely going to file a complaint against you!"
Nalga roared from behind.
Kuro chuckled dismissively. Complain about me? Isn't that a good thing?
Even with the Five Elders coming in person, he dared to say that he had done his best.
Is that old blind man really easy to deal with?
"Sir Navy officer, is this really a good idea?"
Following behind, Shangtu asked worriedly.
"It's okay, let's go back and continue barbecuing. I'm not full yet," Kuro waved his hand, completely unconcerned.
A group of people returned to the village. Kikyo led the children to clean the other deer, while the rest of the group sat around the campfire.
Perhaps because they've spent so much time with Kikyo, these kids have developed a pretty good way of handling venison.
"Sir Navy officer..."
Shangtu leaned closer and asked cautiously, "What you just said, is it true?"
"What?" Kuro was stunned for a moment.
"It's about recruiting Kikyo into the Navy," Ueto asked, glancing at Kikyo washing venison by the river.
"This one..."
Kuro scratched his head and looked at Lida. "What do you think?"
"sure."
Lida nodded. "Kikyo's cooking is delicious. If she were in the Navy, she could eat it every day."
Hearing this, Ueto stood up, bowed ninety degrees to Clow Reed, and solemnly said, "Please be sure to take Kikyo away. This place... is not suitable for her to live in."
"The situation in the Land of Insects is already like this. The Navy can't get in, and we can't get out. It's already like this. If we can take Kikyo away, it will be good for her. If this continues, Kikyo will definitely be captured. Navy officer, please, you must take her away!"
Given the current state of the Insect Kingdom, it's not impossible that there are people like Kikyo who break the local 'laws' in other villages as well. Sooner or later, they will be captured and executed by the Insect Kingdom.
However, that was in the past...
Kuro narrowed his eyes, a sliver of red light flashing in them. Sensing the surrounding aura, he murmured, "With their abilities, it should be possible..."
He looked at the riverbank and said, "I don't care. You can ask her yourself. If she's willing, she can be specially recruited into the army. I'm the naval base commander of Pegasus Island, so I have that authority."
"Platycodon grandiflorus, platycodon grandiflorus!"
Upon hearing this, Uesugi turned around and shouted at Kikyo.
"Overeaten? Who's overeaten?"
Kikyo's ears twitched, and she turned around to look at him, saying gently, "If you're feeling too full, I have some herbs here that can help relieve your stomach discomfort."
Shangtu: "..."
"I'm calling you, Kikyo!" Kamiya roared, a vein bulging on his forehead.
Kuro sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation. What was wrong with this country? He'd run into a blind man and a deaf man.
The blind man's strength was terrifying, and this deaf man was equally terrifying, psychologically...
Suzan nudged Kikyo and said loudly, "Sister Kikyo, Grandpa Shangtu is calling you, not because he's full."
Kikyo heard this, nodded, gave Kamiya an apologetic look, and walked over. "Grandpa Kamiya, you were looking for me?"
Ueto looked at her and said, "The Navy lord intends for you to join the Navy. What's your opinion?"
"What? You want to smoke the meat?"
Kikyo paused for a moment, then said, "But roasting will preserve the flavor of the venison, while smoking it means we're lacking salt."
"It's the Navy, the Navy!" Ueto yelled into Kikyo's ear, "It's not smoke, they're the Navy!"
"Huh? I've lost my mind?"
Kikyo said apologetically, "I'm sorry, but we really are lacking salt..."
"Sister Kikyo, it's not about salt, nor is it about you having wild thoughts. I'm asking if you want to join the Navy."
Lida chimed in, "If you join the Navy, you can do whatever you want. With this identity, you can move freely in the Land of Insects. You can also bring them food, and if they don't mind, you can even take it with you."
"this..."
Kikyo hesitated upon hearing this, then shook her head: "I can't leave. I want to participate in tomorrow's martial arts tournament. If I win, I'll receive a fiefdom, and that way..."
She turned to look at the group of children. "They will be saved, and I can cook whatever they want for them, as long as I win the martial arts tournament!"
"Kikyo, you haven't given up yet?!"
Shangtu said to her, "Have you forgotten what happened after you participated last time? You almost died there!"
"Huh? Back home? My home is right here." Kikyo was confused.
Kuro raised an eyebrow. Was this woman really deaf or pretending? How come they all sounded like they were hallucinating, while Lida's words were always clear to him?
Suddenly, Susanoo walked over and asked Kuro, "What exactly does the Navy do?"
"The Navy..."
Kuro thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps also a 'partner of justice'?"
"A partner of justice? Then let's take Kikyo with us!"
Suzumiya said resolutely, "We can survive on our own. We can't be a burden to Kikyo-neechan. She has already done enough for us. Kikyo-neechan shouldn't be bound by us. She should have her own life!"
Kikyo heard these words and frowned. "Susanoo, you..."
"Yes, let's take Kikyo with us."
Huina also came over, and at that moment, all the children who had been by the river came over, each with a resolute expression.
"Sister Kikyo, you have already done so much for us."
Hyena held back her tears and said, "Even if it's hard to bear, we can't let Kikyo stay here any longer, she'll die."
Kuro looked at them, silently exhaled a puff of smoke, looked up at the sky, gritted his teeth and said, "I've given you all the signals I needed to, I've done everything I could, if your Revolutionary Army still doesn't succeed, then you guys are fucking idiots!"
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