Chapter 11: Illiteracy
The carriage bumped through the streets and arrived at another neighborhood in the royal city.
Compared to before, the streets here are obviously neater and cleaner, the pedestrians are dressed relatively elegantly and beautifully, and they look polite when they walk and talk.
A single-family mansion was not far ahead, which was Hobak's residence.
Further away is a wide staircase located on a higher ground, and on top of the staircase is the magnificent royal palace.
Inside the carriage, Lynch thought to himself: In the world of One Piece, it seems that the royal palaces of all countries are built on high points...even the closed country of Wano is no exception.
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"What on earth is he?"
"It's the evil spirit! The evil spirit followed us back!!"
Inside the Black Powder Security Company, gang members screamed in shock.
The cigar floated in the air, with blue smoke curling from the tip and red sparks flickering.
"Damn it!" The branch boss whose cigar was stolen grabbed the ashtray and threw it at the man in anger, but he hit nothing. The place where the cigar was floating was not where he thought, where there was an invisible man.
There is...no one at all.
The cigar floated slowly, and then Lynch's sketch paper, Robin's bounty order, and a pile of business documents on the table also floated up inexplicably.
The branch boss gritted his teeth, flipped over the table, and kicked at the cigar and documents.
Those things dodged nimbly, and the branch boss's kick missed. He fell to the ground, and when he looked back, the lit cigar head had already leaned against the edge of the pile of papers, lighting them.
Sparks rose up, spread and burned, soon forming a ball of flame.
Even though he knew that this was most likely the ability of a devil fruit... and not a truly terrifying vengeful spirit... there was still a chill that ran up the branch boss' spine.
Damn, how do I fight this kind of enemy! ?
Several gang members, who were already covered in blood, had already abandoned the bodies. Whoever wanted to contact the undertaker to collect the bodies could do so. Anyway, they just wanted to escape now!
They had not taken a few steps when they suddenly felt severe pain in their shoulders.
"ah!!"
It was as if a cold hand reached into their shoulders, forcefully parting and tearing their flesh, grabbing their bones and squeezing mercilessly.
This kind of pain can only be vented by screaming.
“Ahhhh!!”
"You, don't come over here!!"
There were miserable screams coming from the room.
There were passers-by on the street outside the house who heard the noise coming from inside.
But...people who live nearby more or less understand where this house is.
Although everyone is used to gangster stuff, it is better to avoid contact with them if nothing goes wrong...
In the room, pieces of paper one after another, whether it was sketch paper, bounty warrants, transaction orders, various account books, and other documents, were taken out from these people by invisible hands, flew out from various drawers and bookshelves in the room, and were thrown into the fire on the ground. Bang, bang, bang... the flames became stronger.
"My, my Bailey..."
The gang members, with blood all over their faces, fell in a pool of blood on the ground, watching in pain as the money in their pockets was taken out by invisible hands.
Piles of Baileys were searched out, and several gang members who had their arms controlled by invisible evil spirits watched their banknotes fly to the fire. They seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally threw them in.
There was even a bounty warrant that was turned out from the drawer.
It was a yellowed bounty warrant, obviously very old.
The photo shows a beautiful woman with long pink wavy hair. She is looking somewhere in profile with the corners of her mouth raised, full of evil charm.
No matter life or death!
The bounty is 1.49 billion!
Her name is——Charlotte Lingling!
After seeing clearly, several younger brothers shuddered in unison and looked at their boss.
He actually saved the bounty order of BIG.MOM, one of the cruel sea emperors, when she was young! Does the boss take out this bounty order of the aunt from time to time to admire it when he smokes a cigar in the house? ! So stuffy!
Charlotte Lingling's bounty fell and slowly landed on the fire.
The branch boss' face was covered in blood and reluctance. Even though he was in pain, he was still reluctant to stop the treasured bounty order from being burned to ashes.
But just as he stood up, the "evil spirit" who ruthlessly executed orders reached into his arm and pinched his elbow bone hard, dislocating it!
"ah!!"
The eyes of "BIB" glowed white, and the flames at his feet spread and burned, but he could not touch it, and naturally could not burn it at all.
It kicked each gang member again, picked up a wooden stick, dipped it in the blood on the floor, walked to a wall, and took down the scroll hanging on it.
"BIB" recalled what the main body had told it before the action, after the gunshot on the street.
[Lynch glanced at Robin, then grabbed BIB and whispered in its ear: "After you defeat these people, follow them... find their lair and teach them a lesson! By the way, if you find any bounty notices or anything like that, burn them all!... Finally, um... before you come back, write a message on their wall..."]
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There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"BIB" held up the bloody stick and remained silent for a moment, but did not start writing.
The gang members groaned in pain and rolled around in a pool of blood, looking in horror at the bloody stick hovering on the wall.
A streak of blood flowed down the wall, branching and flowing along the tiny cracks in the wall... vaguely weaving into some terrifying picture...
Is there any moral to this?
This horrible evil spirit, what else is it going to do? !
The flames spread and burned the legs of the table. The bloody stick suddenly flew back and hit the terrified gangsters on the head. Finally, the stick flew away and landed in a pool of blood...
The gang members shuddered and dared not move.
For a long time, there was no sound in the room except the crackling sound of the flames.
"Is it gone?"
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After "BIB" left Black Powder Security Company, he stood at the door like a ghost and recognized the direction where his original body was based on subtle sensing.
It doesn't care about the street or route, it just goes through the wall.
Of course, it is faster to go in a straight line! "BIB" is a ball of energy. Ordinary walls are no obstacle to it. It shuttles through half of the city like a ball of wind.
An old man sleeping in the house, a noble eating at the dining table, a girl reading at the table, a naughty boy playing ball in the courtyard, men and women playing in the swimming pool, and even group sex in the bedroom...
When "BIB" found a luxurious single-family house in an upper-class neighborhood at the foot of the royal palace, he entered and found his real body waiting in an empty room.
“Wait a minute…”
Lynch was chatting with Robin when he felt something in his heart. He turned his head and saw a black armor rushing towards him like a ghost.
The left hand of the stand-in Blue Flame pulled out the Hana-Hana Fruit chip from Lynch's body, placed it in the inverted triangle area on its chest, and then immediately poured it into the body of the original body.
“Ah…! Hmm…”
Lynch was shaking all over like a man with epilepsy and moaning in ecstasy.
The "flesh" on Robin's face turned into petals and fell off, revealing his original appearance. Even with a buzz cut, he was still cute.
A question mark slowly appeared in her head.
"Damn it, what's the hurry..."
Lynch gritted his teeth and caught his breath.
At this moment, a strange tingling sensation was growing throughout his limbs. The experience, fatigue, and gains of the substitute were perfectly compatible with him without any blind spots.
At the same time, the memories of the stand-in while he was away instantly flowed into Lynch's mind.
"But it is true that this way of reporting is much simpler and more intuitive than speaking with your mouth! You are quite smart, you are worthy of me!"
Lynch laughed, and dark energy flames surged from his body, releasing "BIB" again.
"But, if you are illiterate and can't write, don't come back to me, right?!" He gritted his teeth, turned his head away from Robin, who had a buzz cut and a lot of question marks on his face, and lowered his voice and said angrily, "Can't you ask those people on the ground?!"
(Starting today, I will try to update twice!)
(End of this chapter)