Chapter 12: People’s Dreams (Please collect and recommend)

After arriving at Hogbag's mansion, a maid came up to serve as soon as they opened the door. Together with Joanna, they helped Xin Duoli, whose ankle was swollen, to the room.

"You two can talk later!"

Hogback said a few perfunctory words to Lynch and Robin, then hummed a song and skipped to his room to get the medicine box.

“What a rich guy!”

Lynch leaned back on the soft sofa and sighed sincerely.

Robin beside him whispered, "Do you really want to rob..."

"Could it be fake?" Lin Qi was surprised.

Robin stopped talking. She thought that although the doctor named Hogback was not very good-looking and his attitude towards them was completely different from that towards Xinduoli and the others, he had not done anything bad...

"How could he let you see him do bad things?" Lin Qi said nonchalantly, "These guys are so rich, it's no wonder that they are robbed! Besides, didn't I say it at the beginning? I'm not a good person!"

"Who are you, then?" Robin asked softly.

"It's not clear yet, but maybe I'll become a pirate hunter next? After all, I need to eat!" Lin Qi touched his chin and imagined, "But I'll still be a pirate in the end! I really want to go to the sea and see the world!"

And there are those amazing guys on the Grand Line, those powerful guys who are as powerful as the sky!

After all, I have a golden finger like a stand-in. Wouldn't it be a waste if I don't pursue the path of becoming a strong person?

How can I come here for nothing? Robin asked, "If I want to go to the sea and see the world, I can also join the navy."

Lin Qiqi asked: "How could such words come out of your mouth?"

"..." Robin was silent. Her hometown, O'Hara, was razed to the ground by the Navy's Demon Killing Order.

She certainly had no good feelings towards the navy, nor did she have much hatred towards them. For a girl like her who had been alone and helpless since childhood, all she felt after fleeing all the way was fear.

But for others, the navy should still be reliable, right?

"The navy is pretty good, it's a decent camp, with job titles, salaries, bonuses, and a good reputation... There's also a strict hierarchy, so getting involved should give you a sense of accomplishment as you level up... The navy's justice cloak is a bit shameless, but it's a bit cool! And the admiral's sitting posture is a bit cool..."

Lynch kept talking to himself, something Robin half understood, and finally changed the subject and concluded decisively: "But I don't want to go to work."

"......?" A question mark slowly appeared on Robin's head.

Lin Qi said confidently: "Why would I want to work in the navy when I can be a pirate and be free?"

As they were talking, Lin Qi suddenly felt something in his heart. He turned his head and saw a dark mass of something rushing towards him...

………………

"BIB" appeared from Lynch's body again.

It immediately took out the inverted triangle chip from its chest and inserted it into Lynch's body with its right hand with red flame patterns.

Lynch regained the ability of the Flower-Flower Fruit.

This was the principle he had told the Stand before, that when it was retracted into the body, the Devil Fruit power in the body must be recovered, so that when it was released again, it would not also carry the fruit power. In that case, even as a Stand, it would be restrained and affected by things like the sea or seastone.

Lynch waved his hand and immediately used his power to blossom on Robin's face. His own facial flesh grew on her forehead and cheeks, and also covered her nose, making her look like a head of garlic.

Robin: “…”

As someone who obtained a PhD in history at the age of eight, her IQ is not low and her observation skills are also very strong during her escape.

Robin has seen that this boy named Lynch has the special ability to take away other people's devil fruit powers and absorb them. And... this ability seems to be able to be used on himself. Otherwise, he wouldn't act like he has the Flower-Flower Fruit one moment and then loses it the next... In addition, his other ability, the ghost-like ability, should be right next to him at this moment. It's just that he can't see it.

"But, if you are illiterate and can't write, don't come back to me, right?! Can't you ask those people on the ground?!"

Seeing him whispering to the air through gritted teeth, Robin asked curiously, "What does your ghost... look like?"

She was actually quite envious. Having such a ghost by her side was like having a friend by her side at all times, wasn't it?

After Lynch angrily lectured his Stand, he heard Robin's question and thought, "It's roughly equivalent to... a big guy wearing full body armor, right?"

Full body armor... Robin was stunned. Doesn't that make him look like a guardian knight? He was even more envious...

"Let's not talk about this. Robin..." Lynch came over and said embarrassedly, "Can you teach me how to write a sentence? I..."

It is really hard for me to say "I can't read"!!

The original owner of this body, the "Lin Qi", made nm run away to become a pirate at the age of eight, and he couldn't even read a single word! It's such a rip-off!

Lynch cursed in his heart.

Robin smiled, "Okay, what are you going to write?"

Hearing Lynch say that, Robin was slightly stunned and a little dazed, as if he didn't expect that such a sentence would come out of Lynch's mouth.

………………

The armor stand "BIB" was sent away by the angry Lynch with the newly learned words.

Originally, he just thought it was fun and wanted to leave a note at the crime scene.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

But since I have made such a big mistake of being illiterate, I have to write this line today!

Not long after, Hogback packed up the medical kit and walked out with a happy face.

On the sofa in the room, Xin Duoli's ankle was wrapped in layers of gauze, and the swelling had indeed subsided a lot.

Although Hogback looks wretched and has a low character, his medical skills are not fake. He is a medical idol that even Chopper, the doctor of the Straw Hat Ship, admires.

"Why are you still here?!"

Hogback was a little annoyed when he saw Lynch and Robin still holding the dirty dog ​​with blood all over its legs. Are these two ignorant brats really relying on him? !

If I take Miss Xin Duoli to another room for treatment myself, wouldn't that leave room for you to feel ashamed, give up, and quietly leave?

………………

On the other side, a huge fire broke out at the Black Powder Security Company.

Now that the fire has started, the residents passing by will certainly not sit idly by.

Some people rushed into the fire to save people, dragging out several bloody and incapacitated gangsters; some called on friends to fetch water and put out the fire; some ran around to tell others to call for the guards to come to the rescue...

Reporters who were covering the street shooting also rushed over after hearing the news.

"Click" "Click"...

He was taking pictures of the charred scene. Through the open door, he could see a messy room with walls blackened by smoke.

The onlookers were talking about it, guessing that this might be another gang fight or something like that.

The reporter was silently writing down the key words in his notebook when he suddenly heard someone exclaim, "What is that! A stone... a stone is flying by itself!!"

Huh? Another question mark popped up in the reporter's head.

Following the sound, I saw a burnt black stone floating slowly in the ruins of the fire where green smoke was curling up.

The stone flew to a wall covered with black smoke, and it started to scratch on the wall, stroke by stroke.

“That is!?”

"It's words. The stone wrote itself!"

The residents screamed loudly and saw an incredible scene.

But suddenly, the noise stopped abruptly, and everyone stopped talking at the same time and held their breath.

The reporter can understand their feelings very well.

At this moment, sweat broke out on his forehead and he felt like he couldn't even breathe. He stared at the crooked words left on the wall by the black stone he had made: "People's dreams will never end! - Roger"

(End of this chapter)