Chapter 27 Island-wide Search
The captain of the Kingdom Guard on the other side had a very ugly expression on his face, and gritted his teeth and said, "Just for this, to indirectly verify that the Devil's Son is still on this island, you dare to collude with pirates and sacrifice the safety of the island residents?!"
“Don’t say such harsh words, Captain.” The tough guy sent to this island by the Gunpowder Headquarters blew out a puff of cigar smoke, “That’s the son of the devil! Your King, you shouldn’t mind doing something like this for the World Government, right? It’s just the safety of a few ordinary citizens, what does it matter? Hehehe…”
"World Government? You are 'gunpowder', the mafia!" the captain of the guard snorted coldly.
“Hahaha… Captain, you better be careful with your words.” The gunpowder tough guy said, holding a cigar in his mouth, “Indeed, we are not obsessed with the little girl worth 79 million wanted by the World Government, but…”
He smiled coldly, "The so-called evil spirit of the Pirate King actually dared to destroy our branch on this island and destroy our people. We can't let this account go! The timing of the appearance of the so-called evil spirit is exactly the same as that of the Devil's Son. I'm afraid the guy behind the evil spirit wants to protect that little girl! In this case, how can we let him do what he wants? Captain, the rest of the search is up to you. The Devil's Son is yours, and the evil spirit - is ours."
The gunpowder hunk rolled the cigar end on the ashtray.
"You don't need to worry about it!" The captain and his men left in a huff.
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In the evening, Lynch, as usual, after a day of hard training, put on his armor substitute with a heroic expression.
In an instant, intense soreness and heavy fatigue rushed into Lynch's body like a flood, filling his limbs and bones, and almost bursting his head.
"Ah..." Lynch fell to his knees on the grass, veins throbbing on his forehead and a distorted expression as he pulled the grass one by one. He finally got through the most painful stage and slowly felt a powerful feeling growing in his body.
He lay on his back exhausted. The double gain was great, but the double pain was also very sour.
Fortunately, this painful and difficult experience only lasted for a short moment when the Stand was recovered and merged. I could get through it by gritting my teeth! Otherwise...
If he had to endure double the pain of exercise throughout the entire process, Lynch really doubted whether he would simply give up the enjoyment of using a substitute to speed up the training.
Huh, silently, Lynch released the dark armor, and the latter implanted the Flower-Flower Fruit chip back into his body.
"It's getting late, go and bring back the bounty."
Lynch said as he stretched out his hand while lying on the ground. "BIB" pulled him up from the ground, nodded, and floated away towards the small town by the sea.
"Let's go eat!"
After a brief rest, Lynch returned to the house to say hello to Robin. Then, lotus flowers bloomed everywhere he took steps, and a sea of flowers gushed out, disguising himself and Robin.
Lynch, who was starving, pulled off his windbreaker, put the unruly Green Den Den Mushi into his pocket, and took Robin out.
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In the busy urban area, "BIB" was like a dark phantom, ignoring all walls and obstacles and moving forward in a straight line.
It passes through houses and streets...
"You are responsible for the street ahead. Keep quiet and ask every household."
"The Devil's Son was able to hide on the island for so long. I don't know what means he used. We must search carefully..."
BIB heard this conversation and stopped abruptly.
The black armor floated in the direction of the sound, and saw several people in guard uniforms dispersing with serious expressions, walking into different streets and knocking on the doors of houses along the way.
Facing the guards' inquiries, the owner of the house was surprised and nervous. He looked at the bounty order of "Son of the Devil" Nicole Robin in the guards' hands and shook his head and waved his hands to deny it.
"BIB" floated up to them, and stood close to them, almost face to face, observing the guards and the residents who were being questioned.
It floated around the streets again and soon discovered people dressed in ordinary clothes. Its eyes kept observing the people walking on the street. Each of them held a newspaper or book in their arms or under their arms, with a corner of the bounty notice exposed.
"BIB" watched all this silently, quickened his pace and flew away, heading straight out of the city.
When leaving the royal city, it noticed patrolling guards checking passers-by at the intersections, examining each person's face sharply, paying special attention to children of Robin's height.
"What a joke! Such a big fuss for a tiny girl." After dealing with the guards, the short old merchant Henry turned around and cursed in a low voice, and led the caravan out of the city. "If you want to blockade it, just blockade the entire island completely. It's better not to do anything with such a mediocre search..."
"BIB" quietly walked out of the city, crossed the open fields outside the city, and passed through the woods. Soon the moist sea breeze began to become noticeable, and the small town was vaguely visible.
The sun was setting in the west, the sunset glow was blood-stained, and the old mayor led a few people and placed a box of money in front of the huge water tank in the middle of the street.
No one had touched the large water tank. The line of words written on the tank wall was stained with blood, but it had dried up and looked a little blurry.
The total bounty received from the Navy was 43 million Baileys.
The old mayor gritted his teeth, rounded up the amount, and stuffed 50 million Baileys into the box.
Just as the townspeople were anxiously waiting, suddenly, the cash box in front of the water tank moved - as if it was lifted up by an invisible hand.
The evil spirit is coming! Everyone, including the old mayor, became nervous.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The cash box moved at a fixed height in the air. The invisible ghost came and left quietly, with no intention of paying attention to the people in the town.
The young and strong men in the town subconsciously followed the floating money box. The money box suddenly stopped. Everyone was startled and quickly stepped back. The timid ones jumped directly into the window nearby. There was chaos everywhere.
The money box was thrown high up over the wall, but the residents did not hear the sound of the box falling to the ground.
After a long time, everyone went around the wall and found it empty. The cash box and the ghost had disappeared.
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Dragging his tired body, Lynch brought Robin to a restaurant in the city and ordered a large table of delicious food as usual.
"Lin Qi, today... the atmosphere seems a little off..." Robin whispered. Along the way, she habitually paid attention to her surroundings. "There are more guards..."
"Yeah, I saw that, too."
As soon as Lin Qi sat down, he started eating voraciously. As he nodded, his mind moved and the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit was activated.
Within the range of his ability, flowers quietly bloomed in every hidden corner of the restaurant, forming Lynch's ears and eyes, spying on and eavesdropping on other people's movements and conversations...
Lynch keenly felt that the atmosphere in the city had changed this afternoon.
The diners in the restaurant also lowered their voices and whispered about something. Behind their tables, an ear made of petals quietly grew out, which could clearly hear the content of their conversation.
"Search the entire island..."
"Son of the Devil..."
"Restrict access and strict inspection..."
Lynch and Robin finished their meal and left the restaurant, heading home as usual.
A man in black who was reading a newspaper on the side of the road looked at them carefully - especially the short-haired child. After seeing clearly that it was just a boy with an ugly appearance, he shook his head and looked away.
And on the wall behind him, an eye staring at him decomposed into tiny petals and fell off one by one.
(End of this chapter)