Chapter 65 New Operation
A dark and gloomy side street.
The homeless guy huddled in a corner, and several members in black suits surrounded him, cursing and punching him.
The homeless man held his head in his hands without saying a word, curled up and endured it.
"If you can't pay me back by the day after tomorrow at the latest, you'll be dead." The man in the black suit pouted and said with a sinister smile, "I'll throw you into the sea. If you're lucky, you might be able to catch a fisherman or two to pay me back!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Several men in black suits walked away laughing.
"Ouch……"
The homeless man cried out in pain and struggled to get up. At this moment, a pair of shoes appeared before his eyes. He raised his dirty face and saw a young man standing in front of him through his greasy and sticky hair.
The boy squatted down and squinted at him.
[“Who is vomiting on the deck? Hey, Lynch, clean it up!”]
Lynch had "Armor Earphones" embedded in his ears, and a virtual screen unfolded in front of him, playing back a fragment of memory of the original owner of the body found by "BIB".
In the picture, the person who was cursing at "him" looked exactly like the homeless man in front of him.
This is the original Lynch, the man on the pirate ship after he ran away from home.
Later, the pirates were hunted down and killed. The original owner of the body was lucky enough to drift in the sea and eventually drifted to Nanga Island. Unfortunately, he was just a child after all. He was too weak to withstand the wind and rain and died on the roadside. He was thrown into the garbage dump like a dead dog and waited to stink... Then Lynch came through and his vigorous vitality infused new life into this body.
"Lynch?"
The tramp pulled back the greasy hair that was covering his face and said in disbelief.
"It's me." Lin Qi said.
He stretched out his hand to the side, and BIB flew over from a distance and threw a few warm wallets into its hand.
Lynch opened the wallet he borrowed from the men in black suits, flipped through it casually, took out the cash and banknotes and handed them to the sloppy and greasy homeless man in front of him.
"How did you end up like this?"
"How is it possible..." The homeless man was holding several fresh thick stacks of banknotes with his dirty hands, "How are you still alive?"
"Just lucky!" Lin Qi said indifferently, "How about you? How come you are still alive?"
The homeless man looked down at himself and said with a wry smile: "Am I still alive?"
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Outside the restaurant, Lynch asked the owner for a table to set up outside to entertain the homeless man, his former shipmate.
Moreover, the giant macho man wearing a skirt, Mori, also came to eat with the dog tycoon Lynch.
"Why are you always looking at me?" Mori was biting a huge roasted beef. Seeing that the homeless man kept looking up at him, he said coquettishly, "Do you like me too?"
The tramp shuddered and continued to answer Lynch's question, "...I was lucky enough to drift away holding onto a piece of broken wood. Later I drifted to this island and never left."
"Why don't you leave?" Lynch asked, "Would you rather be bullied by the gangs on this island? No way."
The homeless man smiled bitterly and said, "This is better than being discovered by... that person and being hunted down again, right?"
Lin Qi was stunned and said, "Is it that exaggerated? It's been a long time since the incident happened. How could that guy still remember it? Even if he remembers it, he may not be able to find you or recognize you, right?"
"You underestimate that... scary man!" The tramp said frustratedly, "He is called the 'Devil Sheriff' because of his... perverted personality! He will never give up on the people he wants to capture. No matter where the enemy flees to, they will never be able to escape his pursuit..."
Yes, the Devil Sheriff can fly! In this sea, having someone who can fly is a huge advantage.
"It's even more impossible for him to forget what we look like!" The homeless man said with a wry smile, "It's rumored that he will never forget the appearance of anyone he has seen with his eyes..."
"Are you talking about the 'Devil Sheriff' Lafayette?" Morrie suddenly tilted his head.
The homeless man was startled and almost crawled under the table. Lin Qi said, "Yes."
"So you've been caught by him before..." Mori muttered to himself, "I heard that he has the ability of a bird-like devil fruit! And he's also a very famous hypnotist in the West Sea! With his hypnotic skills, it's impossible for him to forget the face of anyone he's ever seen... Rumor has it that he likes to use hypnosis to torture criminals."
The tramp's face turned pale and he was trembling with fear.
This psychological shadow is huge! Lin Qi sighed secretly.
"He can fly, has an unparalleled memory, is a devilish sheriff, and has no shortage of information channels. He really looks scary!" Lin Qi pondered, "But after I survived by chance, I also wandered around the West Sea for several months. Why didn't he come to catch me?"
The homeless man's eyes lit up. Maybe... the rumors about the devil sheriff were exaggerated? There was no danger in escaping from this island? Mori said, "Perhaps the person you said threw you into the garbage dump was Lafayette himself!"
The homeless man trembled and said, "That's absolutely right! He must have confirmed your death before crossing out your name..."
Lynch looked back at the pale, perverted face that remained in the memory of the original owner of the body, and thought about the story about Lafayette in the comics... What a troublesome guy!
"Finally, do you remember who I am?"
Lynch tapped the table with his fingers.
The homeless man was stunned.
"After I was lucky enough to recover, I forgot a lot of things..." Lynch tapped his temple and said nonchalantly, "Have I ever told you where I came from? Which island is my hometown?"
The tramp was at a loss for a moment, frowned and thought, then said hesitantly, "I...Lasgapu Island, maybe? You seem to be going out to sea... to find something."
"Looking for something?"
"I don't remember that."
“I don’t remember…” Lynch stopped tapping the tabletop with his fingers, “Forget it then.”
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There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The tramp left.
Whether Lynch spent the money he gave him on gambling or drinking, or really used it to pay off debts... was none of Lynch's business.
It’s not Lynch’s money anyway.
"Well, next up is this pirate group!"
On the coast, Lynch spread out a map of the West Sea on the ground, pointed to an area, and said to Mori beside him, "It is said that they have been appearing in this area recently. If we go now, we should be able to catch them!"
"It's no problem to catch pirates." Mori said, with his fingers raised. "You know your hometown is on Las Gap Island, right? Don't you want to go back and take a look?"
Lin Qi looked down at the corner of the sea chart. Lasgapu Island... In terms of geographical location, it is very similar to the island where the town of Rogue in the East China Sea is located. Both are the places closest to the entrance of the Grand Route.
"Well, let's talk about this later!"
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Just as Morrie was about to dig a hole and advance beneath the seabed as he had done before, Lynch stopped him.
"I have a new idea." Lynch smiled, "How good are you at swimming?"
He waved his hand. BIB, wrapped in dark Stand energy, flew to Mori and took out the Push-Push Fruit chip from his body.
"..." Mori looked at his big hands and smiled innocently, "It was you who saved me before!"
Lin Qi also laughed, "Sure enough, you figured it out a long time ago."
"No problem, I'm a good swimmer~!" Mori gave a thumbs up, cheered, and jumped into the sea, causing huge waves that drenched Lynch on the shore.
"..." Lin Qi, who had the Pipe-Pipe Fruit, felt a little uncomfortable. He walked to the beach and put one hand into the sea.
The ability of the Guanguan Fruit is activated...
With his hand reaching underwater as the origin, a circular passage was actually opened up horizontally below the sea surface.
Lynch kept his hands immersed in the water to maintain his ability, and jumped into the sea himself. He came to the straight channel created by his ability. He was about to pass through it again and fall into the deeper sea. Then he was trapped by the sea and unable to use his strength... a dark "ghost" flew over at the right time, appeared beside him, and hugged him by the shoulders.
In this way, Lynch was "suspended" in the straight channel below the sea surface, with only one hand reaching into the water outside the channel to maintain the stability of the channel.
"BIB" holds its main body and flies forward in the passage created by the Tube-Tube Fruit with great ease.
Mori, who was swimming freestyle next to him, could not hide his surprise when he saw this scene.
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Book recommendation: I Don’t Want to Be an Onmyoji Anymore
Introduction: Brother, the ability of Onmyoji has its limits.
One thing I learned from my short time there…
The more you study Yin and Yang arts, the more you will find that the abilities of Yin and Yang masters have limits.
Unless I surpass Onmyoji! ——What do you want to say? I don’t want to be Onmyoji anymore! Okay, let’s talk human language.
An ordinary young man, Guan Junyan, traveled through time and space and became the head of a Japanese Onmyoji family. However, he did not inherit the original owner's memory. In order to avoid being exposed, he could only play the role of the head of the family with fear and trepidation, while trying every means to get rid of the identities of both the head of the family and the Onmyoji.
This book is also known as "I Don't Want to Be the Head of the Family Anymore", "Brother, Take Over Quickly", and "Physical Onmyoji".
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