Chapter 668: My Swordsman Friend

[Series at the beginning of the chapter: The Legend of ■■■■ in the Big Prison 1: "Infinite Hell"] [Don't expect the food in the prison to be very good. A dish of turbid cold water, a bowl of half-cooked rice, and a hard bun are enough to get by... This is Xiliu's daily meal. The female jailer carried a large pot of white rice, fragrant sea beast meat, and hot seaweed soup into the prison diagonally opposite Xiliu, happily fed Hai Yina and left, then grabbed the thorny iron whip and whipped the other howling cell doors repeatedly. What are you howling for, a bunch of social scum!]——

〖The Grand Route, the Kingdom of Medicine Snow——〗

As a winter island, it has a year-round snowy climate, with everything covered in snow.

Deep in the snowy mountains, there is a tree house.

There was wood burning in the fireplace, and flames were dancing.

"…I remember her name was Weiwei. She was such an amazing little princess."

Dalton took a sip of the hot soup to moisten his throat and put it on the table.

After not hearing a response for a long time, Dalton turned around and saw Kuleha, who was wearing a fashionable punk leather jacket and glasses, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, writing and drawing in a notebook in her hand.

"Hmm?" Kuleha noticed Dalton's silent gaze, paused and raised her eyes, and said unhappily, "The daughter of the King of Alabasta, her full name is Nefertari Vivi. When you met her at the last World Conference, she was only about 10 years old. She had a simple blue ponytail that was refreshing and not like a princess, and wore an ordinary pink dress. Because of this outfit that did not have the style of a royal family, she was ridiculed and provoked by some bad-tempered princes and princesses from other royal families. However, Princess Vivi was polite and did not cause any trouble for her father. Such a strong little princess left a deep impression on you who was not in a very good mood when attending the World Conference at that time. You have told this story more than a dozen times. What's wrong? Was the last World Conference so boring? Wasn't there anything else new to talk about?"

"..." Dalton frowned, but thought about it honestly, "It seems that there was really no special topic last time. By the way, we talked about the emerging pirate group that later merged into the Whitebeard Pirates-"

Kureha thought for a moment, "The Spade Pirates?"

"Yes," Dalton took another sip of hot soup. "Their captain, Ace, the current captain of Whitebeard's Second Division, rose to prominence at an extremely fast speed and entered the New World. He was very popular... Moreover, his last name, Portgas, seemed to have been related to a royal family in the South China Sea, so we discussed it for a while at the meeting..."

Kuleha paused again and looked up at Dalton.

Dalton smiled and said, "That's why I saw Portgas D. Ace, a young and energetic pirate rookie. I couldn't help but think of Lynch... I haven't heard any news about him in ten years."

"Are you implying something, Mr. King?" Kuleha didn't even raise her head and continued to write and draw on the sofa with her legs crossed.

Dalton shook his head, stood up and walked to the bookshelf, squatted in the corner where old newspapers were piled, and flipped through them casually.

The newspaper dates range widely, some are even from seven or eight years ago and have turned yellow.

"The Revolutionary Army has become the world's number one enemy, and its leader, Dragon, is the world's most vicious criminal..."

This was a newspaper from six years ago. Before this news appeared in the newspaper, Dalton, as the king of the Yixue Kingdom, discussed the issue of the revolutionary army with other kings at the World Conference.

"Warmly congratulate the completion of all four sea train lines in the Seven Water Cities..."

This is the earliest newspaper here, published eight years ago.

"The Red Hair Pirates defeated the Big Mom Pirates in the Elbaf Sea and have secured their position as the fourth emperor of the sea in the New World?"

This is a newspaper from four years ago. Shanks, the fourth king of the sea who shocked the world, became truly famous and dominated the Grand Line.

"Ms. Xin Duoli, the top actress in the West Sea, is preparing to enter the Grand Line and start a world tour..."

"The Queen of the Kingdom of Flowers..."

"It seems that Shichibukai Crocodile did not respond to the Navy. He recently appeared in Alabasta and was deeply worshipped by the local people..."

The topics of the news were varied. They were all newspapers and news that he had read before. Dalton couldn't see any pattern. It seemed that they were just put aside after reading and forgotten to be thrown away.

"Have you finished reading it?"

Kuleha's impatient voice sounded, and Dalton was speechless, "After all, I am a king. Isn't it not good for you to chase me away like this?"

"Since you are the king, go back to the palace."

Kuleha walked over with a grin and pointed a finger at Dalton's forehead. "Symptom: Guilty conscience. Why do you keep coming to me, little king? Are you... checking something?"

Dalton looked around the clean and tidy tree house. Apart from the medical skills and research materials everywhere, he could not see any signs of other people's lives.

He sighed softly, and before he could say anything, Kuleha pushed him out the door with just one finger.

With a wry smile, Mr. King Dalton, who was very embarrassed, didn't care, turned around and left, walking into the vast snow-capped mountains alone... Not long after he walked, he saw a blue-nosed reindeer carrying a package running towards him.

"Doctor Chopper." Dalton greeted with a smile, "Are you going to town to practice medicine again?"

"Ah, King Dalton." The reindeer slowed down and made a childish voice like a human boy. "Yes, everyone gave me a lot of materials that can be used for research. Hehe..."

Dalton smiled and watched the reindeer speed up and gallop through the snow towards the tree house, and then return to the royal palace castle on the top of the mountain.

"Master Kuleha!"

With a bang, the door of the tree house was pushed open by the reindeer, and the wind and snow rushed in. "We got more rare materials today, the experiment will definitely work - eh?"

"Robin isn't here?"

The reindeer circled around in the tree house, but not only did he not see Robin, he didn't even see the Castle Den Den Mushi.

It came to the sofa, glanced at the page where Kuleha was writing and drawing, and read: "Is it related to Robin? Or..."

Kuleha closed the book and threw it on the reindeer's head. "Stupid apprentice, shake off the snow on your body before coming in."

The reindeer was stunned.

"oh……"

It came to its senses, strolled back to the door, and turned into a petite half-human, half-deer form, shaking its whole body.

Snow fluttered down beside the deer's hooves. Chopper lowered his head and said depressedly, "Master, Robin..."

"I finally came out of the Den Den Mushi today," Kuleha took off her glasses, "I got dressed neatly, took the Den Den Mushi with me, and went out early in the morning. As for Lynch's ghost, I don't know if he followed..."

"Is she leaving?" Chopper raised his tearful face.

It put down its backpack, turned around and transformed into a reindeer, then rushed into the wind and snow outside the house and ran away.

"Stupid disciple... you never learn your lesson. I told you to close the door, do you want to freeze your mother to death?"

Kuleha shook her head, put on her glasses and said to herself, "It's not the first time she's dressed up and gone out with a Den Den Mushi. It's happened several times in the past few months... If she could really come out and leave, it would make people feel more at ease!"

…

Robin stood alone on the snow-covered beach, not knowing how long he had been standing there.

The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew her long black hair that had already gone past her shoulders.

The sea in the distance was gray and the boundary between the sky and the sea was blurred.

The wind behind him was mixed with the sound of running hooves. Robin turned around and saw a blue-nosed reindeer standing breathlessly on the snow not far behind him.

"Chopper, what's the matter?" Robin asked curiously.

Seeing Robin's normal expression, Chopper was a little confused and dazed, and he uttered: "I'm so hungry, Robin, let's go back and eat together!"

"Okay." Robin put the green Den Den Mushi in his hand into his bag. "Let's go..."

She said something to the air beside her, and Chopper knew that the black armor must be there.

Robin and the reindeer returned to the tree house in the snowy mountains. They talked and chatted along the way, and Robin listened to the reindeer talk about things he encountered while practicing medicine.

The more normal her tone was, the sadder Chopper felt...

Back in the tree house, Kuleha glanced at Robin and closed the book. "Are you back?"

"Well." Robin put his bag away and asked, "What are we having for dinner today?"

She fumbled in the Den Den Mushi in her bag, "As for ingredients, I found some in town today..."

Liar! Chopper turned into a tall blue-nosed young man with short brown hair in the back to help process some ingredients such as snow rabbits.

It lowered its head and pouted, feeling heavy-hearted. As far as it knew, although Robin had gone out from time to time over the years, she had never really been to the towns on the island once...

…

They were enjoying dinner like a family of three. The man in black armor leaned against the wall with his arms folded.

At night, Kuleha was resting in the tree house. She opened one eye and glanced around. In the corner of the house, Chopper was carefully shaking out materials from a flask, silently doing experiments.

Inside Den Den Mushi's castle, the bedroom was dark. Robin opened his eyes and silently counted sheep.

In the night sky, the black armor was wrapped in a ball of dark flame-like energy, practicing silently.

…

Gurgle, boom.

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

A cloud of purple smoke came out of the flask, and Chopper suddenly looked worried.

Failed again.

Later, Robin was flipping through a book casually and found that Chopper's experiment had failed again, so he went over to comfort him.

Being comforted by her, Chopper became even more depressed! Kuleha looked through Chopper's experimental records and pointed out several questionable points.

"I'll go to town and see if I can get other materials that can be used."

Kuleha donned a punk leather jacket.

"I'm going too!" Chopper walked out of the tree house with a swish sound under his feet, and soon ran back over, leaning against the door and staring at Robin who was sitting on the sofa inside the house.

Robin waved his hand, and a hand grew out of Chopper's antlers. He flicked his finger on Chopper's hairy forehead and said, "Don't worry, I won't run away."

In the snow and wind in the air, the man in black armor flipped his palm, and through his fingers he could see the master and his disciple walking in the snow towards the distance beyond the snow-capped mountains.

Will Lobo come to this island again? It wondered silently.

Theoretically speaking, Nami being bitten by a poisonous insect in the small garden and being in critical condition was just an accidental event with a low probability of occurrence.

As long as Nami is not bitten, the Straw Hat Pirates will most likely not come to Drum Island to find a doctor for help...

…

Robin dressed again, took the Den Den Mushi, opened the door of the tree house and left.

She stood in front of the tree house for a moment, then stepped forward.

【"Robin, where's Lynch?" The reindeer, who was crying in Robin's arms, raised his head. 】

Behind the window of the wooden house, Chopper watched Robin's back as he walked away in the snow.

[“He really is… just like Master Kuleha said…” Chopper’s eyes were filled with tears. ]

[Robin was speechless and looked up at Kureha, who threw away the empty bottle. "The newspaper said you and the Pirate Queen did those things... It's obvious that something happened to Lynch, right?"]

[Chopper bursts into tears. Aa ...

Walking step by step to the seaside, Robin looked at the gray sky and the vast sea.

The small boat was quietly stored in the Den Den Mushi castle and could be taken out and put on the sea at any time, and could be sailed out to sea at any time.

But in the end, Robin still stood alone on the beach like before, staring blankly at everything gray in the distance.

Robin...

Far behind, a reindeer in the snow was looking curiously at Robin's back.

The black armor looked back. You dodged! ...

This time, it will definitely succeed!

Bang! A cloud of black smoke came out of the flask.

Chopper pounded the table in frustration. What the hell? The purple color was very close last time, why did it turn black this time? After being dejected for a while, Chopper slowly opened his eyes and recalled what the great doctor had said before.

[“Hey, Deer, do you know why I can survive until now?”]

[The quack doctor held up the test tube. The look in his eyes was something Chopper would never forget. He laughed with shining eyes and said, "It's because of a 'miracle'!"]

[“As long as you always have hope, no matter how hopeless the disease is, it can be cured!”]

[The former thief, who obviously had no medical skills at all, laughed out loud, "How about this 'miracle'? Isn't it great?"]

“…”

The reindeer's eyes became firm again. At this moment, he heard his master's voice: "Stupid disciple, try this?"

Kuleha patted the snowflakes on her shoulders and entered the tree house, throwing a bag on the table.

…

I can no longer set sail...

Robin lowered his eyes and was about to turn around and leave the beach to go back to the tree house, but he accidentally saw a small black shadow floating on the sea surface in front of him where the boundary between the gray sky and the sea was blurred.

Is it a ship?

A very small boat...

In the middle of the boat sat a man with his legs crossed, wearing a hat with a flowered feather, and behind him stood a huge black sword that looked like a cross.

On the dangerous and unpredictable great voyage, he was so cool and relaxed, floating on it in a small boat as big as a coffin board.

"Um?"

Mihawk was sitting on the boat, feeling bored and sleepy, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of two familiar figures standing on the shore of the small winter island in front of him.

His eyes suddenly became sharp.

Robin looked at the boat and Mihawk on it in surprise, and the black armor 『BIB』 beside her also looked sharp all of a sudden.

Haha, interesting... Mihawk smiled and moved the boat over.

"His...boat," BIB said solemnly, "How did he get here..."

…

Puff, a ball of light pink dust slowly emerged from the mouth of the flask, like a dreamy color, which made the reindeer intoxicated.

“Success!!!!”

Chopper's eyes were shining with excitement, and he raised his two little hooves and shouted happily.

Kuleha next to him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, picked up the bottle of wine and took a gulp with a smile.

(End of this chapter)