Chapter 244: Shorten it to less than 20 words!
[Twenty-six years ago, the Ice Cream Kingdom——]
[Through the beautifully decorated windows of the palace, Bartholomew Bear, dressed in luxurious clothes, quietly looked at the scenery outside the window, with guards and maids standing nearby.]
[The prince, looking out the window at the town, suddenly muttered to himself, "It's too far away..."]
[“What did you say?” The guard thought the prince was talking to him. ]
[The little prince said in a childish voice: "This place is too far away from the people. I can't see them clearly."]
[The guard was surprised. He looked at the five-year-old prince in front of him and was speechless for a moment.]
[“I’m going to find my father.” The precocious bear prince didn’t say much to the guards, but raised his short legs and ran towards where the king was.]
[Ignoring the reminder of the maid outside the palace, Prince Bear barged in and saw his father seemed to be discussing something with someone at the conference table.]
[The well-mannered man who looked more like a researcher than a government official stood up and said with a smile: "Well, Your Majesty, in that case, I will take my leave first. I hope that with your financial support, the factory can be built soon..."]
[“The same goes for the charities you promised.” The King of the Ice Cream Kingdom nodded.]
[“As you wish.” The researcher bowed and left. When he passed by Bartholomew Xiong, he bowed again, “Your Highness.”]
[The bear prince maintained his composure and waited for the man to leave before he quickly ran to the king and raised his head and said hopefully, "Father, I think..."]
[The king hugged Prince Bear, "What's the matter, Mr. Future King?"]
[After listening to Prince Bear's request, the king showed a surprised expression. For the first time, he looked at his only son in his arms very seriously and laughed heartily: "My prince, at the age of five, you can already think like a king! I am proud of you."]
[The bear prince smiled shyly. When he left, he met a middle-aged woman at the door. He politely saluted and said, "Grandma Queen Mother..." and left happily soon.]
[The Queen Mother shook her head helplessly and went in to find the King. The maids closed the door, and the conversation between the King and the Queen Mother could be heard through the crack of the slowly closing door. They were vaguely talking about the name that had often appeared in newspaper headlines in recent years, the Roger Pirates that dominated the Grand Line...]
[After taking off his luxurious princely attire, the five-year-old Bartholomew Bear put on a coarse cloth shirt and trousers. Under the gazes of the maids who were almost fainting, he shaved his hair completely, leaving only hard stubble and revealing his blue scalp... Prince Bear nodded with satisfaction, ordered the guards not to approach him, and left the palace alone and entered the royal city.]
[Walking on the familiar yet unfamiliar streets of the royal city, Prince Bear was filled with excitement and curiosity as he saw the bustling atmosphere of the market.]
[A few dozen meters behind him, several guards followed stealthily...]
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"It all started twenty-six years ago. On that day, the five-year-old prince appeared on the streets of the royal city wearing civilian clothes..."
The old man, who was taller than Lin Qi, was telling a story to himself. "It was incredibly smooth to experience the life of ordinary people. After a while, His Royal Highness found out that his identity had long been discovered by the people, and the guards from the palace had been following him to protect him... He had never experienced the life of a real ordinary commoner in the Ice Cream Kingdom. His Royal Highness felt ashamed for this, and returned to the palace in a depressed mood, and stayed indoors for a whole month. Until a month later, when he appeared in the royal city again, he no longer concealed his identity as a prince, and did not refuse the guards to follow him... At that time, ordinary commoners asked him that it was difficult for him to experience the life of real ordinary commoners like this. His Royal Highness smiled and replied that he would try to experience the most difficult life of the poor, maybe a compromise would be just right? Since then, His Royal Highness has been traveling between the palace and various towns on the island every day. He has never taken a royal carriage, but always walks on his own. Every day, he goes into the mountains with the woodcutters to collect firewood, and observes the fishermen fishing on the coast..."
The old man followed the two of them, recalling the past stories of this land in a sad tone.
Robin listened attentively, but Lynch basically listened without thinking. He was so annoyed by the old man's chatter that his head hurt. He interrupted him and said, "Too much! You are not going to tell me about the prince from when he was five years old twenty-six years ago to when he became a tyrant and a bandit fourteen years ago when he was seventeen years old? Shorten your recollection to less than twenty words!"
tyrant……
Hearing this title, the old man suddenly became excited and shouted, "You are not allowed to call him by this name! He is not a tyrant!"
"It is recorded in the book that fourteen years ago, the king of the Ice Cream Kingdom, Bartholomew Kuma - the prince you just recalled - suddenly went berserk and destroyed the navy and the invading pirates in a violent rage, even destroying his own country and hurting his own people..." Robin said calmly, "Or, in your eyes as an eyewitness, is this record untrue?"
The old man opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Lin Qi was surprised and said, "So he really did something like that..."
Robin said, "That is to say, Bartholomew Kuma did kill the navy, pirates, and citizens of the Ice Cream Kingdom. Since this part of history is true, the credibility of the other record is also increased..." Robin clearly remembered the content of the book introducing the Ice Cream Kingdom that he had read on the ship when he came here, "Eighteen years ago, after the king died unexpectedly, the thirteen-year-old prince succeeded to the throne. On the day of the coronation ceremony, the young new king went crazy and out of control in public, causing immeasurable casualties and destruction..."
The 28-year-old man looked frustrated, and he became more dejected with every sentence he heard. He murmured, "That's... that's for a reason! The king... the prince... he is such a gentle person... it's all because of the ice cream, because of the ice cream park!"
The old man became excited, his eyes turned red, he coughed, and gasped violently.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Robin was a little confused.
Lynch suddenly frowned, looked at BIB beside him, and thought of a possibility in tacit understanding.
The old man glanced at the handsome man and beautiful woman in front of him, scratched his dry hair, and sighed with a wry smile: "Do you know? I am really 28 years old! Fifteen years ago, I also... went crazy! It was the prince... it was the king who took the initiative to suppress the riot and took the blame on himself..."
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Marigrud and other Nine Snake warriors were walking in another desolate and deserted town.
Suddenly, all the snakes wrapped around everyone's arms raised their heads and hissed.
The Nine Snakes warriors quickly went on alert. Marigold and several experienced female warriors calmly used their Observation Haki and suddenly looked up at the rooftop.
Bang! Bang! Bang! A row of flames lit up on the roof, and several bullets tore through the air and shot towards the Nine Snake female warriors on the road.
The second update will be a little later.
(End of this chapter)