It was not until he touched his face with his hand that Jigoku Yuanyi finally realized why he was treated as a young man by the old merchant in front of him.
The delicate and smooth touch made Tsugikoku Yoriichi stunned. He stretched out his arms, lowered his head and examined it carefully. Only then did a look of understanding appear in Yoriichi's eyes.
If we put aside the factor of height, the skin condition of Jiguo Yuanyi at this time is basically that of a teenager of sixteen or seventeen years old. The collagen on his face cannot be covered by the simple animal skin coat.
In the eyes of the old vendor, Ji Guoyuanyi, who has no beard on his face, is completely a "child" who has not fully grown up.
As his body was reshaped, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's age became more difficult to discern.
Although his skin was originally fair, due to years of practice, Jiguo Yuanyi's hands were actually covered with thick calluses. Moreover, as he aged, Yuanyi's skin inevitably had pigmentation. As he grew older, the maturity and vicissitudes of life emanating from his body were difficult to conceal.
But the current Tsugikoku Yoriichi is different. His inner aura is completely hidden by his youthful face. If you are not a shrewd and experienced elder, you will not be able to detect Tsugikoku Yoriichi's inner aura.
It is natural that people will look down on you.
"Thank you, father-in-law."
"I don't drink by myself."
Having figured out the key points, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi smiled and prevaricated to the old merchant in front of him. Yoshiichi could more or less sense the other party's kindness. This was actually the first time Yoshiichi had encountered such a simple person since entering this world.
Not wanting to explain too much to the other party, Yunyi found a reason to get away with it.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, the old loquat vendor was also startled, and then nodded in understanding, looking at Yuanyi with some sympathy:
"Alas, the conditions in the mountains are so harsh, and you don't even have a decent piece of clothing."
"It's really hard for you that your family is still an alcoholic."
"Young man, you must not touch alcohol. You are still young and have a long future ahead of you. Don't let the hardship before you discourage you!"
After hearing Yunyi's explanation, the old merchant quickly imagined Yunyi Tsugakuin's "family conditions" in his mind. Seeing Yunyi wearing a crudely made animal skin coat, he actually put on the appearance of an experienced person and kindly comforted Yunyi Tsugakuin.
Although he was quite nosy, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi did not have any ill feelings towards such people. After smiling gently, he walked towards the tavern.
When the old merchant saw Yuan Yi leave, he shook his head and sighed softly.
Perhaps because it was daytime, when Ji Guoyuan walked into the bar, there were only a few customers inside.
Several drinkers gathered in front of the bar, chatting and drinking.
The drinkers were dressed simply, and Tsugikoku Yoriichi didn't sense any unusual aura from them. The drinkers were actually the greedy neighbors around.
The moment Ji Guoyuan walked through the cowboy door and entered the pub, the drinkers sitting in front of the bar turned around and looked towards the door.
“Eh?!”
"Sir, what can I help you with?"
The owner of the bar was an old man about 70 years old, wearing a short shirt. When Ji Guoyuan pushed the door open, he was carefully wiping the wine glass in his hand.
The tavern was very small, and the tables, chairs, and benches were all a bit old. Even the floor under Ji Guoyuan's feet was obviously deformed, and it made a slight creaking sound when he stepped on it.
It can be seen that this tavern has been around for quite a while and has fallen into disrepair.
At the boss's invitation, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni walked towards the bar. The drinkers sitting around the bar smelled some animal smell coming from Yuichiro Tsuchikuni, frowned slightly, and looked at Yuichiro Tsuchikuni carefully.
Instead, the oldest bar owner warmly invited Jiguo Yuanyi to sit down at the bar, then placed an empty glass in front of Yuanyi, turned slightly sideways, pointed to the wine cabinet behind him, and asked Yuanyi with a smile:
"What do you want, bro?!"
"The most distinctive feature of my place is the plum wine I brew myself."
This island has spring-like weather all year round, with temperatures generally staying around 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. Green plums are readily available all year round, and every household picks some to make wine.
It’s just that different people have different brewing techniques, and the taste of the wine will also be different. The old man has been able to run a bar on this island for such a long time, and he can be said to have a "secret recipe and unique skills".
This is what he relies on for survival and what he is proud of. He will promote his green plum wine to every customer who comes to the tavern.
Of course, the tavern has been open for so many years, and the people coming and going have long been regular customers. Jigoku Yuichi is a stranger, and the old man actually recognized him the moment Yuichi pushed the door open.
"Sorry, husband, I have no money, and I'm not here to drink."
"I'm a sailor who was accidentally stranded on this island. I want to ask a question."
Ji Guoyuan's purpose of coming to the tavern was to gather information and confirm his location.
In the new world, the only thing that can be used to point is the recording pointer. Facing the enthusiastic old man, Yunyi did not intend to hide anything.
"navy?"
"Stranded on this island?"
The drinkers in front of the bar exclaimed in surprise, and everyone looked at Ji Guoyuanyi in astonishment, as if they couldn't believe what Ji Guoyuanyi said.
The elderly bar owner also stared at Yuichiro Tsugikuni with his eyes wide open, and his breathing became a little rapid.
"navy!!!"
"You said you were a Marine!!!"
The old man's voice became extremely sharp, and his face showed a deep look of fear. His hand quickly reached under the bar.
"Um"
"Um?"
When Yuanyi saw these people's big reaction, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and felt very confused.
"navy!"
"The navy has appeared on this island!!"
Hearing Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's confirming answer, the drinkers sitting at the bar suddenly burst into exclamations and crawled out of the tavern. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared from Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's sight.
Yuan turned his head to the side and watched the drinkers leave in a hurry, with an even more confused look on his face.
At this moment, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's observation Haki seemed to have noticed something, his expression slightly changed, and he suddenly spoke:
"Old man, what are you doing all of a sudden?"
"Although I have no money to buy alcohol, I don't think this is a capital crime, right?"
Ji Guoyuan glanced at his father-in-law behind the bar. The old man actually took out a pistol from under the bar, his finger on the trigger, and the black muzzle of the gun was pointing at Ji Guoyuan.
Perhaps it was the first time he pointed a gun at someone. His hands holding the gun were trembling slightly and his face was full of nervousness.
Although the old man tried to keep himself calm, he seemed unable to do so.
"Why was the navy able to find this island?"
"How did you get here? Besides you, who else came to the island?"
"Speak! If you don't tell the truth, I'll shoot you."
The old man growled at Ji Guoyuan in a timid manner, and at this moment, the sound of dense footsteps was heard outside the tavern.
“Bang!!!”
Soon, the door of the tavern was pushed open by a group of strong young men. More than a dozen young men holding hoes, short sticks, and pitchforks rushed into the tavern and completely blocked the door of the tavern.
At the back of the crowd, the old vendor who had previously "given" Ji Guoyuan a loquat was standing on tiptoe, trying to look into the room.
Yuichiro Tsugikuni didn't know what he had said to anger these people.
The other party's unusual sensitivity to his identity as a navy also made Yuichiro Tsugikoku smell something unusual.
The people here seem to hate the navy so much?!
But it shouldn’t be like that!
This is the New World. The Navy has not extended its tentacles into the New World for many years. It cannot even completely control the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line. The Navy simply does not have the extra energy to take care of the New World.
"Navy, speak!"
"Answer my question."
Seeing that Ji Guoyuanyi didn't speak for a long time, the hotel owner obviously lost his patience and shouted at Ji Guoyuanyi.
"Father, it's a misunderstanding."
"We can talk calmly. There's no need to make such a big fuss."
"Put down your gun. I'm the only one on the island."
"And I ended up on this island by chance."
"I don't know why you have such strong malice towards the Navy, but I think there must be some misunderstanding."
"Put down the gun, old man."
Under the muzzle of the gun, Ji Guoyuan turned his head calmly and spoke to his father-in-law behind the bar, without feeling angry because the other party pointed a gun at him.
"Misunderstand?!"
"There is no misunderstanding between us and the Navy."
"Since you're alone, then go to hell, Marine!"
There was a strong hatred in the old man's eyes. As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the trigger.
"Bang!!!"
A violent gunshot rang out in the tavern. At the moment the bullet hit, a ray of golden flame shot out from the fingertips of Yuichiro Tsugikuni and hit the bullet directly.
In a split second, the bullet was dissolved by the golden flame and disappeared without a trace.
Everything happened in a flash.
The old man behind the bar didn't see clearly what Jigoku Yoshiichi did. He only saw a flash of golden light in front of him, and Yoshiichi was still sitting quietly in his seat.
This strange scene also shocked the old man. He took a step back in shock and hurriedly continued to grope under the bar.
Soon, the old man took out a few iron bullets and hurriedly filled them up.
Looking at the outdated pistol in the old man's hand, Jigoku Yoshiichi held his chin helplessly and looked at the old man:
"Father, there's no way that kind of thing will work on me."
"I don't mean to hurt you. Can't we just sit down and talk calmly?"
When the gap in strength between the two sides was too big, everything the old man did seemed like a naughty child in the eyes of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Even when shot at, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's emotions remained unchanged. He shouldn't have been like this, but for some reason, after being reborn again, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's mentality had undergone a drastic change.
I'm afraid that ordinary things will not be able to disrupt his peaceful state of mind.
“What a joke!!!”
The old man Tanaka was very slow, but his determination to kill Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was very strong. After loading the gun, he shot at Tsugakuni Yoshiichi without saying a word.
In order not to accidentally hurt other people behind him, Yunyi didn't even have the interest to fight back this time, and his armed color domineering gathered in his body.
The moment the bullet hit his body, it made a crisp golden sound and bounced off Yuichiro's body.
“.”
Seeing this horrifying scene, the old man who was shooting with his gun trembled slightly in his hands, and confusion appeared in his eyes.
The young men armed with "weapons" who rushed into the tavern looked at each other with horror on their faces when they saw that the guns were of no use to Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
"You...you are a person with special abilities?!"
Although the weapon in the old man's hand was very old, the other party's knowledge was not as old as his weapon showed. The other party actually knew about creatures such as people with special abilities, which also surprised Tsugikoku Yoshiichi.
Although the other party's guess was wrong, his knowledge also made Jigoku Yoshiichi realize that the people in this town might not be the simple mountain people he imagined who were isolated from the world and unaware of the outside world.
"You know about espers, and you know about the navy."
"And it seems that you have a deep hatred for the navy."
"It's not just you, it's those people too."
"Can you tell me why?"
Ji Guoyuan slightly tilted his head, glanced at the young men behind him, and asked softly.
However, in the face of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's questions, everyone chose to remain silent, and no one answered Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's questions.
Seeing this, Yuanyi continued, "Well, even if you want me to die, please tell me a reason."
"Otherwise I would be very unwilling."
Seeing that the other party still didn't speak, he felt quite helpless and spread his hands. Then he pointed at the audience behind him and continued:
"How about a trade? As long as you tell me the reason, I'll let these young men behind me go."
"Use their lives to exchange for yours!"
As he spoke, Ji Guoyuan snapped his fingers, and a circle of golden flames immediately surrounded the young men in the center, making a prison.
The golden flames caused these young men to scream in fear, and the shouts of terror immediately filled the entire tavern.
The old man behind the bar saw this scene and glared at Tsugikoku Yoriichi with bloodshot eyes:
"Why hate the Navy?"
"Because this is Pluto!!!"
"As a navy, the reason you're here is to target us, Pluto, right?"
"Why?"
"Ha! You're asking even though you already know the answer!!"
"Even if your navy kills all of us, you will never get what you want."
The old man seemed to have given up and shouted excitedly.
Pluto.
In Tsugumi Yoshikazu's impression, he seemed to have never heard such a name since he came into this world.
But the so-called Pluto.
Isn’t this the name of Hades in Roman mythology?
"Pluto?"
Tsugumi Yuichiro asked tentatively.
The old man became even more excited after hearing this:
"Haha, you can't pretend anymore? Navy!"
(End of this chapter)
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