Chapter 202: Public Execution, the Man Behind Roger! (Two in One)
It was dark in the hotel room.
Yixiao sat at the table, holding the teacup in both hands, drinking tea comfortably in this dark environment. For a blind man like him, it didn't make any difference whether the light was on or not.
Suddenly, Yixiao seemed to sense something, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he quickly regained his composure, stood up quickly, pulled out the long sword in his hand, and the ability of the devil fruit was activated again.
The power of the devil fruit penetrated the house directly and rushed into the dome.
Not long after, another meteorite fell directly from the dome and plummeted towards Patrilla Island at a high speed.
Outside the hotel, the CP9 who was responsible for monitoring Yixiao and the others was looking down at the meteorite deeply embedded in the ground, and the next second he noticed another red light flashing in the sky.
When he looked up, he saw another meteorite falling rapidly towards him.
"???" CP9, wearing a black suit, looked up at the meteorite falling rapidly from the sky, his head full of question marks.
He doesn't have a problem, he just thinks there is something wrong with the meteorite today!
"Why am I so unlucky!"
Unable to help but curse, CP9 quickly dodged as they watched the meteorite's trajectory fall.
At this moment, two black shadows flashed out from the corner of the street and flew towards the hotel at a high speed. In just a few breaths, the black shadows disappeared into the hotel.
"boom!!!!"
Another meteorite fell, and the landing point was exactly the same as the previous one. After a loud bang, the surrounding residents were finally awakened by the continuous falling stars.
Lights came on in the houses at both ends of the street.
CP9 saw someone going out to check through the window. After thinking for a moment, he jumped onto the roof and avoided people's sight.
"Why are you back so soon?"
"Have you found the address?"
In the dark room, Cyrus and Mihawk pushed the door open and walked in, then quickly closed it. In the darkness, there was a slight rustling sound.
"No, that place is controlled by the World Government's CP9. We didn't go in."
Cyrus replied as he pulled off his black cloak. Before his vision could adjust to the darkness of the room, Cyrus fumbled for the tea set on the table and poured himself a glass of water.
"oh?"
"In that case, what should we do next?"
He smiled and nodded, then asked.
Hearing this, Cyrus also sat down at the table and fell into deep thought.
"At this point, I'm afraid we'll have to rely on our luck."
"Lieutenant General Tsugikoku Yoshiichi once described Roger's wife to me."
"I remember she had pink hair and some freckles on her face. According to Vice Admiral Jigoku, she must have been a beautiful woman with fine bones."
"I usually like to wear flowers as my head ornaments and loose skirts. In that case, it should be easy to find, right?"
Cyrus said uncertainly, trying to recall some information he knew.
"A beauty with a physique? If she's pregnant, can she still be a beauty with a physique?" Mihawk, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but ask with some doubt after hearing Cyrus' description.
"." His question stumped Cyrus. How could he know whether he could see it or not?
"There shouldn't be any problem. If the pregnancy isn't long-term, it won't be noticeable a few months earlier."
"And doesn't she have other defining characteristics? Long pink hair, and a fondness for flowers as head ornaments. We can just look for her based on those characteristics."
"but."
"I may not be able to help with the next move."
Yixiao has more social experience than Mihawk and Cyrus, and has some understanding of the condition of pregnant women.
"Can't help? What's wrong with you?" Cyrus focused on the second half of Yixiao's sentence. When he heard that he couldn't help, he looked at Yixiao with a puzzled look.
"Haha, I'm blind, how can I possibly find someone based on their characteristics?"
He said with a smile and a chuckle.
Having said that, Cyrus and Mihawk looked at each other, sighed at the same time, and felt a little speechless.
After spending a long time with Yixiao, they would always forget that he was blind. This was because Yixiao's daily actions were not affected by his sight at all, and if they didn't look into his eyes, they wouldn't even notice that he was blind.
"One more question. How do we contact someone? We can't just go up and ask, 'Are you Portgas D. Luju?' CP9, who's monitoring us, will find out right away if we ask that."
Mihawk was very observant and quickly noticed something was wrong, so he asked Cyrus.
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Cyrus' face and he took off the big sword from his back.
"What are you doing?" Mihawk and Yixiao both looked at Cyrus with suspicion.
After Cyrus took off the greatsword on his back, Mihawk saw a long black package under the sword.
It seemed that Cyrus had always carried the package and the sword on his back, so he had not noticed them.
At this time, Cyrus took off his sword and picked up the package from the ground, pulled away the black cloth covering it, revealing a hilt.
"This is..." Mihawk looked intently at the thing in Cyrus's hand, feeling that it looked familiar, and hesitated.
"The sword of the Pirate King Roger, the Supreme Great Sword Twelve Works, the famous sword - Ace!"
"Use this and see how the other person reacts to get a rough idea."
"The search area is just as Roger said, the red-roofed buildings in the south of town."
"However, in order to distract CP9, Mr. Yixiao, I'd like you to also make some moves and pretend to search the east."
Hearing Cyrus' words, Mihawk and Yixiao both nodded. Finally, there was a breakthrough in this mission!
The sky is clear and blue, and the bright sunshine shines over the windowsill and into the room.
This is a cozy little room located on the second floor. The whole room is decorated with warm-toned furniture, and the white gauze curtains flutter gently in the breeze.
A young woman with pink hair sat in a rocking chair by the windowsill. She rocked gently, one hand caressing her belly, enjoying the morning sunshine and the scenery outside the window.
Next to the rocking chair is a small round table. In the center of the table is a 30-centimeter-high vase filled with flowers.
There was a teacup placed beside the round table, with a faint mist rising from the cup.
Under the teacup was a newspaper. The headline on the front page of the newspaper was the news that the Pirate King Roger would be publicly executed in Rogue Town in the East China Sea.
"Today is already the 26th."
The young woman turned her head to glance at the calendar on the wall and couldn't help but sigh. She stood up and went to the kitchen, intending to make herself some breakfast. However, after walking into the room and taking a quick look, she found that there were not many supplies in the kitchen.
“.”
After a moment of silence, the young woman took the vegetable basket beside her and slowly walked out of the house.
This pink-haired young woman is none other than Pirate King Roger's wife, Portgas D. Luju. Ever since she learned that the World Government had landed on this island, she realized what had happened. Since then, Luju has been living in seclusion, rarely leaving her room unless absolutely necessary.
But in order to maintain a normal life, she had to go out of the house every once in a while to buy some supplies she needed.
Today is also the day she purchases supplies.
Portgas D. Luju walked out of his room, into the morning sunshine, and onto the street. Mornings were often the busiest time of the day in a small town. Luju walked straight toward the morning market, his gaze fixed on the surrounding streets, his eyes scanning both sides.
CP9 hasn't found anything on the island so far, so there's almost no impact on people's lives.
Lu Jiu walked all the way to the morning market and didn't see any suspicious people, which made her feel a lot more at ease.
After arriving at the morning market, Lu Jiu bought some vegetables, fruits and meat from some familiar vendors, and then prepared to leave with her basket.
Just then, a burly young man with a large sword on his back accidentally bumped into her. The huge force knocked Lu Jiu off balance, and the basket in her hand fell to the ground.
Just when Lu Jiu was about to fall to the ground, a pair of strong hands supported her shoulders.
"ah?"
"Sorry! Sorry!"
"I'm so sorry."
"I'll pick it up for you!"
Lu Jiu stood firm and lowered his head to look at the figure squatting on the ground helping him pack the basket. However, the moment he saw the sword on his waist, Lu Jiu couldn't help but shrink his pupils and his face changed.
At this moment, the man who was helping to clean up the fallen vegetables suddenly raised his head, caught the moment when Lu Jiu's expression changed, and then a smile appeared on his young face.
"I'm so sorry!"
"Miss."
"To make it up to you, can I help you take these things home?"
"I see it's not convenient for you, a girl, to carry these things."
"Isn't that right, Miss Lu Jiu?"
At the end of his speech, the young man lowered his voice and patted the long sword at his waist with his left hand.
The moment he saw the knife, Portgas D. Rouge realized that the other party might be looking for him, and the moment his name was called, Rouge confirmed this.
Although she didn't know the other party's identity, but looking at his tall stature, Lu Jiu knew that if the other party came to kill her, she would probably not be able to escape no matter what.
Hearing that the other party was going to send her off, Lu Jiu nodded slightly after a brief silence.
Seeing the other party nod, a hint of joy flashed in Cyrus' eyes.
He was actually not sure just now, and just asked with the idea of giving it a try. When he saw Lu Jiu nod, Cyrus knew that he had found the right person!
There was no conversation along the way. Cyrus followed Lu Jiu, carrying a basket of vegetables, and returned to her residence with Lu Jiu.
After leading Cyrus into the house and closing the door, Lu Jiu asked Cyrus directly:
"Who are you?"
"Why is Ace in your hands?"
There was no trace of fear in Lu Jiu's tone. On the contrary, it was calm, very calm.
The calmness Lu Jiu showed in the face of the unknown person surprised Cyrus.
"I'm a Marine."
"Lieutenant General Jiguo Yuanyi sent me!"
"Pirate King Roger, I entrust you and the child in your belly to Vice Admiral Yoshiichi Tsugikoku!"
Cyrus said as he untied the long sword from his waist and handed it to Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu looked at the long sword in Cyrus's hand, remained silent for a long time, and did not take it, muttering to himself:
"You're entrusting me and my child to the Navy?"
Lu Jiu had never imagined that Roger would end up entrusting himself and his child to the greatest "enemy" in his life. Lu Jiu had no doubts about Cyrus' words.
The situation is stronger than people. For Lu Jiu, doubt is actually meaningless.
Time flies. As the day of the execution of Pirate King Roger draws closer, more and more ships pass by Rogue Town in the East China Sea, and more and more strangers arrive in this town.
The Pirate King Roger was finally escorted from the Marine Headquarters to Rogue Town on the day before his execution.
Nearly twenty warships were densely packed at the dock of Rogue Town, and there were even dozens of warships patrolling in the open sea.
On this day, Rogue Town became the most heavily guarded place by the navy in the world.
"Rogue Town! It's been so long since I came back!"
"Garp, Sengoku, thank you so much!"
"At the last moment, I returned to my hometown."
Under the escort of Sengoku and Garp, Roger came to the deck. Looking at the prosperous and peaceful town in front of him, a smile appeared on Roger's face.
"Let's take one last look at this city."
"Roger."
Garp stood beside Roger, looking at the town in front of him, and said in a deep voice.
"Let's go." Zhan Guo glanced at the wooden ladder that had landed on the shore and said to the two of them. When he was about to step down the ladder, a hurried sound came from Garp's chest.
"Blur, blur—"
Zhan Guo turned his head and saw Garp taking out the Den Den Mushi from his arms. He picked up the receiver and Garp's loud voice rang out:
"Hello?!"
"Yuichi, what do you want from me?"
Hearing Yoriichi's name, both Sengoku and Roger turned their heads and looked at Garp.
Not knowing what Yoshikazu Tsugakuin said on the other end of the phone, Garp looked slightly stunned. After hanging up the phone, he looked at Roger in some surprise.
"Garp, what does that kid Tsugikoku Yoriichi want from you?"
Zhan Guo asked curiously.
"No, it's not for me."
Karp said, looking at Roger and said:
"Tsugikoku Yoshiichi asked me to tell you, please accept the punishment without worry."
Garp's words made Zhan Guo look puzzled, and after hearing these words, Roger was also stunned, and then suddenly burst into laughter.
“Hahahahahahaha!”
"That brat. Hahahaha!"
Roger laughed wildly, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
The next day, the execution ground in Rogge Town was filled with people and media from all over the world.
Under the gaze of the world, Roger passed through layers of guards and walked onto the execution platform.
In the Navy branch of Dressrosa, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Borsalino sat on the sofa in the office, watching the "live broadcast" of the execution in Rogue Town projected on the wall by the Den Den Mushi in silence.
At the same time, at the Navy Headquarters.
The training at the Naval Academy was also suspended today. Zefa brought a new batch of "disciples" to the largest conference hall of the headquarters and watched the "live execution" played in the conference hall.
In the huge conference hall, as the Pirate King Roger slowly walked up to the execution platform on the live broadcast screen, there was a burst of discussion.
"This is the Pirate King Roger! He looks so awesome!"
"Wow~ That's really amazing! I heard that Vice Admiral Yoshiichi Tsugikoku, who captured the Pirate King Roger, is also a disciple of Mr. Zephyr!"
"Awesome! Is he a disciple of Mr. Zefa? Can we become like that in the future?"
Hearing the discussion among the new naval cadets, Zefa, who had a serious face, couldn't help but smile, and then encouraged everyone:
"As long as you work hard, you can do it!"
Zefa's words did give a lot of people a boost of energy, but most of the people who believed him were young men. The older people just smiled and didn't say much.
Under the attention of the whole world, Pirate King Roger finally shouted those words that shocked the world before his death:
"You want my treasure?"
"I'll give you whatever you want, go find it!
"To the Grand Line! I've left everything in the world there!"
Before his death, Pirate King Roger created the last wave of his life.
This wave also shattered the originally stable world order.
(End of this chapter)
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