Chapter 253 Cold Syndrome
Colombas, if the New World's shipping lanes were turned vertically, it would be on the right side of the fourth shipping lane, with half of its position close to the windless zone.
There is a naval base on the island, which is stationed by a lieutenant general. It also serves as the only port. It imports crude iron and produces refined steel. Coupled with the local iron ore output, it has always been a place that the world government values more.
This is originally a winter island, and it snows all year round. However, because of the smelting plant on the island, it emits high temperatures, which causes the snow to melt when it falls on the ground. As a result, the temperature on the island is always very high. It will be very cold after arriving on the island. If you are not careful, it will cause illness.
The entire island is like a turtleneck, half of it is surrounded by mountain walls, and the other half faces the windless zone.
"Hahaha"
On the beach where the heat was scorching and the air was distorted, a barefoot boy struggled to escape. Behind him, a group of marines were chasing him.
“Stop!”
“You are not allowed to go any further, we will shoot you if you go any further!”
“I won't listen to you!”
The young man's bare feet stepped on the almost crystallized beach. The high temperature made his feet red. He gritted his teeth and pointed to the snow-covered sea in front of him, "On the other side of the sea."
boom!
A lead bullet hit his calf, causing him to fall to the ground with a groan.
“Caught!”
A group of marines quickly ran over and pushed the boy to the ground. The hot sand made his face turn red in several places.
He raised his head with difficulty and shouted loudly to the sea: "It's freedom!"
Boom!
In the snowy sky, a dark thunder suddenly aroused, turning the sky into darkness and rolling up a large number of dark clouds.
The sea surface, which was originally calm under the clouds, suddenly whipped up strong winds, causing the waves to roll and the sand on the beach to stir up clouds of sand and mist.
Hurrah!
The big raindrops fell from the sky, wetting the young man's cheeks and blurring his vision.
The calm sea in front of me had long turned into a storm. As the waves rolled, a moray eel that seemed to be enlarged countless times rose from the bottom of the sea, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and roared at the people on the beach. .
“Sea, Poseidon type!”
The navy made a sound of fright and subconsciously ran to the rear, leaving behind a frightened young man.
"Roar!"
The sea king species also noticed the small ant below. Its golden pupils moved downwards, its mouth opened wider than before, and it leaned over to bite it.
The young man gritted his teeth tightly and wanted to say something, but in front of this huge thing, he completely lost his mind to speak, but his instinct was not to close his eyes, but to stare straight at the sea king.
I don't know if I want to remember this enemy before I die, or if I hope to scare him away with my eyes.
simultaneously!
Just when this sea king with teeth bigger than a teenager was about to bite, something like a blue bird suddenly burst out from its forehead and flew towards the sky along with the expanding wind and rain.
The Neptune's body froze, his head fell straight down, and he fell into the seawater near the beach. There was a huge splash and a wave of waves on the beach, which washed over the young man and made him roll out a few times. lock up.
“Cough, cough!”
The boy coughed out several mouthfuls of seawater in succession, and then looked towards the seaside.
Behind the huge sea king corpse, a strange outline appeared faintly in the fierce storm.
The boy had seen it in a book before, so he knew it was a boat!
“Here! I'm here!”
The young man stood up excitedly, waving his hands and jumping up, trying to attract the ship's attention.
In the wind and rain, the ship quickly approached and docked at the port. The gangway lowered from the side of the ship, and a white-haired figure stepped out first.
He walked down the gangway, followed by Miot, who was holding an umbrella. His height of three meters and the big umbrella protected Sage from the wind and rain.
He glanced at the fallen Neptune and said angrily: "What the **** is this?"
Next to him was Lily, who was shrouded by Jambalu holding an umbrella. She had just put her rapier away when she heard this and said:
“Ten minutes, the sixth one. We are entering the windless zone, which is originally the nest of the sea king species.”
Sage clicked his tongue: "That's also on the edge. I haven't encountered the Neptune type in Impel Down City, but I have encountered them here."
Departing from Dressrosa, crossing most of the route, it took ten days to reach Colombas.
Originally, he planned to bring all his subordinates except the Demon Race, but he later discovered that Doflamingo didn't have such a boat at all.
His ships were almost all about 300 people, so Sarge simply changed his position, leaving the other men in Dressrosa and taking the demons with him.
Statham, the giant, was left behind, while the remaining cadres remained unchanged.
Originally, there was nothing along the way, at most there were some storms, and everyone was used to it. However, after arriving at the destination, Sage discovered that half of the place was surrounded by mountain walls. If you follow the island's mountain walls and surround it, you will immediately enter the endless. Wind belt.
Had it not been for Letty's use of power, the ship would have stayed in the windless zone.
The ship Doflamingo gave it didn't have extra power, nor was it like a warship or sailboat that didn't rely on the wind, so it basically stopped.
That's all. The key is that as soon as you enter the windless zone, there will be sea kings coming up immediately.
During the ten-minute voyage, I unexpectedly encountered five of them. As we were about to land, one appeared at the port.
“Leave a few guards behind.”
Lily looked at the body of the sea king and said, "First of all, we have to make sure that nothing happens to the ship. Moria, can you stay here?"
“Hehehehe, if you wait on the boat, I'll have no problem.” Moria said with a smile.
He is just a lazy guy. This has nothing to do with will. He is happy not to interfere in what others can do.
“Letty, Hawkins, and Urqui, you also stay on the ship to ensure that the ship is not attacked, otherwise, we will stay on this island.” Lily said.
“There's no need to be so exaggerated.”
Sage was stunned for a moment, "One Shichibukai and three supernovae can destroy the country."
"In order to prevent more sea kings, Moria, as the Shichibukai, can be used as the final combat force, Hawkins can divine the probability of the ship's destruction, Leti can supplement the power of the ship, and Urqui can serve as a Extra mobility."
Lily said: "This will ensure your luck to the greatest extent and ensure that the ship will not have any accidents."
“Are you trying to guarantee my luck?” Sage asked suspiciously.
Lily looked forward, "Sarge, someone is coming."
In front, a young man dragged his injured leg and approached cautiously, looking eagerly at the crowd that was gradually coming down.
This young man has brown hair, a thin body, and tattered linen clothes. He stepped barefoot on the beach and asked cautiously:
“Are you here to bring us freedom?”
"free?"
Sage laughed dumbly: "You can't bring freedom, kid. Well, you have good eyesight. Who are you?"
"My name is Luo Bo. According to legend, a person with a black skull and crossbones flag will definitely bring freedom to others!" Luo Bo looked disappointed and asked unwillingly, "Is it true that he can't bring freedom?"
"Oh? Why do you think that we can't go to sea here?" Sage smiled and asked.
Of course, what he was asking was not whether he could get out of the Windless Zone. This **** place could easily be swallowed up by sea kings, and it was impossible to get out to sea from here.
but
He raised his head and looked at the figures regrouping in the distance. Those people were the navy.
“Stop, where are you?”
The leader of the team was a lieutenant general. He was about to ask a question loudly, but he saw the person coming and stopped suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
In the wind and rain, the outlines of those people gradually became clearer, making people look horrified one by one.
The war scene known as the "War on the Top" has just ended. Anyone who watched the live broadcast will remember the crazy person who broke into the battlefield, carried out live executions of the Dracos, and destroyed the existence of Malinfando!
“Heaven, natural disaster!”
The lieutenant general subconsciously pulled out the blade and said in a trembling voice: "What are you doing here!"
“What is this word?”
Sage sneered and said: "What the pirates can do here is to rob, of course. I don't want to bother, so hand over the mother steel. It's already in shape. Leave it to me and I'll leave right away."
“Mother, mother steel.”
The lieutenant general's eyes widened, "How could you... No, no! We can't make the decision in this matter. It's a natural disaster. This **** mission is carried out by General Qingzhi. He is here. You don't want to face Qingzhi." General Pheasant!"
"Kuzan? Is he here? It's very busy. It's so close to the World Government and it still needs to be escorted by a general? This material looks really good."
Sage laughed and didn't care at all. Then he paused, pointed at Luo Bo and said to the navy:
“What's going on with this kid? You're all here, aren't you here for me? A lieutenant general is arresting a kid? Why, he killed a noble?”
“These guys in white clothes are bad people!”
Luo Bo shouted: "These guys stopped me from finding freedom! I finally escaped from the underground and hid the guards. I just saw the sea in the book, and they came out! Why, the book said that the guys in white clothes are also good people of!"
White clothes?
The navy doesn't even know?
“Oh, the news is blocked.”
Sage glanced at Luo Bo and said with a smile: "Then you know where you escaped from."
Luo Bo nodded.
“Very good, then you can guide me. Whether you are imprisoned or don't know the sea for some strange reason, it doesn't matter. After I finish robbing this place, you can go out, hahahahaha!”
Sage waved his hand, "Huogubak, treat his injury, Moria, you stay behind."
Moriah bared his teeth and smiled, put his hands around the back of his head, and returned to the boat.
“Eh? Can't I go?”
Renedia curled her lips, but became happy again: "Let's have fun frying fish! There are many big fish like this in Windless Zone!"
"Then remember to leave the fish meat. Remember, if the whole body is in the shape of a fish, take the abdomen. If the upper body is an animal, then take the part where the animal and the fish meet." Marika smiled. road.
“Okay!” Renedia gestured.
Sage glared at her angrily, "Fish frying is against the law!"
“I am a pirate, so I am breaking the law.” Renedia smiled and stuck out her tongue.
The lieutenant general in front slowly retreated. Seeing that Sager's attention seemed not to be on him, he was about to retreat with the navy, but at this moment, the voice reached his ears.
“Did I let you go?”
The lieutenant general paused for a moment, with a trickle of sweat streaming down his forehead. He saw Sage approaching slowly and said with a ferocious smile, "Tell me what's going on on this island."
Colombas Corporation.
The huge steel company currently cooperating with the world government is also based on this island of Colombas. It has existed for more than three hundred years and is also a famous enterprise on the sea.
It's not because this is an iron ore island. No matter how rich the iron ore is, after three hundred years of mining, there won't be much left.
The main business of this company now is to use the world government as a channel to import a large amount of iron and then refine it, and then export refined steel.
Different from the country of Wano.
Among the channels controlled by Doflamingo, Wano produces weapons and seastones.
Colombas Company does not make weapons, it only exports materials. As a material end, it also has a large share in this market. Many countries buy the steel here. In addition to producing their own weapons, they also need it in other aspects.
This is the lieutenant general's version.
Sarge was not interested in doing anything to the lieutenant general. After getting the information, he let them retreat. Anyway, he only needed to get a general understanding of the information.
Of course, there is a version.
From the version of the young man Luo Bo.
Colombas Company, in their eyes, is called the Kingdom of Iron Felt, because the logo is iron felt, the logo they have seen since childhood.
Since they were born, they have never seen the sun and have been living underground. When they open their eyes, they see furnaces and molten iron. In the huge red and hot furnaces, they constantly refine crude iron into steel and then send it back.
From childhood to old age, from birth to age, it has become a unique underground kingdom.
The people here have never been in contact with the top, and they don't know what the exit is. Once someone becomes curious, they will disappear in a short time, and when they come back, they will become a taciturn person.
But it wasn't like this before
Robo got a book with pictures and text. A few decades ago, this was not a kingdom of iron felt, but had its real name - Columbus Company.
Although steel was still smelted, the books at that time recorded the magic of the sea, people's freedom, and the stories of how they relied on steel to obtain wealth.
That book even records how they came, how they discovered this island, and how beautiful the sea is.
“I told my parents.”
Luobo was quickly cured by Hogbak and is now wearing a bandage. Luo Bo, who is walking with Sage on crutches, said sadly:
“But after my parents heard the news, they got cold in a few days, but they are obviously not old.”
“Cold syndrome?” Sager asked, “What is it?”
"It's a disease. Once people get older, they will get this disease. They can't go outside because it's colder outside than here. If you come into contact with the cold, you will get this disease."
Luo Bo said matter-of-factly: "With this disease, people will lose their emotions. Just like those grandparents, they will get cold syndrome when they are old, and then they will no longer recognize people. However, they still exist. This should also be a kind of comfort. Bar."
Hearing this, Lily's face became solemn, and she subconsciously tightened her grip on the sword hilt.
"Hum hum"
Sage chuckled: "Then you know this symptom, why do you still come out?"
“I want to see the outside!”
Luo Bo took a deep breath and looked up at Sage firmly, "Even if I die, I want to see freedom!"
(End of this chapter)
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