met free Chapter 46 Doubts!
Chapter 46 Doubts!
When Nojiko and Ken arrived at the port of Cocoyasi Village, they saw Aokiji talking to the villagers of Cocoyasi Village, seemingly asking them something!
When the villagers saw Nokiko and A-Jian arrive, they exchanged a few words with Aokiji and hurriedly left.
Aokiji naturally saw Nojiko and Ken, because he noticed a villager leaving right from the beginning.
"Oh dear, it seems the person in charge of this village has arrived!" Aokiji whispered.
A-Jian and Nokiko felt a sense of pressure looking at Aokiji's tall stature, which made them involuntarily tense.
Aokiji carefully examined the two people in front of him. A young girl and an old man seemed mismatched!
Hmm, does that make sense? (It seems somewhat reasonable!)
Aokiji finally came to the conclusion that the girl in front of him should be the main focus! As for the older man, he was probably a relative or something!
When Nokiko and A-Jian saw Aokiji looking them over, they became even more nervous.
Fortunately, it was Aokiji who finally broke the deadlock.
"Well, you two should be considered the leaders of this village, right?" Aokiji asked in a lazy tone.
Nojiko and Ken exchanged a glance upon hearing Aokiji's words.
Encouraged by A-Jian's gaze, it was Noki Gao who answered.
"Yes, sir, what can I do for you?" Nojiko asked cautiously.
Uh, Aokiji scratched his head as he looked at Nojiko's cautious appearance.
No matter how you look at it, there seems to be nothing wrong with this little girl.
But why was she so scared?
Or is she afraid of something?
Aokiji grew increasingly puzzled as to why the people in this small village were so afraid!
With this question in mind, Aokiji had no choice but to ask again.
"Hmm, has any navy personnel come to the village recently?"
"Ah, this."
Aokiji's words this time were purposeful, leaving Noki, a first-year high school student, unsure how to respond.
Seeing Nojiko speechless, Aokiji became even more certain that something major must have happened in the village, and it must be related to the Navy.
Otherwise, why would they be speechless when asked about the navy?
Ah Jian watched anxiously from the sidelines, and could only interject.
"Um, sir, I don't know if you're from the Navy or somewhere else."
When Aokiji saw Ken talking to him, he turned his gaze from Nojiko's eyes to Ken.
When Aokiji looked at him, A-Jian immediately felt a powerful pressure.
At this moment, the pressure of the strong was displayed once again. Even though the strong had restrained their aura, it was still too terrifying for the weak.
Aokiji looked at Ken, who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, and was speechless. He thought to himself, "I haven't even used my aura to intimidate you yet, how come you can't handle it!"
But Aokiji, being easygoing, answered Ken's question.
"I am indeed from the Navy. I came to Cocoyasi Village mainly to investigate something!"
"Sir, what do you want to investigate? There shouldn't be anything in our little village that you'd want to investigate!" A-Jian answered, though he was afraid.
"No, you must know what I'm investigating. Aokiji is definitely authentic."
"What is it?" A-Jian could only ask, forcing himself to speak.
Meanwhile, beads of sweat were streaming down A-Jian's body.
A-Jian is too nervous. He doesn't have much education or strength to begin with, so it's inevitable that he would be nervous when he encounters a strong opponent like Aokiji.
Aokiji looked at Ken, who was sweating profusely, and Nojiko, who was being very cautious, and didn't know how to ask.
"Sigh." Aokiji sighed inwardly and said to Ken and Nojiko, "Let's find a suitable place to talk again!"
Nojiko and Ken breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Aokiji's words. If a conflict had really broken out at the port, the villagers of Cocoyasi Village would have been in serious trouble.
Soon, led by Nojiko and Ken, Aokiji arrived at Nojiko's house.
Noki poured a glass of orange juice for Aokiji and Ken. Aokiji didn't stand on ceremony and drank the orange juice down his throat.
"It tastes great!" Aokiji exclaimed.
Normally, Nojiko would be very happy if Aokiji praised orange juice, but in this situation...
Well, it's not ideal.
"Well then, let's get down to business." After Aokiji said this, the air in the room seemed to become heavy.
"So, have you ever seen the Navy?" Aokiji's words carried a hint of doubt, but more than anything, they were affirmative.
Aokiji was quite certain that the villagers of Cocoyasi Village had decided to see the Navy, but he couldn't guess what had actually happened.
Seeing that Nokiko and Ken still didn't know how to answer, Aokiji shook his head helplessly.
"If you don't answer, things could get complicated if someone else comes. For example, they might interrogate you, and if you don't report what they know, that would be even more serious."
"Of course we know that your navy only knows how to bully others with its power, right? What else would your navy not dare to do?" Nojiko suddenly broke down in tears.
Uh, Aokiji was dumbfounded. He scratched his head, not knowing what had happened.
Looking at the distraught girl in front of him, he didn't know how to answer.
Looking at the devastated Nojiko, A-Jian felt a pang of heartache: "This tragedy is caused by the harm caused by Arlong Park and the inaction of the Navy."
“Nojiko, you should go back to your room first! Let me talk to this ‘Navy Lord’,” A-Jian said in a low voice.
Aokiji watched this scene, unsure of what to say, and could only silently watch Nojiko leave.
After watching Nojiko leave, Ken first took a sip of orange juice and then talked to Aokiji.
"We live in Cocoyasi Village, where the main industry is orange cultivation. We used to be very happy. But a few years ago, a pirate crew called the Arlong Pirates suddenly appeared. They came to Cocoyasi Village and committed all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, looting, and plundering. Later, they started demanding protection money from our village, charging each person 10 Berries. If you didn't pay, you would be killed..."
"And so, Nojiko's mother was also killed by the dragon in that incident."
Soon, A-Jian told Aokiji about the various crimes the Arlong Pirates committed after arriving in Cocoyasi Village, the inaction of the Navy, and how Captain Rat bullied their Cocoyasi Village.
At this point, Ah Jian couldn't hold back his tears any longer, and they kept flowing. (But he hadn't reached the point of true sorrow yet.)
Aokiji listened silently to what A-Jian was saying, but didn't know how to respond.
He once doubted whether the Navy's justice was truly right, and fell into deep confusion, not knowing what to do.
It took him a long time to emerge from that period of confusion, but he became lazy. (Yes, the deeper the love, the more severe the wound.)
"So what exactly happened in the last few days? Is there anything you can't tell me?" Aokiji asked again.
Ah Jian, who was originally shedding tears, suddenly became energetic and said in an impassioned tone, "A hero came that day."
???
A-Jian noticed Aokiji's confusion and quickly explained.
“A few days ago, a young man dressed in black and wearing a cloak came. We didn’t know why he came to Cocosia. When we asked him what he was doing in Cocosia Village, the young man in black only said, ‘I’m here to look for something.’”
"The arrival of that young man in black terrified the villagers of Cocoyasi Village. They thought he was also a member of the Arlong Pirates."
"During this period of time, we didn't know what happened."
"But when the guy in black came out, he saw Colonel Rat bullying our villagers, and then the guy in black killed Colonel Rat and his men."
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P.S.: We need to speed things up.