Little Story After the Rain
In the office, Kuro looked at the newspaper found by Crowe. It was a newspaper from a few days ago, exactly one day after Ace’s execution time.
Under the overwhelming news about the movements of ‘Fire Fist’ Ace and Whitebeard, Kuro found a piece of news in a corner of the newspaper.
The gist of the news was that a pirate fleet raided Tada Town but was annihilated by this man named Gugas.
There was a very small picture on the news. There was only one person on it. The person was wearing a black priest robe with a shawl and a round-framed glasses. He looked very elegant. He was holding a book in his left hand and a huge axe that did not match his figure in his right hand.
“He is Gugas?”
Kuro raised his eyebrows. “There are many masters on the Grand Line… But why haven’t I heard of them?”
“You didn’t live on the Grand Line before, so of course you haven’t heard of it.”
Leda said, “This person is very famous. He has been stationed in Tada Town since he was a teenager and it has been almost twenty years. Because of his existence, no pirate dares to invade. The Pirate Fleet that was destroyed this time is definitely not in the Grand Line.”
Crowe nodded and said:
“The destroyed Pirate Grand Fleet is ‘Tiger of Tulip’ Boxer. The bounty is 88 million, plus some of the bounty pirates under his command, the total bounty is 150 million. If he went to other towns, maybe when he reaches Sabaody there will be one more supernova, but he is not very lucky.”
“And this Gugas, I only recently noticed him and also noticed this kingdom…”
This all started when Crowe wanted to catch a pirate on the Grand Line to promote Kuro. At that time, he wanted to catch a famous pirate, so he studied bounty orders and newspapers. In addition, he wanted to do this in the first place. As Kuro’s think tank, he had to have at least a little intelligence.
After all, his superior is a salted fish who only wants to live in one place until he dies of old age. Of course, he will not pay attention to intelligence, so he can only rely on him.
Then he sent some information about the Kingdom of Tada.
“This country is located in ‘Rosinia’. The area of this place is no less than Alabasta, but there are many countries, and there are three countries here, one of which is ‘Tada Kingdom’.
“The Kingdom of Tada is not big. It is the smallest of the three countries. Although it is said to be a World Government member country, it is very closed. Only the port town is for people to move around. Outsiders are not allowed to enter other places.”
“And the reason why a port town can still be opened is mainly to sell their local items. Their most famous item is their weapons, which are exquisite and powerful. It is said that they are made of a special ore of the Kingdom of Tada. The weapons, coupled with the unique physical fitness of the Kingdom of Tada, there are very few invaders in the Kingdom of Tada.”
Those who don’t have eyes are dead, and those with eyes will not touch them.
However, such a country can actually make the Marine Base stationed in it call for help. The situation is not ordinary serious…
The Battleship sailed in the direction of the Log Pose. The moon set and the sun rose. It was not until the next morning that the Battleship arrived at the big island of Rosenia.
At this moment, the weather was drizzling, causing the big island to fall into a haze.
The island is so big that you can’t see the end of it at a glance. You can only see the land along the coast. The coast is full of strange mountains, cutting off the idea of people coming ashore from other land. Although there is a gap, Kuro can see the dense reef with the waves.
There was no place to stop.
As the Battleship continued to sail, Kuro saw a flat land, but on that land, he saw a strange thing.
He saw a tall city wall extending into the land. The city wall was unusually tall. The city wall was connected to the fortress and some high-altitude stairs. Some patterns and beast heads were carved on it. Further inside, Kuro could see the high castle complex. The dense castle complex stood inside the city wall. The color of the buildings was dark. Although it was daytime, there was still a chill.
If you don’t look at tenryubito in Mariejois, the scenery can make you feel relaxed and happy. This place feels mysterious and lonely even from a distance.
It was a very typical Gothic building.
Even buildings can be called works of art.
Kuro was secretly speechless. How long would it take to make such a building…
This Tada Kingdom is very interesting.
The Battleship drove along the dense complex of buildings. Soon, they saw the end of the city wall by the sea, where there was a huge gate. There were two large fortresses at both ends of the gate, and people were stationed on the fortresses.
On one side were what seemed to be local guards, dressed in pikai, and on the other side was the fortress, which was Marine.
Marine …
Kuro frowned and said to the captain beside him, “What’s going on? Aren’t we asking for help?”
At this moment, there were clearly Marines and guards at the gate, and there did not seem to be any traces of battle.
“I, I don’t know…”
The Captain also felt a little strange. The call for help yesterday was real.
Kuro looked up at the fortress above and saw the Marines who were sticking their heads out because of the approaching warships. He said, “Let’s go in and ask.”
The Battleship approached the gate, and the Marine above the fortress asked with a loudspeaker: “You are?”
The captain on the deck also brought a loudspeaker and said loudly, “This is Lieutenant Colonel Kuro of Headquarters. Because we heard that there was a Marine SOS in Tada Town when we were cruising, we came to see if you were attacked by pirates.”
“So it’s Lieutenant Colonel Kuro!”
The Marine saluted the Battleship and said, “We were not attacked, and no one sent out a distress call. It has been a long time since a pirate came here. Ah… Anyway, come in first.”
The portcullis slowly rose, revealing the port inside.
This door isolates the possibility of ordinary people stopping. Only by opening the door can they enter and stop.
And inside the port, there was another door.
The Battleship sailed into the port and docked on the docking platform in front.
Kuro glanced at the iron door in front of him and couldn’t help but say, “It’s really sealed.”
In front of the door, there were a few receptionists and some staff members sitting there. It seemed that they had to inspect ordinary people before they could go over.
The Marine who had spoken earlier had already run below with a few people to welcome them.
“Lieutenant Colonel!”
The Marine saluted Kuro on the deck and said, “I am a lieutenant here. Welcome to Tada Town. Can you tell me more about the call for help?”
The captain next to him said, “Yesterday, we received a call for help from Tada Town. We thought it was a pirate attack, so we came to take a look… Is there really no attack? There is no attack at the port, but what about the town inside?”
The lieutenant said doubtfully, “I just changed the defense line yesterday, and there was no attack inside… Maybe you can go and see our base commander, Lieutenant Colonel Nezi. He might know something.”
“Lieutenant Colonel?” The Captain looked at Kuro.
“Since we’re already here, let’s take a look… We can also rest and replenish some supplies and ammunition.” Kuro said.
“Yes!”
The Captain directed Marine to lower the ladder and Kuro and others went down.
“Lieutenant Colonel wants to enter the town, quickly open the door,” the Captain said to the Lieutenant.
“Well…”
At this moment, the lieutenant said with some difficulty, “Lieutenant Colonel, there is a rule here. Before entering, you have to look at the contents of the plaque. Otherwise, I don’t have the authority to let you in. This is the internal affairs of the kingdom.”
“A plaque?”
The group of people looked over and saw that the gate took up a small part of the city wall, and on the gate, a huge plaque took up more than half of it, with some rules written on it.
Most of them were local laws, but one of them made Crowe suspicious. “A female doctor can’t enter?”
“Because the Tada Kingdom is a doctrinal country.”
Leda seemed to be used to it and said, “The people here are very strange. They follow the ancient doctrines and seem to be especially disgusted by witches and female doctors, but the cranberry juice here is very good.”
“You were here?” Crowe asked.
“Of course, wherever there is good food, there is me,” Leda said proudly.
“Kuro, let’s drink cranberry juice later.”
Leda looked at Kuro and found that he was staring at the plaque and glanced at them strangely.
“What did you see?” he asked.
“Local rules.” Leda tilted her head. “The words are so big, can’t you see them?”
“Rules…”
Kuro looked at the plaque again. He did not see any rules. On the huge plaque, there was clearly a story…