Save the world from Luffy

Chapter 99 The Deep Well of Hope and Redemption (14 today)

"Ace is growing magma again?"

"Let's go if he has something to do. He still has to catch Blackbeard. It's a pity that the free thugs are gone."

Sanji curled his lips, feeling a little pity in his heart, after all, he finally found a smoking buddy, so it's a pity that he lost it now.

Luffy and Zoro didn't have a good impression of his little baby, so what's the good of that choking thing?
But Sanji didn't want to think about it. Ace, who smoked sulfur all day long, probably didn't have any nostalgia for his small cigarette. A puff of sulfur breath was more powerful than anything else. To miss Ace, it would be better to get to know Smoker.

A pornographic smoker cook and a humanoid cigar smoker look like a perfect match.

Riding a sand sled, we ran into the ruins of two villages covered by yellow sand along the way, and Youba got closer and closer to them.

When the night fell, the cold wind gradually replaced the intense heat of the day.

"Luffy, there is a city ahead, not a small town."

The sentinel Usopp came to report that in this dusk and night, he was still the most beautiful boy in the regiment, and his eyesight was too good.

The sand and fog blown by the strong wind made everything in front of it hazy, and only Usopp could see the details in the distance.

"Is it Yuba City, Bibi?"

"That's right, we're here."

"Yoba is located in the middle of the four major cities in Alabasta. It is an important transit point and the fifth largest oasis city in Alabasta."

The sand sled was rapidly approaching the big city, but as the distance approached, the speed of the group became slower and slower.

The sky was full of yellow sand, the icy wind set off a storm, and the piercing howling sound echoed in the empty city.

A sandstorm swept across the city, and there were no lights, no human voices, and the city shrouded in sand and mist was dilapidated and desolate.

"How. How could this be."

Many buildings are covered by gravel, just like the green city that sleeps and mourns, Yuba is also swallowed by yellow sand, and what you see is a ruined wall.

The yellow sand swept by the storm became softer and buried the walker's calf. The disappearance of small oases and small villages was accepted by everyone. After all, they were too small to withstand three years of drought.

But such a big oasis city shouldn't be.

Didn't it say that this is the headquarters of the rebels?
Why did it become such a dilapidated place?

The river that originally surrounded the city has dried up, which is probably the reason why Yuba eventually fell into disrepair.

Luffy opened up his knowledge-color perception circle, and he couldn't feel the smell of people in the empty city.

"There is someone in front, let's go."

Dragging the sand sled behind, they moved forward in silence.

There was a slight "sand" sound when the shovel rubbed against the gravel. The hunched figure turned his back to everyone. He stood in the center of the dry river and dug away the yellow sand, exposing the dry and hard soil at the bottom of the river.

"You are travelers, right?"

The man spoke without looking back, still waving the shovel non-stop.

"Traveling in the desert must be tiring."

"I'm sorry, this city has become a little deserted."

"But it's okay if you want to take a rest."

The figure digging the sand turned his head, and a shriveled head was exposed under the desert cloak. The original snow-white beard was disheveled, and it was also stained with the grayish yellow of the sand.

"In terms of inns, you can have as many as you want. This is the best place in the city."

Laughing at himself as if he was having a hard time, the old man waved his shovel again, digging firmly into the ground below.

Even if only hard dry sand is shoveled out.

"The rebels aren't here anymore, are they, old man?"

Luffy came to the old man's side. Although he couldn't cover the whole city with knowledge, he couldn't find any more breath of life in the proven places.

"The rebel army?"

The old man paused what he was doing.

"You don't plan to join the rebel army, do you?"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three consecutive shots of the old man's iron fist knocked Lu Fei to the ground. Looking at this skillful movement, the old man probably used it on many people before.

"It's really a different feeling."

Luffy kissed the dry land below, silently reminiscing about the aftertaste that was completely different from Iron Fist of Love, with a bitter but sweet taste of desert cactus.

"wrong!"

"I didn't do anything! Why did you hit me!"

A kite turned over and stood up again, and Luffy glared at the old man who was digging.

"It turns out that you are not going to join the rebel army, that's fine."

"The rebels are no longer here."

He rested with the shovel on his shoulders.

"As you can see, sandstorms have swept across the city. After three consecutive years of drought, the exposed sand is particularly loose. Sandstorms have become the norm and are gradually flooding the city."

"The Yuba, which was originally a material distribution center, gradually fell into disuse after losing its function. How could the rebels stay here for so long?"

"They went to Catrea, and if you're looking for rebels, they should be there."

Licking his chapped lips, the old man started swinging the shovel again.

"I seem to have heard of it there?"

Luffy scratched his head, opened his own water bottle and took two sips of "ton ton ton", then handed it to the old man.

"Drink, I have more here."

Luffy snatched the old man's shovel, and forced the kettle into the old man's hand.

Then he stared at the camel rescued by Chopper.

"It seems that this guy came from Catrea, Bibi, where is Catrea?"

Luffy turned to Bibi and asked.

"Catreia is an oasis near Rohara, that is, near the City of Green."

"Puff ~ puff puff ~~"

The camel's eyelashes opened his mouth to say something, and Chopper immediately translated it.

"He said: When he escaped, the rebel army was moving the goods there."

"Thanks, Chopper."

Luffy rubbed the well-behaved little reindeer, then glanced at the camel.

"Just eat braised and roasted camel for dinner, the meat must be very tender."

"Pfft? Puff puff puff!!!"

"He said: You didn't ask! How did I know that you were looking for the rebels? I am an old camel that has lived for more than 80 years. The meat is very unpalatable, really!"

Eyelashes tried to hide his body behind Chopper, but it didn't work.

Carefully sipping the sweet water, the old man walked towards Bibi.

"You are Bibi. Bibi is right!"

He stretched out his withered hands to support Bibi's shoulders, tears streaming down his face.

"It's fine if you're fine, it's fine if you're fine."

"It's me, don't you recognize me?"

After saying this, the old man's eyes dimmed.

"It's no wonder, because I'm a little thinner, and I can't recognize it"

"Uncle Doto."

Bibi covered her mouth in disbelief, her voice was trembling, the skinny old man in front of her didn't look like she used to, the originally rich and chubby figure now turned into such a withered appearance.

"it's me."

"Bibi, you have been wronged a lot, don't cry, I'm here."

The dry fingers covered with calluses wiped away the tears from the corners of Bibi's eyes. With a distressed smile on his face, the old man Duo Tuo tried his best to hold back the tears.

"Bibi, I believe in the king, I believe he is definitely not someone who would betray the country, right?"

There are rumors among the folks in Alabasta that in order to satisfy their selfish desires, the king made it rain in the capital and abused dancing powder, which caused droughts in other cities in Alabasta.

All the crimes are because the king betrayed the country and the people.

Old man Doto shed two lines of turbid tears, and two ditches were washed out on his face covered in sand and dust.

Bibi bit her lip and nodded, but then shook her head again.

"Father, he was indeed framed, but Alabasta has become the current situation, and he is also responsible. As a king, he shouldn't do nothing like this."

Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Bibi firmly turned her head and spoke to Luffy.

"I will become the new queen of Alabasta. Let me make up for all the mistakes my father made."

"Uncle Doto, don't worry, Luffy and I will definitely save Alabasta, we will!"

"Bibi."

Looking at the familiar but unfamiliar child in front of him, the old man Duotuo didn't know what to say. After sorting out the thoughts in his heart, he opened his mouth and said:

"Rebellion or something is bullshit, those idiots"

"So what if it doesn't rain for three years."

"I still believe in the king, and most of the citizens are the same as me. I have stopped it several times, but no matter what I say, it is useless."

"They still want to rebel, can rebellion solve all these problems?"

"But it's also because the days are getting more and more difficult, and they are almost at the point where they can't hold on anymore. The next attack should be the time to end all of this."

"They've been cornered."

"them."

"They already have the will to die."

Feeling a force coming from his body, the old man Duotuo subconsciously put more strength into his hands, and Bibi's shoulders were pinched a little painfully.

"Please, Bibi, stop those idiots before it gets to the worst"

"Please, please save those idiots!"

"Kuza! That idiot Kouza. That idiot is the one leading the rebel army!"

The old man knelt on the ground, and the dry sand swallowed up his tears.The thin body is so weak, the old man can only pin his hopes on Bibi.

"Don't worry, Uncle Doto."

Bibi helped the old man up.

"Didn't I say that the mistakes my father made, let me settle for him, whether it's the rebels or Kosha."

"They are all people struggling to survive because of the lack of rain and have been forced into desperate situations."

"I will save them, and I will surely save Alabasta."

"Please trust me, and please trust Luffy and the others."

The people standing behind Bibi are her most powerful support. Except for the braised pork that can only flap its wings now, even Qiaoba looks very reliable.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Luffy stretched.

"Old man, are you planning to find water?"

"Then let me do you a favor."

(End of this chapter)