Great Onmyoji of Pirates

At this point, the two strongest men in the Alabasta King's army had been defeated by Barb like a game. King Cobra was horrified by Barb's strength, but he did not regret what he said, no matter what would happen next.

Cobra stopped the guards who saw the two vice-captains losing their fighting ability and trying to rush into the hall, and then said: "Weiwei, tell me, I will listen to what you know."

After Cobra finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the throne on the high platform, slowly sat down, and waited for Vivi to speak.

Weiwei seemed to have already thought about what to say and said without any hesitation: "A few days ago, several resistance soldiers and I went to Hubbard's scumbag's territory to distribute red books, but we hadn't entered the village yet. The captain dragged us into the woods beside the road."

"It turns out that not far away is Hubbard's tax collectors' brigade. The tax collectors are wearing armor. The silver armor reflects dazzlingly in the sun. The head tax collector's hat is inlaid with a large dark green star. The precious stones formed a sharp contrast with the squatting and begging tenants in ragged clothes in front of him."

The tenant begged, "Tax collector, if you give me a few more days, I will definitely be able to pay the rent."

The tax collector was looking at his own boots, which were fine leather boots, and asked, "How many days is the grace period?"

The tenant said: "As long as it rains normally until autumn, I can harvest one crop and pay the rent to the lord."

"Oh?" The tax collector was very thin and looked small in stature but with a big head.

"Autumn is here? Autumn is already two months away. Regardless of whether it will rain normally during these two months, you will still have to pay taxes for the next quarter after two months!"

"Besides, the drought has been going on for such a long time. I'm afraid the seedlings in your field have long since withered. What can you do to pay next quarter's tax? Pay today's tax quickly. As long as you are lucky, you will starve to death before next quarter." And be free from the pain of the whip in my hand.”

The tax collector said and raised the iron whip in his hand.

Everyone, including me, couldn't stand it. The tenant was old and thin. If he was hit by the tax collector's whip, he would probably die on the spot.

Just when the rebels couldn't help but want to step forward to stop us, the captain leading us stopped us.

We didn't understand, but the captain's words quickly made us understand the situation.

First of all, there are only five people in our team including me, Princess Weiwei.

On the opposite side are hundreds of soldiers wearing silver armor and fully armed. We are no match at all.

Here, even if I save this tenant, we still have to leave here. This is not yet a place controlled by the rebels. The lord's revenge in the future is not something that hundreds of families in this village can withstand, let alone let alone The lord thought the village had a deal with the rebels.

The tenant exposed his two shoulders, both of which were bruised with blood. The tenant said that he went to fetch water from the Bunsha River five miles away every day and that the grain in the fields could grow. The tax collector still refused to listen and just asked him to pay taxes. , otherwise I’ll whip him.

Just when we didn't know what to do, the tax collector's soldiers had already begun to enter the tenants' homes and search them.

The soldier came out with a big bag in his hand. The bag looked to be about twenty kilograms of rice. This was the food for the tenant's family for two months, but now it was about to be taken away by the tax collector.

Originally, we would not go out if the tax collector left immediately. After the tax collector left, we could give our grain to the tenant, and everyone in the team agreed.

But the tax official said that there was not enough grain. One kilogram of insufficient grain was worth a whip, and the tenant must be whipped.

A few dozen kilograms were weighed, and the tenant was dead after dozens of whips.

At this time, the captain told us: "No matter what happens, don't go out for a while."

The tax collector raised his whip and whipped it at the tenant. The iron whip made a harsh sound, and the tenant curled up to protect his head. Bang!

The whip did not hit the tenants, and our captain walked over with the grain at some point.

The whip missed the tenant and was caught by the captain's hand. The captain's hand was hit by the iron whip and the skin was torn.

The captain endured the pain and said without saying a word: "I just came back from outside and saw you trying to beat my father."

"Oh? You are a family?" The tax collector was a little unconvinced.

"Of course, my father used to be as strong as I am," said the captain, hugging the tenant.

"Really? I don't believe it, unless you take these whips for him," said the tax collector.

"I have food!" The captain put down the food bag from his back.

The tax collector kicked the grain bag on the ground and said without weighing it: "It's not enough!"

"How can it not be enough! How can these plus what I just gave you be enough!"

"It's not enough if I say it's not enough! There's still fifty pounds to go and fifty lashes to go. You just said something rude and I'll give you another fifty lashes! A total of [-] lashes!"

"Why, are you still his son now? Or are you just a passerby?"

"Of course I am! I am his son, a hundred lashes, come on!"

"Okay! An old guy like him must be dead after ten lashes. I think only an elephant can withstand a hundred iron lashes. As for the people I've seen who are stronger than you before, they will run out of breath after only sixty lashes. Hehe. .”

"Let's go now. I'd better ask someone to hold you down so that you don't move around for a while."

"No! If you slap me directly, you won't even try to avoid it."

"Hmph! Now he's so talkative that he can call me grandpa without shame. There are still tough men who won't scream under this whip."

"Buzz! Snap!" With the first whip, a big hole was ripped out of the captain's clothes, and the flesh under the clothes was soaked bright red with blood.

After ten lashes, the captain could still speak.

After twenty lashes, the captain bit and hardened.

After fifty lashes, the captain could no longer move. The tenant took the captain's hand and asked him to go. The captain shook his head slightly.

One hundred whips!A full hundred lashes!The captain's wound was deep enough to the bone, and the ground was soaked with blood.

The tax collector found it boring, so he took the tenants' and captain's grain and led the team away.

Only then did we dare to step forward. The dying captain took out the red book from his arms with a slight voice. Everyone came to his face, waiting for him to speak his last voice in this world.

"This is my belief and I must protect it."

The captain was gone, and only the red book on his chest lay quietly in his arms.

After Weiwei finished speaking, she took out the red book from her pocket and walked towards Kobra.

"For the sake of faith, you are not afraid of sacrifice. Father, I hope you can understand too!"

Vivi said as she walked up to Kobra who was sitting on the throne. She held the red book she received from the captain and handed it to King Kobra.

Cobra looked down at Weiwei without moving for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Please take this book, father." Weiwei requested again.

One Piece: The Great Onmyoji