One Piece Codex

The sky darkened completely, and bonfires everywhere bathed the town in a dim red.

Levi and Tiger were walking and shopping, and the road ahead was quickly blocked by a crowd of people.

In the center of the crowd was a [-]-meter-long track, with several men dressed as athletes moving their ankles on the plastic track.

At the end of the track is a gift box. As the winner's prize, a big red ribbon is tied with an exaggerated bow on the gift box.

"This box contains a bonus. I heard it seems to be one hundred thousand berries." Tiger said with great interest.

"Do you want to try it?" Levi's eyes were strange.

For ordinary people, ten seconds may be the limit for a [-]-meter dash, but for people like them who have mastered superb physical skills, it only takes a few seconds.

"No, I'm just curious," Tiger shook his head and pursed his lips in the direction of the athlete, "I heard that the man in purple clothes had been the champion for ten consecutive years and relied on this project to make money and became a well-known rich man on the island."

Looking in the direction he was pointing, Levi recognized the man in purple at a glance as the man with an awkward running posture that he had seen when he was observing the terrain at Rainbow Castle.

Why do you say it's awkward?

Because when a man runs, he always has one foot high and one foot low, like, like...

"Like a limp."

Tiger glanced at Levi, then focused on the man in purple again, his eyes full of interest.

"His bumpy posture, his leg was obviously injured, and the injury was serious, otherwise he would not have retained the habit of walking with a limp. I suddenly wanted to see this man win the championship."

Levi's dark eyes lowered, "Then let's take a look."

The venue was crowded, and there were still a few minutes before the start of the game. At this time, several familiar faces appeared not far from the auditorium. They were the Nelson family.

From a distance, Nelson was seen waving hello, then holding Granny Anna in one hand and walking towards him with Potter in his arms.

"Are you also here to watch the champion Justin compete?" Nelson smiled.

"Yes," Tiger nodded, then scratched his beard in confusion, "Since this man is the champion every time, why are there so many people coming to watch the game?"

The [-]-meter dash championship trophy has been won by Justin alone for ten years. The result of the competition should be no suspense for the audience, but the scene was still full of excitement.Some of them cheered for Justin, and some cheered for other athletes.

Nelson: “In every competition, Justin is only a few tenths of a second faster than No. 2 or even No. 3. This kind of intense competition is still exciting and exciting.

Moreover, just because of the slight difference, the hope of catching up has attracted many viewers to place bets on other athletes, so that if Justin does not win the championship in any competition, the money they win is not less than the bonus. "

While Nelson and Tiger were talking, Levi had been secretly looking at Granny Anna, who said nothing. Her mother-in-law's cloudy eyes searched around, and finally fell on Justin.

"Haha, in this case," Tiger patted Levi's shoulder twice, "Levi, let's go bet too, maybe we can make a lot of money."

"You can't win," Levi shook his head gently, "The champion will still be the champion."

Nelson's movements were inconspicuously stagnant, and Tiger was a little confused, but he quickly smiled and hooked Levi's shoulders, "It's only a few tenths of a second, why can't you win? If it doesn't work, you go, I'll place a bet for you .The bonus will be yours at that time, and I will split the winnings [-]% and [-]%.”

Levi couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that Tiger also had a gambling habit.

"Forget it, the game is about to start."

Tiger, who was rejected, was a little uninterested, but the gunshot the next second brought him back to his senses.

The smoke from the referee's whistle gun was blown away by the wind brought by the start, and the players shot out like arrows.In the first two seconds, everyone was still on the same line. In the next two seconds, Justin widened the gap and was firmly at the head.

As Nelson said, Justin did not move far away from No. 2. The distance between the two was only a few centimeters before.

Just two breaths and the game was over.

The salute was fired twice, and the man in purple still stood on the podium. The other athletes did not sigh, as if they were already accustomed to the result.

Tiger kept staring at Justin, who even limped slightly when running.Compared to others, the speed should be a few points slower. Could it be that others are running a fake race?

But what is the purpose of running a fake race?

Seeing Tiger's confusion, Levi leaned closer and explained softly: "It's not Justin's running problem, the problem lies with other people."

Running is a process of continuous acceleration. In the previous match, only Justin's speed changes were normal, while the speed changes of the others were jumping.

If you observe carefully with your own eyes, you will find that the movements of other athletes are like a card machine, and they are stuck continuously, like a complete video with several frames removed.

Rather than saying it's weird, it's more appropriate to describe it as unreal.

"Others?" Tiger frowned slightly.

Levi just wanted to continue explaining, but Nelson's turning back made him temporarily stop talking.

"The game is over. I'll take Mom and Potter to go shopping somewhere else first. It'll be about half an hour later, so don't forget to watch the Rainbow Festival." Nelson said goodbye with a smile and left. .

Watching the people leave, Levi thought for a moment.

Grandma Anna just kept muttering and muttering, as if to say, "Justin, this old guy."

Justin obviously looks about the same age as Nelson...

"Watch the Rainbow Festival. We can see the rainbow erupting from the volcano in half an hour." Tiger's eyes looked forward to it, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth. Then he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked sideways at Levi, "By the way, you Who else did you just say?”

Levi was stunned for a moment, frowning and staring at Tiger for a long time, but the other man's eyes were filled with doubts and confusion.

【forgotten……】

Tiger saw Levi's serious expression and rolled his eyes, "Did something happen?"

Levi stared seriously into Tiger's eyes, then looked away after a few seconds, and said with a slight smile: "Nothing, I just thought, is it possible that others faked the race just now?"

"The possibility is very small. First, it is unnecessary. Second, such a small error is difficult to control."

"Well, I think so too."

After Levi finished speaking, he turned around and waved his hand for Tiger to follow the flow of people to visit the next place.He just heard from passers-by that there was an invention exhibition on No. 2 Street, and he was quite curious about what kind of interesting things he would encounter.

Soon the two came to a more lively street corner.

From a distance, you could see the stage illuminated by lights in the center of the crowd, and a high-pitched, hoarse voice came from the loudspeaker.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first invention on display next took me three months of hard work to create! It is unprecedented! I guarantee that you will not be disappointed!"

A square box-like object in the center of the stage was covered with red cloth. The spotlight was shining on the red cloth from all sides. The speaker stood aside and grabbed a corner of the red cloth. Under the expectant eyes of everyone, he was ready to show off his so-called unprecedented invention. .

Tiger was slightly shaken when he heard this seemingly familiar voice. When he saw the person on the stage clearly, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise, "Why is this guy here?"

Strictly speaking, those standing on the stage cannot actually be considered "people".

An orange high hat pressed his afro into two pieces. Under the goggles he wore, there was a long squirrel-like beard, and his whole body was wrapped in fur.

Levi had heard of this kind of species, and it was said that they were called "fur tribe".A very special ethnic group, this ethnic group relies on the friction of its own fur to have the ability to discharge electricity.

Judging from Tiger's tone, there was no doubt that he knew him.

Levi turned sideways and asked, "Your friend?"

"I can't call him a friend, but I have met him once." Tiger looked at the stage with a slightly serious look and lowered his voice, "He is a dangerous guy. Lindbergh, a weapons inventor, has a bounty of 3000 million Baileys. . He defected from the World Government's scientific institution two years ago and has disappeared for the past two years. News from the Navy said that he joined an illegal organization. Unexpectedly, he was hiding on this unknown island."

Since the production of a certain batch of new weapons at sea did not disappear due to Lindbergh's defection, but manufacturing drawings were obtained from various auction channels, the Navy determined that Lindbergh had joined an arms reselling organization.

This doubled the original reward of only [-] million.

After all, the government is unwilling to pay, and the Navy must take action against arms reselling in the black market, and the amount of money squeezed out of it is more than [-] million.

This also added four distinctive characters to Lindbergh's reward order: "Only captured alive."

"There is no such thing as a virtuous man under such a great reputation. I suddenly want to see his invention." Li Wei stared at the square box covered by a red cloth on the stage with some curiosity.

Tiger snorted dissatisfied and said with disgust: "No matter how famous he is, all he invented were weapons to kill people. He claimed that he invented arms for peace, but in fact, countless humans, including murlocs, died under these weapons. ."