Pirate: As a general, what happened to me touching fish?

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Dodge looked at Crowe and his group who were exercising, with black lines all over their heads.

Although I know that your relationship with the navy has been going well recently, can you please stop making such misleading noises?

It's just a training exercise. It seems that no matter what era you do hard physical work, you have to shout slogans.

Why!These guys are so contagious.

It seems that I want to find an opportunity to talk to Crowe and tell him not to be like Xino.

He only has this one proud subordinate left, don't be led astray, then he won't have anywhere to cry.

On the bow deck, Xino smiled as he looked at the screaming soldiers being trained. They must improve their strength and not embarrass Colonel Dodge.

Then, he picked up the telescope, looked at a small island in front of him, and said to Dodge on the lounge chair.

"Report Colonel, it's Garo Island"

Dodge, whose thoughts were racing, was pulled back.

The route has already been planned, avoiding all possible trouble spots. According to the intelligence, there is an ordinary town on the island.

This place is not on any route. If they hadn't taken a detour, they wouldn't have gotten here.

"I know, let's go to the island to rest for a while."

Dodge nodded and asked Xino to make arrangements, so he could relax for a few more days.

As the warship approaches, a group of sailors take a small boat to the island. This island, which is not on the shipping route, has no dock for the warship to dock.

The small town on Garo Island is near a stream in the mountains. Dodge stopped as soon as he took people ashore at a leisurely pace.

"Colonel, what's wrong?"

Xino asked when he saw his colonel suddenly stop.

The lenses on the bridge of Crowe's nose flashed with golden light. It was time for him to show off, and he answered first.

"The surroundings are too quiet and desolate, something is wrong."

Indeed, something was very wrong, an obvious sign that there had been no human activity for a long time.

"Clo is right, send a team of people to explore the road and be careful of dangers."

Dodge glanced and said, it feels good to finally have a smart person under his command.

As for the danger, he really doesn't know what else he can't solve in this huge East China Sea without the Golden Lion.

However, Dodge has always acted cautiously and remembered every place he visited.

I had been to this island before when I was wandering around. There was a bat-man here who had eaten a devil fruit, so he killed him and the ship sank.

But now it is completely different from when I came here a few years ago. There used to be a three-person-wide path here, and residents in the town would use it to buy supplies from the nearby big island.

Now the path is almost invisible, it has been covered by vegetation, and there are no traces of animal activity. It is eerily quiet.

In regular sea areas like the East China Sea, the weather will not be as changeable as the Grand Line and the New World, and there will not be any special plants that can grow in a few days.

The current situation on the island is obviously due to the lack of ecological cycle of animals and human activities, resulting in the ground being covered with weeds.

What the hell, did the people in the town move away?

The worst-case scenario is that something unexpected happens?Is it a ferocious beast, but there are no traces of large animal activity nearby. It doesn't look like some ferocious beast suddenly moved in here.

If it were a human... I hope not.

Dodger's eyes darkened and he gave Crowe a look.

Crowe nodded, obviously realizing something, he disappeared and took a detour to the back of the town.

He doesn't have to worry about the front at all. He just needs to ensure that if a battle breaks out, no one will be able to escape.

Soon Dodge arrived in town.

A few years ago, this town was relatively prosperous, with clean houses and even a market.

But looking up now, all kinds of plants have grown all over the roof and walls. The market has been abandoned for a long time, and weeds are growing on the stalls.

At the intersection, several children wearing patched clothes squatted on the ground and played.

Seeing this scene, Dodge breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there were still people alive, this didn't seem to be the worst situation.

But it seemed like this house hadn't been cleaned for a long time, so there was something wrong with it.

Dodge waved the others to stop, fearing to scare the children, so he walked over quietly.

When I looked closer, I saw children drawing on the ground.

The painting should be of a bat monster and a glowing man. It was probably rather abstract, and Dodge didn't understand it.

So he asked, "Little guy, what are you drawing?"

Suddenly hearing the sound, the children all looked up and saw a gentle smile.

After being stunned for a moment, a child hurriedly said, "Brother, you are not from here. Leave quickly. If you stay here, you will be taken to the altar to do hard labor."

As he said this, he pulled Dodge out and the other children also hurriedly persuaded him.

oh?Sure enough there is a problem.

"It's okay, big brother is in the navy, and there are many people," Dodge said and pointed back at Xino and his group.

The children followed the direction of their fingers and saw a large group of well-equipped marines.

"Navy, the navy is here, we are saved," the children cheered.

The oldest child quickly calmed down and said, "Quiet!"

This was obviously the king of children. As soon as he spoke, the naughty children all fell silent, and then slowly told Dodger what happened. The other children couldn't help but chirped and added.

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"Don't be in a hurry, eat slowly, we still have a lot on board," Dodge advised in a gentle voice.

"Uh-huh"

The kid king took the lead and nodded vigorously, but his hand movements were not slow.

These children were very hungry, and their first request after all was said and done was for food.

Fortunately, Dodge brought plenty of food.

The Dodge, which is all about safety, is of course fully prepared for everything.

Taking into account all possible situations, the ship was fully stocked with medicine, ammunition, and of course the most important food and water.

In the yard, Dodge looked at the children devouring food and fell into deep thought.

According to these children, one day a few months ago, a big talking bat appeared here and told the people here that he was a messenger sent by God, and believed that he would get whatever he wanted.

Why?It was very similar to the bat-man he killed easily before, but he was sure that he had already spread his ashes.

Then it should be that the Devil Fruit appeared on the island after death and was eaten by people.

Not many people in the East China Sea know about the existence of Devil Fruit, and it is normal for people here to misbelieve it.

What concerned Dodge was another thing he heard from the children. There was a woman called "Goddess" who turned out to be the most beautiful sister in their town.

After the Bat Monster arrived, she led a small group of people to resist him, but for some reason, those people betrayed her in the end. Now she is the only one left, and is said to have been trapped in a cave.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the woman will shine.

Could it be another Devil Fruit user?

But even if he was an esper, it actually didn't have much to do with him. It turned out that Dodge wanted to leave and didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

But seeing the sallow and thin faces of those children and the dilapidated houses around them, I sighed.

"Xino, you take people to protect these children. The others follow me and meet this big bat for a while."

A red light flashed in his eyes, he saw and heard the color domineeringly unfolding, and he found it.