Chapter 219 The Darkness of the Truth
"Xiaonan, hurry up and leave this island with Rebecca and the others. You will be safe once you get on their warship. It will be too late if you leave later. Go quickly!" The old lady looked a little anxious, as if something terrible was approaching.
This is what the old lady has always hoped for. She hopes that Xiaonan can leave this devilish island and start a new life.
However, the people on this island have been surrounded by the pollen of the devil flower for many years and have become addicted to it to some extent, and Xiaonan is no exception.
However, she does not need to eat food processed from flower petals. Staying in the flower fields will naturally allow pollen to enter her body and relieve her symptoms.
In addition, all ships leaving the island will be checked by gangs, so it is basically difficult for the indigenous people to escape from here. However, it is different for warships. The gangs dare not check openly and will only wait for the warships to leave and then intercept them halfway.
"Grandma, we really don't need to run away. Even if someone comes here to arrest us, we don't have to be afraid. We are also very strong. We won't let the gangsters take you away!"
The old lady only heard Rebecca say that she was a trainee recruit, and she never imagined that Rebecca was a strong person. She is now a strong person who has mastered all six styles. At least now she is much stronger than Rob Lucci's CP9 when they first appeared.
Moreover, with the blessing of Observation Haki, a real battle with Lucci and the others would be a one-sided battle. However, the old lady didn't know this, and would never have thought that this girl who was almost the same age as her granddaughter could have such strong martial arts skills.
"Yes, although we are trainee recruits, we belong to an elite battalion. After graduation, we will directly be promoted to officer rank. We will be high-ranking officials when we graduate. We are not weak."
Wendy also saw the old lady's worry. She probably guessed that there were people like Vic on the island who used Observation Haki to investigate at any time, and would send people to capture and execute anyone who made inappropriate remarks. She had seen this kind of Observation Haki used by Vic.
"Grandma! I don't want to leave you, so just trust Rebecca and the others. They also have the power of the devil fruit, so we don't have to run away!"
Xiaonan still trusts Rebecca more now. She has just witnessed the magical power of the devil fruit, which is already a miraculous power. It is not unbelievable that they have strong strength. Her past experience makes her unwilling to leave!
Just as the old lady was about to persuade a few people, Rebecca's expression changed and became serious, and then she started talking to herself.
What she said was the secret of the island that the old lady had just mentioned. It seemed like she was telling something to someone, but her eyes were not looking at anyone.
Xiaonan and the old lady thought that Rebecca was deliberately provoking the unknown existence in the royal family that could sense everything, in order to strengthen their confidence in the confrontation.
In the eyes of the two men, Rebecca's behavior meant that she was willing to risk her life to fight against the royal family. To be honest, the two grandmother and granddaughter were a little moved. They were not related at all and just met today. She even saved the old woman's life, and now she is going to risk her life for them. It would be a lie to say that they were not moved. Both of them had red eyes and looked at Rebecca with complicated expressions!
But what Rebecca did was not what they thought. Vic's voice just sounded in her mind, saying that the painting was finished and asked the three girls to go back to him and then go to the city to eat delicious food together.
Rebecca certainly couldn't leave as she had an important mission to fulfill, so she immediately told Vic the secret of the island, in order to persuade Vic to help the poor civilians on the island and save those who came later to visit.
"That's probably the situation, Vic! You must help them, because someone might come here to arrest people soon!"
Rebecca paused after saying this. Wendy and Ian already knew that Rebecca was talking to Vic. Xiaonan and the old lady also knew that their feelings were a bit hasty, but they were still a little confused. Devil fruit ability? High-tech communication?
Vic has listened to Rebecca's story, but he doesn't think that this is the whole truth about the island. After all, the information that the lower-class civilians can know is limited. To know the full picture of the matter, he has to find the king of this country.
Vic ignored the chattering women around him and put away the canvas and other painting tools. The sight of the things disappearing made the women exclaim again.
Vic was thinking that solving the problem on the island this time had saved their lives. These people were really lucky. After all, becoming a slave and being sold was a miserable fate.
Being controlled by addictive drugs, especially women, they will do whatever they are told, kneeling on the ground with their limbs down, crawling on the ground like a bitch led by a chain, and completely losing themselves. The thought of that scene is chilling.
Vic shook his head, as if to throw out some of the images he had just thought of from his mind. He squatted down and observed the land and the devil flower here.
The color of the land is also blue, but not as dark as the color of the outer area of the island. There is also a sour smell in the soil, but the sweet smell of the flowers is mixed with that sour smell, making people who come here feel that this is the smell of love and ignore many things.
Combining Rebecca's just description, Vic guessed that the roots of this devil flower would secrete a substance, which should be a blue acidic substance. Long-term planting would turn the soil into a super acidic soil that is not suitable for plant growth.
The color of the land will also turn blue, and it will deepen year by year, so the dark blue soil outside the island has become a barren land. It looks beautiful, but nothing can be grown! Behind the beauty is extreme darkness!
This means that all the arable land on the island is now planted with the devil's flower, and the only source of food on the island is to purchase it from overseas. Is this the royal family's method of control?
Vic couldn't help but smile bitterly, this was his first time facing the royal family, and it was a head-on conflict. This was what Monkey D. Dragon did!
"It's really hard to deal with. Even if we overthrow the royal family, it's not over yet. The country won't work without a leader. Who will be the new ruler of this country is a problem. After all, we are outsiders and are not familiar with the island. It will take a lot of time to completely resolve this matter. The trainee warship can't wait that long!"
"However, fortunately, we are not a member state. If we were a member state, it would be much more difficult to handle. We would have to submit a report and wait for approval. In the end, we might even have to alert the World Government. After all, this is a country's internal affairs, and the Navy may not be able to intervene."
But Vic still felt that there was something unclear here. Did the gangs really just act as thugs on this island? How did the royal family control them? Money? Strong force? Vic thought things were not that simple, so he decided to wait and see. Things would eventually come to light!
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"Fredek, do you feel that something is wrong in this town?"
Barnett and Fredek were shopping in the city, watching the bustling crowds coming and going, but he always felt that the scene he saw was a little unnatural, but he couldn't remember exactly what was unnatural, so he wanted to ask Fredek if he had noticed anything.
"No, is it because there are too many people lining up at those restaurants? I have never seen such a scene before. Is it true that the food made from flower petals is so delicious?"
Fredek had seldom dealt with people before, so he didn't notice anything unusual about this kind of occasion. Instead, he became very interested in the special food and wanted to try what it tasted like that could attract so many people to line up.
Moreover, the raw material flower petals for making food are never enough. One can also see many carts transporting flower petals from outside the city shuttling back and forth on the streets, which is enough to show how delicious the special food is. Such a scene makes both of them a little impatient!