Chapter 1084: Usopp's Hometown in Ruins
Chapter 1084: Usopp's Hometown in Ruins
Although the Maid of Slaanesh was easily killed by Gajeel, her hypnosis-like ability made some nobles with dark thoughts realize the benefits of converting to the God of Slaanesh.
By selling one's soul and worshipping the God of Slaanesh, one can enjoy everything in the human world, as well as gain a self-healing body and greater powers than before death.
This temptation is not something that ordinary people can bear. The nobles who have obtained Behelet through other channels began to become interested.
Instead of trusting the soldiers you hired at a high price, it is better to strengthen your own strength. By then, both the navy and the pirates will suffer losses, and the world will become more chaotic.
In order to preserve everything in the ally countries and make themselves stronger to become eternal royal family, this idea is not unreasonable, and some nobles began to think seriously about it.
The plague that suddenly broke out in the East China Sea began to recur, and the plague spread to certain sea areas without causing a second pandemic.
Most people's attention was focused on the Sabaody Archipelago. The topic about the East China Sea was temporarily suppressed, and the number of people fleeing from the East China Sea also decreased.
Doctors landed in places where the epidemic broke out, collected virus samples, and searched for any survivors.
"Is this Usopp's hometown? How should I explain this to him?"
A hot mature woman is riding a reindeer. The reindeer can actually speak human language and is willing to be a means of transportation for humans.
This combination of mature woman and reindeer is Chopper and his good master Tsunade. The two of them took a boat to the Xilubu Village in the East China Sea.
Xiluobu Village is roughly the same as described on the sky curtain, and is one of the sources of the initial spread of the East China Sea plague.
Merchants who had been to Xiluobu Village brought an unknown plague to other islands. Villages after villages were affected and many people died.
Even though Tianmu had warned her before, Tsunade still underestimated the speed at which the plague spread. The reason why fewer and fewer people from the East China Sea were traveling to the Grand Line was because some young and strong people died of the disease.
It was impossible to get close to Upside-Down Mountain, and only a few pirate ships in the early days managed to do so, but these were all sunk by naval warships to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the Grand Line.
The physical isolation used by the navy was effective and the plague did not spread on the Grand Route. If all the people in the East China Sea were to die, the plague would be ended.
The Navy Admiral had no solution and could only accept the matter. He forced the Navy hero not to let him leave. Garp would go into the Navy office from time to time and get angry with his old buddy.
"For those in power, one death is just a number, even a million deaths is just a number, they can't stop it."
Tsunade stroked the fur on Chopper's neck and comforted her apprentice, saying that such things would happen more and more frequently in the future and he should not be too sad and ruin his body.
She now likes her reindeer apprentice more and more. Chopper is a very good boy and helps Tsunade accomplish many things.
Chopper can do everything, including cleaning, cooking, serving as a means of transportation, and even helping Tsunade wash her body.
After all, he is a reindeer that ate the Human-Human Fruit. He understands human nature, but not much. He has no feelings towards human women. Chopper should like female creatures related to deer.
She had no interest in her master's fiery body, and only thought it was troublesome to clean up. Every time Tsunade drank, she didn't care about her appearance and spilled the wine on her chest.
After drinking too much, he started to act crazy, hugging Chopper and touching and biting him randomly. As an apprentice, he could not refuse his master and could only become a pet and sleep in his arms.
After the master falls asleep, Chopper will clean Tsunade's body to relieve her fatigue of the day.
Tsunade is quite lazy. Ever since she got on a reindeer that walks on four legs, she doesn't like to walk on her own two legs. She often rides on Chopper and tells him to do things.
During this process, Chopper learned a lot of medical knowledge and admired Tsunade's knowledge very much. He reluctantly did whatever his master asked him to do.
Tsunade was naturally very happy to meet an honest and smart apprentice, and she was somewhat grateful to Tyrant Bear for sending Chopper to her.
It is always better to have a companion around than to be alone. Tsunade felt a little sad when she thought that Chopper would leave her one day.
"Chopper, it seems we are late"
As we officially stepped into Xilubu Village from the beach, a pungent smell of burning hit us in the face, and all we saw was a miserable scene.
The houses that were once scattered around are now only in ruins. The ruins ravaged by fire silently tell the story of the terrible disaster.
Among the ruins, some charred bodies were shocking to see, and they still looked like they were struggling.
The twisted limbs seemed to convey the pain and despair of being burned in the fire during his lifetime, which shocked Chopper's young heart.
Some of the charred corpses had their hands stretched upwards as if asking for help from the heavens, while others curled up their bodies, trying to avoid the merciless flames.
The breeze blew up a cloud of ashes, like the cries of wronged souls. Occasionally, some daily necessities that were not burned could be seen among the ruins.
Half a burnt wooden bench, a broken iron pot... These broken objects were once a part of the villagers' lives, but now they have become witnesses of this tragedy.
The well in the center of the village, which was originally the villagers' livelihood, was now covered by smoke and dust, looking particularly lonely. Many people jumped into the well and died.
The surrounding ground was covered with black footprints, which seemed to record the tracks of the villagers fleeing in panic when the disaster occurred.
The entire village was immersed in deathly silence, with only the humming sound of the wind blowing through the ruins, as if the village was silently mourning for the lost lives.
The former bustle and vitality were all wiped out in that tragedy, leaving only this devastated and sad scene.
Chopper has seen many tragedies in the East China Sea. Being a kind-hearted man, he has never become numb. He was very sad to feel the disappearance of life. He was sad that he came too late and failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a doctor.
Chopper was determined to save more people if he became a doctor, but seeing so many innocent people die in front of him made him suffer a lot and he thought he was not working hard enough.
Faced with Chopper, who has a strong ability of empathy, Tsunade feels very sorry for him and can only keep comforting Chopper and tell him to relax, because a doctor cannot fall down before the patient.
There are still more living people who need doctors to save them, and Chopper cannot retreat. If he cannot cross this threshold, the reindeer will never become a famous doctor.
The reindeer with tears in his eyes walked slowly through the ruins, lowering his head, not daring to look at the charred corpses. Chopper could only keep moving forward.
In stark contrast to the ruins of the village, at the highest point of the island, also at the deepest part of Xiluobu Village, stands a seemingly intact castle.
Chopper guessed that it should be the home of Kaya, the richest woman on the island. Whether Usopp's woman will live or die in the future depends on today.