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“I need more evidence.” Laurentina flew gracefully, the silver shark ornaments at her ears swaying in the wind.
"What if she really is utterly wicked?" Yi Xiao asked hesitantly, seemingly very interested in the girl's thoughts.
"If it is deemed evil."
Laurentina took a breath, her gaze clear and earnest:
"If it's a chess piece, then eat it."
If it's a fortress, then conquer it;
If it's royal power, then overthrow it!
Eat them up? Conquer them? Overthrow them?
Yi Xiao silently recited a few words, a rare smile appearing on his face, but he quickly composed himself. "Then come with me."
With a smile, he held his staff knife, and the water droplets dripping from the cave ceiling automatically shifted away. The two walked quietly for 5 minutes until a light appeared ahead.
This is a completely white prison cell.
As soon as I stepped into the cell corridor, a wave of heat hit me. The cell was spotless, and a strange fragrance filled the air.
With a smile, he pulled the staff-sword out a little, and the fragrance seemed to automatically avoid him as if it had encountered a natural enemy.
This guy has really developed his abilities in great detail.
Laurentina glanced at the future general with a complicated expression, then looked around at the cells on both sides.
Laurentina was furious at just one glance!
The prison, decorated like a paradise, was filled with prisoners, including elegantly dressed noble ladies, stage singers in evening gowns, and graceful mermaids.
Their eyes were lifeless, like those of factory slaves, and even more striking were the explosive collars around their swan-like necks.
Following its arms trade and enslavement of the navy, this country is also suspected of illegal human trafficking!
In other words, it has connections with the human auction house in Sabaody!
"What are these scents?" Laurentina asked in a low voice, though she already had a vague answer in her heart.
"A drug to control mental disorders."
He smiled and casually pointed at someone, and the floor beneath that person sank slightly, but there was no sign of panic on his face.
"As you can see, they have no emotions, no fear, just like factory slaves, they do whatever you tell them to do."
Does this also include illegal human experimentation?
Laurentina seemed to recall some unpleasant experience and couldn't help but reach out to touch the guitar case.
She remembered the convulsions she felt after being injected with the Haisi gene in the lab; she remembered the disgust in the eyes of the friendly woman who recorded her mental state; she remembered the evil bishop who only coveted power dying under his own circular saw.
In this sacred and warm environment, she took out her memories one by one and discarded them one by one.
boom!
Laurentina's mind
A deafening roar filled the air, and the black mist in his mind slowly drew closer and closer to him.
I have gained more control over my own power and have accepted my own broken flesh and bones.
Perhaps this kind of frenzied fighting is good sometimes?
"I want to smash this filth apart." Laurentina unlocked the latch, took out a circular saw, and exuded a dangerous aura.
"Smash it then." Yixiao drew his cane-sword. "Anyway, some people have already realized what's happening."
Upon hearing this, a red glint flashed in Laurentina's eyes, and her Observation Haki, powerful enough to cover half the city, enveloped the factory.
Sensing it, a figure attacked with incredible speed, swinging a knife.
"Hmph, what an impolite guest."
As a cold female voice rang out, the underground cell was cut open from above, exposed to the dark, rainy night.
"I am Shyvana, the captain of the guard of the Kingdom of Latavia. Prepare to die."
Seeing the swordsman charging straight at them, Laurentina immediately activated her Den Den Mushi to notify the Navy to come and rescue the slaves.
He then took out a circular saw and went to meet them.
......
On the other side, Joel Street.
The ruins of the demolished cake shop site were shrouded in rubble, and the loud crash in the middle of the night startled everyone.
The dejected young man, Hack, who rushed over, was stunned, his pupils dilating in shock, and he stood frozen in place as if dead.
He suddenly grabbed the demolition worker, pinned him to the ground, and punched him hard, demanding in a stern voice:
"Why did she demolish the cake shop?! What crime did she commit?! Tell me!!!"
Hack's expression was ferocious, like a demon, and he punched his fists wildly like a beast that had lost its mind, without ever getting tired.
"That kid has been the store manager for less than a day!!!"
"Less than a day!!!"
Just as he was grabbing the other person's collar and hysterically roaring, his hand was suddenly gripped tightly.
I looked up abruptly and saw Uncle Neil.
"In the end, he's just following orders." Neil's face was filled with anger, but he tried to calm himself down. "The most important thing right now is to keep Alice from finding out, and then you go and notify the Navy!"
Upon hearing this, Huck's clenched fist trembled slowly, unable to hold it tightly or let it open.
He glared at the demolition worker and ran wildly through the rainy night, the torrential rain blurring his vision.
Hack had just left not long ago.
A blonde girl came running in a daze, then stopped in the ruins a moment later.
why?
Broken beams, debris, and cake crumbs covered in mud.
The smell of dust and cream mingled and permeated the rainy night.
The withered flower baskets and ribbons seemed to weep in the sewage.
Before her now lay a scene of ruins obscured by lightning and thunder.
The wooden signboard of Wheat Ear Cake Shop was smashed in two, and the ruins of the walls and roof were still faintly visible in the rubble.
Before her lay the dream she had built brick by brick, the hope she had promised her family, and the foundation for her future life of ease.
She slowly walked forward.
She fell, then got up again.
She didn't want much; she just wanted to find a place to stand and a place to rely on for the rest of her life.
All of this collapsed in the rainy night.
Along with her collapsed body, which could no longer support itself, she also collapsed.
Chapter 41 Yesterday, the husk cracked (I'm about to collapse, please give me some support)
Ta-da!
In the massive factory outside Latavia, Laurentina and Shyvana were locked in a fierce battle, sparks flying in front of them.
The Kingdom Guard Captain opposite them, named Shyvana, is a true master swordsman.
"Navy, are you sure you want to take action against Latavia?" Shyvana looked coldly at the girl. "Stop now, and we can consider not reporting this to the World Government."
Laurentina remained silent, blood forming lines on her two fingers as the finger gun flew at incredible speed, signifying her stance.
"Flying Finger Gun - The Death of Lotus Flower"
"Hmph, a brainless idiot with a head full of justice."
Shyvana's eyes narrowed, and she activated her Observation Haki to dodge. Immediately afterward, she swung her longsword at an extremely fast speed, unleashing an 'X'-shaped red slash.
"Brahma!"
Laurentina dodged to the side, and the slash shot past her, splitting the factory buildings in its path into four pieces before collapsing. The remaining slashes continued their momentum, heading straight for the slaves in the rest area.
hum!
With a smile, he drew his staff-sword, and countless fragments of stone flew into the sky and disappeared.
"Mr. Yixiao, aren't you going to make a move?" the girl couldn't help but ask.
"Isn't protecting the safety of the people more important than eliminating evil?"
With a laugh, he struck the ground with his staff and sword, causing the locks on the white cell to break. He gathered everyone together and unleashed his domineering aura to destroy the collars.
But you could easily kill Shyvana in an instant without harming the civilians, right?
Laurentina pursed her lips and resumed her back-and-forth fighting with Shyvana.
"Leaping Waves!"
"Yan Hui!"
At the same instant, three slashes came from all directions, moving at incredible speed. Leap Strike resisted for a moment but was swallowed up. Shyvana's slashes continued forward, completely blocking Laurentina's escape route.
Laurentina groaned in mid-air as her Armament Haki-covered arm was slashed open, and bloodstains appeared on her body as she flew backward.
Tsk, sword masters are all troublesome guys!
Let's be more serious then.
Laurentina's eyes blinked red light slightly as she stood still in the air, the wound on her abdomen automatically stopping under the power of her Devil Fruit.
He then gripped the circular saw tightly in his leather gloves and delivered a deep blue slash.
"Melancholic blues!"
The circular saw, which had been igniting with sparks, fell silent, and Laurentina vanished.
The deep blue slash shot straight at Shyvana.
Is this... a slash imbued with sorrow?
A red glow appeared in the whites of his eyes as he smiled, and his Observation Haki was activated!
In his perception, that slash was simply the ending of all tragic stories.
Poverty and slavery, love and hate, misfortune and hardship.
The torrential rain roared and howled across the sinful land, and the slashing blows that stole all light echoed the painful whispers of the disheartened.
The two combined to create an unexpectedly poignant and resolute ending.
The sorrowful strikes, coupled with the cold night of sudden wind and rain, easily evoke painful memories.
I think of the children who died and were buried under the factory, the numb and lifeless women in the prison cells with collars on their bodies, and the slaves as weak as weeds by the furnace.
The sorrowful cry hidden within the slash, carrying with it a heavy sense of guilt, stunned Shyvana, who was facing the attack head-on, for a moment.
Ah! Danger!
Realizing she couldn't dodge in time, Shyvana quickly covered herself with Armament Haki.
Puff!
When Laurentina reappeared, she was behind Shyvana. In the rainy night, the circular saw roared and slashed through the enemy's flesh and blood, the sound of bones and muscles being shredded was deafening.
Shyvana looked down in disbelief as a large, bloody hole suddenly burst open in her waist. Her lithe body fell to the ground like a fallen tree, her breath growing weaker and weaker.
"Exquisite swordsmanship," Yi Xiao couldn't help but exclaim.
"No, it's because she committed too many evils that the spirits of the dead want to drag her to hell."
Laurentina calmed her breathing, used her abilities to peel the blood off the circular saw, wiped it clean, and placed it in the guitar case.
Shyvana has been dealt with; it's only a matter of time before the enemy's main force appears.
As the girl helped free the slaves, a pair of naval figures appeared outside the factory; it was Tina leading the team.
Just as the girl was about to raise her hand to greet him, the Den Den Mushi (snail phone) rang.
"Boo boo boo boo! Boo boo boo boo!"