novelhk Chapter 88 A hair's breadth away, a fire jutsu descending from the sky!
Chapter 88 A hair's breadth away, a fire jutsu descending from the sky!
Chapter 88 A Close Call: A Fire Release Technique Descending from the Sky!!
Meanwhile, the group of four, traveling by carriage, had arrived near the castle.
"Everyone, we're almost at the castle!" Hilton said with a smile.
But behind that smile lies a terrifying murderous intent.
Mary glanced at Hilton, instinctively sensing that something was off about his smile, and subconsciously moved closer to Nami, trying to gain some sense of security.
Nami looked at Merry with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Yes, little girl, what's wrong?"
"No...it's nothing..."
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Nami didn't think much of it, assuming that the little guy was scared because of what had just happened, which was why he was so close to her.
Thinking of this, Nami reached out and hugged Merry, whispering, "Don't be afraid, we're here."
"Hmm, everyone, please don't worry, we'll be at the safe castle soon," Hilton said with a smile.
"That's right, we'll even get to see the great Dr. Hogback!"
"Do you admire him that much?" Nami asked curiously.
"Of course!" Chopper said with a smile, looking at Usopp. "He's a genius surgeon!"
"He has saved tens of thousands of lives with his miraculous surgical skills!"
"Don't you think this is an incredibly skilled doctor?"
As he spoke, Chopper's eyes sparkled, clearly showing his great admiration for Hogback.
"Look how excited you are..."
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"Is it because I'm about to meet my idol? Hehe~" Chopper said shyly, scratching his head. "Before I set sail, I always kept an eye on his news."
"But for some reason, Dr. Hogback disappeared one day, and no one could find any trace of him."
"Some people thought he was dead, and I was heartbroken for a long time..."
Usopp nodded in understanding. The sudden death of an idol would be a huge blow to anyone.
"But it's so great to run into Dr. Hogback here again!" Chopper said happily.
The little guy's face was beaming with a happy smile, and his two little feet were swinging back and forth under the seat, he was having so much fun.
"Then why is this genius doctor here?" Nami asked, puzzled.
This place doesn't even look like a human dwelling. Why would they come here?
It can't be because they like the scary atmosphere...
"Because Dr. Hogback is conducting research on this island that surpasses human intelligence," Hilton said with a smile, "that's why we came here."
"I see, he really is a great doctor!" Chopper said. "Can I get his autograph?"
"Oh ho ho, I think there won't be any problems."
"That's great!"
Seeing Chopper's happy face, Hilton laughed even harder. These people were easier to fool than he had imagined.
"The fog outside is really thick..." Usopp opened the curtains and glanced outside, saying, "I can't see anything..."
Before he could finish speaking, he noticed a lion standing on a cliff in the distance, as if gazing at something.
Just as Usopp was wondering what was going on, the lion turned around, revealing a human face!
"ah!!"
"ah?!!""
"Wha...what's wrong?!"
Nami looked at Usopp with a frightened expression, wondering why this bastard had suddenly screamed in terror.
"A lion! A lion!" Usopp cried out in terror, "And it has a human face!!"
This island is definitely not normal; it even has such terrifying creatures.
"How is this possible?!" Nami exclaimed. "How can there be a lion with a human face?"
"Usopp, are you hallucinating?"
Mary looked at Usopp with concern, thinking that he was hallucinating because he was too scared.
"If you don't believe me, see for yourselves!"
Nami and her two friends, not believing in superstition, opened the window and looked out, but didn't see anything wrong.
This left the three of them somewhat puzzled.
"Where is it?"
"No?"
Usopp approached suspiciously, but saw nothing amiss, which puzzled him. "What's going on? Am I really hallucinating?"
That shouldn't be the case. As a sniper, his eyes are the least likely organ to lie to him.
"My dear guest, you may be overreacting," Hilton said with a chuckle. "While this forest can become quite eerie at night, it's not to the point where something like what you described could appear."
"Really? Maybe I'm just too tired," Usopp said.
However, despite saying that, Usopp's doubts did not disappear.
"Hehe, we'll be at the castle soon, no need to be nervous," Hilton said. "Just take a hot bath and wait for your companions to come find you."
"Yes, that's true."
"Ah~"
"A hot bath~"
Seeing that he had temporarily diverted the attention of the group, Hilton silently breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the window with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"Are these guys actually being so well-behaved this time?" Hilton wondered to himself.
You know, every time people come, these guys in the forest go wild, sometimes even scaring their prey, but this time it's so quiet.
Was it because of... the explosion just now?
"Wait a moment!"
"What's wrong, guest?"
Hilton looked at Usopp curiously, wondering why he suddenly asked to stop. Could it be that he had really discovered something?
"I still think there's something wrong," Usopp frowned. "That wasn't a hallucination; I trust my eyes."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other three also changed. If Usopp firmly believed that he hadn't misread it... then there might really be such a terrifying creature!
"So you want to...."
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"We're not going to the castle," Usopp said. "Let's hurry back and find Xiyan and the others."
That last sentence was said to Nami and the others.
Nami thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
"But... Mr. Hilton, could you please take us back to the shore?"
Although there's a chance of encountering that terrifying Cerberus again, it's still better than meeting some horrible creature here.
Without a strong person by her side, she never felt safe.
"But... then we won't be able to see Dr. Hogback anymore," Chopper cried.
He really wanted to meet his idol, but now he had to leave, which made Chopper very sad.
"Chopper, we can come and see them after we meet up with Xiyan and the others," Merry said.
"Huh?!"
"Oh right..."
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Upon hearing what Merry said, Chopper immediately realized that it wasn't necessary to go find her right now; he could wait until he reunited with his friends before going to look for her.
Thinking of this, Chopper immediately stopped crying.
"Tch... I wasn't so easily fooled after all. But it's alright, we're here now anyway."
Hilton sneered inwardly, but said with a smile, "Then please wait here for a moment, I'll go tell the driver."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
"Not at all~"
Hilton opened the back curtain and went out. He gave the two zombies pulling the carriage a wink, and then the three of them quietly left.
However, as they left, all three of them wore sinister smiles, clearly indicating that they had achieved their goal.
Inside the car, the four waited silently, but the silence was rather eerie in this environment.
If I don't say anything, I'll only get more and more scared.
"Ahem." Usopp coughed lightly and said, "By the way, I hope Xiyan and the others aren't looking for us in the forest."
"That's possible," Nami nodded.
Luffy and his crew might need some time to get ashore, but not Xiyan, who is a ninja who can run on the sea.
The mere seawater couldn't possibly stop him; he just didn't know why he hadn't found them yet.
"I just hope they'll start searching around the castle," Usopp sighed.
A minute passed quickly, but there was no sound outside, not even Hilton's voice. "It's too quiet..."
"What happened?" Nami asked, puzzled. "Where's Hilton?"
"Hello, Mr. Hilton?"
"He...he didn't just abandon us in this horrible forest, did he...?"
Nami's face turned green upon hearing Usopp's words.
Were we abandoned?
Does that mean they'll have to walk all the way back to the shore from this terrifying place?
"I don't want to walk back like this!" Nami exclaimed frantically. "What if that Cerberus catches me?"
"I didn't want to either!"
Usopp still remembers that lion-faced creature; who knows what it was?
And there are terrifying ghosts on this island, what if... Damn it, the more I think about it, the scarier I get!
"Hey, how did we end up in a cemetery?"
I opened the curtains and glanced at Chopper outside; I was completely stunned.
"cemetery?"
Usopp shuddered and cautiously moved closer.
After seeing the situation outside clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Gurgle...."
Subconsciously, Usopp swallowed hard and said, "This terrifying atmosphere... could there be zombies?"
As he spoke, Usopp stared intently at the distant tombstone, fearing that a zombie might appear there.
"Damn it, don't say such scary things!" Nami roared, opening her shark mouth.
She was already scared enough, and now that bastard Usopp is talking about that terrifying creature, is he just trying to scare her?!
"Zombie... zombie."
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Mary held Nami tightly, her teeth chattering.
"Click~"
The next moment, a hand suddenly emerged from the graveyard, scaring Usopp so much that his face turned green.
"ah!!!"
"Zombies!!"
As if by signal, one zombie after another crawled out of the graveyard, emitting terrifying growls, and walked step by step toward the carriage.
"!!"
"ah!!"
"No!!"
The four of them hugged each other tightly, tears and snot streaming down their faces.
Why did they have to face such a terrifying creature?
"Eat...eat!!"
A zombie clung to the carriage, excitedly looking at the people inside, and said, "Humans..."
eat!!"
"ah!!"
"No!"
"Don't eat us!!"
Nami tried to kick the zombie a few times in terror, but she couldn't move it at all; instead, it only excited the zombie more.
"Quick, get off!" Usopp shouted.
Upon hearing this, Nami quickly grabbed Merry and rushed out the window, with Usopp and Chopper following closely behind.
But once they went outside, they were stunned because there were just too many zombies outside!
"Humans, I'll eat you!" the zombie roared.
"ah!!"
"Someone, please save us!!"
Just then, west Yan leaped over from a distance, like a divine warrior descending from the heavens!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!!"
"boom!!"
A massive fireball descended from the sky, slamming into the horde of zombies and instantly igniting a patch of them!
"Phew~"
"ah!!"
The incredibly hot fireball instantly incinerated half of the zombies into ashes!
This scene terrified the zombies; it was fire, a terrifying flame capable of burning them to death!
"ah!!"
"Fire!!"
The zombies retreated in terror, fearing they too would be tainted by the horrific flames.
The next moment, a large number of shadows gradually flew out from the gray dust, quickly rose into the air and disappeared from the spot.
Seeing this, the zombies became even more frightened.
"Whoosh~"
"Click~"
Xi Yan landed steadily on the ground, glanced indifferently at the zombies, and his blood-red eyes gave off a great sense of oppression.
That look sent a shiver down the spines of the group of zombies, who instinctively took a step back.
"roll!"
"Run away!!!"
As if they had seen some kind of monstrous flood, the zombies ran away like madmen, each wishing they had two more legs, fearing that if they were too slow, they would be killed by that evil star with fire.
After clearing the area, west Yan turned to look at Mei Li and the others, giving them a gentle smile, and said, "Alright, everything's fine now."
"west Yan!!"
The four of them came over immediately, some clinging to arms, others to legs, crying their hearts out.
west Yan: ....
These four guys... from now on, we might as well call them the Cowardly Four.
After letting out a silent sigh, west Yan comforted him, "The zombies have all run away, so there's nothing to be afraid of anymore."
"I was so scared just now," Mary said, sobbing.
"Yeah, zombies are terrifying."
"I almost thought I was going to be rebelled against."
Listening to his companions recounting their ordeal, west Yan comforted them, "It's alright, I'm here now, they won't dare do anything to you."
As if they had found a pillar of support, the four people's crying gradually subsided, and their emotions quickly stabilized.
However, Chopper and Mei still held on tightly to Xiyan and did not let go.
"west Yan, how did you find us?" Nami asked.
"When I went into the forest to look for you, I found a few living people," west Yan explained. "I learned from them that you had come to the castle, so I came here."
"A living person?"
"Hmm, living people." west Yan glanced back at the direction of the forest and said, "A few living people, I suppose."
"This forest is teeming with all sorts of bizarre zombie chants."
I just don't know where all those zombie households have gone; I haven't encountered any of them here.
"So, what I just saw wasn't an illusion..." Uso swallowed hard and said.
"There really is a human-faced lion."
"Oh, I also ran into Ma Leyong with a human face."
Please stop talking...
They didn't want to encounter such a terrifying thing, otherwise they would have nightmares at night.
west Yan was somewhat helpless; this place was full of zombies, and being afraid wouldn't solve anything.
Oh well, I'll get used to it eventually.