Inside the wall, Helmeppo saw the little girl being thrown away; he turned to look at Roronoa Zoro and spread his hands."However, I really didn't expect you to be so tenacious! Hehe, I will let you live for a full month."Roronoa Zoro lowered his head and said indifferently: "You must keep your promise!"Helmeppo walked toward the gate with indifference, saying as he walked: "Hehehe, I will keep it! As long as you can live like this for a full month, I will keep my promise and let you go. Keep it up."After Helmeppo left, Luffy and Shien jumped over the wall and entered inside.Roronoa Zoro saw that it was the two people who had been lying on the wall earlier: "You two are still here. If you stay here and he discovers you, he will tell his father."Luffy responded indifferently: "Is that so?" The meaning was clear: he didn't care.Then he began to state his purpose: "I am currently looking for partners to be pirates with me, and I have already found one, this Ninja, Shien."Shien waved his hand as a greeting to the other party.Roronoa Zoro ignored him and instead looked at Luffy: "Pirates, ha, you are actually debasing yourselves to become bad guys...""This is my will. What is wrong with being a pirate!"Shien said: "Me too. Although I don't know what to do, it seems being a pirate is not bad."Luffy and Shien's words made Roronoa Zoro reflect, so he asked the other party half-jokingly: "Are you planning to release me and then have me help you?"Luffy shook his head: "I don't have that intention yet, because I heard you were a bad guy, so I came to take a look.""Bad guy... I'll say it clearly from the start, I won't agree to your request. Because I still have things to do. Even if you don't help me untie the ropes, I can survive on my own. As long as I can live for a full month... that bastard will let me go according to the agreement."Having said so much in one breath, even a tough guy like Roronoa Zoro was a bit tired.After catching his breath, he continued: "The most important thing is to find a way to survive. Then go complete the things I need to do!"Of course, Shien laughed out loud on the side."What, is what I said wrong!"Roronoa Zoro was obviously angered by this laugh, thinking Shien was mocking his dream.Shien waved his hands quickly to explain: "No, I'm not laughing at anything else. I'm just laughing at how you expect the other party to keep their promise. You should be a swordsman, right? Having lost your weapons, how can you ensure the other party will keep their word? After all, you also know that the other party is scum..."Before Shien could finish, he was stopped by Luffy: "Alright, don't say anymore, Shien."Seeing this, Shien gestured that he understood and then stepped aside to start reading his scroll.At this moment, Roronoa Zoro was also pondering the other party's words. After all, he also knew that all of this was not right, but he really couldn't think of another path.Luffy spoke up, intending to let the matter pass: "Oh, you say you can hold out for a month, but if it were me, I would definitely die in a week."Roronoa Zoro's train of thought was interrupted by these words: "I am different from you. You should go find someone else with your partner!"Hearing this, Luffy turned and left, while Shien put away his scroll and followed behind Luffy.Not long after Luffy and Shien left, Roronoa Zorocalled out to them: "Hey, wait a second! That... could you pick that up for me?"Luffy looked in the direction of Roronoa Zoro's gaze; it was the rice ball on the ground that had been trampled flat.After Luffy picked it up, he asked with an incredulous look: "Are you going to eat this? This rice ball has already turned into mud... no matter how hungry you are, you shouldn't eat this..."Roronoa Zoro was indifferent: "Stop yapping and being annoying! Stop the nonsense and bring it over quickly. I want everything that fell on the ground."After saying this, he opened his mouth and waited on the side.Seeing this, Shien knew that someone who hadn't drunk water for a long time would definitely choke if they suddenly ate rice, so he immediately formed a hand seal on the side.It would be a sin to let such a tough guy choke to death here.Luffy stuffed the rice ball into his mouth, and he swallowed it after only a few chews; naturally, he started to choke."Open your mouth."Upon hearing the voice, Roronoa Zorosubconsciously opened his mouth.Shien saw a stream of water condense at his fingertips, which slowly entered Roronoa Zoro's mouth.With the water to assist, he swallowed the rice ball stuck in his throat in one go."Ha, thanks, I'm saved. Is this the ability of a Ninja? It's really amazing."Shien didn't say anything, just waved his hand, while Luffy on the side opened his eyes wide and looked at Shien with admiration."That's amazing! Hey, hey, what does the water from Ninjutsu taste like!""First, my name isn't 'Hey'. Second, I just finished eating a sweet, salty, and fishy rice ball, and you're asking me what it tastes like!"Perhaps having eaten something, Roronoa Zoro's mental state was quite good.Shien looked at Luffy who also wanted to taste it, and immediately explained: "Luffy, this stream of water is just ordinary water. If you want to drink it, I can help you."After hearing this, Luffy immediately opened his mouth, and Shien also formed hand seals to create a small stream of water for him to drink."Hmm, it's just ordinary water, nothing special.""You two bastards, if you want to play, leave here!"Roronoa Zoro couldn't stand it anymore and angrily scolded Shien and Luffy: "Also, can you pass a message to that little girl for me?"Luffy and Shien stopped fooling around: "What should we say?"Roronoa Zoro lowered his face: "The rice ball was delicious, thanks for the treat."Luffy didn't say anything, but left with a smile.When leaving, Shien saw Roronoa Zoro with his head down and discussed with Luffy whether Roronoa Zoro was crying.Hearing the other party teasing him like this, Roronoa Zoro nearly ground his back teeth to pieces.At the same time, he cursed in his heart: It was just trying to look cool, did you have to undermine me like that! Forget it, I hope these two don't come back. Thinking of this, Roronoa Zoro looked up at the sky.On the other side, the two found the little girl on a street, and Luffy truthfully recounted the events, including the message Roronoa Zoro had asked them to pass on."Yeah, he ate the whole rice ball with gusto, not a single bit left."The little girl said happily: "That's great."Similarly, Luffy's perception of Roronoa Zoro greatly increased, and he became even more curious about why someone like Roronoa Zoro would be tied up.Shien then told Luffy the information he had gathered."Roronoa Zoro was captured because of this little girl. Of course, the main reason was that he killed Helmeppo's wolf. Because before that, that guy's wolf was running around the streets, and everyone was terrified, so Roronoa Zoro killed the wolf. Also, in order not to implicate others, Roronoa Zoro chose to reach an agreement with Helmeppo to go a month without eating.""So, Roronoa Zoro was captured because he killed Helmeppo's wolf?""Yes, you could say that."At this moment, the little girl also started cursing: "It's all the fault of Morgan's son! As long as there is even the slightest bit of resistance against him, it will immediately be sentenced to death, and everyone is living in fear."At this moment, a voice came from afar: "Hey! Luffy, Shien!"The two looked up and saw it was Coby. At this time, he was already a logistics soldier responsible for purchasing food for the base."Haha, Coby, I didn't expect you to pass. How does it feel to wear that uniform?""Hmm, it feels pretty good. Although I'm in logistics now, one day I will definitely be able to become a real soldier...""Is that so? Then keep it up."Just as Luffy and the others were reunited and discussing, a disgusting voice came over."Hehehehe! Kneel down quickly! Otherwise, I will tell my father!"At this time, Helmeppo walked over with an arrogant stride."Do you want to end up with the same fate as Roronoa Zoro?! Three days from now, I am going to publicly execute him! I'm really looking forward to this 'killing the chicken to warn the monkey'!"Helmeppo walked toward this side, and wherever he passed, people knelt on the ground, just like an emperor.After seeing this scene, Coby could no longer hold back. He picked up a brick from the ground and rushed toward the other party."Bastard, do you even count as a Marine acting like this!"The brick hit the other party's head hard, and blood flowed down from Helmeppo's forehead.Holding his forehead with one hand and seeing blood flowing out, he shouted tremblingly to the soldiers behind him: "You... are you blind! Hurry... hurry up and catch him!"Two soldiers rushed directly at Coby, and Cobygrappled with them.However, Coby was someone who had survived under Alvida. Facing two ordinary soldiers who only knew how to throw their weight around, beating them up was more than enough.After knocking down the two soldiers, Coby also sustained some injuries. He then came in front of Helmeppo and looked at him.Helmeppo knelt on the ground begging the other party to let him go. Coby didn't say anything, just punched him hard.Then he took off his uniform and threw it heavily on the ground."I never want to be a Marine again, I never want to become an existence like you!"After speaking, he lowered his head and left. Luffyand Shien did not stop him; after all, neither of them knew how to comfort him.Seeing Coby leave, Helmeppo, who had just been begging for mercy, immediately got up, brushed the dirt off his body, and looked at the others, putting on that same arrogant posture again.It was as if everything Coby had done was fake. If not for the scar on his face as proof, someone might really have been fooled.Helmeppo continued his previous shouting: "Hmph, very well, I am going to execute Roronoa Zorotomorrow to kill the chicken to warn the monkey!"Hearing that Roronoa Zoro was to be executed tomorrow, Luffy immediately questioned him: "Don't you have a 'one-month agreement'?"Helmeppo was startled by the voice. He looked up and saw it was a silly-looking idiot and a pretty boy.He said unhappily: "What? Who do you think you are? Where did you hear that from? How rude!"Then he said with a grin: "That was obviously a joke! But he believed it for real; he's really as stupid as a beast!"At this moment, both Luffy and Shien remembered the image of Roronoa Zoro seriously saying that he would be able to come out as long as he persisted for another month.Likewise, there was also Coby's disappointed expression from earlier.Although Shien knew a little about the other party, he didn't expect him to be so inhuman. He actually abandoned the promise between men, and he also shattered Coby's lifelong pursuit.Thinking of this, Shien clenched his fist and hit the other party hard. At the same time, another fist hit him even faster."Ouch!" Helmeppo, who was punched away heavily by two fists, was a bit confused. What was going on? How did three people who dared to attack him appear all at once?Luffy clenched his fist and said to Shien: "Shien—I've decided! I'm going to make Roronoa Zoro my partner!"
