Desert country Alabasta.
In a certain town, about dozens of pirates gathered here. Behind them were many cloth bags filled with gold coins. Several pirates were putting the gold coins in the bags into large pockets.
Next to them, there were about a dozen civilians squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, expressions of horror on their faces. Next to them were four or five pirates holding sharp blades, surrounding the dozen civilians in the center.
In front of the many pirates, there were about a hundred Alabasta guards confronting the pirates, holding spears and muskets in their hands, all looking very nervous.
"Hurry up and release the person! You have already got the money!"
In the center of the guard, a girl with sky-blue hair glared at the pirates. She looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but she was not afraid of many pirates.
However, she was not afraid, but the guards and the guard captain next to her were extremely nervous, with cold sweat on their foreheads. Someone kept saying next to them:
"Your Highness Princess... This is very dangerous, please stay back..."
"Just leave it to us to deal with pirates and so on."
However, listening to the words of the many guards, Weiwei clenched her fists and said: "They have captured the hostages. They cannot be easily solved with force. My father is not here, so I can only handle them."
Many pirates faced several times the number of Alabasta guards, but none of them showed any fear. The pirate captain leading them grinned, waved the broad-bladed sword in his hand, and said, "I got a lot of money." , but this is just the money collected, how much do you think the lives of the hostages in our hands are worth?!"
Hearing this, Weiwei gritted her teeth and took a step forward: "Alabasta is a poor country. We have no money to give you here. Please release the hostages and leave!"
"Tsk."
The pirate captain looked at Weiwei, narrowed his eyes and said: "In such a big country, if you say you have no money, who will believe you? After all, you seem to be the princess of this country, right?"
"yes!"
Weiwei, who was only fourteen years old, faced many pirates and still spoke without fear, saying, "What will it take for you to let me go?"
The pirate captain laughed and said: "Didn't I tell you, we just want money. There are fourteen people here. Each one of them can pay ten million beli to let them go. If we can't get the money, I will I can’t help you anymore, my young princess, hahahaha.”
And just when the pirate captain finished speaking, a large number of guards rushed to the street. Together with the previous people, there were nearly two to three hundred people, and they surrounded the streets layer by layer.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Weiwei looked at the pirate captain and said seriously: "You have also seen that our military strength far exceeds yours, and reinforcements will continue to arrive. I don't think you will either. Are you willing to start a fight here?"
"In exchange, release the hostages and you can leave here safely!"
The decisive and firm tone was completely unlike what a fourteen-year-old young princess could say, so much so that the guard captain and others nearby could not help but admire her in their hearts.
This is their Princess of Alabasta!
Although His Majesty Cobra does not have a prince, Princess Vivi's courage and courage will be enough to succeed to the throne and govern this country in the future!
“…”
Hearing Princess Weiwei's words, the pirate captain's face suddenly darkened. He looked at the many guards surrounding the street, snorted coldly, put the knife in his hand on the neck of a hostage, and said viciously : "Are you threatening us?"
"No, not a threat, just stating the facts."
Weiwei was extremely nervous when she saw that the knife in the pirate captain's hand was less than half a finger away from a civilian's neck, but she still responded in a deep voice.
At the same time, the musketeers in the guard aimed all their muskets at many pirates.
The pirate captain looked at the many fire guns aimed at himself and his companions, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Although he was not very afraid of these two or three hundred people, once a fight broke out, casualties were inevitable, and the other party's Reinforcements are indeed continuing to arrive.
damn it.
It took too long!
"Let go of the hostages and you will make way. I can't believe this easily. Moreover, we have fifteen hostages in our hands. Even if we kill one or two, you still don't dare to take action."
"Don't threaten me!"
The pirate captain spoke ferociously, stepped on the civilian's back, knocked him over, and put the blade in his hand against the civilian's neck.
"stop!"
Weiwei shouted loudly.
The pirate captain looked at Weiwei, then at the frightened civilians at his feet, suddenly grinned, and said: "She is really a good princess who cares about the people. Since you want to rescue them so much, why not change it to you? How about coming here and being a hostage?”
"I can't get the money. I think the lives of civilians are not valuable. If it were the life of a princess, it would probably be different, hahahaha."
The first half of the words almost made the captain of the guard and others shout loudly, but the second half of the words made everyone change their expressions, including the adjutant Bell of the Kingdom Guard who came after hearing the news.
These bastard pirates! !
Bell clenched his fists, with anger in his eyes. Once this kind of statement spreads, even if most people don't believe it, it will have a certain impact on Weiwei and the kingdom.
Weiwei also knew this very well. She looked at the fearful expressions of the dozen civilians, gritted her teeth, walked forward and said: "Okay! Then I will be your hostage!"
"no!"
"Your Highness Weiwei, you can't do this!"
The guards nearby objected almost in unison.
Including the adjutant Bell, he rushed out of the crowd and said: "Your Highness Weiwei, I will not be able to explain to your majesty... I will be the hostage! I am the adjutant of Alabasta's security guard!"
He said as he walked towards the pirate.
When the pirate captain saw this, he snorted, the knife in his hand drew a little blood line on the civilian's neck, and said: "Adjutant of the escort team? You can be a shitty hostage, maybe you still have some What kind of special ability do you want to come here for a sneak attack? Just stand there!"
Bell stopped with a stiff expression.
Seeing this, Weiwei took a deep breath, crossed Bell, came to the front of the group of pirates, and said: "I will be the hostage, you let the others go!"
Although she showed a courage far beyond what she could possess at this age, when she spoke, there was still a trace of trembling in her voice. After all, she was facing a ferocious pirate. To say that she had no fear at all was It was impossible, but she had to overcome her fear.
The pirate captain was a little surprised when he saw Weiwei really coming over. He had only thought that the princess had done a good job and was deeply popular among the people, so he planned to deliberately sabotage it. Unexpectedly, the other party actually dared to do so. Come and do a hostage exchange!
"Your Highness the Princess seems to be very sensible, hahaha."
After a slight surprise, the pirate captain grinned and kicked the civilian away. At the same time, he grabbed Weiwei and pushed her back. The pirates behind him immediately charged her with swords.
Although he was somewhat impressed by the young princess Weiwei, he was a pirate and it was impossible to be kind.
With two swords pressed against her neck from both sides, and a sword pointing at her back, Weiwei's little hands began to tremble slightly, but she still suppressed the timidity in her heart and said: "I'm already here, put the others Let go of the hostages!”
(End of chapter)