"Nine miles!?"
Hearing Marco's words, the little princess in front of her, Naia, immediately covered her mouth with her hand, and blurted out in surprise, "You... are you also a pirate of the Kaido Pirates!?"
Upon hearing this, the samurai and ninjas who were in charge of protecting her in the wooden house immediately pulled out their weapons and rushed up to protect her, and the people outside the house also reacted the same way, and they all rushed in one by one, like Lin Da. Looking at Ian and the three of them fiercely.
"Protect Your Highness Biaoji!!" they shouted.
Um! ? Why this reaction? Could it be that…
While Ian was thinking, Marco quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't get me wrong, we are not members of the Beasts Pirates!"
"Beast Pirates? What is that..." Princess Naia was stunned for a moment.
Ian slapped his forehead, and he understood it, and asked, "This...Princess Naia, you must have heard it from someone else, about the Kaido Pirates, right?!"
This little princess called the Beasts Pirates the Kaido Pirates, but when she heard Kaido's real pirate name, she looked at a loss. This can only mean that she heard it from someone else. , and I guess it didn't sound so real.
Sure enough, Naia nodded and said: "Yes, I overheard it from my father..."
Therefore, Ian had no choice but to explain to her, saying: "The Kaido Pirates are the Hundred Beasts Pirates, but we are not members of his pirates! Instead, we are his enemies!"
Ian has already noticed that when the little princess said the words Kaido Pirates just now, all the samurai and ninjas here were very nervous, which shows that they should have nothing to do with Kaido and the Hundred Beasts Pirates Favorable.
As for Princess Naia's father, Nishi Ueno's daimyo Hidoki is on which side, I don't know yet, but Ian feels that at least it won't be on Kaido's side.
Ian guessed right. After hearing that the three were not members of the Hundred Beasts Pirates, but enemies of the Hundred Beasts Pirates, the warriors inside and outside the house showed expressions of relief, and those ninjas also Almost, although they couldn't see their expressions clearly with their faces covered, they could feel that their hostility was much less.
At this time, Bonnie interjected curiously: "We're just asking about Jiuli, why do you have such a big reaction?"
Naia turned her head to look at Bonnie, seeing her fashionable and sexy dress, her little face blushed immediately, but she still secretly looked at Bonnie's clothes, her eyes were full of novelty, but her mouth was still The three replied: "Because normal people don't want to go to Jiuli now, right? It has been razed to ruins by the Hundred Beasts Pirates..."
Upon hearing this, Marco became anxious immediately, and hurriedly asked: "So, is the war between your general and the Kozuki family really over!?"
Although knowing the news of Ace's capture, the Whitebeard Pirates basically guessed the situation, but anyway, when Marco came here, he still had a fluke expectation, and now he suddenly heard Jiuli was razed to ruins, which is naturally a bit unacceptable.
A group of foreign pirates would actually care about the war between the Wano country general and a daimyo, which is a bit strange, not to mention Princess Naia, the samurai in the room could not help but look at Ian curiously The three of them.
"Yes, it's over!" Naia nodded and said, "Just the day before yesterday, I had received a letter from my father, and he told me that the general's army had retreated from Jiuli, and only the Beast Pirates remained. There... Since you are the enemies of the Hundred Beasts Pirates, did you come here to help the Kozuki family fight? I heard from my father that this time the Kozuki family has many strange people who help them resist... "
Strange people and strange men, probably referring to people like Estentora and Yizang, right
This little princess Naia may be a little precocious because of her status as a princess, but no matter what, she is just a little loli of twelve or thirteen years old, and she still looks a little childish, Ian heard It can be seen that although she knows some things, she doesn't know much. It is estimated that her father told her, so she only knows that there are such a few people, but she doesn't know the details.
Ian thought about it, and felt that it might be a good thing to meet such a little princess here, so he could get some news from her first.
So Ian asked, "Princess Naia, is your father also one of the great names of Wano Country?"
"Yes!" Naia nodded.
"Then your father didn't participate in the war between the Wano country general and the Kozuki family this time? He is one of the daimyos, so logically speaking, he should have helped the general, right?" Ian asked.
"No!" Princess Naia shook her head and said, "In fact, not only father, but also two other daimyos did not participate in this crusade..."
"Oh?" Ian raised his eyebrows, sat down cross-legged on the ground, and said, "Can you talk to us carefully?"
Seeing Ian's casual appearance, a warrior next to him couldn't help shouting: "Irreverent! How dare you stand in front of His Royal Highness..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Nai waving his hands without any hesitation and saying, "It's okay!"
After finishing speaking, she curiously said to Ian: "In fact, I have seen some outsiders. It is said that people from overseas will pay less attention to etiquette only in front of familiar 'friends' and 'companions'. Am I a friend?"
Ian was also happy when he heard this. The little girl felt quite cute, so he nodded and said: "Haha, it would be great to have a little princess as a friend! Let me introduce myself, my name is Ian, and I am a sea girl now. Thief, my pirate group is called the Dragon Hunter Pirates, and this pineapple-headed one is called Marco, the captain of the first team of the Whitebeard Pirates, and this ragged lady is called Bonnie , she is also the captain of the pirate group!"
"What do you mean by ragged clothes!?" Bonnie was unhappy when she heard this, and pulled her clothes and said, "This is called fashion! You don't know how to appreciate it!"
"Fashion?" Little Princess Naia looked at Bonnie's clothes curiously, and her little face blushed again. Of course, she couldn't understand the word fashion, but felt that Bonnie's clothes were so shameful...
And Ian noticed that the people of Wano Country present didn't have much reaction to his self-introduction, if they didn't know the Dragon Hunter Pirates, the newly-rising Four Emperor Pirates Forget it, but even the veteran Whitebeard Pirates don't know about it, which is a bit depressing...
Marco probably felt the same way. He was a celebrity in the sea of the New World, but when he got here, he was not as eye-catching as Bonnie's clothes...
After hearing that Ian was willing to make friends with her, the little princess Naia seemed very happy, but the warriors beside her were a little annoyed. In their view, Her Royal Highness Bian Ji's status is so noble, How can you casually make friends with unknown pirates? So staring at Ian, they all looked aggrieved.
From here, we can actually see the situation of Wano country. For the younger generation like Princess Naia, they are willing to accept new things and are curious about the outside world. Some people who are too deeply influenced by class concepts People are very uncomfortable with this, just like these warriors present.
For these people, Ian naturally didn't bother to pay attention to them. After successfully pulling in a little relationship with Nai, Ian asked: "Nai, you said that there are some famous people in Wano who are not willing to participate in the war. Why? What's going on?"
"Actually, I also heard what my father said!" Nai's small face became more serious at this time, and said: "Because even in Wano Country, the Kozuki family is a famous family, and they have been loyal ministers for generations. In the generation of His Royal Highness Mitsuki, the daimyo, Kozuki Oda-sama secretly went to sea in violation of the ban, and after returning, he continued to seek the founding of the Wano country, which resulted in him being charged with crimes. The Yue family will pay the crime without death!"
"It's not just father who thinks so, but the other two daimyos also think so. They all feel that it's enough to punish the Kozuki family, and there's no need to go to war!" Naia tried hard to recall her father's words, Dao: "But I don't know why, but the general insists on attacking the Guangyue family. Father and the others can't dissuade them, so in the end they can only adopt a neutral attitude, and are unwilling to send troops to respond to the general's call!"
Hearing this, Ian couldn't help but exchanged glances with Marco, and they both saw deep regret in each other's eyes.
Princess Naia is still young, so she may not be able to perceive the taste of it. In fact, in Ian's view, it may be good intentions for these big names to take a neutral attitude, but they don't know that what they do is actually harming the Guangyue family. !
The reason is very simple, why did the general of Wano country insist on attacking the Kozuki family? Isn't it because of the policy and philosophy of the founding of the country that it is possible to hurt his general's dominance
He already felt the crisis that the Guangyue family's thinking might bring!
Under such circumstances, the general of Wano country asked the other daimyos to send troops together. If all the other daimyos responded to his call to send troops, it might make the general realize that his position is still very stable, and it might be possible for the Kozuki family to Escaped.
This is also related to the political situation in Wano country. The seven daimyos under the general are the princes, but the general does not control the army of the whole country. On the contrary, the princes daimyo can have their own army...
And it was because these daimyos adopted a neutral attitude that the generals of the Wano Kingdom discovered that his orders were no longer working! In this way, there must be actions to kill chickens and monkeys!
Several daimyos did not send troops, and the generals of Wano Country may not hesitate to borrow the power of the Hundred Beasts Pirates to completely suppress the Kozuki family because of insufficient troops, in order to achieve the best deterrent effect!
I did something bad with good intentions, that's what I said...
However, Ian and the others also learned something from Naia's narration, that is, Naia's father, the Nishi Ueno daimyo Rita, should have goodwill towards the Kozuki family.
This kind of goodwill may be based on the popularity of the Kozuki family, or it may be related to the dislike of the general using the power of Beast Kaido. I am afraid that several other daimyos have similar ideas. In short, under this political system, it is impossible. It is monolithic.
This may bring some convenience to Ian and the others in their next rescue operation...
At this time, Naia went on to narrate: "Although the father and the others did not participate, the general still attacked the Guangyue family. According to my father, during the rebellion of the Guangyue family, many strange people who knew sorcery appeared. The general's army also suffered a lot of casualties, but because of Kaido's help, the Kozuki family finally failed. Kozuki Oden-sama was executed, but his retainers escaped. Now the Kozuki family's territory Jiuli, all People from the Hundred Beasts Pirates occupy it, and my father is very angry about it... "
"What about you?" Bonnie asked curiously, "Why are you here, Princess? And not with your father?"
Hearing this question, Nai's little face was a bit gloomy, and he pouted unhappily and said: "After the general's crusade against the Guangyue family began, my father sent me here. This is our Baisakaki family. The territory, the ninjas and samurai here are all retainers of the Shirasakaki family... "
Shirasakaki should be the surname of the Naia family, and his father's full name should be Shirasakaki Ridaqi or something...
"He is worried about his neutral attitude, and it may attract the general's crusade?" Ian said: "In order to avoid implicating you, why did you come here first? So, your father is also for your own good... "
"Of course I know!" Naia sighed, "But I'm bored here... Although they all respect me, I can't even find anyone to chat with..."
No wonder she let Ian and the three of them in so unpreparedly. It seemed that she was really suffocated here...
Hearing her words, a samurai next to her bowed solemnly and said, "His Royal Highness, don't worry, the crusade is over, and Nishi Ueno should be fine. When the lord's order arrives, we will come back to you." Escort Your Highness back home!"
At this moment, Ian's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said: "The general of your Wano country has already attacked a daimyo, and it is estimated that it is impossible to take action against other daimyos. You will go back sooner or later. Why don't we do this? Escort you back, by the way, if possible, we would like to ask your father something."
"What is it?" Naia asked curiously.
"It's about those strange people who helped the Kozuki family fight!" Ian said: "I want to know where those people are being held now, whether they are being held in Wano Country Jiuli, or have they been escorted to other places , this kind of news, maybe only your father knows?"
Ian knew that since Kuri is now occupied by members of the Beasts Pirates, Ace and Fujitora might not be imprisoned there, because as the two of them, if it really fell into Kaido's hands, I'm afraid They will be killed, and now Ace's life paper is normal, which means that they are fine, and naturally it is impossible for them to fall into the hands of the Beasts Pirates.
They were just locked up, but they needed to be inquired about where they were locked up. It is certainly impossible for ordinary civilians to know such news.
Hawkins' divination about his trip, since it is said to be very smooth, it might be one of the reasons why he met Princess Naia this time. She and her father may bring him great help. It's fine to make a choice naturally according to what you think.
And hearing that Yian offered to escort her back in advance, Nai's big beautiful eyes lit up immediately, and she said happily: "Okay, okay!"
"No!" The samurai who spoke before became anxious, stood up and shouted anxiously: "His Royal Highness! How can you trust these unknown pirates!? Even if you want to go back, you must let us Escort you back!"
"But you still have to wait for Father's order!" Naia also realized that her identity does not allow her to do too willful behavior, so she said helplessly: "When will Father's order come? If a It won't arrive until a month later, so don't I have to wait a month?"
"No! How is this possible!" The warrior took the lead, and all the people knelt down on the ground, begging Nai, and said: "His Royal Highness! If you insist on leaving, it will be our negligence, and we can only Apologize with death!"
Naia could only look at Ian helplessly...
Seeing that all these warriors said so, Ian had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, there is no other way. Princess Naia, can you tell us how to find your father?"
However, before Naia could speak, the warrior jumped again and said, "No way! How can I tell you where the lord is, these unknown pirates!?"
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either! Apart from these two words, don't you know anything else?" Ian was also a little annoyed: "You don't understand even if you change it!?"
"Unless we die!" The warrior held the handle of the knife and looked at Ian resolutely.
It was impossible to communicate with these dead-headed warriors, Ian almost wanted to make these guys faint, and then take Naia back.
With Ian's current force, it is easy to do this kind of thing. The ninjas and samurai present may not be his opponent alone, but he also understands that in this way, things may get messy. What's worse, these guys are already very wary of the three outsiders, and if Naia is forcibly taken away, the three of them might be regarded as criminals who kidnapped Princess Biaoji!
Don't get it wrong when Naia's father doesn't see him, and if he is wanted instead, it will be troublesome. These people don't recognize you, Dragon Hunter Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, Ian and Marco's identities. It doesn't work.
"Then, why don't you do this!" Ian thought for a while, and came up with a compromise, and said: "Look, you Princess Biaoji are tired of staying here, why don't you come along, all of us together Escorting her back, isn't it good? Since she is your respected Highness Princess, shouldn't you retainers also consider her feelings?"
"This..." The samurai also hesitated.
"Let's talk about it!" Ian said while the iron was hot: "Maybe your lord misses Her Royal Highness too, and the order to recall her may be on the way. Send her back earlier, your lord may be very happy."
"Okay then!" The warrior looked at Nai's expectant eyes, gritted his teeth for the last time, knelt down towards Nai, and said, "His Royal Highness, we can send you back, but please be sure to agree, let us Follow around!"
Naia straightened up, stretched out his hand to help the warrior, and said happily: "That's great, it's best if you follow!"
In fact, the reason why this samurai agreed was because the ninja village seemed not secret enough. Even Ian and his three foreign pirates could come here. It's good to let the princess go back...
As for Ian and the others, as long as they can go to West Ueno, meet Naia's father, and find out the news, anyway, they really don't have any malice towards this little princess, so it doesn't matter how they go back …
So, after waiting for a while, Ian and the others were finally able to set off with Naia.
But for some reason, Ian always feels tired dealing with people like Wano Country...