In this world, true strength comes from oneself. When a person begins to seek external strength, it proves that he has lost confidence in himself!

Although the strength shown is still there, the inner confidence in myself is no longer as strong as before.

This may be the main reason why Crocodile was defeated later... Allen thinks so. As for what the truth is, perhaps only God knows.

This does not prevent him from using this living example in front of him to motivate himself and never give up on the pursuit of strength.

If you don't make good use of it, you deserve to be in trouble!

No matter how big the changes and storms are, as long as I am like a mountain rock, no matter how big the waves are, I will not move.

Just like this guy Garp, his son is the largest revolutionary army and his grandson is a pirate who stirs up troubles. Even in this situation, he still sits firmly in his position as lieutenant general.

Is it just because he is a naval hero? Probably not.

Allen looked sideways at Garp. The naval hero was holding his nose with his little finger. Then, without anyone noticing, the 'biu' flew out and secretly wiped his finger on himself.

Just when he saw Allen looking at him, Garp's head was full of black lines: "You brat, what's with that disgusted expression? You also said that you can find Roger's whereabouts. We have been wandering around the new world for more than half a year.

Over time, many pirates were captured, but Roger was not even seen."

Allen curled his lips: "You know better than me how slippery Roger is. If he were so easy to catch, you would have been chasing him for decades, and you would have caught him long ago."

Garp was choked back and was completely unable to refute.

What can I say? He has indeed been chasing Roger for decades. Roger has grown from a little-known pirate to the Pirate King, but he still hasn't caught him.

But how could Garp admit that this was his problem? It was definitely not him who had the problem: "Roger, that bastard, just knows how to hide. If he had fought me openly, I would have caught him long ago."

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"He is a pirate and you are a navy. If you want to catch him, of course he will run away. He would be stupid to stay and fight you openly." Allen likes to argue with Garp anyway.

"You brat, which side are you on?"

Garp became so angry that he raised his fist as big as a casserole and tried to persuade Allen physically. This was his specialty and it was very effective.

Fortunately, the lookout saved Allen, and he stopped Garp's actions with a loud report: "Report to your Excellency, Lieutenant General, that an unknown island has been discovered ahead at ten o'clock."

"Unknown island? Bring me the chart."

Garp returned to his seriousness and opened the chart handed over by a soldier. "This island is indeed not marked on the chart. It is an unexplored island. There are many such islands in the New World. Our record pointer does not point to him either.

It seems that this island is not big. It is getting late now, and the pirates are likely to come to the island. Their pirate ship is damaged, and it is not easy to support it here."

"Turn the rudder thirty degrees to the left and move forward at full speed. I want to see how these bastard pirates can escape."

As the ship moved forward rapidly, the appearance of the unknown island soon became clear.

From a distance, this island is indeed not that big, with a radius of about ten kilometers. The island is gourd-shaped, with lush green tops, and looks very primitive. It should be a brand new and undiscovered island.

The ship began to sail around Huludao, observing the terrain and finding a suitable place to dock, so that everyone could see if they could spot any traces of the pirates.

But I had to give up this plan halfway through the journey. The island is surrounded by reefs, and there are not many places where large ships can enter and exit. If we continue to go around, there is a high risk of running aground on the rocks.

And if we explore the reef bit by bit, it will take a lot of time. Garp directly ordered us to dock first.

The fireball in the distant sky began to fall, casting a golden red on the sea surface. The sea water was the same color as the sky, and the red glow seemed to burn through the entire sky and earth.

No one appreciated this spectacle, and the ship carefully turned its bow to avoid the reef area.

As the sun sets, the sea begins to rise under the influence of tides, and the surrounding sea instantly becomes more dangerous. The sea in the New World is unpredictable, and in many cases the areas around the islands are even more dangerous.

Garp's ship is full of elites who have experienced hundreds of battles. They have entered and exited the new world countless times. Without Garp's orders, they went their own way and quickly found a relatively safe area based on their experience. Slowly

We approached the recessed area in the middle of Huludao and successfully docked not far from the shore.

"I'll go ahead and explore the way."

Allen stretched out his hand, a mirror took shape in his hands, and he stepped in.

After a while, he came out again, with a strange expression on his face: "There are no other mirrors nearby except our boat. It's really strange. You could see smoke and other things just now. Normally there are human activities in this kind of situation, but there is no such thing."

Mirror, this is outrageous."

They had fought against pirates before. Those pirates already knew the magic of Allen's ability, so all the mirrors on the ship were broken and thrown away.

Garp said: "In that case, there is no need to bother. Let's go to the direction where the smoke appears and investigate. The truth will naturally emerge. Kuzan, I leave it to you."

Kuzan Yun nodded lightly.

With a pinch of his hands, an ice spear appeared, and a biting chill broke out. The ice spear fell on the sea. With the ship as the center, the surrounding sea began to freeze quickly. In the blink of an eye, the entire area became a world of ice.

Tsk, I was tricked by this guy again.

One thing to say, in terms of AOE, the fruit ability must be of the natural type.

Allen jumped off the ship first and landed on the ice. His voice was blown to the deck by the wind: "Don't let me stay to guard the ship this time, haha. As long as I run fast enough, I can't catch up with the task of guarding the ship."

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Wow~

As Allen's words came through, a group of people woke up from a dream and jumped off the boat like dumplings.

"Major General Allen, wait for me, I'll come with you."

"Hey, what are you doing as a chef?"

"Hmph, if you look down on the chef, don't eat the food we cook. Besides, you, a boatman, are also very positive. Don't tell anyone else!"

"Major General Kuzan, we have to work hard, we can't be left behind by them."

"Hey, you're right. We can't let that guy Allen take the spotlight this time. I'm already burning up."

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Half a day later, only Garp was left messy in the wind. These endless runs under the sunset were also the youth he had experienced.

"These bastards actually asked me to stay and guard the ship." Garp cursed with a smile, then looked at the backs of the group of people with a nostalgic and tender expression.

"It's great to be young."

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"There is actually a village here. There are actually people living here. It's unbelievable." Across the dense forest and mountains, what appeared in the eyes of all the navy was a very quiet small village.

At this time, the night has slowly begun to cover the village. The lights in the village are lit up, the smoke is curling up, and a few wisps of mist cover it like a veil. It looks like a paradise.

Someone wondered: "Are those pirates here? If they arrive, shouldn't this village be directly destroyed?"

Under normal circumstances, this kind of small village has no power to fight back against pirates, and the pirates don't mind wiping out an isolated small village when they are in need of supplies.

It would be normal to burn, kill, and loot. It would be strange if the pirates and everyone else were in peace.

There are about a hundred households in this village. It looks very harmonious and beautiful, but it is too harmonious, which makes people feel a little unreal.

"How about it, we'll find out after checking it out." Allen said with a smile, "But we all know how cunning the pirates are, otherwise we wouldn't have let them escape for so long. Everyone, please be careful, it's still the same as before

Divide into two teams. One team will follow me, and the other team will follow Kuzan. If there is any abnormality, send a signal in time."

The number of soldiers following Allen and Kuzan was 4 in total. Each of them was an elite who had experienced hundreds of battles. They had completed their respective formations in just a few seconds.

"Kuzan, let's go to one side and then meet in the middle of the village."

There is a road running through the middle of the village, leading directly to the coast on one side and to the farmland outside on the other. Allen took the people for a short detour and followed this road towards the village.

The architectural style of this village is very retro, and usually buildings of this style are more than a hundred years old.

Allen is no longer a rookie who didn't know anything when he first came to this world. Over the years, he has not only improved his strength, but also absorbed all kinds of knowledge, or common sense.

The architectural style of the village is slightly old, and many of them are made of stones. There is no glass on the windows, but a kind of translucent oil paper instead, indicating that this village does not have the technology to make glass.

Each household lit candles instead of oil lamps, and it was impossible to have electricity.

A lot of farmland has been opened up on one side of the village. There are green crops in the farmland, which look like rice.

Almost every family here raises some livestock, and some people still have very old stone mills in front of their doors. The iron farm tools are also very simple and rough, and everything looks very primitive.

The other side is close to the coast, and with the sky not completely dark, you can see a small pier there, with many fishing boats of different sizes docked there.

It was dinner time, and the smoke from the kitchen mixed with the aroma of the food looked like a beautiful picture under the blue-black sky.

The image of an isolated village similar to Peach Blossom Spring appeared in Allen's mind.

The sudden appearance of the navy broke the originally warm and quiet rural atmosphere here.

Many people walked out of their homes silently and stood on the roadside. No matter adults or children, no one spoke, not even their dogs barked.

They all stared directly at these sailors. Maybe there was some inbreeding reason. Some of them looked weird, which looked very strange in the falling night.

The atmosphere suddenly became hellish!

Even the soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles felt a little evil and unconsciously clenched the swords and guns in their hands.

Allen glanced over and felt a little strange. Under normal circumstances, so many strangers would come to such a village, still carrying knives and guns. The villagers should be curious or afraid. Why do they have such strange expressions?

He walked towards a middle-aged man who was staring at him and asked: "Fellow, let me ask. What kind of village is yours? Does it have a village chief? We are the navy and are chasing a group of pirates. Are there any others in the village?"

stranger?"

The middle-aged man's face was dull. After listening to Allen's question, the corners of his lips curled up, revealing a very scary smile.
To be continued...