I’m Not Interested in Devil Fruits: Postscript [Lin Qi]
Twenty years later, there are two worlds.
The world of Qinghai and the world of the White Sea thousands of meters high.
The vast oceans and the islands dotted along the great routes, as well as the cities that are emerging one after another on the red earth continent surrounding the world, constitute the former.
With the "empty cities" on the five Tianshan Mountains as the hub, and the urban network composed of various "empty islands" that have existed in the sky since ancient times, this true urban network spread over the White Sea has been formed. New World - The transportation network that connects these white cloud islands, a miraculous feat, was completed by the cooperation of the legendary engineer and inventor Franky and the weather queen Nami.
Together they planned a transportation system that accommodated most of the air islands, and then Nami used Haiyun technology to build a set of "highways", while Franky specially made "highways" for these complex highway systems. Frankie Skytrain”. It is said that these Haiyun Expressways are also added with French memory alloy, so they have strong self-healing capabilities. This was most effectively demonstrated a few years ago in a targeted attack that blew up a highway.
The attacker attempted suicide. According to the investigation of the Ranger Association, the driving force behind the sabotage incident was several member states of the World Government. However, all the royal families of the latter firmly denied this and directly held the Dragon Snake Flower Alliance accountable. The next day, the Queen of the Kingdom of Flowers, as a representative of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, paid a visit to Liberty International, a staunch partner of the Dragon Snake Flower Alliance for 20 years, and had a cordial meeting with the leader of Liberty International, Dorag...
Yes, World Government still exists. However, as the diplomatic influence of the Dragon-Snake-Flower Alliance continues to expand, the number of member states joining the World Government is also increasingly lost. Today, twenty years later, the World Government has become a nominally loose alliance, leaving only a group of small aristocratic kings who reminisce about the glorious history of the world's aristocrats twenty years ago.
Correspondingly, the navy that once served the world government has gradually become an unofficial civil organization. Most of those who adhere to the banner of the righteous navy are only veterans of the old era. . After all, in today's era, if young people want to stand out and do justice, they can try to join the Ranger Association. It has a good reputation, many benefits, and high status...Join the Navy? Picture what?
I heard that someone within the Navy directly proposed to cooperate with the Ranger Association. Radicals even simply believed that the Navy should be merged into the latter in today's era and become a nominally independent but de facto sub-association, in order to better pass on the banner of justice. Go down - it is said that Navy Marshal Smoker was very angry about this.
The reason why Xiaoda remembered some deeds about the navy was because she was scrolling through her mobile phone on the way to the Ranger branch in this empty city in the South China Sea and saw some discussions about the navy. Daily humiliation of the navy and daily humiliation of the world government can be said to be a cultural custom in today's era. Xiaoda's parents were pirates before they obtained official ranger status. In the old era twenty years ago, they had a hostile relationship with the navy and the world government. She read these discussions with great interest.
Speaking of pirates, in fact, in today's "Ranger Era", there are also pirates, mainly divided into two types. One is that some official rangers seem to have a special feeling for the "Pirate Flag" , therefore spontaneously formed a specific small circle. Although they are rangers, they still like to call themselves pirates. When these people gather and chat, they always call themselves Luffy; Thief - I have to admit that in today's era of "proliferation" of rangers, those who dare to burn, kill, plunder and cross the sea in the traditional sense can be said to be quite hard-core. It cannot be said that they are not afraid of death. I can only say that they are not afraid of death. Said to be quite desperate, the end is usually reduced to a single-flower ranger or a fresh addition to the resume of a double-flower ranger.
Yes, Rangers are "flooded". Compared with completing the tasks assigned by the association, the true "ranger" behavior of punishing **** and eliminating evil is more conducive to the promotion of the rangers. Therefore, the case of being willing to travel thousands of miles to take the head of an evil force without taking any money has not been reported in the Ranger Association. Not uncommon. If you don't do it, there will be some brave and heroic people who will. These days, the ranger can't roll well either.
Thinking of Ranger's promotion, Xiaoda thought of his exam the day after tomorrow and couldn't help but speed up his pace.
Although it is difficult to become an official ranger, more than ten years have passed, and looking around the world, there are many single-flowered rangers with the lowest level. Therefore, the most common way to be promoted is to take an exam - it is held every year, and the location is at the headquarters of the Ranger Association. If you pass, you can wear the double flower badge. There are different opinions on how to become the smallest, highest-level, three-flowered ranger, and every three-flowered ranger in the existing association is a world-famous legend: One Piece Luffy, Yama Suo Takashi, Weather Queen Nami... Flamebeard Ace, Ghost Yamato... Hawkeye Mihawk, Red-haired Shanks...
"Please show me your ranger badge."
Hearing this, Xiaoda came to his senses, casually took off the ranger badge with a lily from the back of the "mobile phone", and handed it to the staff at the front desk of the branch.
At this moment, the originally noisy association hall suddenly became quiet. Even the staff member opposite Xiaoda suddenly looked nervously in the direction of the gate.
Xiao Da could hear nervous swallowing sounds coming and going in the hall. Some people even bumped into tables and chairs in a panic to avoid something, making noises. Then they were scolded by their companions in a low voice... Xiao Da Looking back in confusion, her heart skipped a beat when she saw the tall, cold and arrogant figure.
The eldest sister of the Chamber of Commerce complimented her in the morning. If she can pass this assessment, at the age of fourteen, she will break the record and become the youngest Double Flower Ranger! Xiaoda did not comment on this, because this so-called broken record seems so insignificant in front of the woman's deeds...
"It's Lin Qi..."
"She actually appeared here..."
"We're lucky! We should go down now and try our luck on the 21st floor..."
"Suddenly rose up like a meteor, and in just two years, he became the most popular ranger..."
"Nonsense, why don't you look at her name? This name, such a domineering behavior——"
"Shhh!!"
The rangers in the hall tried their best to keep the whispers down, and also consciously moved out of the way when the tall, young, dark-haired woman passed by expressionlessly.
Xiao Da was also watching Lin Qi, whom everyone vaguely agreed upon, was the daughter of Lin Dasheng... Yes, she was most likely Lin Qi's daughter. This widely circulated statement was basically accepted after she became the Sanhua Ranger in the second year after her debut. Lin Qi, who became a ranger in the first year of her debut, was actually very low-key. Although she was harassed a lot because of this low-key, most of them disappeared quietly; the change occurred in her second year with an earth-shattering record - she It took a year to defeat all the double-flowered rangers registered in the Ranger Association, and also named several three-flowered rangers one after another. After a duel that took place at an unknown time and place, she obtained the names of many three-flowered rangers. They jointly agreed that after becoming the Sanhua Ranger with undisputed resume, they stopped pretending at all.
She no longer kept a low profile, and her domineering style reminded the whole world of one of Lin Dasheng's wives. It was also after that that people gradually discovered the stone sculptures that some of the people who had harassed her had sunk to the bottom of the sea.
My name is Lin Qi, she has a domineering style, her appearance is too beautiful to describe in words, and she seems to have the ability to turn people to stone...
Xiao Da is convinced that Mr. Lynch did have a daughter with the empress.
She hesitated. It was rare to meet the other person. Could she say hello?
I heard from my father that he met this sister when he was a child. Although he was still an infant at the time, he didn’t remember it at all...
While she was pondering on the spot, Lin Qi, who regarded everyone as if they were as invisible as air, had been carefully led into the branch by the staff. Even if we don’t talk about her identity as the child of Lin Qi and the Empress, her face as a three-flower ranger can be directly recognized in any ranger association in the world. Of course, she does not need a single-flower ranger like Xiaoda. , I also need to show you the Ranger badge and the process.
"Name: Zelda; Age: 14; Permission: Single-Flower Ranger... I have signed up for this Double-Flower exam. Identity confirmed."
The staff at the front desk returned the badge to Xiaoda and smiled kindly, "So you are the genius ranger who has become famous in the South China Sea in the past two years! Are you going to take the double-flower exam when you are only fourteen years old? It's really outrageous. The future is bright..."
"Thank you." Xiaoda took the badge back and put it on the back of the "mobile phone". "So, when is the nearest train to Xihai Kongcheng?"
"The exam is only the day after tomorrow. It's rare to come to an empty city, why don't you go shopping?" the staff member said with a smile, while checking the "tablet" at hand, there was a sticker with a slightly different color and pattern on the back. Lily badge, "Let me see...the nearest train is at 12:30 noon, more than an hour away."
"More than an hour..." Xiaoda nodded. It looked like he could still have lunch, and he happened to be wandering around this empty city in the South China Sea. After the exam, she planned to go home and bring some souvenirs from the South China Sea to her father. However, are the things from Nanhai Gongcheng considered a specialty of Nanhai?
While she was thinking this, she didn't notice that the staff member's expression became cautious. When she turned around, she found a man standing behind her, blocking her way.
Lin Qi, who appeared at some unknown time, folded her arms, looked at Xiaoda condescendingly, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Zelda?"
Zelda noticed that almost all the eyes in the hall were focused on them, which made her a little nervous. She didn't know whether it was because of the eyes of these people or because of the sister in front of her. The playful look in her eyes - she mustered up the courage to look up, then averted her eyes with a bit of inferiority, and nodded.
"Ace's daughter?" Lin Qi said again, her eyes lingering on the pair of horns emerging from Zelda's white hair, and she had already confirmed the other party's identity, "You are going to take the Double Flower Exam ? Let's go, we're on the way." She raised her chin, with an unquestionable tone in her voice, and without waiting for Zelda to respond, she turned and walked out of the door.
The crowd separated. After watching Lin Qi go out, all eyes looked at Zelda.
Ace’s daughter?
Is it that Sanhua Ranger Ace? !
Most people who can become rangers, even single-flowered rangers, have mastered the Haki of Wisdom and Information, and have heard a little bit of the conversation between Lin Qi and Zelda just now.
Zelda didn't wait for these people to react and ran out quickly.
Lin Qi did not wait for her. There was a vast white island cloud outside the branch door. Zelda opened her eyes to search, and then released the Fire Cloud Roger in the weather stick, and then hurriedly caught up to the edge of the island cloud. Lin Qi - in front of her, on a Haiyun Highway that is not within the Sky Train Station, a Sky Train with the Dragon Snake Flower Alliance flag on the front stopped slowly, and Lin Qi just opened the door when she arrived. .
Lin Qi walked straight in.
Zelda came with Fire Cloud Roger and hesitated for a moment while looking at the sky train. In fact, Lin Qi didn't seem to notice her following her at all, which made Zelda wonder if she should follow the train. What if she misunderstood, how embarrassing it would be... She was thinking so wildly, and the train kept going. Lin Qi's head popped out of the unclosed door and glared dissatisfied at Zelda who was hesitating in mid-air.
Zelda stuck out her tongue, urged Roger, and quickly flew into the open door of the sky train. Soon, the train started and the door closed behind her.
The carriage was empty except for Lin Qi, who was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed. After casually flipping through two pages of a magazine placed aside, she tapped her fingers on the table. Soon there were several waitresses carrying Dinner plates with lids came one after another, filling most of the table.
"Drink?"
Zelda was stunned for a moment, then realized that Lin Qi was asking herself, and quickly said: "No..."
Lin Qi had broken the necks of two bottles of wine with a snap of her fingers, pushed one of them directly in front of her, grabbed the other bottle and drank it.
"Why don't you say anything?" Lin Qi drank up the wine in one gulp, threw the bottle away, and dropped it into the trash can in the corner. She crossed her legs and picked up a fork to pick up a piece of steak, shook it slightly, and handed it to Sai. Erda raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You should call me sister."
She smiled faintly, as if the lilies were blooming and the ice and snow were melting, which finally relaxed Zelda's tense nerves. She opened her mouth by mistake and bit the steak on the fork handed by Lin Qi.
"Last year I challenged your parents to a duel, and I heard that they named you Zelda. It was really..." Lin Qi shook her head, "It's a pity that you weren't here at the time, otherwise we would have known each other."
"I..." Zelda muttered vaguely. She took the steak in her mouth and ate it in three or two bites before wondering, "Is my name weird?"
"How should I put this..." Lin Qi smiled narrowly, "I think you are very suitable to be friends with my brother."
"Sister Lin Qi's brother?" Zelda was very curious.
Lin Qi said: "My name is Finch. Boya. Finch."
"Huh?" Zelda widened her eyes cutely, "Lin Qi is a pseudonym!"
"Learned it from my old man!" Lin Qi, no, Finch, didn't know what he thought of, curled his lips, "Also, strictly speaking, 'Lin Qi' is not a pseudonym."
Zelda muttered: "It's easy to get confused with your father's name..."
"Just hang out, who cares?" Finch said, "What about you, I heard it when you were registering at the front desk of the branch just now. You are only fourteen years old this year. You are only fourteen years old, and you came out to be a Ranger?"
"You are only a teenager..." Zelda continued to mutter, and when she noticed Finch glancing over, she immediately said cutely: "I also learned from my parents! My mother said that when she was a child, Her biggest dream is to escape from home, and I have fulfilled her wish..." Under Finch's calm gaze, Zelda lowered her head and muttered: "I want to prove that even without their protection, I I can do great things! I want them to look at me with admiration..."
"Then you should change your bloodline." Finch chuckled, "Your father Ace and mother Yamato both have fused abilities. One is the natural flame, and the other is the phantom beast species. As their As a child, whether you want to be great or not is a more difficult matter."
Zelda glared at Finch resentfully. Although this seemed to be the truth, the sister said it too tactfully.
"Where's Sister Finch?" Zelda changed the subject, "They all say that you inherited the Empress's Medusa ability, but there are also other rumors that your ability is actually something else..."
Finch joked: "I do have other abilities. Do you want to try it?"
She stretched out her hand to lift Zelda's chin, and a line of foam flowed out from her fingertips... Zelda shivered all over, frightened and shy, and froze on the spot with a red face, making Finch laugh. .
This was the first time Zelda saw Sister Finch smiling like this, and for some reason, she felt happy too.
The sky train flies along the straight sea-cloud "highway" between the vast white sea towards the West Sea, like a steel dragon soaring in the clouds and mist.
In the carriage, Zelda and Finch were talking and laughing, and their conversation became more and more harmonious.
Suddenly, Finch took out her Sanhua Ranger badge and stuck it on the back of the unfolded "tablet". After clicking on the Ranger software and browsing the notification prompts, the smile on her face gradually faded away.
What happened? Zelda was very curious and wanted to take a peek, but she didn't dare. She opened her "mobile phone" and entered the Ranger software and quickly understood. A latest topic quickly became the hottest topic, and the number of views and replies soared at a speed visible to the naked eye... The focus of the topic was a task that was released just a few minutes ago. A quest that names a specific ranger to complete.
"Task requirement: Obtain at least 100 ml of fresh blood from the Nine Snakes Empress Boya Hancock"
"Published by: Navy"
"Designated Ranger: Sanhua Ranger, Lin Qi"