Ghost Shark, but in the world of One Piece

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Sure enough, the little girl hadn't run far when she heard a man's voice behind her.

"Stop right there, you damn thief!" a burly man yelled at the man in front of him.

The little girl sprang to her feet and ran even faster, skillfully disappearing into a small alley.

"Still running?"

The man didn't seem to intend to give up, and chased after them with a wooden stick.

"Wait a minute." Laurentina stopped the man, frowning. "It's just a few pieces of bread. I'll pay for it."

"You'll pay for her?" The man looked Laurentina up and down, while also noticing the lynx-themed car next to her.

Where did this noble lady come from? But she looks like a young navy man?

He grinned and said, "Sure, ten thousand Berries."

boom!

The blood-red finger gun grazed his head, taking away a few strands of hair.

"Don't be so disgusting, even though Latavia restricts violence."

Laurentina flicked her index finger upwards, activating her Devil Fruit power, and the opponent suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. "But there are many ways to torture you."

After saying that, the girl threw down a hundred-yuan bill, got back into the car, and continued on her way to the Wheat Ear Cake Shop. It was only by chance that she learned from a lost sailor that Alice had recently been working at the shop.

"Thank you." A soft whisper of gratitude drifted on the wind.

Laurentina, whose five senses are far beyond those of ordinary people, showed a faint smile.

The little girl's behavior was undoubtedly wrong, but if it was just stealing essential food, I would turn a blind eye.

Jingle bell~

"Welcome..." Alice, wearing her patched and worn-out work clothes, greeted them habitually, but when she looked up, the last word caught in her throat.

Laurentina and Ain?

How did they end up here?

Alice was immediately flustered, feeling like a thief caught in the act, since the lower town was in a terrible state, and they had never known about their family's circumstances.

What will Laurentina think? Will she still consider him a friend?

Will she, like everyone else, laugh at me and look down on me?

Laurentina and Ain are both quite wealthy... Will they still be friends in the future?

Ugh! What am I thinking?!

Don't do that, Alice! It's too ugly.

Snapped!

Under the shocked gazes of Laurentina and Ain, Alice suddenly slapped herself.

"Haven't seen you for a day." Laurentina turned her back, suppressing a laugh. "Have you awakened some strange fetish?"

Alice blushed, stormed out, and then... fell into the girl's arms.

"Is this yet another new way to express your love?" Laurentina teased.

Ayn, standing to the side, leaned closer and stared at Alice with disdain.

"yeah?"

Alice jumped up without a sound, her face flushed, her eyes darting around shyly, and finally she slumped down on the high stool.

"Confessing love and all that..." After a moment, she pouted weakly, "That's such a shameless thing to say. I'm sorry, although I like the white-haired guy too, but we can't be together!"

Oh, the progress bar has increased significantly again?

"Alright, alright, I'm just teasing you." Laurentina smiled and tossed her hair. "We heard that our friend is helping out here, so we're here to boost sales."

Laurentina and Iin ordered the most expensive opera cake, and also brought some for Tina and their colleagues.

After chatting with Alice for a while, he finally said goodbye.

There was no strange sense of distance, and Alice thought for a moment before her lips unconsciously curled up slightly.

After a busy day, the unlucky little guy happily returned home to the downtown area.

"Hey, isn't this Miss Alice?" A flippant voice rang out from a corner on the dimly lit road. "It's been a long time!"

“You are…” Alice took a step back and frowned. “You are Moses, the boss of the casino? We’ve already paid off last month’s debt.”

The girl felt a deep-seated disgust for this guy who had come to her house to collect debts time and again.

Many of my painful childhood memories were caused by this guy.

“Indeed, but now that you’re in the navy, you still have savings, right? Why not pay it all off at once?” Moses chuckled as he approached the girl.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the savings to repay the 90 million Berries all at once, and according to the agreement, my family only needs to pay back 500,000 a month."

Alice glanced at the other person warily. He was unpredictable, and no one knew what wicked scheme he was plotting.

"Really? What's in your box? Take it out and let me see," Moses said lazily.

"This is a gift for my sister!" The girl held the box protectively behind her back.

"You actually dare to talk back?" Moses's face instantly turned dangerous, then he stared at her expressionlessly. "You bitch, have you forgotten what it feels like to be beaten up just because you became a Marine?"

Bang!

Moses casually broke off a metal pipe from nearby and smashed it down hard.

Ouch...it hurts...

Alice frowned, clutched her wrist in pain, and trembled, cold sweat pouring down her face.

Alice, you can't, you can't fight back.

He wasn't a pirate, just a creditor to his family...

This isn't the first time something like this has happened; you'll get used to it.

.

Ouch... You'll get used to it, the pain will pass quickly...

Alice sniffed, struggling to suppress the urge to retaliate.

"It's because of indebted fools like you that the whole of Latavia has become a bit filthy."

Moses could rest his hands on the metal tube, swaying from side to side, speaking in a strange and sarcastic tone.

"Hey, hand over the box you're holding, and stop spouting nonsense about cakes."

“No…no!” Alice responded stubbornly, her whole body shrouded in her tattered work clothes, curled up in a ball, guarding the box tightly.

When my younger sister was little, she would steal a few pieces of black bread and my mother would spank her until her bottom was swollen.

That was the first time Mom got angry—those breads were enough for her and her sister for two days.

Afterwards, peeking through the crack in the door, I noticed that my mother was also wiping away tears.

She had already worked very hard, taking on three jobs, and her father, feeling guilty, had gone to work in the mine, but after deducting the monthly debts, there was really no way to improve the family's life.

"Tsk tsk, you've really gotten bold, you're asking for it!"

Bang!

Uh ah...

Alice's other wrist was also bruised, and she was convulsing in pain, with the faint sound of bones cracking faintly audible.

She didn't dare use the iron block, hoping that the other party would vent their anger and then stop causing trouble for her family.

For simple superficial wounds, one application of this product before going home will heal them completely.

Patience...patience...

"Hmph, you shameless woman!"

Moses could lift the metal tube and swing it down like a divine weapon.

"Young man, you've gone too far."

A hoarse voice came from behind him, and Moses was shocked to find that he couldn't press the metal tube down no matter what he did.

He turned his head and saw a blind man dressed in purple.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Dream About to Be Realized (Please support, comment, and favorite)

A night breeze blew, and a cat's silhouette flashed in the flickering lights of the lower city. The dark clouds parted, and a beam of moonlight illuminated the face of the newcomer.

Ok?

A blind man?

Moses' face darkened, and he turned the metal tube in his hand around, swinging it with a vengeance that came from being mocked.

"What a joke! A blind man trying to be a hero and save a damsel in distress?" Moses grinned maliciously.

The steel pipe, reflecting a cold glint in the moonlight, suddenly fell.

Seeing this, Alice quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Stop..."

Before he could even utter the word "hand," a pig-like scream echoed through the alley. Moses slumped down in a contorted position, as if carrying a massive boulder.

Immediately afterwards, a crack appeared in the ground, and a circular area centered on Moses collapsed instantly, causing him to fall into the deep pit.

"Hell Brigade!"

The sound of the scabbard slowly closing echoed in Alice's ears.

Well...

"Uncle, you're amazing!"

Looking at the bottomless circular pit, Alice was completely dumbfounded and swallowed hard in shock.

Moshe smiled as he finished off the man with a single move. He recalled how the injured girl had tried to stop him when he attacked, and a smile spread across his face.

"Even if the world is full of filthy people who are unbearable to look at, it is a blessing that there are still kind-hearted people."

With a smile, leaning on his cane and sword, he came to Alice and extended his hand.

"Thank you, kind uncle?"

Alice stood up, dusted herself off, made sure the gift wasn't damaged, and turned to look at the blind man.

Without a doubt, this person is ridiculously strong.

"Just make this old man smile."

Yixiao chatted with Alice for a while, and the two gradually became acquainted. Then Alice patted her head, as if suddenly remembering something, and asked:

"Uncle, that guy isn't dead, is he?"

"I just knocked him unconscious."

That's it.

Alice's face showed an indescribable complexity. This guy who brought misfortune to her family truly deserved to die.

But she wasn't sure if, if she really killed him, his accomplices would retaliate against her family once she left Latavia.

Killing Moses alone would be pointless, because they were a gang.

Alice, you're almost there. You've saved enough money to buy Wheat Ear Cake Shop. You just need to go to the notary office tomorrow to make the change.

I'll hand over the cake shop to my dad to run, and with my income from the navy, I'll be able to pay off the debts quickly!

Alice smiled broadly. "Just a little bit more!"

From now on, my little sister will have an endless supply of cakes, and Daddy's hands will have fewer scars.

She thought... her family should have a bright light at night and wine in their glasses when they sing lullabies.

Alice and Yixiao reached the fork in the road and saw the uncle heading towards the casino area. After the girl's attempts to dissuade him failed, she shook her head.

Gambling is not an entertainment that ordinary people can enjoy.

If this kind-hearted uncle joins the navy, he might even become a captain in the future.

In a shabby, dimly lit slum, a gentle voice rang out: "Lina, your big sister brought you a little cake~"