On the second day, just as the day broke. The stronghold of Higuma Bandits.
After a night of repair, under the command of Higuma, the bandits finally rebuilt the wooden houses that the flood had washed away.
“Phew, I’m exhausted, finally fixed the house!”
“Yesterday’s rain was really strange. I’ve lived in the East Sea for so many years, and it’s the first time I’ve encountered such a strange thing.”
“Do you understand? Similar extreme weather is quite common in that terrifying new world!”
“Is that so? Have you ever been to that area known as hell?”
“No, I’ve only seen it occasionally in the newspapers.”
…
The exhausted bandits sat scattered around the repaired stronghold, their fierce faces filled with tiredness.
Higuma, the leader, sat on a huge rock, staring at the clear sky above, his brows tightly furrowed.
Even though he had ruled here for many years, this was the first time he had witnessed such an exaggerated “rain.”
“This is unbelievable.”
Thinking of the losses this time, Higuma withdrew his gaze, cursing and spitting on the ground.
In the East Sea, where Devil Fruit abilities are rare creatures, he couldn’t understand yesterday’s “disaster,” and could only chalk it up to bad luck encountering such a strange event.
Fortunately, the weather in the East Sea has always been relatively stable, and similar situations should not occur again.
Just as Higuma breathed a sigh of relief, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed, followed by the roaring sound of rushing water again in his ears.
He looked up suddenly and saw the moment when the overwhelming flood poured down from the sky, breaking through.
“Oh damn, again?!”
Boom!
Before the other bandits could react, the rushing flood engulfed them, along with the newly rebuilt houses!
Almost identical to yesterday’s situation, Higuma found himself hanging on the branches of the big tree to the southeast after the flood.
Looking at the mess of the stronghold and the suffering little brothers on the ground, his face was extremely gloomy.
Normally, ordinary people would have broken several bones after being hit by such a sudden flood twice. Still, Higuma was not seriously injured, apart from being a bit embarrassed.
After all, he was a guy with a bounty approaching ten million who had taken down 56 team leaders (if this guy wasn’t bragging), so his physical fitness would not be too bad.
In the original work, he had the misfortune of encountering the ridiculously strong Red Hair Pirates, so he didn’t have much chance to show off.
Icey, hiding in the distant bushes, remained calm. After exchanging a smirk with the water-discharged Aqua, he quietly left.
With the lesson learned from last time, Aqua could now control the Holy Water’s generation skillfully so she wouldn’t feel exhausted after using it.
Even Icey had to admit that this silly goddess had unparalleled talent in terms of power control and potential.
The more he realized this gap, the deeper the regret in Icey’s heart:
Why did his first partner have to be this clever goddess Aqua?
In the days that followed, apart from maintaining the restaurant’s daily operation and dealing with the little Luffy who came to eat free meals, Icey would go to Higuma stronghold with Aqua to release water.
After several tortures, it was clear that the arrogant and overbearing bandits were in a rather closed state.
Even Higuma, who had relatively good physical fitness, had dark circles under his eyes, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse.
He even had the idea of relocating the stronghold and leaving this damn hill to redevelop!
Finally, after five days of torture, with Higuma tacit approval, the bandits began to behave badly, each equipped with a sturdy umbrella.
Anyway, the repaired wooden houses would sooner or later be washed away by the flood, so there was no need to repair them!
“Icey, Icey, when are we leaving today?”
Aqua, who had just finished three big bowls of fried rice, was eager to try in the Windmill Village restaurant, her aqua-blue pupils sparkling with anticipation.
Although she refused to admit it as a dignified and outspoken goddess, she seemed to have fallen in love with the feeling of shooting arrows in the dark like a cat in the corner.
It feels really good!
Not long ago, she mocked Icey’s cunning.
It’s hard to say who’s not serious…
“Rest for a couple of days and give them some hope after the rain clears, otherwise if they move away from the stronghold, we’ll have to find another one, there’s no need to increase the risk unnecessarily.”
Icey sat at the front desk, legs crossed on the table, picking up the red tea before him and sipping it slowly.
Just as he took a sip, the bland taste made him realize something was wrong.
He looked down; the liquid in the teacup was clear to the bottom, without a trace of red tea.
“You, you’ve purified my red tea again?” Icey frowned.
Aqua could automatically purify any liquid she touched into natural and uncontaminated pure water as the goddess of water.
Of course, things like alcoholic beverages were unaffected; if she drank too much, she would still vomit; it seemed she had removed this passive state herself.
“Let the goddess make tea, that’s how it is.” Aqua smiled.
“To actually touch someone else’s tea with your body, it’s really perverse.”
Icey glanced at her, “Since there’s nothing to do today, trouble the goddess to clean the toilet.”
Seeing the smile on Aqua’s face about to collapse, Icey’s eyes dimmed, sighing nonchalantly, “Ah, if only I had your powerful skills.”
“Humph, mere mortals shouldn’t compare themselves to goddesses!” Aqua enjoyed being envied and jealous, so she smiled happily and went into the toilet to start cleaning.
Haha, got you!
Icey looked at the extremely pure white water in his hand, hesitated for a few seconds, and out of the principle of not wasting, he still took a sip.
The taste, well, didn’t seem particularly special.
He put down the cup and stood up, intending to go to the shipyard where the carpenters worked to check on the progress of the sailboat, but unexpectedly, a commotion came from outside the street.
“Those bandits are here again! Old people and children, hurry home and hide, don’t go out if you don’t have to!”
“Those guys have been drenched in heavy rain for the past few days, their temper must be bad, everyone, endure as much as possible, try not to provoke them!”
…
Just as Aqua finished her busy work in the toilet and walked out, she heard the alarm of bandits attacking from outside.
“Icey, they, they’re here. Could it be they found out about us secretly releasing water and came to settle scores?!”
Thinking of the “good deeds” she had done these days, the goddess of water immediately felt guilty.
Compared to Aqua’s worried expression, Icey was much calmer, sitting back in his seat, leisurely taking another sip of pure water.
Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt a faint sweetness in the water after a few more sips!
“Rest assured, if we were really exposed, they wouldn’t wait until now to come.”
“It’s just the daily robbery activities of the ruthless bandits, nothing to do with us.”
Boom!
The tightly closed restaurant door was kicked open as soon as he finished speaking.
The arrogant and arrogant bandits filed in, led by the bandit king with a sword at his waist, Higuma!
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