At the bottom of the shaking cabin, the dim oil lamp seemed as if it would be extinguished by the wind at any time. The oil lamp reflected a huge shadow on the ground.
It was like a naughty child pulling and hooking the wings of a dragonfly, but the scale of the picture was magnified hundreds of times.
Of course, it was not a dragonfly, but Bale, who was tied up in layers of steel cables. He slowly opened his eyes, feeling as if he had just had a terrible nightmare. In the dream, his entire face was covered in moss. In his fear, he gradually lost control of his body, turning into a monster filled with violence and anger. He only knew how to kill and destroy.
"Where is this?"
Bale felt dizzy, as if someone had hit him with a heavy object. His brain felt like it was shaking along with the ground. He struggled to open his eyelids. His eye bags were so heavy that they looked like mercury. It was as if something heavy was hanging under his eyes. His skin was wrinkled and painful.
Bale raised his hand to touch his cheek, but suddenly realized that his whole body was stiff. The cold touch reminded his dull nerves that his whole body was wrapped in layers of cold steel cables.
He was stunned, and then a blurry memory surfaced in his mind. He stared in front of him in shock. This was a dim cabin, and the interior of the cabin had been modified into a huge iron cage, and he was locked inside.
His neck turned stiffly, and his eyes glanced to the side. He saw countless sunken scars on the bloodstained wings. Red, white, and green feathers came into view.
Kacha!
The lock of the iron cage was opened, and Ah Jin pushed the iron door open. William's figure appeared. He had an inexplicable smile on his face, and his eyes were like a vulture staring at a dead body. The meaning at the bottom of his eyes made Bale's body suddenly cold. "That nightmare is real!"
"My name is William, the captain of the Black Skull Pirates!" William approached and stared at Bale's expression without blinking. He opened his mouth and said, "I saved you!"
"You saved me?" Bale's mind was a little confused. If he judged correctly, he was tied in an iron cage at the moment, like a sparrow locked in a cage.
"If I hadn't knocked you out and fed you the antidote, you would have turned into a mindless monster or a corpse covered in green spots!" William touched the half-faded moss on Bell's cheek. Bell had been exposed to toxins for a long time, and the toxins had been activated in high concentrations. Even if he had been injected with a buffer agent, there were still traces of infection on his body.
There were some wrinkles on his face. Bale's heart skipped a beat. He saw William reach out and take a mirror from Ah Jin's hand. In the mirror was a face with green spots. Half of the moss that had infected his cheeks had faded, but there were still some spots left, like painted tattoos. It was indescribably strange.
"You're pretty lucky to be able to survive after inhaling the poison of that green plant." William took back the mirror and handed it to Ah Jin. Then he said faintly, "You killed many of my subordinates, and I saved your life. You should know how to repay me with gratitude, right?"
Bale's face was cloudy and uncertain. It took him a long time to calm down his chaotic mind and reconnect all the things. Then his face became extremely pale. "Those plants are poisonous. They not only cause people to become irritable, but also turn people into monsters. Vivian …"
It was not only the Marine soldiers who were poisoned. In the Marine station in Alabasta, a batch of ores covered with green moss had already been transported back.
William frowned. He felt that Bale didn't seem to be listening to him. He licked his lips and his eyes turned coldly, but he seemed to hear a woman's name from the other person's murmur.
He squeezed out a hypocritical smile on his face and interrupted Bale's thoughts. "You didn't listen to me. What are you worried about? Are other people poisoned? I may be able to help! "
Bale returned to his senses and looked at William. Then his eyes lit up with hope. He blurted out, "Yes, you have the antidote!"
"Yes, I have the antidote!" William naturally wouldn't tell Bale that the antidote in his hand could only be regarded as a defective product. He carefully took out a green test tube from his arms and shook it in front of Bale's eyes. "You have a very important person who is also poisoned. You need the antidote to save people, right?"
"Yes!" Bale's mind was filled with fear and self-blame at the moment. His eyes were fixed on the test tube in William's hand, and the struggling chains made a clanging sound.
"It seems that that person is really important!" William had a bright smile on his face. He clenched the test tube with his fist and put it back into his pocket. Then he said with great satisfaction, "Don't worry, the poisoned person won't die in a short time. As long as the antidote is injected within the specified time, there won't be any problems."
Bale looked at the test tube that was put away. His mind became clear and he began to think.
"Calm down. Can you communicate now?" William said coldly. "The antidote is very precious and scarce. Why should I give it to you? Besides, you killed a lot of my people!"
"I killed your people, but you saved me. What do you want me to do?" Bale's intelligence came back online. After all, he was a man who had once been the patron saint of Alabasta. He could still understand this in a roundabout way.
"Very good!" William clapped his hands and said, "I do need you to help me do a very important thing. Once you succeed, the matter of you killing my subordinates can be written off. And the antidote that was used on you, as well as the remaining antidote, can be given to you!"
"What is it?" Bale asked hurriedly. "No matter what it is, I'll promise you. Give me the antidote first!"
"That won't do. The order of the transaction can't be wrong." William walked backward out of the iron cage. Ah Jin locked the iron cage again. William said to the anxious Bale through the iron cage, "Don't worry. Slowly heal your injuries here. When the time is up, I will let you out to complete our transaction."
Bale was burning with anxiety, but he could only watch William's back as he walked away. Soon, the cabin returned to a dead silence. Only Bale's breathing could be heard.
"Princess Vivian, you haven't been exposed to the poison as long as I have, so there should still be time. I will definitely get the antidote and rush back to save you." Bale comforted himself in his heart. At the same time, he swore to himself.
He couldn't save King Cobra or Alabasta. He didn't deserve to be the patron saint of Alabasta. But he, Bale, must save Princess Vivian's life, even if he had to sacrifice his own life.
On the deck, the damp wind brushed past his cheeks. William looked up at the hazy clouds. The wrinkles on both sides of his nose were sunken, making him look gloomy. After a while, he ordered Ah Jin, "It's time. Let's destroy the Navy Club!"
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