General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 848: Extra : Things Are Not the Same as People
Spring Queen City.

On the sea outside the city, a sea train passing by was hijacked by a group of pirates who appeared out of nowhere. This kind of thing should have caused riots in the city and panic among the people, but at this moment it attracted a group of people from the Holy Poplar Kingdom to watch the excitement.

Even the faces of the merchants and tourists who had gathered here from all over did not show a trace of panic. Old people, children, men and women, all stood in the spacious and bright port with their necks stretched, with curiosity on their faces.

A little boy with a runny nose was led by an old man with a gray beard. He licked the lollipop in his hand with relish and asked with innocent curiosity: "Grandpa, they are all talking about pirates. What are pirates? Thieves?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, touched his grandson's head and said with a smile: "Pirates and thieves are not the same kind of stuff, you must not confuse them. Thieves usually just steal chickens and dogs, steal people's money, and rarely hurt people's lives. But pirates are a group of criminals who burn, kill, rob, and plunder, and are lawless thugs. For them, killing people and slaughtering villages for money, goods, beauty, wine, and is just a commonplace. But it's normal that you don't know about pirates. In this era of exploration with rising sea levels, although there are wider seas than in the past, there are countless fewer pirates wreaking havoc on the sea than in the past when pirates were everywhere. Today, pirates, a thing of the past, have become a rare thing. Even in the news of the Seagull Newspaper, there are rarely any outstanding pirates emerging."

"Then pirates are bad guys, worse than thieves?" The little boy was a little confused.

The old man nodded and affirmed, "Yes, much worse than a thief."

"Then why aren't people afraid?" The little boy scratched his head and looked around at the group of people watching the fun, somewhat puzzled.

"Hahaha, because this is Spring Queen City."

The old man picked up his grandson and pointed him in the direction of the city, where there was a towering building rising from the ground. On the top of the building was a sculpture of three crossed long swords that shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Because this is the headquarters of the Hunter Guild. The Hunter Guild is now the most powerful justice organization on the sea, except for the World United Government. It has countless heroes and brave men. Under the leadership of the president, they traveled across the sea, fighting against violence and protecting the good, fighting against natural disasters and man-made disasters, and cooperating with the World United Government. In this catastrophe that destroyed the world, they saved countless people."

"Hunter's Guild, President?" Hearing the name of the Hunter's Guild, the little boy instantly became excited and even forgot to eat the lollipop in his hand. With a gleam in his eyes, he looked at his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, is the president very powerful?"

"It's awesome."

"More powerful than pirates?"

The old man's face was full of admiration, and he nodded and said, "Of course! The president is recognized by the whole world as the world's number one swordsman. He owns three black swords and can cut through the sky and split the sea. He is extremely powerful and is one of the most powerful people in the sea today..."

"One of them? Are there many people as powerful as the president?"

The old man thought for a moment, "There are certainly not many people as strong as the president, but there are definitely more than a few. For example, the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Army, Mr. Storm Dragon King Dragon, the commander-in-chief of the Navy Headquarters, Mr. Burning Sky Lava Sakaski, the commander-in-chief of the Dawn Navy, Mr. Savior King Zephyr, the commander-in-chief of the G5 Navy, Mr. Skylark, the goddess of weather, and the generals of various tribes..."

The little boy listened attentively and couldn't help asking: "Who is the strongest among them?"

"The strongest?" The old man was stumped by his grandson's question. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come to a definite conclusion.

The deeds of these big shots he mentioned were all what he read on Den Den Mushi News. He had never personally witnessed how powerful those big shots were, and he had no idea who was stronger when compared to others.

But speaking of the strongest, the old man couldn't help but think of a name that once existed in this world, on this sea, and was engraved in the hearts of countless people, shocking them to their core.

If we talk about the strongest person in the world, I am afraid that only that person can surpass all those world-famous figures mentioned above and is the undisputed strongest person.

It was that man who rose to prominence in just a few years, slew countless pirate overlords who dominated the sea, and single-handedly destroyed the Great Pirate Era, overthrowing the World Government that had ruled the world for 800 years. Even though he had passed away for more than a decade, his huge influence still deeply affected the entire world...

Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help but look up at a majestic and god-like sculpture of a mythical beast in the crowded crowd not far away. He remembered that many years ago, the young sailor in white clothes stood in this place, this port, and helped their Holy Poplar Kingdom to resist an army of pirates as many as 20,000 people.

At that time, he was not that old, and was still an ordinary soldier of the Holy Poplar Kingdom. But he had the honor of seeing the young and shy man who later became famous all over the world.

However, when the old man wanted to tell his grandson the name of the invincible and strongest man, he could not remember the man's name for a moment because of his increasingly declining memory.

This made the old man feel an unconcealable shame.

You have to know that man once saved this city, this country, and saved these soldiers and their families. Later, he was even considered a great man who saved the world. How could I not feel ashamed if I even forgot the name of my savior?

The old man was thinking hard when he heard the exclamations of the people around him. He turned his head with his grandson and looked up. When he saw the person appearing in the sky, his cloudy eyes suddenly widened, his lips trembled, and he finally said the name that he had said and thought of countless times in his old and hoarse voice.

"Lan... General Lanlin, Rorschach!" The old man's voice seemed to suddenly evoke the memories of the people around him. The onlookers showed an expression of unbearable excitement as they watched the familiar figure flying from the distant sky and rapidly landing on the top of the train on the sea.

He was a tall young man with white hair, blue eyes and a slender and upright figure. He was dressed in a snow-white military uniform, and a wide cloak of justice fluttered in the wind behind him. In his hand he held a pitch-black halberd. Although his face looked young, the look in his eyes was extremely calm and stern.

Everyone just saw him wave his hand casually, and an invisible vibration spread out from his hand, covering the entire sea train under his feet. With a slight buzzing sound, the roofs of the carriages cracked, and figures of people vomiting blood shot out from them like fountains, falling heavily on the roof of the sea train or into the sea, while the passengers who were held hostage in the carriages were unharmed.

When the people at the port saw this scene, they were instantly excited and everyone applauded and cheered.

There were young people and teenagers who excitedly shouted the name of Kirin General, and they couldn't wait to rush to the side of the sea train to get close to the idol they often saw on the Den Den Mushi live broadcast.

Some of the elderly elders, however, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure with tears in their eyes, choking and shouting, "General Lan Lin! General Lan Lin!"

On the top of the train, the young man holding the black halberd heard the words "General Lan Lin" echoing from the distant port. His tall figure trembled and a trace of sadness emerged in the depths of his eyes, but it quickly disappeared and turned into calmness again.

He walked up to the bearded, scarred burly man, looked down at him, and said coldly, "You are Joseph, the army commander of the Black Drum Kingdom, right? You pretended to be a pirate to rob the sea train. Are you here to disrupt the opening ceremony of the sky train?"

The scarred sturdy man whom he called Joseph climbed up with blood on the corner of his mouth, holding a heavy sword. A trace of panic flashed in his evil eyes, but he soon grinned fiercely and said, "What Black Drum Kingdom or White Drum Kingdom? I don't know what you are talking about! I am..."

Just as he was about to say the name of his pirate group and his own name, his head suddenly tilted back as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer. A long string of blood spurted out of his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. The whole person was lifted off the ground, flew backwards through several carriages, fell on the roof of the train, and his whole body was embedded in the iron shell of the roof and fainted.

"I'm not interested in listening to a made-up pirate group name you made up. You've been arrested on suspicion of crimes endangering the world, and you'll be sent to Judicial Island for trial and sentenced according to your crimes. As for your king, Wapol, he will also be impeached by the World United Government and dealt with according to the law." The five-pointed star in the white-haired young man's eyes flashed for a moment, then his pupils returned to normal, withdrew from the unconscious Joseph, and glanced faintly at the sea in the distance.

Far away over there, there was a burly figure walking on the waves, as swift as the wind, with a burning fighting spirit locking onto him from afar.

At the same time, a thunderous roar like a thunder came from the other party's mouth, instantly drowning out the voices of countless people in the port of Spring Queen City and resounding over the sea.

"Qilin! Fight me!"

The thunderous sound shook the sea and actually caused a storm on the sea surface, causing the waves to roll and even the heavy sea train to shake.

"Annoying guy." Qilin frowned, stepped forward and pulled out Joseph who had sneaked onto the roof of the car. His cloak spread out behind him, and his tall body soared into the sky like a seagull, straight into the sky, and disappeared from the sight of ordinary people in the blink of an eye.

On the sea, Rao, who had been rushing here at lightning speed, gritted his teeth when he saw this, bent his legs and squatted, and stomped hard. With a loud bang, the sea surface hundreds of meters below his feet shook and exploded, and the whole person soared into the sky like a cannonball. His speed increased a hundred times in an instant, and his figure shot towards Qilin as fast as thunder and punched it directly.

"Don't go! Qilin! We must decide the winner today. The commander-in-chief and his men have already agreed that whoever wins between you and me will be the supreme commander of the four major armies of the World United Government in the future."

Rao punched out, and the sea of ​​clouds within a radius of thousands of meters swirled around his fist. The sky seemed to be shattered by his punch. Countless black and red lightning spread from his fist, and an aura as heavy as a mountain rose infinitely from his body, making his burly figure as tall and domineering as a demon. He no longer had the previous restraint that made him have to squat even to sit on the seat of the sea train for fear of squeezing the seat.

"Stop talking nonsense. We G5 have never agreed with the Supreme Commander. Are you, the Revolutionary Army, finally showing your claws and wanting to take over all power and become another dictatorial world government? If that is the case..."

"Don't force me to destroy your revolutionary army!"

The look in Qilin's eyes turned grim, and he suddenly let go of Joseph, who was in his hand. The black halberd in his right hand hummed, and he smashed it down with a bang. The earth and the sky trembled, and countless spider-web-like cracks spread outward from the blade of the fallen halberd, covering the sky in an instant. Rao, who was rushing into the sky, was like a small insect falling into the center of a spider web, and looked incomparably small under the magnificent sight of the sky shattering. The vortex sea of ​​clouds created by his heavy punch was torn apart by countless cracks in an instant, and shattered into flowing clouds and mist.

"Boom!"

The next moment, the sky shattered, the earth collapsed, and unimaginable terrifying shock waves surged down, hitting Rao's burly and tall body like a volcanic torrent, causing blood to spurt out of his mouth. He fell from the sky like a meteorite, and slammed straight into the ten thousand meter deep sea and into the depths of the seabed.

Joseph, the captain of the Black Drum Kingdom army who had been thrown thousands of meters away by him, fell from the sky at this time and was caught by Qilin again. Joseph's expression had become dull and stupid, and he looked at Qilin as if he was looking at a god.

Qilin didn't even look at him, but silently grasped the halberd in his hand, overlooking the vast sea below, and flew towards the Seven Water City.

"Dad, I will definitely protect this world and will never let you down!"

(End of this chapter)