Columbus, if the New World's shipping lanes were turned vertically, it would be on the right side of the fourth shipping lane, with half of its position close to the calm zone.

There is a naval base on the island, which is stationed by a lieutenant general. It also serves as the only port. It imports crude iron and produces fine steel. Coupled with the local iron ore output, it has always been a place that the world government values ​​​​more.

This is originally a winter island, and it snows all year round. However, because of the smelting plant on the island, it also emits high temperatures, which causes the snow to melt when it falls on the ground. As a result, the temperature on the island is always very high, and it can be It will be very cold after arriving on the island. If you are not careful, it will cause illness.

The entire island is like a turtleneck, with half of it surrounded by mountain walls and the other half facing the windless zone.

"Hahaha"

On the beach where the heat was scorching and the air was distorted, a barefoot boy struggled to escape. Behind him, a group of marines were chasing him.

"stop!"

"You're not allowed to go any further, we'll shoot you if you go any further!"

"I won't listen to you!"

The boy's bare feet stepped on the almost crystallized beach. The high temperature made his feet turn red. He gritted his teeth and pointed to the snow-covered sea in front of him, "On the other side of the sea."

boom!

A lead bullet hit his calf, causing him to fall to the ground with a groan.

"Caught!"

A group of marines quickly ran over and pressed the boy to the ground. The hot sand made his face turn red in several places.

He raised his head with great effort and shouted loudly to the sea: "It's freedom!!"

Boom!

In the snowy sky, a dark thunder suddenly aroused, turning the sky into darkness and rolling up a large number of dark clouds.

The sea surface, which was originally calm under the clouds, suddenly whipped up strong winds, causing the waves to roll and the sand on the beach to stir up clouds of sand and mist.

Wow!

Big raindrops fell from the sky, wetting the boy's cheeks and blurring his vision.

The calm sea in front of me had long turned into a storm. As the waves rolled, a moray eel that seemed to be enlarged countless times rose from the bottom of the sea. It opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and roared at the people on the beach. .

"Sea, Neptune type!"

The marines screamed in fright and subconsciously ran to the rear, leaving behind a frightened young man.

"Roar!"

The Neptune species also noticed the little ant below, its golden pupils moved downwards, its mouth opened wider than before, and it leaned over to bite it.

The young man gritted his teeth tightly and wanted to say something, but in front of this huge thing, he completely lost his mind to speak, but his instinct was not to close his eyes, but to stare straight at the sea king.

I don't know if I want to remember this enemy before I die, or if I hope to scare him away with my eyes.

laugh!

Just when this sea king with teeth larger than a teenager was about to bite, something like a blue bird suddenly burst out from its forehead and flew towards the sky along with the ever-expanding wind and rain.

The Neptune's body froze, his head fell straight down, and he fell into the seawater near the beach. There was a huge splash and a wave of waves on the beach, which washed over the young man and made him roll out a few times. lock up.

"Cough, cough!"

The young man coughed out several mouthfuls of sea water and then looked towards the seaside.

Behind the huge Neptune-like corpse, a strange outline appeared faintly in the fierce storm.

The boy had seen it in a book before, so he knew it was a boat!

"Here! I'm here!"

The boy stood up excitedly, waving his hands and jumping up, trying to attract the ship's attention.

In the wind and rain, the ship quickly approached and docked at the port. The gangway lowered from the side of the ship, and a white-haired figure stepped out first.

He walked down the gangway, followed by Miote, who was holding an umbrella. His height of three meters and the big umbrella protected Sage from the wind and rain.

He glanced at the fallen Neptune and said angrily: "What the hell is this?"

Next to him was Lily, who was shrouded by Jambalu holding an umbrella. She had just put away her rapier and said after hearing this:

"Ten minutes, the sixth one. We are entering the windless zone, which is originally the nest of the Sea King species."

Sage clicked his tongue: "That's also on the edge. I haven't encountered the Neptune type in Impel Down City, but I have encountered them here."

Starting from Dressrosa, crossing most of the route, it took ten days to reach Colombas.

Originally, he planned to bring all his subordinates except the demon clan, but he later discovered that Doflamingo didn't have such a ship at all.

Almost all of his ships had around 300 people, so Sag simply switched over, leaving the other men behind in Dressrosa and taking the Demons with him.

The giant Statham was left behind, while the remaining cadres remained unchanged.

Originally there was nothing along the way, at most there were some storms, and everyone was used to it, but after arriving at the destination, Sage discovered that half of the place was surrounded by mountain walls. If you followed the island's mountain walls and surrounded it, you would immediately enter the endless... Wind belt.

If Leti hadn't used power, the ship would have stayed in the windless zone.

The boat given by Doflamingo did not have extra power, and it was not like a warship or sailboat that relied on the wind, so it basically stopped.

That's all. The key is that as soon as we enter the windless zone, there will be Neptunes coming up immediately.

During the ten-minute voyage, I unexpectedly encountered five of them. As we were about to land, one appeared at the port.

"Leave a few guards behind."

Lily looked at the body of the sea king and said, "First we have to ensure that there is no accident on the ship. Moria, can you stay behind?"

"Hehehehe, if you wait on the boat, I'll have no problem." Moria said with a smile.

He is just a lazy guy. This has nothing to do with will. He is happy not to interfere in what others can do.

"Letty, Hawkins, and Urqui, you also stay on the ship to ensure that the ship is not attacked, otherwise, we will stay on this island." Lily said.

"There's no need to be so exaggerated."

Sage was stunned for a moment, "One Shichibukai plus three supernovae can destroy the country."

"In order to prevent more sea kings, Moria as the Shichibukai can be used as the final combat force, Hawkins can divine the probability of the ship's destruction, Leti can supplement the power of the ship, and Urqui can serve as a Extra mobility."

Lily said: "This will ensure your luck to the greatest extent and ensure that the ship will not have any accidents."

"Are you trying to guarantee my luck?" Sage asked suspiciously.

"..."

Lily looked forward, "Sarge, someone is coming."

In front, a young man dragged his injured leg and approached cautiously, looking eagerly at the crowd that was gradually coming down.

This young man had brown hair, a thin body, and tattered linen clothes. He stepped barefoot on the beach and asked cautiously:

"Are you here to bring us freedom?"

"free?"

Sage laughed dumbly: "You can't bring freedom, kid. Well, you have good eyesight. Who are you?"

"My name is Luo Bo. According to legend, the person who carries the black skull and crossbones flag will definitely bring freedom to others!"

Luo Bo looked disappointed and asked reluctantly, "Is it true that it can't bring freedom?"

"Oh? Why do you think that you can't go to the sea here?" Sage smiled and asked.

Of course, what he was asking was not whether he could get out of the Windless Zone. This damn place could easily be swallowed up by sea kings, and it was impossible to get out to sea from here.

but

He looked up at the figures regrouping in the distance. Those people were the navy.

"Stop, where are you?"

The leader of the team was a lieutenant general. He was about to ask a question loudly, but when he saw the person coming, he stopped suddenly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

In the wind and rain, the outlines of those people gradually became clearer, making people look horrified one by one.

The war scene known as the "War on the Top" has just ended. Anyone who watched the live broadcast will remember the crazy existence that broke into the battlefield, carried out the live broadcast execution of the Celestial Dragons, and destroyed Malinfando!

"Oh my god, a natural disaster!"

The lieutenant general subconsciously pulled out the blade and said tremblingly: "What are you doing here!"

"What's this word?"

Sage sneered and said: "What the pirates can do here is of course to rob. I don't want to bother. Hand over the mother steel. It has already been formed. Leave it to me and I will leave immediately."

"Mother, mother steel."

The lieutenant general's eyes widened, "How could you... No, no! We can't make the decision in this matter. It's a natural disaster. This escort mission is carried out by General Qingzhi. He is here. You don't want to face Qingzhi." General Pheasant!"

"Kuzan? Is he here? It's very leisurely. It's so close to the World Government, and it still needs to be escorted by a general? This material looks really good."

Sage laughed and didn't care at all. Then he paused, pointed at Luo Bo and said to the navy:

"What's going on with this kid? You're all out here, aren't you here for me? A lieutenant general is arresting a kid? Why, he killed a noble?"

"These guys in white clothes are bad guys!"

Luo Bo shouted: "These guys are stopping me from finding freedom! I finally escaped from the underground, hid the guards, and just saw the sea in the book, but they came out! Why, the book said that the guys in white are also good people of!"

White clothes?

The navy doesn’t even know?

"Oh, the news is blocked."

Sagar glanced at Luo Bo and said with a smile: "Then you know where you escaped from."

Luo Bo nodded.

"Very good, then you can show me the way. Whether you are imprisoned or don't know the sea for some strange reason, it doesn't matter. When I finish robbing this place, you can go out, hahahahaha!"

Sage waved his hand, "Huogubak, treat his injury. Moria, you stay behind."

Moria grinned, put his hands around the back of his head, and returned to the boat.

"Eh? Can't I go?"

Renedia curled her lips, but became happy again: "Let's play fish fry then! There are many big fish like this in Windless Zone!"

"Then remember to leave the fish meat. Remember, if the whole body is in the shape of a fish, take the abdomen. If the upper body is an animal, then take the part where the animal and the fish meet." Marika smiled. road.

"Okay!" Renedia gestured.

Sagar glared at her angrily, "Fish frying is against the law!"

"I am a pirate, so I am breaking the law." Renedia smiled and stuck out her tongue.

The lieutenant general in front slowly retreated. Seeing that Sager's attention seemed not to be on him, he was about to retreat with the navy, but at this moment, the voice reached his ears.

"Did I let you go?"

The lieutenant general paused for a moment, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. Sage slowly approached and said with a ferocious smile, "Tell me what's going on on this island."

Columbus Corporation.

The huge steel company that the World Government is currently cooperating with is also based on this Columbus Island. It has existed for more than 300 years and is also a well-known company on the sea.

It is not because this is an iron ore island. No matter how rich the iron ore is, after 300 years of mining, there will not be much left.

The main business of this company now is to import a large amount of iron through the World Government as a channel, refine it, and export refined steel in reverse.

Different from Wano Country.

In the channels controlled by Doflamingo, Wano Country produces weapons and seastone.

Columbus Company does not make weapons, but only exports materials. As a material end, it also has a large share in this market. Many countries buy steel here. In addition to producing weapons themselves, they also need it in other aspects.

This is the version of the vice admiral.

Sager is not interested in doing anything to the vice admiral. After getting the information, he let them retreat. Anyway, it is right to get some general information.

Of course, there is another version.

The version from the young boy Robo.

In their eyes, Columbus Company is called the Iron Felt Kingdom, because the logo is iron felt, which they have seen since they were young.

Since they were born, they have never seen the sun and have been living underground. When they open their eyes, they see furnaces and molten iron. In the huge furnace with red heat, they constantly refine crude iron into steel and then send it back.

From childhood to old age, they have been reborn and have become a unique underground kingdom.

The people here have never been in contact with the above, and they don’t know what the exit is. Once someone becomes curious, they will disappear after a while, and when they come back, they will become a taciturn person.

But it was not like this before.

Robo got a book with pictures and texts. A few decades ago, this place was not the Iron Felt Kingdom, but had its real name-Columbus Company.

Although it is still smelting steel, the book at that time recorded the magic of the sea, the freedom of people, and the story of how they relied on steel to gain wealth.

The book even recorded how they came, how they discovered this island, and how magnificent the sea was.

"I told my parents."

Robo, who was quickly cured by Hogbag and is now bandaged and walking with Sag on crutches, said sadly:

"But after hearing the news, my parents got cold syndrome a few days later, but they are obviously not old."

"Cold syndrome?" Sag asked, "What is it?"

"It's a disease. Once people are about to age, they will get this disease and can't go out because it's colder outside than here. Exposure to the cold will also cause this disease."

Robo said as a matter of course: "If you get this disease, you will lose your emotions, just like those grandparents. When they get old, they get cold syndrome and then they don't recognize people, but they still exist. This should also be a kind of comfort."

Hearing this, Lily's face became serious and she subconsciously tightened the hilt of the sword.

"Hehehe"

Sag laughed softly: "Then why do you come out if you know this symptom?"

"I want to see the outside!"

Robo took a deep breath and looked up at Sag with a firm look, "Even if I die, I want to see freedom!"

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