One Piece: Beginning as the Monkey King

The village of Wushi is a poor place, so poor that there is nothing to eat.

In fact, the conditions of Wushi Village itself are not bad: the land is not fertile, but it has output; the weather is a bit changeable, but it is still within the acceptable range; the geographical location is close to the sea, and fishing can be used for food.

However, Wushi Village does not belong to any of the member countries of the World Government. On the contrary, it is ruled by a non-member country of the World Government with strict taxes. Pirates also often visit this place.

When pirates come, the tax-collecting country will not send soldiers to protect the villagers, nor will it repel the pirates. They will only wait and then come to count afterwards.

Don't get me wrong, they are not here to count how much property the villagers have lost, they will only count how many people are left in the village to collect taxes.

Most of the capable young and strong people in Wushi Village chose to go to sea. Therefore, Wushi Village, which was left with only the old, weak, women and children, became even poorer and more powerless to resist.

As soon as Bardock set foot on this land, he felt a repressive atmosphere.

The villagers were very vigilant against outsiders, which was the most Bardock had ever experienced. If it weren't for the fact that the White Dragon Horse did not fly the pirate flag, the villagers would have all taken refuge there.

"This place is so poor, it's almost the most dilapidated village I've ever seen." Perona sighed at the dilapidated houses in Wushi Village.

"Well, this place is often attacked by pirates, and the country's taxes are also very heavy. Have you noticed? There are not many young and strong people in the village. Maybe it won't be long before this place will be destroyed." Robin put down her arms. She had already got enough information.

Perona looked at the thin villagers and nodded in approval, "They look like a group of zombies."

"Robin, have you found someone called baby plus numbers here?" Bardock asked Robin.

Robin pursed her lips and said, "No, not one."

"Indeed, there is none. I didn't hear anything either." Enelu also said.

"Hmm? Did they die?" Bardock whispered to himself.

Robin heard it and asked, "Bardock, is there anything special about them? I can go and ask about it."

"Nothing special, I'm just a little curious." Bardock didn't intend to talk about Baby-5.

Foodless Village is a very rare village with no restaurants. Bardock and his friends wandered around and returned to the White Dragon Horse.

Not long after getting on the ship, Robin suddenly said to Bardock,

"Bardock, I have already found out that there were indeed a few children whose names were baby plus numbers, but they are all dead now. Some of them starved to death, and some died at the hands of pirates.

Their mother was the last to die. I heard that she was muttering the name baby-5 before she died. And this baby-5 had been lost a few years ago.

I heard from the villagers that baby-5 was abandoned in order to save food and pay less taxes."

"Oh? Really? But she didn't abandon baby-5 when she was just born, which shows that she really had no choice but to let her fend for herself. In the end, this world is too difficult." Bardock sighed.

If Im was really one of the 20 kings 800 years ago, it stands to reason that with her ability, if she was given 800 years, she could rule the entire sea.

After all, the Vinsmoke family was able to rule the entire North Sea for 66 days, and finally fell apart under the intervention of the World Government.

But today, 800 years later, there are only more than 170 member states of the World Government, and many places are not included in the jurisdiction of the World Government.

Moreover, the Celestial Dragons massacre an island that is not a member state of the World Government every three years, which makes Bardock really confused about the purpose of Im and others.

They should be deliberately not unifying the entire sea.

Suddenly, Bardock found a bright spot, "Robin, you didn't leave a step just now, how did you ask for these news?"

Robin smiled when he heard it, "My ability has broken through. Just now I went to inquire about the news with my clone, and it went smoothly, just like I went by myself.

In a short while, gigantism will not be a problem.

It's still thanks to you telling me the direction of developing my ability, which saved me a lot of detours."

"Don't say that, it's all the result of your own efforts." Bardock just told her the ability of Robin in the future in advance, so he didn't want to take credit.

Bardock and others

They didn't stay in the Foodless Village for long. When they left, Enelu released several huge lightning bolts on the beach, and many big fish floated to the surface with their bellies turned upside down. This was a gift from Bardock to the Foodless Village.

I don't know how long these big fish can keep them going.