Rebirth from Conan

Chapter 254 Escape from the Fire

Chapter 254 Escape from the Fire
"Finally...it's out."

Although Lopezte took the slaves away from here, at least the pirate ship was not burned. This is a blessing in disguise, right?
Several pirates holding buckets of water sat down on the ground, panting.

However, just when they breathed a sigh of relief...

"Hmm? Do you smell a burning smell?" Suddenly, one of the pirates sniffed and said.

"Nonsense, a large area of the deck is burnt black, how can there be no burnt smell?" The other pirates rolled their eyes at him in annoyance.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he felt his butt getting slightly hot again.

"what's the situation?"

"It's weird..."

Everyone stood up from the ground.

Then, smoke poured out from the cracks in the deck.

"Could it be that……"

Someone guessed something and muttered to himself, and the next second...

"Fire! The cabin is on fire! Run!!!"

Shouts came from inside the cabin, and all the remaining pirates, all holding weapons and covered in wounds, rushed out, shouting loudly.

"Is it on fire again?"

The pirates had just rested for less than two minutes and were about to scoop water from the sea with a bucket in their hands, but flames had already emerged from the cabin and ignited the deck where they had put out the rescue.

"Damn..."

"Run, it's too late!"

"The fire can't be stopped!"

"If we don't run, everyone will be burned to death."

The words have not yet fallen.

Everyone dropped their buckets and started shoving each other toward the land.

……

same moment.

Inside the cabin.

Surrounded by fire, Kelly knelt in front of the dying Bock with tears in her eyes.

"Kelly...Senior..." Bock called out weakly.

"Don't talk, I'll take you home." Kelly forced a smile.

However, just as he pulled Bock's arm to his shoulder, he saw that the other party had closed his eyes and completely lost all sound.

"He's dead." Xia He, standing in front of the fire, put his hands in his pockets and said to Kelly's back.

Then, seeing that Kelly remained silent and had no intention of leaving, Xia He couldn't help but ask again: "Do you want to commit suicide for love? Don't you plan to avenge him?"

"revenge……"

Kelly came back to her senses after hearing these two words. She turned around and looked at Xia He and asked, "Who are you?"

"me?"

Xia He wanted to continue calling out Luo's name, but suddenly he discovered that because of the fire in the cabin, the high temperature and smoke had already destroyed most of the disguise on his face.

So he tore off the remaining half of his face skin, grinning and showing his teeth, "Xia He, you are currently a newly recruited crew member of the Don Quixote family."

"Don Quixote Family..." Kaili narrowed her eyes instantly, "If they are pirates, why would they help us?"

"Because... I was forced from the beginning to the end." Xia He blinked and said to Kelly in a joking tone: "Nene, do you think a guy like me with a 'criminal record' can still have a chance to turn over a new leaf and join the navy?"

silence.

Kelly frowned slightly, feeling that she couldn't see through the child in front of her at all.

"Don't talk? That shouldn't be possible." Xia He sighed with regret, "I originally wanted to take this opportunity to defect from the Donquixote Pirates, what a pity..."

With the help of saving the other person's life, he joined the naval base and then took the villagers of Koizumi Village to the town near the base so that they could be protected... It can be said that Xia He's idea was indeed very good.

But the key is...

As a member of a pirate ship, how can the other party be sure that you are truly serving the navy or are just an undercover agent sent by Doflamingo?
This is why the navy never recruits people with experience as a pirate.

"The most urgent thing is to leave here first." Xia He walked towards the boiler room nearby. "Of course, if you still want to commit suicide for love, I won't stop you."

After saying that, he pushed the door open, picked up the axe he had prepared in advance, and chopped it hard at a wall that had been repaired many times.

Behind him, Kelly, who was staring at Xia He, immediately understood what Xia He meant.

The entrance and exit of the cabin had been blocked by the fire.

In the aisle, a large number of wooden pillars were burned, broken and fell down.

There were creaking noises everywhere.

Motivated by the desire to avenge Bock, Kelly, who had regained her spirits, picked up her sword and helped Xia He destroy the ship's hull.

Soon, a large amount of sea water rushed in and extinguished the raging fire following behind.

However, Kelly and Xia He, who had temporarily caught their breath, had no intention of stopping. They were still swinging their axes, trying their best to enlarge the hole in the wall.

About two minutes later.

The sea water filled the entire cabin.

Xia He held his breath and was the first to crawl out of the hole and to the outside of the ship.

Seeing this, Kelly also threw away the axe, followed Xia He, and got out with great difficulty.

"Gurgle~~" Xia He stretched out his hand and pointed to the right.

Although Kelly still had some doubts, seeing Xia He swimming very fast, she had no choice but to choose to believe it again.

……

"Set the boat, quickly set the boat!"

Led by Lopezte, all the slaves boarded the ship.

However, Lopezte was standing at the stern, looking at the pirate ship that had long been engulfed by the fire, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"My benefactor and the two sailors are still on the boat..." he muttered softly.

"Well...Brother Fishman, please start the boat quickly. If we stay any longer, we will definitely be captured by those people again." Someone raised his voice anxiously.

Lopezte finally came to his senses and reached out to pull open the sail.

"Trafalgar Law?"

A Devil Fruit user who can create trees out of thin air...

"I will remember your name."

Looking at the unconscious little Lanxi, Lopezte murmured and then walked to the helm.

……

I don’t know how much time passed.

Xia He suddenly opened his eyes.

What caught my eye was an unfamiliar single room.

From the occasional slight shaking, he immediately guessed that he was in the cabin of a ship.

"Where am I...?"

I remember I was diving in the sea just now...