Chapter 275: Sauron: What? You're asking for directions.
This is a quiet little village, surrounded by the sea on three sides and mountains on one side.
The villagers usually do farming, fishing, hunting, and what a few villagers choose to do - learning kendo.
In this small village there is a dojo that teaches kendo, accepting apprentices of all ages, from adults to children.
The child lying on the beach and sleeping soundly at this time is one of the apprentices of the dojo. He is wearing a black kendo uniform and has conspicuous green hair on his head.
There were two bamboo swords and two dumbbells scattered around the child. It seemed that he couldn't wait to go home after his hard exercise and fell asleep immediately.
After an unknown amount of time, the child opened his eyes dazedly, and saw a circle of heads surrounding him.
The child sat up suddenly with a frightened expression: "Who are you?"
"Hello, we are a tour group passing by here. We would like to ask if there are any fun places and delicious food on the island, and where to go if we want to buy supplies."
The person who spoke was Zhang Daye. When he saw the green hair and the bamboo sword next to him, he guessed the identity of the child, so he joined everyone else in watching.
"Tour group?" The green-haired kid's eyes swept across everyone's faces. Maybe he was insensitive, but he didn't react much to the skeletons and robots in front of him.
"Yes, tour group, our ship is parked there." Zhang Da also pointed in the direction.
The Amber was parked not far from the seashore. They rowed a small boat to the shore. Except for the flag monster who was left behind to watch the boat, everyone went ashore.
While sitting on the boat, Zhang Da suddenly remembered to ask Wendy if she felt uncomfortable, because after learning dragon-slaying magic to a certain level, one will get dizzy in transportation.
The principle is that to learn dragon-slaying magic, one needs to attach dragon power to humans so that people can gain the power to fight dragons, but the side effect is that dragon power will destroy the semicircular canals of the human body, so dragon-slaying wizards will get dizzy in vehicles.
Wendy shook her head and said she had never been sick in transportation.
It seems that her practice of dragon-slaying magic is not enough. When she gets seasick, it means that she has become stronger. As for how to continue the journey at that time, we will figure it out when the time comes.
For example, using healing magic to heal the semicircular canals? But there is another problem. Wendy's healing magic cannot be used on himself. Zhang Da also looked at his hands. After a while, he should be able to obtain Wendy's physique. Maybe he can also learn some healing magic?
Thinking of this, Zhang Da looked at Ye Yan with a little disdain. Until now, he had not found any special abilities that Ye Yan brought to him. He guessed that it might have increased his physical fitness, but because Ye Yan himself was not very good, the bonus provided was not very good either.
"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? Are you looking for trouble?" Ye Yan, who had just been beaten in the afternoon, caught Zhang Da's disgusted look and felt very unhappy.
"It's okay." Zhang Da also patted Ye Yan's shoulder, and his eyes turned into pity.
"What does that look mean? It makes me even more upset, you bastard!" Ye Yan was helpless and furious.
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"What? So you're here to ask for directions. I'll take you to the village." Little Zoro became enthusiastic when he thought that these people were asking for directions. These people didn't look like bad people, and that ship was just an ordinary ship. They shouldn't be pirates.
Everyone watched as Zoro packed up his things quickly and led the way, and followed without hesitation. What bad intentions could a child have?
Only Zhang Da hesitated for a moment, but finally followed with a smile. After all, the place was not that big, so he might as well just have some fun.
As Zoro walked, he introduced himself: "I am Roronoa Zoro, a disciple of Isshin Dojo. This is Seimo Shigeki Village (Shimotsuki Village). If you want to buy anything, you can wait for the market tomorrow morning. Most people have closed their stalls and gone home by now."
Five minutes later, Zoro looked at the familiar ship on the sea and fell into deep thought: "When did you... bring the ship over here?"
"You've taken the wrong path!" Perona patted Zoro on the back of his head and shouted in disbelief, "Why would someone get lost in his own village!"
"Nu... Numb!" Zoro's face flushed, and he said stubbornly, "I just want to see if there is anything I forgot here!"
Another five minutes later, everyone followed Zoro back to the starting point.
Perona complained, "You're obviously lost!"
"I didn't!" Zoro felt that the little girl in front of him was annoying, as if she was naturally incompatible with him.
"How pitiful! How did a person like you who has a poor sense of direction survive to this day?" Perona's big eyes were filled with tears of sympathy. "Come on, don't give up!"
"Don't encourage others without permission!"
The others looked at Zoro with sympathy. They thought that the child must have gotten lost and couldn't find his way home, so he fell asleep on the beach. They had to find a way to send him back.
"Wendy." Zhang Da couldn't help but ask, "Can your healing magic cure people with poor direction?"
"I'm sorry, Brother Tatsuya, I've never heard of such magic." Wendy seemed to take it seriously and was a little distressed because she couldn't think of a way to cure her lack of direction.
Zhang Tatsuya felt relieved when he was called "brother Tatsuya". It was worth it for him to correct the problem of addressing her. From now on, Wendy is our real sister. "It's not your fault. This child is hopeless."
Even Chopper, a famous doctor whose medical skills are close to the top of this world, cannot cure those who are crazy about flowers, have poor sense of direction, and are idiots.
"Let me go and take a look." Small wings appeared behind Xia Lulu and she flew into the sky.
Tom looked up at Xia Lulu in the sky and reached out to take out a bundle of explosives. He remembered that as long as he lit the fuse, he would also grow wings, with a halo and a harp.
But this was too painful, so let it go. Zhang Da watched Tom put away the explosives with a cold sweat on his forehead, while the others didn't know that they had escaped a disaster.
It didn't take long for Xia Lulu to land: "I see the village. Let me lead the way."
Next, with Xia Lulu leading the way, the journey became much smoother.
Zoro, who had been arguing with Perona, finally noticed the blind spot: "Why can this cat fly and talk? Where on earth did your tour group come from?"
"We come from the Grand Line, where there are many magical people and animals." Zhang Da also said this, although Xia Lulu's ability to fly and talk has nothing to do with the Grand Line.
"It's the Grand Line!" Little Zoro showed a surprised expression. The Grand Line was a completely legendary place for the East China Sea. He then asked, "Are you strong?"
Looking at the eager little Zoro, Zhang Da also said modestly: "Not very strong, just average."
"Oh." Little Zoro lost interest. He originally wanted to compete with the people from the Grand Line, but ordinary adults were no match for him, so he gave up.
Zhang Daye: ...
How can this kid be so honest? Shouldn't you have sensed the swordsman's aura in me and chased me to challenge me no matter what?
Complaining in his heart, Zhang Da also pulled the little Zoro, who had suddenly turned around, back on track.
Perona asked in disbelief: "Why can you go astray when following someone else?"
Little Zoro's face turned red: "Stop talking nonsense, I'm just taking a look!"
Brooke smiled and twirled his cane: "Yo-ho-ho~ What an interesting kid."
Shark Chili analyzed seriously: "From a scientific point of view, he may have some problems with the frontal lobe and temporal lobe of his brain, which leads to poor sense of direction."
Rui Mengmeng didn't understand which part Shark Chili was talking about. She only grasped the key word "brain" and said in surprise: "Huh? Is this child's lack of direction because he has a problem with his brain?"
Ye Yan added: "It's a bit too much to say that there is something wrong with your brain, but if you follow someone, you will always go the wrong way. This is no longer a problem of sense of direction."
Altria remembered that Zhang Da had asked her to throw her shoes when they were tracking Vander Decken on the seabed last time, and consoled her: "Don't be discouraged, maybe you can try throwing branches next time you want to go home?"
Zhang Da was also overjoyed. He didn't expect that before he even started playing, his companions were already better at playing than him. Every word from each of them must have pierced little Zoro's heart.
Little Zoro slammed the bamboo sword in his hand to the ground, and shouted with a red face: "I'm so annoyed! You people are too much!"
Wendy hid behind Zhang Daye: "How scary."
The group continued walking forward for about ten minutes with laughter and finally arrived at Frost Moon Village. Xia Lulu stopped navigating and fell into Wendy's arms.
Perona is holding a teddy bear, and Wendy is holding Xia Lulu. They are two little lolis with twin ponytails, doubly cute.
Some villagers looked at this group of unfamiliar people curiously, but stopped looking after noticing Zoro. They knew Zoro, and those others must be kind people who sent Zoro back to the village.
After arriving at the village, Zoro's complexion finally returned to normal, and he spoke with confidence: "This is Shimotsuki Village. Do you want to visit our dojo?"
Zhang Da also nodded and said, "It's good to go and take a look."
Just as Zoro said, it was almost evening and the market had closed, making it inconvenient to buy things. Besides, most people didn't necessarily have things like sea charts. It would be better to go to the dojo and ask. I think we could at least find out the locations of a few islands.
The companions had no objection and entered the small village together.
Shimotsuki Village was established more than 40 years ago. At that time, Shimotsuki Kosaburo and a group of samurai set sail from Wano Country and experienced various adventures to the East China Sea. Here, they helped the indigenous people defeat bandits and taught people swordsmanship.
During this period, Shimotsuki Kosaburo fell in love with a woman and decided to settle down here. He then led the villagers to establish Shimotsuki Village and the Shimotsuki Dojo, which was later renamed Isshin Dojo.
Later, Shimotsuki Kosaburo's son, Shimotsuki Koshiro, who was also Zoro's master, inherited the dojo and gave birth to Kuina.
Because it was the samurai of Wano Country who led everyone to build the village, the buildings here are generally in Japanese style.
This time, Zoro finally did not get lost and successfully brought Zhang Daye and the others to the dojo.
The yard of the dojo is not small. There is a big tree in the corner, and equipment such as sandbags and dumbbells are placed next to it.
In the yard, a few snotty-nosed kids were practicing basic moves with bamboo swords.
When the children saw Zoro, they greeted him politely, then curiously asked Zhang Tatsuya who they were. Some of the timid ones were frightened by Brook's appearance.
Zoro explained: "They are a tour group from the Grand Line. They wanted to buy some supplies so they asked me for directions."
"It actually came from the Grand Line!" The children's eyes showed admiration.
"He actually asked Zoro for directions!" The children admired him even more.
Having been hurt all the way, Zoro didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore today. He pretended not to understand what they said and asked, "Where is the teacher?"
The children pointed in a direction: "In the living room, talking to the brothers."
Zoro nodded and walked towards the living room with everyone else.
The children behind them were talking:
"Did you see it? Skeletons! So scary!"
"No, it's just a skeleton. Didn't you see that robot? It's so cool!"
"Yes, a shark robot! So cool!"
A bunch of little brats, two cute little lolis, instead of appreciating the robots, they just stare at them. They have a future.
Zhang Da also listened to the discussions behind him and nodded slightly. It seemed that there were only normal children in the dojo. As expected, scum like Momonosuke was an exception. Momonosuke must die.
When they arrived outside the living room, everyone except Shark Chili, Tom and Xia Lulu who were not wearing shoes, took off their shoes and stepped on the floor like Zoro. Although they were a little uncomfortable, they learned to do as the Romans do.
"A-choo~" A sneezing sound came from the door. "Excuse me, teacher, is Kuina's illness getting better?"
"It's just a fever. I feel much better after taking medicine. I just went upstairs to take care of my body as usual." A gentle male voice answered the question. It should be Koshiro.
Hearing this, Zoro opened the door impatiently and rushed in: "Teacher, is Kuina sick?"
Koshiro was kneeling in the living room, wearing gray clothes, with long hair tied into a single ponytail at the back of his head, wearing round-framed glasses, and his eyes narrowed into slits: "Zoro? Yeah, you didn't come back all day today so I don't know. Kuina had a fever in the morning, probably caught a cold last night."
Zoro bowed and said, "I'm sorry!"
Koshiro asked in confusion, "Why are you apologizing?"
"It was me who insisted on challenging Kuina last night and caused her to catch a cold!" Zoro remembered that he and Kuina had fought their 2001st battle with real swords last night, and he was defeated miserably.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a long time outside because of Kuina's troubles, and agreed that one of them must become the world's greatest swordsman.
Zoro felt that it was because he let Kuina stay outside for so long at night that she caught a cold.
"It's none of your business. It's just that the weather has been so strange in the past few days. It's suddenly become cold." Koshiro said with a smile, "Aren't there many children in the dojo who have caught a cold?"
Zhang Da was about to go in and say hello, but he paused when he heard this. The weather suddenly turned cold. Was it Aokiji's fault?
It's only about a day's journey from the glacier to Shimokatsuki Village, so it's not surprising that the cold air affects this place.
At this time, Koshiro also noticed Zhang Tatsuya and the others and asked, "Zoro, did you bring any guests?"
