One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked - Chapter 12
“At the same time, inside the bandit stronghold.
The spacious wooden hall was littered with empty wine bottles, gnawed-clean bones, and peanut shells.
The bandits, who had just finished a round of looting, gathered together to drink heartily and revel.
“Hahaha, boss, when we passed by Windmill Village this morning, we encountered a babbling fool who claimed to be some water goddess.”
“Seeing how abnormal she looked, we initially ignored her. Who would have thought, she turned out to be a distant relative of restaurant owner Icey!”
“So we gave her a good beating, ahahaha!”
Several bandit lackeys enthusiastically recounted today’s anecdotes to the seated boss, Xiger Xiong.
“Oh? Icey has such a sister?”
Xiger raised his head and poured a large cup of wine into his belly, sneering, “What a pitiful guy, he doesn’t even know it, but he’ll never be able to repay that debt in his lifetime!”
He could always collect high interest if he didn’t allow the other party to repay the debt cleanly.
His ambition was great, and if this method of borrowing money with high interest succeeded Icey, then the entire bandit group’s future business would no longer be the extremely risky burning, killing, and looting!
“Speaking of which, I have to thank him for showing us another path to wealth.”
At these words, the underlings below raised their cups, applauding.
“It’s all thanks to your wisdom and insight, boss. It’s truly our honor to follow someone as excellent as you!”
Arrogant and conceited, Xiger greatly enjoyed hearing such words, his mouth unable to suppress a smile.
Just as he was about to invite his lackeys to feast, he suddenly noticed that the light outside seemed obscured by something, becoming dim.
Outside, in the bushes by the mountain road.
Bathed in blue light, Aqua closed her eyes, surrounded by several streams of water.
Pale ribbons fluttered in the breeze, displaying the rich, sacred aura unique to the Water Goddess.
“All my subjects in this world, obey the command of the Water Goddess, Aqua.”
“Grant my request, fulfill my wish, and reveal your power to the world, Sacred Water Manifestation!”
As the final words fell, with Aqua reaching out her hands, a large magic array suddenly appeared above the bandit stronghold!
Roaring!
A torrential flood poured out like a hundred-foot waterfall, its loud and majestic sound quickly plummeting to the ground under the pull of gravity.
Xiger in the wooden house had just sensed movement when the sudden flood arrived with a crash.
Boom!
The terrifying impact swept everything away, the fragile wooden house collapsing on the spot, turning into countless boards and beams flowing down the mountainside with the flood.
Caught off guard, most of the bandits met the same fate, drifting helplessly in the water, only able to watch as their bodies were carried to the low-lying mountains and forests.
As the leader of this group of bandits, Xiger Xiong, who was somewhat stronger, couldn’t resist the force of the flood either. He was swept away by the surging waves and hung high on the branches of a large tree in the southeast direction.
This bounty of eight million was now completely dumbfounded, hanging in the breeze of the mountain forest.
The seemingly decent bandit stronghold had become a ruin in just a few seconds, with trees falling and debris everywhere!
The bandits who had just been drinking and reveling were scattered in the water stains, all suffering different injuries!
Icey crouched in the bushes, looking at the chaotic bandit stronghold, his expression unavoidably showing some shock.
Aqua’s all-out effort seemed even more powerful than he had imagined.
Fortunately, he didn’t let her unleash it in the restaurant. Otherwise, apart from other things, the compensation from the villagers alone would have been enough to cost him his life!
Seeing that the bandits were already in disarray, Icey crouched in the bushes without moving.
Although the most threatening firearms on their bodies were soaked in water and temporarily unusable, he was confident that with his sturdy physique, he could withstand cold weapons such as swords and knives.
But there were still quite a few remaining forces on the other side, and now was not the best time to act.
If Icey had a thirty percent chance of dealing with these bandits at the beginning, now he had sixty percent.
And if he let Aqua continue to deal with them like this for a few days, then this probability would increase to ninety percent!
Before coming, Icey had considered whether to join forces with the villagers of Windmill Village.
With their help, they could solve the Xiger Bandit Group in the shortest possible time.
But in the end, he didn’t do it.
Apart from the weak villagers who were always afraid of bandits, he didn’t want to share the nearly ten million berries in bounty with anyone else!
“Well done, Aqua, let’s withdraw for now and come back to give them water tomorrow.” Icey waved to signal Aqua to slip away.
“For me, as a goddess, this level of effort is just like sneezing!”
Praised by Icey, Aqua stood with her hands on her hips, looking pleased and happy.
“Hey, Icey, don’t walk so fast, I don’t know the way!”
When she realized the great power of the Water Goddess, she was left behind by Icey, who had already turned back along the original mountain road, walking more than ten meters away.
The distant sun gradually set, casting a veil of darkness over the coastline, signaling the arrival of night.
As a deity, Aqua possessed the divine eye that could see through everything in the world. Although her divine power was greatly suppressed when she crossed into the pirate world, seeing through the darkness was still not a problem.
In short, it was night vision.
So, what Aqua was afraid of was not the night itself but the beasts that became extremely active in this mountain forest at night, as well as various uncertain dangers!
However, when Aqua stepped forward to chase after Icey, her feet softened, and she fell into the bushes with a flat-ground posture.
The long-distance Sacred Water Manifestation just now didn’t seem as easy as she had said.
Or, she overestimated her power, which had not yet fully recovered!
Dense bushes suddenly blocked the field of vision, and Aqua raised her head, unable to see the gradually receding figure of Icey.
What’s worse, there were still rustling sounds not far away, as if some kind of beast was moving.
Fear spread rapidly in her brain.
“Wait, wait, Icey, Lord Icey, please don’t leave me!”
The water goddess, weak all over, was scared to tears with fear in her eyes.
At the moment of despair, a familiar voice came from afar.
“Really, isn’t it just sneezing casually?”
Icey, who had turned back, pushed aside the bushes.
Blocking the way, and came to Aqua, who was trembling on the ground.
Thinking that she was about to die in the mouth of a beast or be discovered by bandits and then hung on a tree to dry, Aqua couldn’t help but burst into tears when she saw Icey, and she hugged his trouser leg, crying loudly.
“Lord Icey! I knew you wouldn’t leave me…”
As soon as she opened her mouth, her mouth was covered by Icey’s hand.
“Keep it down, you jerk. If you attract the bandits over here, I’ll abandon you without hesitation!”
At Icey’s words, Aqua immediately stopped crying and nodded repeatedly.
Fortunately, the bandits at this time were confused by the sudden flood and had no extra energy to pay attention to other things.
“Come on, we need to leave quickly.”
Icey bent down and silently wiped the snot off his trouser leg.
After completing this action, he reached out his hands, hooked Aqua’s firm and fair legs, and firmly picked her up.
Under the increasingly thick night, they quickly left the bandit-occupied hilltop and returned to the brightly lit Windmill Village.
“Phew, finally back, I’m so exhausted.”
Aqua, whose feet were back on the ground, regained some strength, sniffing and greedily breathing the harmonious and safe atmosphere of the village.
“Icey, why aren’t you saying anything?”
She noticed Icey, who was silent beside her.
“…I think, Aqua, you should lose some weight.”
Icey shook his somewhat sore arms.
Aqua’s small face blushed, and she quickly made excuses: “You! That’s the weight of a goddess, not my own weight!”
Icey couldn’t be bothered to argue with this stubborn fool of a goddess and walked towards the restaurant on his own.
Seeing this, Aqua hesitated for a few seconds before following closely behind.
“Really, Icey, it’s super rude to say such things in front of a goddess. Can’t you learn a bit from those elegant and gentlemanly heroes?”
“Can elegant gentlemen make money?”
“No.”
“Then what use are they to me?”
“What you said seems to make sense!”
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