One Piece: Starting with Breathing Techniques

The scene that came into view was shocking.

The courtyard was deathly silent, the huge house was empty, and there was no trace of the children anywhere in the distance.

The once warm and inviting courtyard was now covered in shocking bloodstains, with countless bloodstains scattered throughout the messy space.

Almost every part of the courtyard was stained with a small amount of blood, and the strong smell of blood rushed into the two people's nostrils.

Whether it was the chaotic mess of furniture and belongings or the shocking sight of bloodstains everywhere, everything sent a chill down Beg's spine.

While they were away, something happened to the children in the yard!

"What...what happened?"

Bege swallowed hard.

Things might be even worse than he thought.

He rushed into the house and began searching everywhere, staggering as he rummaged through each room, trying to find the children.

They searched every room, but it remained empty.

Beg felt increasingly desperate, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

He opened the wardrobe in the last bedroom and finally saw a thin, blood-soaked figure fall out of it.

Beg's pupils contracted sharply, and he quickly caught the person who fell from the wardrobe.

"Ika? Ika?!"

"How are you?!"

Ika was the little one who loved following Beg around the most; her innocent and cheerful personality always warmed the hearts of everyone else in the yard.

But now, Ika's lips were pale and completely bloodless, her hands clutching her bleeding abdomen, her life force slowly fading.

Seeing Beg's panicked face, Ika barely opened her eyes, her voice barely audible, "Be...Beg...you're back..."

"Someone...broke in...open fire..."

"Everyone was... taken away..."

He coughed up blood, but then smiled.

"I hid like you taught me...and overheard what they were saying..."

"They said...they're going to auction off slaves today and purge the entire city..."

"Begg...while they're managing the slaves right now...you'd better escape..."

As a former intelligence officer, Beg had been trained to be extremely calm and never let his emotions control him.

But at this moment, tears welled up in Bege's eyes.

He awkwardly covered Ika's wound, his voice trembling slightly.

"Don't say anymore... I'll take you to get treatment right away!"

Despite Beg's whisper, Ika forced a smile, "It's no use..."

He stretched out his blood-stained hand, "Begg...you must live..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ika's heart stopped beating completely, and her right hand fell limply to the ground.

That small face, which was clearly in pain but had forced a smile, also drooped at that moment.

"..."

Feeling Ika completely lifeless in his arms, Beg lowered his head, his expression unreadable, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

The countless Pele he had just regarded as his hope had long been thrown aside by him.

Pele's blood, splattered all over the ground, gradually became stained, but Pele didn't even glance at it.

He gently laid Ika down and softly closed her still wide-open eyes.

He turned around, pulled a package from his master bedroom, lowered his head so his expression was unreadable, and walked straight out into the yard.

When he passed through Kilo, his voice was hoarse and almost inaudible.

"...Let's end our deal here."

"Don't get involved with me."

He recognized the marks on the ground in front of the courtyard.

That was a magnificent palanquin, carried by the world's most precious steed and built of Adam wood, a unique mode of transportation for the Limoshef family, one of the Celestial Dragon families.

The Limosieve family was the very family that originally captured these children and enslaved them.

This also means that the remaining children have most likely been taken away by the Celestial Dragons of the Lemurian family.

"Wait, you..."

Ignoring Kiro's attempts to dissuade him, Bege acted as if he hadn't heard a word, and left the courtyard with the package.

Looking at the courtyard in disarray, Kiro remained silent.

Recalling the news he had just heard from Ika, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"The slave auction has been brought forward? Are they going to clear out the entire city?"

After hesitating for a moment, he left the empty courtyard and headed straight out of the city.

After crossing several streets, Kilo easily scaled the extremely high walls of Mary Geoise and waited in an open space outside the city.

A moment later, a revolutionary scout rushed over, took the notebook from Kiro's hand, and then hurriedly left.

As the reconnaissance soldier's figure gradually disappeared from sight, Kiro hesitated for a moment, then pulled a Den Den Mushi from the backpack behind him.

……

At the foot of a cliff a few kilometers from Mary Geoise.

After crossing an extremely high hill, countless dark red tents that blended seamlessly with the environment suddenly appeared on the Red Earth continent.

The revolutionary soldiers, densely packed together, rested on the flat ground, preparing for the fierce battle that was about to begin.

All five revolutionary armies have arrived.

All the revolutionary army cadres had gathered in the largest tent.

"So, once we've dealt with Dragon and distracted the World Government and the Navy, we'll seize the opportunity and quickly liberate all the slaves!"

Ivankov tapped on the detailed information on the whiteboard.

"These are the data that Kiroboy sent back these past few days. Have you all memorized them?"

The document records the specific structure of Mary Geoise, as well as a very detailed map of its perimeter.

All the army commanders nodded.

They conducted repeated studies on this information within their respective military units.

After all, this directly relates to the success or failure of their plan, and whether the revolutionary army's reputation can spread throughout the world depends on this move!

"Very well, then let's discuss this further..."

Ivankov cleared his throat, preparing to explain the next steps.

Sudden.

A revolutionary army scout hurriedly lifted the curtain of the meeting tent, his face covered in sweat, clearly having run all the way there.

"New intelligence!"

Under the questioning gazes of the crowd, he handed a piece of paper to Ivankov, who was chairing the meeting.

"This is intelligence that Mr. Kiro just sent over!"

"It looks like a structural diagram of a slave warehouse!"

"What?"

Ivankov was startled, then overjoyed, and took the intelligence document.

This concerns the most important part of their plan—the liberation of the slaves!

Therefore, the value of this latest intelligence is evident.

Just as everyone was overjoyed...

"Brubrubrubrubru!"

Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi in the conference room rang, its shrill sound startling everyone.

"Who was it? Didn't we just talk on the phone this morning?"

Ivankov paused for a moment, then answered the Den Den Mushi.

This is a specially made Den Den Mushi (snail phone) that can amplify the sound so that everyone in the conference room can hear it.

"Feed? Is this the general offensive force?"

Kilo's voice came from the other side, startling the army commanders in the conference tent.

"Kilo? We've already received your intelligence."

Ivankov spoke, his tone calm and composed.

"The structural diagram of the slave warehouse is extremely helpful to our operations!"

However, Kiro on the other end of the Den Den Mushi sighed.

"No, I didn't call about that."

"you……"

Kilo paused for a moment.

"You may need to be prepared to implement the action ahead of schedule."

"What?!"

The army commanders were shocked and slammed their fists on the table, staring at the Den Den Mushi with astonishment.

Are you sure?!

"At this very moment?!"