Keen Village.
Aqua was still flattered, holding tightly to the hem of the young woman's clothes and hiding behind her. However, out of curiosity, he poked his head out from behind the young woman from time to time to look at Dunn, Fujitora Issho and Joanna, who were sitting opposite.
Through the young woman's narration and the order Colonel Dunn received, Fujitora Issho has learned about the entire incident and understood why Dunn and others called Aqua Princess.
"Fujitora Rear Admiral, why did you appear in the Orleans Kingdom?"
Dunn is not jealous because Fujitora was promoted to Rear Admiral by Akira through World Military Draft, because he knows their young man very well. Light Marshal, if it weren't for Fujitora's extraordinary character, even if Fujitora had strong strength, their young Marshal would never have promoted him out of the ordinary.
"I was ordered to investigate Heavenly Gold!"
Fujitora did not hide anything, and simply said, "Akira Marshal discovered that many Affiliated Nation were preying on the common people in order to pay tribute to Heavenly Gold. In order to prevent this kind of thing from continuing and causing people to live in dire straits, they sent my subordinates to leave the headquarters to investigate the situation of all Affiliated Nation!"
"That's it!" Dunn nodded, and then said, "Orleans Kingdom There is no need to investigate, because soon this country will cease to exist!"
Hearing this, Fujitora frowned slightly and immediately turned his head to face the door.
Outside the gate, the huge Birdcage descended from the sky and covered the entire Orleans Kingdom, emitting dazzling light in the sun, like a huge sword of Damocles, which was daunting.
Because he understood Aqua's identity and the general story of the incident, he knew why the young Marshal was so angry. Fujitora did not ask any more questions about this matter. Doflamingo was right. This matter was beyond the scope of his little Rear Admiral's responsibilities.
However, he is still worried that Akira's move will cast dust on the navy's justice.
After a brief silence, Fujitora asked the question he was most concerned about, "To completely destroy Orleans Kingdom is just a matter of Akira Marshal. What I want to know is, where should the people living in this country go?"
"They all deserve to die!"
Without waiting for Dunn to answer, the young woman who was protecting Aqua suddenly intervened and said with some excitement, "The reason why Aqua's mother was... killed by the royal minister Luke is because some people from Keen Village wanted to use this to please the royal minister!"
"What did you say!"
The young man's sudden words were like a bolt of thunder that suddenly hit Dunn's head, making him widen his eyes in disbelief and stand up immediately.
At the same time, when he heard the young woman suddenly mention his mother, Aqua, who had been hiding behind him, his eyes turned red for a moment, and then he couldn't help sobbing.
"Aqua Don't cry!"
After learning that Aqua was the orphan of their comrade Lord Marshal when they were recruits, Joanna has been squatting next to Aqua, making faces at her to make her happy. When she saw Aqua suddenly started sobbing, she quickly stood up and picked him up, and said softly, "Sister, please take you to play for a while!"
Aqua didn't speak, just biting his lips in grievance, his pitiful appearance was heartbreaking.
The young woman also looked up at Joanna at this time, "Officer, please take Aqua out for a walk. I have many things to report to Colonel Dunn!"
Joanna didn't hesitate, hugged Aqua and walked out.
As soon as he walked outside, Joanna saw many villagers in the village running quickly towards the entrance of the village, as if they were fleeing the famine.
Before Joanna could react, the Navy Sergeant who had been standing next to Dunn suddenly rushed out of the room and shouted to the navy soldiers standing neatly outside, "Watch all the villagers in Keen Village, don't let them escape!"
"Yes!"
Without any hesitation, the navy soldiers rushed towards the village entrance with guns in hand, and promptly pulled the triggers to shoot the two villagers who were about to escape from the village entrance to the ground.
"Why are you running?"
The first two soldiers rushed over quickly and picked up the two middle-aged women who were lying on the ground wailing like chickens.
"Lord Marine, please spare my life!"
"It's none of our business, we were forced to do it!"
One of the middle-aged women ignored the severe pain that spread and hit the brain after being hit in the thigh. She hugged the soldier's thigh and said with tears, "It's all because of the adults in the royal city. Our family can no longer pay taxes. If we can't pay taxes, they... they will sell us to human traffickers! Wow, oh, oh, we have no choice, so we set our sights on Aqua mother and daughter."
"What are you talking about?"
The soldiers didn't know why their superiors asked them to stop the villagers, they were just following the order. Now hearing the words of this middle-aged woman, the two soldiers were a little confused.
But immediately, one of the soldiers reacted and said with a gloomy face, "You mean, you have also bullied His Highness Aqua?"
"No no no, we don't!"
"We just told the adults from Wangcheng that Aqua mother and daughter are not from our village!"
"They are not from our village to begin with. We are just telling the truth, wuwuwu..."
Hearing this, the soldier carrying her had a murderous intent in his eyes, and then asked, "What happened next? What did the Lord from the Royal City do to His Highness Aqua?"
"He... they wanted to take Aqua's mother by force, but Aqua's mother refused and chose to commit suicide!"
"But don't worry, Lord Navy, Aqua has not..."
Poof--
As soon as the woman finished speaking, the naval soldier who held her in his hand did not hesitate at all and decisively drew his knife and cut her throat. Then he looked at the villagers ahead who were stopped by other soldiers with red eyes, "Are you also involved?"
As the soldier finished speaking, the villagers who were stopped by the other navy soldiers were trembling with fear, and then they all knelt down in unison.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Joanna, who walked outside with Aqua in her arms, obviously did not expect that things would suddenly evolve to this point. Worried that innocent villagers would be killed by mistake, she quickly ran over to stop and said, "Stop killing indiscriminately, Colonel Dunn and Fujitora Rear Admiral are investigating the matter!"
Seeing Joanna running over to stop the murderous navy soldier from spreading, the villagers who all knelt down suddenly seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and rolled and crawled to Joanna.
"Master Navy, we are wronged!"
"You can't kill innocent people indiscriminately, we... we are all pitiful people too!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Aqua, how do I usually treat you? Tell the navy officers quickly, otherwise we will all die!"
Seeing the villagers who were suddenly rolling and crawling around, Aqua subconsciously leaned into Joanna's arms, and then said weakly, "Sister, Aqua is afraid..."
"Huh?"
Seeing Aqua's reaction, Joanna's body trembled slightly, and then he tentatively said, "They... also bullied Aqua?"
Aqua choked with sobs and nodded, "Not long after my mother fled here with Aqua, some uncles and grandfathers came to my mother's room every night. They also said that if my mother didn't agree, they would sell Aqua to human traffickers!"
Hearing this, Joanna's brain exploded with a bang.
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