Battleship, out of G-5.
Kuro took Leda and Crowe, as well as the group of Marines that came out of Headquarters, and went to Cortega, which Smoker had mentioned.
"Kortega, the Long Snake Islands, there are many residents. There is no king here. They are based in the town and village. It is an earthquake island."
Crowe was holding the investigation report he got from G-5 and reporting to Kuro.
Kuro stared at Leda, who was excitedly opening snacks in the Battleship Office. With a hook of his finger, the snack bag floated out of her hand and flew towards Kuro.
"Hey, Kuro!"
Like a tiger protecting its cub, Leda roared and jumped over, but he pressed her head with one hand and ate snacks with the other hand. He asked, "Earthquake Island?"
Crowe saw this and his lips twitched.
Is there no end to your bad taste?
"Yes, Earthquake Island. Originally, such an archipelago should not cause an earthquake, but since more than 20 years ago, there has been an inexplicable earthquake here. At first, the amplitude is very light, but later, it becomes more and more frequent," said Crowe.
"What about the demon rumor, why did people disappear?"
"I don't know, it's just a rumor, there's no intelligence, but the most recent place is here…"
Crowe walked over, spread out the map, pointed to the most forward island in the archipelago, and said, "According to G-5's intelligence, in the past two days, the most people here have disappeared, all of them have disappeared unknowingly. When they were found, there were traces of cooking in their homes, but people have disappeared mysteriously, and there are no traces of fighting. So now this rumor is called 'The Disappearing Devil of Kortiga' by G-5's Marines."
"People nowadays like to add some mysterious and terrifying elements to the unknown when they have nothing to do. It makes them look incompetent."
Kuro curled his lips. "Where did this demon come from? It's either an ability user or an experienced one."
There is no such thing as mystery in this world. It is basically all on the table.
In the past, giants, demons, long arms, short arms, and so on would definitely be fantasy, mystery, and horror.
In addition, there is the ability of Devil Fruit. In the ignorant era, it is a mysterious fantasy wind.
But knowing everything, everything seemed so normal.
The only thing with mystery is treasure.
But the more they came to the New World, the less they looked like pirates.
Treasure hunting, pillaging, and exploring pirate legends were all gone.
Especially after the Great Age of Pirates.
What is popular in the New World now?
Seize territory, collect protection fees, conquer the sea.
What these Yonkō (Four Emperors) often do.
It was a real fight, but it lacked a little bit of adventure.
However, what did this have to do with him, Kuro?
He is not a pirate.
"However, Kortiga has a special product that is not bad. Their tobacco leaves are very good, but they are all precious and very difficult to grow. Every time they produce a little, they will be robbed," said Crowe.
These words made Kuro's eyes light up. He ate two more snacks before returning the snack bag to Leda. The latter hugged the snack bag tightly and rushed out. She stuck her head out of the door and stared at Kuro with vigilance and anger, eating snacks quickly.
"Then we must take a look," Kuro said with interest.
There are no pirates, it's just an ordinary so-called rumor, plus the rare tobacco leaves… Kuro is very interested!
Two days later, the Battleship arrived at its destination.
The Kortiga Islands are a chain of islands in the shape of a long snake. The estrangement between the islands is not too serious. It can be crossed by swimming, and there is no pirate flag hanging on it. It is just an ordinary archipelago in New World.
The place where they landed was a port village with a few ships parked around it. The whole village was silent.
After Kuro walked down, he glanced at the dock and saw that there were still unfinished goods on the dock. There were traces of people moving them, and it would not be more than three days. In other words, three days ago, there were people moving goods here, but they disappeared inexplicably.
"There are indeed no traces of battle…"
Kuro bit his cigar and glanced at the silent village. "There is no one here."
"Yes, Mr. Kuro, I also didn't find human breath, even animal breath, disappeared nearby."
A red light appeared in Crowe's eyes. Under investigation, he did not find any aura.
"Let's take a look."
Kuro led a group of Marines to the village ahead.
This is a small village, a very peaceful small village. Looking at the style of the buildings, this place has not been attacked by pirates much. After all, it is close to G-5 and the combat power of this base is very strong.
Kuro looked around. Smoke was still drifting up from some of the houses.
He reached a building at random, pushed open the door, and glanced inside.
The house was not big. There were two rooms in the living room. There was food on the table in the living room. There were plates and knives and forks on the table. The fork with food was casually thrown aside, as if a person was eating, but that person suddenly disappeared, causing the fork to fall from his hand, showing this strange arrangement.
There were no traces. It did seem to have disappeared suddenly.
"Well… I feel a little scary, Kuro." Leda stared at the dining table and inexplicably trembled and moved closer to Kuro.
"Are you kidding me?"
Kuro rolled his eyes, but a red light flashed in his eyes.
Kenbonshoku (Observation) enveloped the entire archipelago.
In his perception, bits and pieces of life aura constantly appeared in his perception.
This group of islands still has people.
And …
"There is one with good strength."
Kuro looked in one direction and smiled. "Just find the strongest one. He must know, or he is."
At this time, Leda also opened her Kenbonshoku (Observation) Haki and frowned. "Someone is there, but the distance is too far, I can't perceive the strength."
"You've been slacking off. You haven't made any progress in Kenbonshoku (Observation) in the past few years. Your mind has been focused on eating. Be a little more attentive. This is a new world. If you don't improve yourself, how can you be safe?" Kuro said.
Leda's Kenbonshoku (Observation) Haki is no different from when he encountered it.
Although it was still a large-scale perception, in a large-scale sense, one could only sense the aura of life and not the strength.
Only by approaching can she determine the strength of a person's life force.
Unlike Kuro.
From the beginning, he could know who was strong and who was weak through Kenbonshoku (Observation). And this range has been growing.