Chapter 281: Mission to Humphrey (Ch 281)

“I am so innocent. I was so tired after chopping wood in the mountains this morning, so I just found a place to rest. Who would have thought… who would have thought that after sleeping for a while, I was bitten to death by a wild beast in the mountains.”
The soul of an old man floated in the air, crying to Wheeler with tears in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Weller pursed his lips, his face showing deep sympathy.
He just heard Yuna say that someone had died on the hill behind Tank Town, so he came over to take a look. He never expected that the dead person was a woodcutter in his seventies…
Of course, Wheeler also recognized this Chai Fu.
He lived at the very edge of the town. When Weller first came here, the old man even welcomed him at the city gate with his hands raised high.
“So, do you have any last wish? I can help you do it.” Wheeler thought for a moment and said.
“Last wish?”
Obviously, he didn’t expect Wheeler to ask such a question. The old man was stunned and for a moment he really didn’t know how to answer this question.
It was not until a long time later that he finally spoke: “I…I want to be buried with my dead wife and daughter.”
“That’s it?” Wheeler blinked.
“That’s the only last wish.”
The old man grinned, revealing a mouthful of broken teeth. “My wife and daughter… were captured by the nobles when I was thirty years old. I tried to look for them, but in the end I only received news of their death…”
At that time, the old man only wanted to avenge his wife and daughter, but even at the risk of his own life, he only killed a gatekeeper of the noble family…
But fortunately, he was not destined to die.
Just when the old man was about to be beaten to death, a young man happened to pass by and saved him from death.
And that young man was the mayor of Tank Island – Hod Tank.
From then on, the old man settled down in this town with Tank. Although he occasionally fantasized about avenging his wife and daughter one day, the injuries on his body were too severe. He also didn’t want to trouble his savior again, so he buried the matter deep in his heart.
And this burial lasted for forty years.
“Wasn’t that noble killed by old man Tank at that time?” asked Weller.
“No.” The old man shook his head. “When my benefactor saved me, he only thought that I was a servant who was beaten and scolded by the nobleman. He had no idea of ​​the hatred between me and the nobleman…”
In order to prevent his benefactor from being put in danger again, the old man naturally buried the matter deep in his heart.
That’s the story.
Very sad.
But in the world of One Piece, it seems to be nothing unusual.
“I see.”
After understanding the old man’s regret, Weller nodded, and then continued: “Don’t worry, I will help you wipe out that noble family.”
“ah?”
The old man was stunned.
Not to mention that forty years had passed, and now all he had left was the thought of burying him with his wife and daughter, let alone wiping out the entire noble family…
“Really… can you do it? But it’s been forty years. After all, the children of the nobles are innocent…”
“Innocent?”
Weller thought to himself, how many nobles in the pirate world are “innocent people”?
But he didn’t say it clearly, instead he said: “How about this, I’ll send someone to take you to seek revenge, and when we get there, you can decide for yourself whether to kill them or not, what do you think?”
“Is this… really possible?” The old man looked at Wheeler in surprise.
“sure.”
After saying this, Wheeler didn’t waste any more words. He just took out his Den Den Mushi and dialed the number.
…
About ten minutes later.
“Captain, are you sure you’re not kidding me?”
Humphrey stood next to Wheeler, glanced at the corpse lying at Wheeler’s feet, which had been eaten beyond recognition, and then asked with a puzzled expression.
“Of course I’m not kidding.”
As Weller spoke, he used his ability to release a huge fire, which instantly burned the old man’s body to ashes.
Then, in Humphrey’s increasingly puzzled eyes, the ashes were placed in a small iron box and handed to Humphrey.
“Here, take it with you to an island called Carax.”
“Carax?” Humphrey blinked.
“Well, let’s go there and avenge an old friend of mine.” Wheeler nodded.
“Old friend?”
“Forget it, I’ll let him explain it to you in person.”
Seeing that Humphrey still didn’t quite understand what he was talking about, Wheeler simply wiped his eyes lightly.
Next second.
“Ghost!!!”
Humphrey, who saw the old man’s soul, was so shocked that he threw the urn away.
The ability of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit was activated instantly, sucking the iron box back.
Weller once again placed the box solemnly in Humphrey’s hands. “Don’t be afraid. This old man’s name is Trint. He was a hardworking and kind man all his life. But now he died in the mouth of a wild beast and became a corpse…”
“Then this…what’s going on?” Humphrey said in surprise, pointing at the floating soul.
“Of course this is his soul.” Wheeler patted Humphrey’s face, trying to cheer him up. “I summoned this soul. It only has the ability to talk to you. It won’t hurt you. Don’t worry.”
“Is that so?” Humphrey heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the soul couldn’t hurt him.
However, a ghost is still a ghost, and the fear in his heart cannot be eliminated in a short time.
“So, can you now take him back to his hometown as I asked?”
“Okay…Okay.” Humphrey wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.
Just kidding, the captain gave the order, and he had to do it even if he was a hundred percent reluctant.
“I’ll give you one and a half months. Once you complete your mission, you must return to the base immediately and then plan the attack on Marijoa.”
“Understood, Captain!”
“Well, go ahead. Remember, you must carry this urn with you, otherwise you won’t be able to see the old man’s soul, understand?”
“knew……”
Humphrey thought it would be better not to watch it, because it would be so scary when he went to sleep at night.
“Well, I wish you a safe journey.”
After saying that, Wheeler patted Humphrey on the shoulder and turned and walked away.
Leaving behind Humphrey and the soul of the old man named…Trint, still standing there.
One old and one young, one person and one soul, the two just stared at each other.
Until a moment later.
“Hello…Hello, shall we set off now?”
Trint asked Humphrey, smiling with broken teeth.