Chapter 282 Please Save This Country!

"It's rain! It's really rain!"

A group of people raised their faces and opened their mouths. Their bodies, which were seriously lacking in water, were finally replenished.

The heat in the desert was also swept away, and under the water of the rain, the surrounding area suddenly became cooler.

Chopper jumped up on the trailer.

"Come alive!"

Sanji was in a hurry and started looking for a container to store water. Nami had already raised her fists and cheered, not minding the graceful curves outlined by her clothes being wetted by the rain.

"It's like a miracle!"

"Tang Sen, are you a devil fruit user?"

"A devil fruit that controls the weather? A superhuman type?"

Everyone was playing excitedly, but Weiwei stood motionless.

"Alabasta has been waiting for rain for too long." Her tears mixed with the rain, and she murmured in a low voice: "I really hope those people who were forced to leave their hometowns because of lack of water can see this scene. .”

Nami and others could not understand how shocking the current scene was to Weiwei.

If a person could summon rain clouds at any time and rain down rain on this dry land, then there is no doubt that such a person would be regarded as a god by everyone in Alabasta.

At this time, this god was standing in front of Weiwei.

Tang Sen still had a bored expression, as if he didn't care at all about what a great thing he had done.

"Tang Sen——"

Weiwei took a few steps closer, "Does your ability allow you to control the weather at will? How long can this rain last?"

"When the rain clouds dissipate, the rain will naturally stop." Tang Sen replied casually: "Of course, if I want to, I can continue to gather the rain clouds. It is not that difficult."

"Controlling the weather is just an insignificant part of my abilities."

"No! It's not irrelevant!" Weiwei's voice increased a little: "Tang Sen, your ability can save Alabasta!"

"This kind of ability is so important to Alabasta. As long as there is rain, this country can be rejuvenated, and people can return to their hometowns and let everything return to the peace it once was -"

"Tang Sen, I want to ask you." Weiwei paused, stared at Tang Sen with her blue eyes, and said loudly: "I want to ask you to save this country!"

"I want to ask you to bring rain to the people of this country! For those cities that have been abandoned due to drought, and for those oases that have been covered by yellow sand."

Tang Sen was in the rain, with no expression on his face, and his calm tone passed through the rain.

"Do not make jokes."

Weiwei's face darkened, but then she mustered up her courage and said loudly:

"I know this request is a bit excessive, but! If you are willing, I can pay any price-"

"Miss Weiwei." Tang Sen interrupted her.

He looked directly into Weiwei's eyes and said, "The price you can pay has no meaning to me."

"But -" Wei Wei anxiously tried to interrupt Tang Sen, but Tang Sen did not stop talking.

"I remember telling you about my dream."

"Those who are not seen, those who live in darkness, I hope to lead them to the light."

“Aren’t the people of this country, Alabasta, living in darkness right now?”

"Miss Weiwei, what you said was what I originally planned to do. It was not because of your request, nor did it require you to pay any price. I want to do these things, not for you, nor for this country. The king is not doing it for the so-called interests."

"My heart goes out to all the people who are displaced and suffering."

Weiwei froze on the spot.

The tone of the person in front of her was as calm as ever, as if he was saying something natural. However, listening to these words, Weiwei's tears couldn't stop sliding down her cheeks.

Everything this man said before was not a vain ideal. He truly believed that he should do it and practiced it with actions.

"It's not just Alabasta."

Townsend continued: "There are still too many countries in this world, and too many people are still suffering persecution from nobles, pirates, and even the world government."

"I still have a long way to go."

Weiwei clenched her fists and couldn't help but said: "You will not be alone, if you are willing. Although it is a bit ridiculous, I hope I can help you."

Tang Sen was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "That's my honor."

"But the most important thing right now is to defeat Crocodile first."

Tang Sen looked at the Straw Hats who were still cheering and shouted: "Pirates, when you've had enough to drink, continue on. I don't have so much time to wait."

The group of people regrouped and got ready. The rain clouds did not cover a wide area. Soon, the group of people saw a huge rainbow appearing behind the sand dunes in front of them.

It is formed by the refraction of rainwater under the sun, which also means that the edge of the rain cloud is ahead.

"It's so beautiful." Nami couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the rainbow.

"It's going to get hot again." Chopper wailed.

"Don't worry, I have collected a lot of rainwater, which is enough for our needs on the road." Sanji said.

"Sanji is really a reliable person." Weiwei praised.

Sanji suddenly softened and shouted: "Vivii-chan~ It's my honor to serve a beautiful girl like you!"

He also wanted to squeeze in to Weiwei's side to show his courtesy, but suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the ground in front of him.

Something huge rushed over at great speed from behind the dune.

Zoro and Sanji suddenly became serious and stood in front of everyone.

I saw yellow sand all over the sky being lifted up, and a huge lizard quickly approached everyone while walking backwards in a weird posture.

"Huh? Going backwards?"

Zoro relaxed his hand on the sword hilt and looked into the sand with squinted eyes.

I saw a man at the front of the lizard, holding the tail of the huge lizard and running happily towards it.

"Luluffy?!"

"Hahahahaha!" A cheerful laugh sounded. Luffy put down the lizard in his hand, stretched out his arm and put it directly on Zoro's shoulder, and then flew over.

Pulled by the impact, the two of them collided together and rolled several times on the sand like a rolling gourd.

Luffy stood up with a bounce: "I finally found everyone, were you lost just now?"

"You're lost, bastard!" Zoro roared angrily and grabbed Luffy's collar: "Also, run over here yourself next time!"

"Sorry!" Luffy apologized sincerely, and then sighed: "This desert is so interesting. I encountered many strange animals and plants, and was even swallowed directly by a large lizard."

"Because it ate both water and food, I decided to use it as food. But Sanji was not here, so he was struggling, and I saw it raining here."

"Sure enough, I found everyone here."

Nami's face suddenly turned gloomy: "So, you lost all our supplies?"

Luffy scratched his head honestly.

"Well, it was eaten by a large lizard."