Chapter XXXVI Choice

Dear Becker, I did not expect that the first letter I wrote to you after a few years of not seeing you would also be the last. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before writing this letter, I thought that I would have a lot to say, but when I actually put it down, I realized that what I wanted to say to you most was what I had never been able to refute because of my clumsiness and lack of experience.

You talked to me about the death of One Piece, but I didn't have to make a life-and-death decision, so I can't argue with it. But now, just before I was about to fight another gang of pirates, I finally understood that for some people, death was far from enough to scare him, and for those as brave as One Piece or my father, death was just a new adventure.

How can such a person define the failure of his life by physical death alone?

And after becoming a captain and leading a fleet of ships myself, I learned that there are many terrible things in this world than the death of my own body.

I think people can only find their true way when they have truly experienced the baptism of reality, and I have seen all kinds of pirates in the past few years, and some agree with your view of pirates, and I think I have also found my own true way.

Children who dream of one day going to sea to become pirates, most of them are people who have been abandoned by society, they are on the fringes of society, and being a pirate is not only their dream, but also almost one of their only way out, so they are full of fantasies about pirate life.

Most of these children are still full of disgust with the world and hate a stable life, and I used to be like this, but I didn't expect that there are so many children on this sea who are similar to me.

So my dream now is not just adventure, I hope to change the minds of the other young crew members on the ship, teach them to turn their love and longing for pirates to burn and loot into a curiosity about exploration and the unknown, and not let them become a group of pests of the sea, but unfortunately, this wish seems to be unfulfilled, and the only thing I can teach them in the end is how to laugh at death as a man.

And at this moment, it is my crew that worries me more than trading my life for a one-way ticket to an unknown expedition. So, I think whether it's my father or One Piece Roger, the biggest concern before death is approaching, is definitely not death itself.

Oliver and Tom are the youngest crew members on my ship, they are not yet adults, they are not manly and they should not be involved in a mortal battle, they are good boys, I hope you will take care of them for me.

Also, I want you to help me give the brooch to Eugenie and deliver a message for me, I didn't dare to tell her before I went to sea, and if I don't say it now, I won't have a chance in the future......

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Early the next morning, Becker, who had made up his mind, first read Edmund's last letter again, and then used a phone bug to inform Tony to send someone to him, and went to the Honoré Tavern.

After Eugenie's emaciated figure ran around the tavern as usual, Becker stopped her, handed over the brooch that Edmund had bought, and told her the news of Edmund's accident.

Becker didn't know what Edmund and Eugenie had said, so he could only pull out the letter and repeat Edmund's words: "Edmund wants to say to you, 'You are a good girl, Eugenie, but unfortunately I have pirate blood in my body, the call of the sea and unexplored treasures has always echoed in my ears, and the only thing I look down on my father is that he has kept a woman who loves him for so many years, and I didn't want to do what I once looked down on, but now I think I can give you a gift with peace of mind.'" ”

Eugenie lowered her head and stroked the tiny brooch, and Becker could not see her expression.

Looking at Eugenie's appearance, Becker felt that Edmund might as well keep it in his heart, but he also knew that it would be torture for Edmund to hide such feelings, and Edmund hid it for nearly three years before he dared to tell Eugenie the truth until he died.

Becker thought about it, and finally left Edmund's last letter to Eugenie, turned and left the tavern, not bothering about the impact of the original fire with Denton and Edmund.

Becker wandered around the village, and when he returned to the dojo, the men sent by Tony had arrived.

He called Oliver and Tom, two children, and after getting to know the people sent by Tom and Tony, he asked Tony's people to take Tom to Momiji Village, and then asked Tony to find someone to find a boat to send Tom to his family.

Twelve-year-old Tom cried like a tearful man, wanting to say goodbye to Oliver, but Oliver scolded "coward" with red eyes, Tom cried even more, but he didn't dare to talk back, let alone stay like Oliver to avenge Edmund, so he could only leave with Tony's hand three times later.

Oliver, who has been red-eyed, finally couldn't hold back after Tom's figure disappeared into the horizon, tears kept falling from his eyes, although he was angry at Tom's cowardice, but the two of their peers were the only survivors of Edmund's fleet after all, and this time was also the time when the two of them relied on each other to find Frostmoon Village, after Tom left, Oliver felt that he was back to the time before he met Edmund, alone and helpless.

A large hand then pressed on Oliver's head, Oliver turned his head to look, the owner of the palm of the hand, Becker was smiling at him, Oliver rubbed his eyes, and the gloom in his heart dissipated a little.

It's a little different after all, Oliver thought.

Becker has never commented and persuaded Oliver and Tom's choice, Tom is a child, obviously the same as the teenager who was obsessed with gangsters in his previous life, only because of the beautified story, he felt that the pirates were very beautiful and unrestrained, so he got on Edmond's pirate ship, unlike Oliver because he was abandoned by society, becoming a pirate is Oliver's only way out, and when people like Tom know that whether it is a pirate or the underworld, they may die on the street and die at the bottom of the sea, most of them will retreat.

After Becker took Oliver to Koshiro in the courtyard and explained his intention to let him stay in the dojo and learn swords, Koshiro did not refuse even though he knew that Oliver was a little pirate.

When Pattinson left with Oliver, who had been apprenticed to his teacher, there were only two people left in the courtyard, Becker and Koshiro.

Koshiro planted a few cherry trees in the yard, and by this time it was already April, and the cherry trees were already full of pink cherry blossoms, which were fragrant and gorgeous.

Becker looked at Sakura in a daze, although the training in the dojo was hard, it was calm and stable, he knew that after going to sea, such days would become less and less.

Koshiro also looked at the cherry blossoms for a while, and then suddenly said, "You're about to go to sea, Becker, I'll show you the swordsmanship again." ”

Koshiro didn't have a knife with him, so Becker wanted to hand him his knife, but he waved his hand and refused.

After refusing, Koshiro returned to his living place and came back with a knife with no decoration on the outside and a simple style, Becker has lived in the dojo for many years, and will not be deceived by the appearance of this knife, knowing that this seemingly inconspicuous knife is Koshiro's love knife, and the famous knife "Wadoichi Text".

Koshiro slowly drew his sword, and as the blade was pulled out of its scabbard by him, the signature smile on his face faded away, leaving only a calm look.