Chapter 33: The Witch's Pupil

The rain outside was endless, the clouds in the sky were heavy overhead, and the howling wind swept the whole island like a torrential downpour.

The sky and the earth were shrouded in mist, and the raindrops hit the glass windows with a crisp sound, which further contrasted the silence in the office at the moment.

Sitting in the high chair behind the desk, the general yellow ape seemed to be concentrating on reading the text, but it had been more than ten minutes since Fang had just arrived, and the stack of books in front of him had not moved, and the ink-black font on the white paper had not entered his mind at all.

The supreme head of the Ministry of Science, who rarely traveled beyond the world, was thinking about the impromptu meeting that ended a few hours ago.

The town is in turmoil, the headquarters is attacked, and the clean-up operation will soon set sail...

With a low sigh, the Yellow Ape General only felt a little headache, of course, it was not the tricky Cheng Dù of those affairs that he was worried about, but the little girl who was snatched away.

Nana.

Speaking of which, the yellow ape felt that it was his negligence, because he was careless that he did not properly protect the little girl when he had already noticed the abnormality, was it all these years of invincibility that made him unconsciously arrogant?

thinks that there is no last resort, but as a result, those opponents may not be laughing at this time, right?

Laugh at the ignorance and incompetence of their navy.

It's not that the enemy is too strong, last night's defeat came from the paralysis of the Navy Headquarters itself.

It's... A profound lesson~

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After sighing and smiling self-deprecatingly, the general yellow ape turned his head slightly to look at the window, revealing a few hints of cold murder in his eyes.

It is the navy's consistent proposition to return the lesson learned, so there is a plan to go to Seshel and completely destroy the island.

It's a pity that the marshal of the Warring States period rejected the yellow ape's request to go to war, and finally handed over the action to the general Akainu to execute, and because of this, the yellow ape was forced to tell the little girl's secret at the meeting, as a bargaining chip, to fight for the child's life.

This time, it is impossible for the headquarters to dispatch two admirals, and the yellow ape also understands that the red dog is more suitable than him, and he is also the three major admirals of the natural department, completely destroying an island, and the magma fruit ability is indeed more foolproof.

Compared to the Ice Age or the laser shot, the meteor volcano is more devastating, and the islands are in ashes, and the aliens are even more difficult to escape.

The bad is also bad here, Sakasky is a man who is too absolute, he never knows how to leave room for it, and the Akainu general will lead the clean-up operation, and the captured little girl is likely to become a burial object.

And it's a shame that the child died like this.

After this period of guidance, Admiral Yellow Ape is convinced that the little girl will become the future of the navy, standing in the position of the admiral, where can he allow such an excellent young man to die before he grows up.

For the sake of Lady Anna's said endless malleable future, she had no choice but to plan for her daughter.

Throwing out the 'Listener of the Voice of Everything' bargaining chips, increasing the weight of young children in the hearts of the top echelons of the Navy, so that the Marshal of the Warring States had to weigh in and fight for the little girl's chance of survival.

In fact, the yellow ape also knew that the xenomorph's actions were directed at the child, and there must be a subtle reason in it, and he didn't think it was because of the overlord's domineering nature.

If you want to say that the reason is the little girl's excellent qualifications, who can restrain the domineering spirit of the xenovirus, Nana, who is born with the color of a tyrant, should first of all be the target of the xenomorphs, where do you need to go to great lengths.

After the unrest in Malinford had subsided last night, and before the meeting, according to the survey, the results showed that the Southern Cross opened shortly after the return of the Ministry of Science research ship from the island of Seshre.

This shows that the little girl landed on Seshl Island, was somehow discovered and then tracked and peeped, and the xenos came prepared, and lurked secretly for a long time, with the ultimate goal of taking Nana away.

And as for the reason... General Yellow Ape vaguely felt that maybe... It has to do with the little girl's mother, Mrs. Anna.

The lady is hiding a lot of secrets, some of which may be related to the xenomorphs, but they are not known for the time being.

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Thinking of this, my mind inevitably fell on the lady...

The center of the brow furrowed, the yellow ape couldn't help but sigh more, she was unconscious again, the center of the attack on the headquarters was unfortunately the building where she lived temporarily, and the entire building was destroyed.

Anna... She was not injured, but she passed out and is now lying in the medical department. House told Yellow Ape that her old injury had recurred, and she didn't know if she could wake up this time, after all, the interval between the two was too short to judge whether there were any sequelae.

Probably because of this kind of news before the meeting, the yellow ape couldn't help it... Expose the little girl's secret in advance, lest they be too iron-blooded and cause a tragedy when they act Akainu-sama.

If her child dies in the purge and she wakes up...

He didn't want to expose the young child to the attention of the navy's top brass so quickly, and the hawkish generals must have tried their best to force the little girl to become stronger, and the consequences... It's probably like Anna's pantomime.

It is hoped that the new seedling will grow quickly and pull it up, and the root system of the seedling will be damaged.

Who would have predicted that?

The man worked hard to plan for his daughter, he was touched and willing to follow the steps, but fate did not play according to the cards.

Is... After thinking about it, the yellow ape smiled bitterly for the man, if her daughter Nana is the darling of the world, then she... Anna, presumably the existence of fate as an enemy, right?

As a naval admiral, Yellow Ape has been fighting on the battlefield for many years and has served in the headquarters, and has heard many more strange things than ordinary people, so he knows that there are lucky people in this world who are lucky enough to be smooth sailing no matter what they do, and there are also people who are born with bad luck.

Nana is the former, and oddly enough, her mother, Anna is the latter.

Originally, a troubled woman like her was not liked by men, but after gradually getting to know her, she knew that there was a terrible encounter in her lost memory, and she knew that she had paid more effort for her daughter than ordinary people.

I have seen the bottomless doting under her eyes, and I have experienced the tenderness like water...

He forgot about her anomaly and wanted to take a place in her heart.

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The yellow ape stared at the heavy rain outside the window in a daze, and he didn't know how long it took, until he was awakened by a silver lightning that pierced the sky.

After collecting his thoughts, he looked at the clock hanging on the wall opposite the desk, and then got up and left the office, and did not let his henchmen accompany him, and the yellow ape quietly went to the medical department by himself.

Somehow, Xu is whim, a very mysterious premonition made the yellow ape suddenly feel... There was a vague feeling that something was going to happen in the medical department.

Counting the time, the fleet will leave soon, Admiral Akainu is in charge of the clearance operation, and before the man leaves... According to Sakasky's weird attitude towards Anna...

Whether it was the actions of that night or the words of defense, they were very different from the usual style, and if the two of them really had anything, Sakasky would definitely go to see her before leaving.

Walking out of the building where the office is located, looking up at the sky, the yellow ape sighed, but he didn't bother to take the umbrella and step directly into the rain, and hurried forward.

It is very strange that the Navy Headquarters is so gloomy during the day, without the rigorous training that can be seen everywhere, without the solemn and solemn arrangement of troops, and the dense rain seems to separate the world.

Walking in the rain without shelter, the rain quickly wets the cloak, the sticky and cold water vapor seeps into the fabric and brings discomfort, the rain curtain also blurs the vision, the direction of travel is empty, the buildings are hidden in the rain cage, and the sky and the earth are white.

The yellow ape seems to walk casually, but in fact, it is imperceptibly vigilant around it.

Because the rain came suddenly and strangely.

It never rains, and although the climate is dry as an autumn island, the rainfall in Malinford is close to zero compared to the natural weather changes of other autumn islands in the first half of the year.

It's not the peculiarities of the island itself, it's the symbol of the island that changes its climate.

Rain is not allowed at the location of the naval headquarters.

It is true that rain brings life to all things, but at the same time, it also brings inconvenience to the navy, and the rain and ammunition are damp, and the moisture conducts the zhì armament to rust, so from the day the Navy headquarters operated, it no longer rained in Marinford.

Naturally, it is a devil fruit, and the ability is strong enough to change the weather, and the senior admirals of the Navy Headquarters should have such power.

So, even if it doesn't rain, there will be no drought on the island.

The sunny weather lasted for decades, but today it suddenly rained like torrential rain.

This rain, how could it not be weird.

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When he could see the roof of the medical department building from a distance, the yellow ape slowed down, narrowed his eyes, and as expected, he saw a figure in a crimson suit just walking out of the building.

Sakasky... Sure enough, I went to see her.

While quietly looking at General Akainu, the other party paused and instantly turned his face, and through the rain curtain, the two looked at each other quietly.

After a long time, the crimson suit in the rain turned around again, and took steps in the direction where it was originally going, the yellow ape snorted, lifted his eyelids and stared at a window on the floor of the medical department building, thinking about it and losing interest.

Fang Cai rose strangely and faded quickly, and when he saw Sakasky, he suddenly had no idea of disturbing her.

After standing for a moment, the crimson shadow that had faded away disappeared, and the yellow ape turned around, frowning again for a moment.

In the falling rain, a slender figure stood quietly, his clothes soaked and clinging to his body to embroider a gentle outline, his pale face soaked in rainwater, and his blue pupils looked straight into his eyes.

His eyes shrank, and the yellow ape's heart suddenly set off a stormy wave.

It's Anna.

But... When did she show up?

Why did he not realize anything!

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He was stunned for a moment, but she looked calm.

The rain between the two seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, as if the sound of the rain covered the heavens and the earth.

After a long time, the man took a gentle step and slowly met him.

In the wet rain, her eyes were also wet, and she seemed to be crying silently.

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Standing in place and looking at the person walking towards him, the yellow ape narrowed his eyes, and only laughed low for a while, "Yay~ Amazing, Mrs. Anna, you are really... Terrific. ”

Isn't it? One of the three major admirals of the Navy and the highest combat power in the world, he actually asked an ordinary woman to stand so close and didn't notice it at all? This is no joke.

Was he confused, or was she hiding it too well?

In a few breaths, she stood about a meter away from him, and in his wary scrutiny, her face was slightly raised, and her blue pupils were sparkling, "Where is Nana?" Give it back. ”

At this moment, because of the proximity, the yellow ape saw clearly that the figure standing in the rain curtain was shrouded in a layer of mist, perhaps it should be said that she was like a reflection on the surface of the water, without substance, only as a virtual image.

Looking at her a few times without a trace, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Yay~ Is the spirit out of the body?" ”

The yellow ape smiled carelessly, and looked at her with a little more than guard... Surprised, he thought to himself, no wonder Sakasky didn't react, her body was still sleeping in the medical department, right?

The thoughts of the lightning and flint flew around, and the yellow ape quickly took the corner of his eye and quickly slanted around him, and saw that with her as the center, there was a range isolated from the outside world, like an enchantment.

The surface of the lake wrinkled by the wind is general, and the ripples spread layer by layer, and it is calm at a certain distance. Combining her trance-like expression with her unfocused gaze... This man's spiritual body... Seems to be extremely unstable.

And there was a very strange situation, before she appeared, with his level of sight and hearing, he didn't even notice it.

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Before the yellow ape could think clearly about the flash of inspiration that slipped through his mind, the person in front of him couldn't wait for an answer and spoke again, "Give it back to me..."

"Give it back to me..."

"Give it back to me..."

"Give it back to me..."

Gentle watery timbre

After a moment of distraction, the yellow ape pressed the subtle touch that appeared in his heart, and replied slowly, "Yay~ She is on Seshl Island, and someone will save her soon." ”

The answer he threw out at the meeting asked the Warring States Marshal to order, and the action was focused on rescue, and the yellow ape believed that no matter how absolute General Akainu was, he would also take military orders first, not to mention, Sakasky himself also had strange thoughts about her.

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Her hands, fingertips dangling at hand, he should have been on guard even... Fighting back against this out-of-control spirit body, but somehow, he could see clearly that her eyes were half sad and half crazy, and he couldn't bear to hurt her.

If you shoot to disperse the phantom... Lowering his eyes, his gaze swept over the elementalized slight light of the fingertips on his side, and after a moment's hesitation, the yellow ape sighed and withdrew the Devil Fruit ability that was ready to be attacked.

Mentally traumatized, the comatose body is about to sleep forever, right?

"Seshre—" she still looked hazy and mad, muttering to herself in a low voice, "Take me—"

"yes~ what can you do?" The yellow ape flatly refused, "Just stay in Marlingford and wait patiently, Nana will come back safely." ”

"Take me—" she said persistently, "I'm useful, take me there—"

"Can you have...", the yellow ape lowered his head and watched in surprise as she approached the hand attached to him... The translucent palm was condensing into solidity, as if the color had deepened and emerged from nothingness, and in a matter of seconds, her temperature reached his skin through the rain-soaked fabric.

"You?!" Raising his eyes suddenly, the yellow ape reached out and clasped his fingertips... Entity.

Slender body, thin bones, blood flow, heartbeat and breathing.

But in the blink of an eye, I saw and heard the color and received a real sense of existence.

The yellow ape's eyes widened, and his pupils contracted unconsciously, "You, Anna, you..."

"I said, I'm useful." Without resistance, she let him subconsciously tighten his fingers, and raised his face with a strange urgency on his face, as if trying to persuade him, "I am useful, believe me." ”

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Taking a deep breath, the yellow ape endured all the chaos, squinting his eyes but not speaking.

He originally wanted to scold her, he knew that her 'usefulness' was very likely, or related to her bloodline, and that the anomaly was related to the anomaly, he had already guessed, he was not brainless, as the supreme commander of the Ministry of Science, the field of genetics, and naval research were also involved.

But even if she was useful, what could she do?

Didn't she think about the consequences of the outbreak/exposure? In addition to the hostility she will face, even her daughter will not be spared.

Sucking life, eating flesh and blood, the alien is the existence of the navy's plan to completely eliminate.

This man didn't even care about his life for the sake of his daughter.

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After a while, Xu Shi saw that he refused to answer, her body trembled slightly, her eyelashes slowly closed to cover the blue pupils, and in an instant, the rain-soaked crow feather eyelashes rose again.

Slowly, slowly... Imprinted into the yellow ape's sight is a pair... Eyes as black as the night.

Without waiting for him to be surprised, for a moment the person under his palm exuded a strange feeling, as if it was another person, with inky black eyes and extremely vicious things, crazy resentment, and hatred.

The danger was fleeting, and the forest-like green spread from the depths of the inky black, like the dawn of dawn, and the darkness receded.

The color of the emerald green pupils was as good as ever, and her sense of existence became even more...

If you want the yellow ape to describe the feeling at this time, it probably is... She's everywhere.

It's strange, obviously this person is close at hand, his hand grabs her shoulder, her palm is attached to his chest, and the strange thing is that the yellow ape feels that she has become everywhere.

On this island, Marinford, the only one in the area of the Yellow Ape General is her.

Anna.

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The pouring rain stopped without warning, the clouds in the sky dispersed silently and quickly, and the brilliant sunlight fell quietly.

In a moment, the yellow ape suddenly came to his senses, "Devil Fruit Ability." ”

She smiled and replied softly, "Island Fruit." ”

When her words fell, the yellow ape found that in the corner of his eye, several figures appeared in an instant, and they were the powerhouses in the Navy Headquarters, and he quickly rushed to the scene to check when he noticed something unusual.

Just now, her eyes changed between inky black and emerald green, and this island, Marinford also seemed to change invisibly, and there were eyes closed and opened in the dark.

There was no sign at all in advance, but the change was very clear, and it was impossible to hide it from the senior generals in the headquarters, and the island changed in an instant, and more than a dozen sights and hears accurately captured the central point, and then pursued it.

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Uninterested, he put away his attention to his surroundings and refocused his gaze on the person in front of him, the yellow ape snorted, and almost couldn't help but admire, "Nature." ”

The island fruit, between the superhuman system and the natural system, the ability itself cannot be elementalized, but when activated, the ability becomes the island itself, and the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book lists it as a natural system.

Looking at her eyes now, the yellow ape realized that the emerald pupil color should be a sign of the Devil Fruit's activation.

Staying in Mallingford for more than ten years, she has not had the ability to unlock it for a day, and the natural department is close at hand, and there are many people in the Navy Headquarters from top to bottom, and no one has found out.

After all, no one would doubt the existence of the island itself, and she deliberately hid it among ordinary people, if she hadn't revealed it herself, she would have continued to hide it no matter how long it would take.

This man is truly remarkable.

This forbearance alone is how calm and cautious it is.

"Anna, you're amazing."

Letting go of the hand that was clasping her shoulder, gently brushing away the hair stuck to her neck, his fingertips climbing upwards and caressing the corners of her lips, the yellow ape looked at this person condescendingly, and the unsolved mysteries related to her were revealed in an instant.

The natural island fruit is equivalent to the earth.

It's not that there are frequent accidents around her, but those things happen in Malinford, she is the embodiment of Marinford, and of course, those things are involved with her.

He had originally doubted her, her daughter's qualifications were so good, how could she, a mother, be an ordinary person, even if she was sick and weak because of the injuries she suffered in her early years, she would not have the slightest strength in herself.

However, a person with a modicum of strength can be attacked by the virus, and her blood test is unusual.

Now that I go back and think about it, the answer is this:

Devil Fruit ability, of course, she can't be infected.

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"yes~ It seems that I can't let you go~"

Yellow Ape smiled and sighed, he was more patient with the little girl because of her, she let the child continue in the navy camp because he was not demanding... As long as the child is there, she is there.

What a delicate balance.

A listener of the sound of all things, a natural island fruit.

Nana is here, Anna is there.

How could the Navy give up such a win-win situation.