Chapter 44: The Feast

The Supreme Commander ordered the suspension of sailings, except for the next department that had to do the maintenance of the warship, the patrol that maintained vigilance, the entertainment program that had been scheduled, and the event to try his skills was held as scheduled.

According to the rank of the military, the rank of general is on the Rose, and the crew and soldiers are on the decks of the frigates on the left and right wings.

Of course, soldiers who are confident in their own level of force can also sign up for the officer-level competition on the main ship's side, but ordinary soldiers are not interested in looking for abuse, so the number of people gathered on the first deck of the Rose to participate in the competition is not large.

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When the sun was empty, Sentomaru and the team he led appeared at the scene of the competition, which was not noisy, but definitely lively.

It wasn't that he was negligent in his duties, but that someone from the Commander of the Rose had come to inform him that they were protecting Lady Anna, and that since Admiral Akainu had no time to be distracted today, her safety was temporarily taken over by the Ministry of Science's combat forces.

In addition, Mrs. Anna accepted Admiral Akainu's kindness and was 'breathing' on the deck outside the warship.

After receiving the summons, Sentomaru led the people to hurry over.

On the second deck of the Rose, the man they were trying to protect was standing by the railing, facing outwards as if watching the race on the deck below, when she heard footsteps, she turned her head, glanced behind her, and turned her face again.

Sentomaru waved his hand and motioned for the team to disperse to all corners of the second deck to stand on guard, and then he slowly walked over to the man himself.

Standing beside her, squinting and peeking, Sentomaru realized that she was not watching the competition on the lower deck as he thought, but staring at the ocean in the distance like he had done in the morning.

The pupils of his eyes reflected the seawater, but his expression was a little stunned.

After staring at her for a few seconds, Zhan Taomaru retracted his gaze, learning from her to quietly look at the sea in the distance, hesitating for a moment in his heart, he wanted to ask the reason why she said the last sentence in the morning, and he didn't know how to speak.

At that time, her expression was not abnormal, but now looking at her appearance, Zhan Taomaru couldn't help but think that it was his own misunderstanding.

Last words or something...

But if you don't ask... He couldn't rest assured.

In short, it was very tangled, and Sentomaru felt that he had the responsibility to protect Nana's mother, even if it wasn't a task, to protect Mrs. Anna's safety, it was also uh~ What his old man has been teaching:

It is only natural for a man to protect a woman.

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After a long time, after all kinds of bad feelings, Zhan Momomaru finally sighed, defeated by his worries, because of Nana, the lady beside him has taken good care of him recently, and because of Nana, of course he can't turn a blind eye.

It's a love house and a black house, right? As the old man of his family said, if you like a person, you will like the people and things that the other person likes, and he treats Mrs. Anna the same as Mrs. Anna treats him, and in the final analysis, it is because of the key person, Nana.

"Aunt-" The person on the side looked away slightly, Zhan Taomaru raised his hand and scratched his cheek, he couldn't find a suitable topic to use after thinking for a long time, plus he was not good at words, and after he spoke, he actually got stuck.

Xu didn't wait for the following, her eyes were mixed with a hint of confusion, and after waiting for a while, she somehow bent the corners of her mouth, and her shallow smile was as gentle as water, which made Zhan Taomaru's cheeks hot.

For a long time, she casually turned her gaze away, and said softly, "At breakfast, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel sent an adjutant to visit, what did Sentomaru do?" ”

The tone was low and soft, as if he was talking about something irrelevant, "Although Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel is calm and generous, if it weren't for the reason, he wouldn't have intervened in the affairs of another warship, and it was Sentomaru who said that Vice Admiral came forward, right?" ”

Belch? Zhan Momomaru was stunned, and looked up at her crampedly, but saw that the person beside him was looking at the sea again, and his expression was also calm and indifferent, "Nana has a good eye, you are a good boy~"

"I knew I would offend the Admiral..."

Her voice was extremely low at the end of the sentence, almost to the point of whispering, and she sighed like nothing, "Stupid boy." ”

Sentomaru pursed the corners of his mouth and lowered his eyes, he knew that he also heard the unfinished words of the person beside him, she... Lady Anna was actually very clear about her own situation and the rumors of recent days, and it was he who was worried about the so-called 'offended' and 'stupid'.

And guessed right.

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It was indeed Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel invited by Sentomaru, through Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel's adjutant, to see the commander of the left wing frigate, and he pleaded as a junior to ask the other party to come forward to protect him once, his junior companion, Nana's mother.

Not to mention anything else, Admiral Akainu is really... Sentomaru didn't quite understand what the man had in mind, but he knew that the rumors must be the admiral's acquiescence.

Bad is bad here, if no one comes forward to stop it, Lady Anna... I'm afraid it really will... In the end, you will be forced to succumb to that man because of rumors, right?

What's even more infuriating is that Admiral Akainu ignores it, just like he treats the woman in the flower street wine house.

Where can Sentomaru see it? Although the old man of his family is not very simple in his mind about Mrs. Anna, he will not put it in front of others, what happens in private is the same thing, and the old man of his family severely punished a few talkative people in the science department, which is enough to show his attitude:

The Yellow Ape General treats Mrs. Anna not with a sinister mind.

Even if it is ambiguous, under the premise that the supreme governor has a clear attitude, the whole department of science has a bit of a solemn attitude towards Mrs. Anna.

It's a pity that the Rose is not a Ministry of Science, and Admiral Akainu acquiesced in the rumors, and then treated them casually, and all the unfavorable factors naturally fell on the other party.

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Leaving Marlingford, not under the shadow of the old man of his family, in recent days, Sentomaru has already noticed the shortcomings in the mission operation, not that anyone deliberately made things difficult, but it was not smooth, because there was a gap between the different factions.

Originally, at this time, Sentomaru knew very well that he should be restrained, and his action of asking Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel for help in private could not be concealed from Admiral Akainu, so Mrs. Anna said 'offended'.

Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel has a good reputation in the Navy Headquarters, and is lenient and fair, but in the end... As Madame Anna said, there is no special reason why one of the lieutenant generals in this department will not take care of that... Things that men and women are entangled in.

Akainu Sakaski, one of the admirals, whether it was on the Rose at this time, or even in Malinford, the man could do whatever he wanted.

The admiral wants a woman, and who thinks it can't?

Sentomaru is not a child, of course he knows the mystery, just like Lady Anna and Vice Admiral Ghost Spider, it is also Lady Anna who is in an unbearable situation in the rumors of the Navy Headquarters.

In this world, she speaks with strength, and no one cares whether she is persecuted or not, for the simple reason that the strong are respected.

How cold the reason.

But it's an unspoken rule that everyone follows.

Zhan Taomaru just can't look past it, as the old man of his family said, he doesn't think too much about things that are too complicated, in fact, he knows, but he can't be too sophisticated.

As a junior, he asked Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel for help, and fortunately, the lieutenant general was just as good as he used to be... There will be mercy on the weak.

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Or maybe he was quiet for too long and the person beside him misunderstood something, Sentomaru only felt that his head sank, but it was she who stood on tiptoe and tried her best to rub his hair, and when he came back to his senses and glared, she smiled softly.

But the words that come out of the mouth...

"I never cared about fame." She rubbed his head like a child, and her tone was soft, "The most important thing at the moment is Nana, whatever that man wants to do, I will handle it myself." ”

Stunned for a moment, Zhan Momomaru was startled, and there were a few traces in his gaze when he looked at her... Seeing this, she withdrew her hand, her smile unchanged, "I'm not a navy and you are, Mr. Yellow Ape will not want to see..."

After a meaningful pause for a few seconds, she spoke again, her words sharper, "Your future path has undeserved twists and turns because of this voyage. ”

After speaking, the smile in her eyes deepened a little, and her tone changed again, "Okay, okay~" smiled, stretched her eyebrows, and her tone became... It's more like coaxing a child, "Adults can solve their own affairs, you just need to worry about how to go out with Nana." ”

"Nana hasn't dated a boy yet~I'm so sad as a mother~"

"Eh~Children grow up so fast~"

"What are you sad about?" The explosive/explosive that exploded in his head exploded so that Zhan Taomaru couldn't think of anything, and he choked for a long time, blushing and being angry by the way, "Who, who is a child!" ”

He raised his voice and roared, she blinked, looking extremely innocent, and the hand that rubbed his head was withdrawn, but the expression on her face was clearly dazed, as if she didn't know why he was angry.

Trying to take a few deep breaths, Sentomaru raised his hand to support his forehead with a headache, he thought, he probably knew where Nana's sometimes natural ability to pretend to be stupid and deviate from the topic had been learned.

It's the lady next to me who smiles like a flower and teaches by word and deed, right?

Sometimes Sentomaru will be so angry with Nana that he can't do it, and I don't know if they are too wide or coarse, and the bystanders are so anxious that they are half dead, and they do their own thing.

Other than that! How did the topic turn to a place that had nothing to do with his original thoughts, this kind of unfolding, Zhan Taomaru was simply puzzled, what did he originally want to ask? I can't even remember it now!

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After a long pause, when he had cleaned up all kinds of entanglements and shyness, and put down the hand that was rubbing the corners of his forehead, he tragically found that the lady on the side had already set her eyes elsewhere:

Leaning over slightly, resting on the railing with both elbows, with a smile on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, he looked down in a very good mood.

After quietly staring at her for a few seconds, Sentomaru silently exhaled the turbid air blocked in his chest, turned his gaze a few degrees, and also focused on the first deck.

Below, the competition held on the first deck, the participants were all officers, perhaps because the three supreme commanders had not yet appeared, and the atmosphere in the arena seemed a little relaxed.

Nearly 100 people were scattered on the deck, and the vacant field in the center was painted in white/pink to form a square shape as a ring, and two of them were fighting fiercely at this time.

The weapon is a sword, and in the daylight, the flying sword shadow opens and closes, and the light black line shadow cuts through the air from time to time, and the agile body is crisscrossed, leaving traces on the opponent's body from time to time.

Because it is only a competition, the participants will naturally not choose a real lethal weapon, but a bamboo sword prop in the training ground, the front end of the bamboo sword is stained with bright red paint, and finally the winner will be determined by whether the vital parts of the body are stained with color.

Not long after, the two men in the ring were separated, and the winner moved away from the bamboo sword that was against the opponent's throat, and both sides closed their swords.

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Not long after, another competition kicked off.

Sentomaru squinted his eyes and watched quietly, men were all aggressive creatures, not to mention that he was already young and vigorous, and gradually, his attention was immersed in the battle below.

Admire the two generals' pointing, and at the same time secretly frightened by the awe-inspiring killing intent contained in the bamboo sword tips in the hands of both sides, but at this time, there was another sound in my ears... She asked, with some confusion, "Aren't you going to go down and play?" It's a rare day off~"

Most of the minds were glued to the wonderful competition scene, and a small part of the mind was divided into a small part of the mind, and Sentomaru answered the question in a low voice, "Individual combat is not the strength of the Ministry of Science. ”

First, the combat units of the Ministry of Science are better at using high-tech weapons, and their personal combat power is slightly insufficient. The people gathered on the first deck were the elite of their respective commanders.

On this voyage, the personnel on the three warships were rationed, and the troops directly related to their respective commanders, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel, Vice Admiral Dauberman, and Admiral Akainu, they reached a consensus that the mobile units on the fleet, from the generals to the soldiers, were all elite and strong generals.

You must know that, according to the old practice, when the fleet of the Navy Headquarters goes out on a mission, it always considers the even distribution of combat power, and in the combat unit, the elite soldiers are staggered with the slightly insufficient soldiers, on the one hand, to hone the part of the naval forces that are weaker, and on the other hand, to strive for the support of those soldiers.

The special feature of the ration of the personnel ration for this voyage is that considering the unknown virus some time ago, the soldiers of the fleet, the individual combat power is higher than that of the class that can be infected.

"One day, I won't be weaker than them." Even if he was not convinced, Sentomaru had to admit that the contestants gathered on the first deck could easily abuse the soldiers he led at this time.

Since you know the result early in the morning, who wants to ask for your own hardship.

Young and vigorous to be young and vigorous, he still has this self-knowledge.

I don't know what was wrong with his answer, but after he finished speaking, he saw her smiling... is particularly spoiled, and his eyes are also very uncomfortably kind, so that the temperature on his face that has just dropped rises again.

"They all say I'm not a child anymore!"

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"I didn't say anything~" She seemed to be innocently yelled at by him, blinked her eyes after speaking, suddenly had some ill intentions, lowered her voice, and said, "If you want to pursue success, you should call me 'mother-in-law', right?" ”

Uh~ Uncontrollable zhì imagined the girl he liked, Zhan Momomaru was stunned, and there was a boom like a volcanic eruption in his head... Mother-in-law... Well, that's not after getting married... Also, there's more! Mrs. Anna's extraordinarily young looking face, mother-in-law or something...

He felt that his face was about to burn, and the person next to him smiled more happily, and even approached slowly very viciously, and said coaxingly, "Do you want to call me first?" Didn't you always call me 'aunt' before? Anyway, it's about the same..."

Wait a minute! In her wide eyes, she approached slowly, Zhan Momomaru didn't know how to react for a while, his old man's teaching since he was a child made him pay special attention to etiquette, Nana was the same age as him, even if Lady Anna's face was too young, he didn't dare to be rude...

But now, there was ridicule in this man's smiling eyes, obviously teasing him... Mother-in-law or something, what if he takes it seriously! When the time comes, Nana will beat him up!

As a result, before Sentomaru could decide whether to refuse with righteous words or push the boat with the flow, the smile on the man's face paused imperceptibly, and then stopped approaching with bad intentions, reopened the distance between each other, and turned his face away.

Following her line of sight, a moment later, the Rose and the commanders of the left and right wings of the frigate Shi Shiran appeared on the first deck.

Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, Lieutenant General Dauberman, Admiral Akainu.

The appearance of the three generals caused the crowd watching the battle to be slightly distracted, and the originally scattered crowd quickly gathered on the sides of the characters they followed, forming a clear pattern.

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"Delusion, huh?" Lady Anna said to herself, "I always find something strange. ”

Quickly glancing at a central figure on the deck, Sentomaru staggered the other party's gaze, pursed the corners of his mouth, and decided to rot in his stomach.

Anyway, he would definitely not say it, whether it was to his old man or to his aunt Mrs. Anna, he would never say that Mrs. Anna thought that the strange place was not an illusion!

Admiral Akainu, Sakasky, that man...

Let's put it this way~ It was also today that Mrs. Anna brought up the battle peach pill and realized that these days, whenever he sees Mrs. Anna, General Sakasky's clothes are subtle... Being able to hook up with Lady Anna... Couple outfits!

It's so sad, hey! Sentomaru almost wanted to cover his face, and he said that it was strange how Akainu-dai could wear a white shirt in recent days, instead of the eye-catching attire of the iconic Hawaiian beach style in the past.

Because Lady Anna always wears a white shirt, right?

The man changed his maverick red-bottomed floral-patterned shirt to a white shirt that didn't quite match his crimson suit.

Of course, that's a detail that can easily be overlooked, and if it weren't for the fact that the Akainu Shogun who was clustered in the center on the first deck was back in his trademark attire, Sentomaru wouldn't have noticed it at all.

And what's even more terrifying is that Admiral Akainu's clothes today...

Glancing cautiously at the side, Sentomaru decisively raised his hand to support his forehead, trying to block the corners of his eyes that twitched violently, so as not to let Mrs. Anna on the side find out.

Mrs. Anna wore a dress uncharacteristically today, with a red background flower pattern, and the shirt of the Red Inu General below, which was simply cut out of a piece of fabric, and I thought it was familiar and I didn't know the reason for it for a while, so she said something strange.

Because the couple pretended to be hey!

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accidentally discovered the truth, Zhan Taomaru was quietly scorched by the invisible thunder, the tragedy is that he has to keep his face unchanged, even if he swipes the screen in his heart and sweeps countless garbled codes, he still has to pretend that he doesn't know anything.

The ignorant appearance of the aunt on the side made him feel a sense of mission in his heart, General Akainu is really not a good candidate for father-in-law, so ah~ The appearance is old-fashioned and harsh, and no one knows that the Akainu General is even more terrible than his old man inside...

It's safer to stay away from your aunt, really!

Putting down the hand holding her forehead, Sentomaru tried to take her away before the person next to her could react, "Auntie, that... Do you want to take a break? ”