Chapter 34: The Witch's Pupil

Headquarters of the Navy, Office of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

The sky was clear after the rain, and looking out from the window on one side of the office wall, the sky was as clear as a wash, and the wind with the smell of sea salt blew in, wrapping in the coolness after the rain, which was even more refreshing.

Of course, this relaxation did not infect the admiral, on the contrary, the Supreme Commander sat behind his desk, expressionlessly bent the index knuckle of his right hand and tapped his temple.

He had a headache because of the few uninvited guests who came to the office at the moment.

The black-haired woman sat quietly in the hospitality sofa in the office, straightened her back, rested her hands on her knees, looked decent, and smiled gently and quietly.

But if only there was no difference, the marshal of the Warring States only felt that his head was concussed with the tapping of his fingers, and he was almost having a headache.

After thinking about it for a long time, he simply skipped the black-haired woman for the time being, and moved his gaze behind the round-rimmed glasses to the two sitting in front of him————

The general Akainu, who was supposed to set sail, and the yellow ape who came to the door with a trouble.

As for the other... I don't know if it's a lieutenant general on the sofa who came to see the excitement... We, and those who were driven away a few minutes ago actually secretly took what they saw and heard and locked in and refused to miss the development of who...

A bunch of bastards with no hearts, no lungs, and nerves as thick as water pipes!

Before the anger level exploded, the Warring States Marshal took a deep breath, put down his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Temporarily change the battle plan, add boarding personnel, give me a reason, Polusalino." ”

"Yay~" Facing his hidden angry gaze, the Warring States Marshal immediately found that his subordinate general shrugged his shoulders, still with a careless and decadent look, raised his eyelids, and his tone was listless, "Anna is not at ease~ As the highest in the Ministry of Science..."

Before he finished speaking, the marshal of the Warring States slapped his palm on the desk, too lazy to continue to listen to Gu Zuoyan, who was trying to confuse one of the love generals, he hadn't cleared up the matter of hiding the listener of the voice of all things! Now it's better to bring him another natural system?

He stared at the yellow ape fiercely, shifted his gaze a few degrees, and asked hopefully, "Sakasky, what about your opinion?" "Hurry up and refuse! Don't leave any mercy, the commander-in-chief of the navy silently looks forward to it in his heart.

Hearing this, the love of the crimson suit raised his eyes slightly, the gaze hidden under the shadow of the brim of the hat flashed slightly, his thin lips moved, and his tone was as cold as ever, "No opinion." ”

No opinion on a P! The marshal of the Warring States period raised his hand violently to shoot again, and out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the black-haired woman sitting on the sofa, her thin shoulders trembled imperceptibly, and her hand hanging in the air paused, and only after a while did he put away the idea of smashing the desk with a palm.

It seems that as the rumors say, the cowardly fear is terrible... It's nice to smash the desk with one palm, but if it scares people out... In order not to let Lieutenant General Tsuru hear all kinds of chatter afterwards, the marshal of the Warring States period felt that it was better to endure it for a while.

As a result, the admiral, who had a majestic anger in his chest, and two generals with different faces, looked at each other with six eyes.

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The room was quiet for a while, and the marshal of the Warring States period squinted his eyes, looked at the sofa for a few moments without noticing the traces, and then looked at him and the two generals sitting in front of him, his eyebrows tightened.

Sakasky and Polusalino both look dispensable, as the direct bosses of the two people for so many years, the Marshal of the Warring States does not know that these two have made up their minds at all, and it is not okay for him not to agree.

But... How could he possibly agree?!

Temporary change of plan before sailing, it's nothing, additional boarding personnel, nothing, the point is! Devil Fruit Ability, Nature Department, Island Fruit, such a person, let her leave Marinford... Sakasky and Polusalino, it is impossible not to know what this will mean.

Where can he agree!

If you don't know, it's fine, but now that you know, you must stay.

The Devil Fruit Illustrated Book is vaguely recorded, but according to the Navy's Secret Archives, the Island Fruit has not appeared for nearly two hundred years.

Not to disappear, but... The previous capable person has always been alive!

How many years can an island survive? This answer probably no one can accurately estimate, the force of nature, man-made war, external forces can destroy an island at any time, except for external forces, the island can always exist.

Successive island fruit ability, there is a record that the lifespan is between two hundred and three hundred years, the navy does not covet time, equal to the earth island fruit does not have a strong attack power, however, its ability of defense, can be called incomparable.

Shima Island Fruit, alias [Guardian].

The capable person is here, and the island where his ability is fused will not be destroyed no matter what, even if there is a hurricane tsunami, even if a volcanic earthquake, even if it is attacked by ancient weapons, as long as the capable person survives, the island will be safe and sound.

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At this moment, the former powerhouse, who was thought to be in seclusion, has died, and the new [Guardian] lives in Malinford.

The shock not so long ago was something that could be felt by anyone with a little strength across the island, an indescribable sensation that was equivalent to a matter of seconds, and the peace they had long taken for granted was lost in an instant.

Although it is fleeting, the sense of uneasiness persists.

What does this mean? Combined with the fact that she has lived in Malinford for more than ten years, this shows that over the years, she has been in a state of using her abilities, and the embodiment of the island, she is stable and peaceful, and Malinford is solid.

As the supreme commander of the navy, where would he agree to let people go?!

Sakasky and Polusalino, you two bastards!

Taking countless deep breaths, the Warring States Marshal forced himself to suppress the impulse/movement of the two generals sitting in front of him with a punch, and then flattened his expression and tried his best to pose... Quietly, he spoke, "She is a capable person, will sea navigation be too much for her..."

The sea is the nemesis of the Devil Fruit ability, and when you are at sea, the accidents that will occur during the voyage are incalculable, if in case...

The gaze hidden under the round-framed glasses slid across the sofa, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and the admiral thought to himself, even if it wasn't the island fruit, looking at her thin and weak appearance, the sea breeze would be able to blow it away if it was stronger, right?

The Devil Fruit's ability is strong, but it doesn't mean that the person with the ability is invincible, and the one on the sofa who looks weak... Even if you don't think about it from the standpoint of the navy, the marshal of the Warring States doesn't think you can let people board the ship!

In case something happens...

Although the yellow ape said that he also sent a special person to protect him, no one can guarantee that it is foolproof, the world is very impermanent, and where is it too late to regret it when something really happens?

I'm just worried about the child, why can't I wait in Malinford? How could an operational plan for which the admiral was solely responsible not be a complete victory? Her child is a listener to the voice of all things, and hasn't the Navy decided to rescue it at any cost?

Women are unreasonable.

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The atmosphere of vague stalemate ends with... The arrival of the Grand Staff Lieutenant General Tsuru.

Raising his eyes to the wise and calm gaze of the person who pushed the door in, the Warring States Marshal breathed a sigh of relief without a trace, Ah He came at the right time, he didn't know what to do... Prevent the Shimashima Fruit Ability from leaving, and as a woman, Ah He should be able to persuade.

Tough means will definitely not work, not to mention that the capable person is resentful and doesn't know what he will do in the end, even if he himself is not willing to maliciously oppress, the other party is uh~ A woman who looks sick and weak.

Except for the Devil Fruit ability, she herself seems to be weak, because judging by the breath... Her body is not too ... Healthy.

The admiral, who has always disdained bullying, is actually helpless, and it is because she is too weak that his anger is all directed at Sakasky and Polusalino.

Now Ah He has come just in time, otherwise... I don't know how long the stalemate will last, but the fleet on the other side of the dock is ready, but several admirals in charge of the operation cannot travel.

Relaxing his body and leaning back in his chair, the admiral began to rub the corners of his forehead with a blank face.

Headache to death!

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The arrival of the Grand Staff Lieutenant General Crane eased the atmosphere slightly, perhaps because he was also a woman, the yellow ape turned his face slightly and saw that the stiff shoulders of the man on the sofa had softened, and the mask-like smile had also disappeared a little, his pale face, and the corners of his mouth were tightened with a hint of stubbornness.

The stubbornness of refusing to persuade people is really like... The general Huang Ape thought to himself, is that person similar to her daughter's personality and even similar in appearance? Or maybe the little girl in his science department has been imitating her mother subconsciously?

Probably the latter, right?

At this time, the general Yellow Ape's mind was flying, and the lieutenant general crane walked to the side of the sofa, stopped slightly, and said something irrelevant.

"The man is really careless, so many of you don't even remember to bring her a coat?" The older woman glanced at everyone in the room, her expression a little displeased, "You will get sick in wet clothes." ”

asked the general staff officer to stare at it for a few seconds, and the general yellow ape touched his nose and sneered, "yes~ I was negligent~" After speaking, he turned his gaze to the man, and for a while...

It was too chaotic when he met her, and he later brought her to meet the Marshal of the Warring States ... She wrapped his cloak, untied it and threw it back to him before entering the office, and the clothes inside were... Wrapped in a thin and weak body, it looks...

The gaze that stared at her met her shifting gaze, and the pupils of the forest green appeared a little different... In the next second, the man raised his hand to protect his chest, and his eyes suddenly became angry.

Ye Ye ~ The general Yellow Ape's eyes jumped slightly, and then turned away a little as if nothing happened.

"Sure enough, it was an oversight." Lieutenant General Crane spoke again, and as he spoke, he untied his cloak with his backhand, raised his wrist slightly, and the unscrewed corners of his snow-white robe covered the man, and after falling in an instant, he had already wrapped the person tightly again.

"Thank you." The man reached out and put together his warm cloak, raised his face, and looked a little grateful, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble today." ”

Xu is body was warm, his face was no longer white and transparent, his forest green eyes slowly looked around, and said with a smile, "I have to go to Nana anyway." ”

"I understand." The only senior counselor of the same gender as her in the audience replied slowly, "How can a man understand? How important children are to women. ”

"Even if I know that she will come back safely, I must be in suspense day and night."

As she spoke, the older woman looked gently at the person who was relieved by her words, "But if you take the risk, your children will be worried too, right?" ”

The yellow ape raised his eyebrows, and his gaze under the dark tea lenses slid towards the man, but instead of seeing the face with the look he hoped for, he smiled even more...

The stretched eyebrows are particularly touching by the soft and bright smile.

The man, her lips were slightly raised, and the pupils of her eyes shone like the dazzling sunlight of spring, "Lieutenant General Crane is right, men are fools, and they don't understand their mother's mood at all." ”

"As long as Nana is safe, I don't care if it costs my life."

"Because Nana was originally my life~"

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After laughing, the man's soft eyes slid through the room, and finally slowly met him, the yellow ape's gaze, her expression became half-mocking and half-sarcastic in his gaze, "If Nana dies, I won't be able to live." ”

"Mr. Yellow Ape has investigated, the supreme chief of the Ministry of Science must have found out something, right? Indeed, there is nothing to hide. ”

She lowered her eyelashes to hide her glamorous eyes, and her voice was soft and gentle, as if she was saying something irrelevant, "My family bloodline is too domineering, and there will only be one child from generation to generation..."

"What will be the future of the child even if it is born? I thought about not, but... At that time she was moving, very upset, and I heard crying, and she said she wanted to live. ”

"With a new life in my belly, connected by blood, how amazing that feeling is, even makes me forget all my anxiety and anxiety, and the only thing I want is to give birth to a child peacefully."

"When I was born, I was like a little monkey, and when I cried like a cat, I would disappear if I wasn't careful..."

"I worry day and night that she won't be able to grow up healthy, and when she grows taller than me, I'm worried that the world is too chaotic and dangerous, how can my Nana protect herself?"

"I know that I can't protect her forever, and that children have to go through hardships to grow up."

"It's one thing to know, it's another to do it."

"At least, I can't do it at the moment."

Raising her eyes, she looked directly at him, the smile on the corner of her mouth was obviously cold and sarcastic, looking in the eyes of the general yellow ape, I don't know why he felt...

She's crying.

"Your navy choose~"

"Let me leave to save the child, or... Imprison me. ”

"After the operation was successful, I deceived my children forever, and the operation failed, and I died with Nana."

"There is no third outcome."

She didn't give an inch, which made the originally relaxed atmosphere tense again, and before the yellow ape could open his mouth to play a round, there was already a sound behind him... The sound of the Sengoku Marshal slapping the table.

"Nonsense!" The commander of the navy was obviously angry, and his elevated tone was like scolding someone and someone who was out of tune on a normal day, "What do you use to be sure that you will join the operation 100% successful?!" ”

"Because I can be that island." The man's slightly cool voice cut dangerously, "Rescue Nana, kill me if there is anything in case when you destroy me, Hailou Shi or domineering can do it, kill me, and the island will be destroyed immediately." ”

"You're simply!" The Admiral slammed to his feet, his anger covering the entire office, "It's unreasonable! ”

………… Dividing line ............

The warships moored in the dock finally waited for the moment to set sail.

With the commander's order, the navy soldiers who had already been ready lined up in a neat line, waiting silently.

Seeing the snow-white cloak slowly appear at the end of the trestle from a distance, taking advantage of the gap before the generals boarded the ship, Siwa standing on the deck narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to see the central figure of the trip with his proud eyesight.

The dock was silent, and the sound of the soles of leather shoes stepping on the surface was unhurried, and the people from far and near could quickly see it clearly.

The man at the head, in a crimson suit, and a snow-white cape swinging out of the arc along the corners of the front robe, representing the general's epaulettes...

The one who is one step behind has a long knife hanging from his waist, a distinctive mustache, and a strong momentum...

Shiwa held his breath, carefully staggering the gaze that fell on Admiral Akaiu and Lieutenant General Dauberman, his gaze wandered slightly, and soon he saw... A slender figure in a snow-white general's cloak is particularly eye-catching.

Eventually, Siwa finally saw his chief, the Yellow Ape General who commanded the Ministry of Science.

Mr. Polusalino walked side by side with the black-haired woman, and seemed to say something to her from time to time as he went... As for his expression, from such a distance, Rao is eyesight is excellent Xiwa still can't see clearly.

But he knew that his sir... Uh~ Estimate... Or can you be sure? Definitely looking for a chance...

After thinking about it, the baby-faced Siwa soldier closed his gaze and tried to look directly at the back of his head in front of him, while his heart was full of black lines.

His chief's preference is really... Okay~ No comment, in short, he just needs to complete the commander's order, the seniors who did their job warned him that to live a long time, the secret is:

Turn a deaf ear to.

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Not long after, several senior generals who set sail this time changed the direction of their way to the exclusive warship, the main ship [Rose] where Siwa was located, and Admiral Akainu stepped on the folding ladder to board the ship without hurrying.

Several generals left and took away their respective subordinates, and the crowd suddenly became much less, and suddenly the black-haired woman who was out of place was still eye-catching, and the direction she was walking in was [Rose], but the yellow ape general no longer saw him off, stood by the trestle, and watched quietly.

There are also some people around the black-haired woman, a general's cloak, and the middle-level generals wrap her in the crowd, back and forth... Judging from the arrangement of formations, they are actually the people who protect her.

Siva twitched the corners of his mouth silently, and for a moment expressed his mission... Worried.

How so?

After Admiral Akainu boarded the ship, all the units received the order and began to take their positions, and followed the team to the soldier Siva, who was speeding to the sentry, while distracting himself a little for himself... Took a handful of extra hearts.

Subordinate to the secret force under the command of Admiral Yellow Ape, he was ordered to protect the target person, and this time he hid in the fleet garrison... Like Siwa, there are twelve soldiers on duty, and General Yellow Ape's military order is to protect them 24 hours a day, and they must not affect their normal life.

It's impossible to finish~

The soldier's heart was frustrated, but it was okay on the island, and his companions could hide at will, and the naval headquarters was full of soldiers, and there were occasional high-ranking generals around Lady Anna, and they could also get away with it.

What should I do now?

On the warship~

Small cabins, dense spaces, where are the protectors going to hide and protect closely? Under the bed? Let's not talk about whether it will be discovered when the suspicious elements are arrested, and the matter will be resolved in the future, his commander's bad temperament will definitely find an opportunity to give them small shoes to wear, right?

Don't think no one sees it!

Siwa said that the guys in the same group as him all made a bet ~ bet on their sir, when Mr. Yellow Ape will hold the beauty, and by the way, bet whether the chief will lose to Lieutenant General Ghost Spider, or someone else.

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And then, the other one who...

Uh~ The Siwa soldier who was absent-mindedly knocked on the back of the head was extraordinarily innocent with his baby face, and after passing the test in a fool's way, he continued to be depressed.

Admiral Akainu~

Mr. Polusalino is a chess game~ The sea voyage is boring, men and women get along day and night, if something else is strange?

So, Mr. Polusalino... Will he desperately stuff his own people into the fleet openly and secretly, right?

In addition to their group of protectors, plus a column of the Ministry of Science's mobile force, led by Captain Sentomaru, there are two groups of people in the light and in the dark, or is there a backhand? Mr. Hipolosalino's deceitful nature is likely to hide a secret trick from anyone.

It's definitely not all because of the conservation plan, right?

This is... What does that ancient story come about?

Hiding the beloved woman with a palace of gold?

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Not long after, after intense and orderly preparations, the warship sounded a long whistle.

There was an imperceptible undulation under his feet, and the soldier Siwa collected his thoughts, narrowed his eyes, and turned his head to look at the steel wall of the cabin where he was, his pupils shrunk, but his face smiled harmlessly.

Island... As the fleet sailed away, Marlingford had a crumbling sense of vulnerability, and the strangeness was fleeting, and a more powerful domineering force came to fill the gap.

Delusion?

His mind turned sharply, and he quickly suppressed his confusion, and looked at the people nearby, and Siwa, like them, lost the ups and downs of his feelings, and while concentrating on the duties of his position, he tried to start thinking about how his real task should be completed.

It's certainly not realistic to hide in Mrs. Anna's cabin, anyway, looking for an opportunity to talk to take the opportunity to get closer, I don't know if this trick will work?

Mrs. Anna, according to the recent 'parties don't know' getting along, the Siwa soldiers feel that such a gentle lady should be uh~ like his baby face... Right?

Looks like she's about the same age as her daughter, and by the way, she has moved a little bit of maternal love or something... It shouldn't be difficult, right?

Of course, he will remember to avoid Admiral Akainu uh~