Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Feast

The stalemate was broken by the returning Flying Squirrel, who walked in from the other side of the door and brought back the medic by the way.

The infirmary officer, who had seen me a lot in the past five days, had a bitter expression, but when he knew that this time he was not asking me to treat seasickness but to bandage Admiral Akainu, Mr. Ship's expression was instantly distorted, his eyes widened, and his expression was extraordinarily wonderful.

When I don't know why I actually planned to treat me directly instead of going back to my cabin or going to the infirmary, the general Akainu motioned for the ship doctor to come over, I thought... The sight of the cast was instantly full of gossip.

I walked to the bedside, opened the medical kit, and looked at Admiral Akainu and me, Mr. Ship Doctor's faces... I estimate that it will only take a few minutes, and he probably has no less than ten versions of grievances and hatreds in his brain.

And then, absolutely, absolutely absolutely, it is very difficult to say the origin of the injury on the shoulder of the admiral.

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Then came the treatment time, the cabin was very narrow, and four big men came in at once, and the space was even more full, so that I wanted to get up and avoid it for a while.

On the edge of the bed sat a burly admiral, a flying squirrel, who occupied the few spaces, plus a ship doctor, and finally another small sumo wrestler who knocked on the door and was answered.

The room was full of people, and there was no room to turn around.

The corners of my mouth twitched, silently retracted my feet as I was about to get out of bed, and moved in again, by the way, against the eerie atmosphere of solidification, I quietly glanced at the person nearby.

The man in the crimson suit was loosening his clothes, and in a natural manner that made me speechless, it was as natural as if I had come home from work and changed into loungewear in the bedroom.

The sound of rustling fabric, a manly coat dropped beside me, and he began to slowly unbutton his shirt, his body movements as smooth as a cloud.

The snow-white cotton shirt faded down little by little, and the dark skin was slowly revealed, shoulders, back, arms, wrist bones...

Benty muscles, firm lines, dark wheat skin, radiant temperature... The shoulders are very broad, it looks unusually strong, and the perfect inverted triangle body shape makes the waistline look sharp, uh ~ the relationship between the angle, right? I could see the tattoo on half of my chest.

The flourishing fallen cherry blossoms are reflected in the dim light, and the withered petals flutter shallowly with the breath.

He didn't take off his hat, very strange habits, there was a longitudinal wound on his neck near the shoulder, like a pear coming out, looking from the traces, it should be... Imagine for a moment, my head is full of black lines.

It should have been him leaning over and looking closer, and then I raised my hand and direct... It was supposed to be pierced in the throat, but the admiral was quick to dodge it, and the attack landed on the shoulder?

So, such a murderous thing will happen... I don't think the fault should be entirely blamed on me, right? In the middle of the night, a strange man touched the side of the bed and approached a sleeping woman... Isn't it normal to be scratched and bleeding?!

After thinking about it, I silently looked away, and my face twitched by the way, what, the blood is a little bigger~ It's no longer a reason for nails to be reasonable~

It's an attack.

So, is Akainu Shoji such a good-tempered person? I don't have a reflex for a meteor volcano, I should find time to go to the temple to worship!

It was a narrow escape.

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Admiral Akainu undressed, and the ship's doctor began to heal him.

Then, a shallow gasp drew my attention, and when I squinted, I saw the medical tweezers in the ship's doctor's hand frozen in mid-air, and the sterilized cotton between the tips of the tweezers had turned crimson.

"The wound is deep and needs to be stitched." Mr. Ship's Doctor looked frightened, and by the way, he glanced at me with the eyes of a fierce beast, and dodged when he met my gaze, "Ma'am, you shouldn't put a weapon under your pillow. ”

"That's dangerous." Mr. Ship Doctor turned his face away a few times, and said insincerely, "Whether it's to yourself or to others." ”

I rolled my eyes decisively and laughed dryly, only to feel a little speechless, what to say? Neither is the justification, nor is the non-justification, and it is good to simply remain silent.

Mr. Ship Doctor must have misunderstood, right? The brain holes are all out of outer space, hey! Put the murder weapon under the pillow, he thinks: The general Akainu attacked at night, I woke up and resisted, and then this and that...

Mr. Ship Doctor, your imagination has flown to new worlds, right? Mr. Ship Doctor, didn't you notice the faces of the other people on the side? Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel and Captain Sentomaru, their eyes are going to fall out!

Hurry up and stop your terrible speculation!

Bathed in all kinds of demonic gazes in an instant, I raised my hand and quickly covered my face, and my heart instantly ran through countless grass and mud horses, saying: Admiral Akainu's reputation... I can't afford to take responsibility!

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Because I hid my face out of an ostrich mentality, I couldn't see the reaction of the general Akainu, and then, there was no then.

Mr. Ship's Doctor quieted down, and after a while, a dull and sour sound slowly came out, like a needle and thread stitching something, which didn't sound very good, but combined with imagination, it made people shudder.

The needle and thread penetrate the flesh and slowly pull... Uh~ I, who has never been timid and refused to enter the operating room, and I didn't dare to deal with Yan zhòng's trauma, I said that goosebumps fell all over the place~

Just as I was covering my face and stiffening, for a moment, my ankle was grabbed by the hot force.

Shake it, carefully spread the gap between your fingers, and glance... Uh~ Admiral Akainu, I don't know what kind of mentality his hand came from, anyway, his hand reached back into the quilt and held my ankle.

The man's figure was very burly, and as soon as he sat on the edge of the bed, he blocked three-quarters of the space, so that others could hardly see me hiding inside, and of course, he couldn't see what small movements his hands were doing behind him.

The ship's doctor may be able to see it, but the ship's doctor with a bitter face... I guess I won't say it when I see it.

Momentarily terrifying, then shivering, I gasped and struggled cautiously, trying to shake off the terrible heat on my ankle without anyone else noticing.

I can't see it through the quilt, but it's the place where I touch... Coarse cocoons, body temperature much higher than normal, rubbing with unknown intentions... This is decisively sex/harassment/harassment!

What is even more infuriating is that the man who made such a move was treated by the ship's doctor as if nothing had happened, as if his hand had not reached into the quilt at all!

Shameless! Down/Stream!

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Several times he kicked his leg in small increments but couldn't shake off the man's hand, he didn't use too much force, not lightly or heavily, but like a maggot on the tarsal bone, I tried my best but couldn't dodge.

Finally, a second before I was about to lift my other foot and kick it directly on his back, the hand on my ankle suddenly let go of the quilt and went out, and then Mr. Shipmed exhaled and cut the sutures.

"Please pay more attention to your wounds in the next few days, General Sakasky." Mr. Ship's tone was ordinary, that is, ordinary doctor's orders.

"Hmm." Admiral Akainu replied briefly.

I... I shrunk myself even smaller, curled up my legs with the quilt, and stared at the back of a hated head with a bitter look on my face.

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In the quiet atmosphere, the ship's doctor quickly packed up his medical tools, and ran straight past Captain Sentomaru without saying a word like a dog chasing after him, unscrewing the cabin door and rushing out.

The general Akainu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, got up slowly, wearing only a pair of trousers, and did not take back the coat and shirt that he had dropped, and walked to the door that opened on the wall with long legs.

When the man's burly body disappeared, I twitched the corner of my eye and glared at him angrily, and said, "What is he here for?" "Just wrap up a wound and smear a handful of black mud on my reputation by the way?

Eat it, right?

"Have I ever offended Admiral Akainu?" Personally, I said I was confused, really! I can't remember any unspeakable dealings with this admiral Akainu Sakasky, okay?

I, I, I... Why, why, I don't have the slightest impression that this admiral can inexplicably make that kind of move that goes beyond the relationship of ordinary people?

Holding the ankles, shouldn't it be an intimate/intimate action between lovers?

What the hell am I... What doesn't look right?

Is it the appearance of a mistress who can be connected to the bed at a glance, or does it look like a mistress who is easy to use? Navy, in other words, don't admirals always look for women who can match their bodies well?

I'm flat-chested, thick-waisted, and thin like a piece of paper, and the flamboyant/plump girls, not a fraction of a paragraph!

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Perhaps because of the reputation of their navy, my questions were not answered.

The faces of the remaining two sumo wrestlers were a little dark and a little distorted, but it should be due to the huge difference in rank with the admiral, and the poor child's face was flushed, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

It's Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel... This mild-mannered general's gaze was a little evasive, especially when it met my angry gaze, he... He turned his face away and looked embarrassed and put his eyes on the corner of the cabin.

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After a few moments, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel raised his hand to the corner of his mouth and coughed deliberately a few times before changing the subject, "Regarding the attempted murder that occurred during dinner, investigate..."

"Wait!" I quickly put aside the unexplained mess in my head, raised my hand and asked, "Attempted murder?" "How did I not know? Did it happen in the corner of the restaurant that I didn't see?

"Devil Fruit." Mr. Flying Squirrel, as good-natured as ever, "brought the fruit platter on Madame Anna's table." ”

"And then?" I blinked and slowly moved to the side of the bed, anyway, in this situation, it seems rude to talk to someone in bed, it is better to get out of bed... As he moved, he continued, "Isn't that great?" The Navy has one more capable person. ”

The devil fruit that costs 100 million on the black market ~ You can eat it casually on the warship, and the child who becomes the capable person is very lucky~

Moving to the side of the bed, I looked around for shoes, and the voice of Captain Sentomaru came from my ear, "This is murder!" Aunt. ”

Probably also successfully diverted from focus, the little sumo wrestler approached to help me get my shoes, but his face and tone were extremely angry, and he was indescribably happy, "Aunt is a capable person, and if she eats another devil fruit, she will die!" ”

"Huh?" I was stunned and looked up, "It should be a coincidence, right?" ”

"How could it be a coincidence?!" Captain Sentomaru, a small sumo wrestler, tightened his eyebrows, his expression was extremely stern, "Someone must have planned this murder, in the fleet..."

"No, it's supposed to be a coincidence." After thinking about it, I put on my shoes, got out of bed and tiptoed again, patted the young child's arm a little under the shoulder, and comforted him slowly, "I also became an ability by accident back then, and I accidentally ate a devil fruit during the voyage. ”

"The naval fleet is safe, and what happened at dinner was a coincidence."

So relax and withdraw my hand, I tried to calm the young kid in front of me with a more relaxed look, he looked really nervous, and when he just slapped him, his muscles were as tight as stones, and he was a little shaking.

It's not good, being too nervous can lead to mistakes, and even... Misjudgment.

This is the sea, and during the voyage of the warship fleet, the consequences of panic are unpredictable, and mutual suspicion is an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.

By the way, I think young children are not so concerned that they forget about it, Admiral Akainu is also a capable person, and the little sumo wrestler didn't think about it at all, maybe the murder wasn't aimed at me?

But forget it...

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"But—" The little sumo wrestler clenched his fists, probably thinking I was too relaxed, and he looked anxious, "what if..."

"I'm safe, don't worry." The slow voice interrupted the young child again, and I shifted my gaze a few degrees, "Mr. Flying Squirrel, do you think my situation is not safe?" ”

Met my gaze, Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel seemed stunned, and was silent for a few seconds before whispering, "The investigation is inconclusive, and there is no doubt about the loyalty of every soldier on the Rose. ”

"That said, it was an accident." I nodded, and the results of the investigation were unexpected.

Why? Because the Rose is Admiral Akainu's exclusive warship, the background of each boarding officer has been thoroughly investigated, and the admirals must be foolproof in their control.

Even if the personnel of the combat unit of the Ministry of Science are mixed, I believe that the two admirals have already secretly uh~ communicated guò and made some kind of adjustment.

Yellow Ape Polusalino and Red Inu Sakaski, I don't know much about these two people in reality, but I know with my knees that if I can sit in today's position, where will the admiral be a fuel-efficient lamp.

Strong combat power does not mean a qiē, many times the ghost tricks kill people without seeing blood, admiral, the era of pirates for twenty-two years or even longer, who is not rolling in conspiracy?

The Rose, where Akainu Sakasky was in complete control, how could the 'murder' be carried out smoothly?

So, most of it was an accident.

I remember that in the original setting, the appearance of Devil Fruits was random, and when the previous ability died, the Devil Fruit in his possession would reappear somewhere in the world.

The time and place are unpredictable.

That's something that only the gods know, and perhaps it should be called, the decision of fate.

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After thinking about it, I thought my prediction was a bit likely, so I asked, "Have you checked the previous ability of that Devil Fruit?" ”

I looked at the Flying Squirrel, closed my gaze, and turned my gaze to the young sumo wrestler, and I continued:

"If it's an accident, it's likely that the previous Able's whereabouts were previously unknown died, and their Devil Fruit randomly reappeared, which happened to cause one of the Rose's stored fruits to transmogregate."

"And then... Accidentally and negligently, it was cut open and sent to the restaurant. ”

"As long as the timing is right, it can be determined that it was an accident."

The little sumo wrestler looked stunned, paused and showed a trance-like expression, "Yes, if you investigate in this direction..."

"It will soon come to light." I encouraged him with a smile, "It's much faster than tracking down all the personnel of the warship, saving time~"

"Yes." The little sumo wrestler also relaxed a little, and then said, "In terms of intelligence, I..." said he slapped his forehead, a little annoyed and a little happy, "The old man's side should be faster..."

Huh? I opened my mouth, and then took a slow step, but I couldn't stop the little sumo wrestler who said that the wind was the rain and rushed to the outside of the cabin, and he also closed the door with his backhand by the way, I should have found a way to find the yellow ape general for help, embarrassed.

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After a moment, recovering my speechlessness, I turned my gaze back to the cabin door, and then heard a soft sigh of joy from the Flying Squirrel.

"Lady Anna's direction of thinking is quite unique." The Vice Admiral's tone was still very mild, "Unexpected? The probability of an accident on Madame's side is really surprising. ”

"I think so too~" I spread my hands, expressing my helplessness, "Probably the will of the world, right?" ”

I'm used to it, really.

With my eyes raised and in a sincere manner, I looked at the quietly skeptical Vice Admiral, "I'm sorry. ”

"Madame, sorry what? The accident has nothing to do with Madame, does it? He tugged at the corners of his mouth, calm, "Actually, we should thank Madame, your words have eliminated the hidden dangers in the warship." ”

"Madame's protectors strictly carry out the orders of the Yellow Ape General, so..."

"Is it a problem?" I knew that this was the result, Sentomaru, the young kid was very nervous, and he was not Admiral Akainu's henchman, and he started acting with a tough attitude on the Rose, which would bring a certain... Unrest.

"That's why I'm sorry~"

When the words fell, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel's eyes flashed slightly, and his tone was a little strange, "Lady Anna's apology is because of the young people from the Ministry of Science?" ”

"Of course." I nodded, "It's not something I can control about the accident, I don't need to apologize." "My apologies are because of the young boy, who is very nervous because of Nana, and I admit it, of course I have to protect him.

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Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel was silent for a long time, and I thought that the general should have heard something that was not spoken, so his eyebrows moved, as if he wanted to say something but was speechless in the end, but his expression was a little more scrutinizing and sharp than before.

"Lady Anna..."

"Ruthless?" I took over the conversation smoothly, smiled, and said in a cool voice, "Lord Lieutenant General, my mentality has nothing to do with justice, as an ordinary civilian, my thoughts are normal~"

"Ordinary? Madame is the one who is capable. Xu thought I was telling a joke, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice became a little colder, "Your abnormal movement at that time covered the entire island of Malinford. ”

"Nature-based ability, Madame has been hiding well over the years."

Speaking of which... After thinking about it, I turned back to the bed and sat down, my eyes slid over the door in the center of the wall, the figure of the Flying Squirrel half obscuring the door, and there was little space left, a faint figure cast on the ground next door.

Admiral Akainu, he's listening across the wall, right?

Heh~ sneered silently, I retracted my gaze and said slowly, "No one stipulates that those with ability can't be civilians, I'm just living, what's wrong?" ”

"As for stashing... Lieutenant General, you know, right? ”

Raising my eyes, my vision reflected the admiral's slightly dazed expression, and I smiled, "Devil Fruit is something that all forces compete for, and the world government is even more secret..."

"I don't believe you don't know how many innocent people the World Government has killed in its search for Devil Fruits."

"The vast majority of civilians don't know the Devil Fruit, and people living on remote islands don't even know that there is such a magical thing."

"Random Devil Fruits are often eaten by the unsuspecting, and when the World Government gets the information, the ubiquitous spies will assassinate those who eat the powerful fruits, before the power is developed."

"The World Government has secretly killed countless powerful people for many years in order to collect powerful Devil Fruits, just to make the fruits reappear and finally fall under control."

"Am I right?"

Why are Devil Fruits asking for so much on the black market? Isn't the reason why the vast majority of the fruits have fallen into the hands of unshakable forces? World government, navy, pirates...

The concentration of the Devil Fruit that brings power into the hands of some people also creates a polarization of classes... The civilians caught in the middle of it accidentally ate that thing, and even if they narrowly escaped assassination, the future would be turned upside down.

Since then, the stable life has been ruined, and they are either forced to flee to the sea, or they fall into a trap and become a living being under their control.

Doesn't the Navy know about these secrets?

The vast majority of admirals and soldiers will not know, I believe that, but the high-ranking generals...

How could it not be known? Lie to the child~

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The light in the cabin was soft, but the expression of the flying squirrel's lieutenant general gradually dimmed with my words, and there was a little bit of shock and a little complexity between his eyebrows.

I sighed and spread my hands, "I just want to live, Nana will be an orphan when I die, the world is in turmoil, she's so small, I can't imagine her struggling to survive alone." ”

"Lieutenant General, do you think I should have died in an assassination attempt by the government? I don't want to sacrifice, what should I do? ”

The Navy is also collecting Devil Fruits, how bloody is the means of this? I don't want to continue speculating because the truth will make me shudder.

Perhaps, the navy is milder than the world government, at least not as cruel as it gets, but I am sure that no high-ranking admiral would ever think that all their actions are absolutely above board.

But I'm still scared, and it's not a shame to admit that I'm cowardly.

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The man pursed his lips slightly, and after a long time, he asked in a dumb voice, "Why do you say this?" ”

"Because you've become hostile to me." I smiled again and replied slowly, "You are kind to me, I confess, at least the next time I return the favor, I won't let you suspect that it is a conspiracy~"

Seeing that he was a little stunned, I shrugged my shoulders and said another fact, "I was able to survive, in fact, thanks to the Navy, the warship accidentally ate the Devil Fruit and then arrived in Malinford, out of the reach of the minions of the World Government." ”

"All these years have been safe and sound, it is the protection of the navy."

"So it's not an enemy?" The man raised the corners of his lips, and the coldness in his tone weakened a little, "Lady Anna is trying to say that you will not do anything to harm the Navy. ”

His eyes narrowed slightly, his tone seemed suspicious, and he sighed for a while, "I have to say that Mrs. Anna is quite sensitive, and the worries of the Marshal of the Warring States cannot be concealed from you." ”

I pursed the corners of my lips vaguely, the Admiral Sengoku was worried about more than this, but forget it, it's better not to say that kind of humiliating thing.

I confess that I also made a choice after comparison, the navy is relatively safer than the world government, as for whether they believe it or not... I don't have any conspiracy, so naturally I don't have to worry about anything.

After a while, seeing that the coldness on Vice Admiral's face had dissipated a little, I turned my eyes away, looked at the cabin ramblingly, and complained in my heart: Marshal~

The Supreme Commander-in-Chief is actually still worried ... I will seduce their admirals to make unnecessary moves, for example, because of personal feelings and other bad consequences, otherwise, how could the fleet commander arrange such an arrangement for this voyage?

Admiral Akainu don't talk about it first, I think it's the image of this admiral who has always been ruthless and reassuring, and I have a little rumor, according to the actions of this one in the past, there will be no mistakes, because, in Admiral Akainu's heart, only [justice] is supreme.

I'm talking about other people, the Yellow Ape General who took the initiative to ask for Ying but was vetoed, and...

Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel was temporarily replaced by the Marshal of the Warring States Period, and the original candidate was the Ghost Spider.

Warring States~

Hawkers~ Forget it, it has nothing to do with me.

Ambiguity or something, reputation or something, it's not as important as Nana.

Rescuing the bear child is the top priority, and as for the eyes of the Admiral Marlingford higher-ups, am I a or not... What do the men think about me, and I don't really want to find a concubine in the navy.

A mess of things, only the parties mind is a dilemma that cannot be solved.

I don't care, who can take me what to do?

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Thoughts raced through the lightning, and finally, I shrugged my shoulders and said in a muffled voice, "Are you okay?" If it's okay..."

I stood up as I said, "I'm going to throw up, I'm sorry!" ”