One Piece's Vice Captain 2

Chapter 393 The Girl in the Past

In the quiet, suffocating, cold and endless darkness, Anke walked forward aimlessly.

She should have been very familiar with this kind of loneliness and depression, but after so many years, she actually felt that the darkness had become somewhat unfamiliar.

A faint childish singing voice came from the front. Following the direction of the voice, I saw a tavern with warm lights.

On the wooden steps in front of the door, Shanks and his friends, who were much younger, were dozing with their heads down. There was also a seven-year-old boy sleeping soundly on the steps.

The little singer, who was only 9 years old, sang with her eyes closed. Her innocent and carefree voice faded into the distance with the evening breeze.

After singing half of the song leisurely, Uta, who was out of energy, fell into a sweet dream, and the others were also awakened.

The black-haired boy who had just woken up poked her nose curiously. When he found that she was asleep, he raised his hands and shouted lively, "Then it's my turn to sing next~"

Lachi Lu, who was used to him, was the first to cheer him on, "Hahaha, good good good, sing!"

Encore looked at the heartwarming scene from afar, smiled slightly and continued walking forward without disturbing the girl's important childhood memories.

Perhaps because these memories were read over and over again, the original darkness dissipated a lot, and Anke could even vaguely see the grasslands and windmills of Windmill Village.

The cool wind blew up layers of green waves on the grassland. Young Luffy and Uta seemed to have started a new showdown. The two children were painting enthusiastically with drawing boards and colored pencils.

"Look, I'm done!" Little Luffy, who had speed but not quality, was the first to finish his painting and excitedly raised his masterpiece.

Uta looked at the gourd-like object on the paper with a puzzled look on his face. "What is this?"

"Hat, hat, this is Shanks' hat~", little Luffy waved the paper happily.

"Shanks' hat?" Uta was stunned. The gourd in the painting could not be said to be similar to Shanks' straw hat, but it could be said that there was no connection at all.

"Yeah!" Luffy, who had shown amazing painting talent since childhood, didn't think anything was wrong and generously gave her the painting. "Then this is for you, keep it well!"

“Thank you…”, Uta took it hesitantly.

The image began to fade and disappear, and by the time Encore passed by, only the drawing of Shanks' straw hat that resembled a gourd was left.

"So you haven't been able to draw since childhood~", An Ke picked up the painting and took a look at it. A light mist framed the painting and let it float in the empty darkness.

Only now did she remember that there was this pattern on the sleeve that Uta was wearing on his left hand. It turned out that it was a graffiti of Shanks' straw hat that Luffy drew when he was a child.

Even though Uta has always said that she does not recognize pirates and hates pirates, in her heart she always cherishes the memory of her childhood that she can never return to.

Further ahead is Eregia, the once glorious capital of music. This country where everyone loves music seems to be holding some important celebration, and there is anticipation on everyone's face.

The onlookers who were walking with the crowd saw many musical instruments that they could not name, men, women, young and old showing off their beautiful singing voices, and Uta, who was brought here by Shanks and his friends and was sought after by the people of Elegia.

The little girl conquered the people of this country with her beautiful singing voice that seemed to not exist in this world. People who had never heard such a heavenly sound thought it was the voice of an angel.

King Gordon at the time tried his best to persuade Uta to stay in this musical country. They admired music so much that they were willing to use the whole country's strength to make Uta a world-famous singer.

Shanks also hesitated. He knew that Uta loved music and singing, but the nomadic life of a pirate would not allow Uta to become the world's singing queen.

"I am a musician of the Red Hair Pirates!" However, Uta made her own decision and cried and refused to stay in this country where she could realize her musical dream.

Although it was a pity that she couldn't study with the music experts, she didn't want to leave Shanks even more.

Shanks was also hesitant at first, but after seeing her firm attitude, he no longer forced her to stay here to study music. What's more, he couldn't bear to leave the child he had raised.

They were originally scheduled to leave the next morning. After hearing that Uta was leaving, the people of Elegia held a farewell concert for her. People from all over the country came to the scene just to hear Uta's miraculous singing a few more times.

The accident happened at this time. The TOT MUSIC score was summoned by her singing. The naive girl sang the song out of curiosity and summoned the demon king who longed for freedom and destruction.

Although Shanks and his men tried their best to stop it, the powerful Demon King still destroyed Elegia, and King Gordon was the only native inhabitant of Elegia left.

In the end, the Demon King disappeared because Uta's physical strength was exhausted, but the destruction of Elegia was already inevitable.

In order not to hurt Uta's innocent heart, Shanks and his friends decided to take on her sins, and asked Gordon to tell Uta that it was the Red Hair Pirates who destroyed the country, and asked Gordon to raise Uta and train her into an outstanding singer.

Gordon, who cherishes talent, also believes that Uta's singing is innocent, and agrees with Shanks and others to train Uta to become the world's singing queen, and tells the truth of the forgery to Uta who has just woken up. Uta doesn't believe it at all. Shanks just told her that he would continue to go out to sea for adventure, but she only saw Elegia trapped in the sea of ​​fire and the corpses on the ground.

When he rushed to the beach crying, he only saw the ship carrying a large number of treasure chests and celebrating with Shanks and his friends.

She was abandoned.

Anko, who was watching from the sidelines, saw her heartbroken expression, then looked at Eregia, whose country was destroyed, families were ruined, and countless people were killed and injured, and then just walked forward quietly.

Maybe her personality isn't normal enough, and she can't quite comprehend what's going on here.

Gordon also dutifully raised Uta and taught her everything he had learned in his life. Uta, who had been living on this isolated island, was isolated from the world and had no idea what was happening in the outside world.

It was not until Uta was 19 years old that she saw the video Den Den Mushi, which allowed her to convey her singing to the outside world, and more and more fans became her loyal supporters.

They told Uta about the outside world, told Uta about their plight, told Uta about their hatred for pirates, and told Uta that only when they heard her singing could they feel a little hope of survival.

After being isolated from the world for 10 years, the lonely Uta felt the expectations and needs of her fans, and promised her fans that she would create a new era for them.

However, it wasn't long before she discovered the video Den Den Mushi that recorded the destruction of Elegia and discovered the truth of what happened back then.

Fear, denial, and struggle filled her body and mind, making her doubt her decisions more than ever.

But countless fans around the world are still waiting for her, praying that someone can be their savior, and she has promised to create an era of peace and happiness for them.

The hopes and prayers of her fans kept her moving forward, transforming her fans' hatred for pirates into her own hatred for pirates.

Only in this way can she continue to sing while bearing the sin of Elegia's destruction, and use the power of the Song-Song Fruit to create a whole new world for her fans.

What else can she do now? !

The anxious voices of fans trapped in the music world continued to come in, with accusations, fear, and anxiety.

But Uta, who caused all this, just stood with her head down in the crumbling darkness. The intertwined fluctuations of the real world and the music world constantly affected her, and the appearance of the devil made the darkness so oppressive that it made her unable to breathe.

"If you keep listening to other people's voices, you'll forget what you want to do."

A soft voice sounded, and then a corner of light appeared in the endless darkness with Uta as the center. She sat down on the ground exhausted, as if relieved.

The empty ground turned into a beach, with snow-white clouds occasionally fluttering in the air, and a coconut tree also appeared nearby to suit the occasion.

Uta just sat on the ground with her legs hugged, silently watching the clouds slowly rising and retreating in front of her.

Her emotions and mentality that were close to collapse had left her unable to ask too many questions. She just wanted to enjoy this moment of peace before everything was over.

An Ke didn't continue talking. He sat on her left and conjured up a wooden stick, paddling on the beach.

Uta's eyes were fixed on the scribbles she had drawn. After looking at them for a long time, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Your painting skills are comparable to Luffy's."

"These are ancient characters. They will definitely look good if I draw them!" An Ke refused to admit defeat and drew a few circles on the ground with a wooden stick and suddenly stopped. Thinking about it carefully, she seemed to have never drawn before. If she needed to use pictures, she could just create them with illusion.

Uta watched as she poked the ground a few times, and then a white rabbit magically appeared from the ground, and even jumped out of the ground and hopped around them.

"Pfft, your cheating ability is even better than mine~", Uta couldn't help laughing and reached out to hold the white rabbit in his arms.

"I just realized now that I can't draw," An Ke said a little bit, looking at her hairstyle and then at the white rabbit's long ears, "Well, you two look alike~"

Uta just looked down at the white rabbit, and after a while asked in a depressed tone, "How are the fans...?"

Twelve years ago, the summoned Demon King killed almost all the people in Elegia.

Now, she has summoned the demon king for unknown reasons, and her fans, who have no power to resist, will surely die like the people of Elegia 12 years ago...

At that time, she just wanted to get rid of all the pirates, but she seemed to have forgotten that the number of innocent fans was hundreds of times greater than that of pirates.

Her sins...are going to increase again.

(End of this chapter)