Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 322 The Secret That Can't Be Hide
Blue sky and white clouds, the weather is just right.The sun shone brightly on the sparkling sea, and occasionally a few seabirds flew by.The Qianyang sailed quietly towards its own route, and the leisurely pirates on board also enjoyed the relaxation after the war.

Luffy, Usopp, and the newly joined Brooke are sitting on the side of the boat fishing, Chopper is alone in the medical room, Robin and Sanji are chatting in the cool aquarium, and by the way, talk about the scary three-masted sailing ship The photos were put in the photo album, and Nami was drawing the nautical chart in the survey room.Encore and Sauron are on the watchtower.

Anke sat on a huge three-to-four-meter-high weightlifter, swinging his legs leisurely.Zoro sat silently in the corner opposite her, with three knives leaning against the wall.

Looking at the energetic girl up there for a while, Zoro said lightly, "How do you feel now? Do you still plan to tell them?"

"I haven't figured out what to say, after all, if I don't handle it properly, it will be very troublesome..." An Ke kicked his legs lightly, with a little bit of bitterness on the corners of his slightly curved lips.

"Can't you just say it?"

"No." Anke paused, and then said softly: "At least not for Luffy..."

Sauron looked at her closely, then gritted his teeth and looked to the other corner.

"There are still two months, I will find a way to make him accept all this calmly." Anke looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside, and said lightly: "I know his character very well. It's going to crash."

Sauron just kept silent, pursing his lips and listening quietly.He just felt that he was so incompetent, even though he knew that his partner's life was counting down, but he was powerless, not even able to protect her properly once.This time too, she must have used her ability to save him when he passed out, otherwise how could she wake up so quickly with the injuries all over her body.

"It's not your fault, Zoro." The girl's calm voice sounded slowly, comforting his inner pain softly, "It's not anyone's fault. I don't want to agree, but since the implantation of this eye From the beginning, my death is doomed."

"Don't say such things!" Sauron interrupted her with a suppressed voice, and said unwillingly: "There will definitely be a way!"

An Ke looked at him quietly for a while, then suddenly jumped down and walked in front of him, then bent down, looked straight into his eyes for a long time, and then said calmly: "Calm down, Sauron. This is just death." Isn't it? Everyone will have this day, I'm just a little bit ahead of time. Besides, death has become numb to me. I have escaped from death several times, this time I just can't escape .”

Sauron just looked into her strange-colored eyes expressionlessly, but his clenched fists revealed the fluctuations in his heart.

After reaching out to pat him on the shoulder, Anke said with a crooked smile, "But I still cherish my life, and I will obediently accept Chopper's treatment. Is it okay? Just keep it secret. , Sauron-kun. I will tell the others slowly. Or do you want me to change your memory??"

Hearing this, Sauron just pursed his lips tightly, and then replied in a low voice: "No, I will keep it secret..."

"Hehehe~~ This is almost the same, remember to look more natural~~~" After Anke nodded in satisfaction, he waved his hands and prepared to go down: "Then I will go down first, remember not to move~~"

Sauron looked at the direction she was leaving in silence for a long time, and then slowly took out the small transparent crystal from his green girdle.The crystal clear crystals glow faintly under the bright sky, so beautiful, but so fragile.

After quietly looking at the prismatic crystal in his palm for a long time, Sauron clenched his fists and slowly closed his eyes.The cold crystals are completely covered, but the cold temperature is conveyed to the heart, bringing out unknown emotions.

Luffy, who was fishing, saw her coming down, and immediately threw down his fishing rod and ran over excitedly, "Encore, Encore, Encore~~Let's fish together~~"

Enke, who had no interest in such slow things, waved his hand and declined, "Unfortunately, I'm not very good at fishing~~, and I have to go to Chopper to change the bandage on my hand."

"Then I will go too~~~"

Brook, who was holding a fish bag, looked back at the two of them after they left, and sighed easily: "Sure enough, Mr. Lu Fei and that young lady have a very good relationship."

"No way, who told them that one is Luffy and the other is Encore~" Usopp, who has long been familiar with it, looked through it, and reminded the new partner after a while, "Also, forget I want to tell you one thing. Never call Miss Anke in the future! Otherwise, you will die a miserable death, even though you are already dead. "

"Why?", with a confused face, although he just tilted his head.

"Because Anke cares so much about her height, the people on the boat were punished countless times for saying the wrong thing."

"Really??" Thinking of the girl's smiling face, Brooke suddenly shuddered, and then asked cautiously, "Then, should I call it like that? Should I just call it Ms. Deputy Captain?"

"This is too formal~" Usopp suggested after thinking for a while, "The members of the Franky family and the former brothers of Sauron used to call her Miss Encore. You can try it... ..."

"Miss? I don't know why it's inexplicably suitable, yohohohohoho~~~~~"

Usopp suddenly glanced at the new partner, hesitated for a while and then whispered, "Listen, Brook."

"Huh?", I don't know why he was so cautious, but Brook still put on a posture of listening attentively, even though he has no ears.

Usopp lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "There is something that must be known on this ship, and it must be kept secret from the outside world anyway."

Hearing the seriousness of his words, Brook nodded immediately.

"In any case, don't mention Encore to the outside world, and don't make too much of Encore's ability, especially her left eye. Although people who have seen it so far, whether it is Qiwuhai or ordinary pirates, have forgotten Encore, but who knows what will happen to people outside. After that incident, we have seen very limited people, and we can't be sure that she is really safe.", Usopp quietly looked at the sea water He lowered his voice and said, "Also, no matter what, she can no longer be hurt, even if it is a slight injury. Although I don't know why, it just won't work. Her body should take a long time to rest. You can fight again, although Chopper said it looks fine, but it just looks..."

Brook was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Miss Anke seems to be very strong, what happened to make you feel a little worried all the time?"

Usopp was silent for a while, and unconsciously tightened his hand holding the fishing rod, and then let go and said lightly: "If you want to know, go to the navigation records yourself, and don't ask anyone. She is indeed very strong, but in order not to Let her suffer the previous injuries again, and our pirates would rather use their own lives as the price."

Seeing his dignified look, Brooke nodded solemnly, made a salute gesture and said in a deep voice, "I see!"

In the medical room, Chopper had already helped her change the medicine, and while wearing a bandage, he told her earnestly, "Although the wound has started to scab, Encore, you'd better be careful."

"I see..." After lazily answering, An Ke yawned and leaned back against the person standing behind him.

Luffy leaned firmly behind his own people, and said worriedly: "Chopper, Encore always felt sleepy when he was on that zombie ship, do you know why?"

"It's not very clear, but I have found some ways to deal with it. But because I am a beginner, the effect may not be obvious. But I have tried it on myself, and even if the effect is not obvious, it will not cause harm .” After the bandage was tied, Chopper turned around and opened the drawer, and took out a small bottle from it.

Anke's face suddenly turned into a bitter gourd, just when he was about to sneak away.The person who supported me behind has changed to hold me down, and said with a big smile, "Then thank you so much, Chopper~~~"

As a result, Encore was drawn with a messy symbol on his left eye, and he still had a gloomy face when he returned to the room.

"Hey, what's wrong with Encore?" Lu Fei, who was sitting on the ground and lying on the edge of the bed, looked at her suspiciously, who seemed to be in a bad mood.

"It's nothing..." Anke replied sullenly, lying on the bed, staring lazily at the ceiling above.

Luffy tilted his head to look at the person on the bed in doubt for a while, thinking she had fallen asleep and decided to close his eyes and rest.

Anke, who had been staring at the ceiling with his eyes open, had unknowingly lost his focus, looking so empty.But she wasn't surprised at all, she just called him softly suddenly, "Hey, Luffy..."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Luffy immediately opened his eyes, stood up and sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her.

Anke didn't look at him, but still looked blankly at the light brown wooden ceiling, and asked lightly, "Do you know why I named myself 'Encore'?"

Lu Fei was stunned for a moment. He only knew that she had chosen Encore's name, but he didn't know the reason. He immediately shook his head, "I don't know, you didn't tell me."

"The reason is very simple." Encore looked at the wood pattern on it, smiled and said: "I took the name when I was 11 years old. I remember being chased and killed at that time. I don't know if it was the navy or other forces. Yes, in short, I fled into a house where a concert was being held. The singer there had just finished singing, and the audience there kept shouting a word: ENCORE, (encore: meaning encore, come again). So, I gave myself a name with the same pronunciation as it: Encore. At that time, I just thought that if I had a second life, I might not have such a fate.”

Luffy stood there and listened quietly, lowered his head and looked at her intently, and easily saw the pair of different pupils that had lost their luster.He clenched his fists silently, forcing himself to listen quietly as if he hadn't seen anything.

Tilting his head to look into his eyes, Anke smiled slightly and asked softly: "Well, Luffy. If I had refused Mr. Garp's suggestion when Mr. Garp made it, would I not have met you?"

Lu Fei was startled, then bent down and took her hand and said with a smile, "I believe no matter what, we will see each other."

"That's right." Anke nodded, then smiled and closed his eyes, and said in a daze, "Sorry, I'm going to sleep..."

"Well, take a good rest..." Luffy nodded, and stretched out his hand to help her pull up the quilt.After looking down at her peaceful sleeping face for a while, he suddenly asked softly, "Enke, you will wake up well, right?"

The girl who was fast asleep couldn't hear his words at all, and her slightly frowning eyebrows showed that she didn't relax even though she was asleep.Obviously before anyone approached her, she erected the spikes all over her body.But now someone calls her, but she doesn't move at all, which is not scientific at all.

Seeing that she was not moving, Luffy slowly lowered his head, the brim of the straw hat covered most of his face, his eyes buried in the shadows showed no emotion,
After a while, two lines of tears flowed down, and the suppressed voice was only hoarse and desperate:
"Why is it so... I can't do anything in time, can't I... The promise is always by my side..."

Outside the window, Zoro, who came down out of worry, saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment, and then his heart sank, "Sure enough, that idiot is not as idiot as he imagined.However, if I knew this early...'

"Knock knock", Sauron stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door panel, then walked to the railing and leaned against the railing.

Not long after, Luffy walked over with his head down, walked to the railing, but faced the direction of the bow.

After looking at the quiet door for a while, Sauron asked lightly, "You know?"

Lu Fei reached out and pressed his straw hat, and replied in a low voice: "I guess, although I don't know what's going on, but Encore has always given me a very uneasy feeling..."

"Is it just an intuition that something is wrong..." Sauron was silent for a while before saying: "Although it does look very bad now, let Chopper use that knowledge when he is sure, after all, he just learned it. It won’t take long. If it causes adverse effects, it will be troublesome.”

"Ah."

At this time, Sanji came out of the aquarium, and when he saw the two people above, he asked suspiciously: "Why are you so in the mood to chat? Where's the cutie?"

"Take a nap inside." Luffy replied lightly.

"Nap? It's really early today." Feeling strange, Sanji stroked his chin, "Didn't cutie take a nap before? Although I often see her sleeping when I come back."

Robin who came out heard their conversation, and asked a little worriedly: "Will it be like the horror three-masted sailing ship, inexplicably drowsy? Have you asked Chopper to check?"

"I checked, but I didn't see anything." Luffy smiled lightly, comforting his worried partner, "She might just be tired. I'll have her checked again when she wakes up."

"I hope so, because I haven't seen such a heartless side of the little cutie. I was taken aback when I was on the scary three-masted sailing ship last time." After Sanji said lightly, he took it away. The smoke in his mouth made a smoke ring.

"Chopper is studying those books in the medical room when he has free time. It should feel something is wrong. I'll go and help." After Robin finished speaking, she walked up to the second floor. There is one thing I want Chopper to check.

"Then I'll go in and watch Encore." Luffy turned around and went into the girl's room without feeling any problem at all.

Seeing this scene, Sanji almost bit off the cigarette butt, that is the sacrosanct ladies' boudoir! !Why did you go in with that guy so naturally??
Sauron didn't pay attention to the expression of the cook's gnashing of teeth, but he was a little relieved that everyone was still worried about that little guy's behavior even after modifying their memories.However, even if everyone has noticed that something is wrong with her, will they really have the ability to restore everything in two months or less?

(End of this chapter)