Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 403 On the way to the Navy Headquarters (3)

The naval warships that were snatched were sailing to the Navy Headquarters along the rotating current. After riding the current, the ship would move forward automatically, so there was no need for someone to be at the helm all the time.Ivankov gathered the ladyboys under him for a meeting; Bucky and MR?3 continued to revel with the bunch of prisoners under him, as excited as if they had acquired the whole world; Crocker Dyer and MR?1 rested in a relatively quiet place, while Feng Klei kept spinning, spinning, and spinning...

Luffy is sitting on the huge round turret at the front of the bow, looking down at the small life card between his fingers, the white card is still slowly burning smaller, which represents A piece of paper that keeps fading away from his brother's life.

Standing under the turret, Jinbe looked up worriedly at the silent figure above, knowing that he must be worried about Ace's safety now, but Shibe also knew that it would be better not to disturb him for the time being.

Anke was leaning against a backlit corner on the deck, with two knives behind her back, and the small package with two bottles of medicine left was tied to the belt of her shorts.After raising her eyes and seeing that no one noticed her, she stretched out her right hand and put it in front of her. The thumb that turned into a sharp crystal made a small cut on her index finger, and then she began to stare at the oozing water from the index finger. The bloodshot wound began to count the time.

One minute later, the wound began to change, and the oozing blood gradually disappeared, and then the wound healed, and the intact index finger seemed as if nothing had happened.

'It seems that every minute, the body will return to its full state.It seems that even if you are injured later, it will heal after 1 minute. However, the time required for healing also needs to be counted in it. From the previous poisoning situation, it should be that the heavier the wound, the longer it will take, but Anyway, this is pretty good~~~~', after chuckling, Encore shook his right hand, and then walked quickly to the stern.

When Encore came to the bow, he sighed when he saw Luffy's sad back, and thought a little guiltyly: "Sure enough, it's better to be honest..."

Jinbe sensed that someone was approaching here, and didn't look back. After seeing Anke jumping up and down on the fort and sitting on the right side of Luffy, he turned and left here.I always feel that the little girl has something to say to Luffy, it's better for him to retreat for a while.

Anke untied the two knives behind him and set aside, tilted his head to look at the unshakable worry on his face, then turned his gaze to the sparkling sea water in front of him, and said lightly: "Actually, I'm at LEVEL6. When I met Ace..."

Hearing this, Lu Fei looked at her suddenly, with disbelief on his face, but he didn't speak, because he knew that Encore must have his own plans or difficulties.

An Ke hugged her legs, leaned her chin on her knees and looked at the front, and said quietly: "You also know that your grandpa saved my life, and it is because of his kindness that I have the honor to know you and me. Ace, I am so lucky to have everything I have today. At the beginning, I just had the mentality of trying, because I was really tired at that time...

However, because of this whim, I started a second life.At Mount Golpo, I could do what a girl could do, or, well, what a man could do.

When I am angry, someone will comfort me; when I laugh, someone will giggle with me; even if it is very unreasonable and capricious, someone will tolerate me.I don't know if this is the life of ordinary people, but I was really happy at that time.

And all of this is because of Mr. Garp.Because of him, I was able to meet a large group of kind people, and because of him, I knew what it was like to be cherished by others.Therefore, he, for me, is the most important benefactor.It's so important that even if I use up my life, I won't confront him...

I don't know what he told the Navy Headquarters or even the World Government to let me hide safely in Mount Golpo.He never told me what happened to him because of it.However, I also guessed...

At that time, I was a demon that the whole world wanted to get rid of. The power I possessed was both feared and coveted by the world.Perhaps he saved me for a certain reason, so that the Navy Headquarters would not have to sacrifice too many sailors because of me.However, I don't care what his real reason is, and whether he is because of an order from his superiors.Save me is save me, this will not change...

I know what will happen if I go to sea again.I also know that it will bring him a lot of trouble.However, I still follow you.I don't know what the price of being willful this time is, but at that time I thought I would be caught by him soon...

but……

When I met Qingzhi and was caught up by Master Dika that night, I almost wiped them all out, but he still didn't say anything...

The soldiers in Judiciary Island suffered heavy casualties, most of them were because of me, and few of those who could use illusions who came to hunt me down survived.I thought he would be in the subsequent Demon Slaying Order, but no...

With the destruction of the Demon Slaughter Order and the subsequent battle, I didn't show mercy to those in the navy.After everything was settled, and after I recovered my memory, there was still no news from him...

I thought he was disappointed in me, so I kept worrying and kind of regretting that I had really gone too far.I'm also afraid that he will start to regret saving me, and then ignore me...

However, when I was in the Chambord Islands, Tiger Shark conveyed his words, telling me not to cause trouble in the Chambord Islands, and make trouble after I go to the New World.I just found out that he is still helping me, hoping that I can leave this place of right and wrong and go to the new world...

But in the end I let him down...

The moment I followed you out to sea, I had already decided that if Master Garp personally ordered me to be arrested, I would definitely capture me without any resistance.However, he never said anything about my pirate life, just like I am just an ordinary pirate...

But the seriousness of the matter is different this time. I don't know what kind of pressure those nasty navies put on him.He actually said the word 'request' to me this time...

He asked me not to intervene during Ace's escort.

I promise...

So..." After speaking a lot of words calmly, Enke paused for a long time before saying the last sentence, "I saw Ace was taken away like this with my own eyes and brought to the execution ground... "

Luffy kept turning his head to look at her, clearly seeing the remorse and struggle on her pretendingly indifferent face.After listening in silence, he put his right hand on the girl's small shoulder, and then pulled her to lean against him.

The speechless action made Anke's eyes reddened, and the increasingly heavy self-blame in her heart since Ace was taken away made her reach out and hug Luffy sadly, and buried her head in his arms.

Feeling the little bit of wetness on the front, Lu Fei just silently embraced her with his right hand, allowing her to vent the unbearable pain.

After a while, Anke said sullenly, "Am I being selfish..."

"No." Luffy replied calmly, patted her with his right hand as if comforting, "You are the best."

"Will Ace blame me..."

"No." Luffy replied affirmatively, recalling his previous life in Golpo Mountain and the last time in Alabasta, he chuckled and said, "That fellow Ace will never blame you or You're mad, and so am I."

"Hmm..." Anke nodded, still hugging him aggrievedly, her crying voice was full of sadness.

Seeing her rare and weak appearance, Lu Fei smiled, and the original heaviness in his heart dissipated a lot.After looking down at the little head that had been refusing to lift up, he said firmly, "Don't worry, Enke, Ace will be fine! We will definitely rescue him!"

"En!", after nodding vigorously, Anke let him go, and continued to hug her knees and look ahead.

Lu Fei still tilted his head to look at her, reached out and rubbed her hair, and said softly, "It's okay, everything will be fine."

"Yeah." Encore nodded affirmatively, then suddenly froze, looked at him suddenly, and said with a puffy face, "I originally wanted to come here to comfort you, why is it the other way around now?"

"It's all the same anyway..." Luffy smiled lightly, although the faint smile was still a little sad but seemed to have relaxed a lot, "Thanks to Encore, I'm in a much better mood now..."

"That's good, let's have a good rest..." Anke nodded, with his chin on his knees and continued to stare at the sea in front of him in a daze.

"Hmm..." Luffy replied, then continued to frown slightly and look at the blank paper in his left hand.

After Anke glanced at him, he straightened up slightly, stretched out his right hand and pulled off the left strap of the vest, and looked down at the mark that was exactly the same as the one on Ace's chest floating under the collarbone. The black and scarlet interlacing was very ominous. .

After quietly looking at the turbulent blue sea in front of him for a while, Luffy suddenly asked a question that had been stuck in his heart calmly, "Hey, Encore. At that time... why did you apologize..."

Anke was stunned for a moment before remembering what happened before they parted. After a moment of silence, he replied, "Actually, I saw a bear before..."

"Bear?"

"Well, I also learned from him that two generals rushed to the Chambord Islands. Originally, if there was only one, we could have escaped that catastrophe. But if two generals plus five or six humanoid weapons It would be very dangerous. At that time, Xiong said that he could help us leave here and come back after the storm of the Celestial Dragons came over. Although it is very strange why he would say that suddenly, but I remembered the last time I was in the horror three-masted sailing ship When I was there, I overheard him talking to himself, and knew that he was your father Long’s former comrade-in-arms. Under the circumstances at that time, I could only believe his words.

Later, after they separated, Raphael went to check and everyone flew there.Suddenly I found that Xiong was very kind, at least sent everyone to a place that was suitable for them and could make them stronger.But at that time, because I didn't have time to explain to you, it made you so painful..." After explaining some of the reasons, Enke paused, and didn't say that he was already planning to say goodbye to them at that time idea.

Although he thinks it makes sense, Luffy always feels that the reason is not that simple, but he can't tell where the problem is.After he couldn't think of an answer, he could only temporarily suppress it in his heart, and said with confidence: "As long as everyone is fine. They will definitely find a way to return to the Chambord Islands..."

"Um……"

After a while, Encore stood up, poked Luffy with his hand, waited for him to look at him, then smiled and pointed to the back, "I'll leave for a while, come back later~~~"

"Hmm..." Luffy nodded, then hesitantly confirmed: "Will you come back?"

Anke was taken aback, and after flicking his rubber head distressedly, he smiled and said softly: "Come back soon, I won't leave you."

"Yeah!" Luffy nodded vigorously, his smile brightened because of her words, "I'll wait for you."

"Okay." After Anke reached out and poked his soft cheek, he jumped off the fort, ran to the central deck and shouted back with a smile: "Remember to watch my knife~~"

"I see, don't worry~~", Luffy narrowed his eyes with a smile, and made an 'OK' gesture with his right hand.

When Anke was bouncing down the stairs, he happened to meet Jinbe who was coming up, and immediately greeted him with a smile, "Master Jinpei."

The tall murloc didn't miss Luffy's relaxed smile just now, he nodded lightly and then nodded to Encore who was standing there: "It seems that Lu Fei has relaxed a lot now, thanks to you. "

"Where, this is what I should do~~" After Anke waved his hands smilingly, he continued to jump down, "Then, next, I would like to trouble Mr. Jinpei to talk to my captain, so that he will not be alone again. Thinking wildly there~"

"I see." After looking back at her to leave, Jinbe continued to walk up.

Under the strange gazes of several prisoners, An Ke walked into the kitchen openly, and then closed the door tightly.

Leaning behind the door, after scanning the empty kitchen, Anke said lightly: "You should be in the navy, you dare to get on this warship full of pirates and prisoners by yourself, you are not afraid of being torn apart." ?"

The kitchen was still quiet, only Encore's voice echoed.

After no one answered, Anke shrugged, raised her right hand and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, under the smog, she continued calmly: "Your illusion is really good, but you can't fool me yet."

After the fog cleared, a guy in a black sportswear appeared in the refrigerator with the door wide open, holding a few apples in his hand and looking at Encore innocently, even with a bit of grievance on his face.

"..." Because that guy used to excuse himself at LEVEL6, Encore's impression of him was a little bit better.After she sighed helplessly, she asked, "What's the matter..."

Lauren continued to hold the apple in his hand aggrievedly, like a child who has not found his favorite snack, "There are no lollipops here, not even other candies..."

"..." Anke was silent for a moment, expressing that he had inexplicably found the shadow of his own food captain from this guy.So, the helpless little guy had no choice but to switch to the first one, activate the illusion, and threw a lot of candy to him, "Eat it, although it is an illusion..."

"It's amazing~~", Lauren immediately threw the apple back into the refrigerator, and looked at the pile of candies in his hand with a smile, "It really is a little witch~~ The illusion is super powerful~~"

"Don't call me that name, I'm just a little pirate now." After conjuring up a chair and sitting behind the door, she looked at the boy, "Tell me, why are you here?"

"Because I'm going back to the Navy Headquarters to report back, and this ship is going to the Navy Headquarters, so I took a ride~~" Lauren explained while unwrapping the candy, and threw it into his mouth He wrinkled his face directly, "It's tasteless..."

"I forgot to remind you, I have no sense of taste. So the food in my low-level illusion is tasteless~~", Anke squinted his left eye and looked at the person who was biting the candy with a wrinkled face, and continued to ask: "The navy headquarters sent you to the city to stop me, right? Did you just ask you to give me the sound shell? You didn't even really stop me, at least you didn't fight me..."

Hearing this, Luo Lun showed a look of doubt on his face instead, and asked slowly: "You are better than me, so the beating is useless, so why should I be beating?"

"..." Facing such a sensible person, An Ke was stunned for a moment, blinking his eyes and looking at the person in front of him who looked at him for granted. He really didn't know whether he saw himself too clearly or he was too lazy to participate in the chaos. fighting.

Lauren bit the lollipop in his mouth, then looked at the pile of candies on his hands, "At least, with my ability, I can't create such a realistic illusion."

After watching him quietly for a while, An Ke suddenly realized that although this guy was from the navy, he still admired him for some reason, at least he wouldn't overpower himself and want to fight with him.So, with a kind (?) gentle (?) helpful (?) nature, she decided to give some technical guidance to the young man in the trough (?) of life, "Illusion is very simple, as long as you want to If you try to make it real, then it will be infinitely closer to reality, and even become reality. In the end, it is just using all your own perceptions to convince others that it is true. However, even your own feelings , there is also a shortcoming, that is, if you don't see through those people, you can't make them believe in the illusion presented in front of their eyes."

After Luo Lun blinked, looked at the candy in his hand and then at her, suddenly tilted his head and asked suspiciously: "You, can't you see through me?"

"Because I'm too lazy to look, the ones I gave you are just made with low-level illusions~" After shrugging, Enke threw a candy to him again, "Try this."

All the candy in Lauren's hand suddenly disappeared. He immediately reached out to take the light red lollipop, looked at it for a while, and slowly put it into his mouth. The faint sweetness of watermelon spread in his mouth.

"Anyway, this small matter can be done with your ability~ Illusion is not difficult, but it is absolutely impossible to be called easy~~" Encore paused, and then evoked a treacherous smile, " Well, I'm going to get paid now~~"

"?????", Lauren, who didn't notice that he was cheated, looked at her in confusion.

"You also know that it is impossible for me to teach you so kindly ~ what's more, we are still enemies ~~, tell me, what reward can you give me?" Enke still smiled sweetly, her cute face was full of sincerity , but the tone of his speech was like that of a profiteer, a cunning profiteer who was pulling his abacus.

After finding out that she was telling the truth, Lauren bit the lollipop in his mouth, reached out to touch the sportswear on his body, and found no valuables on it, so he couldn't help but feel a little at a loss.

"Hehe, I forgot to remind you, I'm a pirate~~ a very bad, very bad, very bad pirate~~~~", An Ke laughed even deeper, her eyebrows and eyes curved like staring at a bird that fell into it. Like a cub in a trap.

"..." Lauren, who was completely at a loss, nervously bit the candy that had lured him into the trap, and pitifully stretched out his hands to make a lot of candy with illusion.

"My illusion is stronger than yours, do I need it?" After Anke waved his hand, he raised his index finger and said, "The first request, if you go to the Navy headquarters later, obediently find a quiet place. The place hibernates. Don't take part in the war, lest we have another enemy."

Lauren didn't really want to get involved in that troublesome battle, so he nodded, "Oh...",
"As for the rest, I'll talk about it after I think about it~~" Anke was very happy to find another person who could be used. After jumping off his chair, he was about to leave. When he opened the door, he suddenly remembered something and turned around. Say to the people who are there in a daze: "Remember, you are not allowed to say 'no' to any of my demands until you pay off the compensation you owe me, is it clear?"

".........", I always felt that I was going to a point of no return, but the poor child who hadn't realized that he had been cheated froze and nodded slowly, "Understood..."

"Good boy~~~~", Enke, who smiled like a fox, closed the door, and went to the bow of the ship in a good mood to find his captain.Convincing a silly-looking kid with a bunch of illusion candy and a bunch of plausible things makes her feel incredibly accomplished.Those who are worth using should squeeze out the last bit of value from him, which has always been her very recommended words.

In the kitchen, Lauren who was still biting the candy didn't know how long it took before he finally realized that he seemed to have been cheated, and couldn't help complaining tearfully about the boss who threw him to the city, 'doesn't it mean Is this person who is super powerful in illusions an innocent, kind, gentle and lovely doll? ?But the reality is that he is even more foxy than the old fox. This is completely different from what was said, right? ?And, what does she want in return? ? ? '

(End of this chapter)