To the end of the sea [One Piece]

"Let me go, Kuzan."

As if he suddenly woke up from a distant dream, Qingzhi breathed slightly and rubbed his temples, looking around.

As a former navy admiral, he rarely showed such a stunned expression, but the scene he just saw was constantly playing in his mind.

He looked at his hand, and the girl's warm and soft touch stayed on his hand as if she had just left.

That white hand was taken away from his hand and never existed again.

His heart suddenly beat violently, and feelings of uncertainty and panic swept through his chest.

she will die.

Ikegawa Ena - the girl he keeps deep in his heart.

Her smile will be lost in the sea after this night.

Kuzan had not had such an impulse in many years. At this moment, like a young man in his early twenties, he picked up the coat on the side and hurriedly chased after him.

+ + +

She was like a dormant cheetah, with sharp dark green eyes hidden in the darkness, staring at the aloof man with burning hatred.

His fat face, which had become loose and greasy after more than ten years, was shaking the fat on his cheeks and laughing disgustingly.

As if he suddenly became interested in something, he waved his hand and pointed at a girl huddled in a cage on the side of the stage.

Ena suppressed Yugiri in her hand, and the raised hilt of the knife hurt her palm, but she couldn't feel it.

She just came to ruin the auction house tonight, but she never expected to meet this man here.

The nightmare of her life.

kill him.

The words boiled in her chest.

That's the end of it all - kill him.

The lights suddenly dimmed, a beam of light hit the stage, and people began to whisper excitedly.

The girl had thick blond hair and shrank back like a collapse, as if she was trying to squeeze herself out of the gap in the iron cage.

Changes happened in an instant.

Broken light bulbs flew in all directions, and the sudden loud noise made everyone panic, and the entire auction house fell into darkness.

The auditorium became commotion, and some people began to get up and run away in panic.

The avenger hiding in the darkness flew up, his sword shining brightly and heading straight for the target.

All the training Capone Becky had put into her was brought to its fullest in this moment.

Like a silent bullet, she came to him in an instant.

Just a little bit - just a little bit.

There was a clang, sparks flew everywhere, a knife collided with Yugiri, and Eina jumped back.

She still had excellent vision in the dark and squinted her eyes angrily.

"CP people..." she whispered, "Sure enough, the Celestial Dragon's dogs are everywhere."

The other party hid behind the mask and made an eerie muffled voice: "This is really surprising, Rear Admiral Ikegawa Ena."

He raised the knife in his hand: "You should know that if you do such a thing, you are already a dead person."

The silver-haired girl sneered.

"Are you scaring me, colleague?"

"I'm not your colleague." The man said mockingly, "We have never belonged to the World Government. Unlike you public officials, we are an agency directly affiliated with Mary Joa."

"And, judging from your actions tonight, you must have already written your resignation report."

Eina gritted her teeth: "That kind of thing... doesn't matter at all."

She rushed forward and fought with him.

With her peripheral vision, she saw that the Tianlong people behind her were about to evacuate, so she slipped past them and rushed towards the man again.

A sword light passed by, and all the guards around him fell down.

She was just a centimeter away from touching him, and felt a sharp pain in her side.

Eina groaned and managed to dodge the attack of the man who was chasing her. The blood spread in a dazzling red color.

"You are stupid." The man said, "Even if you can escape from me, you will be wanted all over the world. Even with your abilities as a major general, you will not be able to escape to the ends of the earth."

The silver-haired girl's eyes burst into burning light.

"How can you understand when you don't understand anything...?" Her eyes were red, her breathing was rapid, her throat was hoarse and she roared, she raised her head and faced the man directly.

"I want him to look at my face...look at my face, and then kill him with my own hands!"

"How could I... cover my appearance?" Her blood boiled and she raised her hand, and her domain spread behind the Tianlong people.

The man's pupils shrank and he wanted to turn around to stop him, but he was too late.

A sharp dagger stabbed the Tianlongren in the back of the heart with precision out of thin air.

The obese man fell forward, his eyes incredibly dull. Eina rushed forward and grabbed his collar regardless of the bleeding wounds on her body.

"Look at me - you scum - look at me!!" Her voice was hoarse, tears burning in her eyes, "Do you remember this face... It was also in this place eighteen years ago...?"

His bloated face twitched, and he stared at her blankly, with only fear and confusion in his eyes.

His fat body fell backwards, like a slaughtered pig when he stopped breathing.

Eina let go of her hand and knelt on the ground, feeling that her strength was constantly draining away.

The man behind her raised a knife towards her. She tried her best to get up and barely avoided the fatal blow, but a shockingly large hole was pierced in her left arm, and blood spurted out again.

All of Eina's muscles were trembling crazily, and she bent her fingers and tried to open them, trying to create a space.

But she failed, and the man stabbed her in the heart.

Her pupils were dilated, and she felt peaceful in her heart as she watched the sword shadow blur in front of her eyes.

The slaves she secretly freed before assassinating the Draco must have escaped, and the guards she brought down were enough to buy them time.

She wanted to do something more, but the moment she saw Tianlongren's face, she couldn't care about anything else.

She sighed and gave a sad smile.

What a regrettable life.

+ + +

She should have been penetrated by the knife, but there was a biting chill behind her, and she did not feel the pain she expected.

She turned around blankly, and saw a tall man with half of his body turned into ice standing behind her with a cold gaze.

The man who was attacked by the ice shrank his pupils: "It's you... Qingzhi..."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Kuzan withdrew his hand with a gloomy face, "What are you doing to my adjutant?"

"You have resigned! Qingji! What are you doing here??!"

"Ah, it turns out you have resigned." Kuzan shrugged, took a step forward and protected the girl behind him, "Then it seems I can't call you adjutant...Ena."

The silver-haired girl breathed quickly, gritted her teeth and said, "Why did you come... I didn't tell you..."

"I don't need to listen to you." Kuzan said lazily, "You asked me to let you go, but I don't want to let you go... What should I do?"

She was speechless, and Kuzan didn't say anything more, but directly dealt with the man.

Then he leaned down and held out his hand to her.

"I'll take you away."

+ + +

Just before they were about to leave the auction house, she suddenly struggled and raised her upper body to find something to cover his face.

"You can't let others see you!" The girl breathed quickly and said anxiously, "I killed that man... but you can't have anything to do with it."

Kuzan looked at her without saying a word for a few seconds, and then smiled helplessly.

He tightened his arms, hugged her soft body tighter, and strode forward.

"Really...I didn't expect to be taken care of." His voice was low and magnetic, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. "Speaking of which, it was also... I gave you a lot of work to do. It's really hard."

"What gossip are you talking about all of a sudden..." Eina's lips turned white and she said angrily, "Killing a Tianlong is not a trivial matter. You saved me and you are making an enemy of the world..."

"Since you know it's not a trivial matter, why don't you also consider my feelings?" The man's voice suddenly deepened, taking on the dignity that once belonged to a superior, but the emotion in it completely went against the so-called working relationship.

Eina was a little stunned. The weakness caused by blood loss prevented her from continuing to ask, so she lay quietly in his arms.

I don't know what kind of power Qingzhi used to lead her to the coast, avoiding the Tianlong men who came after hearing the news.

There was a sudden explosion in the distance, flames and smoke rose, and half of the sky turned a ferocious dark red.

He looked over with some surprise. The direction of the auction house was already a sea of ​​fire.

"You are really clean in your work..." He muttered, looking down at the weakly breathing girl in his arms and frowning.

"It's time to hurry up."

+ + +

When Ena woke up, she felt a sense of trance and unreality.

Blood, assassination, sword flash, explosion...

It all seemed like it happened a lifetime ago, but it was still vivid in my mind.

She tried to sit up, but groaned. Thick bandages were wrapped around her abdomen and shoulders, allowing her to lie upright again.

"Don't move. The doctor said you have to lie down for at least a week." A tall figure came over and sat next to her, blocking half of the light. "Not to mention the wounds on the abdomen, there are several broken ribs, as well as arms. If you don’t take care of it well, it may become useless in the future.”

Eina lay there quietly looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of her.

"Why…"

Kuzan looked at her with his chin in his hands and tilted his head.

"Didn't I answer you? Because this is what I want to do, that's all."

Eina looked at her former boss and suddenly felt at a loss.

She never thought she would meet Aoki Pheasant that day, let alone have such an opportunity to talk alone after that night.

She is a traitor who runs counter to justice, and it is unknown how long she can survive in the world.

So through the drunken and confused atmosphere, she indulged herself with the momentum of farewell, pulling out those insignificant, small and secret thoughts from the bottom of her heart and placing them in front of him.

What's that...

Kuzan stood up.

"Have a good rest." He said, "We won't be able to relax for long. You are wanted by the whole world."

+ + +

This is true.

When she was pulled up from the bed by him in the middle of the night, she heard a commotion outside the house. Kuzan's big, well-jointed hands firmly hugged her waist, took her into his arms, and walked out in the night.

"Where are we... going..." The girl rubbed her eyes and leaned her head in his arms, her voice as hoarse as a kitten's.

Kuzan suddenly felt for a moment that he was committing a crime.

"Go to sleep." He said softly, "Just leave it to me."

So she actually fell asleep again, her breathing steady and peaceful.

Her ability to recover was much quicker than he imagined.

Kuzan raised his eyebrows seriously when Eina stood in front of him.

"No wonder people at the headquarters always say you are a monster..." He murmured, "There is a big gap between your physical strength and your appearance."

Eina smiled helplessly: "Hey... Mr. Kuzan, you can't call a girl a monster in front of her."

He frowned.

"Didn't you say that you are no longer the boss?" He said, "Why do you use the honorific title again?"

She choked and felt a little at a loss.

"At that time, you already thought that you would never see me again, so you just called me Kuzan regardless of it?" He easily guessed her thoughts and said angrily, "You really are He didn’t consider my feelings at all.”

"Mr. Kuzan...how is Kuzan feeling?" She suddenly caught something and quickly asked, "You have been talking about your feelings since you saved me, but if you don't make it clear, I will How can we understand and consider it?”

This time he was speechless.

The man and the girl sat and stood in silence, and something surged in the air.

Eina sighed and turned around to leave as if to let him go, but was grabbed tightly by a big hand.

With a face full of shock, she was pulled into her arms by her former boss. Her petite body sat on his slender legs, and her long silver hair rested on his broad chest.

Ena's face turned red for a moment.

I was running away before and had difficulty moving, but this time it doesn't matter...

"How do you think I would feel if you died?" His deep magnetic voice sounded above her.

The voice she had long been accustomed to hearing sounded sexy for the first time in this silent and ambiguous night.

Kuzan tightened his hands: "I have been pretending to be stupid for a long time...but it doesn't work."

"The thought of you dying makes it impossible."

These words were all a bit vague, but she understood them.

"We are all cowards..." she sighed, "Only when we are close to death will we stop escaping, start thinking about all the problems that are too late, and then say, 'I'm so sorry, I understand, but I also I'm about to die, everyone can only forgive me', and finally leave the mess to the people behind me."

"So don't do this." He lowered his head and looked into her beautiful eyes, "Because it's almost too late...then maybe I should make it clearer."

"You are far more important to me than you think, Ena." Kuzan whispered, "So, can I ask you-"

"From now on, before facing possible death, will you consider my feelings and try your best to continue living?"

“If it’s so difficult that you can’t do it on your own, then tell me.”

"Do you take Kuzan's mood into my life?" She smiled. "This is more complicated than following the orders of my boss."

"This is not an order, it's a request." He said seriously, "Because I don't want you to die."

"I want to be able to see you living happily in this world every day from now on."

This man is really not good at confessing... Ena thought amusingly, but her cheeks turned red.

However, he is surprisingly good at talking about love.

+ + +

She laughed and cried.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

"I obviously killed that man..." Tears kept pouring out, and she wiped them randomly, "But why... Kuzan, why don't I feel happy at all..."

"Because your life is worth much more than his." Kuzan looked at the girl's tears with a headache.

No matter when he saw Ikegawa Ena's tears, he would always be at a loss.

"You can do far more than killing a Celestial Dragon. You still have so much time to use. Only living is meaningful." 7K Kuei

"He doesn't remember me at all." She cried convulsively, with weakness and bitterness in her voice. "He has ruined the lives of so many children like me... Each of us will have his face engraved in our bones and blood for a lifetime. But to him, we are just a number."

"This is not right," she sobbed. "This is wrong."

"Then go and correct it." Kuzan sighed and leaned down, boldly but restrainedly placing a kiss on her face.

She was still crying, so he kissed her with dry lips little by little, landing on the corners of her eyes and kissing away her tears.

So bitter. he thinks.

I really should have realized this sooner.

Why didn't you stay with her earlier...

But all these thoughts were interrupted by the girl's next action, and Kuzan's eyes widened in surprise.

The heart that had been silent for many years seemed to have returned to the restless boyhood, and started to make a violent and strange noise.

She threw her arms around his neck and kissed his lips with her soft lips.