Pirate's Freedom

The fog gradually thinned.

Cream, chocolate, matcha, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, banana, pineapple, mango and orange.

Licking~licking~licking~

Consciously following Smoker, Ila concentrated on holding the special edition of ten balls of ice cream.

After a moment.

"Um... um..."

The frost melted slightly.

Ila couldn't eat anymore. Her eyes were solemn and she frowned, trying hard to maintain the balance among the ten balls stacked high.

but……

Maybe ten goals is too many.

Efforts were fruitless, and after a while of faltering——

"what……"

Ila opened her mouth wide and watched helplessly as the top white cream ball detached from the ice cream and fell down.

The next moment, a white smoke flew up and changed, and it opened its mouth like a snake to hold the butter ball before falling to the ground.

"Oh……"

It deftly put the cream balls back in place, then turned into a thin chain, wrapping around it to secure the ten balls of ice cream stacked high.

"Um……"

She closed her wide-open mouth and swayed left and right. After confirming, Ila continued to eat slowly.

"It's already so late," Smoker said as he walked in front. "If you don't go back yet, your mother will be very worried."

"It's ok."

Licking~licking~

Ila repeated it while concentrating on eating the ice cream.

"It doesn't matter because I don't have a mother."

"Then..." After a pause, Smoker continued to ask naturally.

"where is your home?"

"In Cocoa West Village."

"But..." Smoker was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it on this island?"

Licking~licking~

Most of her attention was focused on the ice cream in front of her, and Ila asked and answered questions.

"On Jumeida Island."

……

"Sir!"

"brigadier!"

"Comrade Smoker!"

Licking~licking~

"..."

Brigadier General Smoker looked indifferent and walked through the crowd without saying a word.

From the entrance to Smoker's office in the Navy Garrison Building, the sailors saluting along the way saw the pink-haired little girl following behind him, intently licking the ice cream.

Pink hair... little girl... Colonel Hina... Brigadier Smoker...

"did not expect……"

A team leader who dreamed of becoming a writer lowered his saluting hand. At this time, his rich imagination finally came into use.

"Unknowingly..."

Suddenly, there was a hint of understanding in his expression.

"Has the relationship between the two of them reached this point..."

Soon, a rumor about an illegitimate daughter spread in the garrison building at a speed far faster than Kizaru...

click!

Smoker opened the office door.

"This is……"

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Hina, who was taking a nap with her eyes closed on the sofa on the right, opened her eyes and saw two figures, one big and one small, one behind the other.

"A lost child?"

As if she had forgotten what she had said, she said with a natural smile.

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have let me help."

"Don't say anything if it's useless."

Of course Smoker wouldn't mention it, "Now we have to find a way to send this child home."

"Isn't this child from this island?"

Hina asked.

Licking~licking~

Ila walked to the sofa and sat down.

"Ila, her name is Ila. She has no mother, and her father is not here. She came here by boat with a few friends."

Smoker also sat back behind his desk.

"He obviously looks very well-behaved."

Looking sideways at the little girl swaying on her feet, Hina laughed in surprise, "I didn't expect her to be such a bold character. Hina was surprised."

She watched Ella eat her ice cream, a moment later.

"Apart from these?"

Hina was a little confused.

"What is the specific situation of this child's parents? Why did he come to Rogge Town on his own?"

"Smog," she turned.

"Haven't you asked clearly yet?"

"Is it necessary to ask?" Smoker looked silent, "What other good things can happen?"

"I don't even ask about things clearly."

Hina sighed, "Maybe he will do bad things with good intentions."

Valley</span>"Where is mom?" she asked, "Do you know? Ila?"

"I don't know," Ila said with her head buried, "I didn't ask."

"Ira."

Bending sideways, Hina moved closer.

"Why don't you ask?"

"Hina!" Smoker frowned.

Licking~licking~

After licking the matcha balls twice, Ila switched to licking the strawberry balls.

"Because dad didn't tell me."

"Ira..."

Hina straightened her hair and said softly.

"If mom is not worried, dad will be too."

"No problem, dad must know I'm here."

Licking the strawberry ball, Ila repeated it.

"So it's no problem."

"Look, Smoker," Hina straightened up.

"Since the relationship between father and daughter is so good, the possibility of running away from home can be ruled out."

"..."

Smoker picked up the cigar and put it down again without saying a word.

"Ira," Hina then asked, "Why did you come to Rogge Town?"

"For Nokigao's sake," Ila said, "she came to see the execution platform."

"You came here if you wanted to, you guys are really capable of action," Hina couldn't help but smile, "But how are we going to go back next?"

"You can't go back yet," Ila licked the vanilla ball.

"We still have to go to the Grand Line."

"The Grand Line?" Hina's smile faltered.

"Why go to the Grand Line?"

"because--"

Raising her head, Ila thought carefully.

"Nami wants to draw a map of the world, Kuina wants to become the world's greatest swordsman, and everyone wants to find treasures."

Lowering her head and licking the strawberry ball again, she concluded, "Because there are so many things to do, I have to go."

"..."

After putting the cigars scattered on the table into the drawer, Smoker raised his head.

Hina looked down at Ira's gently swaying hair and sighed slightly.

"A dream..."

Since when did she never mention this word again.

"Ira," Hina asked her, "have you ever seen a storm? The Grand Line is dangerous and there are often storms."

"I've seen it before," Ila nodded and added, "But it's no problem, Nami will not lose."

"The Grand Route is not filled with treasures," Hina said calmly, smiling, "Ila, do you know -"

"Most of the treasure maps are fake. Even if they are real treasure maps, most of them have been visited by others. By then, you will only see a bunch of empty boxes."

"Oh oh oh~~! So amazing~~!"

To Hina's surprise, Ira suddenly became excited.

"There are actually empty boxes~! The treasure map is really amazing~!"

"Uh..." He touched Ila's forehead with his hand. Hina couldn't follow her thoughts at all, "Is it very powerful?"

"I don't know if it exists or what it is," Ila replied, "This is the treasure."

"..."

After a long silence, Hina closed her eyes and rubbed her eyebrows.

"Sorry, Smoker, Hina suddenly has nothing to say."

"When I was your age, I also went to sea alone."

Smoker said, "So let me be practical."

"The Grand Line is different from the East China Sea," he said. "Ira, there are pirates everywhere."

"I am Tata Toth's daughter."

Licking the strawberry balls, then the vanilla balls, Ila said.

"I'm not afraid of pirates."

……

12 years ago, in the square of Rogge Town.

The little boy with white hair and wearing a green jacket struggled to squeeze through the crowd and got to the front row, sweating profusely.

There, he witnessed the heartfelt smile of a dying man.

also……

【Hello!One Piece! ! 】

That nervous roar spread across the square.

[Where have you hidden all your treasures!Is it really the Grand Line?Did you get it?That legendary secret treasure——]

The guy with scars all over his body and clenched fists.

[Shut up! ! 】

The guy who shone like a comet and suddenly disappeared.

【That unique secret treasure——ONEPIECE! ! ! 】

that--

Although it has long since disappeared, as long as the name is mentioned casually.

It can still cause generals at the level of lieutenant general and above to have complicated and unspeakable looks and an atmosphere of secrecy——

guy.