[One Piece] Almighty staff

The orange-red sunset hangs over the sea level, separated by a finger's distance.The sky was still bright, and Lia sat by the round window reading a newspaper, and adjusted the direction of the wheelchair as the shadows moved slowly.

The warship has been traveling at the fastest speed for a day and a night, and now it is about four hours before reaching Reverse Mountain.If it weren't for a cruise ship with a speed limit much slower than that of a warship, their speed could be even faster.

Leah held a stack of newspapers, half of which were local newspapers in Beihai.One of them was on the lower right side, with a page one-third the size of a palm, reporting the news that the Third Army of the Phinia King's Army encountered pirates and was wiped out after the battle.

—— "Finiya's king's army has been dealt with."

Leah still clearly remembered the impatient tone of the little boy in the spotted cap, and the expression on Doflamingo's face that didn't seem to care much at that time.

She turned the page with a headache.

Rossindi...

Let her think again, and try her best to find a way out for him.

There was a knock on the door, and a navy soldier came in with a tray in his hand, to bring her dinner.

Leah turned the wheelchair over and smiled politely at him: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on her face, and the golden curved eyelashes were dyed by the light, revealing a gentle shimmer.

The little soldier blushed suddenly, and straightened his back: "No, you're welcome, Miss Liya."

Leah thought for a while, then asked softly, "Has General Sakasky had dinner?"

The general's main cabin has an independent bathroom, and the lighting is good. Three meals a day are specially delivered, so there is no need to go out.Leah is under house arrest here, and if Sakaski doesn't take the initiative to come, she won't be able to see him.

The little soldier muttered twice in embarrassment.

In fact, it’s okay to talk about such trivial matters.But on the opposite side is the person who the general personally ordered to take good care of him. According to regulations, any relevant whereabouts of the chief are not allowed to be disclosed.

Seeing him hesitate, Liya smiled gently: "It's okay if you don't know. I just asked casually."

Liya really didn't want to force him, she just habitually wanted to know the whereabouts of the two men in the family.

Lili is young, so it is necessary to know his whereabouts.Sakalski is able to take care of things, just in case, if conditions permit, she will inquire about Sakalski's movements in advance.

The little soldier walked out blushing, looked at her hesitantly before opening the door, and whispered: "General Sakaski is very busy every day... so he usually eats late."

After speaking, he hurried out and closed the door.

Miss Leah was just a weak girl, and she didn't ask any excessive questions, she just cared about General Sakalski.

The little soldier comforted himself, walked around the guarding soldiers in the corridor, and walked away quickly against the wall.He didn't notice until he turned the corner that the soldiers guarding today were extremely stiff.

Liya's meals are very light these days. Dinner is usually a bowl of vegetable porridge with palm-sized white bread.It's just that today I accidentally added a delicious creamy baked lobster.

Sakalski has a tough style. He is very territorial, and his serious and simple living habits are strongly extended to the workplace and to all his subordinates and all the troops under his command.

The food on his warship is solid and simple all the year round, and the dishes are simple and rough according to the requirements of the supreme officer.Especially during wartime, soldiers had to eat large pieces of meat, large bowls of rice, and whole grains of vegetables for meals.

Coupled with Sakalski's Spartan-style military training, the soldiers under his command are fat and strong above the level of the headquarters, and their tenacity of vitality is comparable to that of Lieutenant General Garp's army.

Of course, when there is no war, Sakaski is still very easy to support.The chef does what he eats, and he will never make unreasonable demands "squeamishly", which is in stark contrast to Lieutenant General Karp who can't wait to eat five donuts a day.

So today's exquisite lobster dish is probably... a subtle softening of attitude?

The crimson lobster shell has an attractive luster and has been carefully peeled off for decoration.Liya tapped the fork lightly on the living shrimp head with two black eyeballs, unceremoniously forked up the whole piece of lobster meat, and ate it slowly.

After eating porridge and tasteless white bread for several days in a row, Liya really felt a little bland.But the dietary arrangement was for her body after all, so Liya never made any new requests.

The lobster has probably been grilled, the meat is firm and tender, and the aroma is well locked.The delicious sweetness of the seafood and the mellow and mild milk flavor spread in the mouth, Liya squinted her eyes comfortably, and her heavy thoughts relaxed a lot.

Sakalski was on the phone with his adjutant.

Adjutant: "General Sakaski, Xihai has not found any trace of Lili."

Sakaski stared at the radar heading in the cockpit, and was silent for a moment: "Look again."

There are no clues in the North Sea, and there has been no news from Zefa in the South China Sea or Karp in the East China Sea.A six-year-old child disappeared without a trace at sea, and the longer the time, the less hope of finding it.The adjutant was concerned about the current situation of the chief, and couldn't help but hesitate to speak.

After Sakalski was promoted to general, he was promoted as an adjutant according to his seniority.Due to various considerations, the adjutant is about to be transferred to a civilian position in the headquarters, and as Sakaski's internal team, he will stabilize his power in the headquarters.

He was about to leave his post as Sakalski's adjutant next week, and he didn't expect such a thing to happen when he was about to leave.

The adjutant said in a low voice: "General Sakalski, this subordinate...has received a call from the government."

Sakalski went to the window and looked back through the cockpit window.You can see the rear half of the three-story cruise ship.At this time, 32 noble passengers were under house arrest in a comfortable and luxurious cabin, and more than half of the remaining soldiers around him were guarding there.

"Delay it for a few more days, and if you can't delay it, then transfer it to me."

The adjutant was a little anxious: "General Sakaski! The world government can no longer doubt your position and attitude as a general! Your subordinates stay and continue to search, please..."

Sakalski said nothing.

The adjutant realized that his tone was a bit aggressive, and hurriedly restrained his voice: "Sorry, this subordinate has overstepped."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but say another word: "You have always been a leader with a firm will, and you never need to be reminded by others."

Sakaski stared at the cruise ship for a while, then turned his gaze back to the sea: "It's okay."

Adjutant: "It's just that the subordinates feel that your actions are really... If the world government thinks that you are taking advantage of the nobles in power in the government, the situation will be very unfavorable to you."

Sakaski said coldly: "Isn't this a trick commonly used by the world government? They can use it, why can't I."

The adjutant froze for a moment, almost stammering: "Yes, yes, just in case, the government's usual style is like this, but..."

But, that's the world government.

Sakaski has a strong character, he doesn't take hard and soft, but he is also strong and impervious to water.Moreover, he has made great military achievements in these years, and he is a major force that the navy cannot lose. He has no grasp in all aspects, and he is really a slippery and troublesome existence for the world government.

Therefore, despite having problems with the government, Sakalski has been in the army all these years and has come over steadily without leaving any hidden dangers.

"She doesn't want to go back." The adjutant heard the chief say in an emotionless voice, "Very stubborn."

Two years ago, the incident of the little girl shooting because of her younger brother Chongtianlongren has always been in his heart. The light sentence "I shot it" exploded like thunder, and the aftermath was deafening, still ringing in his ears.Based on this, it is impossible for Sakarski to let Leah go out alone.

The adjutant understood, and he sighed inwardly.

There was no danger at all.

The adjutant is Sakalski's first adjutant so far, and he has worked beside Sakalski for more than ten years.No matter how watertight the officer is, ten years is enough to figure out a lot of things with the adjutant who assists him every day.

For Sakalski, Marine Vandor's naval headquarters is an important starting point for his lofty aspirations and ambitions.The adjutant often feels that his chief will one day lead the Navy Headquarters, leading the Navy Headquarters to a more difficult and idealized unknown road than it is now with a consistent tough style.

All in all, Marlin Fando is the chief's lair, and Miss Leia is the...family property hidden in the lair?

Then the World Government seems to General Sakalski to be... in various senses, taking advantage of him to go out to fight the evil dragons who covet his property?

Mr. Adjutant shook his head, throwing this unreliable imagination out of his mind.

He could only suggest to the officer: "Then, please don't be too harsh on Miss Liya, she must be very anxious when Lili is missing. You can comfort Miss Liya a little bit."

He had to admit that being Sakalski's ward was no luck.His chief doesn't know how to take care of children at all. Fortunately, Miss Liya is smart and sensible, and she has grown into an excellent lady by herself, and she also takes good care of her younger brother.

The adjutant often feels that if she is not targeted by the government, Miss Leah can live well without a guardian.And generally speaking, there is no such situation as Miss Leah who takes care of the guardian's life as a ward.Miss Leia is more of a...well, mistress than Sakalski's ward.

In the more than ten years that the adjutant worked for General Sakalski, Sakalski spent half of the ten years fighting in the four seas, and the remaining five years of staying in Marin Vanduo, four of which were concentrated in the last six years—— Within six years after becoming the guardian of the two children of the Nobio family.He felt that this had a lot to do with the high-quality living environment provided by Miss Leah.

More than half of the setting sun has set, and only one-third of the arc remains on the sea.Sakaski walked slowly through the deserted aisle, and all the soldiers he brought out were sent out, and the posts that were originally on guard were basically vacant.There was no longer the usual continuous salutes and greetings on the warship.

The sea breeze blew over Sakalski's hard temples. He turned and walked around the corner, and saw two soldiers lying at the door of the cabin.Sakalski's temples throbbed violently.

At the same time, there was a crisp sound of dishes falling from the room.

Sakaski kicked open the locked cabin door from the inside, and the steel door crashed to the ground with deep dents. He saw the little girl in the wheelchair grabbing the wheels of the wheelchair and stepping back, trying to hide Drive a girl who is going to jump on her.

The wheelchair was leaning against the window, and there was only an aisle between the bed and the wall behind her. When she stepped back, her knee hit the foot of the bed heavily, and a small black leather shoe was rubbed off somehow, and she lay alone under the window.

Yet she didn't even frown.

Sakaski's eyes were quickly attracted by another girl in the room. He clearly saw the blond girl holding a needle between her fingers, and half of the slender syringe was hidden in the delicate piping and lace cuff inside.

He stared at the ornamentation for a moment.

noble.

The expression of the blond girl changed suddenly the moment Sakaski kicked the door open, and the expression of indifference and contempt in her eyes turned into ferocious disgust, mixed with a trace of fear and despair.

Both Leah and Sakalski were acutely aware of this shift in mood.Maybe Sakalski noticed it sooner, because Leah saw that his face became a little scary to the naked eye, and his steps that were walking towards her turned slightly in the direction.

He has dealt with pirates all year round, and he is very familiar with counterattacks under such extreme emotions, so he reacted immediately.

But the blond hair was too close to her, and Leah was stuck in the gap between the bed and the wall, unable to retreat.When the opponent rushed over again, she wanted to stand up and avoid it, but standing up at such a distance just sent herself to the opponent's hand faster.

This girl has a good skill, but she will miss it the first time. One is because the image of Liya sitting in a wheelchair with injuries looks too weak, which is inevitably despised.The second is because unlike the other party, Liya has always maintained a high degree of vigilance towards strangers.Even in the face of beautiful young girls who look well-bred and wear delicate little dresses.

Moreover, Liya stayed in the Naval Academy for a while, and Zefa made a small fuss. Although her combat effectiveness was sloppy, her predictive and responsive abilities were good.

When the flashing needle magnified in front of her eyes for the second time, Leah's brain only devoted half of her energy to running quickly to think about how to avoid it, including how to make this tube of unknown liquid Inject as little as possible into your own body.According to her observation, this small needle does not have the function of automatic injection. If she is as skilled as Diana, she can even remove the needle from the needle the moment it penetrates the skin.

Half of the energy is re-guessing the true identity of the blonde girl and the possibility of her being instigated.

Although she expected that there was more than 90.00% chance that she would not be able to avoid it, Leah subconsciously raised her knees.The girl's speed was too fast, Leah's eyes blurred, and she was bounced back vigorously as if she had hit some transparent barrier?

The girl's expression was pained and dazed, Leah opened her mouth, and saw her beautifully groomed blond curly hair being pulled back vigorously by one hand.

The hand that grabbed her—Leah turned her head to look out the window, and saw Mr. Bogart, Lieutenant General Garp's adjutant, who was holding a wide-brimmed top hat upside down on the window edge with the other hand.Even though he was wearing a veil, Leah still saw through his unintentional disguise under his serious and calm demeanor.

Before Liya even had time to say hello to him, the girl whose hair was being pulled in front of her was smashed into the wall by another big hand at a speed she couldn't see clearly.

Bogart let go of his hand in time, otherwise Lia had no doubt that he would be caught off guard and forced to pluck most of a young girl's hair.

Sakalski slowly turned his head to look at Leah, the surface of the black pupils glowed with scarlet blood, and Leah felt that she could smell a faint smell of blood.The green onion-like hand of the girl hangs down feebly, only thirty centimeters away from the tip of Lia's nose.The needle tube containing the light green injection fell silently on the carpet.

She looked up at him with a pale face, feeling her voice trembling: "Sakaski, let her go."

He seemed to understand her meaning in an instant, and let go of her obediently.Leah took a deep breath, allowing the oxygen to catch up with the fast-flowing blood and send it to the brain.She quickly regained her composure, reached out to feel for her pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief after two breaths.

Leah: "Alive."

Sakaski said coldly: "It doesn't matter if you die."

Leah ignored Sakalski's gibberish.This girl is an aristocrat on the human trafficker cruise ship captured by Sakalski, and she was able to find her precisely for coercion. She said that she had nothing to do with the world government, but she didn't believe it.

The blond girl didn't know how she ran over from the cruise ship behind the warship. It wasn't until Sakaski sent someone to check that the soldiers guarding the cruise ship found that there was one person missing.Sakaski didn't say anything, but Leah could feel the shame of the man through the microphone.

But she didn't have the energy to sympathize with others. Bogart was still hanging out of the window, and Sakaski's eyes turned around her and Mr. Bogart, and his expression was obviously much more gloomy.

Lia gasped for breath and felt that she couldn't cope with another round of brainstorming.So she quickly found a clever entry point: "General Sakasky, call the adjutant and the others back."

The setting sun had completely sunk below the sea level, and Leah looked back out the window. On the cruise ship behind the warship, the lights lit up resplendently and beautifully on the dark sea.Liya suddenly and truly felt a trace of manic depression, she withdrew her gaze, and said in a low tone: "If this continues, it won't matter."

Sakaski frowned, and his stern and serious face showed a little anxiety: "Just go back to Marlin Fandor."

Leah shook her head. She looked into Sakasky's eyes seriously, trying to convince him: "Going back to Marin Vandor, there is no guarantee that I will be safe."

Sakaski had a cold face, understated, and said firmly: "I can guarantee it."

Leah: "As long as Lili is not found, I will never be safe."

And as long as they return to Marin Vanduo, Lili's disappearance will never be hidden.

Sakalski: "I'll find him first."

Leah stared at his face and said calmly: "If Sakaski had the confidence to find Lili first, he wouldn't have detained this cruise ship."

Leah said, "Sakaski, I'm going to be an adult next year. You can't keep me under your nose forever."

At first, Leah attracted the attention of the world government because Nobio Gallon left evidence that was detrimental to the government's reputation, and the cause of his death could not be investigated.But in the past few years, both Leah and Sakalski have gradually realized that the government is paying too much attention to her and Lili, and the focus of the reason has shifted to Sakalski.

In other words, the world government judged that the two children of Nobio's family might become a weight to restrain Sakaski.Sakalski's strength made the top government fearful. After he was promoted to admiral with an unstoppable posture, anyone who could restrain him became more worth trying.

is it possible?

Leah stared into Sakalski's eyes, feeling bewildered and uncertain.

Sakaski would not fail to understand that she and Lili were gradually becoming dragging behind.Leah didn't know what action he would take in the end.Or rather, she didn't dare to think about it.

Leah knew that General Akainu was ambitious and ambitious.Sakalski had been steadily moving toward her goals over the years, and she hadn't seen anything that would stand in the way of his ambitions, and she didn't think there would be one.

For Sakalski, anything that gets in his way is a no-brainer.Such as disgust and dissatisfaction with the world government, such as the lives of civilians on an entire island.

Leah realized in a daze that she could no longer get close to him like this.Sakaski's attention and concern will bring dire consequences to her and Lili. The worst but not the worst consequence she can think of is complete deprivation of freedom.

Either by the World Government or by Sakalsky.

She may be able to endure a controlled life, but she can't bear to let Lili bear such a future, not even for a day.

Leah's blue eyes became colder and more determined than ever before.

Sakalski turned silently, and he bent down to pick up Leah's little black leather shoes from under the window.

She said, you can't keep me under your nose forever.

He placed one knee on the soft carpet, and accurately caught her bare right foot from under the long skirt.This foot had a slight fracture in the ankle, so it was bandaged.

Sakalski noticed that her feet were cold.

When he came out, the adjutant reminded him to bring some clothes for Miss Leah. He thought he had brought enough, but now he realized that he even forgot to bring her a pair of socks.

He put the little leather shoes on her feet lightly, and suddenly felt the little girl's fingertips gently tap the brim of his hat.

Sakalski didn't look up, he was holding her ankle, she was wearing no socks, her feet looked pale in the little leather shoes.

"Those two years," Sakaski seemed to recall, and said slowly: "I went on a mission. You took good care of yourself."

Leah knew immediately which two years he was talking about.In those two years, there was no news of Sakalski. Even with Digill and Diana, Mr. Zefa took good care of her, and Leah had been very careful.

He looked up at her quietly with bottomless pupils: "You have always taken good care of yourself."

Leah's fingers on the brim of his hat didn't have time to retract, and the fingertips stopped abruptly under the tip of Sakalski's nose, shaking from his hot breath.

But Sakalski's eyes made her dare not withdraw her hand.

The moon does not know when it illuminates the sea level.

"Go."

He said.

His face was stern and expressionless.

Leah snapped her fingers.

She laughed suddenly, her eyebrows and eyes were curved, and her sweet dimples were filled with moonlight.

The soft fingertips gently pressed on the raised eyebrows of General Akainu.

"Then please take care."

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Karp stood on the deck waiting for them. After Bogart landed on the moon steps with Leah in his arms, he laughed loudly: "It's really picked up, not bad Bogart! The old man thought he had to talk to Saka A fight with Sky will do!"

As he laughed, a loud cry came from his arms, startling Lia.

She was gently lowered by Bogart, and she poked her head to see Garp's arms wrapped around his chest.

A thin monkey-like baby was wrapped in a messy swaddle, crying loudly and flushed.

Liya subconsciously reached out and ran along the baby's chest, trying to comfort the poor little one. .seven

The little baby opened one eye slit, glanced at her with bright black eyes, and continued to howl loudly.

It was only then that Liya realized that the child had no tears at all.

Garp hugged the little monkey with a strange expression on his face: "Don't cry, don't cry, grandpa will give you meat~"

Leah opened her mouth: "Is this... the grandson of Lieutenant General Garp?"

Garp was very proud: "This is the old man's grandson, named Lu Fei! The old man's unfilial son said that he was too busy with work and didn't have the energy to take care of him, so he had to be handed over to the old man to take care of him!"

Leah didn't know what to say, so she could only smile kindly.

Luffy...

This is really an unexpected first meeting.

In Garp's arms, the little monkey Luffy was still crying persistently. He looked only two or three months old, almost thinner than Garp's forearm.Liya's mood suddenly relaxed in the child's crying.

He is so thin, so small, but he is full of unbelievable vitality.

Leah thought, this child is the future of this sea.

The future is by her side.