[One Piece] Almighty staff

With senior generals taking him in, Drake's entry into the Naval Academy went very smoothly.But even though he was brought back by Mr. Zefa, the person who arranged for Drake to enroll was Mr. Bogart, Lieutenant General Garp's adjutant.

"From the results, I have a certain responsibility for this incident... No, it should be said that it is a great responsibility." Mr. Bogart said with a serious face.

Leah: So you really instilled some incredible ideas with Mr. Drake in Beihai, right?

After a long time, Leah couldn't remember when Drake should have left the North Sea in the original plot, and what opportunity he used to leave the North Sea and become Marine Vandor's navy.But depending on the situation, the original opportunity has probably been lost by her.

Due to various considerations, Mr. Zefa did not take Drake with him on the next voyage, but stayed in the Naval Academy to study, and Lili could only regret leaving his speculative new partner for a while.

Drake was unfortunately entrusted to Lieutenant General Cap.The dog-headed lieutenant general got into trouble again a few days ago, and made the Marshal of the Warring States period so angry that he was born, and won the "no-sail order" for two weeks - Lieutenant General Garp was confiscated from the warship and suspended for two weeks for self-reflection, during which time he was not allowed to leave Marin Fando .Mainly because of Lieutenant General Karp's patience, two weeks is already the limit, otherwise Warring States would like to lock him up for a year or so.

Zefa has been away for a long time, the Warring States period is busy with official duties, Lieutenant General Garp, who has no one to harass, finally puts his mind on Drake.Poor Drake, such a handsome boy, was bruised and swollen by Karp's "education of love" within a few days.Leah sighed and lent her handkerchief to him to wipe away the bloody nose.

"It's okay, Mr. Bogart... and Lieutenant General Garp have taught me a lot." Mr. Drake, who was sitting directly opposite Leah, smiled honestly and shyly, and the bruises on the corners of his mouth were particularly conspicuous on his fair complexion.

Leah didn't say anything, and smiled and picked a piece of meat for him.

Little brother Drake's tone is still very rusty, and it seems that he is not very good at making up for others.Mr. Bogart must have been teaching seriously, and Lieutenant General Karp's "teaching" is probably very capricious. .seven

Drake's complexion is naturally cold and fair. In the past few years, he grew up in a bad environment. Boys who didn't eat well and slept well would inevitably be skinny and skinny, with bluish-yellow cheeks.After staying in the Naval Academy for a few days, the sufficient nutrition in the Navy canteen finally gave Drake a healthy and ruddy complexion.However, it may be because of the puberty period of young people, the nutrients eaten did not save a few taels of meat, and almost all of them were focused on height.

Having experienced the growth cycle of Rosindi and Lu Qi, Leah was not surprised at Drake's crazy speed.In comparison, she was a little worried about her children.

This kid Lili didn't know what was going on, he ate more than anyone else, and he also exercised a lot, but he didn't grow tall, he only grew flesh, and he only grew solid flesh.Looking at it as just a normal child's baby fat, it is comparable to a weight that falls in your hand when you hold it.

Now that Mr. Zefa and Sakaski can keep their faces calm and calm when they get started, Liya herself can't hold this big goose who is only six years old. Even Degier has known it half a year ago. Difficult to retreat——

Having said that, their mother, Wei An, is a tall and beautiful woman. In the photo of the couple at home, their father, Galen, is at least two meters tall.Even Leah herself, when she was 16 years old, was already over 1.7 meters tall in the morning.

Because of work reasons, she didn't have the energy to prepare bento for herself, so Liya also became a frequent visitor to the cafeteria, and this time she ate at the cafeteria for a week in a row.The cafeteria at noon is crowded and lively, and Liya can often meet former teachers, classmates and colleagues, and often gather a table of people in a lively manner, like a class reunion in the cafeteria. In short, there is never a shortage of meal friends.

Drake was different. He had been transferred halfway through the class, and he had to eat Mr. Bogart’s cooking every day. Lieutenant General Karp took special care of him, so he didn’t have time to cultivate friendship with his classmates.So every time Leah saw him, Drake ate alone.

The canteen is located between the Naval Academy and many office buildings of the Navy. In order to share meals, the get out of class time of the Naval Academy and the lunch break of the Navy staff are staggered.Drake can't eat on time like his classmates almost every day, but he often bumps into Leah's lunch break.

Drake is an honest child, every time he enters the cafeteria and sees her, he will come over to say hello, sometimes meet her eyes and give her a shy smile.After changing his hairstyle and keeping up with nutrition, Drake's facial features gradually developed, and he learned from Mr. Bogart, and he became more upright and upright.

As the sister of Drake-kun's only friend in Marlin Fandor, Leah softened her heart and started asking him to have dinner with her.Ke Liya's female classmates and colleagues always liked to tease him when they saw that he had a good temper. Li Ya could sense that he was really distressed, so she didn't force him anymore.

Later, Drake and Leah developed into irregular fan friends.After eating with Drake, Leah has never been able to line up for a meal by herself.Because of her "background" of working in the cafeteria, Liya always went to the cafeteria window to buy food and brought it back differently from others.

The care of the aunt and the chef in the cafeteria once made Leah feel out of place with the diners because the dishes were too extravagant.

But Liya never expected that Drake was also very cared for by the cafeteria aunt, and the lunch box he brought back was amazing.

"Ah, I just said that Liya must know this young man." Aunt Mei Li held Liya's hand and looked at her lovingly: "The last time Lili had dinner with General Zefa, he specially asked everyone in the cafeteria Said to take care of his good friend more!"

The rice noodle oil ordered by the back kitchen arrived, and Drake consciously ran to help unload the goods, but was reprimanded by the bad-tempered chef to take it easy.Drake apologized sheepishly and didn't seem to mind in the slightest.

It's been a real pleasure working with Drake.Compared with most boys of the same age, Drake is precocious and stable, and he has never lost his cheerful vigor and sincere attitude towards people and things.

Somewhat subtly similar to Lili.

Today is Wednesday, and the Naval Academy has a weekly routine group combat intensive training in the afternoon.The generals who teach will come to guide in person, which is a good learning opportunity for the students.

Liya thought that the time was almost up, and that Drake should also recharge his energy for the afternoon training and take a good rest, so she offered to leave.

"Please let me take Miss Leah back."

"Not on the way, Mr. Drake." Leah declined with a smile.

The office building and the Naval Academy are in two completely opposite directions. Liya doesn't plan to take a shortcut, and it's still a bit far to send them back and forth.

Drake insisted: "Please let me give you a ride. Recently, I always feel that Marin Fando is not at peace."

Leah: "Well..."

Drake is a young boy who has just arrived, with heavy learning tasks and limited range of activities.One of the biggest sources of the restless atmosphere he could feel was probably Leah herself—although Drake himself didn't realize that every time he got close to her, the surrounding atmosphere would become inexplicably tense.

Recently, she has always been surrounded by many people intentionally or unintentionally, and she is rarely alone.These former classmates, colleagues who have a good relationship, and teachers who have become colleagues and colleagues approached them too enthusiastically, and they didn't even try to hide their purpose.

In short, due to work reasons, Liya's once pure interpersonal communication suddenly became mixed with many cold pros and cons.This kind of impure communication is of course prone to negative emotions.

This is the conspiracy of the Warring States Period.She expressed her opposition to the Warring States Period from a standpoint, and the Warring States Period started from the external environment to suppress and oppress her on the spiritual level.

Not to mention how stinky and shameless it is for an old man over sixty years old to intentionally bully a little girl.

But Leah's pressure from Sengoku...adapted well.

The hot sun at noon was covered by a large cloud cover, and there was a breeze outside.Drake stood beside her, his head bowed in a gentle and serious posture.Leah looked at the sky and said with a smile: "That's fine. But, you don't need to use honorifics for me, Mr. Drake."

The boy in the college uniform raised the corners of his mouth uncontrollably, and his calm and upright young face seemed to be covered with a layer of dazzling light: "Okay, Miss Leah."

There were very few topics he could talk to her about. After chatting about Lili not deliberately, Drake fell into the distress of having nothing to say.

Whether it's talking to friends his age or actively finding topics that girls can talk about, it's not what Drake is good at.He didn't have the conditions to develop this social ability. He was able to learn basic social etiquette in the corners of Beihai because he was smart enough and eager to learn.In fact, just talking to Leah normally, he has exhausted all his skills.

The teenager's distress was almost written on his face, and the understanding Leah gently broke the silence: "Mr. Drake lives in the college dormitory now, right? How are you getting along with your roommates?"

The brown-haired boy secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and began to seriously respond to the girl's topic: "...they are all seniors who are about to graduate, and they usually don't live in the dormitory, and I haven't met them a few times."

Liya was a little worried about his interpersonal problems: "Then usually there is only one person living here, is it okay?"

"It doesn't matter at all, it's better to say that living alone is more comfortable and comfortable."

When he was in Beihai, it was impossible for him to want a quiet and private space, and now Drake is very satisfied with this state... Even though he thought so, to put it bluntly, he still scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Well, Drake-kun is fine if you don't feel lonely."

Guided Drake to talk about the situation in the college, and the office building is coming soon.A sporadic clerk began to greet her on the street.

"Yo, Leah."

Leah smiled and greeted: "Good day, Mr. Yada."

Most of the people who blatantly appeared by her side had dual duties of surveillance and protection. Compared with the government that could not get on the stage to spy on traitors secretly, this level of pressure was as gentle as drizzle.

To be honest, if she has a strong sense of belonging and dependence on Marin Fando, the strategy of the Warring States Period will indeed work very well.But I'm sorry, she doesn't have such a strong affection for this land.

The hometown in her heart has another place to return to.

The clouds drifted away with the wind, and the sun was shining brightly.Liya raised her hand to block the glare of the light, squinted her eyes and reminded in a warm voice: "Mr. Drake, go back quickly. The temperature is high today, remember to replenish water before gathering in the afternoon."

Speaking of which, she used to fill the water bottle when Rosindi and Lu Qi participated in the training camp.The two boys didn't care much about such details, and after she reminded her many times to no avail, she had to go to the sidelines every week to help prepare before the training camp.The boys do a lot of exercise and sweat easily, and they drank up the 2L jug every time they returned it.

Now that I think about it, I feel a little nostalgic.

Seeing Sisser waving at her downstairs from a distance, Leah suddenly felt that something was wrong with the latest Shichibukai list.She bid farewell to Drake in a hurry, and accelerated the pace of the return journey.

When she was less than three meters away, Liya was shaken by some kind of mirror reflection, and the light spot passed her left eye and went straight to the center of her eyebrows.A slight sound like metal rubbing "cracked" came into the ears.

Liya's pupils froze, and she squatted down suddenly.

Her reaction was quick, but she was a step slower, and almost immediately felt the strong heat break through the air and shoot it precisely between her eyebrows - Lia's mind went blank for a moment.

A hand was placed on her forehead forcefully, pressing her head down forcefully, and at the same time, the roar of a large beast that shocked the eardrums came from behind her towards the bullet.

The second Liya raised her eyes, she spotted a sniper lurking on the left side of the building with a gun.

Regardless of the palms on top of her head, and even falling backwards before she could stand still, Liya took out the small silver wooden pistol in her bag, raised her hand and fired three shots in a row, her movements were neat, her blue eyes were cold.

Sissel strode over to block her, and Leah was surrounded by people in less than half a minute, and those colleagues rushed out from all directions, surrounding her in the center of the crowd.

Sisser's face was ashen, and she cursed in a low voice: "Damn crazy, too rampant, committing murder in the Navy headquarters!"

He took the small silver wooden box from Leah's hand and put it in his arms: "I'll change you to a larger caliber later, as for this one," Sisser said with emphasis: "This one has nothing to do with you, it's me Hit, understand?"

While talking, Siser took out the large-caliber gun he had pinned to his waist, and shot three more shots at the roof of the building through the crowd: "You fired three empty shots because you were afraid, and missed the target, do you understand?"

Sisser was afraid that she would be dragged too deeply by this muddy water, so Leah nodded appreciatively.

The body behind her supported her squatting and receding back strongly. Leah turned her head, and Drake's round blue pupils turned into a sharp vertical line belonging to a cold-blooded animal.One cheek is densely covered with large green fine scales.

Like an incompletely transformed half-lizard man, the muscles of the young man's upper body swelled, and the skin that tore through his clothes was covered with large green scales, but it was still in the form of human limbs; only one cheek on his face was scaled, so the half-cruel wildness came from A murderous look overflowed from the vertical pupils.

Leah held his half-scaled palm and turned it over. A bullet from her forehead was embedded in the back of the hand with clear bones.Fortunately, the hard scales acted as a protective buffer. The bullet that only aimed at human skin and bones broke through less than a third of the scales, and was firmly stuck on the back of his hand, with not much bleeding.

"Drake, can you change back?"

Leah checked briefly and asked.

The slender pupils stared at her, faintly showing the edge of a cold-blooded predator, but Leah understood that it was due to her form and instinctive consciousness, and Drake had no malice towards her.

"It will automatically change back after a while."

Affected by the transformation, the young man's clear voice lowered two tones, making it rougher and more powerful.

Animal-type ability users can't control the transformation very well at the beginning, and can only animalize a certain part of the body, which is a common situation in the animal-type.After practice and gradually familiarizing yourself with the attributes of fit ability, you can basically solve this kind of situation.

Leah nodded: "Just in case, Mr. Drake and I will go to the hospital together."

She thanked her warmly, with sincere gratitude in her big blue eyes: "Thank you just now, Mr. Drake, thanks to you for saving me."

Nuo Beiyin came in a hurry, someone notified today's patrol team, and Huoshaoshan led people to the processing site at the same time.Drake didn't have time to say anything to her, he nodded hurriedly and followed closely behind Leah.

The sneak attacking sniper was shot in the left shoulder, right wrist and waist, and lost his basic mobility.

Liya was escorted by Nuo Beiyin to the hospital, and when she passed by the killer subdued by Huoshaoshan's soldiers, she just glanced at it lightly, and then left without turning her eyes.

In short, the mastermind behind the scenes cannot be easily revealed, and interrogating a young man is not very meaningful.

Out of danger, Liya's hands were still trembling slightly, but her heart quickly calmed down.

She had slipped into Marlin Vandor's life long ago.Everything is natural, without any violation of harmony.

But only she knows that her gentleness, her patience, and all the good qualities in her appearance are for the sake of being able to walk cleanly when she has to leave one day—she is a visitor from a foreign land, and she thinks of herself as a guest in everything she does. , being kind to others is the duty and upbringing of the guests.

However, once the stable status quo cannot be maintained, Marin Fando no longer has the capital to keep her.

These days have been a little uneasy, but if Sengoku puts his mind on Digill and Diana, there is still a certain chance that it will hit her.Everyone else...forget it.

Liya was not physically harmed, but Degier still arranged a single room for her without hesitation.Drake skipped the afternoon class and stayed by her side until he was sure she was fine before leaving silently.

At Liya's request, Nuobeiyin sent her work materials—the Qibuhai candidate list—to the ward.

She needs to make a performance that she has obvious doubts about the assassination and points to the group.Unfortunately, Leah happened to have the right to exchange the two Shichibukai candidates.

In the Shichibukai working group, world government personnel account for one-third of the quota.It took a long time for the navy government to decide on a candidate list acceptable to both parties. Those who hope to achieve a certain purpose and gain profits through the existing list will certainly not allow any changes in the list.

Then, the mastermind behind the delusion of forcing the list to be changed by harming her will have to bear the consequences of retaliation after touching other people's cakes.

The Shichibukai project was going through a lot of ups and downs, and for the first time since Liya joined the work, she felt tricky for official duties.For this extraordinary attempt of the navy pirates to cooperate in disguise, the navy is full of repulsion everywhere, and the working group is struggling.

It is not Leah's responsibility to connect the joints up and down. After Sengoku sent Lili to Mr. Zefa's warship to cut off the way to win support votes belonging to Zefa's family through her, she did not give up using her to fight the navy. The college's idea.

Although Leah had categorically refused, she was ready to fight a protracted war.It's just that she never expected that Zhan Guo didn't use her methods as frequently as she expected, and instead quickly let go.

Her personal charm is not so great that it can blind the eyes of the admiral, so Leah reasonably guesses that someone is covering her.

But apart from Teacher Zefa, who was almost excluded from the center of decision-making power, there was only one who was closely related to her and could change the mind of Marshal of the Warring States Period.

After flipping through the list information that she knew so well, Liya casually stuffed the folder under the pillow, closed her eyes and rested her mind.

She is too tired, and the overloaded workload has seriously affected her sleep quality. Now she is on work-related paid leave, so of course she must hurry up and rest.

Since New Year's Eve, she and Sakalski have once again fallen into an inexplicable "cooling off period."

Both she and him are busy with work directly or indirectly because of the Qiwuhai Project, but their alienation and avoidance of each other cannot be covered up by using busy work as an excuse.

Her estrangement was due to the fact that Sakaski's 'killing intent' towards her was revealed.But...why would Sakalski avoid her?

Regarding the motive for wanting to get rid of her, Liya could roughly guess what this man was thinking after careful consideration.

Sakaski's promotion trajectory over the years, to be honest, did not rely on steady efforts to accumulate to his current position at all.Even if he restrained himself when he returned home, his behavior cannot be changed and concealed.

Sakaski is a man who values ​​results and efficiency. By Leah's standards, his moral bottom line is not high.

Studying at the Naval Academy enabled Leah to learn a lot in terms of military affairs. After joining the Navy, perhaps because of the nature of her work, news from Sakalski would be continuously sent to her eyes and ears.Everything she learned in the academy and her unique distance advantage allowed her to quickly understand the purpose of Sakaski's actions and the consequences of achieving her purpose every time.

Leah had come to know him more and more through keen observation before she or Sakalski knew it.

Through Leah's understanding, Sakaski was originally a careerist without emotion.Well, he has no heart.

But life always requires individualized emotional sustenance.Rising to the level of philosophy and ideology, as a social animal, human beings need to obtain external recognition, value recognition and emotional recognition when they are full of food and clothing.

Sakalski is very human, and the process of achieving his ambition can basically satisfy his spiritual needs.And Leah spent several years building a more personal emotional link with Sakalski forcefully and quietly, guiding him to passively spend time, energy and feelings.

Everyone knows that something that takes energy and time to acquire, maintain, and operate has value.A feeling that is going well is a rare treasure that is cultivated.

Even if Sakaski is cruel enough to give up this part of the treasure to fulfill the righteousness, he will inevitably be shaken in his heart.

If the child who was once held in his arms and guarded behind him is in a bad situation within the known range, even a vicious dog will not be able to maintain his peace of mind.

Leah is used to planning for a rainy day, making every possible worst plan, and is sure that one day Sakaski will abandon their siblings because she and Lili hold them back.

It's just—she didn't expect that Sakaski, the aspiring general, would be stimulated to sacrifice her to heaven.

She can also recognize this, as if the treatment of the vicious dog failed, but the dog still has a little hope of being rescued, even if the family that is not rich in the first place is worse, it can be used as waste a few times.But, but what is he doing now?

Apologize, alienate, and then silently support her?

How could he, how could he bow his head and admit his mistake?

Shouldn't the normal process be to take the opportunity to speak harshly, deal a heavy blow, and then make a clean break?

The infiltration, encounter, and greeting methods she prepared were even useless, and he offered the surplus value she wanted to squeeze out of him?

Originally, she just wanted the other party's asylum for two more years, plus enough favors for her and Lili to consume ten or eight times, but Sakaski didn't give her a chance to play.

Leah frowned, distraught.I really wish that Admiral Akainu would appear in front of her right away to answer her questions.

"Stupid Akainu, what on earth do you want?"

Leah muttered, opening her eyes.

The strong and strong general Akainu was sitting beside her bed, silently staring at her with those dark eyes.

Leah (°o°): "..."

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Admiral Akainu opened the list and looked at it page by page.When he turned to a certain page, he paused for a few seconds, tore that page number out of the folder, and put it in his arms.

A porcelain-white slender hand grabbed the other end of the paper, preventing Mr. General from violating the rules.

Liya smiled professionally: "Please don't embarrass me, Mr. Akainu General."

Sakaski secretly tightened his palms, not giving an inch: "This pirate is not suitable."

Leah lowered her eyes and said, "Let's not say this big pirate is in the North Sea. If you look around the world, his strength and potential are ranked first."

Sakalski said with a blank expression: "Don Quixote's identity is complicated and involves too much."

Liya raised her eyebrows slightly: "That's his business, no matter how bad it is, it's Lieutenant General He's business. We naval civilian workers must maintain a clear distinction between public and private, and stand upright."

Mr. General did not speak, nor did he let go.

Ms. Liya, a dedicated naval civilian worker, let go first, and smiled indifferently: "If you like it so much, you can keep it. I can write another one at any time. ^_^"

What a joke, this is an excellent escape route for Rossindi to withdraw and return at any time.

Mr. General is busy with official duties and cannot stay for a long time. Before leaving, he said to her: "There will be no similar incidents in Marin Fando in the future. If you are worried, I can transfer you to..."

"Be sure," the girl's eye tails raised, her softly colored pupils outlined sharply: "Be sure, don't do this."

After saying this, she tilted her head, a few strands of long hair slipped lightly, and smiled sweetly at him with dimples on her cheeks: "Are you okay?"