[One Piece] Almighty staff

After the winter, Marin Fando got dark quickly, and Admiral Zefa, who had been depressed for several days, walked out of the gate of the Naval Academy, turned a few times at the intersection, and headed for the general hospital.

At the end of the year, the navy was very busy. Many teachers who taught at the academy had to go back to the military headquarters, and many classes were suspended. Therefore, the academy dismissed early during this period, and the students had already left.There are only occasional errand soldiers passing by nearby, and the road is no longer as lively as usual, and it is much deserted.

Zefa turned out of the intersection, and the street lights in front of the east gate of the second canteen just turned on.He was about to go in to see if there was any dessert today, when he caught a glimpse of a person standing in the shadow outside the door, he couldn't help but pause.

With a navy coat on his hand, Sakalski stood quietly against the corner, biting a cigarette.Zefa followed his gaze and saw Leah who was supposed to be lying in the ward in the cafeteria.

The little girl held a green pine branch in her hand, sat on Kedoru's shoulder and swung Fang Qiu, watching Kedoru and Drake, who were holding pruning knives, commanding them around with great energy.

They were adorning a huge fir tree with a canopy reaching to the canteen ceiling.

Zefa suddenly realized, "Today is Christmas Eve."

Sakalski looked at Leah for a moment.

She just turned her head to talk to Kedolu.Maybe it was just a spur-of-the-moment join in the fun, and Liya came here without dressing up properly.

The beautiful long golden-brown hair has not been well-managed. It was tied in a ball with a ribbon and loosely piled on one shoulder. The thick cashmere coat wrapped her like a chubby bear.

She wore two cute chubby duck slippers on her feet, and there were fluffy little fur balls hanging on the snow-white thick velvet socks, hanging on Kedulu's shoulders and kicking, sometimes revealing a small section of white calf. It looks soft and warm in the fluffy shoes and socks.

With a cold face, he put his eyes on her face, measuring and caressing her face inch by inch.Disrespectful and wild, naked to the extreme.

Zefa, who was still angry and cheated in his heart, couldn't see the scenery seen by the man with evil intentions. He watched the scene of several students and He Lele, and let out a sigh of distress: "I often don't know that Liya is What are you thinking?"

She seems to like Marin Vandeau very much, but is always planning to leave it behind.

"Well."

Sakaski bit his cigarette and responded vaguely.

The end of the year is very busy, and Sakalski's face still has the coldness brought back from the sea, but his eyes are very calm amidst the smog.

Zefa glanced at him, and calmed down his depressed mood a little: "Why don't you go in."

The smell of smoke is heavy here, and Sakaski should have stood here for a while.

"There's no need to spoil their fun."

He took out the cigarette case, stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette and threw it in.

Seeing that there were eight or nine other cigarette butts in the cigarette case, Zefa was a little surprised: "Are you tired?"

Sakalski is not a big smoker, and it doesn't matter whether he smokes or not. Usually, unless he works too long to refresh himself, he seldom smokes voluntarily.

But in the second half of this year, in the few meetings between Guangfa himself and Sakarski, he has seen him smoking several times.It's just that the last few times I didn't smoke as hard as this time.

The navy has been fine recently, and Zefa felt something was wrong when he saw Admiral Akainu whose face had no shade.

Of course, Sakaski didn't intend to confide in his heart, he just replied flatly: "I'm thinking about something."

Bujia Litan, the head chef of the cafeteria, passed by with a basket of potatoes. She looked up at the overly tall pine tree and complained that it took up too much space: "Even if it is cut into firewood, it will take a long time!"

Liya threw the pot to Kedolu confidently: "This is a white fir specially used as a Christmas tree, which was sent by Kedolu's grandma."

Drake was very embarrassed to take up the space in the cafeteria. He put down the scissors, took the potato from Bujalitan's hand, and helped her send it to the back kitchen: "We will finish trimming it soon, and then we will transport it to the square. .”

The sudden visit of Kedolu's grandma is also a big news for Marin Fando.

As is customary at the end of the year, many naval officers and soldiers will return to their hometowns on vacation. Of course, many family members of officers and soldiers who cannot leave their posts will come to visit their relatives. Grandma Kedolu is not alone in this visit, but all of Kedolu’s uncles and brothers are here.

More than a dozen giants sailed straight to the largest and most lush port of Marin Vandor in a huge ship. The headquarters immediately sent out one of the five generals just now to approach, and Sakaski happened to be the receptionist at that time. general.

The giants also know that they are too big, which is a great burden on the urban traffic of ordinary humans, so they decide to spend Christmas with Kedoru and leave Marin Fando.

Sakalski designated a place in the port square for guests to rest. Kedoru managed to get away from the warm care of his family and asked Leah Drake to help decorate this tree that followed the giants across the mountains and seas. The huge Christmas tree that came here, when the construction here is completed, they will return to the square to participate in the Christmas activities reported by the people of Marin Fando.

Because there are so many unexpected visitors from the giant race this year, Sakaski was entrusted with the important task of taking charge of the security of Marin Fando tonight, and the square is where he mainly sits.

Kedorou was very happy that his family came to see him, and he deliberately wore a full officer's uniform-he is now a captain of the navy, leading a frigate.

As a giant race, Kedoruben's combat effectiveness is superior to that of his compatriots, so that he doesn't need to spend too much time on his qualifications, and he can reach the position that Smoker worked hard to build the Rogge Town Naval Base for several years.

Even Leah couldn't help but feel sorry for Smoker for such preferential treatment.Of course, it is a good thing for Mr. Zefa that the simple and honest kid Kedolu is in a high position.No matter what happens in the future, Zefa will have more chips and confidence in his hands.

The growth period of the giant race is long, and when the uniforms that had been measured to size came to Kedoru, they were already a little tight.Fortunately, Kedoru loves to sew, and he can lengthen clothes by himself, so wearing a uniform is still very majestic and handsome.

However, realizing that it seemed to be causing trouble, Kedolu asked Leah in a low voice, a little uneasy: "Grandma, are they really okay in the square? Or I'll let grandma take them back to the boat, and we can spend the holidays on the boat. "

His whisper is really not very low, let alone Leah, Zefa outside the door can hear him clearly.

Leah stepped on Kedoru's palm, put the last big star on the pre-prepared groove on the top of the tree, and turned her head to reassure her anxious friend: "It's okay Kedoru, don't worry, take responsibility. Settle down grandma and the others, but what about our General Sakasky~"

Drake came back from the back kitchen, and he noticed someone at the door from the corner of the eye, and greeted him in surprise: "Teacher Zefa! Are you done?"

Zefa paused and waved his hands with a smile: "Now there are young people on top, we old guys should also rest and have a good annual vacation."

Drake unconsciously looked towards the door.He clearly saw two figures... He has a regular schedule and a healthy diet recently, so he won't be presbyopic at a young age, right?

Zefa saw Drake's doubts, but didn't say a word.He is a married person, of course he can feel the complex emotions leaking out of this cold student.For Admiral Akainu, this is probably an extremely rare experience.With a bit of concern and unspoken selfishness, Zefa let go of his inner turmoil.

Besides, he didn't realize that Sakalski, with such a powerful character, was so proficient in running!

After the new three generals took office, he and the generals of Karp's generation gradually let go of trivial affairs and important matters, either doing long-term front-line missions, or retreating behind the scenes to teach the young navy.In short, only do one or two main things.

The advantage is that when the whole army is busy like the end of the year, Zefa can only take a light patrol mission, or simply take a leave of absence.

Last year, Zefa had a dinner with several students at home, and Liya was in charge of organizing it. There were meals, drinks, and games. Everyone had a good time, and Zefa especially liked the excitement.

Well this year.This year, Lili is not in Marin Vanduo, and Kedoru is going to spend the festive season with his family. Leah, who is crooked, has a daring case under his control, and even a big trouble that is still lying in the Marin Vandor General Hospital. , Zefa is not in the mood for a dinner party.

Liya had already got off Kedulu, stood obediently in front of him with her head down, and called him in a low voice, "Hello, teacher."

Zefa's eyes were serious, and he responded lightly, and asked Kedoru: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Kedoru thought that he was an accomplice who worked with Liya and deceived others. He was very guilty, and he was a little weak when he spoke. He was very honest: "I have eaten, I ate with grandma and the others on the boat, and I ate grilled food. The sea beasts were caught in the sea next door, a total of [-], and Bodna (Cedorou's uncle) also bought wine from two wine storages, and there was still left in the wallet after grandma paid for the wine..."

Zefa wanted to know briefly whether the giants' food and lodging was guaranteed: "...Okay, I understand."

Now that Kedolu's family can solve the problem of eating by themselves, the preparations for Marin Fando and the military are also better.

But at this time, none of the giant generals in the headquarters was there, and the only one, Kedoru, was still the target of the giants' family visits. The pressure on the security of the generals in the headquarters was suddenly suppressed by a dozen mountains.

Leah knew all this, but she didn't care or worry. With Sakaski in charge, tonight must be a Christmas Eve.

Teacher Zefa saw that she let her go because of her illness, and would not settle accounts with her in a short time, so Leah followed Kedoru to deliver the Christmas tree to the port square with great interest, hoping to meet his dozen or so giants relatives and friends.

She had been lying in the hospital for more than a week, and she was not afraid of being bored, but her bones became stiff after lying down for too long, so she decided to take advantage of the excitement of the festival to go out for a walk.She really just wanted to go shopping, so she didn't dress up, wrapped in thick house clothes, and hid beside the collar of Kedoru's uniform, and Liya came out casually dressed like this.

Marin Vanduo's enthusiasm for Christmas is not particularly high. Compared with Christmas, which has strong religious elements, New Year's Day a few days later is the most important thing. Everyone has the same idea about Christmas, just to make it lively.Therefore, most of the Christmas decorations on the street are mixed with the New Year's Day decorations, and they will be removed after these two days.

The people of Marin Fando are well-informed, and there are far more people who are curious about the giant race than those who are afraid.The people gathered around to watch, and it was inevitable that the giants would not pay attention and accidentally cause accidental injuries. The navy has a cordon around the giants' territory.A temporary dedicated channel was even cleared, allowing the giants to freely come and go between the harbor square and their ships.

Kedoru's costumed appearance received enthusiastic response from the giants. Grandma Kedoru is a radiant female giant. Except for her gray hair, Liya can't tell that she is the age of a grandmother at all.

Grandma patted Kedolu on the head heartily. Yes, she was a head taller than Kedolu. Leah had evidence that Kedolu could grow taller in the future.Because his uncles are generally a lot taller than him, even in the giant group, the Kedolu family is also tall.

"Oh, you look like a grown-up, Kedoru!"

"We Kedoru are also on our own!"

"Looks like he's going to be a big shot in the navy!"

"It's very good-looking, Kedolubao!"

Kedoru's grandma and uncles laughed out Kedoru's iconic round teeth together, and there were deep crow's feet in the corners of grandma's eyes.

Leah held Kedolu's hair, and could clearly feel the powerful tremors under Kedolu's feet when he was slapped on the head and shoulders, and the giant's voice was deafening.She originally planned to wait for the giants to finish their greetings before saying hello, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help laughing: "Kedoru Bao? Is it Kedoru's baby name?"

She spoke softly in Kedoru's ear, but unexpectedly, the bustling giants fell silent, and the aftertaste of huge sound waves still floated in the air.The liveliness of the ground was not covered by the voices of these giants, and it immediately spread up, but it sounded very far away.

Liya was secretly surprised. It turned out that Kedoru's keenness was inherited in the same line in the family, and his family members were all very strong in hearing.

Grandma Kedoru was the first to narrow her eyes, carefully examining Kedoru's shoulders in the dim light of night.

Liya had to take two steps forward, stood in front of her completely, and said hello with a smile: "Hello."

Kedoru immediately held Leah in his palm and held it up to show his family members: "This is my best friend, Leah!"

He said so proudly.

Liya stood at a height of more than 15 meters above the ground, and immediately felt the power of the cold wind, and sniffed her nose.

Cedorou's uncle Bodnar pushed forward with a torch, which illuminated Leah and warmed the cold wind.She was soon surrounded by a group of giant faces, with a pair of huge round eyes protruding from the top of her head.

Bordner stared: "So small! She's so cute!"

The other giants also exclaimed: "It's so small!"

"She's so cute! I love it!"

"Can such a young girl turn a stupid head like Kedoru into a top student in the academy?"

"Can you take her back to the village?"

"It's so small, I can fit it in my hand!"

Kedoru quickly withdrew his hands when he heard the words: "No, you are too close. Liya is very fragile. Although her brain is very smart, she is still sick. Don't let her be frightened!"

Leah: ...

She could probably guess how the child described her like his family.

Grandma Kedolu slapped a few big heads away, and reprimanded unceremoniously: "Stay away from me, don't get close to girls who stink!"

Leah heard the howling wind from these slaps very clearly, and she swore that this was the most intimidating big ear slap she had ever witnessed in her life, and it was strong enough to slap ten of her flat at once.

The giants who were beaten just covered their heads and avoided, and exclaimed angrily, "It hurts so much, Mom!"

Grandma Kedoru ignored them at all, but showed a kind smile to Leah: "You are the good friend who has been taking care of Kedoru, ah~ you are much more beautiful than I imagined, you are clearly a big beauty Well! Our stupid boy is thanks to you all these years!"

It turned out that Liya had been praised a lot, and her cheeks were still hot in the face of the elder's bold praise.

"Thank you for your compliment. Kedoru has also helped me a lot. I am very happy to have such a sincere and lovely friend as him. Kedoru is actually very good, and our teacher Zefa often praises him."

Grandma Kedoru immediately burst into laughter when she heard her say this, and couldn't help telling her: "That's good, that's good. Kedoru's parents always like to go out to take risks, and they give birth to a son and throw it to me. He ran out again and didn't go home once for more than ten years. Now he doesn't know where he is.

I really don't know what's going on, my other sons are all peaceful and honest, they like to live in their hometown, only Ke Duolu's father is so noisy!And Kedoru, I managed to raise this kid, and he also likes to run outside... Fortunately, he is now in the navy, and I have a friend like you by my side, so I can feel more at ease! "

Liya didn't know that Kedoru's parents still had such a relationship, so she chatted with Kedoru's grandma happily.

Ke Duolu scratched his head and asked bluntly: "Grandma, why did you come out all at once? Is there any problem at home?"

Granny Kedolu's smile faded a bit, and the giants behind her also showed worried expressions.

"There seems to be a problem in the capital, and there may be trouble. The soldiers in our village... In short, after discussion, everyone decided that the village will not get involved in these things. I will take your uncles to visit relatives in the East China Sea. I will not go back for the time being. Until I hear from you , don't go back either."

Grandma Kedolu's words were unclear, but informative.Kedolu wanted to ask outside, but Liya found a reason to say goodbye and left with a wink.

Some words are not suitable for her as a human being to listen to.

The super large Christmas tree brought by Kedoru and the others was covered with colorful lights and placed in the center of the square, attracting many people to watch it.Seeing the excitement outside was about the same, Liya walked in the opposite direction of the crowd, planning to go back to the hospital to rest early.

Speaking of it, she was also unlucky. Originally, she just suffered from a cold and had a low-grade fever due to a sudden drop in temperature. It is said that two days of intravenous drip would be enough.As a result, in one night, Liya's condition suddenly worsened and repeated, and this minor illness lingered for more than a week.

She knew what was going on with her.

Over the past two years, regardless of the routine of work and rest, she has accumulated too much fatigue in her body due to long-term overload and a lot of mental work with little exercise.These bad factors that she suppressed by herself finally burst through the outlet of fever this time, breaking down her body's defense mechanism out of control.

Liya took up a job in the archives department and was promoted soon after. This period of time was particularly busy, almost as urgent as being hospitalized while working, and her condition became more and more out of effective control.But she can't help it, she may have to go out again in a few days after the year, and the work of the logistics department must not be backlogged.

The status of the navy still has a very important cover and protection role for her, and Leah can't leave it alone.

Fortunately, the hardest time has passed.

Leah was walking through the crowd, and suddenly saw a familiar figure in a cloak. The other figure also spotted her at the same time, and stopped in a hurry to wait for her to pass.

A bad premonition welled up in her heart, and Leah quickly quickened her pace.

Before she could stand still, Drago pulled her to an unoccupied corner and said in a low voice and quickly: "Something happened to Mary Joya."

The dazzling lights on the square danced in the eyes of Drago: "Someone invaded the Holy Land, and the slaves rioted and fled.". VII

The melodious and festive Christmas songs sounded from all directions in the square, accompanied by the rhythmic rhythm of the bells, reaching Leah's ears.

Her heart was beating fast.

Drago: "We're racing the government and the navy. This is an opportunity, Leah."

Leah heard herself say, "Me too."

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There are a lot of her clothes on the Lily Rose, but unfortunately there are no suitable winter clothes, and she hasn't had time to buy them yet.Leah changed into a dress that wasn't too thick but was easy to walk in, and put on a thick cloak and went up to the observation deck.

Drago pointed to the dazzling fire on the horizon, and said to her with heavy expectations: "Tomorrow, the whole world will know the birth of a spiritual leader who dares to challenge the absolute rule of the Tianlong people. Leah, I want to win over this warrior."

"If there is no chance to work together, I also wish him a safe escape."

Liya closed her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Dorager, it was too sudden. I didn't make any judgments or plans. This route is one of the shortest routes. We can reach Marie Gioia soon, but the Navy's fleet It will follow."

"Who do you think will be the first admiral to arrive tonight?"

Drago's complexion changed slightly, and after a few struggles, he looked at his allies: "It's disgraceful to say that, but Leah, if you weren't here, I would immediately turn the ship around, give up this opportunity, and preserve my strength."

Leah nodded and didn't say much: "I informed Drake to contact your subordinates, and your ship will meet us in 15 minutes. Drake will take you to another route to Mary Gioia, a little Farther away, it is not very safe, but it can avoid the frontal intersection with the navy to the greatest extent. After you leave, I will also divert and return to Marin Vanduo."

Drago immediately went down to prepare.

However, only 3 minutes later, the sail with the navy logo swelled and appeared behind the Lily Rose. The navy fleet approached at an extremely fast speed, and they could catch up in less than 5 minutes.

Liya took the binoculars handed over by the first officer with a sense of luck, and quickly confirmed the unit to which the warship belonged.

Gao Xuan's heart immediately fell to the bottom. Although he didn't expect to be lucky enough to bump into Teacher Zefa, the worst situation still came.

Leah asked Drago to leave immediately in a small boat, pointing a direction: "Go straight in this direction and you will meet your boat. You must be fast, Drake is still on the boat, and you must not collide with the navy! Necessary When it’s time to abandon the boat and swim, I will try my best to delay it for you, but I’m afraid it won’t last for a few minutes.”

Drago nodded hastily: "Sorry, Leah, please."

Leah gave him a serious look: "There will be no next time!"

As soon as Drago's boat entered the darkness, Leah stopped the Rose in place, just in the way of the main ship.

The warship directly surrounded them, the ladder of the main ship was put on her deck, and Admiral Akainu stepped on the ship with a steady pace.

He walked up to her, and the fire in his eyes could hardly be suppressed: "This time the incident with Marie Gioia..."

Liya said firmly: "It has nothing to do with me."

Akainu's expression was obviously relaxed, he looked around, and his eyes were fixed on a certain side of the ship.

Liya immediately realized that it was the place where Drago disembarked, and the traces of putting the boat had not been cleaned up yet.

Akainu turned back his gaze, his eyes darkened: "Who is it?"

Liya's heart skipped a beat: "A friend, he... used to be a slave."

He knew something about her buying slaves from Tianlong people's subordinates and using them as workers.

Akainu looked cold and opened his lips slightly.Lia suddenly covered his mouth with her hand, preventing the command that had already jumped out of her tongue.

He looked down at her, unrecognizable.He didn't push her hand away, and he didn't rush to order a search.

She hadn't approached him for a long time, but now she stood on tiptoe and pressed close to him, clasping his chest with one hand and clutching the front of his suit, and covering his lips with the other, a little moisture appeared in her cool and delicate palm .

Liya was already half-fighting, and she begged eagerly in a low voice: "He just wants to see if he can meet the relatives and friends who have escaped, let him take a look."

Leah marveled at how smoothly and effortlessly she could concoct a lie to deceive Sakalski, even in the heat of the moment.

Akainu took her hand away, put it in his palm, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Nonsense. I won't do anything to him, but Mary Gioia can't mix in one more suspicious person. I will return it after I catch it and investigate it." you."

Liya shook her head resolutely, and looked at him firmly: "This may be the only chance for a person with nothing to find relatives and friends."

Akainu looked directly at her deeply: "Do you know what I'm here for?"

Liya didn't back down: "Guard Mary Joa and arrest the culprit. These two main tasks do not conflict with letting an innocent person go. Besides, he is my man, he is no longer a slave of the Tianlong people, and he has not been arrested. necessary."

For a moment, she didn't notice the man's calm and gloomy expression.

I didn't notice it for the time being, but she showed too obvious guard against him, which revealed her distrust.

Akainu saw the dangerous flame of this unjust night reflected in the little girl's eyes: "Let's also leave a way for those slaves...to survive."

She said, "Please, Sakalski."

His subordinates stepped forward to report that they had taken over the cockpit of the Lily Rose, waiting for Akainu's order to move forward at full speed.

Liya quickly calculated in her heart, if Drago's side goes well, the Akainu's fleet will set off now, and Drake and the others may be able to barely avoid it.

But in the absence of lights, pointers and communication tools, even if Drago did not encounter any human obstacles, Leah was not sure that he would be able to catch up with Drake in time.

So she could only hug Akakenu's strong waist tightly, trying to delay: "Let's talk."

Akazuki stared at her for two seconds and said, "Okay."

He held her waist with his backhand, and brought her into her room on the Rose with her toes hanging in the air, and pressed her on the bed.

Akainu pinched her small jaw, met her flustered gaze, and said in a hoarse voice, "You don't believe me, and I don't believe you either—this seems to be the case at the moment."

He hadn't planned to go so fast.

But now that things have come to this point, let's pretend he's asking her for an expensive Christmas present.

"The quickest and most reliable way for me to follow your opinion is to reach an agreement of interests. Do you agree?"

Liya nodded stiffly under his dangerous red eyes.

Akainu lowered his head and got closer to her: "But you have no benefits to deliver to me. So,"

He was so close, the intertwined breathing made Lia dizzy, and she heard the man announce in an increasingly hoarse voice: "Get married."

The scorching heat that belongs to men is overturned.

Sakalski finally tore through his shameful delusion, and gently kissed those pale red lips.