[comprehensive] red tide

The afterglow before sunset reflects the sea water very transparently, and the slowly undulating tides with golden-red waves spread layer by layer along the field of vision to the horizon.

I stared at the burning sea in the distance, and I was in a daze of not knowing what year it was.

The alternation of day and night is the moment of encountering magic.

The sea area bathed in the sunset is very beautiful, but after watching it for a long time, it gives people... the illusion that it is about to burn out, as if the whole piece of coquettish and miserable golden red is the last song sung in advance for the destruction in the near future .

The funeral song called [Requiem Soul].

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Until I was awakened by the light touch of the shoulders, I came back to my senses, and saw the person who bumped into me smiled and said sorry, and then he rushed to his companions in a few steps. Several young people in navy uniforms away soon.

Of course, they are not the only ones who are so happy. In the bustling commercial street, every face has a happy expression, and there are music and laughter behind every window. The colorful strips and lanterns are hung, even if it hasn't started yet, this kind of scenery already exudes a strong flavor of celebration.

In the beginning, the Peace Festival in Marineford was just a celebration initiated by those who stayed on the island to celebrate the safe return of relatives, friends and loved ones, and also to mourn the dead who had fallen asleep in the sea. Later, year after year, the Peace Festival Become an official holiday of the Navy Headquarters.

Whenever a large-scale battle ends, or a large-scale defense change operation, Marineford will hold a festival, and today is one of them.

The reason why I wandered around the corner like a wandering soul was not because of what Amy and the others said, "Don't always hide in the dormitory, go to the street more often to meet some good young people", I am aimless like this, The reason is that half an hour ago, Miss Anna's adoptive old John almost broke the door of the room.

The old man came back from a night of fun, and he didn't know if he heard the wind or what. Anyway, he slammed the door of Anna's room loudly until I woke up sleeping inside.

What happened later was messy, but in the end it was the boss who rushed over and took the dirty-mouthed old John away, so that I, who was sleep-deprived and had a bad temper, didn't make any mistakes.

Baozi Anna didn't have the strength to build a fat pig-like adoptee directly into the wall. If I did that without waking up, I would probably be hunted down by the entire Marineford army by now...

Fortunately, fortunately~ fortunately, I reined in the precipice, and fortunately, the boss arrived in time.

After the adopters made a fuss, everyone still in the staff dormitory knew about it. Jasmine, who was about to go out, suggested that I not stay in the store. Whether it was going out to relax or avoid the limelight, I should go shopping while the store was closed. go.

Probably because she knew very well that Miss Anna’s monthly salary was forcibly taken away by the adopter, and Jasmine also lent me some money. In the end, she patted me on the shoulder with some worry and helplessness before leaving the house, and only said that she would find another opportunity to arrange another one. Blind date or something.

For this, I personally thank Miss Anna, even though she doesn't need it.

Anna who stays in the capital of seven waters, I have a hunch that her life will be safe and smooth in the future. Although she will not be rich and rich, it will be smooth sailing for sure. After all, I secretly used the spell representing [blessing] on her. body as compensation.

I borrowed her identity, and after the thing I want to do is completed, she will definitely be implicated, and it may not be safe to hide in the capital of seven waters. [Goddess of Chance] is a card that I keep privately, and it can only be used on others , the effect is often to save the day.

Also because the holder was not allowed to use it himself, it was left unused for a long time until Miss Anna came in handy.

The old liar said that there is no distinction between good and evil in the consciousness of the world itself. The essence of the law is [balance]. If the balance is tilted too much, it will lead to collapse, so "the prosperity must decline", so "the division must unite for a long time".

Therefore, everyone should not be too absolute in what they do. Once the [balance] of their own destiny is tilted, all the evil consequences of the past will one day lead to the collapse of the future.

I don't care about 'collapse', but Baozi Anna is not a person who must be killed, and since she is kept alive, all kinds of hidden dangers must be solved in other ways.

[Goddess of Accident] is just right for her.

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In short, for some reason or another, I am now standing in a daze on the corner of the outermost commercial street near the harbor.

Why did you come here?I think besides my absent-mindedness, maybe there is also a subconscious behavior of avoiding crowds?I don't like places with many people, and I don't have a sense of belonging anywhere...

I stood still and looked around, there was no aborigine who knew the way around, and I didn't know the so-called 'shopping', so where should I start.

After thinking about it for a long time, I still have no idea, but the street behind me seems to be getting more and more lively, and there is a faint sound of fireworks bursting from nowhere, which is short and clear.

It seems that the celebration has begun... I finally took a look at the golden and red sea that was gradually darkening in the distance, and I turned my head slowly, preparing to continue wandering aimlessly.

Just after taking a few steps, there came from the back of my head... no, or it should be said that it was almost a roar that slammed across the entire sky:

"Fist bone. Meteorite!"

There was obvious anger in the rough voice.

In an instant, a huge wind pressure swept over the head with a black shadow, and the turbulent wind stirred up dust and blew it on the face, forcing people to squint their eyes.

Fortunately, I have already forcibly sealed my qi to enter [Jue], and always remember that I must be in the state of an ordinary person, otherwise, I will definitely respond with a conditioned reflex just now...

A few seconds later, I brushed away the messy hair on my forehead, followed the trajectory of the airflow, and looked into the distance.

A black iron ball whizzed towards a person riding a bicycle on the frozen ice road on the sea... The ice road stretched out from the bottom of the first defensive fort outside the harbor, and the distance was still very short, so I just ignored it.

But obviously the person who made the attack had very good eyesight, so the timing of the landing point of the thrown cannonball was calculated very precisely, and it hit the back of the head of the person who happened to be riding at that position.

The fingertip-sized figure in the distance tilted his body, swayed a few times, and fell on the ice surface that quickly froze and spread as his body fell. By the way, the bicycle also overturned.

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The corners of my eyes twitched, and I was about to step back silently. It would be best if I could turn around and hide in the bustling commercial street immediately, when there was a chaotic sound of running from far to near.

"Lieutenant General Garp's fist bone meteorite——"

"General Aokiji is a landlubber——"

A large group of people in navy uniforms ran past in a hurry, and by the way, more and more people gathered, chattering and chattering, and even blocked the front, back, left, and right sides.

After all, my position has a good view, and I can see the excitement that is happening in all directions.

Rolling my eyes silently, I pursed the corners of my mouth, and my ears were full of 'General Aokiji was caught sneaking again', and 'Lieutenant General Karp's attack is still so brave', ordinary people and soldiers watched by the way The content of the gossip means that it is quite speechless.

Does the whole Marineford know the nature of that person?Also, your Excellency, as the highest combat power, you can be seen by soldiers and ordinary people as a 'every day', which is really intoxicating.

But having said that, the man is so unassuming, probably because he is approachable. Among the three generals of the Navy headquarters, Aokiji Kuzan is the most popular with lower-level officers. It seems that it is not a false rumor~

After a while, seeing that the crowd hadn't dispersed yet, I had no choice but to carefully pick up the gaps, slowly move back, cross several layers of human walls, apologized many times in my mouth, and finally walked to the edge.

A few oncoming soldiers flashed by, and a few shiny black leather shoes suddenly appeared on the side of my lowered field of vision; to the wall.

The person in the lead passed by in a flash in a hurry, but the pair of shoes that followed behind him suddenly turned back after taking two steps.

"Miss Anna...?"

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This voice...isn't it 'Mr. Matthew' who asked me to cook this morning...?

Slowly raising my head, my eyes stayed on the face of the unsmiling officer in front of me for two seconds, then panned a few degrees, looked at the few people behind him who also stopped for some reason, I blinked, "Ah—"

Mr. Matthew was still wearing the black and blue suit in the morning, but without the white standard cloak, he looked at me expressionlessly, and then he said in a deep voice, "I originally wanted to invite Miss Anna in the store, but I didn't expect to meet here. "

"Huh?" I was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly I had a bad premonition—the reason is ~ probably because of the vaguely strange eyes of the people standing behind Mr. Matthew?

"What is Miss Anna doing here?" Mr. Matthew said, taking a step forward.

I shrunk slightly, and immediately pressed my back against the cold stone wall behind me, "Celebration..." I told the other party the reason in a low voice, then buried my head and wrung my hands, "What's the matter?"

Within the position that can be seen by lowered eyelids, Mr. Matthew's leather shoes moved forward again. The next second, perhaps because he noticed something, his shoes moved back a little, and the tone was still undeniable, but his tone was relaxed. Slow down, "I would like to trouble Miss Anna to make another hangover tea for the Lieutenant General tonight."

"Ah—no trouble, no trouble." I nodded, still not raising my eyes, "Just come to the store later to pick it up, and I'll go back later."

Sobering up tea is really not a problem, it's just... How many times does the ghost spider lieutenant general plan to get himself drunk in a day?Is it really okay to be drunk and wake up? !

It's like throwing up and eating... uh... off topic.

I, who accidentally opened my brain to a strange place, narrowly dragged me back to Pentium's thoughts, and then I heard Mr. Matthew, the intimate adjutant of the lieutenant general, say in a calm voice, "I'd like to invite Miss Anna to the lieutenant general's house."

Eh? !I raised my head suddenly, my eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

Etc., etc!Did I hear you right?Going to the house of Lieutenant General Ghost Spider... quietly staring at Mr. Matthew standing one meter away with a serious expression on his face, for a long time, the corners of my eyes twitched vaguely, "Then what... the material store has..."

"Don't worry about that." Mr. Matthew raised his eyebrows, "Miss Anna just needs to move her hands."

"Oh—" Since I was blocked with various excuses, I could only nod my head.

Afterwards, Xu Shi received a satisfactory answer, and Mr. Matthew smiled slightly, "Is Miss Anna going to the celebration?" He looked up and down while speaking, and then looked around before retracting his gaze, which seemed a little strange, "Alone? "

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Before I could figure out how to answer such a household registration-like question, there was a burst of noisy and lively movement.

A large group of people walked in a hurry, and they arrived before they arrived.

First of all, it was a rough and angry voice, "You bastard! What are you doing missing every night for the past half month! Today you just stay here for the old man!"

Then, as if prolonging the tone on purpose, he laughed slowly and leisurely, "Mr. Garp is right, tonight is the peace festival, Kuzan~ We won't go home until we're drunk."

In the end... there was no end, because the man remained silent until the group of them passed by without haste.

"Yeah—that's weird, isn't this Matthew? What are you doing here?"

Accompanied by some ironic voices, the frequency of leather shoes tapping on the stone-paved street was separated from the pedestrians, and the light tobacco smell was blown by the sea breeze and dispersed in the air.

"Mr. Polusalino." Mr. Matthew calmly revealed his identity.

I quietly raised my eyes, glanced at the tall and thin figure who was walking to the side of Mr. Matthew, and then turned my gaze to the people with him, and immediately lowered my head.

Those few people with a strong sense of presence also cast their gazes over. In the light and shade of the twilight, the first thing I saw was Tekken Garp. Twenty years later, the man who was like a lion had gray temples, and his momentum had not diminished by half. .

And the... that person... standing beside him had an expression that couldn't be seen clearly under the dim light of the sky. It was only at the moment when his eyes met just now that his eyes were faintly depressing.

"Is this the girl who washed your hands and made soup for you in the morning?" General Huang Yuan's tone carried a different meaning, and when he spoke, his breath approached a few steps, "You look very shy?"

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General Huang Yuan's words were meant for the Lieutenant General Ghost Spider who was with them, but he cast a genuine gaze... It really gave people a sense of treachery on pins and needles.

Shaking, shaking again, I shrunk my shoulders, held my breath and dared not answer, shy or something like this kind of teasing tone... This is the legendary 'news of the world comes quickly', right?

I still remember the last time on the Muse, I said the same thing with a half-smile while pushing him down... 囧囧囧.

So what... don't come close!If I come closer, I may be overwhelmed by pressure, and then make some principled mistakes. Hey!

The smell of tobacco stopped a step away, and the voice of Lieutenant General Ghost Spider sounded like a rescue, "Don't scare people to tears! I invited people to drink tonight, and they still want to drink hangover tea—"

While talking, the person also came over, took the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, and glanced at the corner of his eye, "It will pass later in the evening, you can go to the celebration first now."

Bathed in some elusive lines of sight, I nodded heavily, then stepped on the crab's feet carefully, moved myself out of the focus, and turned around suddenly...

I turned on my toes, and fell face down... I didn't fall because my arms were caught.

"Yeah - I don't know how to eat people, it's strange that you are so timid~"

The fingertips clasped on the elbows tightened imperceptibly, and then loosened in an instant. After that, the person retreated to a safe distance, and said with a casual smile, "Can I disturb you tonight?"

"Ah? That's not a problem, but...why?"

When I ran forward with my head buried, I could still hear the conversation between the general and the lieutenant general in my ears, and it seemed that no one paid attention to other things during the question and answer.

"Because I've never seen you bring a woman home~" General Huang Yuan laughed foolishly, "Sober up tea~ I want to taste it in the morning..."

"Hey~ Kuzan, do you want to go together? The cold wind blows for half a month, drink some hot tea to warm up~"