[One Piece] Uncrowned King

After sending Shanks away, the Whitebeard Pirates returned to calm again, but Shanks' intention of coming also touched the arc that everyone was already uneasy, and gradually shrouded the atmosphere of the whole ship in darkness.With Newgate's acquiescence, more people used various excuses as a cover to get off the boat to find Ace's whereabouts. They had already lost a partner, and they really didn't want to suffer a second pain.

Since Ace left, Teresa has focused most of her attention on Newgate's body, and the other small part is concerned about the major newspapers and information from the New World and the first half. Seeing that Ace disappeared without incident, he was relieved, but since three days before Shanks left, all Ace's information has become blurred. Up to now, no one has got his whereabouts, even Blackbeard, who hadn't deliberately concealed his itinerary before, also became mysterious.The people who the Whitebeard Pirates went out to look for, without exception, did not get any useful news.

At the same time, the number of navies that have been trailing behind Moby Dick has also increased, and even in the channel they are moving forward, there are also shadows of navies. In this situation, it is like being surrounded by navies .In the new world where the world government is weak, such a situation is absolutely abnormal. If you are willing to spend so much effort to arrange manpower, the Navy headquarters must have some changes against the Four Emperors or Whitebeard.Faced with this situation, Teresa has no intention of leaving. Several times, Marco and others hoped that she could go to the island to avoid danger, but she refused.Now is Newgate's weakest moment, how could she leave.

And this vigilant situation still didn't affect Newgate, and he didn't say anything to let Teresa leave like his sons did.He understands the Warring States better than the young man, and knows that the old opponent will never attack him in the sea.If one day the Whitebeard Pirates face danger, it must be a trap to openly declare war.And Newgate also knows that there are really many traps that can make him willing... If that time comes, it won't be too late to let Teresa leave.

It's just that I didn't expect that the announcement would come so quickly, which caught everyone off guard.

When the newspapers that Ace was going to be executed were gradually scattered to the New World, Newgate and Teresa were still enjoying a long-lost peaceful life on the island of the Whitebeard Pirates.

On the small garden road leading to the square, there are quite long steps. Newgate walked in front of Teresa, keeping a distance of three steps from her. Every time he took a few steps forward, he would stop and look behind. The old woman climbed up step by step with difficulty.It was only a few steps, and Teresa's forehead was already stained with sweat, and her breathing became unstable, but Newgate was still full of energy, without any signs of fatigue.Seeing how she was trying so hard to walk at night, Newgate couldn't help laughing: "You're not a young man anymore, so why are you still acting on your own will? Why don't I take you up there?"

"I'm not that old yet." Teresa said stubbornly. Seeing Newgate's steady steps, she stopped, pretended nothing happened, and quickly walked up two steps to his side.It's just that as a result of being so brave, there was a tingling feeling in her waist and thighs, which almost made her fall back uncontrollably.Knowing that it would be silly to compete with [Whitebeard] who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Teresa just wanted to keep up with her own strength.

It was obvious that she was trying to be brave, but Newgate didn't point it out. The two of them walked up little by little like this. When they finally reached the small garden, half an hour had passed.As soon as she stepped on the top step, Teresa took out the prepared bird food, but before she had time to spread it out, she was overwhelmed by a group of birds. As a result, what should have been a rather romantic feeding of birds became Teresa frantically dodged the bird.Newgate couldn't help laughing, but he was also worried that the birds would hurt her, so he wrapped her in a cloak, used the fruit ability with his right hand, and used the air shock to vibrate the air pressure. The frightened birds fled in all directions immediately after feeling the air pressure.

There was the sound of birds flapping their wings, and Teresa stretched out her hand to take off Newgate's cloak, straightened her messy hair, and said with a smile: "There is no atmosphere at all, those beautiful pictures are really deceiving ..."

"It is forbidden to harm animals on the island, so these little guys will be unscrupulous and no longer afraid of the crowd." Newgate said with a smile, he lowered his head and saw that her breath had not calmed down, so he asked, "Do you want to rest for a while?" ?”

"I..." Teresa shook her head.

"Take a break, I'm a little tired too." Interrupting Teresa's words, he waved his hand and swept the dust on the steps, and sat down on the ground first.Now Teresa couldn't take a break.

"It's no wonder you're tired, it's just the distance."

Newgate didn't answer, knowing Teresa, a doctor, had a certain degree of cleanliness, so he spread the hem of his windbreaker on the ground and motioned her to sit down.Teresa didn't delay this time, and sat beside him with her skirt lifted.Looking at his snow-white windbreaker, Teresa smoothed out the wrinkles on his body and said, "Actually, I have toilet paper to cover it."

"Why bother?" Newgate said disapprovingly.

Teresa curled her lips when she heard this, and said, "I'm not the one who does the laundry in the end."

"I told you earlier that you don't have to do everything yourself. Yizang has said it several times, you are too tired." Usually, she not only pays attention to his body, but also worries about the children's daily life. She also handles food, clothing, housing and transportation by herself, and has never made the children worry about it.

When Teresa heard the words, she disagreed and said, "How can this be, they are still children." How could they cause trouble to the children.

"It's not too young." Outside, they are all independent captains.

The two chatted peacefully, but they didn't realize that they were actually the same in some aspects of loving their children.In the eyes of parents, no matter how powerful pirates they are outside, in their eyes, they are just a group of children who will never grow up.For the rest of the time, Teresa and Newgate didn't continue to move around. The two simply sat on the steps, talking about ordinary couples after a long absence.

Marco, who hurried over with the newspaper, saw such a peaceful and warm scene from a distance. When he reached the bottom of the steps, he stopped and suddenly became cowardly...

At the same time, Teresa and Newgate had already seen Marco, seeing such an anxious expression on the usual calm person, they didn't need to think about it, they also knew that the World Government had finally made a move.

"..." Newgate's muscles tightened, and he took back what he wanted to say.

Teresa looked up at him who had become serious, pursed her lower lip, put her hands around his arms, and closed her eyes.

"Teresa." He raised his hand and lightly touched her gray hair, his tone of powerlessness and guilt could not be concealed.

Teresa opened her eyes, the previous reluctance and weakness had been squeezed away, she let go of his hand, stood up and said, "Well, let's go."

When Marco saw Teresa and Newgate getting up, he quickly jumped up the steps and handed the newspaper to his father and mother. He said: "It seems that the world government already knows about Ace His identity, he is not hesitant to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates and he will be publicly executed, partly to warn the rookies who have been active in the first half.” Moreover, Ace is likely to become the next generation of One Piece, the World Government like this To do it is undoubtedly to eradicate hidden dangers.

After scanning the content about Ace, Newgate groaned for a moment, and said to Marco: "Are you ready?"

"It's already been done, everyone can come here at any time." Marco said confidently.

"That's good." Newgate nodded, and then said to Teresa: "...the girls on the ship who are not good at fighting, just follow you." This time he wanted to go with his life, but he didn't want to What a waste of children's lives.

"..." Teresa didn't make a sound, but nodded slightly.

Marco knew they might have something to say, so he touched his nose and turned away, giving them some alone time.

And Teresa kept her head down, her hands tightly held together, but she didn't say a word for a long time.

The two remained silent for a long time before Newgate said: "...I'm going back. Now, the boat may be in chaos." His voice was a little hoarse, which he didn't even notice. He stayed for a long time, did not wait for a response, then turned and left.

When Newgate walked down the steps step by step, Teresa raised her head and looked at his back. Teresa knew that this might be the last time they met.

There are some things, if you don't speak up, you really won't have another chance in this life...

"Newgate."

"..." The man stopped and turned to face her.

"We... have been together for almost 60 years... As a husband and wife, Heinuoer's parents, and everyone's parents..." Teresa's mouth curled into a far-fetched smile. Knowing that he was waiting for her, she continued: "I've always wanted to know, just as a man and a woman, do you love me...?"

"..."

The man was silent for a while, then he suddenly laughed, met her gaze, and said: "I don't know what it is, if I really want to ask, it's...More than that."

The bond between them cannot be afforded by just a word of love.

"..." After getting the answer, the tears that Teresa had been holding back in her eyes finally fell, and she broke through her tears and smiled: "Thank you..."

Newgate put away his smile, he turned around and walked up to her again, rubbing her hair like he did when he was a boy, before turning and leaving.And this time,

He didn't look back, and Teresa didn't make another sound.

goodbye…

someone on my heart...

******

The biggest battle since the opening of the Great Pirate Era - the Battle of the Top was launched in the Marine Headquarters of the Navy, where 10 troops from the Navy teamed up with King Shichibukai to fight against the Whitebeard Pirates and its 43 Pirates.After several hours of confrontation, the Whitebeard Pirates were defeated, and Edward Newgate, the leader of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Portgas D. Ace, the captain of the second team, died in battle.The red-haired Shanks who came later intervened in the battle, officially ending the war, and at the same time preventing the number of casualties from continuing to expand.

At the same time that the war came to an end, a sailboat passed through the door of justice opened by the red hair at that time, and slowly moved towards the ruins of Marlin Vandor.

In the cabin, Teresa took out a box, and when she opened it, it immediately turned out to be a devil fruit.She raised her hand to gently wipe the surface of the fruit, and said in a low voice: "I finally found this fruit, I thought I would never use it..." After finishing speaking, she cut open the devil fruit with a knife, and cut it open without hesitation. I ate the strange-tasting thing.This fruit was used by Roger to repay the debt a long time ago. Although she knew the power of the fruit, she never thought that she would use it one day.

When she ate the devil fruit, the ship had already docked at the harbor of Marin Fando.

When the ship symbolizing Hippocrates arrived, Marin Fando, who had been quiet because of the subside of the war, became chaotic again.Both Shanks, Marco, and Sengoku showed embarrassing expressions. They are all people who are quite familiar with Teresa, and they also know the relationship between Whitebeard and the doctor.

Compared with the nervousness of the two parties, I thought Teresa would do something hysterical, but she herself was quite calm, with a flat expression, and got off the boat with the help of the nurse.

"Doctor Teresa, Captain Whitebeard..." Having already figured out the situation on the scene, a casual doctor looked at Teresa in embarrassment.

"I know." Teresa's face was pale, but she was very calm, her eyes swept over everyone present, and she said: "You save people first."

The doctors looked at each other and asked tentatively, "...save there...?"

"All the injured people." After Teresa finished speaking, she added another sentence, as if reminding herself, saying: "We are doctors." Newgate insisted on his way of pirates until the end, How could I lose to him at this time.

After being ordered, Hippocrates' doctors and nurses joined the battle one after another and began to help treat the wounded.

"Mom..."

Marco walked up to Teresa, his eyes were red, and he had a sad breath that he had never felt before.

Teresa smiled, reached out and patted his cheek, and said, "...that kid just now is Ace's younger brother, right? I saw it on the broadcast." Seeing Marco nod, Teresa took out a piece of paper , stuffed it into Marco's hand, and said: "The child is seriously injured, and I am afraid that he has been forcibly stimulated by the hormones of the monster king to stimulate his vitality, and has not been well cultivated. Even if he is cured, he will lose several years of life. This is a method that can get rid of the hidden sequelae, and when the child arrives in the new world, teach him."

"Yeah." Marco nodded heavily.

After giving the prescription to Marco, Teresa did not go to Newgate, but walked to Ace.The young man who was still lively before fell to the ground without blood in a blink of an eye. Teresa squatted down, her body trembling slightly. She put her hand on his pulse, but she couldn't feel any pulse.

"Mom, Ace's internal organs have been... so..." There is no recovery.

Teresa didn't answer, but just put her hand on Ace, chattering with a smile like usual: "I told me at the beginning that there was a troublesome brother who was worried, now how can you bear to let that The child has lost a loved one..." As she spoke, she used the fruit ability, and the vitality was transformed into a faint gleam under the transformation of the fruit ability, and entered his body little by little.

The replacement devil fruit can replace anything that you own or come across.

Whether it's internal organs, or vitality...

"I... have lived a wonderful life..."

Because it is impossible to directly replace other people's internal organs with Ace, and her own organs have failed, so before coming, she had already replaced her internal organs with young people's internal organs, just for this moment.

The loss of vitality and the gradual hollowing out of internal organs was uncomfortable, but Teresa had a relieved smile on her face.

The young men under him are recovering their temperature little by little, and the severely injured skin is also gradually recovering.At this time, the navy found out what Teresa was doing, and the Whitebeard Pirates also discovered the anomaly, and surrounded Ace and Teresa together.But this time, because of the help of the red-haired pirates who had not lost any combat power, the navy who had already suffered heavy casualties was completely caught off guard. Everyone could only watch helplessly. vitality.

Once the person with the fruit ability dies, the fruit ability will also disappear.Although the replacement fruit is not compatible with other fruits like the dark fruit, now Ace's internal organs belong to another person, so Teresa, who has already done the experiment, does not need to worry about the conflict between the two. When Ace's vitality gradually recovers , she took it for granted and gave him the replacement fruit.Otherwise, when she dies, the fruit ability will also be invalid, and it is better for Ace's life and death to be in his own hands...

After confirming that he was safe and sound, Teresa withdrew her hand and stood up again, but Ace didn't wake up all at once, he needed time to integrate the fruit ability and new vitality.

The vitality in her body is running out, and her internal organs are also empty. Teresa can stand up only because the fruit ability has not completely disappeared...

Finally completed her mission, she can go to Newgate's side...

step……

two steps...

Three steps...

She is gradually reducing the distance between her and him...

But, I can't move...

I have no strength...

Teresa's pupils were gradually dilated, and she could no longer see the way ahead, but she was still walking, pushing aside the support of others, and moving her steps little by little.

She is such a stubborn guy, even if she is old... she is still a stubborn old woman...

Although I know it doesn't make any sense, I just want to walk to him with my own strength.

Newgate...

She walked to his side, although she couldn't see clearly, she still found his location.She knelt down on the ground, stretching out her hand to cover his that had lost its temperature.

.........

hey... big man...

.........

I'm at your side.