good brother

Late that night.

"See? The light in the distance."

Weiwei pointed to the faint light of the stars in the distance.

"That's Juba!"

Luffy covered his head tightly in the wind and sand, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.

"The wind is too strong to see clearly!"

"Wait for this voice!"

Weiwei, who grew up in the desert, is very sensitive to the abnormality of the wind.

"Could it be... a sandstorm!"

"Juba is being hit by a sandstorm!"

Everyone quickened their pace, but when the sandstorm stopped and everyone stood in front of Juba, they realized that this was another deserted city.

"It's no different from Aluma."

Zoro said while carrying Usopp who was already on the street.

"Vivi! Where's the water! You said there's water here!"

"The gravel has raised the ground, and the oasis has been flooded..."

Weiwei opened her eyes wide, deeply imprinting the scene in front of her head, but hid her pain in the deepest part of her heart.

"Yo, traveler?"

At this time, not far away, a man who kept digging the ground with a shovel turned around.

"Traveling in the desert is hard. I'm sorry that the city is deserted, but you can take a good rest."

The man turned his head, and it turned out to be a skinny old man, with a sense of vicissitudes on his face, but with a kind smile.

"There are many empty houses, which is the pride of Juba."

Weiwei watched him turn around, stepped back to cover his face, so as not to be recognized by her citizens, and then whispered.

"I heard that there are rebels in this city..."

"Rebels, are you going to join them?!"

The old man suddenly threw a few pots and pans at the crowd, and the crowd had to dodge for a while, then looked at the crowd and turned to continue digging his sand.

"They're long gone."

In your voice, there is obviously a look of hating iron but not steel.

"The sandstorm just now didn't start this year. It has been going on for three years now. The city is deserted, supplies are no longer in circulation, and the rebel army has already moved to Kattleya."

"Cattleya?!"

Vivi was surprised.

"Vivi! Where is Cattleya?"

"It's an oasis near the rape blossoms!"

"Then what is the purpose of our coming here!"

"Vivi?"

The old man was stunned suddenly, and looked at Luffy and the others in disbelief.

"You mean Vivi?!"

"Ah! Uncle! Weiwei is no princess!"

Luffy waved his hands in a panic, and then cheated Weiwei with 300 taels of silver.

"Idiot! Shut up!"

"that……"

Weiwei looked at the old man in front of her with some embarrassment, but unexpectedly, the old man approached with a smile, with tears in his eyes.

"Weiwei, so you're still alive! Didn't you recognize me? Haha, I don't blame you, after all, I seem to be a little skinny."

Weiwei looked at the old man standing in front of her, his withered face suddenly coincided with the fat uncle in the rescue memory.

"Duoduo...Uncle..."

Weiwei looked at the skinny old man in disbelief, and tried her best not to cry.

"It's me, Vivi."

Duoduo smiled, tears finally flowed down the mottled wrinkles.

"Weiwei, I believe in the king, he will not betray us!"

"Those rebels are so stupid! Please organize them! This is something only you can do!"

"It's just that it hasn't rained for three years. I believe in the king, and most people believe in the king."

Duoduo fell to his knees crying.

"It's useless for me to persuade the rebels time and time again. They are already close to the limit after fighting again and again."

"This time, they will go all out!"

"Please, Weiwei, stop those idiots!"

"... Dodo-san, don't worry."

Even though she was at a loss, even if she wanted to cry, Weiwei stretched out her hand to Duoduo who was kneeling on the ground, showing the most reassuring smile.

"I'll stop them."

Luffy and Angel saw everything, but didn't make a sound.

an hour later.

Everyone in the Straw Hats was already preparing to rest in the room that Duoduo had packed up, although Angel who was outside could still hear the loud and noisy voices inside.

Luffy didn't go into the house either, but sat by the sandpit, watching Duo Duo's efforts to dig water, thought for a while, and then rushed up to help.

Although it is a disservice.

Angel watched Luffy digging without thinking. After a while, he had already dived into the ground. With a helpless smile, he walked to Duo Duo who hadn't reacted yet.

"How is it? Luffy is a very interesting person."

"Well, ah, yes."

Lots of smiles.

"A very sincere young man."

Angel looked at Duoduo's vicissitudes of smiling face, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"sorry."

"Ok?"

Duoduo was puzzled.

"Why are you apologizing to me?"

"It's not so much an apology to you, but rather an apology to all the people who suffered from the war in Alabasta."

Angel looked at the long yellow sand all around.

In the beginning, Angor was just a spectator for the war in Alabasta.

He has never experienced a real war, never seen the poverty of the people, and never seen the desolation of the city.

But at this moment, seeing an old man like Duoduo alone in the desert, waiting for hope persistently, Angel was moved.

Crocodile's crimes were clearly engraved in Angel's mind at this moment.

Then, how about awarding the title of Qibuhai to Crocodile's world government?

Don't you need to bear a responsibility if you don't know who you are employing?

"And I am not representing myself, but the entire navy and the world government."

"sorry."

Angel bowed solemnly to Duoduo.

Six years of naval career has changed Angor too much, allowing him to truly see everything in the world from the perspective of a navy, instead of witnessing the ugliness of the navy from the perspective of a pirate.

The navy has its helplessness, its hardships, its glory and its persistence.

And Angel, who has experienced all this personally, really enjoys every day as a navy.

If he can, he wants to be a glorious navy and stick to the justice that belongs to him alone.

At the same time, he bears the crimes of the navy and bears the infamy of the navy.

Also bear the responsibility of the Navy.

Angor, who was very familiar with the high-level navy, knew very well that the navy needed to apologize, but no one would do so.

Not only for that face, but also for the stability of the world.

Navy, must be just.

This is the absolute justice of the Navy.

"I am sure that whether it is the navy or the world government, they will suppress this matter. They will not let any unfavorable remarks spread to them. They will push all the responsibilities to others, and their own Give them punishment at the commanding heights."

Angor clearly knew that this was not the fault of the high-level navy, but the unspoken rules of the world.

Someone is always responsible, but that person must not be the World Government.

The world government needs prestige, otherwise no one will listen to them, and the world will be in chaos.

Whether it is peace or war, these are the undeniable dark sides of politics, but they are also the guarantee for the normal functioning of the world.

"The truth of the matter will be completely covered up and no one will know, but if I don't say this apology, I will always feel bad conscience."

Angel straightened up and looked into Duoduo's eyes.

"The chief culprit of all this, Crocodile, is Shichibukai recognized by the government, so, no matter how you say it, the government must be responsible for the war in Alabasta."

"Although my current position has no way to express this guilt in public, but if it is in private..."

Having said that, Angel couldn't help but bowed his head a little annoyed.

He's still just a major general.

So what if you are talented, so what if you are young.

A major general is a major general. There are too many restrictions and too many rules that need to be followed, and it is impossible for him to break them.

Otherwise, Angor can't bear the consequences now.

Suddenly rough palms touched Angel's head.

"It's nothing, it's just a small mistake."

"Isn't the navy fighting pirates every day? Isn't there also a navy that is desperate for the people who don't know their struggle even in those unknown seas?"

"If the Navy owes us an apology, we must owe you a million thanks."

"Thank you, son."

Sincere words echoed in his ears, Angel bowed his head in silence for a long time before slowly raising his head with the brightest smile on his face.

"...What child, I'm already 23."

"A real child... huh?"

Angel looked down at the hole dug by Luffy, and smiled helplessly.

"The real child is asleep."

Angel carried Luffy out of the pit.

"By the way, aren't Lu Fei-jun and the others pirates? And you're the navy, right?"

A lot of doubts.

"Yes, I'm a rear admiral."

Angel nodded, and smiled happily when he was a lot of doubts.

"But I'm on vacation now, so I'm just Luffy's older brother~"

Looking at the back of Angel carrying Luffy into the house, Duoduo smiled.

"Since you're on vacation, don't apologize to me."

Duoduo turned around and went down into the deep pit dug by Luffy, continuing to dig one spade at a time, but the smile on his face couldn't go down.

It's great to have these young people in the world.

Early the next morning.

"Take it, Luffy."

"Ahh! It's water!"

Luffy looked at the small bucket in his hand in surprise.

"Yeah, I dug it up shortly after you fell asleep yesterday, and I have to thank you."

Lots of smiles.

"Okay! I will definitely cherish it!"

Luffy hung the small water bucket around his neck, and said to Duoduo with a smile.

"Although there is only a little bit, it is the water of Yuba."

"Yeah! Let's go!"

Duoduo looked at the backs of Luffy and others walking farther and farther in the desert, and looked up at the blue sky.

"Haha, what a day worth looking forward to."

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Updated at 2017:29 am on May 29, [-].

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