Rain

He took the newspaper, put the money into the pouch tied to the foot of the messenger seagull, and said thank you softly.The seagull flew away quickly, and I lay on the sun lounger, slowly opened the newspaper, and planned to start reading the news.

The thin paper exudes the smell of fresh ink and squeaks.I inadvertently glanced at the latest arrest warrant sandwiched between the pages, my eyes widened in disbelief, and my fingers trembled.Looking strangely at the captain who was fighting with the crew on the other side of the deck, he looked at the arrest warrant in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Hey, Ace."

Ace put down the jokes in his hands, walked over, his eyes were clear, and he had the usual flamboyant smile on his face: "What?" I looked at the amount on the bounty slip, then looked at him, and handed over the bounty slip with a smile past.After considering the sentence, he finally gave up on the description: "Look for yourself..." It must be because the attack on the naval base was reported to the headquarters by the local navy...

"Haha!" Ace was very happy after reading the reward list, he laughed out loud, flaunting, "I got a reward, Fire Fist, I like it!" He was very happy, and unexpectedly bent down and gave it to me. A hug, and a hearty voice: "Thank you for telling me, Rain."

Before I could react, he let go of his hand, ran to the other crew members and passed the good news shoulder to shoulder, and got their blessings.

heh.

I planned to continue reading, turned a page, and was stunned when I saw the bounty list.

Not only was he stunned, but he was so dumbfounded that he wanted to scream, and his hands trembled nervously.

"Yo, Rain has also been offered a reward..." The ship doctor, who was out of his own infirmary, leaned over from behind me and easily picked up the reward list, "Let me see, um, the reward is 400 million Baileys, congratulations ah."

"Why!" I covered my head, I really didn't want to face this painful reality, "I obviously didn't do anything..."

"Wow, 400 million Baileys." Eric took the reward list and smiled brightly, "It's a good start, "Source" Rain."

Did the navy investigate the existence of Little Jack... I wasn't responsible for this nasty attack on the naval base... Really not... My influence is not that strong yet...

I tried to stay calm, and quickly flipped through the newspaper, and sure enough, I found several more reward lists.If we don't count things that have nothing to do with us, then Shan, Wein's photo has dangerous eyes and bloodthirsty eyes, and his expression is fierce and excited.The other man with a gun smiled strangely, half of his face was illuminated by the fire behind him, and half of his face was hidden in the shadows, making him look very terrifying. "Samurai" and "Pocket," yes, are pretty apt nicknames.

"These are the photos taken by the surveillance phone bug in the naval base." Mr. Navigator leaned on the back of my sun chair and focused on the list in my hand. "The angle is good."

Are you mocking my photo?I glanced at Eric with a murderous look, then stared at my bounty list.It's not so much a photo as it is a portrait, and it's my expression when I raise my eyebrows and smile confidently. I must say that Shen Yun is well captured.It's actually a nice portrait, but the question is...why do my eyes look so sinister...it's not me...

"Shan is 5000 million Berries...Win is 4200 million Berries..." I muttered, "What a gap..."

"Although it's not as good as Ace's, the first time value is quite impressive." Eric smiled brightly and gave a thumbs up, "The navy has begun to pay attention to us."

"Why are we all offered a reward..." I looked up at Eric with sharp eyes, "You didn't?" I don't believe it's because of his poor skills... Cough cough, this sentence is easy to make people think ...

"Of course it's because..." Eric smiled innocently, but what he said made me flustered, "I have already been offered a reward."

"Don't you know?" The ship doctor sang with Eric, and added, "He is the famous "Hurricane" Eric Elido, with a bounty of 1.2 million."

"This guy... has a bounty of hundreds of millions?" I looked at Eric in disbelief, and I couldn't connect this friendly little boy with a strong figure and a bright smile with that kind of high bounty that even the vicious people couldn't get.

"So..." I looked at Mr. Ship Doctor, "Although you didn't directly participate this time...but you have already been offered a reward?"

Mr. Ship Doctor looked at me with an idiotic look.

Ah hello, be careful, I will let you eat apples tonight!Although I dare not...

Although this will attract a swarm of bounty hunters, and they will start to cover up when they go out, but...

I watched the happy people comparing the bounty and their photos with each other, and laughed.This is probably a happy thing, right?It's time to celebrate tonight.I raised my eyebrows, thinking that we were expected to reach an island at dusk today, and began to plan the dishes for tonight's celebration banquet in my mind.

Night fell quickly and we had a party with a roaring bonfire on the island and the atmosphere was hot.

You don't need to think about anything, you don't need to do anything, just be happy.Carpe Diem.Pirates are like this, they don't know when they will die, and live every day contentedly.Treat each day as if it were your last and live recklessly, happily.

I watched everyone happily drinking, dancing, and performing, and I was also infected by the joyful atmosphere. I laughed and kept bringing out the wine, food and barbecue made on the boat.Someone saw me hurrying back and forth, and shouted through the crowd with an exaggerated expression: "Rain, let's have a carnival together! Cheers to everyone being rewarded!" smile.

"Indeed, Rain, don't be too busy." The bad doctor beside me handed me a bottle of wine, and pulled me to sit down.I saw that the food and drink were almost done, so I sat down and took the bottle.I grinned, raised my head and took a sip of wine down my throat, but was stunned: "Huh?" I frowned, looked at the wine bottle in my hand suspiciously, took another sip, and confirmed my judgment: It's obviously water... I raised my head a bit depressed, and saw the doctor wink at me, and said sincerely, "Drinking alcohol hurts your health."

I looked suspiciously at the wine bottle in the doctor's hand, and as expected, I smelled the strong aroma of wine, my head was full of black lines, the corners of my mouth twitched, and I looked contemptuously: "Then what are you?" The bad doctor looked down at himself With the wine in his hand, he spread his hands indifferently and pushed his glasses: "You are just recovering from a serious illness."

Silently, I took another big sip of water, sat lazily on my chin, and looked at the carnival nearby: "A cold is not a serious illness." Even so, I still have lingering fears about the powerful cold before.Man, I've been miserable for two weeks...

"Don't say that." The bad doctor continued to drink, suddenly laughed out loud, and touched me with his elbow, "That time you..."

He didn't go on, just smiled meaningfully.I glanced at him suspiciously, and after confirming that I couldn't see any useful information from his face, I shrugged and gave up pursuing.Get serious with the ship doctor and you lose.

Putting down the wine bottle full of water, I reached for a bottle of wine and drank slowly.Taking advantage of this celebration, since I have such a chance to get drunk, of course I want to drink to my heart's content, why not do it?

A moth, attracted by the fire, passed by my eyes, and the fluorescent light flickered.The next moment, I only felt the cold wind blowing, and the moths in front of my eyes turned into fine dust, scattered, and fell lightly to the ground in front of my eyes.

I turned my head to look at Mr. Ship Doctor, and found that his complexion was very bad, his eyes were terribly cold, and I was shocked.

It was this guy's scalpel just now... Is he okay? Or is there something wrong with this moth?

I put down the bottle and asked with concern, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." The ship's doctor stared at the moth, then turned his eyes away, took a big mouthful of spicy wine, and the coldness around him dissipated a little, and his voice was different from usual, "It's just not Like this kind of stuff."

Phantom.

This is just a small episode tonight, no one noticed.The crew members who danced around the bonfire and performed performances kept passing by, patted me on the back friendly, tried to pull me up, and laughed: "Rain, come together, come together." I smiled and refused the invitation, waving my hands : "Thank you, no, you just have to play." I can't dance, I don't want to make a fool of myself, ha ha.

Mr. Ship Doctor sat aside and drank slowly, his expression was hidden in the dark night, and he couldn't see clearly under the light of the fire.The crew, despite their drunkenness, wisely kept their distance from him.No one wants to accidentally offend the ship's doctor who must report the blemish, and then miss the carnival in the most tragic way.

"Rain, where did you say it last time?" The ship doctor spoke slowly, as if recalling, "This time I will tell you about the custodian..."

My heart is full of bullshit, big brother, let's not talk about terrorists who are afraid of both black and white, okay?But I didn't dare to leave the obviously abnormal ship doctor, so I had to sacrifice myself for the time being and pretend to be a good baby who listened carefully.

"Keeper, I met once." The ship's doctor shook his wine bottle, and the corner of his mouth lightly curled up, "It's quite lawless, a guy who does whatever he wants. She will take away other people's memories, and then keep them until the owner waits." Only when you trade something at a lower price can you get it back.”

My mind went blank for an instant.With a bang, the wine bottle in my hand fell to the ground.The wine bottle that was freed from the shackles rolled happily a few times, leaving shallow marks.Cold water poured out from the mouth of the bottle, quietly soaking the sand, like tears from the night.

My face was pale, my lips trembled uncontrollably, my voice was weird, and I barely restrained my emotions: "What?"

What a smart person the ship doctor is, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly hidden in the deep blue eyes like the sea.He spoke slowly and explained calmly: "The custodian, a young woman with flaming red lips and a charming smile, no one knows her name, no one knows her origin. She is in this sea She is elusive, steals other people's memories, and is only willing to hand it over in exchange for grades. She has never been controlled and recruited, and it is difficult to find traces. This ability is extremely dangerous in a sense, so the government gave her A bounty of 1.2 million Baileys has been set. But the reason for the high is because I don’t want to provoke her and let her go directly against them.”

I thought that when I finally got the clue, I would cry with joy, and I would desperately choose to pursue it and find myself.But the reality now is that I am sitting here in a daze, looking at the bonfire, with a strangely calm expression.

Adrift inexplicably at sea with no family, no hometown, no friends, no past, no origins.Although I said it doesn’t matter, I said it’s not a big deal, and I want to settle down, but I’m still not reconciled. Looking at the ocean every day, I will silently tell myself that I want to find the “me” of the past.

But at this moment, looking up at the vast starry sky and listening to the crowd's play and noise, I suddenly felt that, in fact, this is not bad.The world may be very wide, but now my world is so big.This rowdy bunch, booze, bonfires, and the Pirates of Spades.

I already have family, Sanji, Tetsuo, Baratti, everyone.I already had company, this group of friends I could trust.I started to write my past again.

There was a smile on the corner of my mouth, caring so much, why care so much?The previous "me", sorry, but now I am Rain, and I will only be Rain, Baratti's waiter, and the spade pirates' cook.

The home of the heart is my hometown.

With a clear mind in my heart, I grinned happily, relying on the fact that the ship doctor would not drug me, I boldly stretched out my hand to hook his neck, looked at him maliciously, and raised my chin: "This is an event worthy of celebration." Come on, sing a song for everyone!" Before he could answer, I looked up at the crowd: "Do you want to hear it?" Everyone raised their glasses and laughed, echoing, cheering: "Of course I want to hear it!"

Mr. Ship Doctor was not angry, but raised his eyebrows lightly, his eyes were meaningful, as if he had seen through me, and there was a leisurely smile on the corner of his mouth: "It is indeed a day worth celebrating, what does Rain want to hear?"

I let go of my arm in doubt, my face remained calm, not sure if it was irony, and continued to smile: "Anything is fine."

The surroundings were silent for a while, so quiet that the crackling of flames and the sound of waves could be heard.

Mr. Ship Doctor cleared his throat, and began to sing slowly: "Hold up the rum, stand up and revel, we laugh and laugh. Boasting the raging waves, riding the huge waves, we talk and laugh happily..." He picked out a song that the pirates always The songs sung preach freedom and happiness.And his singing was surprisingly infectious, and everyone ended up singing in time with him, roaring, and completely drowning out his voice.

At this moment, our happiness resounded through the sky.Even if it cannot be recorded in the annals of history, even if we will forget it someday, it is enough for us to have this moment.

Eric ran in front of me exaggeratedly, sang a song, knelt down and made a heart-shaking aria: "Only you can do this kind of thing, Rain, I love you to death!" Drinking wine, laughing loudly, raising a glass in return: "Me too..."

Before I finished speaking, the person in front of me was knocked down to the ground with a bang.Puzzled, I turned my head to look at someone who had managed to get up, and then looked up to see Ace standing behind him, clenching his fists. I really didn't understand: "Huh?"

Someone who got up was stroking the back of his head, grinning half-truthfully and complaining: "Ah, it hurts! Captain..."

"Okay, okay." Ace joked with him with a smile, holding up the wine bottle, messing up his partner's hair, and laughing, "Don't make jokes!"

"Pfft——" the bad ship doctor snorted, held the wine bottle, his glasses reflected light, and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I always treat girl Rain as a brat." Ace and the navigator standing in front of me were both stunned, and Ace suddenly After reacting, he immediately exploded: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"That's right, don't talk nonsense." I squeezed the wine bottle, watched the farce with a smirk, and imitated the tone of the ship doctor, "I have always treated you as little ghosts."

Suddenly realizing my slip of the tongue, I felt ashamed for a moment, feeling very abrupt.The originally lively atmosphere didn't seem to affect our small corner, and it fell silent.Not far away, there were obviously people sitting and singing and dancing in front of the bonfire, but they froze around us.I scratched my hair with one hand, and stood up with a dry smile: "It's late, I'll go back first."

I immediately stood up, turned around and walked back towards the boat, shaking my head and smiling when others stopped me.I crunched the boards to the deck, and I stood with my back to the campfire, making sure no one could see me, the smile on my face slowly fading.

I don't know why, but I feel that Ace's behavior just now... is like a father who cares too much about his children...

The author has something to say:

I said, is Mr. Painter cute?

-----------------------

The two of them still have a long way to go.

Oh, by the way, I went home late that night, my bag sank, and I turned around with one hand in the bag, face to face, you know... please comfort me! ! ! ! ! ! !