[One Piece] To be

The girl quickly tied up her long brown hair, and skillfully walked up with the plate in one hand and the wine in the other. "I've kept you waiting~" Clear voice, clean smile, black eyes full of tenderness.No one does not have a crush on such a polite and beautiful girl.

"Thank you, Miss, here's a tip for you!"

"Thank you very much!" Lamy took it with a smile, and stuffed the note with the information inside into his cuff when he turned around.

Reinas Island West Pier

Lamy and the porters struggled to load the goods packed in big sacks onto the boat, while Galio counted the quantity, ignoring the tired and sweaty girl.

Lamy straightened up and rubbed her shoulders, raised her head, the sun on Chundao was dazzling, reflecting her black eyes with an amber-like luster.

dark alley

"Excuse me, please open the door, your rent is due!"

The door opened, and the vicious pirate came out and was about to yell, when he saw a girl reaching his waist outside the door, he couldn't help laughing, but the laughter was cut off in a moment, the girl with smiling eyes gently After poking at his waist, a bloody spike pierced through the lower back!

"Run!" Lamy ran with his head in his arms, and Barry limped behind and used his cane to block the flying bullets from time to time—although it was useless—they still couldn't beat the vicious big pirate.

"Huh, huh, I'm exhausted." Finally reaching a safe place, Lamy gasped for breath while leaning against the wall, "Uncle Barry... I finally stabbed him... Hahaha... I'm going to die! Who told him Look down on women!"

"Bad boy, you really deserve to be taught by a crazy woman." Barry, who had upgraded from wretched and ugly to wretched, ugly and lame, scolded with a smile.

"I'm already 13 years old, I'm not a child anymore." Lamy proudly raised her newly developed breasts.Although her face still couldn't hide her childishness, she had to say that she was quite different from the miserable and poor child when she was exiled to Reinaser.

Barry's eyes moved to the dense pinholes on her wrist, "Hey, is your illness really incurable?"

"Yeah, but I've gotten used to it a long time ago," Lamy smiled indifferently, "Today's mission is over, and I'm going home."

Going home... This seems to be a long-lost word.Now, Lamy can finally calmly recall the disaster in the white town when he was seven years old, and happily put himself in the perspective of God, and will never treat it as a wound that he dare not open as before-maybe this is the same as Juana's teaching is also related. Although I don't want to admit it, Rami is becoming more and more like her, whether it is speaking style or temperament.Lamy herself didn't know whether she should be happy or not. On the contrary, Juana was very displeased, still finding fault with her all day long, and threatened to sell her to an underground brothel when she turned 14.However, this is not a threat to the little devil with stiff wings. She also knows that Juana has worked so hard to cultivate herself, so that she can contact the forces of the entire dark alley, and it is definitely not as simple as cultivating herself as a prostitute.

The "home" that Lamy wants to return to is of course Juana's old house. The old walls have also been painted, and Lamy stepped on Barry's shoulder to help paint the red paint on the top.The small bushes outside were pulled out some time ago and used to pile up debris.

"Ma'am, I'm back...huh?"

Why is the door open?

The experience of being in the underworld for many years made Lamy suddenly vigilant.She cautiously pushed open the half-covered door, and tiptoed in—fortunately, no hidden weapon flew over.The room was filled with the familiar smell of rosewater and smoke, and Rami was relieved, probably because Juana forgot to close the door when she saw off the guests.

"Mrs?"

"boom!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, there was a sudden sound of falling from the inner room, followed by whimpering and crying——Juana?

Lamy has never seen that woman cry. Although she is a prostitute, she is a strong woman.This kind of toughness does not refer to physical strength but mental strength. You can be a small brother to do errands or be a big landlord in a dark alley. The network of connections is everywhere, and it is impossible without a strong heart.

After hesitating for a long time, Lamy walked into the room, deliberately focused his eyes on the shining ruby ​​knife on the wall, and deliberately did not look at the woman who fell to the ground and cried.

"Cough, I..."

"I'm so annoying, kid, can't you just pretend you're not there at a time like this!" Juana's voice showed an extremely rare fragility.

"...I just want to ask who is the one who can make you cry. I want to take him as my teacher." The original comforting words became like this - this is also thanks to Juana's teaching.

"Haha, the brat's wings are stiff." At this time, Juana's condition has improved-of course, except for the messy makeup.The woman adjusted her skirt slowly and sat back on the big bed.It's like nothing happened.

No, Juana's eyes were wrong.That empty look made people feel cold for no reason.

"Rami, come here."

"Yes……"

"Don't make such an expression, I'm not going to throw your cigarette butts." Juana's eyes moved to the hanging knife on the wall, "Well, do you want to know its origin?"

"……In no mood."

"Hey kid, can't you cooperate?"

"Then please don't talk like you're making a will." Lamy's tongue became more and more eloquent.Juana rolled her eyes angrily, but continued on her own, "It was given by one of my lovers. He said that he would pick me up in a pirate ship the next day and leave Reinaser forever. This knife It was the spoils he captured, and it was also a token of love——hahaha, there is such a stupid lie, and I was so stupid to believe it. I sat on this bed and waited and waited for three days, but he didn’t come back. Later I Went out in the rain to find him, saw him with his arms around other whores in other brothels in dark alleys... That's when I knew he was a liar. I haven't loved a man since. "

"...So what?" Lamy suddenly had an ominous premonition, Juana was particularly abnormal today.

"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about it. I want to sell this knife. Take it out and find a place to dispose of it. If you can't sell it, throw it into the sea." Juana said in a relaxed tone.

Lamy tiptoed and took the knife from the wall. It was a women's short knife with a bright and exquisite workmanship. The golden handle was also inlaid with rubies. It was very expensive at first glance.And in this house that hasn't been cleaned all the year round, the knife is clean and almost spotless-what can you say to think about it, it's a lie.

"Hurry up, remember to bring the money back. Don't hide it privately." The woman seemed to have returned to her lazy state, lit a cigarette and smoked comfortably.

It was already late outside, and Lamy walked out with a knife in her hand with an unhappy expression on her face. Just as she was about to walk out the door, Juana stopped her suddenly, "Wait a minute."

"What's the matter?" He turned back unhappily.

"Go to the store at the ferry, their price is higher."

"The ferry is too far away, it takes an hour to go back and forth!" protested.

"Hurry up! If you lose money, I won't beat you up!" The protest was ineffective.

Lamy got angry and slammed the door away.

It was already dark at this time, and the few street lights in the dark alley were turned on. Lamy walked boredly, watching his shadow on the ground get longer and longer.

Accidentally ran into a passerby, "Ah, sorry." Lamy said quickly, she bumped into a tall man in a black suit, the man ignored her, lowered his hat and hurried away.

Just when he bumped into him, Lamy smelled a familiar scent of rose water, and couldn't help feeling sick—is this the only perfume sold in the dark alley?

It took a lot of effort to get to the shop at the ferry—as expected, it was already closed at this time.Lamy stood at the ferry with a knife in his hand, and now there was no ferry nearby, and the entire sea looked very peaceful.Under the moonlight, the waves undulate gently, rolling up white foam.Lamy stared at the vast sea for a moment and lost her mind for a moment. When she recovered, she remembered the beautiful knife in her arms. It would be a pity to throw it into the sea like this.Lamy suddenly imagined in his mind the adult version of himself wielding a knife and slashing enemies handsomely ten years later. Run errands to help, meet an ordinary man when she grows up, fall in love normally, get married and have children, settle down and live an ordinary life, the devil fruit will be reborn after she dies of old age, it doesn’t matter which power it falls into .

But... I'm still a little unsatisfied.Rami picked up the knife and walked back.

Not reconciled to the destruction of his hometown, not reconciled to the unjust death of his family, not reconciled to the continued existence of this dark and chaotic world.

Sometimes Lamy felt that she hated this world—how could she not hate it, it gave the little girl a happy childhood and took away everything, causing her to struggle to survive in this chaotic dark alley.Giving her a devil fruit with its life-threatening side effects, Rami looked down at her pinhole-ridden arm and decided to ignore it as much as possible—it might not be much better than a junkie's arm.

It takes Rami less time than expected to get back to Juana's old house.Just when she opened the door, she suddenly had a strange feeling—the heart began to tremble violently, the smell of blood filled the nostrils, and the black pupils were gradually infiltrated with blood red—that was the super intuition brought by the devil fruit , Intuition told her that something happened in the house!

"Juana!" Rami broke into the door, a heavier smell of blood rushed to the top of his head, and the girl went straight to the back room——

Ruffled room, man in black suit standing inside, Juana