[One Piece] To be

Feast began to take care of this new partner.

The new life looks good.

([-]) Thorn Butterfly

A week later

"It's you again." The tavern owner looked down at Lamy, who was full of smiles, "I said I won't recruit workers, so go home."

"Boss, please, I really need work!" Lamy hurriedly put on a pitiful expression as Juana taught him, and tried hard to brew his feelings, but tears actually flowed out.

The boss seemed to be a little soft-hearted, "Forget it...what is the little brother behind you doing?"

Liszt stood behind Lamy, staring at the boss fiercely.

"Hey, the expression is too much." Lamy hurriedly reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, what a good boy.

"Keep talking." She couldn't help kicking him.

"Hi boss! Please give me a job as a handyman!" Liszt finally stopped stammering - this was the result of many rehearsals with Lamy.

"Huh? Two if one isn't enough? What can you do?"

"Anything is fine, and I can do anything a slave can do!"—that's too much to say.

The boss looked at them with idiot eyes, "Go ahead, the boys will help in the kitchen, and the girls will be the waiters."

"Thank you boss!" Lamy bowed ninety degrees while pressing Liszt's head.

……

"No, say it again. 【My name is Liszt. I am 13 years old. Lamy is my friend from the same town. Both of our parents have died and we live in a dark alley.】"

"...It's so long, please speak slowly."

"...I really want to throw the cigarette butt, no, I don't smoke."

"I really want to throw a cigarette butt, why don't you smoke?"

"Isn't this very similar to learning!"

……

Lamy heard the latest information about the Punk Hazard Island experiment from the New World when removing the guests' plates, turned around and began to contact the intelligence personnel he had made before, and set up a businessman's face to negotiate the price as Juana taught her.

In the back kitchen of the bar, Liszt almost knocked over the chef's pot while sweeping the floor. The chef cursed angrily, and the boy bowed his head silently to apologize.

……

One month later

"The cracks in the cage, the cracks in the cage, the birds in the cage...in the dark night before dawn..." They moved to live in an abandoned house near the pier, and Lamy lay in front of the window blowing the wind, looking at the blue sea and began to hum.

Liszt, who was still busy tidying up the house, stopped and watched the girl's long brown hair glow golden in the sun.After a moment of distraction, he continued to work.

The era of great pirates is intensifying, countless people hang up the skull flag with the dream of freedom, and set foot on this miraculous ocean.However, more and more people have the malice of dominating the sea and robbing wealth. Wars at sea are frequently staged, and the profession of information dealers is becoming more and more active.Lamy gradually integrated into the intelligence organization of the dark alley, and began to run around for a greater force. The small tavern was no longer enough for her to use—maybe Juana’s positioning of her was correct, this child was born to be in the dark alley The stuff of life...maybe.

Liszt also changed jobs, and through Lamy's recommendation, he acted as a thug for a certain political figure in Reinaser—of course he was a member of thousands of thugs.It's a job for a one-liner like him, Rami said.

Liszt picked up the gun, fiddled with it up and down for a long time but still didn't know how to pull the trigger.The companions around couldn't stand it any longer, and took the initiative to teach him, put on a good posture and aimed at the target in front of him—bang!The bullet hits the bullseye accurately!The people around were stupefied, Liszt looked puzzled, raised his gun again, bang bang bang!Hit after hit!

"Hahaha silly boy, you are a fucking shooting genius!"

"...My name is Liszt."

The two factions fought in the dark alley. Liszt waved his stick and charged into the battlefield uncomfortably. When a thug slashed at him, he easily dodged and smashed the stick on the opponent's head.

A big fight later developed into a melee, Liszt's stick accidentally came out of his hand, he ran around in the crowd in a hurry, and finally picked up a gun on the ground, the magazine was still full-bang bang bang!One shot and one accurate!Seeing this, the enemy rushed over to kill him. At this time, the boy who had emptied his magazine looked at a loss, and his companions rushed forward, "Quick retreat! You brat!"

Liszt dropped his gun, not daring to be a deserter, saw a machete on the ground out of the corner of his eye, picked it up again and charged into the battlefield.

……

Dark alley, secret joint of intelligence personnel

"This price is unacceptable. I've already considered that you are a woman." The man in a suit and leather shoes was negotiating terms with Lamy. "Let me see the signature... um, informer Leipzig? Well, Miss Leipzig, I suggest you find a man to marry as soon as possible. Women are not suitable for intelligence——hmm!" The last two words were replaced by screams, and Lamy quickly Withdrawing the knife and stabbing it into the man's stomach, the instant the knife was drawn, the ability was activated, and the sharp spikes completely destroyed his internal organs—killed him when the other party was defenseless.

Looking at the dead body in the corner, Lamy desperately suppressed his fear, took out his personal phone and dialed, "Work is over, please...call Bailey to my account."

"Oh, that's amazing, Miss! Why don't you just come to us and be a professional killer, forget about being an intelligence dealer..." Lamy hung up the phone, and couldn't help feeling sick while running.

……

"Liszt, it's the first time I know that the navy has colluded with the pirates in private. It's terrible... those people will kill their companions sooner or later."

"I will use □□ today."

"Another person rushed over to fight?"

"Yes, but the uncle who has been taking good care of me has died, and I want to go to his funeral to lay flowers later."

"Then go."

one year later

"Did you see that kid? The one with black hair and pigtails. He's been here for more than a year. He's very quiet. He's very good at fighting. He looks like he's only fourteen or fifteen years old. Take a good shot!" The intermediary in the dark alley pointed at Liszt who was practicing shooting at the target from a distance.

"That's good, it's just him, and he will be taken to be the lieutenant general's bodyguard. By the way, have you done a background check?" The visitor seemed quite satisfied with Liszt.

"After investigation, he is an orphan with a simple mind. This kind of person is most suitable to be a bodyguard." The intermediary nodded and bowed.

Liszt was taken away by the navy with an expressionless face like this.

Rami came out from the corner and handed a bag of Baileys to the intermediary, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, Miss Leipzig. By the way, do you know this boy?"

"I don't know you." Lamy tilted his head and smiled innocently, his beautiful black eyes were full of cunning.

……

"Boom——" A few days later, there was an explosion at the naval branch of Reinaser Island. It was rumored that someone mixed in and planted the bomb. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The navy quickly blocked the news, claiming that it was a new revolution this year. Terrorist attack made by army.In the following month, the navy conducted an investigation on all internal personnel, confirmed that their identities were trustworthy and kept them, and any suspicious ones were arrested and interrogated.

Lamy looked at the chaotic pier in the house by the sea, and calculated that the time was almost up——Sure enough, Liszt pushed the door and walked in, wearing a dirty navy uniform, his face was not very good, like It's like I haven't slept for several days and nights.

"Hard work!" Lamy teased.

Liszt sat on the ground, threw off the uniform that symbolized "justice" two or three times, changed into his own clothes, untied his messy braids and rubbed his temples.Lamy was very loyal and went to help him comb his hair.The girl's slender fingers ran through the black hair, exuding a different kind of beauty.Of course, you have to ignore the fact that the shiny black hair hasn't been washed for a few days.

"finished."

"I've seen it a long time ago. I said that you can actually plant a bomb. I thought you only knew how to play with guns."

"Hmm... It seems that it was buried in the wrong place, and no one was hurt." Liszt looked up at Lamy in a bit of trouble. Now he can speak fluently like a normal person. "How do you calculate?"

"If someone wants to blow up a bomb, I'll give it to him, and I didn't say that people must be killed. Anyway, the purpose of my words has been achieved. By the way, I will help you increase your popularity," Lamy also showed a troubled expression. , "It's a pity that I can't get the money. I'm afraid the client is busy dealing with the superior."

"The client is really the Revolutionary Army?"

"Who knows, claiming to be. I guess some idiot pretended to be. The Revolutionary Army is not low enough to carry out terrorist attacks. Speaking of it...compared with pirates and navy, those guys who are not afraid of death are cuter. .”

"Do you want to join the Revolutionary Army?"

"I don't want to, I'm just expressing my personal opinion. I still like informants." Lamy braided Liszt's hair, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and went back to the window. Do the finishing touches.The sky was blue and the waves were foaming over the moored ships.

"Liszt. Do you like the sea?"

"……do not like."

"Eh, why?"

"……I can not swim."

"Hahaha what's the reason? I can't swim either."

Liszt sat obediently on the spot, his gaze stayed on Lamy's back—this girl seemed to have grown up rapidly, not only her appearance became closer to maturity, but also her mind and handling methods became stronger and stronger. The memory of running away in the rain with him seems to be still yesterday, but now Lamy can already gain a foothold in the underground intelligence department of the dark alley.Liszt didn't know whether it was good or bad, his mind was not so bright, but it didn't matter, he was no longer the slave who was beaten by the overseer.Thinking of this, his eyes wandered to the abandoned house that felt more and more like "home".What ended up in a glass case