【One Piece】Red-haired Lysia

「051」Go to see him

"Wha...what...?"

Lysia lost her voice, stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and asked again: "Kuzan...say it again?"

"I can say it as many times as you want."

Qing Zhi sat cross-legged across from her, with the windows of the room wide open. The dawn broke through the clouds, illuminating the night-soaked sky. A rising sun slowly rose in the east, gradually revealing its original appearance from the sea level.

The dazzling sunlight penetrated 10,000 meters high and cast a layer of golden light on the side of his face, half bright and half dark.

"I say that the captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, your brother, Portcas D. Ace, will be executed. The time will be twelve days later in Marineland Square. By then, all the combat power of the Navy Headquarters will still be there. Qiwu——"

"enough!!!"

A sharp female voice interrupted his words. Lesiya looked at the Aoki in front of her and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Kuzan... How can you say such things with a calm face... That's my brother! That's my family!" Lesiya roared at him, her eyes darkened due to too much emotion.

"Why is everyone hiding it from me...why!!"

"That's your brother, not my brother, nor the brother of anyone in the navy." Qingzhi raised his head to meet her red eyes and waved his hand towards her: "No matter what, I don't regret telling you, Just do what you want, 'righteous' brat."

Qingzhi still looked at her like that, but this time he suddenly noticed that the red crescent marks on Lysia's body were glowing, like a hot iron, which was particularly obvious in the dim room.

Lysia's breathing was rapid. She seemed to know that she had said something outrageous to Aokiji, but she had no time to apologize. She just wanted to see Ace...

Get it now!

After staggering out of Aoki's room, Lesiya decided to go find Garp first. Taking advantage of this time, her mind was freed and she could think.

Kizaru's early landing on the island was not an accident, it was to catch him. The purpose should be to allow him to return to the headquarters before newspapers published "Fire Fist Ace's Execution" spread all over the world, completely cutting off the possibility of himself seeing this report.

Then judging from Aokiji's attitude, he already knew the fact that Ace was caught and wanted to be executed at the headquarters. It was probably because of Sengoku's order that he couldn't tell him.

Thinking of this, Lesiya's steps suddenly slowed down and finally stopped. She stood alone in the corridor, which was gradually rendered by the sunlight, with her head lowered, and her expression was covered by her long red hair.

"...I'm sorry..." She mumbled and started running again.

Kuzan disobeyed Sengoku's order to tell him, but he actually blurted out such words... His expression must have been ridiculous at that time.

About the apology...I'm sorry Kuzan, we'll talk about it later.

After Lysia left, Aokiji raised his eyelids as if he sensed something, stood up suddenly, ducked into the corridor, raised a hand and put it on the person's shoulder, and then his cold breath hit his face.

"Hey ~ Aoki, you are really brave. Forget it about telling the kid, do you still want to stop me from catching her back?" Kizaru raised his eyebrows and looked at Aoki in front of him.

"I'm just trying to reduce unnecessary repair costs for my headquarters. You can't stop her now."

The two looked at each other for a while. After an unknown amount of time, Kizaru finally shrugged in compromise and turned back to his room. As he walked, he said: "Then I'll just pretend that I'm asleep. You owe me a favor, Aoki~ "

"You can count."

……

Lesiya was so aggressive all the way that she pushed open Garp's door without thinking. However, the panic, anger, uneasiness, and eagerness in her heart all came to a halt when she saw the scene in front of her.

The Japanese-style room that was slightly larger than his own was occupied by the dawn that had just broken. Garp was sitting in front of the window with his back to the door. The orange-red morning glow filled the sky, but in the blink of an eye it dyed the sky. The endless light blue and white clouds are dyed by bunches of golden light.

He was facing the light like that, with his head hanging down. The golden outline clearly showed his sobbing back. The broad back that could carry her and Luffy when they were young had been bent deeply.

That's right... How is Grandpa Garp better than me?

That was the Ace he had watched grow up.

It was Ace who could make him proud even if he became a pirate.

Even though he had never properly called "Grandpa", Ace let him experience the feeling of being a grandfather for the first time.

Lysia suddenly lost her voice, and all the words she wanted to ask were stuck in her throat.

For some reason, belated tears suddenly blurred her eyes. She held on to the door frame and knelt down on the ground weakly, as if all her strength had been taken away. She stretched out both hands to cover her mouth tightly, not letting go. Make some noise yourself.

No...don't cry in front of grandpa...

Isn’t it already decided...

Didn't he make the decision when he saw Garp secretly worrying about Ace and Luffy's backs?

He decided that since the two of them could not become marines according to his grandfather's expectations, sooner or later he would have to make a choice that he could not bear for his grandfather, stand on their opposite side, and protect them.

Grandpa just needs to be a hero of the navy, Ace and Luffy just need to take risks freely, and leave the rest to her.

"Xiaoya..."

Garp looked sideways slightly, the golden afterglow reflected in his eyes, full of vicissitudes of life.

"Can you come over and talk to grandpa?"

Lysia wiped the tears on her face haphazardly, walked towards Garp, and gently knelt down beside him.

Garp took her hand and gently touched the red mark on Lysia's wrist after the experiment with his thumb. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"Do you have anything to ask? Grandpa can answer you."

Lysia shook her head gently, and a teardrop fell on her hand, like a water lotus that bloomed in an instant.

"I won't ask anymore...Grandpa...I won't ask anymore..." Lesiya choked up a little, sniffed, and her voice trembled.

Garp raised his hand and touched her head. His eyes passed over the visible red marks on her neck, elbows and other exposed skin, and his heart suddenly stung.

"Xiaoya, grandpa is sorry for you."

What kind of "hero" is he who is a "hero" in the Navy but can't protect his family?

"That's not the case." Lysia lowered her head and hid all the emotions in her eyes, "I was too impulsive."

Garp sighed, and the birds outside the window flew across the sky, leaving no trace on the pure sky.

"Do you want to see Ace?"

Lesiya was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly with tears on her face: "Yes, yes...go to see him."

"Okay, grandpa will take you there."

-

Chambord Islands, Island 44.

Xiu, Kerla, Haku and Ahilu arrived as dawn crossed the sky. The disguised merchant ship anchored here and the four of them got off the ship.

"Miss Kerra, Mr. Haku and Miss Ahiru, I'll go find Xiwu first. After all, he doesn't like too many people to disturb him." Xiu made the decision and said to a few people: "Don't worry about me."

The three of them also knew that Xiu didn't need to be overly protective, as that would arouse suspicion, so they thought about it briefly and then agreed.

"Then let's look around for people with characteristics and keep in touch. If there is any accident, please inform us immediately." Haku said.

"it is good."

After parting ways with the three of them, Xiu headed towards the island No. 13 that Xiwu had mentioned before. It had to be said that the Shampoo Islands were really prosperous. This was the first time for Xiu, who had never stepped out of the West Sea, to come to such a prosperous place.

After all, Baldigo is a bit too "inconspicuous" relatively speaking.

If it were normal, he would have visited all of the Chambord Islands out of curiosity, but at this time, he was thinking about Selindona and was not in that mood at all.

Island No. 44 was still some distance away from Island No. 13. Xiu quickened his pace, but on the way he had to pay attention to the discussions of the people around him, because almost everyone was holding newspapers and discussing the same two things.

……

"You said that the Navy set the execution date of 'Fire Fist' Ace in Marinevando, is that just to use all its troops?"

"Of course! The opponent is that Whitebeard! The legendary pirate."

"Hey, this war is definitely not going to be small. I heard that the navy has started to let the residents of Marinefando take refuge."

"Ah? Then we won't be affected too, right? Shampoo is not far from Marineland. I heard that Whitebeard can cause tsunamis."

"No way...right? How could I know..."

"Hey, I'm scared. And this, this, the navy promoted Lieutenant General Lysia to general in advance, is it also to resist Whitebeard's attack?"

"I don't know, but if Admiral Kuroko is here, maybe the navy can win! Think about it, no matter how powerful Whitebeard is, he is still an old man, and no matter how powerful his pirate group is, they can't break through the defense of the four generals. Bar?"

"That's what you said. If Ace, the "Fire Fist", is really rescued from such a personnel setup, wouldn't the Navy man lose his fortune?"

"Shhhhh...please keep your voice down!"

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was so excited."

"Hey, having said that, I don't know who I heard from before, saying that 'Fire Fist' Ace, who was also born in the East China Sea, and General Jianghu knew each other before and had a pretty good relationship."

"Huh? Who did you listen to?"

"I can't remember. I just have this impression. Do you think this is true or false? After all, the two of them are similar in age. Maybe they were young lovers before. If the war starts, will they suddenly turn against each other? "

"I don't know about this, it's unlikely... Admiral Jianghu was personally trained by the Marshal and 'Hero' Garp in the Navy since he was a child. If he is really related to pirates, wouldn't it be a big joke? Hahaha Ha ha……"

"That's what you said, the love between a navy and a pirate...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha it's not possible."

"Your idea is really terrible. Is it possible for General Jianghu to give up his position as general in order to save Ace the Fire Fist? Don't be joking. If it were true, I would——"

"Hey!"

The conversation between the two was suddenly interrupted. Xiuya, who was renting a bubble car and wanted to speed up his journey while listening to the conversation between the two, looked over in surprise.

Kidd looked down at the two people talking, took the newspaper in their hands, crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground, then raised his left foot and stepped on it to chase it away.

"I don't want your tongue anymore. I'll cut it off for you to pickle with wine and vegetables."

Kidd glared at the two of them, the dagger on his chest glowing white.

The two of them were frightened. As residents of the Chambord Islands at the entrance to the new world, they knew the supernova Kidd, and they had also heard about the recent gathering of all eleven supernovae.

The moment they saw Kidd, the two of them stepped back and apologized: "Yes... I'm sorry!"

After saying that, he staggered away and disappeared.

Kidd didn't chase him. He rubbed his head irritably and asked Kira behind him: "Hey, did she tell you about her relationship with Ace, the Fire Fist? Do they know each other?"

"She didn't say, I don't know, but what if, after all, the news is not groundless."

"Tch." Kidd frowned and repeated the name they just mentioned in a low voice: "Jianghu...ha."