[Pirates] Retired Knight's Logbook

【seventy three】

Andrea knew nothing about the fact that she was secretly added to the blacklist, or she wouldn't care if she found out.

Instead, she paid more attention to the title of King Shichibukai - after all, it was canonized by the World Government.

Let’s not talk about the deeper purpose of the World Government’s move... For an appointment of this nature, Andrea is very clear that it is to recruit and divide the backbone of the hostile forces.

The strongest people have their own forces that can compete with the navy, and they will definitely not be willing to submit to others. The group who are strong enough but not the strongest are the best candidates.

She thought about it for a moment and stopped thinking deeply - after all, this system didn't seem to be perfect yet.

However, she did not expect that this matter would soon have a follow-up.

Andrea was not in a hurry this time, had no particular destination in mind, and Alabasta was huge.

The first place they arrived was the port city of Rapeseed, and then they sailed to Eluma - an oasis city that was quite beautiful.

And the animal species in Alabasta are also very strange - species such as the amphibious turtle and the Sundora lizard are unique to this place.

However, although the big lizard looked scary, it still became a meal for the family of three. Just because Ace thought it looked delicious. Although after eating, Ace regretfully left a comment that it was not as good as water, water and meat. This made Andrea seriously suspect that this unlucky child was just because she didn't let him eat water and meat to his heart's content at that time, so he can't forget about water and meat now. .

However, the Water Capital was almost here, so Andrea didn't say anything about it.

And it was also here in Eluma that they met an acquaintance.

In other words, they are acquaintances of Ace and Andrea.

"What a coincidence, Mihawk!" Andrea showed a bit of surprise.

"Mihawk -" Ace also called out - although it had been a long time since he last saw Hawkeye, he had already remembered how to call out at that time, so naturally he still remembered the other person.

"Grow up, Ace." Hawkeye greeted in a calm tone, and then replied, "It's not a coincidence. I heard you were here in the rainy land, so I came here specially."

Yudi is not far from Eluma, just about a day's journey on the desert.

But before I say anything else to my friends...

Hawkeye: "Whose child is this?"

Andrea: "...Someone else's family now belongs to my family...Anyway, a lot of things happened in the meantime. Okay, don't use that expression of 'Do you have a habit of picking up children?' Look at me."

【seventy four】

After learning that Sabo was the son of a noble from the Kingdom of Goa, and that he was picked up by Ace after running away from home and became their child, Hawkeye erased his friend's label of "loving to pick up children."

Ace is quite familiar with Hawkeye. After all, he has lived in his house for almost a year, and has become so close to the baboons on the island where he lives that he even named him.

Meeting old friends in a foreign land is a good thing, but for Hawkeye Mihawk and Sword Demon Andrea, there is an even better thing - we haven't seen each other for four years, and your sword skills must have improved a lot. Make progress! Then come and discuss it quickly!

Both Hawkeye and Andrea are quite pure swordsmen when it comes to fighting.

This is also recognized by the two of them.

Although they also regard Shanks as a good friend, the three of them have a good relationship, and they also recognize Shanks's strength to rival the two... But if they want to choose a swordsman opponent they recognize, they will not hesitate. Choose each other hesitantly.

Just like Shanks would think of forming a pirate group, but these two would like to work alone - the swordsman will be strong because he protects people, but when it comes to fighting, he is an absolute lone ranger.

This wave of onlookers were naturally Sabo and Ace.

Ace was still there chewing the meat and commenting: "As expected of Mihawk."

Sabo was still a little nervous: "I feel like Mother Leia is different now from when she was fighting Shanks..."

Andrea also has different modes when fighting. When she is calm, she has an expressionless and serious face. When she is excited, she has a ferocious face that smiles. She is also full of murderous intent. She does not look like a good person but a villain—— After all, you can't expect people to smile and talk happily when fighting.

It was also because of this look, paired with her red eyes, that a group of pirates who were being beaten one-sidedly feared to call out the name Sword Demon.

However, there are very few occasions where she can get excited and take the initiative to release her murderous aura and the "I want to win" aura to confront the enemy.

Fighting Hawkeye is one of them.

Thanks to Hawkeye himself being a swordsman, he could turn a blind eye to the villain's expressions that lacked expression management, and only focused on the person's skills.

After the two of them finished their discussion and frightened everyone around except the two children, they stopped, exchanged compliments, and sat down to drink tea and chat.

This naturally led to the conversation about Shanks. After learning that Shanks later went to the East China Sea and met Andrea, Hawkeye was stunned for a moment and said bluntly: "When I met Shanks, he had no plans to go to the East China Sea."

Andrea was also stunned for a moment, thoughtfully—could it be...

She had some vague guesses in her mind, but she wasn't very sure. However, she definitely couldn't continue talking about this topic with Hawkeye. She directly changed the topic and asked about the other person's experience in the past few years.

But to a certain extent, the two of them are really similar, including this intermittent stay-at-home attitude - going out to sea to fight and exercise, and then living a relatively peaceful life, one raising a child and the other farming.

And while the two of them were drinking tea in peace... a third person came up to them.

At this point, most people would walk around these two people when they see them.

So the person who came to the door this time was not an ordinary person - it was a naval admiral, Sengoku.

【seventy-five】

When Sengoku arrived, Andrea was discussing with Hawkeye which kind of tea tasted better.

Or it can be said that Andrea unilaterally gave her good friend an advantage, and Hawkeye seemed to be listening but not listening.

Sabo and Ace were playing nearby.

Warring States looked at it, always feeling a little hesitant - it was previously rumored that Sword Demon liked red hair, which led to a fight between red hair and Hawkeye, but looking at it now... has it been reconciled?

And it was just a child before, so why is there an extra one... Oh, that one is blond, so that shouldn't be the case. The child with black hair must belong to these two people.

In fact, Sengoku had heard his adopted son Rosinandy mention this Miss Sword Demon before.

Luo Nandi is a Celestial Dragon. It was just that when he was a child, his father believed that the Celestial Dragons and ordinary people were the same kind, so he voluntarily gave up his identity as a Celestial Dragon and wanted to live an ordinary life... However, because his identity as a Celestial Dragon was exposed, he was retaliated by the common people and remained in poverty, even his mother. So he died of illness.

Later, due to some events, Rosinandi was adopted by Sengoku and joined the navy... Sengoku regarded him as his own son, and at the same time was a little worried about the impact of his past experiences on him...

So when Rosinandi came back one time and came to him excitedly and said, "I have found the ideal nobleman! The kind of person my parents wanted to be is real!", Sengoku was relieved and said to him: The "ideal noble" mentioned by the other party is somewhat curious.

And now he also saw the real person - not to mention other things... he understood why Rosinandi thought she was a noble.

That vague feeling did exist, especially when he saw the little blond boy following him.

It's just that the Warring States Period believed that Andrea was some kind of subjugated aristocrat who was secretly or in exile, and still maintained the aristocratic style... As for Sabo, he regarded Andrea as his maiden child.

However, gossip was not the purpose of his visit to the two of them. After Sengoku introduced himself, he explained his purpose of coming - hoping to invite Hawkeye to become the King of the Shichibukai.

Warring States also had their own concerns about such an operation - it was not that they were worried that they would cause trouble so they were recruited, but that they were the number one and powerful and could act as a deterrent.

Of course, Hawkeye didn't even give Shanks face. He directly rejected Sengoku with the tone that the weather was good today.

Warring States was not too surprised. He just said that the invitation would be valid for a long time. He looked at Andrea, who was sitting upright with her eyes lowered and drinking tea without intervening in the conversation. He said with a solemn face: "Miss Sword Demon. , the Navy wants to make a deal with you."