[One Piece] Mindless and unhappy

The blessings from seniors turned out to be really useful.

Haibara Ai stood on the side of the ship and looked at the ship on the other side of the sea. The Straw Hat Pirates flag printed on it was particularly conspicuous.

It was almost time for the sun to rise. She didn't wake up Moulton, but just went to the cabin to adjust the direction a little and let the ship sail slowly towards that side.

When Moulton stretched and rubbed his face, the Straw Hat Pirates' ship Wanli Sunshine was not far away visible to the naked eye. She was startled and turned to look at Haibara Ai.

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

Haiyuan Ai was holding a cup of freshly brewed coffee, and pointed at another cup on the small table next to their chairs with the other hand: "They should have been sleeping very deeply at that time."

Moulton touched the cup of hot coffee, went to wash up, and took a sip when he came back and sat back on the chair.

They were also seen on the opposite ship. After all, their ship was much smaller than the Wanli Sunshine. If they didn't make any special movements at night, the other party might not pay much attention to this side, but it was already daytime and you could see them as soon as you turned your head. See them hanging next to them.

"Do you need any help?" Sanji shouted to this side. He was even more excited when he saw that both of the two people on the boat were women: "Would you like some breakfast?"

Haihara Ai turned to look at Moulton. She had long dark brown curly hair, fair skin, a tall nose and freckles on both sides of her cheeks. This woman who appeared under the craftsmanship of the Shemale Queen looked similar to what Haihara Ai had seen before. The European and American people I have seen are very similar, and because the movements and postures are very natural, there is no awkwardness of some men suddenly turning into women. In addition, they are still inside the parasol, so the whole picture cannot be seen from Sanji's point of view...

"Sanji, I haven't seen you for a long time~" Haibara Ai heard Morton suddenly shouting with his throat pinched. It was different from the usual neutral smokey voice. This voice was extraordinarily artificial, which made She couldn't help but get goosebumps on her arms.

Sanji's expression froze the moment he heard this voice. When Moulton walked out from under the umbrella step by step to reveal the whole picture, Haibara Ai seemed to be able to see Sanji's whole body gradually becoming gray and then gradually petrochemical.

As if seeing the movement here, Nami looked over from beside Sanji and saw that Moulton had no reaction, but when she saw Haihara Ai on the other side, she stretched out her hand and said, "Ah! Is it you?!"

The Wanli Sunshine ship next door came to the side of the ship because of the movement here. Robin had a premonition the moment he saw Haibara Ai, but still listened to Nami continue to say: "The ship's doctor with white beard who has a new reward!"

Sanji also pointed at Morton and shouted: "Why are you here!!!"

Moulton swallowed back the strange female voice that was forced out of his mouth and resumed his normal speech: "We were passing by here and saw your ship and came over to say hello."

Because she didn't seem to recognize Haihara Ai at all on the ship over there, she didn't directly say that it was Haihara Ai who wanted to meet the crew of the ship.

While the Straw Hats were still listening to Sanji's painful lamentation about being chased by a demon for two years in the Kamabaka Kingdom, Robin smiled in the direction of Haibara Ai. Haibara Ai was stunned and also He pursed his lips and smiled.

"Isn't that Xiao Ai?" Robin gestured.

"Xiao Ai?!" Sanji pointed at Haibara Ai, "Shouldn't Xiao Ai be a young lady? How come she suddenly turned into such a great beauty!"

"Didn't Xiao Ai say that there was something to be resolved at that time? Maybe this is what needs to be resolved?" Robin guessed irresponsibly. Haibara Ai could naturally hear the conversation there without concealing the volume.

"It's indeed me." She moved the ship closer to the Wanli Sunshine. "I'm very lucky to have solved some things, so I'm back to normal. I'm very sorry for not saying this before."

Luffy waved his hand: "That's all a trivial matter, but if you are here, is Ace here too?" Then he shouted "Ace" several times.

"Ace didn't go all the way with me." Seeing Luffy still shouting, Haibara Ai answered.

"Eh? Why aren't you together?" Luffy was puzzled, but before Haibara Ai could answer, he took off his hat and looked at Ace's life card.

"...Eh? Is Ace walking this way?" He looked at the small piece of paper that had almost no movement before and was now shaking. According to the life card that Ace told him before, Judgment based on meaning.

Haiyuan Ai glanced at the small piece of life card that kept shaking: "Looking at the normal situation, this situation is indeed getting closer and closer to you, so the induction will become more and more obvious." But she was also a little uncomfortable. Confirmed, "But Ace's target is not here this time. Maybe there was some accident?"

Luffy stuffed the life card back into the separate compartment in his hat and put it back on his head: "We're going to meet Ace again soon!"

Robin also closed his eyes next to him, and a string of arms connected together to pull Hui Yuan Ai's ship closer to the Wanli Sunshine, and used his strength to let Hui Yuan Ai and Morton board the Wanli Sunshine.

Although Haibara Ai no longer looked like a child, he had met her before, so Morton put his arm around Sanji's shoulders and introduced himself as one of Sanji's teachers during the two years of special training. Sanji's expression was Constantly switching between pain and entanglement...

"Morton-chan, why did you hold your voice when speaking before?"

"Seeing you in pain really eases your mood." The current beauty who once sailed on the sea winked at Sanji.

With Chopper shouting "Stop the bleeding" in the background, Haihara Ai and Robin walked to the other side.

"How does it feel to have solved your own problem?" Robin asked her.

Hui Yuan Ai raised his hand and clenched his fist: "I obviously accomplished what I wanted to do, but I still feel a little empty."

The height difference between them was shorter than before. Robin patted her head: "Slowly find what you want to do. The sea is too big."

"But I have done some very interesting things recently." Haiyuan Ai suddenly thought of his research and brought some small portable medicine bottles over. "There is a hallucinogenic spray and a paralyzing powder. I go to sea many times. There’s so much, just take it.”

Robin held these small bottles in his hands and looked at them for a few times: "These look like really valuable things."

"Isn't that also a thank you for your understanding of me at that time." Haiyuan Ai looked at her and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Then you're welcome." After Robin accepted it, he teased Haihara Ai: "But our captain is not the only one who is curious, I am also curious, why did you go to sea alone this time?"

"He had something he wanted to do more, and I had other things to do, so we went to sea separately." Haiyuan Ai frowned and kept his expression. "And it's not like we are going to sea alone, we have Moulton with us."

"Little miss, what are you trying to hide?" Robin read out the nickname he called her before, and when she wanted to explain, he added, "If it was nothing, you wouldn't have the second half of the sentence."

"..." Haiyuan Ai paused and looked up at the person in front of her who was a head taller than her and could be considered a senior friend.

"How can I have the sun?"

This question made Robin stunned for a moment, and suddenly she felt that she and Haibara Ai were not that similar.

If Robin has been in the dark for a long time, the warmth he once grasped was too small, but he always felt that he could not get the sunlight, so after he really got the warmth of his companions, the only thing he could pursue was to continue to interpret historical texts. , in order to achieve the goal that I have had since childhood, this is enough.

Then Hui Yuan Ai longs for the sunshine in the darkness, even if she really feels that she cannot get the light, but once she has the light, she will have more greedy desires, more desires, and longing for this light to be closer. A little, can be a little warmer.

"Sunshine is an essential thing for life. I regard sunlight as nutrients, but you regard sunlight as soil...?" Robin thought about the difference between the two of them in this regard.

"You want to have the sun, but have you ever thought that maybe the sun also wants to come to you?" she said.

Hui Yuan Ai shook her head directly: "Impossible."

Once she brought Haihara Ai into her true self and looked at the relationship between her and Ace, Robin always felt that it was not as absolute as Haihara Ai said, but she had to judge this kind of thing by herself. She understood the situation. There is no interface, just blowing air together against the side of the ship.

Although I feel that Robin's statement is impossible from the bottom of my heart, this statement can be regarded as opening up a new way of thinking for Haibara Ai.

——What if.

She took out the life card belonging to Ace from her pocket, shaking it more frequently than Luffy did just now.

"This kind of magnitude, I think it may be because not only Luffy has Ace's life card, but I also have it, so the two are attracted to each other, right?"

Hui Yuan Ai pinched the corner of the life card, stuffed it into his pocket, and said casually.

Robin responded: "You can believe that he is really close."

"It would be even more sad if you had your hopes up but failed to achieve them." Haiyuan Ai turned around and leaned against the railing of the ship. "What's more, I know his recent approximate location, so it's even less..." Maybe...

Before she could finish her words, she heard Ace's voice coming from over there.

"Yo! Luffy!!"

Robin let out an unintelligible "Whoa" next to her.

Haiyuan Ai was really frightened at this time. She naturally knew that Ace's purpose was to pursue Blackbeard. She chose to return to the Moby Dick, so the two of them traveled separately. According to normal circumstances, they had not If he received news about Blackbeard's arrest, Ace would naturally be on the way to pursue him.

She stood up straight and looked in the direction of the sound. Ace was standing on that ridiculously small ship heading straight for the Wanli Sunshine.

Ace seemed to have seen her standing on the bow of the boat and shouted "Xiao Ai".

Luffy also ran out of the cabin and looked at the boat, and then he pulled the boat and Ace to the Wanli Sunshine.

Ace used Luffy's pull on the boat to jump to the side of the boat, rolled over and landed firmly. Then he greeted Luffy and patted him on the head, and then explained to Haibara Ai why he was here. reason.

"We went after Blackbeard. When we were approaching Baldigo, Sabo received news from the Revolutionary Army, saying that Blackbeard's pirate group had no cadres stationed in Baldigo and it was time to destroy the island. Then they fled. , the Revolutionary Army arranged to change the headquarters, and Sabo rushed to the new headquarters to discuss the follow-up development. He said that at this time, Blackbeard had clearly offended many people, but he was still so arrogant, dragging the Revolutionary Army into it. The opposing camp must have made preparations in advance, so let me take it easy first." Ace scratched his head again, "I just went in the direction of the life card. I thought I could see Luffy, but I didn't expect you to come too. Here."

He suddenly thought of what Haiyuan Ai was doing at that time, and asked, "Is dad okay?"

Haihara Ai nodded: "Dad is fine now. I wanted to come out and take a look, and I happened to meet Luffy."

Ace breathed a sigh of relief, then hugged Haihara Ai's shoulders carelessly: "Margao said before that you didn't know where to start, but I didn't expect it to be solved so quickly."

Hui Yuan Ai pushed his arm and frowned: "I have been studying it for several years?! Get out of here."

Ace smiled and pretended not to hear. He moved the arm around her shoulders and hugged her arm with him. He put his other hand on the top of her head and rubbed it hard. He stopped when she took a deep breath and was about to get angry. Let go and stand still.

The anger that Haiyuan Ai had just risen was suddenly relieved by Ace's timely release, resulting in no stronger emotion except being speechless.

She glanced at Ace and couldn't help but roll her eyes. Then she turned around and saw that the crew members on the airship were silently watching the two of them quarrel. She couldn't help but clicked her tongue.

Sanji was trying to smooth things over: "Ah, it's Brother Luffy! Do you want to eat with us today? You cooked a lot of meat."

Ace naturally responded, then ran over and surrounded Sanji with Luffy, shouting "Meat! Meat! Eat meat!".

Sanji gave each of the two carnivores, who had followed them all the way to the kitchen door and tried to put their poisonous hands on the ingredients, a slap in the face, and then slammed the kitchen door shut.

Robin held up the archaeological document in his hand and turned a page, then motioned for Huihara Ai to sit down as well.

"Well, anything is possible."

This kind of magical coincidence made it difficult for Haihara Ai to explain for a while. What's more, there were so many coincidences that she couldn't help but feel that some scenarios were not completely impossible, but she couldn't say anything that would definitely work. .

"...Let nature take its course." She responded.

After finishing the meal, Haibara Ai asked Sanji about the ingredients, intending to fulfill the blueberry peanut butter sandwich that he and Robin had mentioned at that time. After asking again, he found that everyone was very curious, and planned to make a little more for dessert after the meal.

The preparation of blueberry peanut butter sandwich is quite simple, but few people in this world seem to eat these combinations together. When she was studying in the United States, she stayed in the laboratory for a long time, and she didn’t like eating hamburgers every day. She always felt it was too much. It was greasy. At first, Miyano Akemi tried to make this kind of mix for her when she spent Christmas with her, but she fell in love with this sweet sandwich out of hand.

She heated the toast and spread a layer of blueberry jam first, then put a layer of toast on top and then spread peanut butter. Although both jams are sweet, they may even seem a bit sweet when eaten alone, but together they are Together they would be more harmonious. The rich aroma of peanut butter contained a hint of fruity sweetness, which alleviated the monotonous sweetness. After covering the last layer of toast, she chose to cut the sandwich in half instead of cutting it in half. Smaller, and then stuck with a small fork.

When she brought it out, the group of people who were at the dinner table were still sitting there waiting for her. They were very proud to see her bring the toast to the table, and each of them poked a piece into their mouth.

"It's delicious." Robin raised her eyebrows and sighed when she took the food. She prefers sandwiches, and the two sauces themselves are very sweet, but when mixed together, they diluted each other's sweet taste.

Sanji, as a professional chef, also gave a high level of approval: "The combination of these two flavors is really unique. The blueberry sauce adds a little refreshing to the heavy sweetness of peanut butter, which is delicious."

He added: "Miss Haiyuan is really outstanding. From appearance to inner to ability, she is very admirable."

As soon as these words came out, Moulton casually answered: "Xiao Ai is excellent in every aspect. I like her very much."

"What do you like, you damn shemale!" Sanji just turned around and yelled at Morton, but when he saw Morton's beautiful face, he couldn't help softening his tone, "But Miss Haibara is indeed very popular. like."

"Ah, I'm really liked by people." Ace answered. As the person who has known Haihara Ai for the longest time, he was sure of this.

Hearing Ace's words, Robin raised her eyebrows and turned her attention to Haihara Ai herself, but looking at her calm expression, she felt that Ace might just be expressing his approval of his companions.

Luffy finished the last sandwich placed in front of him on the table, and was ready to look at the plates of the others on the table: "I also like Xiao Ai very much, but we already have the most powerful ship's doctor on the ship!"

Hearing this, Chopper couldn't help but squirm and said that he still needed to work harder, but Ace had already retorted: "Xiao Ai is the most powerful ship doctor!"

"Chopper is the one!" Luffy refused to be outdone.

Sanji moved the plate in front of him, leaving Luffy's hand empty: "What you say you like is different!"

"What's the difference! Doesn't Ace like Xiao Ai too?" Luffy tried to find an ally.

"She's so awesome, so it's not surprising that she likes her." Ace slapped Luffy's extended hand away and stuffed the remaining sandwich on his plate into his mouth, but he hesitated, "But it seems that he likes her in a different way."

Luffy did not expect that Ace would not stand with him at this moment and asked him: "What's the difference?"

Ace thought for a while: "Maybe it's because I want to have a cute daughter who looks like her."

Ignoring the shocked looks of everyone at the table, Luffy looked confused: "What?! Do you have a daughter?"

Ace waved his hand and ignored the rest of the people at the table, including the other person involved in the topic who was so shocked that he was speechless, and said, "If so, then you are my uncle."

"Okay!" Luffy put the plate on the table and joined hands with Ace to discuss the non-existent "niece".

There was some strange silence on the table after they both walked away, and Moulton asked first: "...just companions?"

Robin turned his head: "Isn't it possible...?"

Haiyuan Ai pursed her lips. She didn't even know what was going on. She just shook her head to express that she didn't know, then stuffed her sandwich and walked out of the restaurant.

Luffy had already taken a nap on the bow of the boat, holding the lion's head, while Ace was leaning on the railing on the side of the boat to look at the scenery. Hearing the noise from behind, he unexpectedly saw Haibara Ai walking over.

She frowned and looked really unhappy, "...What nonsense did you just talk about?"

Ace didn't answer her, and changed the question, changing the person answering from himself to the other person, "Who are you looking at now?"

"Ace!" Hui Yuan'ai frowned as he changed the subject.

"When we first met, you often looked at your former friends through me." Ace leaned against the railing, leaning his elbows back against the railing. He tilted his head slightly, and then asked again: " So who are you looking at now?”

Haihara Ai understood what Ace meant in an instant.

When they first met, she once said that he looked like a friend of hers.

"I'm looking at you." Haiyuan Ai closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he looked in the direction of Ace, and his shadow was everywhere in his eyes.

Maybe she couldn't tell the difference when they first met, maybe she was still confused during the familiarization process, so now when her eyes are focused on Ace, there must be only Ace.

He and Kudo Shinichi were as different as they were similar, and she could already tell the difference between them.

So she repeated it again: "I'm looking at you, Ace."

Ace smiled and possessed him. There was not much difference in height between the two of them, so when he lowered his head, he happened to be at the same height as Haibara Ai's eyes.

"So, Luffy will be an uncle, right?"

"I didn't promise anything." Hui Yuan Ai pushed his face away.

Ace followed Hui Yuan Ai's force and turned his face away, then stood up straight and spread his palms.

"Would you like to continue exploring the sea with me?"

Haibara Ai clearly wanted to say, "Originally, the Whitebeard Pirates all roamed the sea together," but when she raised her eyes and her eyes touched Ace, she was choked back.

He had no light behind him, but his eyes were shining.

——"Okay, I agree."

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