[One Piece/Arknights] For Whom the Ode Tolls?

dark. Ice cold. Stifling silence. And fear.

In Greta's memory, she only experienced this feeling when she was young - she was only two or three years old at that time, and had just learned to use basic Originium spells to fly. Her father, mother and just became a trainee. The messenger's brother took her on a picnic. The naughty bird climbed up the tree while the family was not paying attention, and waited happily for them to play peek-a-boo with him.

What happened then? She no longer remembers. During the long wait, the faces and voices of the family members have faded away, leaving only the red color, the silver armor of the knights of the religious order, and the black robes of the nuns of Jochebed.

Sister Jochebed of Langdon Abbey took Greta away, where she learned everything she should learn, such as letting go of the hatred between Sakaz and Rutland, and forgiving Sakaz who took the lives of her family. Of Kaz's blood, Shrike is also ready to risk her life to continue serving the Rutland Notary just like her parents and brothers - if not for that accident.

——What happened? This is where?

As consciousness gradually returned, Greta felt that everything around her was moving away from her.

The sounds, colors, and patterns were all dim gray and black. The only color was the yellow sweatshirt on Trafalgar Law's body, which had a large blood red stain on his chest.

In an instant, the Shrike's red nightmare found her again.

"——Gray!!! Pekin, Xia Qi, help hold her down!!!"

Trafalgar Law, who had been staying by the bedside, was the first person to notice that she woke up. When he saw the shrike's pupils suddenly shrinking, he then began to struggle violently, almost breaking free of the oxygen mask and infusion tube and rolling to the bed. When he was on the ground, he immediately called his men and asked the crew to carefully hold Greta down.

"Grey, Grey-it's me, Trafalgar Law, don't move, the wound will open-Greta!!!"

The sea of ​​blood surged over her head, drowning her consciousness again. The salty and bitter taste overflowed around her mouth and the corners of her eyes. Greta still remembered that she was carefully lifted down from the tree by a Sarkota. At that moment, through the gap between his uniform and his arms, the little girl saw her brother—his trainee messenger uniform coat had changed from white to dark red. Many, many people gathered around him. One of them, a woman with white hair and a white hooded coat, shook her head and said that he had lost his breath.

He was also wearing a yellow shirt at that time, and there was a large pool of blood right at his heart.

"No, if she continues like this she will suffer from excessive blood loss and go into shock again. Prepare a red injection and a sedative!"

The cold and sharp needle pierced the skin, and soon the medicine took effect. Luo slowly let go of the little bird that hung its head and fell asleep again, gently pushed her bangs that were hanging down in front of her forehead to both sides, and put Greta on his back. The hand on the edge of the hospital bed took it and stuffed it back into the quilt.

The person standing guard outside the ward was Portcas D. Ace. Among the four people rescued by the Heart Pirates, he was actually the least injured.

Even though he was punched through the stomach by the general, Akainu had already been severely beaten before. Greta's natural protection and strong physical fitness allowed Ace to move freely in only half a day, and then He began to ignore the doctor's orders and insisted on staying outside the ward of his brother and friends, waiting anxiously for them to wake up.

Jinbe woke up next, followed by Luffy.

The first thing the two of them did after opening their eyes was to ask about Greta's physical condition. When they learned that she was still in a deep coma, Luffy dragged the infusion tube and ran out of the ward, and stretched the wound to bleed heavily again. The irritable Luo threatened to take his heart.

"Then take it!" Unexpectedly, the Straw Hat boy would answer him like this. "It doesn't matter what I say! I'm going to see Gray! As long as I can save her, it doesn't matter if I die!"

After he finished speaking, he was lightly slapped on the head by Ace. Fire Fist, with red eyes and gritted teeth, scolded his stupid brother. Don't let Gray down. He should quickly get well and help her get revenge. , and then reluctantly persuaded Luffy to return to the ward.

Two days later, while they were resting briefly on Boya Hancock's island to replenish supplies, Luffy took a boat to Marineland and rang the Oaks Bell, announcing the end of one era and the beginning of another. and conveyed the news to his companions that in three days the muster would be changed to two years.

"Ace, I want to go to Rayleigh's place to practice," the young man who gradually regained his composure from the sad crying and waited for her to wake up outside the messenger's ward at regular intervals every day said to his brother, "I'm leaving tomorrow. When Gray wakes up, tell her this - in two years, I will become stronger, and I will be able to protect her by then."

"Wait a minute, Luffy! If you don't stay here and wait until she wakes up, you can tell her yourself."

"There's no time."

The boy who had learned a lot from the war, including the fact that he was still too weak, said this, opened the door to the ward, and stared at the pale woman on the bed from a distance.

"I must become stronger as soon as possible and defeat them!"

"I know," Ace was silent for a long time and sighed. After all, he still didn't persuade his stubborn brother. He just patted Luffy on the shoulder, "Then let me stay here and wait for her."

A week after Monkey D. Luffy became a disciple of "Hades" Rayleigh and went to Daughter Island to practice, he and the Whitebeard Pirates received good news from the Heart Pirates respectively.

Greta wakes up.

"That's it. It's great that daddy and little Oz are both alive."

Marco watched her murmuring to herself and lowering her head, not knowing how to comfort the depressed Shrike. He happened to raise his head and catch a glimpse of the figure passing outside the ward, and he quickly gestured to Trafalgar Law. .

Upon seeing this, the doctor wearing a spotted hat immediately opened the door and walked in. With an unfriendly expression, he motioned to the captain of the first team to get out quickly so as not to affect the patient's mood.

Half a month had passed since that terrible war, and Greta finally got the doctor's permission to leave the ward.

The first person to visit her was Ace, followed by Marco, who represented the Whitebeard Pirates.

The former captain of the First Division told Greta that Whitebeard did not die because of her talent, but his health was too bad and could no longer bear the next life-and-death battle - so with the red-haired mediation and advice, Edward Newgay Te finally decided to retire in seclusion and returned to the Sphinx Island where he was born to spend his remaining years.

Those of his pirate group who are willing to follow their father, entrust the ship to others, and settle on nearby islands with Whitebeard, while those who are still unable to give up their dreams need to break away from their father's wings and go to the ocean to face the cold on their own. It's stormy.

Most of the captains chose to accompany the former sea overlord to stay in the Sphinx. Fortunately, Shrike's previous management meant that even though the Moby Dick was burned and there was little treasure left on the ship, the Whitebeard Pirates The group's industries in various places can still support them to start again.

"I have decided to go to Shanks to train, in order to become stronger, and then defeat Teach... Blackbeard," Ace said, sitting next to the hospital bed peeling an apple for her, tilting his head in annoyance and looking at He accidentally burnt a piece of fruit flesh, "Tsk, it makes me very irritated when I talk about this. I'm sorry, I accidentally burned another one. Speaking of which, the red-haired Jesus on the boat is as worried about you as Little Oz." Ah, he also asked me to ask you about your next plans."

Greta, who is a bit of a germaphobe, picked up the apple with disgust and stared at the burnt black color on the skin. She didn't say anything for a long time: "Little Oz has returned to his hometown safely. If you have a chance, go see him again." Bar."

"Oh, yes."

"Where's Mr. Jinbei?"

"I'm back on Fish-Man Island. After dad disbanded the Whitebeard Pirates, there were a lot of idiots who were eager to get a share of the pie." At this point, Ace showed a look of disgust on his face. "I'll beat up every idiot I see."

Greta nodded in approval, her expression a little worried: "The residents of Fishman Island will be in danger again, the underground black market."

"Before this, you should consider your own affairs first."

The death surgeon's cold voice came, and the apple in front of Greta was passed into the trash can by his room. She muttered with some dissatisfaction, "This is such a waste of food." Then Luo passed it and put seven or eight oranges in it. ceramic plate in front of you.

Ace looked at the man standing aside with Gui Crying in his arms and staring at him, and then at Greta who was peeling oranges with one hand on the bed, feeling a little confused.

He always felt that the atmosphere between the two people was strange, but he couldn't say anything, but his intuition told him to get out of here. So Fire Fist chose to listen to the voice in his heart, said "Mr. Jesus Bu asked you to tell him when you wake up, I'm ready to pack my bags and leave, goodbye Gray" and ran away.

There were only two people left in the room again. After Greta concentrated on peeling the oranges, she realized that her resentful friend had run away. She looked at the smiling doctor standing beside her bed and intuitively felt that the doctor was very... Very, very angry.

Guilty, she turned the orange slice that she had picked up and was about to stuff it into her mouth. She raised a submissive and gentle smile and waved at Trafalgar Law: "Want to eat?"

The death surgeon put away his smile and looked at Greta expressionlessly for a long time. Finally, he let out a long sigh, took her wrist and gently pulled it up, and then bent down to take away the orange. .

"It's so sweet," he said with a frown, "Be careful of losing your hair if you eat so many sweets."