One Piece: I am the Master of Black Magic

As the night got darker, everyone hanging on the crossbar went back to sleep with their thoughts on their minds.

The recent training has been too intense and my body really needs a good rest.

Only Sauron and Annie were left at the scene, leaning against each other and staring silently at the crescent moon in the sky.

The sound of wind blowing by his ears still never stopped, and the black and white hair tangled across his shoulders and neck.

"I always seem to be walking behind you."

The man's slightly magnetic voice was hoarse and low, ringing muffledly in Annie's ears.

The voice was soft, but full of bitterness.

So many years have passed, but I am still the same as before, unable to do anything or help.

Darkness filled his eyes, and in the desolate night, his whole person seemed particularly gloomy and lonely.

He was never a swordsman genius.

This is something he has known since childhood.

Therefore, he can only work harder than others and endure hardships more than others.

Severe cold, scorching heat, wind and sun.

He practiced hard every day and never dared to be lazy.

It takes a hundredfold effort to make yourself stronger little by little.

After being together for so long, Anne had already figured out his character.You don't even need to look at his expression to know what he is thinking.

"I probably don't quite understand your feelings and can't empathize with you.

After all, I have lived in the praise and flattery of people around me since I was a child, and I am a genius in everyone's eyes. "

She smiled, not blushing in the slightest at her boast.

"However, the success of geniuses is certainly amazing, but it is even more admirable for ordinary people to reach the top with their own perseverance."

"I once said this to Usopp, and it also applies to you."

Annie put her ear against his heart, and the steady and powerful heartbeat beat against her eardrums.

It is full of vitality and a future with infinite possibilities.

"You were born in this world, but it has only been more than twenty years, but with your own perseverance and courage, you have climbed to the top of this sea step by step."

"Don't internalize, don't compare."

"Because you will be much stronger tomorrow than you are today."

"You've done a great job."

"That ultimate mission, I only believe in you, and only you can complete it."

His frown relaxed slightly, and he reached out to grab Annie's palm and intertwined their fingers.

"We'll be together forever, right?"

It's a question, but it's also a statement.

These days, that feeling of being visible and unable to grasp has been lingering in his mind.

He had already had a hunch that their final voyage would never go smoothly.

Today, when Annie said that she wanted to leave temporarily, he actually had a feeling in his heart that 'it's true'.

Annie nuzzled the crook of his neck, raised their interlocked palms, and placed a gentle kiss on his fingers.

A slightly cool touch fell on my hand, and my heart seemed to be gently teased by a feather.

The light of magic brightened and faded, and a silver ring reflecting the moonlight appeared on Sauron's middle finger.

His eyes suddenly opened wide, his pupils trembling slightly.

What followed was endless joy and pleasure that poured into his eyes.

Annie turned over the hands held by the two of them. On the white and slender middle finger, the ring of the same style reflected a faint halo.

"I will love you forever."

Until the soul dies.

The commitment is too heavy and I dare not make it easily.

However, loving you has already become my instinct.

How the war started, no one can remember.

At first, everyone thought this was just a small friction. As before, both sides were testing, guarding, and considering each other.Then he would carefully retract his fangs with a cold light.

But when the continuous flames of war spread to most of the sea, they realized that this turbulent sea and this turbulent situation had finally reached the point where they could no longer see anything.

Anne left one fine morning.

There is no reluctant farewell, no crying and crying to stay.

She just nodded to everyone calmly and left two words calmly.

"gone."

Put on a black robe, ride on a broom, and leave gracefully under the bright red glow of the sky.

Her companions stood at the bow of the boat and watched her off.

Everyone had gentle smiles on their faces, and their eyes were clear and clear.

The black back slowly turned into a small black dot, and finally disappeared from everyone's eyes.

"Wow~~"

The tears I had been holding back all morning suddenly burst into tears.

Merry, Chopper, Nami, and Luffy cried together, and their big tears fell on the floor like they were worthless.

Robin, Franky, and Usopp had red eyes and trembling lips.

The expressions of the remaining people did not fluctuate much, but their clenched fists and the bulging veins under their skin showed their inner unrest.

The sun rises slowly, and a new day begins for Straw Hat Tu.

When the crying of several people subsided, Zoro, who had been holding his hands and stroking the ring, remained silent and spoke.

"Let's go to training!"

This time no one complained. Everyone wiped away their tears, calmed down their emotions, and strode into the training room.

The light shining in his eyes was a determination he had never seen before.

Their lives actually didn't change much after Anne left.

In addition to training every day, there are also classes, and everyone has gained a lot.

Even Nami and Robin can clearly feel the improvement in their physical skills.

They didn't often miss Anne who was far away in Higali. After all, their daily schedule was full, leaving very little time for thinking.

Only at certain moments, like the empty seat at the dinner table.

For example, Sanji opened the warehouse that had been casted by the Traceless Stretching Charm and saw that it was filled with food and water.

For example, there are several intelligent robot assistants in the laboratory that Usopp and Franky often visit.

For example, there are piles of dazzling jewelry in Nami's safe.

For example, the library is organized into volumes, and the historical text materials are organized in an orderly manner.

For example, when the helmsman and navigator choose a course, they will always subconsciously open the channel of communicator No. 02.

For example, there are a whole wall of expensive musical instruments in the music room, and there are countless high-tech weapons and a wide variety of sniper rifles in the training room.

Whenever this happens, the longing that was originally suppressed in my heart will always burst out like a blowout.

Anne was busy and they all knew it.

I'm so busy that I barely have time to contact them.

They didn't dare to disturb her rashly, for fear of delaying her time and affecting her affairs.

Later, they could only catch some clues about her from the daily newspapers.

Zoro became even more silent.

In addition to caring about everyone's training progress every day, the rest time is to hold Murasame against the mast and look into the distance.

Luffy became more stable.

Without Anne to worry about everything on board, the decisions made on the ship were even more important.

Fortunately, Anne had arranged most of the things before she left.

Even, an agreement has been reached with the red-haired pirates in advance.

Nami and Robin were even busier.

They need to pay attention to the situation on the sea at all times, collect information, and be careful about everything about the world government.

Even the large fleet under his command must keep an eye on their movements at all times.

To prevent anyone from doing evil at sea under the banner of the Straw Hat Pirates.

It was also at this time that everyone realized how much work Annie had every day.

And how much do they rely on her.

The ship was still moving forward staggeringly along the pointer. The red-haired pirate group had agreed on a time and place with them. The day for the duel between the two pirate groups would come soon.

The war spread and the sea became turbulent.

Everyone clearly knows that this time, the World Government and the Revolutionary Army are serious about it.

Six hours have passed since the incident in which Lulucia destroyed the country.

Various reports were floating across the sea like snow from the sky.

This sudden disaster shocked the whole world.

The world government's thunderous methods also stun all revolutionaries.

The disaster happened too suddenly, and there is very little information. But judging from the tragic situation of no corpses left, no living beings, and the whole country and the islands being directly reduced to pieces of scorched earth, we also know how terrible the purgatory-like situation is. .

The whole world is still lamenting this tragic and vicious attack that shocked the world.

The scale of the war between the revolutionary army and the world government has risen to a new level.

Higali Island 1, Special Team Operations Office.

"You do not know?"

"You don't know about such a big thing?"

"There are still your own people on the island!"

"You don't need to remind me!"

"Do you think it's easy for us to train a lieutenant general?"

The person on the other side was obviously very angry, and the anger in his words could not be suppressed at all.

Annie suppressed the anger in her heart and reached out to pinch the painful forehead.

Unexpectedly, without Sabo bravely breaking into the World Government headquarters, Lulucia would still be destroyed.

Moreover, this country is still a franchising country!He is a loyal lackey of the World Government!

Fortunately, because they were too close to Marijoa, Higali didn't have many intelligence personnel in Lulucia.

The moment the black shadow appeared in the sky, those people had already crushed the teleportation necklace and left Lulucia directly.

"Then what's their situation now? Are they attacking indiscriminately?"

"I don't know!"

"During this period, the orders they issued completely bypassed me, and they even mobilized the navy without letting me know."

Akainu was obviously gnashing his teeth in hatred.

Where does that leave him if the world government acts like this?

He is a majestic marshal of the navy, and he doesn’t even need to know about mobilizing the navy!

And this time, Lulucia's country-destroying incident happened inexplicably without any warning.

There are checkpoints he set up to supervise pirates.

Since it was very close to Mariejoia, he specially arranged for a lieutenant general to lead troops to garrison it!

You know, the current navy is very short of personnel!

Speaking of this, Akainu thought of the dozen lieutenant generals who had disappeared in the Egghead incident.

"Speaking of which, Flying Squirrel, Dauberman, Stiers and the others are at your place, right?"

"Since we are a partnership now, shouldn't you return the person to me?"

Annie rolled her eyes.

Akainu always managed to inspire her rebellious nature easily.

"So far, our cooperation has been based on mutual benefits."

"Now that you are asking me for those captives, can you provide me with an equal price in exchange?"

Akainu's expression froze.

"We are cooperating, not trading!"

“Cooperation is also hierarchical.”

"But it was you who brought up the cooperation!"

"I didn't know you were so useless!"

"There is no intelligence, and my subordinates can't manage it well. Among the people who attacked my military base before, your soldiers were not in the minority."

A breath caught in my throat, neither going up nor coming down.

No one had ever spoken to him so bluntly and without mercy.

Even the five old stars would leave him three points of thin noodles.

But this bastard in front of me...

Even if he was angry, Akainu knew not to fall out with her.

Not just because they had a prior agreement.

The World Government has been blocking his military spending approval. If Anne hadn't provided some material assistance, he would have hundreds of thousands of mouths under his hands and he wouldn't be able to feed him at all!

Moreover, what she said was indeed true.

The World Government now only regards him as a mascot.

It has even begun to erode and annex the rights in his hands step by step.

What he found alone was that there were dozens of officials in the navy who took orders from the Five Old Stars.

There was constant pressure from above, but loopholes were taken advantage of internally.

Since he is short of manpower and has to take into account his cooperation with Annie, Akainu's recent life can only be summed up in one word.

tired!

A monster so powerful that it frightened countless pirates, but it happened to be exhausted mentally and physically by these tedious things.

Anne opposite seemed not to notice Akainu's strange silence.

"It's impossible for you to put those iron monsters back."

"Their resentment and hatred towards me is not trivial. If they knew you were cooperating with me, they might sell us out immediately and throw themselves into the arms of the World Government."

"However, there is someone who can lend it to you, but I don't know if you can accept it."

Annie's voice rose slightly, her tone was full of bewitchment, and she was looking forward to a good show.

Akainu raised his eyelids and probably guessed who she was talking about.

Although I was very reluctant emotionally, I was very hesitant when I thought about that person's working ability.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk~"

There was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

There was a creak, and a beautiful figure appeared at the door.

"Lady Anne, the meeting starts in 5 minutes, and the others are already here."

Her long blond hair was tied into a low ponytail, hanging loosely behind her head.

Kalifa, wearing glasses and professional attire, looked at Annie with a pile of documents in her arms, a very decent professional smile on her face.

"it is good."

Annie put down the pen in her hand and closed the file on the desktop.

"Would you like a word? I'm very busy."

"It's okay to hang up."

She shouted rudely at the other end of the phone.

There was a subtle sound of clothing rubbing against the other side. After a few seconds of isolation, I heard Akainu's helpless but low reply.

"want!"

"Remember to let him change his face!"

Annie raised the corners of her mouth slightly, her eyes full of interest.

"I understand. He will report on time at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Akainu looked at the hung up phone with a sullen face, his eyes getting darker and darker.

Forget it, his navy has already been in troubled waters anyway.

It doesn't matter if another party is involved.

At least, with this level of cooperation, people from the Revolutionary Army will not interfere with any of his decisions for the time being.

But, if this is the case, wouldn’t the previous crackdown they carried out become a joke?

ah~

Tired of heart!

Maybe he really isn't a political person?