[comprehensive] red tide

She was close at hand, but he didn't dare to really reach out.

She looked at him with a slightly raised face. She looked strange, even the color of the pupils was different, but...the eyes seemed to be somewhat surprised and puzzled, exactly the same as 20 years ago.

Aokiji only felt a little dizzy in his head, like an illusion, as if the person in front of him vaguely overlapped with that small figure in the O'Hara Forest in the West Sea.

That day, the little group of children also raised their faces to look at him in the same way, with innocent and dazed expressions on their delicate brows, but the pair of night sea blue pupils would produce the illusion of cold air after looking at him for a long time. , so she couldn't see the strange color in his eyes at that time...

The hands that fell beside her were clenched into fists, and the nails pierced into the flesh, causing a sharp pain. Aokiji heard herself saying to her, "You are still young, you should go to other islands to enjoy your life wantonly, don't stay in such a dangerous place .”

After the words fell, Qingzhi sighed imperceptibly. Back then...he said similar things. At that time, he wanted her to leave out of his sincerity, and it is the same now.

The war that is about to start a few days later is as cruel as the destruction 20 years ago. He wants to protect her, and he wants her to live in peace.

And this may also be the last time, his rationality overwhelmed the wanton clamor of crazy thoughts... So, let's go~ Miss, run away before all the mistakes have started.

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She looked at him quietly, then buried her head again after a long time, and said in a low voice, timidly like a gnat, "I'm sorry."

Leaving behind a vague answer, she tightened her arms, holding the things in her arms, and trotted past him.

Aokiji's gaze chased the flustered figure until she disappeared around the corner, then he closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were tightened into a line to hide the bitterness of the dangerous decision.

He knew that she would not follow his advice.

Although he still doesn't know what she wants to do, she will definitely refuse to leave before her goal is achieved. Just like back then, he even warned him despite the secrecy system, and finally saw him by Hagevard. Saron's side she.

His soft heart meant nothing after all, her stubbornness was cut off for the last time, and he returned to a peaceful retreat.

With no way out, he had no choice but to walk in the chosen direction without hesitation.

One 20 years has already been missed, and he has no next 20 years to waste. If it is destined to be entangled, then he will follow his fate, get her, rub her into his flesh and blood, and will not let her go until he dies.

Opening his eyes, Aokiji lowered his head, slowly let go of his hands, stared at the bloody palm, he was dazed for a long time, as if he heard something in the depths of his blood suddenly collapse, and the delusion that had been suppressed for many years suddenly broke free from custody.

He slowly raised his hand to cover his eyes, the eyes revealed between his fingers, in the empty place, struggling little by little to drown in the bottomless madness.

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Aokiji waited for a long time before coming out of the bathroom. When he walked to the lobby, he had already calmed down his emotions under a calm and calm expression. By the way, he also had the energy to pretend to complain to the person in charge. "Ah, what, there are some problems in it that are temporarily closed."

"Eh?! I'm so sorry, we will send someone to repair it immediately!"

Waving his hand to stop the staff from apologizing in a hurry, Aokiji twitched the corners of his mouth, "There is no need for maintenance, it's for personal reasons, so what, I have this authority, right?"

"Of course! Your Excellency General Aokiji!"

"Well, let's do it like this—" Walking out for a while, after thinking about it, Aokiji turned his head again, looked at the confused person behind him who didn't dare to question, squinted his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Did anything happen before I came?"

"Uh—I'm really sorry." He hesitated for a moment, and the soldier in charge of the bathroom stammered back, "I have something to do temporarily..."

"Oh~ so..." Aokiji raised his eyebrows, "You didn't see who went out just now?"

"I'm so sorry!"

"Well~ just don't do this next time." Seeing the panic on the other side's face, Aokiji also dismissed the idea of ​​asking why such a weird accident happened, and left a sentence that was not considered persuasion , then turned around slowly.

Speaking of which, he did not see the person in charge of the bathroom before he came, but he was used to it and didn't care. Who would have thought that going in after taking a shower and planning to soak in the hot spring to relieve fatigue would have such a...wonderful experience?

So, whether it's an accident or man-made... he can let the past go, eh~

It's just that no one should use that hot spring pool anymore, right?

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General Aokiji, who has been busy all day long, after taking a bath and a wonderful accident, his tired body was cleaned up. Standing not far away, looking at the maintenance sign hanging on the door of the big bathroom, the only unhappiness left in his heart dissipate.

So he took a step forward, walking towards a certain cafeteria at a leisurely pace under the warm and dry sea breeze in the twilight.

That person was tricked by Ghost Spider's adjutant to the headquarters to serve as a temporary secondment officer. Aokiji knew about this. Of course, he also knew about the huge commotion in the Chambord Islands yesterday.

Even, the moment the man left Marineford, Aokiji also had a premonition. It was a very strange feeling that could not be explained in detail, but he could indeed sense it vaguely.

It's just that compared to Huang Yuan's uneasiness, Qingzhi didn't panic much, because he knew that she would come back in the end.

He understood her, that person was very daring, and she would not give up on what she had planned, even if the future was uncertain, and then she really came back as he thought.

As for the bruises behind her ears and neck at the bathroom door, why didn't he get angry then...

The pace of the march paused without a trace, Qingzhi pursed the corners of his lips, he had no reason to be angry, because he would leave more marks on her in the near future.

Over the years, sometimes he hated her. At first he hated her for disappearing without a trace, and later he hated her for not actually meeting her at his best age.

However, if there is no love, how can there be hatred?

He has never dared to grow old, and it was because of her jokes. She asked him not to continue to grow old, and let him marry her on a bicycle one day.

I believe that few people in the world will remember what a child said, but Aokiji took it seriously.

Or it should be said that he was serious about himself, knowing that she was just talking casually, for his own delusional thoughts, he forced it to be a promise.

The essence of love is such a thing that people cannot look at directly, it is poison wrapped in honey, after stripping off the beautiful illusion, greed, jealousy, madness, the pain of wishing for it, will make him lead her into the abyss together.

Perhaps 20 years ago, she had already seen through him, and the white darkness like a disaster was a prophecy.

She and them are each other's doom.

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After a while, when the destination could be seen from a distance, Aokiji saw his colleague walking there from another direction at the same time, and the other party also saw him.

In the dim sky, the people standing under the tree-lined road stopped walking, raised their hands, but did not speak, and waited until Aokiji walked past, and then said in a low voice, "Yeah - it's strange, you are walking around today. Way to come?"

Raising his eyebrows, Aokiji snorted in a low voice, "Aren't you the same?" While speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the building more than ten meters away, with a half-smile in his eyes, "Polusalino, I remember you I have always disliked eating in public canteens."

The two looked at each other, and each snorted. Afterwards, Huang Yuan straightened his cuffs, stretched his voice, and said meaningfully, "Special treatment in special times~"

Originally intending to continue to say something, when the thought came up, Aokiji suddenly sensed a different kind of breath brought by the wind, it was the same person who came here, and then he gave up his intention of stabbing his colleagues, "Together? "

"Hey~ Of course, it's rare for me to eat in the public cafeteria." Huang Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth, smiling quite happily, "I heard that the taste here is very good."

Hearing what he said, Aokiji narrowed his eyes slightly, but his expression remained calm, and he continued to walk towards the building.

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Because it is responsible for the meals of thousands of generals and soldiers in the entire headquarters, several public canteens in the Navy headquarters have always been the busiest places, and because the number of people stationed on the island recently has exceeded any previous period, even if the logistics department seconded personnel from the commercial area, Still can't keep up.

Therefore, these days in Marineford, the soldiers' meals are divided into time slots, so that the canteen staff will not be overwhelmed by hungry young people who come at once.

The normal three meal times belong to the soldiers who are stationed in the headquarters. Those who are on duty are slightly delayed, and the generals are even later.

At the time when Qingzhi and Huangyuan arrived, after two peak periods, the cafeteria seemed a little empty. In the lobby that accommodated hundreds of people, there were only a few scattered tables among the long tables and chairs.

At a glance, Aokiji only saw a few familiar faces, of course none of them were under his command, but...

"Yeah - Matthew knows how to think about his boss~ If I knew it, I would have transferred him to my side." Huang Yuan smiled slowly, while nodding in response to the two generals who came in and hurriedly got up general.

"You've got it~" Aokiji lowered his voice as he walked towards the seat near the kitchen, "Matthew heard that it was the ghost spider who recommended him to enter the navy, and he was also the child he brought out from the South China Sea."

The reason for being so loyal is not to repay the life-saving grace of the year... Not to mention poaching, Aokiji heard that the adjutant of Ghost Spider even refused to be promoted many times.

"I've heard of that too." Huang Yuan shrugged, sat on the chair Qingzhi pulled out for him, and smiled carelessly, "Ghost Spider also said that next year the adjutant will be driven to the branch."

"It's really a waste for him to stay in the headquarters as an adjutant. It's better to go out to practice." Looking at the menu card in his hand, Aokiji didn't lift his eyelids, "The situation will start to be turbulent after a while, and it should be young people." When it comes to prominence."

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Sitting in the selected seats, the two whispered some trivial topics, and after a while, someone from the kitchen hurried over.

After randomly ordering some dishes on the menu, Aokiji raised his eyes to look at the people standing beside him, his eyes jumped slightly, and then he heard Huang Yuan laughing and said, "Yeah - you don't have any seconded people here. ?”

The man in the uniform of the Navy's Logistics Department looked stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand, and quickly answered with a smile, "Yes~ I just came back from a shift break."

"Oh~ I heard that the girl made sober tea well, please ask her to prepare it for me later, can you?" Huang Yuan smiled even more happily, "I drank it at the ghost spider before~"

Aokiji decisively turned his eyes white and didn't blink at his colleague who was telling lies, but he didn't expose the lie, he just quickly looked away, and also stared at the logistics staff without changing his expression.

After writing down the dishes that the two generals needed, by the way, I received a hint that the logistics staff rushed back to the kitchen, and after waiting for a while, Aokiji saw the man pushing the dining car out.

She wore her hair in a drape, and she was also wearing the same special uniform for the logistics personnel of the headquarters, with a white apron tied around her waist, and she stared at him calmly.

An An quietly arranged the food for them, and then she pursed the corners of her lips, raised her eyes, and stood still without speaking.

Aokiji looked at her for a few seconds pretending to be unintentional, then lowered his eyes, picked up the chopsticks and before he started, he heard the sound of steady footsteps walking towards them.

"Your Excellency, General." It was the voice of the person they were talking about just now, the ghost spider's adjutant Matthew.

When Aokiji squinted from the corner of her eyes and saw someone standing next to her intentionally or unintentionally, she continued, "Miss Anna, please prepare a dinner for the lieutenant general, and send it with me later, is that okay?"

"Hey~ Matthew, you are really doing your best for the ghost spider~" Huang Yuan Shi laughed out loud, paused, and then said with some meaning, "By the way, help me prepare a hangover tea, and give it to me together." Come to my office, Miss Anna."

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The man nodded expressionlessly, then turned and returned to the kitchen. He remained silent the whole time. After Adjutant Matthew also took his leave and returned to his original seat, Aokiji said in a low voice, "Bonusalino——"

He called his colleague's name, but there was nothing else to say. He just gave him a warning look from an angle that others couldn't see.

Aokiji probably knew what the yellow monkey was doing, probably because she was not happy to see the ghost spider's behavior towards her.

He got her into the headquarters through secondment, and then sent a message to the logistics department to specially assign her to the area he was in charge of, and even gave her a separate room.

Within seven days of the war, I want her to be my own...

Some people have noticed something about the ghost spider's mind in recent days.

Although Aokiji was not very happy, Huang Yuan kept meddling, otherwise the other generals would notice, at this moment when the mountains and rains are about to come, he doesn't want that person to be exposed because of their abnormal behavior.

Not to mention the man himself is extremely alert, so restrain yourself, Bonusalino!

If it really scares her to run away...