[comprehensive] red tide

That person's sense of existence finally disappeared, and my nerves, which had been stiff all night, were able to relax a little.

Fumbled and pulled the quilt, rolled it up and wrapped it into a silkworm cocoon, and blocked the gap that lacked an existence and made the wind cool. I curled the corners of my mouth and moved the angle a few times to change to a more comfortable position, lost in the air. Go to sleep.

When I woke up again, I first untied the cloth on my eyes. I got up and sat quietly hugging the quilt. I was in a daze for a while, and finally I slowly turned my head to look at the window.

The curtains were half-closed before going to bed, a thin slant of sunlight slanted in, fine dust particles fluttered along the lights and shadows, and it was already bright outside.

I closed my eyes and retracted my gaze. I shifted my gaze a few degrees and dropped it to the pillow. The dark blue tie that I just threw away was there alone. shut my eyes.

After staring at it for a long time, I stretched out my hand hesitantly, hooked the fabric with my fingertips, and carefully wrapped it around my palm.

Creamy and soft to the touch, dark blue that is close to black...the smell of that person still remains on it.

Like a forest in a world of ice and snow, and like a cold spring land.

It is more like a nightmare that even death cannot escape.

Tighten your fingers unconsciously, slowly raise your wrist, approaching bit by bit...

I woke up again in a flash, quickly threw away the tie that almost touched the corner of my lips, threw it far to the other side of the bed, jumped up by myself, and ran to the window with bare feet, staring at the dark blue line between the quilts, it was almost Like staring at a scourge.

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Last night that person actually...

I have decided to end all my mistakes, but unexpectedly that person is willing to restrain his behavior at the last moment. If he does this, I don't know what to do.

I'm used to stretching out my hand but failing again and again, and getting used to having nothing in the end. This is the fate of people in Meteor Street, and I can't blame anyone, let alone the world.

It was the same last night. I originally wanted to leave something for that person before we met in battle. Whether it’s a memory or a tender one, it’s all good, at least it’s a response to that person’s 20-year longing.

Maybe it's because I'm getting old too, I can't be as self-willed as I was when I was young, and I don't want to owe others anything anymore, I... want to pay him back something, but he turned his back on it.

idiot!Fool!idiot!

I superimposed all the negative adjectives I can think of on the body of a black curly-haired admiral who has been stubborn for 20 years. I gritted my teeth eeriely, and wished the other party immortality by the way.

I feel very depressed because I feel that the woman's face has been seriously hurt.

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After grinding my teeth, I raised my hand to brush my hair again, and took a deep breath for a long time. I silently decided that everything from last night would just disappear.

I have nothing to lose anyway.

Although I was an ordinary nerd a long time ago, after all these years... um~ well~ I'm not a pervert, it's just that it's normal and not obvious.

Since he doesn't want it, so be it.

Quickly adjusted my mood, I turned back to face the window, raised my hand and grabbed the edge of the curtain, and pulled it away abruptly.

The light golden sunlight shone down in an instant, bathing in it, my body felt lightly warm.

Subconsciously squinting my eyes, I let out a sigh of relief. The good weather brings a good mood, so today's luck should be good. After such a long time of turmoil and entanglement, no matter what, it's going to be extremely peaceful, right?

After a while, when I got used to the sudden bright light, I slowly opened my eyes, and then I was startled again. There were translucent handwriting condensed by thin ice on the glass, and the square font was so familiar to my eyes.

They are Chinese characters, from a long time ago, belonging to my mother tongue.

To be able to see someone using it in this world... In the blink of an eye, there was a storm in my mind, but all the chaos couldn't compare to the shock in my heart at this moment.

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After being dazed for a long time, I involuntarily tightened my fingers holding the curtain, my throat seemed to be pressed by a stone, as if the respiratory system had lost its function in an instant, and my chest was so stuffy that I couldn't breathe.

That person... Aokiji Kuzan, he didn't know when he quietly left something like this on the glass.

The strokes of the brush and outline seem jerky and alienated, and the structure of the font looks loose and loose, but...

They are very beautiful in my eyes, and in an instant, there is a strange swaying spread and growth, entangled the whole body along the veins and bone marrow, making the limbs and bones feel sore and warm.

Opening my mouth, I tried my best to read out the transparent writing that the person engraved on the glass with the devil fruit ability according to my vague memory and the language I had lost for many years:

"The reeds are green..."

When I opened my mouth, I realized that my voice was trembling unbelievably. I swallowed the hard object in my throat and struggled to read the rest, "...Bailu is frost..."

Closing my eyes, I seem to hear the crisp sound of cracks appearing in the deepest part of my heart.

Admiral...Aokiji...Kuzan...

Sorry, really... I'm really... sorry...

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Sentimentality belongs to sentimentality, and some things still cannot be changed.

Whether it's that person's position, or my plan.

Therefore, it is good to hurt the spring and the autumn occasionally, after all, it is not all.

After sighing and being dazed, I closed the curtains again, changed into the uniform of the Navy Logistics Department, buttoned the collar of the shirt to the top, took out a bandage to wrap my wrist, covered the corner of my mouth with a piece of bandage, and let my hair loose by the way.

Finally, with a listless look, Shi Shiran went out to work.

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As a seconded person, I was very busy during the day.

The so-called specialization in skills, my job has nothing to do with the field of waitresses. When I was working, I was dispatched and instructed by various positions in the cafeteria. When my heels didn't touch the ground, I naturally turned a blind eye to their inexplicable and strange eyes.

Until noon, there were always people staring at the corners of my ears and mouth repeatedly, and when I turned around, it seemed that I was still whispering.

After the afternoon, I was finally unbearable, and after carefully seeking permission from the person in charge, I squatted down to a corner of the kitchen to help the handyman clean up the ingredients, and decided to stay here temporarily so as not to cause more turbulent rumors.

Although I am a newcomer, no matter where the comprehensive canteen is, according to my experience, it is a high-risk area that is prone to causing countless gossip, performing countless legends, and making countless mandarin ducks.

Here at the Navy Headquarters, there is no exception, not to mention that the male-female ratio here is so out of balance, Anna Baozi... Uh~ For the sake of each other's safety, I definitely need to avoid the limelight.

From the afternoon to the evening, I was peeling potatoes several times during the meal peaks, and the noise outside was full of guests and did not affect the kitchen at all, so it was still very peaceful.

In the end, I thought today would be the end of the transition. When I threw the round and white potatoes in my hand into the wooden barrel at my feet, I let it stay with my partner who was as tall as the hill, and waited for the kitchen to deal with it later.

It was an hour before leaving get off work, and I looked up from the clock on the wall to see the time.

Taking off the plastic gloves for work, I propped my waist with one hand and supported my knees with the other hand, and slowly got up from the low stool. I was about to wash my hands when I heard a rush of footsteps from the kitchen entrance.

The people who came came in a panic, they came first before they arrived, and several voices were mixed together, eager and noisy.

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In a blink of an eye, a few people came into the kitchen, chattering and quickly started busy, and no one was distracted to pay more attention to me standing in the corner.

Not long after, the stove was lit, and the side of the pool was also occupied, and various preparations were carried out rapidly.

I stayed in the corner where the ingredients were placed, silently listening to their busy hands and chatting gossip.

And these people are the chefs of this comprehensive canteen, including the pastry chef. They finished work half an hour ago and went back to rest. They should have returned to their posts after a few hours to prepare meals for the generals and soldiers on duty at night. By the way, arrange the work content for the next morning.

But now they're back in a hurry...

Lowering my head, I raised my eyebrows at an angle that no one else could see. After listening to the conversation for a while, I picked up the information that the chefs of the comprehensive canteen had received a temporary task to serve the upcoming banquet.

And the participants of the banquet are big figures who will arrive in Marineford soon...

Those who accepted the compulsory recruitment by the world government and assisted the navy in the war a few days later, the Shichibukai...

Having reached this conclusion, I silently squinted my eyes.

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"Huh? You haven't rested yet?"

I deliberately touched the barrel with my heel, and after the muffled sound, the busy people in the kitchen finally took the time to turn their attention. I smiled weakly, and then I heard Mr. Chef speak.

He casually looked at me, and the other party raised his chin, "Please do me a favor, you see we can't spare a shot here, and almost everyone else has gone back to rest."

Before I could answer, he continued, "When the work here is finished, you don't need to use the night shift, can you?"

"No problem." I nodded, looked around the kitchen, and asked, "What do I need to do?"

"Look who needs help, it's just chores anyway."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Chef turned his eyes away and got busy on his own, and the rest of the people didn't say anything for a while. The sound of the water flowing and the collision of kitchen knives and cutting boards covered the temporary silence.

After thinking about it, I still went to the locker according to the work I had done before, and began to help take out various food containers, porcelain dishes, chopsticks, soup pots, and so on.

After a while, another greeting came from my ear.

"Hey, girl, are you that Anna? Help me get these materials from the storage warehouse next door."

Stopping what I was doing, I raised my eyes to look at the person who spoke, and the piece of paper he was holding on his fingertips.

The other party smiled and looked very kind, with a white apron and a chef's hat. I smelled the sweet smell of some kind of food when I walked up to him.

I took the piece of paper in his hand, lowered my eyes and glanced quickly, I pursed my lips, and replied in a low voice, "Please wait a moment." Before turning around, I thought about it, hesitated for a few seconds, and said softly, " Fruit pie?"

"Ah~" He nodded, but then another person beside him stepped in/came in and laughed, "This guy's fruit pies are excellent~ If you like girl, let him save some for you later."

When speaking, the second in command of the kitchen twitched the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of indecipherable taste in his expression, "What good taste can a pirate have? Instead of wasting the special pie, I'd better take it home for you as a supper. "

"Then I would like to thank you in advance." I squinted my eyes, smiled more cheerfully, paused, and made a request with some meaning, "I like cherry pie~"

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"There happened to be fresh cherries among the ingredients that came this morning."

The dessert chef readily agreed, and changed the original fruit type by the way. Then, I turned around and took the piece of paper to the storage room next door, and brought back the materials written on the piece of paper.

It took me some time to prepare them one by one, and then I stayed close by every step of the way, not even caring about being laughed at by others, and I passed on all kinds of things that needed to be used with all my heart.

Flour, milk, sugar, essence, jam, cherries... They go through several procedures and become delicious finished products little by little under the hands of the pastry chef.

When the clear and sweet cherry pie was placed on the long table, I stood near it, sniffed, and said in admiration, "It's delicious——"

"Of course!" The pastry chef replied in a very proud tone, and then said, "Hey~ wait for your share, I will use the remaining ingredients to make a smaller one, which is better than this~"

My gaze swept across the rest of the materials, and I turned my eyes away without any trace. I deepened the smile in my eyes, "Thank you so much~"

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Not long after, another wave of footsteps came, but it was a few naval soldiers who came, hurriedly urging them before they reached the kitchen, saying in words that the warship had arrived at the port, and the banquet venue had been set up, and now they are going to present dishes.

The arrival of the navy soldiers added pressure to the chefs in the kitchen. They were in a hurry and flustered, and finally loaded the appetizers, main meals, desserts, etc. on the delivery carts, and then there were utensils and wine...

The navy soldiers who had been urged several times, Xu Shi was impatient, and the leader ordered the person to get the wine by himself, so that the manpower immediately became insufficient, after all, the food needed for the banquet was filled with several food delivery trucks , Several chefs in the kitchen were also distracted for a while.

The food delivery trucks piled up in the empty space in the kitchen were pushed away one by one by the navy soldiers, and then, the leader looked at me, "Miss, please come and help."

After clicking on me, and then on the last remaining dining car, the young man said in a negotiating tone, "The location of the banquet is not far from here, look—"

"Anna, go with him~" the pastry chef said slowly, "Remember to come back later to bring you the cherry pie."

I nodded, left the long table where I was standing, walked to the remaining dining car, held the handle, and walked towards the exit. After taking a few steps, I heard the slightly suspicious voice of the pastry chef behind my ears.

"Huh? Strange, what is this empty bottle for?" He seemed to be talking to himself, giving the answer vaguely, "By the way, it's the sugar bowl, and it's used up?"

After a short silence, he said again, "Eh? Why is there another bottle?"

Lowering my face in silence, I pushed the dining car and left the kitchen at a leisurely pace.

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The banquet venue that the navy soldier mentioned was indeed not far away as he said.

It's only ten minutes away.

A two-story building, the middle door is wide open, and the entrance is turned sideways. After walking through a corridor, there is a very stylish main hall with a huge round table and a few high chairs in the center.

The models of tables and chairs are much larger than ordinary models, and they look solid in texture.

Tassel table runners, silver candlesticks, pouring wine into crystal cups, the ice cubes hit each other crisply, and the light and shadow cast by the long-arm chandelier occupy the entire space.

Good food and wine are delivered at the same price as the running water, and the huge table is filled to the brim. Soldiers with live ammunition, three steps, one whistle, five steps, one post...

Compared with the luxurious banquet, this place is more guarded and chilling.

After the dining car was pushed into the field, other people took over. I was free and waited by the wall, waiting for the soldiers to go to the table one by one and arrange the food properly. Finally, the empty cars were gathered on one side and were not conspicuous. inside the small door.

After a while, the soldier who led me came back after finishing his work. First he thanked me in a low voice, and then he asked me to leave with him from another place.

Seeing that the staff in the venue evacuated towards the designated exit one after another, I also followed.

Crossing the hall, one second before entering the exit, I turned my head, stared at the long table, and then quickly turned my gaze away. My wandering eyes caught a glimpse of the entrance when I came to the hall, and a few shadowy figures were swaggering in.

Turning my face back, I quickened my pace and trotted to catch up with the crowd in front of me. After a while, the exit door closed, blocking the view of the hall and hindering the attention that might be projected.

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With my head buried, I hurried forward, staring at the tiles under my feet as I walked, and the scene that had just been reflected on my retina quietly emerged in my mind.

While the staff were evacuating, those who entered the main hall were the guests of the banquet.

Under the king Shichibukai...men.

The first person to walk was a group of pink, the sea hooligan Don Quixote Doflamingo who I had a relationship with Chambord Islands and who almost had a fight between the two sides.

As for why the first thing I saw was him, instead of the tyrant Basoromixiong who was a step away from him and had to be looked up to, the answer is naturally that the sea hooligans impressed me too deeply, ╮(╯﹏ ╰) ╭.

Cropped trousers with hairy legs, arched back, although he didn't chatter and laugh like last time, the expression on his face was also weird and full of malice, perverted flamingo...

It is quite inconsistent with personal aesthetics, so the first thing to see is to clean it up.

In addition to the tyrants and rascals mentioned above, I also saw a gorgeous and dazzling knife handle from the gap behind the shoulder of the feather duster that can walk at first glance...

I, who have experienced the power before, am naturally very impressed with it. The world's number one swordsman, Hawkeye Joracle Mihawk, the holder of the black sword [Ye].

Then, there is a guy who is as tall and burly as a tyrant, with a huge body like a garlic, not very good-looking, in short, he is not very human.

I think, that face-to-face thing is probably Moonlight Moria who has only heard of it but never met it?

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In the end, there is an existence that is hidden by a few domineering, cool and handsome auras. It is almost inconspicuous, but at the moment of leaving the main hall, it can still penetrate the wall and introduce the inexplicable and strange laughter.

'Thief hahaha——'

The voice is hoarse like a night owl. To my ears, it sounds like a rusty knife cutting apart, and at the same time, it also arouses the hostility lurking in the blood, ready to move.

Blackbeard, Marshall. D. Teach.

Although I haven't met him face to face, it doesn't prevent me from recognizing his identity in the first place.

The five kings Qiwuhai came to the scene in one breath?

Those who were not present were the emperor of Nine Snakes, Boa Hancock, and Sand Crocodile and Seaman... Of those two, one was expelled, and the other obviously would not be an enemy of Whitebeard.

So, from memory...it seems...Imperton?

Hehe~hehehe~

So, my good hunch early in the morning is worthy of the name~

Sure enough, this is really not my bragging. Except for the messy luck of men, in other respects, my luck has always been good, good, bad, good luck~