[comprehensive] red tide

Standing at the corner between two buildings, in a place where the sun cannot shine, he took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and popped one in the corner of his mouth. When the tobacco was lit, a light mist came out, and white smoke rose through the curling, bright street view Appears slightly blurred.

The blue sky, the milky white buildings, the bustling and noisy commercial area, the gentle and warm wind carries a slight smell of sea salt, and the breath is filled with peace and tranquility.

The weather was so good that it was chaotic, the people passing by were well-dressed, and every face that passed by looked at him with a happy expression, which made him dizzy.

Not long after the cigarette burned out, he threw a small piece of cigarette butt at his fingertips to his feet, stepped on it and crushed it, then removed the sole of his shoe, the scarlet sparks went out, and a scorched black spot remained on the stone floor, just like his ashes Mood.

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When he found Anna Connor's whereabouts in the capital of seven waters, he already knew that she was not the person he was looking for, but he still went to make the final confirmation, as if completing a ceremony.

In fact, he had a hunch for a long time. From the moment they met, his intuition issued a faint warning. Even though his aptitude is not top-notch, he has been fighting in the battlefield for many years, and even if he is not perfect in practice, he is at least familiar with it.

It's a pity that the encounter was too wonderful.

The shy and introverted woman in Marineford's small restaurant behaved so similarly to the existence he had buried in his heart. He had thought about it for many years, and once his wish came true, he didn't care about anything.

He deliberately ignored the warnings of his intuition, allowing himself to indulge in false illusions.

A person whose bones have been buried for many years is resurrected from the dead. Such a miracle is something that even gods cannot do. He actually knows it very well, but he just can't hold back the flood of thoughts in his heart.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

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During those few days, he even felt that maybe there was something wrong with his knowledge, that person was delicate and timid, and he didn't look suspicious at all.

She would fall down even walking on the Daping Road, and she always lowered her head when she spoke, and occasionally peeked cautiously, which was also very similar to the black-and-white tabby cat he often saw.

The cat who doesn’t know someone’s family always likes to run into the yard of his residence. When basking in the sun, his ears will be stunned. He is very vigilant but unable to resist the temptation/temptation. If there is any sign of trouble, he will run away, and after a while, he will run back when he feels that there is no danger.

That night he felt that she was a bit like that cat, occasionally meeting his gaze, her eyes were so clear, so shallow that it was difficult to see emotions, her eyes were cold and distant, without a trace of fear.

Such a woman is rare, at least astonishingly daring.

They have been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and their breath is more or less soaked in blood. Let alone women, even new recruits who have just joined the army rarely dare to look directly at him when his expression is not hesitant.

Unfortunately, he was in a bad mood that night, but she looked normal.

After being surprised, he found another similarity. She had a very good drinking capacity. He had not been drunk for many years after leaving South China Sea. She was the second person who beat him in terms of drinking capacity.

She's...really like it.

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When he woke up with a hangover the next day, he asked Matthew to visit, and brought along the hair accessories he bought but didn't give away. She looked a lot like her, at least in his heart... he had decided to replace it.

He knows very well that empathy and substitution are unfair, no matter who it is, but he can't contain the delusion.

She's alike, yet not alike.

The returned hair accessories clearly showed that she was another person. After a few encounters, the difference between her became clearer. Reason told him that he should give up, but his feelings refused to give up.

His adjutant investigated her in detail, including the secret past events between 'Anna Connor' and 'John Connor'. At that time, he had already noticed that she might be wearing a disguise.

It's just...he didn't get to the bottom of it.

He pretended to be ignorant, and even turned a blind eye to the weird attitudes of the two generals, Qingzhi and Huangyuan, towards her.

She was seconded to the Navy Headquarters, and that night, her collapsing emotions in his office made him lose control as well.

For a moment, in his eyes, she completely overlapped with the existence in his heart, as if she had the charm, and even the dream was exactly the same, even though he knew she was not like her, he still mistook her for himself.

It's a pity that Qingzhi's attitude towards her also made him vaguely draw conclusions.

But he still refused to expose it in the end, he didn't want to be really sure, he knew that once the whitewashing was torn off, the truth under the disguise might... make him lose any hope.

Even if it is only a one-in-a-million possibility, he also hopes that she is really just 'Anna'.

He can no longer distinguish between feelings, her existence and the shadow in his heart... which one affects the emotions, he doesn't have a very delicate mind, but... he really cares.

He cares about 'Anna', if not, then...

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Yellow ape Polusalino always likes to preach "fatalism", but he often scoffs at it.

The word "destined" has a pessimistic tinge, which contradicts their insistence. If the will of the world has already decided everything, don't those people who stand up and resist do nothing?

What they don't like is that there are many decisions dubbed "gods". From the moment they choose to protect them, resistance is inevitable. From the very beginning, they are godslayers, so what is their fate?Birth and descent mean nothing.

He always thought that "fate" was just an excuse for the weak who refused to resist. It wasn't until late at night that he received a notice from the patrol that he vaguely understood that the word vaguely carried another meaning.

It is an unavoidable dispute, an unavoidable confrontation, and... the insistence that we must do that even if we don't want to.

When rushing over, he was a little aware of what kind of helplessness Polusalino said about "destined".

Fighting on the front line of life and death on the battlefield, he no longer has the love for his son and daughter who has been through thousands of times. Now that she is found to be an enemy, he will never show mercy.

In a few seconds, she killed more than a dozen soldiers under his command. In the moonlit night, she looked like a ghost, and the smell that permeated her was a mixture of decay and blood.

Standing quietly in the bloodstains all over the floor, she looked like a ferocious beast ready to go, her eyes were cold and unrestrained, and a complete murderous intent flowed quietly between them.

Once you see that look in your eyes, you will never forget it.

His pupils shrank suddenly, memory fragments popped up in the back of his mind, several arrest warrants that have stirred up a storm in recent years, the strange attitude of Aokiji and Yellow Monkey towards her, everything, piecemeal and piece together to form a cognition.

She actually...she really is...

The illusion of self-deception peeled off in an instant, and the fact that he was extremely unwilling to delve into it was exposed.

The ferocious black wolf jumped down out of thin air, the beast barked, its sharp claws and fangs intercepted his blade, she sneaked into the chaotic building, and quickly merged into a dark corner.

'Anna' disappeared without a trace on a moonlit night.

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Another meeting was in the flames of war on the battlefield of Marineford.

The man gave the world another terrible answer.

The old part of One Piece, the time traveler.

Her strength was even comparable to that of an admiral, and in the end, she risked her life, Sakalski died at her hands, and she was wiped out in public.

The Navy won the war, and the world was thrown into turmoil.

Her death caused Akishima Marineford to be frozen for thousands of miles. The never-ending snow is the price of Aokiji's survival, and it is also the evidence that Kuzan has lived like a walking dead ever since.

He just felt lucky that he didn't remember it too deeply. The two admirals, Kuzan and Polusalino, were almost insane that day. On the surface, they seemed to be the same as before. Hard-hearted veterans like them were amazed.

After the war, the situation in the world deteriorated, and before they had time to rest, their generals immediately led their troops to fight everywhere. He heard that where the green pheasant and the yellow ape passed, none of the enemies survived.

Compared with the idle or smooth behavior of the two admirals in the past, it is simply unimaginable to leave no room for such a slack.

But he also understands that Kuzan and Polusalino are diverting their emotions, and only killing can temporarily numb their pain.

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Half a year after the war, the people he ordered to track down secretly also found their whereabouts.

The capital of seven waters found the whereabouts of 'Anna Connor'.

When the mayor of the city of seven waters sent a request for assistance, he went to exterminate the pirates in person, and at the same time, he met the real Anna.

The Marineford War ended, and the Navy conducted many researches and discussions afterwards. Although Nicole Robin had been attributed to death in the information published to newspapers and public opinion, many people also believed that she might not have died.

That person was full of tricks, and he acted cunningly and carefully, how could he not leave a way out for himself?Or she was seriously injured at all, and when she disappeared, she also teleported away.

The navy revoked the reward order for that person on the surface, but in private they still paid attention to it all the time.

He didn't order his subordinates to search for the whereabouts of Nicole Robin like other generals, but asked people to check on 'Anna Connor'.

The Naval Staff Department once analyzed the matter of the man lurking in Marineford. The overwhelming majority of opinions believed that the original owner of the identity used by the man in disguise was dead. After all, the dead can keep secrets better than the living.

But he didn't think that way, he had an intuition that that person would not kill 'Anna Connor', somehow, there was no reason at all, but he really believed so.

Nicole Robin was not a kind person. The blood stained on his hands could not be washed away with the water of the entire Marine Verde Bay, but he felt that that person would not kill an unarmed person.

He has studied the information of that person, she seems to like ordinary people very much, probably because ordinary life is a luxury for her, she always likes to disguise herself as a non-threatening person and mix in the crowd.

She acts recklessly, but acts with a strange persistence.

She has clear grievances and grievances, and Anna Connor has nothing to do with her. If she just borrowed her identity, she would definitely place the original owner in a very safe place. Because of this, he asked his subordinates to pay special attention to the island where she once stayed.

That person is a dangerous existence to the navy pirates, but ordinary people related to her have a very good impression of her, especially the capital of seven waters, she can be said to have saved that island.

At that time, although the contents of the Demon Slaughter Order were not very clear, through the information she leaked, there must be someone in Qishui City who was deeply involved with her. If she hadn't made a promise, she would not have threatened to slaughter Donghai in order to preserve Qishui. Water capital.

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He met Anna Connor and confirmed his conjecture.

Then, the other party's reaction exceeded his expectations.

This ordinary woman who was cowardly, frightened and indistinguishable from intelligence information, went all out to intercept him, just to ask him about the life and death of that person.

Anna Connor's performance was the complete opposite of what he thought was being coerced.

He snatched back the corner of the cloak from Anna Connor's fingertips, and the woman who fell on the ground suddenly raised her face. Her eyes were astonishingly bright, with featureless eyebrows and eyes.

Those eyes are reckless and crazy, and they persist without fear even in death.

After looking carefully for a while, he suddenly realized in his heart.

That person, Nicole Robin is really a monster.

Kuzan and Polusalino almost went crazy because of her. It is rumored that there are several people in the pirate camp who have been looking for her in the sky for half a year. …

He wanted to ridicule the woman who fell on the ground, but when he met her gaze, the words on his lips turned into a promise.

If one day that person comes back alive, he will give Anna Connor news.

He turned around and left, but he sighed silently in his heart. With his promise, Anna Connor's eyes lit up suddenly. It was a kind of persistence, which was different from the frenzy just now.

He knew that from now on, there would be someone waiting day and night in Seven Water City, who would not give up until death, until the news came that the person was safe and sound.

Nicole Robin... What a monster.

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Time passed as always, and the world did not stand still because of the lack of a single person.

The Navy Headquarters moved to the New World, Marineford was exchanged with the G1 base, headed by the Warring States Marshal, most of the generals followed to guard the New World, and Marineford was stationed by two admirals.

The Warring States Marshal appointed a large number of new generals, including a new general, to fill the vacancy in combat power.

He followed into the New World.

In the navy's official report to the world government, it was claimed that Marineford needed two generals to guard it due to its special circumstances due to its proximity to the Chambord Islands and the Red Earth Continent.

A year and a half after the war, for some reason, Kuzan and Polusalino began to stay close to Marineford.

He didn't know the real reason, but he guessed the reason to some extent. The two admirals were still unwilling to believe that the man died, and they looked forward to the day when the man would come back. miss it?

This time he can laugh without any concealment, such infatuation is simply... a pity.

Two full years have passed since the Marineford War. On that day, a communication was sent from the Chambord Islands. The Straw Hat Pirates, who had disappeared for a long time, regrouped and successfully broke through the blockade and sneaked into the deep sea.

The Straw Hats and their party only need to pass through Murloc Island, and soon they will enter the new world.

That day, the Warring States Marshal, who hadn't been angry for a long time, reverberated over the headquarters again. Unfortunately, Mr. Karp slipped away in advance with foresight, and told them, the generals who happened to be in the headquarters, that they were innocent.

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No one dared to provoke the Marshal of the Warring States Period who swallowed dynamite raw at that time.

Everyone was cautious and even lowered their speaking volume a lot.

Until, the sudden siren sounded throughout the headquarters, and he led the team to search around. After spending a long time, he finally intercepted the target at the exit of the half-waist high platform of the tallest building.

The Marshal of the Warring States period activated the highest level of alarm, and the order was given by the snail on the phone, but the identity of the intruder was vague.

But this is the case, but it made him realize in his heart that there are only a few people in the whole world who will make the Marshal of the Warring States Period feel like facing a big enemy, and at the same time order not to be too confrontational in order to preserve the strength of the navy.

At this moment, he suddenly appeared in the headquarters of the New World Navy. Except for that person, there was probably no one else.

The intelligence department is always paying attention to the major forces in the new world, and those few have no time to go to the naval base camp. Only Nicole Robin has the ability to show up without alarming anyone.

He guessed right.

The man's reaction was as he expected.

She didn't want to fight him, she just wanted to run away.

The moment the two sides passed each other, his knife was as heavy as a thousand weights. From the corner of his eyes, the man's side face was peaceful and serene. His dark blue pupils were like the sky in a moonlit night, deep blue, as if he had accidentally connected his soul. will be taken away.

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In just a few seconds, the man jumped off the high platform, his slender body crashed into the ocean under the clear blue sky like a fallen bird.

Standing in front of him without warning, he disappeared in an instant.

She was like a flash in the pan, and she could not be found for a long time after that.

The Navy Headquarters tried its best to block the news of that person's appearance, but it still leaked to the outside world, causing turmoil soon, but she disappeared after that, and neither the navy pirates nor the world government found anything.

He quietly followed the whereabouts of the two admirals.

It took a whole year to finally peek into the clues, maybe Kuzan and Polusalino did it on purpose, otherwise, the two generals would not be able to deal with the idiots under his command.

That person really went to Kuzan and Polusalino.

And the two admirals teamed up to seal her news tightly, and the outside world didn't have a single bit of information, and because her reward order had already been revoked, even if she was occasionally seen by civilians, the possibility of leaking was believed to be very small.

Even if he recognizes them, that person will have nothing to worry about based on the impeccable actions of Qingzhi and Huangyuan.

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He learned of that person's whereabouts very 'occasionally'.

She lingers on a prosperous and peaceful island, and Polusalino is with her. Recently, General Yellow Monkey has applied for leave, and Marineford's work is on Aokiji.

And the time is pushed forward a few months, and it is Aokiji who is on vacation.

He set off from the New World on a warship and diverted to the Seven Waters Capital on the way to the destination. He asked someone to notify Anna Connor to fulfill the promise he had made back then.

In the end, he stood in this secluded corner, and Anna Connor entered the shop.

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The waiting time was long and trivial, and the moment he got the answer, his heart seemed to break free from the shackles.

That person is not 'Anna'.

His 'Anna' had died many years ago, and no matter how similar he was, he couldn't replace her.

As long as she lives, the meeting and farewell at the New World Navy Headquarters is the best ending.

Just like Anna Connor, who is standing outside the shop with tears streaming down her face at this moment, that love is sealed no matter how deep it is, and the rest of her life walks on completely different paths. When she occasionally raises her head and looks at the same sky, she can feel very peaceful in her heart.

He will continue to persist for half his life until death. Without 'Anna', he has a white goldfish to accompany him.

At the Marineford Night Festival, the man got the goldfish, which was later given to him by Matthew, and the man pursued it. Unfortunately, accidents happened one after another after that, and her hope of getting the goldfish came to nothing, just like the relationship between him and her. between.

His temptations and contradictions are like a goldfish in a glass tank in the end, quietly and without any waves.

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