good brother

"I……"

Ace opened his mouth hesitantly but didn't say a few words, but Angel didn't mean it.

"You see, you don't even know the exact answer."

Angor spread his hands.

"I guess you can't figure out why you want to be alive."

Ace fell silent.

Indeed, he now, does not know why he is alive.

Just like when he was a child, he has yet to find the meaning of his existence.

Normally, Ace wouldn't think so much, but if he really thought about it seriously, he found that he didn't know what he was living for.

free?No, that's not really a reason.

He wants to live freely, but it is impossible to live for freedom.

So, what is he living for?

What is the meaning of his existence in this world?

"I don't understand."

Angor said with a smile.

"You who can't even figure out why you are alive, what right do you have to want to die?"

If you don't want to understand the meaning of living, you are not qualified to talk about death...

"I can't refute..."

Ace smiled helplessly.

"right."

Angor smiled smugly.

"So, first think about what you are living for, boy."

"Ha, I didn't expect you, a yellow-haired boy, to say such profound words."

Suddenly, a deep voice pierced from the cell not far away.

"You are……"

Ace frowned and looked at the figure gradually coming out of the shadows, while Angel smiled slightly.

"You are indeed here, Crocodile."

"Yes, thanks to you."

Crocodile sneered.

"Ah, ah, I just did a little work. Aren't the Straw Hats the ones who really beat you?"

"Stop pretending, I heard the conversation between you and the old man Garp just now."

Crocodile sneered.

"I didn't expect the Straw Hat Boy to have such two amazing brothers."

"It's a pity that they don't seem to live long."

"What did you say!"

Ace got angry right away, it's true that he won't live long, but he couldn't listen to others curse Angel.

"Hey, calm down, Ace."

Angel smiled and comforted him.

"It's super easy for you to fall into this aggressive method. Leave this kind of thing to me."

With that said, Angel stood up and walked outside Crocodile's prison.

"Do you have any advice? Krokdarsan."

"Heh, it's some kind of advice."

Crocodile looked down at Angel.

"I'm just curious, what qualifications do you have to teach that kid a lesson."

"what?"

Angel was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, I did some research on you out of interest."

Crocodile leaned over and spoke softly through the railing.

"I really want to know what made you become a key training target of the navy at a young age, and how much you have paid for the navy."

"However, I got the result that you didn't do anything."

"It's just to complete the task, and you won't do any unnecessary things, but at the same time, your strength is improving rapidly."

"I'm even more curious. Why did you join the navy? For profit? For fame? For your own sense of justice? Probably not."

Crocodile narrowed his eyes.

"You are for your brother."

"..."

"Looks like I guessed right."

Crocodile looked at Angel with a vigilant expression, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"At first, I didn't believe it. I didn't believe that a person could waste six years of his youth for others, but just now, when you learned that the execution was only a week later, something appeared in your eyes." An expression of relief."

"It's almost like fulfilling the last long-cherished wish of my life."

Crocodile looked at Angel's shocked eyes and taunted.

"So, Major General Angel, I guess, you are living for your younger brothers."

"You haven't found the meaning of your life either, where are you qualified to teach the kid over there?"

After speaking, he turned around and went back to take a nap under the shadows, instead of looking at Angel, who was so stunned that he couldn't speak.

And Angel, after being silent for a long time, took a deep breath.

"...Thank you for your enlightenment."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and leaned against the outside of Ace's prison, sat down against the wall, and thought about life.

"Angel, what did that bastard tell you?"

Ace was a little nervous with the group. He didn't hear anything because of Crocodile's deliberately lowered voice just now, and now Angel was in a rare confused look, which made him a little at a loss.

"It's nothing, don't worry."

Angel lowered his head and leaned against the dark stone wall, his voice as relaxed as possible.

"I don't need you to worry yet, idiot."

"……All right."

Ace said helplessly.

Finally, level6 returned to silence again.

I... haven't found the meaning of living...

In the silence, Angel was deep in thought.

Looking back at my experience in this world for 20 years, it seems to be true.

The last scene I saw in my previous life was Ace's death.

In this life, Ace has become his obsession.

From seeing Ace, from holding that warm baby, he has completely bound his life.

『Ace, if I can change your fate, will it count as living well? 』

He clearly remembered that when he first came to this world, that was his only goal.

What about after that?

Nothing, nothing. Everything he does, whether it is becoming stronger, joining the navy, or developing skills, everything has a very strong purpose.

For Ace to survive, that's all.

Of course, he also did some other things.

For example, helping Sabo retrieve his memory and teaching Luffy three-color arrogance.

However, thinking about it now, it seems that he has never planned or fought for anything for himself.

Just, live for others.

But now, the top is about to start, and his younger brothers have already grown stronger, and they no longer need his worry and care.

After that?If he survived the war, why should he live?

Whenever his younger brothers said they wanted to protect him, he would feel melancholy and bewildered. In addition to lamenting the passage of time, he also felt fear for the future.

Apart from protecting you, I really have no other ideas.

If you don't need my protection anymore, what on earth do I...why do I want to live on.

I do not know!

Ha, it really deserves to be Crocodile, right in one sentence...

Angel raised his head, with a self-deprecating wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

It turns out... I'm just a half-baked guy who hasn't made up his mind...

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There is no small theater today~【Smelly Shameless】

The reason is because the Onmyoji fights the devil and the unicorn... After finishing the fight, take a look, it's 07:30!

Look at the text I typed... Fuck, it's still a thousand words away!

Cough... Anyway, that's it...

By the way, under the suggestion (tiao) (suo) of the group of friends, I started to stew meat, but I just finished writing the foreplay after grinding all night yesterday, let's continue grinding tonight...

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