[One Piece] Chasing the Eagle

The sunset glow forms a beautiful scene of "burning clouds" in the sky, which complements the setting sun.

The sea breeze gently blows the treetops on the shore, blowing the entire Rogge Town.

Everything, at this moment, is so picturesque.

Mishu stood at the corner, leaning against the wall, staring at the sky above the street in ecstasy.

The moment the man appeared behind Ada just now, he knew that he had lost, silently, and completely.

But, I hope this time, that person... will become Ada's final destination.

Ada, she is his light in the darkness. If he hadn't met her in the belly of a sea king, he would have been digested into a pool of black water by the gastric juice in the belly of a fish.

If she hadn't supported him and encouraged him everywhere, he would have chosen a small island for nothing and lived a boring, salted fish-like life.

He once swore secretly that he would protect her comprehensively until she found her final destination.Although he gave up halfway because of the disability of his leg, fortunately, he picked up this vow again and spent a whole year with her.

Today, he still loves her as before, but... he understands that he is still not confident and persistent;

Now, he doesn't want to see her suffer anymore, and he doesn't want to see her spend the rest of her life with a smile on her face—even if she washes her face with tears every day...it's better than making people feel unnaturally and meaninglessly ;

Now, he finally accompanied her to wait for Zhurojier Mihawk.

Well, Ada, I'm completely relieved.

I am a man who likes you, but also a brother who loves you.

Thinking of this, Mixiu straightened up, turned around, and walked towards the way he came.His steps are lonely, but more calm and relaxed...

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This side of the bench.

Mihawk leaned back in his chair and watched the sunset sinking more and more below the sea level.

His side face is still as cold as before.

Ada also leaned against the back of the chair, raised her head, and watched the changes in the clouds all over the sky. She maintained her sitting posture with her calves tightly hugged, without changing.

[Why hasn't this hallucination disappeared?It's been a good year, why did it last so long today? ! 】

she groaned, a little bewildered.

After a while, the sunset had already sunk for the most part, and the sky darkened.

Seeing this, Ada stood up from the chair.

After staying for a few seconds, she turned her head again, looked at Mihawk, and muttered for a while, unable to hear what she was saying.

Mihawk noticed Ada's mental ailment from the very beginning, and he couldn't help but began to be cautious, for fear of touching her more agitated.

"Are... are you hallucinating me?" Ada frowned and looked at him in confusion.

Originally, when she was in Aimei Island, she pretended to have hallucinations, so as to stab Doflamingo's heart fiercely.

However, karmic reincarnation, now...she really can't distinguish between illusion and reality.

He thought for a moment, then replied, "I'm not."

With that said, he also stood up and took a step closer to Ada.

But Ada suddenly retreated again and again: "Impossible..."

Her face turned from confusion to panic: "You should be on the Great Channel or even the New World, it is impossible to appear here!"

As she spoke, she quickened her pace of backing up and pretended to be calm.She stretched out a hand and pointed at him: "Don't come here! I warn you, don't come here!"

Mihawk looked at her like this, his golden eyes became thicker, and his heart was lifted up - he didn't expect her to be tortured into such a state.

He has been in Rogge Town for two months, and almost every day, he would pass by the bakery called "Super Delicious", watching her smiling like a flower to attract customers, or talking to the bakery named Mixiu. The men were talking and laughing.

Through the clean transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, he thought she was doing well, and he wanted to leave for a while, but the stubbornness in his heart couldn't drive him to set out to sea, as if roots had grown under his feet, he firmly plunged into this piece of her life land.

After going around for so many years, Mihawk finally understands what he is looking for. Although it is difficult for him to express it accurately, he understands that he already has a deep love for Ada. Nostalgia.

Just like a bird yearning for a harbor, no matter how far or how long he travels, in the deepest and most secret place of his heart, he hopes day after day——

【She is somewhere, waiting for his return. 】

So in order to figure out the changes in his heart over the years, he stayed in the hotel where he and Ida lived in those years, and at the same time, consciously or unconsciously, he waited patiently, waiting for the day when she would come here.

Back then, she waited for him on Beer Island for several months.

Now, he is not far from her, waiting for her just like she did back then.

As stubborn as he was, even if he figured it out after a while, he would come back here not long after that and continue to wait for her.

Wait for her to give him an answer, wait for her to... stretch her hand to him again.

Fortunately, it finally came today, not too long.

At this moment, Mihawk suppressed the turbulent undercurrent in his heart, he stood where he was, and did not approach according to Ada's warning.

Ada's breathing was a little short, obviously frightened.

She looked at him warily, even pulled out the "Ying" around her waist, and pointed the blood-red knife point at him mercilessly!

With her back against the wall, she moved back slowly, like a frightened bird.

It seems that now is not the time.

So, under Mihawk's gaze, Ada ran away in a hurry.

While running, she turned her head to look at him from time to time, her face showed anxiety, defensiveness, intolerance and struggle...

Late at night.

22:00

The bakery is closed.

Ada sat by the French windows of the bakery, watching the people coming and going.

Riley was watching TV in the guest room upstairs, and Lini went back to bed early. For some reason, Mixiu became more indifferent to her after this evening.

So, Ada, who was not accompanied by anyone at the moment, leaned against the glass window and was in a daze alone.

Nothing comes to mind.

She threw the small black knife "Ye" the size of a palm in her hand one after another, playing with it idly.

Looking at the little black knife, she suddenly remembered something and sat up straight.Suddenly, it softened again, leaning against the glass window again.

While she was in a daze, at some point outside the window, someone stood——

His figure suddenly blocked the light from the street lamp outside the window;

The man is tall and tall in white clothes, black trousers and boots;

His back was facing her, and he was also leaning against the glass, she couldn't see his face, so she didn't know what kind of expression he had.

The two of them are one mile away, leaning against the same transparent glass, one is troubled, the other is hesitant...

Another 20 minutes passed.

The night was as cool as water, and Ada sat in the store, feeling the coolness of the wind coming in from outside the door.

And the person outside leaning against the glass still didn't intend to leave, nor did he make any movement.

She was helpless, got up, stretched out her hand, and tapped the glass lightly.

He seemed to be interrupted by the sound, so he turned around slowly, bent down, and stared at her.

The dim streetlights illuminated his face indistinctly, but those amber eyes still firmly grasped her heart!

Such an illusion is really very warm.

However, after Ada ran home in the evening, deliberately cut her wrist with a knife, saw the blood flowing out, and felt the pain, she understood——

Everything in the evening is not an illusion.

She raised her hand, stretched out her index finger, and carefully traced his appearance on the glass.

Face, ears, nose, eyebrows, eyes, mouth...

He stood outside the window, cooperating and motionless, with stars twinkling in his eyes, and a gentle smile like a winter furnace on the corner of his mouth.

As Ada was painting, it seemed that she had finally accepted the fact that "he does exist" in her inner struggle.

Miracles really happened, didn't they?

Thinking of this, she withdrew her hand.

Suddenly, she jumped off the chair!

She didn't even bother to put on her shoes, so she ran to the door of the bakery with bare feet like a gust of wind!

She pushed open the door with a "huh" and ran down the steps!

The floor tiles are cool at night.

Ada stood at the door, and the wind chime on the door beside her was jingled by her.

Passers-by come and go, sometimes looking sideways.

She stood where she was, and the momentum seemed to have disappeared within a second of stepping out of the gate!

She found that she was...not daring to take a single step forward.

Mihawk stood four meters away from her, facing her, and made no next move.

a long time.

"Hello..." Ada still opened her mouth, but found that there was a tremor in her voice.

"...Hmm." He replied heavily, seeming to be mixed with tension.

"You..." Ada tightened her clothes, "You..."

She continued "you" for a long time, but she couldn't say a complete sentence, and she lost the momentum of the day at all.

Because the day is an illusion, and the night...has come to reality.

She had to face him with her heart.

Ada only felt a sense of frustration surged all over her body, she squatted down suddenly, like an ostrich, and wrapped her head with her arms!

This move greatly exceeded Mihawk's expectations, and he was caught off guard!

So, in the blink of an eye, he threw away all the hesitation in his mind!

He rushed to her in three or four steps, squatted down without any explanation, stretched out his arms, and hugged her into his arms!

Ada struggled for two or three times and then became weak. What to do, she lost her armor again.

"You...why come to hug me." Ada buried her face in his long-lost chest and said in a muffled voice.There was helplessness in the tone, but also blame.

Mihawk hugged her tightly, stroked her hair tenderly: "Sorry, it's my fault, my fault..."

She didn't know how tightly her slap made his heart entangled.

He didn't know that his embrace had wiped out all her panic.

The street lights were still on, and the night was as thick as a dark night.

Under the steps in front of the bakery, the two original shadows on the ground have merged together and will never be separated again...

take a slow, deep breath,

That temperature made me understand love.

Even in the eternal night,

You can also know your existence instantly.

It's okay to see nothing.

It's okay to say nothing.

No matter how many times you fall asleep,

Can wake up again and again.

I just want to be by your side,

I just want to be where you are.

sharp as a blade,

Love you scarred.

as soft as a blanket,

Carefully love you.

so dear,

We can still-

Take it one step at a time.

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The author has something to say:

After thinking about it, it is just right for the main text of this story to stop here.

Of course, their stories are to be continued in the next episode...

Thank you all for your continued follow-up and love!

Bear hugs to all of you!