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The bamboo sword held in his hand slashed down heavily, and the opponent retreated in embarrassment but failed to escape the attack. The tip of the sword was accompanied by the faint sound of wind and thunder, and it barely stopped at a distance of about one centimeter.

A moment later, with a wave of his wrist, he put away the bamboo sword used for practice, and glanced displeasedly at the sailor who was defeated in the battle and was so stressed by the sword that he couldn't stand still, the corners of his lips sank but he didn't speak.

Waiting until the weapon pointed between his eyebrows was removed, the young man who fell on the ground hurriedly got up to attention, his face was pale, and he also didn't dare to make a sound, looking at him with frightened and cowering eyes.

Glancing over from the corner of his eye, he snorted coldly, raised his wrist, and threw the bamboo sword straight out without looking at it, letting it fly into the hands of his subordinates waiting beside him.

"continue!"

After throwing an order that was quite unpleasant, he turned around and walked outside the training ground. His adjutant, Creevey, was standing there a few minutes ago, and it seemed that something happened.

……

He walked over unhurriedly, and Creevey immediately came up to him, "Lord Lieutenant General."

"Hmm—" Nodding, he took the cloak from the guard and put it on himself with his backhand. He buried himself in his clothes and listened to the adjutant's next report.

"Master Lieutenant General, Marshal of the Warring States Period invites you to visit his office."

"Huh?" He raised his eyes, thought for a while, then reached out to pick up the personal weapon and tied it around his waist. After he was done, he took a step forward. The direction he was walking was naturally the Marshal's office that Creevey said.

Walking unhurriedly, after a while, when he left the range of the training ground, the footsteps that had been following behind him sped up imperceptibly, and he slowed down, waiting for Creevey, who was catching up, to walk shoulder to shoulder.

"Lord Lieutenant General."

"Hmm~"

Responding casually, he habitually took out the cigarette pack from his pocket while walking, flicked a cigarette with his fingertips, and popped out a cigarette between his teeth, then took out the lighter and lit it, took a deep breath, the tobacco The slightly spicy mellow breath is inhaled into the lungs, turned around and finally exhaled shallowly.

Then he glanced at the adjutant before saying, "What do you want to say?"

"Two hours ago, for the damage caused by His Excellency Huang Yuan, the amount required for repairs has been calculated. Would you like to take it there?"

Creevy held the glasses on the bridge of his nose with a blank expression, and then pulled out a kraft paper case file that was always under his arm, hanging in mid-air.

"Master Lieutenant General, please be sure to inform His Excellency General Huang Yuan that the funds of our mobile troops are not comparable to those of the Science Department. Next time you are emotional, please don't cross the border."

Hearing this, he paused slightly with his outstretched hand, raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and nodded, "Huang Yuan is in the Warring States Marshal's office?"

The spoken word invokes the interrogative form, but it is actually an affirmative sentence.

"Yes, Lieutenant General." Creevey nodded, "Your Excellency General Huang Yuan..."

Speaking of this, there was a strange pause for a few seconds, and then as if choked, the tone was very difficult, "Your Excellency General Huang Yuan defeated the clerical office building where we were stationed, and then brought his long-lost lover to the Went to the Warring States Marshal's office to catch up on the old days, but couldn't get in touch until just now."

He was embarrassed expressionlessly, and his eyebrows twitched unconsciously, "Lover?"

"Yes, lover." The calmest adjutant under him froze, and his tone was unwavering, "Lord Lieutenant General was not there at the time, and neither were our people, because the incident happened at the junction of our station and His Excellency General Aokiji's station , and it was too sudden, the people who blocked the scene at that time were the troops directly under General Aokiji."

"Get to the point." He had a headache, "What's the matter with the lover." It seems that the blow was too big?The adjutant who called him couldn't even speak clearly, Creevey has always been calm and rational, and now...

Is my mind already confused?

Turning his gaze over the seemingly normal adjutant, the corners of his eyes trembled again.

"Ah—it's the lover." Creevey raised his hand to hold his glasses for the second time, "That's what our people heard."

Well then——the hand hanging in mid-air stretched forward a little, and took the file handed out by the adjutant. He removed the cigarette he was biting at the corner of his mouth, crushed it out, and started walking again.

……

It seems that there is no way to hear anything from Creevey for the time being. He is a little helpless, but after thinking about it, forget it. In short, everything will be clear when he arrives at the Warring States Marshal's office.

Two hours ago, a building collapse occurred in the area where he was stationed. At that time, he happened to be dealing with a difficult matter, and he didn't rush to the scene immediately. It was the adjutant Creevey who went to investigate.

After half an hour, the work in hand was over, and according to the daily schedule, Creevey reported to him when he went to the training ground, and briefly and roughly explained the cause and effect: the damage was to the clerical office building, fortunately it was a lunch break , People in the office building were hardly indoors, so there were no actual casualties, except for a few who were accidentally frightened.

One of the culprits was General Huang Yuan. God knows how that general came to the scene when he had nothing to do. The Science Department is a long way from their station.

The second perpetrator... is temporarily unknown.

The scene of the incident was blocked by the troops directly under General Aokiji. No matter whether it was General Kizaru who was one of the parties involved, or the lieutenant generals who responded quickly and happened to arrive, Creevey was not of a high level to go directly to question him.

Even the Warring States Marshal arrived in a hurry shortly after.

Subsequent affairs still need further understanding.

then…

Two hours later, Creevey's report to him was still vague... It seems that the whole thing is really weird.

……

After a while, "Lord Lieutenant General, Lord Ghost Spider." Creevey broke the silence.

"Well—it's nothing." Quickly glanced sideways at the adjutant beside him, and continued to move forward, he raised his eyelids, and slowly narrowed his eyes facing the empty avenue in front of him.

"Lover?" After opening his mouth, he chewed the word several times in his mouth, and the corners of his mouth curled up, showing an absolutely cold smile, "It's a joke."

……

The situation that came out of Creevey's mouth is really a ridiculous joke for the ghost spider.

Of course, this was not because he was dissatisfied with or questioned his adjutant.

Creevey's work efficiency has always been fast and accurate, and he is also calm. Therefore, to be able to make his adjutant say this, the situation must be true, at least the superficial information must be accurate.

What the ghost spider scoffed at was the rumor itself of "the long-lost lover of the general yellow monkey".

Among the generals of the Marineford Navy Headquarters, only Polusalino could not have any "lover".

No matter how absurd it is to go out to relax/vent, and no matter how beautiful the woman he meets, Polusalino will not allow the existence of the title of "lover" to appear around him.

The word 'lover' is a soft and ignorant appellation, perhaps with some pity and love, and the softest part of that man's heart has already dried up with the passing of an unknown person.

At least in the past twenty years, the ghost spider has never seen Polusalino look at anyone differently. The love part of that man's relationship seems to be buried underground with the dead.

Regarding the ruthlessness of the yellow ape, the generals of the Marineford Navy headquarters can more or less guess some reasons, but the ghost spider knows more accurately and in detail.

……

Few people know until now, in fact, Ghost Spider and Polusalino have a good friendship.

The two of them, a lieutenant general and a general, seldom meet each other on weekdays, and the camp of the ghost spider is not the camp of the general Huang Yuan, but...their personal relationship is really good.

Ghost Spider and Polusalino met in G2. Back then, he was a rookie who had just enlisted in the army. When he was assigned to the G2 station in the New World, Polusalino was just a junior officer who had just been promoted.

Although it is said that in places where wars are raging, it is especially easy for men to establish life-threatening friendships. At the beginning, Ghost Spider didn't have a good impression of Polusalino.

In the G2 station, Polusalino's reputation is not good.

Back then, that man was not very likable, and he always acted with a bit of arrogant arrogance, smiling all the time, unhurried, seemingly friendly, but his gestures were faintly inconsistent with the environment.

Many years later, the experienced Ghost Spider looked back and thought that Polusalino at that time... had a sense of incompatibility, which was probably the so-called aristocratic style.

But forget it, even if he is aware of it now, his former colleague and current boss is already an indispensable rock and pillar of the naval camp.

What about 'nobility'?

Polusalino is the admiral of the navy, and has nothing to do with his birth.

……

In G2, Ghost Spider, like other soldiers, didn't have a good impression of Polusalino, who just got a military rank, and the other party has always gone his own way, and he didn't even have a close friend in the garrison.

Keep a certain distance from everyone, wear a mask, behave coldly and arrogantly.

In the eyes of many people, people like Polusalino would not live long. The ghost spider often heard death predictions from the veterans around him.

Of course, speculation and rumors are easy to forget for ghost spiders. The new world battlefield is cruel and cruel. They are struggling on the front line of life and death, and they don't even care about others.

He even only met the not-so-reputable officer in the base a few times from a distance. If it weren't for the bad rumors about the other party, which left a little impression on him, he wouldn't remember him at all.

Until one time, the team of the ghost spider encountered a very powerful enemy, and hundreds of soldiers lost their lives in the battle. What was even more hateful was that their defeat was due to the strategy of their superiors.

At that time, the commander of G2 took hundreds of lives into a battle with no chance of winning for the sake of merit.

Later, the ghost spider who was lucky enough to be rescued heard that the one who ended the battle with only a few survivors was Polusalino.

After waking up in the ward, the ghost spider secretly visited Polusalino, who was imprisoned for disobedience even though he had done meritorious service.

In the cold and damp dungeon, the man whose serious injuries had not been treated was dying.

Polusalino, who was locked in the stone fence of the Hailou, asked him about the ghost spider, "I didn't intend to save anyone, I just hate such a conspiracy in the name of sacrifice." 's answer.

Perhaps because he felt that he might not be able to survive it, or perhaps because he was weak due to the high fever at the time, Polusalino took out a kit from his arms and handed it to the only ghost spider who came to visit him, and said with a smile, "When I die, you Just throw it into the sea~'.

Of course, Polusalino did not die. On the contrary, he was appreciated by Marineford after that incident, and he has been promoted step by step since then.

The ghost spider returned the kit, and gradually became acquainted with each other. With life and death battles one after another, the friendship between the two gradually deepened.

……

The kit, the ghost spider looked inside, when he heard the news that Polusalino might be executed.

Polusalino hid in the inside pocket of his chest, a kit that he kept clean even though he was bloody and bloody, and contained a delicate hair ornament in it.

It is something for women, made of gold and precious stones, so expensive that it will be broken if you are not careful.

At that time, the ghost spider probably guessed that Polusalino had someone in mind.

A few years later, before Polusalino accumulated military merits and was transferred back to Marineford, the two of them drank until they were drunk, and the ghost spider brought up the old story again, and Polusalino said something vaguely.

Maybe that wasn't a clear expression at all, just the ravings of a man who was so drunk that he lost his sobriety.

Polusalino said that one day if he dies, her hair accessories will be thrown into the sea, the accessories that cannot be returned in the real world, maybe the ocean can fulfill his wish.

The night he left G2 was the only time Ghost Spider saw Polusalino lose his composure, that treacherous, changeable, calm and careful man, with pain in his eyes.

He said, 'Till death bring us back together. '

……

In the next twenty years, until the ghost spider was promoted to lieutenant general, Polusalino became one of the highest combat forces in the navy and took over the Science Department, and the general Huang Yuan never lost his composure.

The admiral, Polusalino the Ape, is unrestrained and cold-hearted, but... the bag hidden in his lapel and attached to his heart is always in place.

[Until death makes him and her reunite], the oath is lingering.

The ghost spider keeps his mouth shut, but he also understands that Polusalino has not forgotten all these years, even though his lover has long since died.

Regarding the unknown person, the ghost spider has also vaguely heard some rumors after many years, and the description is vague.

Perhaps it is time that covers up all the dusty past, all the past, whether it is stunning, or a genius, are scattered in the breeze along with the passing people.

The one that Polusalino keeps firmly in his mind is a legend of Marineford. He didn’t even keep his name. We only know that nearly 30 years ago, that person was a classmate of Polusalino and Sakaski. .

Counting the time, Polusalino has been in love with someone for almost 30 years and has not changed his mind.

……

How could such a man who was infatuated to the point of being paranoid show up as a 'lover' until now?

Anyway, the ghost spider will definitely not believe it.

As for the rumors that are spreading wildly now... it's just a misunderstanding, if it's some kind of conspiracy...

Slowing down slightly, Ghost Spider raised his eyelids, and glanced at the building where the Marshal's office stood far away at the end of the boulevard, his eyes were half cold and half mocking.

If the misfortune is a conspiracy, the ghost spider will offer deep sympathy and a moment of silence for the mastermind.

To be able to sit in today's position, there is not a single idiot among the generals of the Marineford Navy Headquarters. Such a low-level conspiracy such as a beauty trick will not work on anyone, let alone a yellow ape.

After being promoted to general, Huang Yuan restrained his publicity and became calm. For those who don't know why, they would think that it was time to smooth the edges and corners of that man and make him calm and casual.

Not so for the ghost spider.

The title conferred by the world government doesn't matter at all. Polusalino is a giant python, the kind with poison.

Polusalino, who became an oracle, just became quiet, like a hibernating snake hibernating in a swamp, dulled by seeing all the world, hiding its sharp/poisonous fangs, crouching in the depths of a non-threatening falsehood .

Those who underestimate him...will be crushed to pieces when they don't know anything.

……

Under Creevey's incomprehensible eyes, the ghost spider snorted and didn't explain, just speeding up on its own.

It took some time to walk from his jurisdiction to the central area of ​​the headquarters, near the office building where the Marshal of the Warring States Period is located. The purpose of the ghost spider is to clear his mind on the way.

Now that he has cleaned it up, he has also prepared a draft for his meeting with the marshal later.

No matter what the reason for the Warring States Marshal's summoning was, he would do whatever he saw. In short, no matter what, the loss of his station must be fully compensated.

Who made the Science Department of General Yellow Ape have enough funds to make other regions jealous~ After thinking about it, the mood became more and more cheerful, and the ghost spider also had leisure to look around, and even the neatly trimmed green trees outside the Marshal's office building were pleasing to the eye many.

Not long after, he led his adjutant into the dense and lush plants. This green tree was built into a maze pattern. It is said that it is the personal preference of the Marshal of the Warring States Period... Uh...

Slightly stagnating under its feet, the ghost spider turned its head and stared quietly at an evergreen tree beside it.

Deep in the lush canopy, there seems to be a color different from the branches and leaves between the branches?

Silent for a few seconds, the ghost spider turned its feet and walked under the tree without haste, stretching its hand towards the long knife at its waist... Slowly drew/drawn out its accompanying weapon, and raised its hand to slash at the light and shadow that seemed to be swaying in the wind illusion.

……

The sharp light of the sharp knife was fleeting in the air. With a flip of his wrist, he slowly retracted the knife into its sheath. Finally, Ghost Spider took a step back and let the falling branches hit his feet.

A green branch fell, and the thick leaves rustled.

"Master Lieutenant General Ghost Spider?" Creevey looked at the broken branches on the ground with a confused tone.

"Hmm~" Ghost Spider responded, raised his foot and kicked the broken branch, and then, under the watchful eyes of him and the adjutant, a mass of jet black emerged from the thick green.

Stuck in a round ball between the branches, I can't see what it is, it's dark and fluffy.

After a brief silence, the ghost spider untied the knife at his waist, poked it with the scabbard, stared at the fluff, and asked his adjutant in a low voice, "Cat?"

"It doesn't seem to be." Creevey immediately stepped forward and took the fluff off the branch. "It's a bird."

"Hmm~" Putting away the scabbard and buckling it back to his waist, Ghost Spider stared at the ball of fluff held in the palm of the adjutant's hand and raised his brows, "Ball."

A small ball of fluff, no bigger than a man's palm, curled up round and round, with nowhere to be seen from the head.

After looking at it for a few moments, he stretched out his hand, carefully rubbed the ball of fluff, and said again, "Balls of coal." After speaking, he took it from Creevey's hand and stuffed it into his cloak pocket.

Witnessing his actions, Creevey was speechless, "Lord Admiral Ghost Spider..." While trying to stop him, he spoke in a tone of helplessness, "Please don't see Fluffy, just want to name it and take it away. keep."

"If you are a devil fruit capable user, the other party will complain to you."