[Comprehensive] BE saves the world

Red Dog Extra: "The Hours"

【There is nothing significant in life, because dust is worthless. 】

01

After the top war, the navy suddenly had many affairs.

The death of Whitebeard completely broke the original balance of power, all forces set off a new round of carve-up frenzy, and the seas of the New World fell into turmoil again.

The pirates are in chaos, and the interior of the navy is not peaceful.

The hero Garp resigned, and the marshal Sengoku also resigned as the marshal as an apology for the battle that caused the navy to suffer huge losses.The entire island of Marin Fando was divided into two during this war, and it is no longer suitable for use as the headquarters of the navy. Finding a new base for the headquarters is also a big problem... All kinds of affairs flowed into Saka for a while. Sky's office made a workaholic like him feel quite overwhelmed.

But at this time, there are other guys who want to make trouble for him.

"Is this a provocation to the navy?"

Sakasky's hand holding the newspaper suddenly became elemental, and the flames instantly engulfed the photo of Luffy in the straw hat on the newspaper.The magma fell on the armrest of the seat, instantly burning and billowing black smoke.

"Let Straw Hat Luffy snatch the warship and circle around Marlin Fandor, and let him ring the Oaks bell... What are those trash in the headquarters doing! The Navy's face is completely lost by them!"

It's not that Sakasky doesn't know the purpose of Straw Hat Luffy doing this.

Taking a boat around the island is a traditional "water burial ceremony" at sea. Ringing the Oaks bell is an announcement, and throwing a bouquet of flowers into the rift that divides Marin Fondo in two is a silent mourning.

Monkey D. Luffy, Portgas D. Ace's brother-in-law, and the guy who called... that idiot.

"It's just a scumbag pirate, who dared to go to the Navy headquarters to mourn! Who gave him the courage!"

Sakalski's anger almost burned half of the office, and the adjutant who answered tremblingly told the truth.

"Rayleigh, King of Pluto, and Seaman Jinpei are all accompanying him... The naval forces staying at the headquarters are weak, and they are really no match for those two."

"These shameless pirates." Sakaski's tone became even more terrifying, "Sooner or later..."

"And..." the adjutant's voice stuttered suddenly, he lowered his head, avoiding the officer's sight, "Madam... No, Ms. Desdemona has already moved out of the mansion."

"……yes."

Sakalski's anger cooled.

On the day the war ended, when he came back from the hospital, what he met was his wife's deathly pale face.

"Let's get a divorce, Sakalski."

Besides, she never said a word to him again.

She didn't ask him, did you kill our daughter.Didn't ask him, why did you kill Leah.

This public execution led by the navy spread to the whole world through the phone bug, and Desdemona has always been concerned about all the news about her daughter... I think she must have been watching the TV in front of the TV, anxiously waiting for the white-bearded sea to return. The confrontation between the bandits and the Navy Headquarters, praying that Gloria will not appear on the battlefield.

So, that scene...she probably witnessed it with her own eyes.

After witnessing such a scene, all inquiries and excuses no longer have any meaning.

The facts were so starkly before them.

——He executed the vice-captain of the fourth division of the Whitebeard Pirates.

—he killed their daughter with his own hands.

Indisputable, inexcusable, irreparable.

and so--

After a long silence, Sakaski just nodded.

At this point, he has nothing to say.

In this way, covered in gunpowder smoke, wounds left by the war, and Gloria's blood, Sakalski signed his name on the divorce application before going to the hospital.

The many affairs that followed pressed him up with the aura of exhausting him, leaving no time for Sakalski to feel sad and recuperate. Almost on the second day of the top war, he went to the new The world guards.

Before leaving, he left his adjutant to accompany Desdemona to deal with divorce and moving matters.Also left behind is a check with a huge amount.

That's what Sakalski paid her for divorce alimony for the next 30 years.

"That... Ms. Desdemona... she asked me to bring this back to you."

The adjutant carefully placed the check on the magistrate's desk.Sakaski looked at his signature on it in silence, and after a long time, he opened his mouth.

"What did she say?"

The adjutant hesitated for a long time, as if he was not sure whether he should say the original words, but in the end he told the truth under the fearful eyes of the chief.

"The one who said... 'It doesn't make sense anymore'."

It doesn't make sense anymore.

That was his wife's final definition of it all.

He was silent for a long time, and finally, he just nodded slowly.

"I see," he said.

After that, Akainu immersed himself in his work again.

There are still many affairs that need him to deal with, and there is not much time to stay on such meaningless sentimentality.

02

After ten days and ten nights of fighting Kuzan on Punk Hazard, Sakalski won the position of admiral.This is an undoubted victory. As the loser, Aokiji resigned from the position of admiral and left the navy alone.

And Sakaski returned to his home in Marin Vanduo with wounds all over his body and unfinished business.

When he opened the door of the house he hadn't set foot in for several months, what awaited him was an empty room.Because there is no care of the mistress, the house presents a different kind of ruin.Thick dust had accumulated on the floor and furniture, and the once bright decorations and glass windows were dimmed.Desdemona's favorite iris was placed in the vase. It had been too long, and the water in the vase had dried up, leaving ugly dark yellow water stains on the glass vase, and the withered flower branches bowed their heads dryly. , The shrunken blackened petals fell to the ground.

"..."

Sakalski was silent for a while before entering the house, each step leaving large, dirty footprints on the dusty floor.He went to the kitchen sink and turned on the dripping faucet.Then he opened the refrigerator door, threw the expired food in the refrigerator into the trash can, dug out a can of beer that was not expired, dragged a chair from the dining table and sat down, the hem of his coat fluttered with this action. There was a cloud of dust, he just frowned slightly, his thick fingers dug into the tab of the soda can, opened the tab and drank a big mouthful of cold beer.

During the war on the top, Desdemona was also transferred from Marlin Fandor like other naval families.And when she left the house, she didn't even step into the house.

Even her luggage was packed by the adjutant, and she took nothing but Gloria's things.

The rocking chair that Desdemona used to used was still left in the corner of the balcony as usual, her shawl was still hanging on the armrest, and the half-read book was also buckled on the seat, as if waiting for its owner to return. Come back here once.

It's like leaving all the past years in this room.Everything that happened here was left behind by her, quietly waiting for his return.

Sakaski drank the beer silently, crumpled the can into a ball, and threw it into the trash can.

When he stood up, he probably touched the wound, he paused, raised his hand to press the bandage on his shoulder, and the corners of his lips tensed silently for a moment.A few seconds later, he straightened his back again, returned to his room, pulled the quilt off on the empty double bed and fell asleep.

Have someone come and take care of the house tomorrow.

he thought.

It is really outrageous to continue to mess up.

With this in mind, Sakaski closed his eyes in the too quiet room, and fell asleep not long after.

03

Before officially taking over as admiral, Sakalski still had a lot of work to do.

Whether it's the repair work of Marlin Vandor, Aokiji's search for a new combat power to take over as admiral after leaving office, or contact with the five old stars...everything is a headache.

And with the fall of one of the four emperors, there is still no peace on the pirate side. Even the BIGMOM pirate group, which was the only one that stopped during the war on the top, has made big moves. All forces are in this situation. Fighting with each other in the changing era, trying to carve up Whitebeard's legacy, and the Whitebeard Pirates who lost Whitebeard are also trying to defend the territorial waters left by the former four emperors.

However, the Qiwuhai side is not very calm, that bastard Don Quixote Doflamingo doesn't know what he is doing, and even the CP has other actions... All this makes the already complicated situation change. more complicated, and naval affairs to an astonishing degree.

Even Sakalski was too busy to think about other things when facing this mess. Rather, he was so busy that he wanted to get rid of that bastard who slipped away, retired, and applied for a long-term assignment. They were all dragged back to work overtime (Kuzan, Sengoku, Karp:——Ah Choo!).And Huang Yuan, that lazy bastard who is used to being lazy, would just laugh and say "I'll go and see other places~" with a hot tea in his hand, and then he would disappear without a trace, who knew where that guy was slacking off again.

Thinking of this, Sakalski broke another pen.

But the adjutant chose to come over to ask him for leave during such a busy time.

It's no wonder that the corner of Sakaski's mouth almost fell to the table.

"The reason for the leave?"

he asked quietly.

The adjutant swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he saw the cloudy face of his boss, who was about to bring down a local thunderstorm at any time. He had no doubt that if he couldn't give a decent reason, he would definitely be sanctioned by General Akainu's iron fist.

No, it's better to say that he might be sanctioned by Iron Fist for any reason... Mr. Adjutant thought hard.

With the character of Admiral Akainu who is so seriously injured that he can't go to the front line, even if he is blown off half of his body, he will go to work the next day wrapped in bandages, so sick leave is definitely not available.If you are on personal leave... emmmmm, even the things that happened at the top can't make Admiral Akainu leave his post. Mr. Adjutant's barren mind can't think of any more reasons for asking for leave than "the daughter is dead" and "the wife is going to divorce" personal leave.

At times like this, I feel that it is really troublesome to have such a boss who is strict with others and himself...

The adjutant resisted the urge to sigh, and chose to be frank under the increasingly terrifying gaze of General Akainu—after all, lying to General Akainu and asking for leave would probably lead to death, especially at this time.

"Daughter's birthday is today..." He himself felt that General Akainu would never agree to this reason, but Mr. Adjutant endured the feeling of scalp numbness and continued, "...if possible, I want to go earlier today go home."

As soon as the words came out, the adjutant was ready to be kicked out of the house by Admiral Akainu to continue working overtime.To be honest, he also knew that this reason was not convincing at all to Admiral Akainu, but he still wanted to try it.

After all, the last disqualified father who was obsessed with work and neglected his family and missed his daughter's birthday every year is sitting in front of him now.

And what this father and his daughter became in the end... the whole world knows.

The adjutant calmed down and was ready to receive the scolding.

But to his surprise, General Akainu said nothing.

After a long silence, Admiral Akainu just said "I see" slowly, then lowered his head and continued to correct the document.

... So is this approved or not approved?

Mr. Adjutant was confused.

"What are you still standing here for?"

When Sakaski raised his head again, he found that his adjutant was still standing in front of him in a daze. He frowned immediately, and the corners of his mouth sank unhappily.

"Go and finish your work."

"Yes Yes!"

Instantly understanding the meaning of this sentence is "you can get out after you finish the job", a smile suddenly appeared on the adjutant's face, he saluted General Akainu, and rushed out of the office.

Sakarski withdrew his gaze, and once again focused his attention on his official duties, raised the pen that had stopped for an unknown amount of time and even poked a dot of ink on the paper, continued to review the official documents, and after confirming the contents Then signed his name.

It didn't take long for him to forget this little episode in his busy work.

04

It was a complete accident that that drawer would be opened.

It was just an ordinary night. When Sakaski was dealing with official business in the study, because he needed an old material, he rummaged in his study.

So he opened the drawer at the bottom of the desk.

Because the time was so long, even he himself forgot what else was in that drawer.

Tie up with a pink ribbon that is cutely rolled up at the end, and in a cellophane package filled with pink hearts, a plush bear the size of his palm is looking at him with black button eyes with.

"..."

Sakarski frowned deeply, looking at this plush toy that was incompatible with the atmosphere of the whole study for a while, and finally remembered how this thing entered his study.

That was... about four or five years ago.

Is it because of complaints from his wife (“Sakalski, if you forget Leah’s birthday this time, you don’t have to enter this door”) or ridicule from colleagues (“Haven’t you bought your daughter a birthday present once? Sakaski, you can’t do this~ you really can’t~”), or is it just a whim?

Sakalski had lost track of it.

However, although it was not the first time he entered a commercial street, it was also the first time he entered a toy store.

That kind of place is like a different world to Sakalski. There are heart-shaped balloons tied with beautiful ribbons at the door of the store, and the shelves in the store are full of toys that are completely incomprehensible to him. , dolls in fluffy skirts, chubby seals and penguins, strange starfish and bananas... and fluffy teddy bears of different sizes.

The admiral, who was used to seeing strong winds, waves and monsters at sea, froze there, looking a little at a loss for a moment.

It was the clerk who noticed his embarrassment, and she walked over with a cute smile, trying to rescue this navy boy who seemed to be entering this cute world for the first time.

"Hello, do you want to buy a gift? Are you planning to buy it for your child or for your girlfriend?"

Sakaski lowered the brim of his hat and said concisely, "It's my daughter."

"This, that's it..."

From this sentence, the professional and experienced clerk knew that this man must be the type of customer that caused her the most headaches. Her smile froze slightly, and then in order to cover up the stiffness, she quickly picked up a cute The white Shaggy Dog handed it to Sakalski, and picked up a large doll with fluttering blue eyes.

"So, how old is your child now? If it's a four or five-year-old child, I recommend this." She raised her hand and shook the dog, and motioned him to look at the doll, "If it's an older girl, maybe I will be interested in dolls. What kind of toys does your daughter usually like?"

Sakaski paused for a moment.

After all, he didn't really know what type of toys Gloria liked.He tried his best to search for memories, but he couldn't find out whether she had any memories of playing with something.

He didn't know much about that child.

After an embarrassingly long silence, Sakaski finally spoke.

"Don't want these." He frowned and swept over the doll and Shakedog, "They are too weak."

"Soft, weak?" The clerk's smile trembled slightly, "Then, then, would you like to..."

Sakaski looked around, but couldn't find a toy he wanted no matter what he looked at. Those fake guns and knives made of plastic seemed even more boring to him. A daughter with a knife and a gun is even more meaningless.

"...you can pick one at will," he said.

The shop assistant's eyes were full of "Can this be casual?", but her professionalism still allowed her to maintain a business-like smile.

"Then, how old is your daughter this year? What's your favorite color? Do you have any preferences?"

"..."

Sakalski couldn't answer a single question.Even his age hesitated for a while before reporting an ambiguous number.

"Twelve...or fourteen."

"..."

The poor clerk seemed to be unable to stop laughing.She raised her hand to press the throbbing veins on her forehead, and smiled and led Sakaski to the counter over there.

"Then I recommend this teddy bear." She pointed to the small and cute plush bear, "This one is very popular among young girls now."

"Then wrap it up."

Sakasky nodded.

"OK, just a second!"

As if to take revenge on this scumbag who doesn’t even remember the color his daughter likes, the clerk deliberately chose a cellophane package that was completely unsuitable for stuffing into a pocket, and tied it with an overly cute pink ribbon. Both the paper and the ribbon were printed with pink hearts, and Sakalski carried them all the way home. Even a hero like him, who doesn't care about the eyes of others, couldn't help being moved by the eyes of the passers-by along the way. Not at all uncomfortable.

Maybe it's because the packaging is just so cute.

Maybe it's because I really don't know how to give this gift to Gloria.

Maybe at first... just don't want to expose the gift before the daughter's birthday.

When Sakalski got home, he put the plush teddy bear in a desk drawer.

After that, because of the turmoil in the New World, he left home again to guard the G1 base.

By the time he came back, Gloria's birthday would have been long gone.

And he completely forgot that there was such a teddy bear in the drawer.

So that teddy bear has been left like this until now.

05

"..."

Sakaski stared at the teddy bear in silence.

Probably because this drawer is not used often and has been closed all these years, so there is not much dust accumulated in the drawer, and the teddy bear still maintains its original appearance. Although it is not as new as it was when I first bought it, it is also It has nothing to do with staleness at all.

The teddy bear looked at Sakaski quietly with its dark round eyes, and there was a slight smile on its fluffy face, as if it was asking something, but it didn't seem to care about anything.

"..."

Sakaski silently closed the drawer.The sound of the wooden cabinet door being buckled, such a slight sound.

He didn't throw away the teddy bear, nor did he put it in this cold study, he just closed the drawer without saying a word.

Later, he found the old document he needed from other cabinets.It's really hard to find under the thick file box.Sakaski took the document back to his desk and put it together with the official documents that needed to be corrected.

He didn't open that drawer again.

Didn't mention it to anyone either.

The teddy bears that were not given away at that time will still lie quietly in the deepest part of the drawer with their round black eyes open.

No one will know.

No one will mention it.

[Special episode [-]. End]

The author has something to say: There is no BGM in this chapter, and Akainu does not have a BGM [Cold]

The chapter summary comes from Andreyeva's "Schopenhauer", and I personally like this sentence very much.I think this paragraph is also very suitable for the atmosphere of this episode.

It is impossible for anyone to keep a temporary life:

There is no endless grief, no permanent joy, no constant emotions, no endless surprises, no final decisions.Everything is lost in the rapid flow of time.

Minute by minute, these atoms of humble life corrode like worms everything that is wise and great.The eccentricity of everyday life pushes down everything that wishes to rise.There is nothing significant in life because dust is worthless.