West Sea, Naval Base T61
In the navy's base numbers, T stands for the Four Seas area, and G stands for the Grand Route.
"Raphael, Raphael, where are you?" Mond scratched his head and shook his head helplessly. "Where did this guy go again?"
A month ago, the Xihai Navy once again started recruiting new recruits with the permission of the headquarters.
Mond and Raphael were the new recruits recruited this time.
The life of a new recruit is not easy.
Life in the navy involves a lot of physical exertion. The first thing a recruit does when they enter is actually to develop a physical foundation and train the discipline to follow orders.
To sum it up, it’s training and discipline.
Because you have to fight ferocious pirates, training is essential, and discipline is the foundation for the navy to stand in the world. If there is no discipline, then there is actually no difference between the navy and pirates.
Mond, who comes from a remote town in the West Sea, has a weak physique, so he always completes his training goals at the end, while Raphael, who has a strong physique, always completes training early and then ends up without knowing where he is.
"Stop making noise, can't you just let me be quiet for a while?" A lazy voice came from above his head, and Mond knew it was Raphael as soon as he heard it.
Unlike most navies, Raphael showed his uniqueness from the moment he entered the navy.
Strong, solitary, and likes quietness.
But Mond is very close to each other, and the reason is very simple. During the original test, the weak Mond almost failed due to hunger and weakness, but at that time it was Raphael who extended a helping hand. A meal of not very tasty food and a mediocre drink of fresh water.
Although it was not a big deal, it allowed Mond to enter the navy to realize his idea of fighting the pirates.
Mond was very happy when he heard Raphael's voice, and jumped up to the tree in a few seconds.
"Raphael, why are you lying down to rest again?"
Raphael is an ordinary-looking person with a bit of a lazy temperament. Logically speaking, it is difficult for such a person to be valued by the navy. However, Raphael's enlistment test results are too good, and the T61 test officers are not willing to let a good talent go. .
"Lying down doesn't necessarily mean resting. Resting doesn't necessarily mean lying down."
Raphael calmly said something confusing.
"Raphael, you are saying some weird things again."
"Is it weird?..." Raphael didn't say much, just shook his head slightly and closed his eyes.
The sea breeze blows and carries the salty smell of the sea. It is not a refreshing fragrance, but it makes people relax.
It's more comfortable than the smell of blood.
"Hey, Raphael, why do you want to join the navy?" Mond suddenly asked.
"Food, housing and wages are all included."
"Huh?! o(ﾟДﾟ)っ!" Mond was surprised. "Raphael, is this why you came to the Navy?"
Raphael nodded calmly, "Otherwise? Do you need some high-level reason to join the navy? Sorry, I really don't have this." Raphael said and looked at Mond.
"It's you, are you so weak that you will die if you join?"
"Death?" Mond was slightly stunned, but didn't know how to refute, so he could only sigh. He said, "Perhaps I will die, but if I live my life as expected, I might as well spend my life killing pirates."
As he spoke, Mond's eyes showed a hint of awe, and a faint aura of solemnity emerged.
Raphael ignored Mond and sighed slightly in his heart, "You will die quickly like this."
"I'm not afraid!"
"This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not, but a question of whether you have a brain."
Raphael sat up slowly, "A person without a brain will not know the meaning of his life until he dies."
"Weird words."
strangeness?
Raphael shook his head, this was just simple philosophical thinking.
Three major life considerations: Who am I? where am I? What am I doing?
The meaning of life is actually a concrete small question extended from these three major questions.
Philosophical knowledge would always appear in Raphael's mind from time to time, but he didn't know where this knowledge came from. Raphael found that he could give very pertinent answers to many strange questions, and some of them were straight to the point. Some people's hearts are full of personal color. But every statement is somewhat incompatible with this world.
Just like his current character, he is lazy and muddles along. It is not the result of his environment, but the thoughts and some unique insights that come to his mind.
For example, every time he thinks about going to work, something will pop up in his mind, capital vampires, 996 is a blessing, only people who are useless to society will have holidays... these strange words.
Then the body will enter the state of fishing and paddling very honestly.
And there is an explanation for this state.
I, a good fish, fish three provinces every day.
I am good at water, and I am good at all rivers and seas.
There is quite a feeling that I have fully realized that this world is not worth it.
"Raphael, you are like this..."
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"It should be easier to die than me."
…
"I guess so."
…
There was one thing Raphael didn't say.
He actually joined the Navy because he joined a strange organization two months ago.
At that time, the organization took out a book. Many words in the book felt very familiar to him, and he even said some strange words before the other party spoke.
He always felt that it would be more appropriate to change the "Quotations of the Leader" to the "Quotations of Miao Zedong".
But what is "Meow Zedong's Quotations"?
Then that person said that he was very talented and that some organization and people needed you. He was stunned for a moment. Then he joined them inexplicably, and then a guy named Rocker, who seemed to be the leader, told him to join the navy as a sailor.
He was influenced by the thoughts in his mind and resisted, but the other party only said that his life would become extremely comfortable if he went to the navy.
He really believed his lies at that time.
If you want to say, is the navy really a place for people to live?
"By the way, does this count as being sold?"
Forget it, too lazy to think about it.
………
On the other side, on a small island located in the windless zone, Tasia was speechless after receiving the latest news about Raphael.
"Lockel, is it really okay to let this person go as an undercover agent?"
There was worry in his eyes.
Don't blame her for being so worried.
This guy named Raphael is really...too laid-back.
You must know that since joining the organization, that guy has completely completed his daily training tasks symbolically and does not know where to go to sleep. If it weren't for this guy's theoretical knowledge, he would even make some supplements to the "Quotations of the Wind Leader" in some places. Tasia even wanted to beat the opponent directly.
I have never seen such a lack of motivation.
"Hahaha, Tasia, it's because of his personality that he is the most suitable person to enter the navy."
Tasia is very smart and has a very flexible mind.
Before, I had only been struggling with Raphael's character, but now when Locke said that Tasia had reacted, "If he is a lurker, he is indeed quite suitable."
There has always been no shortage of spies arranged by big pirates in the navy. Especially those dark forces, the number of spies they arranged in the navy has been witnessed countless times by Tasia during the disputes in the Western Sea this year.
Several times the two sides were clearly still fighting, but suddenly the other side slipped away, leaving Rocker and the others in a state of difficulty.
Others say that I am just pretending, but the real idea is that if I don’t use my gun and go off today, the one who will be the most likely to suffer will be my grandson.
It turns out that these people said they wanted to do it with real guns and fire, but they were just pretending. Their real idea was that I would just sit around and do nothing...
Just keep hitting, there's nothing they can't hit, but as soon as these turtles walked away with their front legs, they hit the fireworks and rushed towards them. If they hadn't been stuck twice and didn't run away, they would have really thought that they didn't run away. These guys from the dark world are playing a double act with the navy.
Later I found out that it was not an act, but that someone else had an inside job.
Raphael's maverick character is destined to appear very different in the team battle of the Navy. There is no doubt that people like him will be given special attention.
but……
Tasia looked at Raphael's training records in her hand over the past month and couldn't help but feel bitter.
After one month of training, Raphael went straight from an ordinary civilian to possessing the strength that ordinary people would need at least half a year of devil training to gain.
The key is that this guy has not gone through that kind of devilish training, so this is completely talent.
The person recorded as having such a talent, Tasia, remembers that she was a teenager from CP9, the secret organization of the world government.
A few years ago a country lost a war and hundreds of soldiers were taken prisoner, so the king asked the World Government for help. And that boy...
All the captured soldiers were slaughtered...
"But will he really help us?"
Locke laughed, "Why not? I don't believe that a guy who can supplement "Quotations of the Wind Leader" will become a lackey of the World Government. His talented navy will not be wasted, and such a result will naturally make He quickly entered the upper echelons of the Navy, and as long as he enters the upper echelons of the Navy, he will naturally come into contact with the ugliness of the World Government. As long as he recognizes those darkness, he will definitely help us."
Tasia frowned and felt that Locke's thinking was too idealistic. "Do you still remember the sentence on page 38 of "The Quotations of the Wind Leader"?"
Locke paused and his smile faded, but then he smiled happily again, "The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon?"
"I don't know what kind of thing would turn that kind of person into an evil dragon, but if it is true, then this evil dragon must be better than the current evil dragon."
"But……"
Locke waved to stop Tasia. "Okay, Tasia, I know you still have a lot of doubts, but our job is not to discuss these now. The current situation of the Revolutionary Army has already let us know and attracted the attention of the world government." What a great hindrance it will have to our cause, just as Lord Leader said."
"A single spark can start a prairie fire. This is true. Although it is a bit cruel, wind alone is of no use. The current fire cannot burn."
“Aren’t the flames of the Age of Discovery enough?”
Locke shook his head, "Tasia, you haven't understood the essence of Lord Wind Leader!"
"We... are early."
As he spoke, Locke shook his head, with an expression that said you were still too young.
He's obviously just a stupid idiot!
How dare you, a wooden head like yours, to judge me! ?
Tasia narrowed her eyes, and there was a hint of domineering attached to her high heels.
"Ouch, Tasia, what are you doing!"
"Huh!" Tasia rolled her eyes at him and walked away quickly without saying anything.
This wood is hopeless!
How about taking it out and burning it.
…
Reiju's appearance poured cold water on the originally tense and exciting battle, and it suddenly became cold.
Youyouzi and the other three took advantage of this time to quickly distance themselves, and invariably landed on a platform that Keya spread out in the air.
The three brothers Ijiniji and Yuji have rushed back from below. If the three of them join their battle, then the three of them will definitely be invincible.
In addition, Reijiu stood up and spoke, so the three of them took a step back and stopped the fight.
On the other side, facing the sudden retreat of the three men, Gaji did not take advantage of the victory to pursue them. Instead, he stood quietly in the air with a knife and waited for his sons to come over.
Although he was very strong on his own, he had to admit that he couldn't suppress the three girls across from him.
When did such young monsters appear in the sea?
But in the blink of an eye, Gaji's mood didn't change much.
This era has never lacked geniuses, and the world has never lacked monsters.
From the Rocks Pirates, to Roger and Garp, to the current Yonko Shichibukai. Each of these people is so different from ordinary people.
The only thing that surprised him was that this monster from the Flying Flower Pirates was a bit too low-key.
At this age, as long as he has accumulated a few years of training, his combat effectiveness will be at the level of several Shichibukai.
But even though the strength of the three people surprised him, his eyes quickly fell on Reijiu.
Even the moment his eyes met Reiju's, Gaji was stunned for a moment.
Several years have passed, but Reiju's appearance has not changed much. If anything, she looks more like her mother Sora.
No matter the figure or appearance...
"Compared to before, it's more like..." Gaji murmured.
At this time, the three of Ijiniji and Yuji had arrived behind Gaji.
"Father, we failed."
Gaji nodded, "It's okay. I see that the problem is not with you."
The problem really isn't his three children.
It wasn't that his three children were too weak, but that the opponent's unknown fruit ability caught them off guard. "Now is not the time to worry about these issues."
As he spoke, Gaji looked at Reiju.
Reiju looked at Gaji without any fear.
After being silent for a long time, Reijiu slowly closed her eyes and sighed, "Sure enough, you are here specifically for me~"
"The Kingdom of Germa is not suitable to appear in 'Paradise', and you should not come here. Is there my paper of life?"
Under the leadership of Gazi, the purpose of the Germa Kingdom has never changed from beginning to end, which is to return to the North Sea and reunify the North Sea.
The Grand Line was never Gazi’s goal from beginning to end.
Gaji did not speak, but slowly took out the World War I Life Paper from his arms. He placed the paper in his hand and slowly moved towards Reijiu.
"Tell me, what do you want to do here?"
Jiazhi calmly took back the paper of life and said, "I'm going to meet Beihai again. I need you."
Reiju's first reaction when she heard this was to refuse. But when she saw the other person's eyes, she hesitated.
Gaji's eyes looked very plain, exactly the same coldness as he remembered, but Reiju read a different flavor in them.
Tired, tired, tired, or missing...
Reijiu didn't know whether it was because she hadn't seen this person for so long that she had forgotten his gaze or because she understood emotions better than she once did. Now she just felt that Gaji's gaze was cold and impure.
Reiju couldn't help but think of her mother, Sora, who never said she regretted marrying Gaji even on her deathbed.
What my mother objected to all the time was Gaji's ruthlessness in order to restore the glory of the Vinsmoke family.
Thinking of this, Reijiu's heart relaxed inexplicably.
He said in a complicated tone, "Vinsmoke Reiju is dead. Five years ago!"
"I know you're alive, I've known for five years."
"But you didn't come to me."
"So you want me to go find you?"
Reijiu was speechless for a while. He couldn't help but fell into silence.
Did she want him to come to her?
If she, who had just been caught, had to answer this question, the result would be yes.
But later she didn't want the other party to come to her.
Some things are not set in stone.
At first, she was expecting Gaji to come to her to prove that the father in her heart still had family affection.
Later, she didn't want the other party to come to her, because Yuyuko and the others were more like the family described by her mother than that cold home. Not only was she not looking forward to it, but she was worried that the other party would come and destroy her new home.
Thinking of this, Reijiu's expression became more complicated.
"Vinsmoke Reiju. Dead, five years ago!"
"Really?" Gaji's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes instantly turned cold. "Is this your choice?"
But this time, Reiju knew that this man was not really cold, but for his goal, he chose to lock up the person he thought was weak.
"Didn't you and I already make this choice five years ago?"
"Yes, it was already done five years ago..."
Gaji was silent for a moment, put away his weapon, and turned to leave. "You guys...let's go."
However, Gaji, who had just turned his head, seemed to remember something and turned around again. He took out a box from his arms and threw it towards Reijiu.
"This is for you."
Box?
Reijiu was slightly startled, without warning of danger in her heart, she opened the box decisively, and then froze. One hand involuntarily covered his mouth, and his eyes became moist.
No wonder……
Then Reiju yelled at Gaji, "Gaji, I will never forgive you!"
The sudden words made Gaji slightly stunned, and even lost his mind for a moment.
"What's wrong, father?" Niji couldn't help but ask when he saw Gaji stopping.
Gaji shook his head and said nothing.
'Sora, she said exactly the same thing as you~'
