"Pa! A ruler hit Momo's assistant hard in the heart. It hurt so much that he almost burst into tears. The other little devils around him immediately whispered to each other, and there were whispers, "This kid has only been here for two days, and he is already the fifth.
Have you been beaten for the first time? Your understanding is really poor, and I don’t know why Mr. Koushiro would take in such a guy..." "
"Damn it, if it weren't for the unfamiliarity of the place and the plan to stay here for a while to find out the situation, who would have accepted that four-eyed boy as his teacher! I am the son of the noble Daimyo of Wano Country! Momonosuke felt ashamed and angry, rubbing his hands
I was just about to return to my seat with my sore palms, when suddenly I kept my gaze and my attention was attracted by the silhouette of a young girl passing by the window..."
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Naval Headquarters, Marineland.
Nuo Xia, who had just returned to the headquarters not long ago, first went to visit Lieutenant General Zhizi, but when he arrived, he found that the latter was not at home, and seemed to have gone out on a mission.
The person who received him was Little Tina, who was already fourteen years old and had officially entered the age of a girl.
This time he finally didn't forget to bring a gift, but Tina hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and she obviously missed him a lot, and didn't care about the gift at all.
As soon as Nuo Xia walked in, he was like a curious baby, asking questions, which made him feel dizzy.
After finally dealing with it one by one, before Nuo Xia had time to take a sip of tea, he heard something from the girl's mouth that made him stunned.
"Uh, so..."
He raised his eyes and said, "It's like Lieutenant General Porusalino performed a song and dance in the eyes of all the royal families who have joined the World Government?"
Doesn't make sense?
How could this happen? He clearly took the videotape away before leaving.
Could it be that the projection phone bug also has a memory function, and then when playing video data, this section is displayed first?
"Yes, and after the jump, a line of large characters popped up on the screen, "Welcome to join the Navy, I am Vice Admiral Kizaru, and I will wait for you here." The subtitle below said it was a Navy recruitment promotional video..."
Tina sat opposite the sofa, peeling an orange and laughing:
"There was an uproar in the conference room at that time, and it was even published in the newspapers. Now it is probably spread around the world. Tina heard from Grandma Zhizi that the Warring States General's face was as black as the bottom of a pot."
"As soon as the meeting ended, he called the G2 branch and scolded Mr. Porusalino, asking him when he actually took pictures of such a thing..."
"..."
Nuo Xia's mouth twitched.
He could already imagine Kizaru on the other end of the phone, facing this inexplicable accusation, his eyes widening, looking aggrieved, "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air?"
Well, this time it seems that I have tricked Sir Huang...
"Ah, open your mouth."
He looked up at the ceiling and was thinking about how to secretly compensate Kizaru when he turned around. His lips felt cold. He opened his mouth subconsciously and suddenly stuffed two orange petals into his mouth.
Nuo Xia looked down and saw that Tina had spread her legs and hugged his waist, sitting on her lap.
Seeing him looking at her now, she smiled and stuffed the remaining orange petals in her hand.
"……Thanks."
Nuo Xia ate the orange and after chewing it for a few times, he couldn't help but frowned. He felt that the taste was familiar to him.
"It's strange. It tastes exactly the same as the oranges I have at home. Could it be the same variety..."
"It's the oranges from your house, Brother Nuo Xia."
Tina blinked, "Grandma Zhizi went back to Donghai on New Year's Day and stopped by to visit your home. I didn't expect Aunt Tulip to be so enthusiastic. Before she left, she said that her family was poor and had nothing to offer in return, so she left the orchard.
All the oranges in the house have been delivered..."
She pointed to the storage room next to the living room, "Well, there are still hundreds of kilograms over there, and they can't be eaten at all. Grandma Zhizi is worried, and she can't live up to Aunt Tulip's kindness, so she's going to take advantage of it before it's too late.
If they are broken, send them all to the headquarters restaurant..."
Eh?
Nuo Xia turned around and took a look. Sure enough, the storage room was so full that the door could not be closed tightly. From time to time, a few oranges leaked out from the crack in the door...
"..." Three black lines suddenly appeared on his forehead.
Isn't it, Mom?
How many months have passed since last winter to the beginning of this year? Are the oranges at home still unsaleable?
This was all handled by Lieutenant General Zhizi. He did a favor and made the old lady feel embarrassed for a while... How wicked of you!
Speaking of which, Zhizi, as the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters, is quite busy. On New Year's Day, he actually asked for leave to go to the East China Sea...
"Did Lieutenant General go to the bandit Dadan's house?" Nuo Xia asked.
"Well, I haven't seen Ace in almost a year. Grandma Zhizi misses her very much, so she went to visit..." At this point, Tina suddenly lowered her voice and peeled off the other girl she had just finished peeling.
An orange was handed over:
"And we also made a temporary decision. Brother Nuo Xia, do you want to take a guess? It will definitely be a big surprise..."
surprise?
Nuo Xia was slightly startled, and just about to say something, his expression suddenly became a little subtle, and he glanced down vaguely.
Because it was early summer and the weather was getting hotter, Tina was only wearing shorts at home.
The two smooth and slender white legs were close to his skin, and moved up and down according to the movements of the girl's arms, rubbing gently...
You can eat oranges, but you must not mess with the rules.
Nuo Xia took the orange, then smoothly picked up Tina from under her arm and put it back on the coffee table in front of her without ceremony.
"What are you doing!"
Tina raised her right fist in protest and said angrily, "I'm not a child anymore. Can you please stop carrying it here and there like this?"
"It's precisely because you are no longer a child that I have to do this."
Nuo Xia's expression was more serious than ever before: "You are already a real girl at the age of fourteen. Tina, you should have some understanding of things between men and women. You must keep the proper distance between the opposite sex..."
"Tina doesn't understand this."
The girl glared at him dissatisfied, then sat directly over, her arms wrapped around Nuo Xia's neck angrily, and snorted:
"It was obviously possible before, so why can't it be done now! You are still talking about these inexplicable truths. Brother Nuo Xia, do you dislike Tina for getting heavier?"
This girl... Nuo Xia pushed a little harder, but still couldn't push her away. He couldn't help but hold his forehead. At this moment, he was not sure whether Tina did this intentionally.
It’s not a matter of gaining weight!
It’s a matter of getting bigger!
The development of teenage girls really changes every day. Last year, Nuo Xia only treated Tina as a child. The two had a close brother-sister relationship and did not pay too much attention to some physical contact.
But today is different from the past. If things continue like this...
The relationship between brother and sister is in danger of deteriorating!
"Tina, listen to me..."
He was sitting upright and was about to give advice, when suddenly he felt as if something small had been staring at him.
Dingchun was taken to the West Sea by himself. Lieutenant General Zhizi didn't have any other pets at home. He turned his head in confusion.
As a result, he saw a little kid with black hair at the end of the corridor, sitting on the stairs with a bottle of milk in his mouth, looking at him blankly.
Child?
Since when did Lieutenant General Zhizi have a foster child at home?
Wait... Nuo Xia suddenly noticed that this little guy who was only about two years old had a vaguely familiar face and facial features.
He stood up and took a few steps closer, looked up and down carefully, and suddenly discovered that there were some freckles on the little guy's face...
"Ace?"
Nuo Xia was really shocked now. He turned his head suddenly and looked at Tina on the sofa in surprise, "Lieutenant General Zhizi actually brought Ace to the headquarters... The surprise you mentioned before is this.
?”
"Yeah..."
Tina nodded, "How is it, brother, are you surprised?"
What a surprise for a big-headed ghost, he is clearly frightened!
"This is the bloodline of the Pirate King..."
Looking at the confused little Ace, Nuo Xia rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, "What is Lieutenant General Zhizi thinking? If this is an accident and someone discovers his true identity..."
"Don't worry, brother. Grandma Zhizi has already taken care of everything. After several layers of processing, she has arranged a legal identity for this child."
Seeing that the milk bottle was bottomed out, Tina took out the milk powder can and skillfully brewed him another cup. She also changed little Ace's diaper, "Tina also said before, Grandma Zhizi, she is temporary this time."
I’m excited.”
"Originally, she never thought about bringing Ace back to her. She just hoped that he could grow up alone and peacefully. It doesn't matter even if she doesn't know about the existence of her grandmother."
"But after this visit, she found that Bandit Dadan's place was very uneasy. There were pirates coming and going frequently, and the educational environment was quite bad. Under the influence, Grandma Zhizi was worried that the little guy would go back to his father's old path and grow up.
The queen also went to sea to become a pirate..."
"So you were so cruel that you just called the headquarters?"
Nuo Xia quite agreed with Zhizi's ideas and speculations, but when he looked at the little guy wearing crotchless pants in front of him, he still felt a little pained, "Is it to train him to become a navy?"
to be honest.
When he had just obtained the "Rebirth of Broken Limbs" skill a year ago, he had the idea of recruiting Luffy to become a marine, so as to avoid the recurrence of the painful scene where his grandfather and grandson were hostile and Garp was in agony in the future.
But as Luffy is Garp's grandson, he has a good foundation and a good reputation. Being a marine can completely show his identity and be fair and aboveboard!
A mere revolutionary named Long, who has yet to take off, cannot affect Garp's status and influence in the navy.
And what Ace said.
Once his identity is exposed, what awaits him is the danger of catastrophe. What's more, when he grows up, as a navy, what will he think when he knows his father's true identity?
"Grandma Zhizi has this idea."
When Tina faced Nuo Xia, she never hid her trump card and told the truth.
"...Mr. Karp, does he know?" Nuo Xia sighed and asked.
"When Grandma Zhizi brought Ace back, he knew about it."
Tina returned to the sofa and naturally leaned on Nuo Xia's shoulder. Nuo Xia didn't care about these little moves at the moment. "Mr. Karp was very dissatisfied with Grandma Zhizi's decision at first. He felt that although Dadan was
Bandits, but her home is a very suitable place to raise her."
"But then Grandma Zhizi got angry and scolded Mr. Karp. The two of them didn't know what they talked about, but Mr. Karp finally agreed..."
Have you agreed?
Nuo Xia was silent.
On the issue of education, he actually had the same attitude as Shibako, and was extremely puzzled by the fact that Garp clearly wanted his two grandsons to become marines, but yet he fostered Ace Luffy in that kind of environment.
Even though the old man spared no effort, he would go back to his hometown to visit relatives every year and personally educate his grandson for a period of time. He was both strong and gentle, and gave sincere advice.
But compared to Ace Luffy being affected by the surrounding environment day after day, this effort is simply a drop in the bucket.
Perhaps in the future, Nuo Xia would also find ways to change this, but he didn't expect that eighteen years ago, Lieutenant General Zhizi, Ace's grandmother, had done this first.
This can be considered a butterfly effect caused by oneself, right?
He touched Ace's head. The little guy held the bottle and narrowed his eyes comfortably, while Nuo Xia felt inexplicably complicated.
Ace is going to become a marine.
Will future ASL brothers still form bonds with each other?
He will no longer become Whitebeard's godson, so will the future battle at the top, which affects the situation of the entire sea, still start?
These have become unknowns. Nuo Xia smacked his lips. If he and Taotu hadn't exchanged bodies and successfully completed the task of persuading Zhizi to return to the headquarters, I'm afraid this butterfly's wings would not have been like this.
Suddenly violent?
Sure enough, think about it carefully.
It's all that beaver cat's fault!
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After teasing little Ace for a while and eating Tina's failed lunch, he left the courtyard of Zhizi's house and went straight to the elite camp under the girl's frustrated eyes.
I haven't been back for more than half a year, but the scenery on that tree-lined avenue is still so familiar. The maple branches on both sides are lush and leafy, still covered with hoarfrost like every morning and night in the past.
Stepping into the gate of the elite camp, this year's recruits were busy conducting afternoon training sessions under the supervision of their instructors. Nothing seemed to have changed.
When he passed by the training ground, as expected, he caused a commotion among the recruits.
"Hey, hey, look over there, it's Nuo Xia, Major General Nuo Xia!"
"You're lying, where is it? Why didn't I... Oh my god! It's really him!"
"The real person is so much more handsome than the photos in the newspaper. It's over, it's fallen!"
………
Whispers arose one after another, and gazes full of reverence were focused on him, which even affected the normal training and provoked stern reprimands from the instructors.
"It feels like I graduated from college in my previous life and returned to my alma mater after becoming famous..."
Nuo Xia sighed in his heart, quickened his pace a little, and under the reluctant eyes of his junior brothers and sisters, he left the training ground and went straight to Zefa's office.
However, what he didn't expect was that he missed it.