The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

   Chapter 242

  Valencia Town,

  The lively festival is underway!

  Enough food to eat with an open belly, and fine wine from the cellar, even the stingy person will not feel that this is a waste at this time. Because for ordinary people, compared with life, all things seem insignificant.

dream? free? Ambition?

  Sorry, these are exclusive to the strong. What ordinary people pursue is nothing more than a stable life.

The coast is full of laughter and singing and dancing civilians. Although the city has just been broken by pirates, fortunately, the other side is preparing to keep civilians as a'bait' for traps. In addition, the 211 detachment led by Roman came in time and casualties. It's not too disastrous.

  Moreover, there is also the contribution of Nami, the ‘No. 2’ mobile spring water. One day is enough for everyone to cheer up and offer blessings and revelry for the peace that comes again.

   "It's a lively and familiar atmosphere~~"

Looking at the laughing and laughing coast, Nami couldn't help but think of the Straw Hat group's previous experience: fighting desperately with pirates, smiling faces on everyone's faces, and lively carnival banquets...Compared with the past, it seems there is nothing wrong The place of harmony. and:

   "Ann, don't you want to have a drink?"

   Facing the rare smile of Iscar, Nami smiled and shook her head.

   "No, I will stay to see the boat, you can go."

   "Okay, then—"

  The beautiful girl lieutenant colonel who walked to the side of the ship looked back at Xiang Nami.

   "Ann, you can't just wait for a man, or you will be like me..."

  It's too late to regret!

   "Anyway, come on."

  Iska, who made a fist and made a gesture of ‘work hard’, jumped off the warship in a month and, on behalf of the 211 detachment, accepted the gratitude of the mayor of Valencia and the navy stationed in Valencia.

  Although in theory the army forbids drinking, after a great victory to save the entire town, the officers on the ship opened their eyes to the wine, food, applause and praise from the civilians. Not to mention:

   "Hahaha, don't worry."

  Polkin, who took a sip of wine in the crowd, waved his hand boldly.

   "I have called my dad... ahem, and asked the headquarters to send someone to defend here. Security is never a problem."

  "Thank you, thank you~~"

  "Thank Your Excellency····"

   "Long live the Navy!"

  Looking at the group of ‘I’m the second generation I’m proud of’, Nami rested her chin.

   "Hey, what a group of energetic people...?!"

   Leaning on the side of the warship, Nami, wearing a colonel's coat, looked towards the shore. The little girl who waved to herself and her mother also waved to each other happily.

   "Big sister, I will protect my mother~~"

   "Don't say that, thank you for the protection of the Navy adults."

   Facing the woman who bowed and pressed the little girl's head, Nami smiled.

"this is what we are supposed to do."

  ········

  Ga,

   Pushing open the cabin door, Roman who came out just saw Nami who was in a good mood.

   "Why, do you like banquets so much?"

   With a wave of his hand, two side-by-side white chairs appeared on the deck. Roman sat down and looked at the lively scene not far away and shook his head.

   "What's so happy about this? Not as good as mine—"

  Following Roman's hand, one more book page appeared, on which there were two symmetrical human figures on the left and right.

  "Replace the pages of the book, good stuff!"

  Roman smiled with joy. After learning from Iscar that the pirate captain Klein, the ‘Phantom’, had a metal hand, Romain wanted to understand the other party’s means of escape:

  Hide one of your hands on other islands and replace them with metal prostheses. In a critical moment, you can directly transport yourself to another place far away through ‘replacement’.

  This method can ensure that Klein even has the ability to escape the pursuit of the general! Of course, the premise is to be ruthless to yourself: not everyone can take the initiative to'leave one hand'.

  And these are not problems for Roman at all! Not to mention that Roman itself has the ability to actively split the flesh and blood, and the ‘return of life’ that can quickly spawn hair is equivalent to the price of immunity to the ability to activate this devil fruit.

   "Hehe, I hope that Klein won't die now."

  Romain in a good mood sat on the white chair and casually said to Nami next to him. ——Otherwise, the "replacement page" you just got will be scrapped?

   "Hehe, I don't know who was nearly killed on the spot by six shots and seven holes yesterday."

  Na gave Roman a whiter look. Although it was to protect herself, at the time Roman’s tragic situation almost made Nami cry. ——With Roman's strength, if it weren't for protecting him, how could he be hit by a mere gun?

   "Don't panic,"

   was waved calmly by Roman of'six shots and seven holes'.

   "It's just a small stone bullet in the sea. Even if it can inhibit my fruit ability and affect the use of armed sex, it will not inhibit my domineering and ‘return of life’.”

  Why is the former Roman so greedy about the skill of ‘Return of Life’? Because this is really a **** skill!

"At the moment I was shot, I controlled the muscles in my body to build up to the wound, so that the internal organs moved outside the trajectory of the bullet. Don't look at me with six shots and seven holes. In fact, it was just a'skin wound'. One of the shots was still I calculated Without accidentally hurting you, you can directly control the muscles to "give way" to make the bullet pass through the body..."

  Nami sighed again while Roman talked about how to minimize damage.

  This man is hopeless!

Depend on--

  ?

  Facing Nami who was sitting on the chair next to her, but resting her head on her shoulder, Roman finally recovered from the ‘fight’ that was as efficient as the explanation.

Quiet--

  The coast and the town are full of lively carnival people, and the deck is two people leaning on their shoulders. Compared with the rhythm and rhythm on the opposite side, this is the Quiet Garden.

  The leisurely white clouds drifted by, letting the sun in the sky sprinkle a little bit of gold; the wind flicked over the mast, and there was the sound of waves beating the ship's side; occasionally a few white-bellied and black-winged seabirds flew overhead.

  Roman closed his mouth, his gaze slowly extended to the distance, and gradually moved up, over the town, over the naval base, it was a sea and sky with no end in sight. ——Romain suddenly found that it seemed that he hadn't sat down so leisurely to look at the scenery in a long time.

  When was the last time? In this world...it seems to be fighting and exercising all the time, maybe only the previous life?

  The first three years of struggling to survive were only blood and killing; after joining the Straw Hat regiment, he was always a desperate enemy in front of him. It seems that he has been moving forward courageously like a tight spring, although Roman does not regret his past. but:

  Roman turned his gaze to Nami next to her. The girl looked up at some time and looked at the sky in the distance, not observing the direction of the weather, but simply in a daze.

   Nami tilted her head and leaned on Roman's shoulder, and the orange hair that had gradually grown to the shoulder was scattered, and a few strands were brushed on her face, her expression was leisurely and flat. It was neither the usual lively self-confidence, nor the cunning or weakness that appeared occasionally. Roman couldn't find words to describe it for a while, but just stared blankly, as if he had met the girl next to him for the first time.

  Roman has never seen Nami look so quiet and virtuous. Most of the time, Nami gives people the feeling of being lively, cheerful, and emotional: laughing loudly, crying loudly, drinking heavily, running with tears...

  When she directed the direction of the ship, she was full of confidence. It seemed that as long as she was there, there would be no unreachable seas or islands. Even if Roman is forced to develop "The Art of Thieves" every day, it is a serious and serious effort under the lazy sly.

  At this moment, the girl leaning next to her has no such "reflections" of the past at all. At this moment, Nami is more like a pure girl who is not deeply involved in the world, leaning on the shoulder of a man leisurely, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and outlines her future dream.

At this moment, abandoning those messy titles of'genius navigator, magical girl, and professional thief', Roman suddenly realized that the young girl companion beside him was no longer just a companion... ·

   "Roman."

"Um?"

  Nami pointed to the ordinary people laughing and celebrating on the coast, the little girl holding her mother’s index finger in a little hand, the light in her eyes didn’t know how to describe it:

  Is it envy, or...

   "I suddenly felt that this was also pretty good."

  ?

  "If it was just our short battle, thousands of ordinary people would be able to smile. It seems that this kind of work is also worth doing..."

  ? ?

   "Ah, I just want to catch a few more captains with bounty, so that the promotion of the rank will benefit the next plan."

  Faced with the emotional Nami, Romain answered realistically.

   "As for saving people or something, it's just easy. I don't have the thought of fighting for people I don't know. Just thinking about Luffy and the troublemakers is enough for me to have a headache."

  ·····

   "Puff, puff,"

   Facing Nami who suddenly laughed, Roman tilted his head, with a question mark on his face.

   "Nothing." Facing the puzzled Roman, Nami simply lay on Roman's shoulder and stared at him from the side.

   "I just think that you are really Roman, and you will not please girls at all."

   "That disappointed you."

  Roman rolled his eyes.

   "Is it fun for girls to have devil fruits?"

"Yes?"

Snapped,

   One hand grabbed Roman by the collar and pulled it out. ——Of course, it is impossible to pull Roman with Nami's power. But the so-called force is mutual. Since Roman hasn’t moved, what moved is:

  The orange hair smashed into the pupils and enlarged, and the lips overlapped in the next second, with a soft touch with a fragrance of orange. Let Roman's pupils expand and contract involuntarily!

  "Na····"

   "This is not the time to talk, right?"

   Facing a whisper to the girl who ‘crossed the boundary’ from the chair directly next to him, Roman was certainly not so stupid that he couldn’t hear the other person.

   Reached out her hand and held the girl into her arms, soft as jade and as pure as fat. The eyes are facing each other and the lips overlap.

  "Little...Major!"

   Next to a second-generation finger pointing with an open mouth in an ‘O’ shape, Polkin’s ruthless iron hand dropped on top of the opponent’s head, and the opponent’s face was smashed in a violent spin! Easily stuffed a chicken leg in his mouth.

   "Less you, you don't have any eyesight at all.-Don't say you are messing with me, shameful!"

  Polkin shook his head contentedly.

  "It’s just a woman, are you in the Shambhal area...wait! Every time you go to the Shambhal area, you make excuses to say no, are you actually—"

   Facing Polkin’s increasingly weird look, the second generation who had just glanced at the warship blushed and tried to distinguish:

  "How is it possible, how brave I am, you don’t know..."

  "I don't know, I don't know!" Xn

  Other people laughing and joking around fell into trouble,

  "Are you super brave? Then let us see and see~~"

  ······

   "Ahem,"

  On the warship, Nami, who was sitting tightly blushing, turned her head and let the memorable Roman seriously stroked her chin.

  It seems...not to lose to Devil Fruit?

interesting.

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  PS: Cough cough cough, emotional drama or something... don’t be harsh. (Wang Tian)

  (End of this chapter)