One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 140 Dragon: I hate power!
"They should also be happy that we are alive."

After saying that, Sakaski quietly pushed aside, and Long behind him came over with four urns. They looked so shabby that they seemed to have been made on the spot, which made them look even more hasty and nervous.

“They are all good kids…”

Ross took the box and covered it with his Observation Haki, seeming to be able to sense their feelings before they died.

There is no despair, only a heart full of passion.

"They were all brave marines. Their deaths would not be in vain."

Zhan Guo walked over and looked at the four boxes with sadness and regret on his face. These were all talented seedlings of the navy. Each of them would be a general who could stand on his own in the future, and an officer who could be used under his command.

This is a person who would be heartbroken if one of them died, and now four of them died at once...

"The new world is still a little dangerous, otherwise..."

Kong also came over, his words were hesitant, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Ross and Zephyr:

"No!" X2
Ross and Zefa looked at each other, and then Zefa winked, signaling Ross to speak.

Zefa felt as distressed as Zhan Guo. After all, they were all his disciples. Although they had only known each other for a short time, he felt inexplicably deep affection for them and treated them like his own children.

Just like that's how it should be.

But, as I said before, there is no war without death. Flowers in a greenhouse will only be more fragile. If you want to survive in this cruel sea, necessary experience is necessary!
The trainees of the elite training camp can only fully grow in the new world.

What's more, with a great general leading the team, they cannot give up this opportunity for growth. Their safety factor is already very high.

This encounter was just that one percent accident.

"The new world is certainly dangerous, but more blood is shed during training and fewer people die during battle. They will definitely be able to stand on their own in the future. If they choose to escape just because of the danger, how can they stick to the justice in their hearts?"

After Ross finished speaking, he looked at Kong with sharp eyes and said:

"And this decision was made by me and Sora. They are also my students, Ross. Many of them are children I have watched grow up. I don't want them to regret it in the future because of their escape."

He hadn't said another word, but from that sharp look, Sora could read what Ross hadn't said.

Kong, you are old and no longer the steel-like man who can forge ahead.

What else could Sora say?

I could only turn my head away and fall into silence.

He reflected that this was not what he should say. He was not like this before. He was a man who dared to go to war with all the pirates in the New World!

When did he become so "weak"?

Was it that failure?

Well, it is better to do the duty of a marshal and then step down peacefully. Perhaps I can even fight for a position for retirement with the World Government.

Kong Xin thought that he no longer had the same sharpness as before.

"Teacher Ross..."

Long's eyes were complicated, and he had something he wanted to talk to Ross about alone.

Ross nodded in agreement, but the current occasion was obviously not appropriate.

The welcome party ended dully, as the heavy losses left no one in the mood to celebrate.

According to statistics, more than half of the fallen soldiers did not leave any keepsakes, and could only hastily erect tombstones in their hometowns as a memorial.

Even among the four special urns, one was empty, with only a photo and a name written on a piece of paper.

Ross knew that he had to use joy to dilute the sadness, and in the serious navy, the gifts from family were the happiest joy.

It's just a bit unfair to the navy's own talents, so the Warring States can only make up for it with Bailey, weapons, etc.

After all, although Ross brought more than 30 devil fruits and hid them underground in his temporary residence in Marinford, there were not enough for his own children to share, so how could he possibly share them with outsiders?

Ross has always been a selfish guy, but he is quite generous to his family.

He first notified them to go back and wash up, and then gather at the training ground after dinner, and then he took Long and Sakaski away alone.

Kuzan was handed over to Sengoku to deal with. After all, this kid had a great harvest. When dealing with that pirate group, he also got an unknown fruit, which he should hand over according to the rules.

But who is Kuzan's recommender? Besides Ross, it's Garp! He is a good brother who can wear the same pants with Sengoku.

According to Ross's guess, if this fruit was a frozen fruit, Kuzan would most likely eat it directly without any accidents.

In the end, just take an ordinary fruit to replace it. Anyway, no one has seen the true appearance of the fruit. Even Kuzan only knows that there is a devil fruit inside.

He learned a lot of clever things during the time he followed Garp.

However, it is really amazing that two top-level natural-type fruits appeared on one island. Perhaps because Sakaski and Kuzan were both there, the fruits were delivered to the door in groups.

.........

"Long, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

In the only small office of the elite training camp, the ragged Long sat with Sakaski and Ross.

Long lowered his head, tears welling up in his eyes, but as a grown man, he would not allow tears to fall in front of others.

Silently using the power of the fruit to wipe away his tears, he choked up and said:
"They are all dead... Everyone in the entire kingdom is dead, died in the aftermath of the power... Teacher Ross, I hate this kind of power, including myself. This power will bring misfortune!"

Long bent over, his eyes fixed on his hands, his tone filled with an inexplicable regret.

Long had seen three catastrophic battles. The first was the naval battle between his father Garp and Roger, but no one died in each pursuit.

The battle between the two sides was more like a tacit mutual training, and more like a form of coping and concealment.

He was puzzled, but he understood after this experience.

The second time was the battle between Ross and Kaido. Their battlefield was the sky and the sea, and it was next to the isolated doldrums.

Standing on the evil Punk Hazard, he watched the battle with longing.

He understood, but this experience made him confused.

The third time was an encounter with the Golden Lion on an island country not long ago.

At that time, with the support of Zefa, he was full of energy and joined forces with Sakaski who had obtained the magma fruit to destroy an abandoned island.

but………

The scattered rubble hit the evacuated civilians. He controlled the hurricane to keep the debris away from his people, but the screams that pierced the sky made him stunned where he was.

What he saw were not the corpses and blood of pirates, but blood flowing under the rocks he had knocked out, so bright, so...it made him vomit.

[“Don’t just stand there, Dragon! This is a battlefield, and Mr. Zephyr needs us! Those pirates are coming to kill us!”

"I know you can't accept the guilt of accidentally killing an innocent person, but the lives of our compatriots won't buy you much time to repent. Let's end this battle first, and we can talk about everything after we leave!"

"You will get used to the dragon, fighting with real pirates, they will do anything to get what they want!"

Sakaski's roar woke him up from his daze.

In the sky, spaceships full of pirates rushed down and landed steadily among the ruins, crushing some scattered lives into blurred flesh and blood.

A large number of pirates came rushing over, and the battlefield was instantly divided into two parts.

The sky and the earth.

Long came back to his senses. He didn't care about too much and just rushed to the front of the main force with Sakaski to attract the biggest threat, and at the same time save his compatriots in distress and the stranded civilians.

His strength is like that of a supermodel. There are only two swordsmen who can threaten his captain. They are held by Sakaski alone, leaving him free to save his teammates.

"Shishi Senkiri Valley!"

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Huge sounds of breaking wind were heard one after another, and the cutting waves in the sky were bounced off one by one by Zefa, rushing towards the sea surface until they cut through the water.

However, there were still a few missed slashes that slashed towards the fragile earth.

"Oh no! It's Boss Shiki's chopping block! Retreat! Retreat!"

"No, Boss Shiqi, we are your subordinates!"

"Help!"

The sounds of the pirates fleeing and despair could be heard constantly, but these were only a minority, as most pirates skillfully avoided the direction of the slashing waves and continued to fight with the navy.

The slashing waves raged, and although they did not cause too many casualties to the pirates and the navy, several rifts that were hundreds of meters long and dozens of meters wide were cut into the medium-sized island, which was not very large to begin with.

This kind of chopping continued again and again, and the entire island was riddled with holes in the long battle.

"Lion Power Scroll!"

"Lion's Mighty Land Scroll!"

The earth was surging and the wind was howling.

Huge stone lions rise from the ground, and the drifting white clouds and wind lions roar.

The sky and the earth were also used as weapons.

The pirates and the navy were all forced to evacuate, and a dangerous naval battle ensued in the rough seas.

Long saw with his own eyes that the island was constantly breaking apart and sinking into the sea. Everything seemed to have lost its meaning, and those people he saved died in the end.

"This is a common occurrence in the new world, Dragon, cheer up, we still need you!"

Sakaski, who had three or four knife wounds all over his body, was bleeding profusely, his eyes were determined, and he was holding a warm corpse in his hands.

Long recognized him as a classmate from the elite training camp.

Not only him, but two of their forty men were missing, and the fully loaded warship was also missing one-third of the navy.

Next, a naval battle with five pirate ships awaits them.

Long looked up at the sky. The battle was still going on. The swords kept flying around. Zefa's figure was almost invisible, but every punch was like a cannonball exploding and making the air explode. 】

"I tried to persuade Long, Mr. Ross, but it was useless. You know how good I am at speaking."

Compared to Long, who only really went out at the age of 23, Sakaski is obviously much better.

But Ross could still use his observation Haki to sense the regret in his heart.

I hate that I can’t kill Shiki with one punch!
I finished two chapters in six hours, I am so annoyed...

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