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

Chapter 19 Joining the Army
Watching the departing naval ship, Ross slowly left with Mona.

Also accompanying Sakaski this time were some fighters that he had trained himself. They were all children whose hometowns had been massacred by pirates. They were also the reserve guards on the three large ships.

"Come on, Mona, how about Daddy accompany you to play Ghost Blast?"

"Great! Ghost explosion!"

Mona was held in his arms and cheered, and along with the cheers, several visible little ghosts appeared.

Thinking of the explosive power of the Ghost Fruit in the original work, Ross felt that Mona, a little genius who had been passionate about bombs since childhood, must be very suitable for it, so he gave it to her as a gift on her fourth birthday.

But to Ross's surprise, the younger Mona was unable to master the power of the fruit well, and the devil fruit suddenly went out of control and almost seriously injured Sakaski!

Fortunately, Ross was at home the whole time so nothing unexpected happened, but this incident also gave him a lot of vigilance.

Today, Mona can only use ghosts for blasting, and her other abilities have yet to be developed.

Now that the entire Nasdaq family is on the right track and business profits no longer need to be supplemented by Sky Island Gold, it is time for him to train Mona alone.

As for his other two sons? One is a bit keen on doing business, and the other wants to run away and be an adventurer all day long. Anyway, neither of them makes him worry-free!
Mona may be the future fighting force of the family.

Of course, there is another candidate, but Ross currently has no idea of ​​his whereabouts. He only knows that he is still immersed in the "Country of Endless War".

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On the other side, Sakaski, who had boarded the warship, was reading a book silently.

Because of the relationship between Ross and Garp, and because they themselves are quite strong, their goal this time was to go directly to the Navy Headquarters.

However, since there is no concept of "military academy" at present, most of them will be assigned to work under some generals for training and become the backbone of the navy in the future.

Especially Sakaski, after three years of training by Ross, not only did he have an unprecedented leap in thinking, but his physical fitness was incredible.

He has great talent, coupled with Ross's cheating physical training device and the meals that sea kings eat every day, his current physique is better than even the brigadier general of this headquarters.

When Garp heard that Ross was willing to release Sakaski, he was very happy. Not only could he find a reliable partner for his son Long, just like he did with Sengoku.

Moreover, Sakaski is the bridge to establish relations with the Nasdaq family and can continuously provide the Navy with high-quality general officer candidates.

Although these seedlings are basically "hawkish" seedlings, it doesn't matter. Cap doesn't care about them at all at this time.

Not to mention that Ross himself has a good chance of reaching his level of strength. For the Navy to obtain Sakaski is to gain a natural and powerful ally!

From now on, the East China Sea will probably be called the "weakest sea" by all pirates.

"Hello, my name is Monkey D. Dragon. My dad told me that you are very strong and asked me to learn from you."

On the deck, Sakas, who was sitting alone reading a book, looked up when he heard the voice, and saw a handsome young man with unruly hair squatting beside him. He was wearing a standard navy uniform, and his brows were very similar to Garp.

Sakaski nodded politely, then handed the book "The Last Stop" which he had read almost a hundred times to the other party and said:

"Nice to meet you. I heard Master Ross mention you. He said you have great talent, but Mr. Cap is not good at teaching. I'll lend you this book. I've read it for three years and it still benefits me a lot."

Long took the book and scratched his cheek in embarrassment.

His father was not only bad at teaching, but also a complete mess! If it weren't for Aunt He and Uncle Zhan Guo watching over him, he would have died at the hands of his father. Thinking of those unbearable memories from his childhood, Long shuddered.

At the age of five, he was climbing cliffs; at the age of six, he was searching for a needle in the sea; at the age of seven, he was bungee jumping in the air; at the age of eight, he was surviving underground...tsk tsk.

However, it is precisely because of this that his physique can be considered top-tier among his peers, and even most of the officers in the Navy Headquarters cannot beat him.

He shook his head to get rid of the bad memories, glanced at Sakaski who was reading, and Long also opened "The Last Stop" with curiosity.

This book was well maintained by Sakaski. Even after being read more than a hundred times, there is no sign of damage, except that the pages are a little yellowed and soft.

Long could see that this book meant a lot to Sakaski, so he was very careful every time he read it.

With Aunt Crane around, Long's childhood knowledge education was basically completed with her. After each year's training, Garp would throw him to Aunt Crane to learn knowledge.

Of course, he understood more than Sakaski, and he could immediately understand the meaning of some parts that Sakaski didn't understand at first.

Time passed slowly as the two of them read.

Compared with the books included in the Navy Headquarters, this book "The Last Stop" made a deep impression on Long. Some contents that could not be seen within the Navy were presented to him one by one.

The reason why this book was not completely destroyed by the world government may be its writing style. In addition, the literacy rate in the ocean is very low, so this book survived.

Closing the book, Long slowly returned the book to Sakaski.

It was the first time in sixteen years that he saw what the real world outside was like. Although he learned about it from text, it still made him feel heavy.

In the navy, he was always influenced by justice. He had never been exposed to any negative things. He only knew that there was a group of evil pirates on the sea causing trouble everywhere.

His dream from the beginning was to become strong, become a righteous and powerful navy, and then bring all those evil pirates to justice!
but……

There is no mention of pirates in the book "The Last Stop", but the description of the dilapidated scene tells Dragon everything.

The evil on the sea is not just pirates. Justice may just be about maintaining the balance, just like war is just about maintaining the status quo.

Can't ask for better, can't ask for worse.

"How does Mr. Ross usually educate your Sakaski?"

Long suddenly asked.

Taking the book, Sakaski silently recalled every detail of the past, and then silently replied:
"It's very simple. Master Ross will let me experience it myself, so that I can understand some truths and realize what I really want."

"Go experience it yourself...?"

Long silently chewed on Sakaski's words, and he found that he seemed to have never experienced some things personally since he was a child.

Be it Dad, Uncle Zhan Guo, or even Aunt He, none of them would allow me to see the outside world.

When he was a child, he was tortured by his father. When he grew up, he studied in the headquarters, or gilded his skills on a warship.

He seems...too well protected...

The age difference between Long and Sakaski is about 2 years, so the author sets them to be the same age.
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