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

Chapter 198: Things at the dinner table

"No, bear cub, this is my exclusive name, I can't pretend I didn't hear it!"

Ginny was wearing a pink apron with a bear paw pattern on it. She easily picked up two large plates full of meat with her hands, quickly placed them on the table, and then protected the bear behind her and said:

"You can call him Big Bear, but not Bear Cub! Let's get to know each other formally. My name is Ginny. Although I don't know your real purpose, since Long is a nice person, I am willing to listen!"

After saying that, Ginny pulled the bear to the side of the long table and sat down.

On the other side, Long brought all the remaining food and sat next to Ross. The white apron on his body had long disappeared.

"Well, your craftsmanship is good, but I have told you my purpose from the beginning, but you, little Ginny, just don't want to believe it."

Ross picked up a piece of pie and stuffed it into his mouth. His little mouth magically swallowed the whole piece of pie into his stomach, just like drinking water, and it went down in one slurp.

He turned around and looked at Xiong, who was somewhat embarrassed and pulled the corner of Ginny's clothes. In his other hand, he had been protecting the gift he had given her. He said:

"Let me introduce myself formally. My name is Ross. Some newspapers should have my information. I do have another purpose, but it requires your consent. Do you want to hear it?"

"We don't have Bailey to buy those damn expensive newspapers. Besides, who do you think you are to be in the newspapers as often as those big shots? Even if I want to know more, I have to look in every corner."

Ginny seemed to be sulking and complaining. She glanced at the bear beside her and finally said slowly:
"Our life is actually pretty good right now. After this meal, please leave immediately. I would be very grateful if you don't tell anyone that we are here."

Ginny didn't know Ross, but from her feeling, she seemed like a very good person, but she knew that many appearances could be disguised.

The name Ross sounded familiar to her. She had heard people talking about him when she went to the town to purchase supplies before, but she didn't know much more about him.

Ginny now just wants to send these uninvited guests away. Emmm, let's change it a little, you two.

After dealing with the sea beast, Long stood by her side, using very rough words to test her thoughts and opinions. She wanted to see if she could get the real purpose of the three of them coming here from Long.

After all, to her, Long's attainments in rhetoric were like the bright moon and the firefly. She was the bright moon and Long was the firefly.

Afterwards, with just a few words and a bit of performance, she was able to manipulate Long into her own hands. Without any surprise, she gained his trust and got the purpose of his inquiry.

However, the result was somewhat beyond Ginny's expectations.

Long told her his plans and ideas very sincerely, with no intention of hiding anything from her. He even took out a book and read to her on the spot.

To be honest, Ginny thought Long's idea was very good, very much in line with her wishes, so much so that she wanted to follow Long and accompany him to accomplish great things!

But... thinking of the bear cub and their past, Ginny coaxed the dragon on the surface, but in fact she had already begun to make excuses.

She could leave because it was her idea, but Bear Cub couldn't because for him, a new life, a happy life had just begun.

If the bear cub is not with her, she will start to have wild thoughts, thinking that one day the bear cub will starve to death because it is too weak to find food, or die from excessive blood loss because it does not get enough supplements in time, etc.

After the idea of ​​"leaving the bear cub" came to my mind, many thoughts popped up like mushrooms after rain.

But she didn't want to hurt this boy who seemed unskilled in the business. He couldn't hide his excitement after winning over an outsider for the first time.

She didn't want to hurt Long so quickly. Anyway, Long said that it would take at least two or three years for the organization to take action. It wouldn't be too late to confess then.

At least, she built up some confidence in him, right?
I believe that Long will forgive her when the time comes.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me. All you need to know is that I'm the king of a member country who runs an orphanage. It's nothing special."

Rose laughed it off as a way of brushing off Ginny's complaints, and then gave her some general information.

"what?"

Ginny looked at Ross in disbelief, and just as she was about to put the piece of meat in her hand to her mouth she stopped.

As someone who runs an orphanage, she knows whether the person is a good person or a very bad person.

Judging from Ross's behavior, he belongs to the former.

She also knew about the king of the member country, because the Kingdom of Solbe was a member country of the World Government. It was this king who personally gave the bear and his parents to the Celestial Dragons, and the reason was just a piece of notice.

Bears wouldn't lie, let alone lie to her, so she was very angry when she heard the news!
Thinking about what the World Government had done, she naturally linked the kings and nobles of the World Government's member countries closely with the bad guys.

But why did these two words feel so unfamiliar to her when linked together?
Beside him, Xiong looked at Ross with some fear, but when he felt the gift in his hand, he relaxed.

He wanted to ask, but he had always relied on Ginny, who was more like an adult. After seeing her current appearance, he said nothing, loosened his hand that was holding the corner of her clothes, picked up the berry pie, put it in his mouth and started eating.

He ate a piece of pie in one bite, and his huge mouth looked like he was eating a cookie, using his appetite to ease his inner doubts.

"Not all member states of the World Government are bad people. Of course, most of them join for their own benefit. Only a very small number join for the safety of their own citizens."

Ross explained patiently. Beside him, Yixiao was eating meat and pie without asking, with a satisfied and happy smile on his face, as if he was thinking of something happy.

Long was eating meat absentmindedly while drawing circles on the table with his hands.

Of course he knew that Ginny wanted to join his organization which had been planned but not yet started, but she was worried about her bear cub and wanted to refuse. He could only cooperate with her in the performance.

Now Long can only hope that Ross can trick Ginny and Bear into going to Cloud Island. That way Bear won't have any problems, and Ginny might even agree to be his early chief of staff or even army commander.

"Are you the latter? You look very similar, but I don't know if it's what you said."

Ginny's face was full of disbelief. She finished eating the bone stick in her hand, then used her hand knife to split the bone diagonally and used the bone spur to pick her teeth. She looked quite tough.

She appears to be a quiet and lovely girl, but her appearance and behavior form a sharp contrast.

What a pity... there was a dreamer, an idealist, and even one who had already started a family, but Xiong didn't care about any of that.

No one appreciates her appearance like this. Perhaps she is so unrestrained because she knows it very well?

"Of course not. I joined the World Government because they actively invited me to do so. You can probably guess why. I didn't start a country, I just built a small home for my family.

As for opening an orphanage? Well... probably it can be understood as having money but not being able to spend it, so one can find ways to make oneself feel better and do some charity."

Ross said with a smile, although his eating style was equally unrestrained, he looked in stark contrast to Ginny.

Like, an elegant glutton?
"Eat more meat, Big Bear. Although you have a strong physique, long-term weakness will still cause illness. At this time, the meat energy of sea beasts and sea kings will make you feel much better."

To the left of the bear was Ginny, and to the right was a smile. As he spoke, he picked out a piece of the best breast meat and placed it in front of the bear, on the empty plate after the pie was eaten.

Xiong looked at the smile beside him in surprise. He was very familiar with this feeling, the same concern as Ginny.

But he didn't understand why the other party would do this. He was just a guest he had just met, but he was so enthusiastic and caring about him.

And how did the other party find out about his physical problem? Xiong was confused, but still accepted the kindness with a smile and said gratefully:
"Thank you uncle, I will pay attention to it."

"Uncle...Uncle?"

He smiled, his eyes wide open, revealing the whites of his eyes, and pointed at himself in disbelief, then turned to look at Rose and Ginny who were attracted by the noise here.

"Isn't it? Hey, Long, isn't this gentleman very young?"

Ginny asked, puzzled as to why Yixiao was making such a fuss. With his scarf covering his chin, he looked to be in his thirties, almost forty. At this age, did he really have to be called "brother"?
Yi～～So disgusting.

"His name is Yixiao, he is a few years younger than Long, but... he looks a little anxious, and he has been through a lot, so he looks a little haggard..."

Ross didn't know what to say. Looking at Long beside him who was trying so hard to hold back his laughter, he could only say a few words to explain.

On the opposite side, Yixiao looked a little dejected, tapping the floor in confusion with his staff and knife in both hands, sighing from time to time, obviously deeply hurt by Xiong Wuyi's call.

"I'm sorry Mr. Yixiao, I...didn't mean it."

Xiong apologized sincerely, with no intention of smiling at all, only sadness. He was particularly concerned about things that hurt others, especially when the person concerned about him.

"It's okay, Big Bear, eat first."

Yixiao shook his head and didn't care, but his appearance was completely contrary to his words, which made Xiong feel a little guilty.

Ginny ignored what was happening here and continued chatting with Ross.
"You are so rich and powerful. I don't know why you come to us little shrimps. But... I changed my mind. Tell me your proposal~"

"You really know what's happening. I like this kind of personality. After all, people like this live longer."

Rose first praised Ginny's face-changing skills, then said:
"I want to invite you and Xiong to come to my place and be the head nurses of an orphanage. Don't be so quick to refuse. Do you want to hear about the treatment?"

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