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

Chapter 229: Can you hold out against Barrett for three minutes?

The end of the year 1492 in the Haiyuan calendar.

A special book called "The Analects" began to be distributed on a small scale in Donghai, but not many people bought it. However, it was common to see children in the Nasdaq Orphanage holding a copy.

A fairy tale book of "One Thousand and One Nights" became popular all over the world, and even some stores in countries along the Grand Route sold it. The simple, easy-to-understand and interesting story quickly became a favorite among children.

Nasdaq Robin's fame grew with Morgans's special publicity, and she was gradually hailed as the happiest child in the entire ocean. She lived in the most dreamy childhood.

That is a great secret treasure that children desire.

.........

Cloud Island, inside Rossburg.

"Honey, you know what? When Sakaski called me, I almost fainted. Can we just stay at home and be a happy little princess?"

Sistiaroa, Annina's mother, squatted in front of her daughter, hugged her and sobbed, begging her to return to normal life.

That night she was just about to fall asleep next to Ross, but Sakaski almost scared her to death when she got a Den Den Mushi call.

It is normal for children to have privacy, and Annina usually behaves very normally and has a strong sense of justice, which makes her proud as a mother.

However, she never imagined that her daughter would be so... so... cruel?
Her intention was good, but her thinking was too extreme!

Luwa couldn't understand why her daughter was like this. What on earth was she looking at in her room? !

However, although her inner curiosity and worry prompted her to look into her child's privacy, she ultimately did not do so. Everyone needs to have secrets, and she only hoped that for her sake, her daughter could live a peaceful and stable life.

Ross, who had been silent on the side, was not too worried. On the contrary, he quite admired his daughter.

If he was worried at first that his daughter would be abducted into the navy and stuck in the quagmire, he was no longer worried after learning about his daughter's true nature.

Annina's nature is very suitable for surviving and working hard on the sea!
Strength comes first! Understand the importance of hibernation, and be eager to learn and become stronger!
She was able to deceive her family members, whom she lived with every day, for several years. She knew how to take advantage of their unwillingness to pry into her privacy to disguise herself. If it weren't for Sakaski's revelation, Ross would still not know his daughter's true character. This ability is quite rare on the sea.

But he couldn't say this, nor should he. Which parents would want their children to take risks? Well, there are indeed many.

But Ross is not among them. He respects the children's choices more and gives them all the help he can to escort their growth, but that's all.

Moreover, Annina was very talented. She had extraordinary strength at the age of only seven or eight. It was not difficult for her to break iron sheets and plates. As long as she worked hard and trained, she might be able to achieve something.

If paired with a good animal-type fruit, Ross believed that his daughter would become the most powerful among his children.

Nature, talent, and background, these three factors are enough to allow her to smoothly reach a level that ordinary people can hardly reach!

"do not want!"

Annina said through clenched teeth that she didn't want to live that kind of boring life!

With her head lowered, she glanced at her father who had remained silent. He did not say anything, leaving the negotiation space completely to her and her mother.

But I couldn't say anything bad to my mother no matter what, so I could only use brief words to strengthen my position and attitude.

She wanted to be a strong person! A strong person who could make rules! A strong person who could make good people live in peace!
The process and means are not important, the result is more effective than anything else!

"Rose! Please try to persuade your daughter. Alexander is like this, so why is she like this too?"

Luva sobbed, stood up and grabbed Ross's arm, her tone a little anxious.

Her son’s departure had already made her sad enough, but at least he would come back in the end, right?
She only had her own daughter, and she had a premonition that she must not let her go! Otherwise, her lovely daughter would never come back.

"Luwa...I..."

Ross put his hand on Luva's shoulder, looking hesitant.

Suddenly, he looked down and found that Annina had come to his feet without him noticing, and tugged at the corner of his clothes with a stern face.

Finally, after thinking for a while, he said:

"Well, let's put it this way. Back then, I required your brother to learn Observation Haki before he was allowed to go out to sea. If you can meet my requirements, I will give you a gift and support your ideals and pursuits. How about that?"

Ross felt a slight pain in his waist. Luva had already fallen on his chest, pinching his soft flesh with his hands and crying silently.

He finally chose to side with the child...

"But don't be too happy too soon. Your brother just wanted to go on an adventure with his friends. One observation Haki is more than enough for him. But you are different!"

Annina smiled with a change of expression, but before she could be happy, Ross's pressure came down:

"When you can hold out against Barrett for three minutes, you can get out. Understand?"

"That's impossible!"

Annina said angrily and hit Ross's thigh twice with her hands. She knew too well the significance of Barrett being able to replace Ross and sit in charge of Cloud Island at the age of fifteen!

Isn't this equivalent to having to survive under his father's hands for three minutes?
It's not like she hasn't collected newspapers about her father's grand scenes. She couldn't even block a single bolt of lightning from those thunderclouds, let alone the monsters that could bathe in them.

This is an almost impossible task for her!
She is growing up, and Barrett is growing up too. By the time she can run rampant in the East China Sea, she might be able to hit the monsters in the New World on the heads.

Three minutes! Really?

"Annina, the sea is very dangerous. You need to have the strength to pursue your dream. It is huge, so huge that even I am only like this. But people's dreams will never end. Sooner or later, you will want to have more."

Ross said carefully, while soothing Luva with his hands, smoothing her head and back, and said:
"And you don't have to worry. I'm going to open a training camp near Yun Island to equip Yun Island's future civilian forces. I'll teach you how to become stronger. How about that?"

"Training camp? It's like a dojo, right?"

Places on the sea used to improve strength are generally called dojos, such as kendo halls, martial arts halls, etc. She had only seen the word training camp in the newspaper, and it seemed that it was run by the navy.

It looks like my dad is going to make one exactly the same?
"Yeah, that's fine, but I originally wanted to call it a college, but the word seems to be unfamiliar to people on the sea. It sounds like a place for studying."

"Okay then, let's make a deal. As long as I can hold out for three minutes under Brother Barrett, you'll let me go!" Annina said, stretching out her hand and making a pinky gesture.

Ross could clearly feel that Luva's hands around his waist were contracting. He pulled out one hand and made a pinky gesture with Annina.

"Hang yourself with a hook and don't change for a hundred years!"

"Hang yourself with a hook and you won't be able to change it for a hundred years."

The father and daughter made a simple agreement.

Annina left happily, planning to settle the score with Sakaski who sent her back.

Ross, who stayed where he was, was in a miserable situation. His daughter's departure made Luva more open-minded. She could clearly hear him crying and mumbling something under her breath, which made Ross look uncomfortable.

But he couldn't refute it and could only try his best to comfort and coax his wife who was like a little girl.

Not far away, behind a wall, Lucas's head quietly popped out and he listened to the entire conversation.

Although I don't understand what my sister did to cause such a big fight between my father and mother, I think she must be very powerful.

This made his heart start to become active.

"Training camp... I have to become stronger too! Let me set a small goal first, to unify the South China Sea gang by the age of 20!"

Setting a small goal in his heart, Lucas plans to strengthen his daily exercise from now on, and even upgrade to Chengdu for training, and then confess to his father later.

He also understood that strength was everything and that the mafia was a cannibalistic world. He was really stupid if he didn't understand this.

Not far away, Ross looked in Lucas' direction after he quietly left. How could he not know that his son was peeping?

It's just that he doesn't care. Lucas's conditions for wanting to leave home and venture out into the world are the same.

If they can really hold out for three minutes against Barrett, even if he lets them off, they will have no problem roaming around the world with their full strength.

When that time comes, no matter how much you worry, it will be useless because they will take care of everything on their own.

You can't tie your children to your side for the rest of their lives, right? It was with this thought in mind that he was more inclined to their choices after they made them, rather than listening to other people's opinions.

As long as they don't do anything that is against the law or the bottom line, Ross will support them no matter what.

On the contrary, he would personally capture them and put them in solitary confinement for a few years.

What if they kill the wrong person and break the law and need to be beheaded? Then Ross will bring Barrett to talk to the judges about the only truth in the sea.

With a big fist, nothing can go wrong!
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"This guy is really... I don't know what to say about him. Is this something our navy can do?"

Looking at the proposals from Sakaski on the table, Zhan Guo admitted that he was embarrassed.

Burning people through and leaving only their skin, then posting the original bounty on their doorstep? My God, their navy is a symbol of justice. If they really do this, how will ordinary people on the sea view them?
Fortunately, this guy Sakaski could come up with this idea.

It cannot pass, it absolutely cannot pass!

"Sengoku-san~ Although Sakaski's plan is a bit scary, the effect should still be quite good. How about doing a pilot project in the South China Sea before making a final conclusion?"

Borsalino, who was running errands and getting his nails done, was also shocked by Sakaski's suggestion.

But he still chose to plead for Sakaski. It was a bit cruel, but it could greatly reduce his future work tasks.

In order to be promoted after graduation, generals need military merit, and most of the navy’s military merit comes from low- and middle-level pirates.

He will definitely not be able to avoid going to low-end games to fish and gain military merit in the future.

But if the number of middle and low-level pirates decreases day by day, and even the lower-level navy is not enough, then I will only need to take a day off every day and wait for some large-scale missions to fish in troubled waters, and I don’t need to care about those tedious affairs at all.

How great is that? If he speaks well of Sakaski now, he will be able to have a much easier time in the future. It’s a win-win situation!

"No means no! In seven or eight years, I will be a marshal. Even if Brother Kong agrees, I won't agree!"

Zhan Guo's attitude is extremely tough, but he is gradually changing now. If he were the old him, he would probably really try this method.

But that’s not possible now. Every admiral of the navy needs to consider the overall situation. He must consider the possible impact of every event in the future.

Sakaski's method may indeed effectively suppress the emergence of low-level pirates, but without the filling of these small fish, the subsequent pirates will only become more and more elite, and it is not impossible for a large ship to target an ordinary branch.

The purpose of the bottom pirates is not just to add to the line! The navy allows their existence because it can effectively suppress the birth of middle-level pirates, commonly known as a burden!

Otherwise, the Navy definitely has a way to suppress the emergence of low-level pirates. The simplest way is to block the checkpoints of all the necessary routes, and directly send the headquarters' major generals to go to all corners of the world to bomb fish, which will frighten them and make them dare not do evil!

"Okay, okay, I'm just a messenger, Sengoku-san~ Would you like a cup of tea? Take a break?"

"At work, I call you Sengoku General. Come on, have a drink. I'm thirsty."

Sengoku said as he took the tea from Borsalino and drank it in one gulp, just like drinking plain water.

Ever since he decided to make Borsalino his adjutant, he had been deliberately trying to get in touch with the other party, and now he basically used affectionate terms for him in private.

"Go back and talk to Sakaski. The number of pirates is relatively stable right now. I have already considered his method. If the number of pirates increases, we can suppress it in some key places."

After drinking the tea, Zhan Guo relaxed, but that was just a relaxation.

There is no need to hesitate about the next marshal. Sakaski still has some weight, so we can't be too absolute in our words.

Borsalino was a little disappointed. It seemed that he would not be able to slack off in the future. He could only wait for Sakaski to take office and benefit the navy of that generation.

What a pity, what a pity!
"Okay, by the way, Sengoku-san, Mr. Garp wants to see you for something. It seems to be Mr. Ross's request. He will come to see you in the evening."

(End of this chapter)