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

Chapter 53 Wouldn’t it be better if you could just stand up again after failing?

Strange ceiling.

Opening his eyes again, Barrett looked around and found himself in a separate small room. Not far away, a large number of empty bags exuded the smell of food.

"It failed..."

He clenched his fists and carefully recalled his previous strength, but he was unable to use it again.

He could clearly feel that his physical strength had been strengthened more than a little bit, and the passionate feeling of fighting monsters continued to linger in his mind.

but……

He failed. Even though he tried his best, he was still unable to defeat the terrifying little sea king.

He still remembered the way Ross looked at him before he fell into a coma.

There was no emotion at all, as if his failure or success was unimportant to him.

But as a tool, he cannot admit his failure!
Because in the past, failure only meant death, there was no other outcome. If you didn’t succeed, you couldn’t survive!

Barrett clearly remembers what Rose said to him:

[Give yourself a name, I will take you away from here, start a new life, and train you to become a tool to protect my family. ]

He gave himself the right to choose his own name.

It also opened up a new life that I could never have imagined in my dreams.

And the training was so gentle, just fighting a monster, without any risk of death.

How gentle is this for him as a tool? After all, if a tool breaks, you just need to find a new one, right?
But he failed, twice in a row!

Even though he had tried his best and almost killed the enemy, failure was failure and there was no reason to cover it up.

"strength……"

Barrett muttered under his breath, clenching his fists.

Only by becoming strong can you avoid failure!
"How can I become more powerful?"

He questioned his heart.

His memories began to review, and his ghost-like self was smiling at him in his mind.

他 说:

【Abandon useless emotions! 】

他 说:

[Beasts are always lonely! ]

他 说:

【Power is the only truth! 】

"The rest of the time is yours. Take these Baileys and try whatever you want to do. Starting today, try to be nicer to yourself."

The figure of Tokos suddenly appeared in his mind, and the stack of Baileys was still on the table, motionless.

"This is the failed product of my first bomb-making. Although it didn't explode, my father said that failure is the ladder of progress and the driving force for continuous progress, so this is a very precious souvenir!"

Mona's smile appeared in front of him, and the bomb that could not explode was quietly placed on the cabinet in the room.

Finally, his memory came to the moment when he had just walked into the small garden.

He took the fertilizer and the sprinkler and clumsily watered the beautiful plants, then stopped in front of a strange little grass to tease it.

[Incompetent! Useless!]

Like a "ghost", I laughed mockingly at myself, said a few derogatory words, and then slowly disappeared.

"Gululu~~"

The sound of his stomach rumbling interrupted Barrett, he threw back the white quilt and got up from the bed.

I opened the door and looked for a way out. This hospital, located in the central area, was large, but there were very few people. I could only vaguely see a few dozen faces passing by my eyes.

I looked up at the clock hanging on the wall not far away. It seemed that there was still about half an hour before dinner time.

Barrett went home first.

He opened the door but did not go in. He just stared at two items worth keeping from afar.

"Hey, big guy, you're really weird. You were standing here at this time the day before yesterday. Why are you standing here in a daze again today?"

Mona, who was out for a daily outing, floated over. She saw Barrett's familiar back in the air and wondered why he was like this, and:
"What did you do with my dad yesterday? I saw you lying in the hospital for a whole day yesterday. Did you just get out of the hospital?
My dad is really cruel. Brother Mokasi and brother Sakaski, if I remember correctly, they used to do the same in the beginning.

Luckily, my dad and mom both love me, so I don’t have to work so hard, hehe!"

"Happy Ghost~"

After she finished speaking, Mona pulled out a little ghost, held it in her hand, and then stuffed it into Barrett's body without saying a word.

However, within a moment, Mona saw the Happy Ghost coming out of Barrett's body with a sad face.

Senseless!

"Ah? No! Barrett, you——"

"Feel sorry……"

Barrett, who had already come back to his senses, said the word "sorry" for the first time. He didn't know why, but he had heard others mention this word after doing something wrong before.

He thought it would be better to use it here.

"Thank you. I feel much better."

Mona's happy ghost took away the sadness hidden in his body. Barrett spoke more and slowly responded to the little girl's questions:
"Yesterday, I failed in my mission, Ross... The mission the master gave me was a little difficult, but there was a chance, but I failed twice, I..."

Barrett paused when mentioning Ross's suffix, and then continued to use Tokos's "master".

Finally, he didn't know how to end the conversation. He wanted to say "I'm sorry," but sorry was useless because for tools, there were only failure and success.

All the apologies he said eventually disappeared from his memory.

So, he didn't want to say "sorry", and didn't want to disappear, disappear in this paradise-like environment.

"Ah? Master? Why do you call my father that? I remember he brought you back personally! Forget it, just learn to call him sir like your brothers and sisters in the future. Remember that!"

Mona seems to be starting to enjoy chatting with this big guy. It makes her feel like an adult! How should I put it? It feels so good to teach others!
So she continued:

"But if you fail, it won't be that serious. My dad is such a good person, he won't say anything to you.

If you really feel sorry, Barrett, then try your best to complete it next time! Failure is the ladder to success! "

Mona's smile never seems to leave her little face, and she seems to live in happiness and joy every day, which is something Barrett finds hard to understand.

"You can stand up again after you fail. Bye bye, and remember to eat!"

Mona, who just came by to take a look, did not continue chatting and soon floated away.

Standing at the door, Barrett watched her leave for the second time.

"Failed……"

He lowered his head, clasped his hands, and murmured softly:
"Can you stand up again?"

"I seem to have died three times."

For the first time, Barrett abandoned his past.

The second time was the unexpected counterattack by the sea kings.

The third time was an absolute defeat in a head-on battle!

He doesn't seem like a complete tool anymore...

(End of this chapter)