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

Chapter 54 Death of the First Child
[To the respected Master Ross:
I wrote this letter with a heavy heart. When I looked at the battle report of April 24, I realized that I, we all, had broken our promise.

Ever since taking up their posts in the Navy, the Nasdaq children have agreed with each other to take a collective day off on June 1st and then go home together.

That day happened to be Mona's sister's birthday, so everyone prepared gifts early and also prepared various specialties to take home and share with their close brothers and sisters.

However, an accident caused Gragoel to die.

It was a special accident. In the prison of the G5 branch, a fruit turned into a devil fruit, the "Momo Fruit", one of the pinnacles of the parahuman system. It was eaten by a despicable pirate, creating an unprecedented turmoil!
Gragoel was a brave marine and a strong and fearless warrior.

During the period of replacement of major general, he led the garrison in a heroic counterattack. All the remaining 327 prisoners in the prison were killed, and the warships and logistics soldiers escaped successfully.

He succeeded in keeping the pirate alive, and also managed to save most of the precious property, but the price of all this made me furious!

I'm sorry, I was demoted because I let the Momo Fruit flow into the sea again, but I don't regret it, because he is my family, he once called me "Brother Sakaski"!
With a heavy heart, I cremated his heroic body so that he could sleep peacefully in the beautiful box.

I will take him home with me, even if he can no longer speak. I think he must have mentioned you in his last words before he passed away.

Because from the moment he was born, the whole world only had us, his family...

With you.

———Your disciple, Colonel Sakaski. 】

In the office, Ross wanted to smoke a cigar to relax for the first time in a long time, even though he was over 30 years old and had never tasted cigarettes.

But for no reason, he just wanted to smoke one.

The Nasdaq family is now prosperous, and the children who were trained to assist in internal affairs in previous years are now able to stand on their own.

He had indeed had some free time during this period, and took this opportunity to take over Barrett.

He should have been happy for a few days because he no longer had to worry about the use of force and could spend more time with his wife and children, enjoying the happiness that the children's innocence brought him.

Not to mention that his fifth son and sixth daughter were born some time ago, and his fourth son Nasdaq Walter turned one year old.

All these wonderful things made him feel extremely happy, and his face was beaming all day long. He loved taking care of children the most.

but……

This letter brought sadness to this joy.

"We knew they might be sacrificed. They were just adopted children."

Ross murmured.

This kind of thing will not affect him, it will only make him sad and force him to accept the fact that these children will leave one day.

He planned to put the letter on the notice so that all the children would know about it and they would all know that a brother had passed away.

But he will come back, along with his other brothers who joined the army, and will be sent back by the Navy as a naval "hero".

Even Ross himself was unwilling to accept the title of "hero".

But this is the only reward he deserves, and it is also what allows him to continue to "live".

…………

On the other hand, the Navy. In the year 1485 of the Sea Circle Calendar, the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line were relatively stable, so except for the G3 branch, all the garrisons of the following branches were replaced by major generals.

More troops were sent by Marshal Kong to the New World to continue to squeeze the pirates' living space, with the intention of eliminating the remaining legendary pirates before leaving office!
Outside the residential area.

At this moment, Sakaski had been demoted from brigadier general to colonel. He lay in a chair, looking up at the sky, and began to smoke a cigar.

He knew it was a false surrender, and Garp had already informed him of it.

There was no way, after all, he had violated the rules. For top-notch pirates with fruit abilities like the "Momo Fruit", the World Government's regulations stipulated that "capture" was the main approach, and this was not something the Navy could control.

Of course, it is no problem to kill them directly in emergencies and special circumstances. For example, there are two great pirates in the New World, one is Ski and the other is Newgate. It is no problem to kill them directly.

But the situation at that time was obviously not an emergency or special situation. The bastard who was lucky enough to eat the Momo Fruit had no way out. Sakaski was fully capable of capturing him alive!
But he didn't. Instead, he killed the pirate in front of everyone, destroyed the body, and then turned around and left with the body of the naval captain named "Gragel".

This indeed helped him win the support of a group of lower-level naval officers within the navy. His character of revenge and protection was deeply loved by most of the lower-level naval officers.

Everyone hopes that their boss can be this kind of person, not to mention that Sakaski is handsome and domineering, with strong strength, and a group of Nasdaq family elites following him.

"Oh my, I heard a lot of rumors about you, Sakaski, right after I came back~ It's really terrible. You dare to break the rules set by the World Government~"

"If you keep talking like that, I'll cut your arm off! The natural type is not invincible."

"Don't be so angry, Sakaski~, I surrender, I surrender~"

"Humph!"

With a dull hum, the Armament Haki that had been awakened by anger not long ago quietly faded away. He retracted his outstretched fist and no longer paid attention to the guy whose voice was extremely irritating.

Borsalino, a guy three years older than him, was lucky enough to eat the top natural fruit "Shining Fruit", and used it to come to the Navy Headquarters from the North Sea Branch.

But because of the opponent's strange attitude, even though he had extremely strong fighting ability, he was only a major.

After all, today's navy does not lack combat power. As long as a guy like Borsalino who is neither good nor bad does not become a pirate, the navy will keep him.

According to him, he actually lived a good life in the branch after joining the navy, and he didn't want to expose the Pika Pika Nomi so early, but the sudden all-out war forced him to move to another place to play badly.

The quiet and peaceful Naval Headquarters is a good choice.

Come to think of it, he and Sakaski are from the same hometown.

"If you have anything to say, tell me now. If you have nothing to say, come back and drink your tea."

Sakaski's tone calmed down. After all, they were colleagues, so it was better to give them some face when explaining things.

"I'm so sad~ Okay, okay, take your fist away!"

Seeing Sakaski's fist turning black again, Borsalino stopped being serious. He felt that these words could express his kindness.

"Mr. Sengoku plans to have you go to the G1 branch for some training, and asked me to tell you and Vice Admiral Zephyr.

The document will be delivered in two days. The report is finished. I am leaving now. Bye~"

(End of this chapter)