Pirate: I am a logistics person, what the hell is the emperor

Chapter 399 The world is full of thorns, but tenderness never fades

In the 1500th year of the Haiyuan calendar, the Kingdom of Solbe.

Because of their resistance to the king's policy of enslaving the poor, Bear and Ginny were thrown into prison and imprisoned in a dark and damp cell with their hands and feet shackled.

A few faint rays of light shone through the vents in the wall onto the fence, giving it a cold metallic luster.

"Becoli, you bastard! I will never forgive you when I get out!"

Ginny grabbed the iron bars and kept cursing, her temper still as hot as ever.

Also sitting nearby was Luffy, who was looking sullen and angry.

"Even though I know these things happened in the past, this feeling of being unable to do anything is really infuriating, humph!"

"I really want to beat that bastard up!"

White air came out of Luffy's nostrils like a cow.

In the eyes of Reiner and others outside, he had not been in a coma for long, but in Luffy's feeling, he had been accompanying Bear for a very long time.

"Ah~ I miss Usopp and the others so much, I want to eat meat~"

Luffy spread his arms and lay down on his back.

At this moment.

Suddenly there was a noisy noise outside, which came from far away and soon reached outside the prison gate.

boom--!
The door was opened roughly and two figures strode in.

Xiong and Ginny looked at each other in confusion, and Luffy sat up from the ground.

"Hee-ha! I'm here to save you, Bear! Ginny!"

"Little Eva!!"

Seeing the figure of the person coming, Ginny was overjoyed. The bear also stood up and walked forward, the iron chain under his feet dragging on the ground and making a clanging sound.

"Is the person next to you..."

Seeing the people around Ivan, Xiong looked a little surprised.

"My name is Monkey D. Dorag, the leader of the Self-Defense Forces. I've heard Ivan mention you before. We already know what happened here. I came here this time to..."

Dorag took the initiative to speak, walked up to the bear and expressed his wish that he could join his team.

Luffy's eyes lit up when he heard Dragon introduce himself.
"Oh! Uncle, your last name is Monkey D too? What a coincidence! It's the same as mine and grandpa's, hahaha."

Luffy put his hands on his hips and laughed, looking very familiar, and subconsciously wanted to pat Dragon's shoulder.

Luffy had just raised his hand when he suddenly thought of something. He paused and his hand stopped in mid-air. The smile on his face gradually froze and the air around him seemed to become quiet in an instant.

He stared at Dorag in silence for two seconds.

Luffy's expression gradually turned into shock, his chin dropped to the ground, and his two wide eyes popped out of his head in fear.
"You're my dad!!"

"Wait, wait! Is it really you?!"

"Doragu? I remember Grandpa said that, right?"

Luffy seemed to be jumping sideways beside Dragon, looking left and right and seemed a little flustered.

Although he learned from Karp that he had a father whom he had never met, he had never imagined the scene of the father and son meeting one day, but he did not expect that they would meet in this way.

No, it’s not really a meeting. Only Luffy can see Dragon. This is just a memory scene in Bear’s brain. It is even more impossible for the other party to feel his presence 22 years ago.

Soon, Dorag freed the bear and Ginny.

In fact, several years ago, Xiong had read about Dorag and the deeds of the Self-Defense Force he founded in the newspaper, and longed to be able to save others with his own hands like him.

At the invitation of Dorag and Ivankov, Bear and Ginny both joined each other.

From then on, the Self-Defense Army was renamed the Revolutionary Army, and the number one criminal organization in the eyes of the future world government was officially established.

In the following years, Kuma, who devoted himself to revolutionary work, traveled all over the world, and Luffy witnessed many major events from his perspective.

The road of the revolutionary army is difficult, but everyone works hard to make it grow stronger little by little. Xiong's life also becomes very fulfilling. He feels extremely happy every time he liberates oppressed civilians.

This went on for eight years until one day.
On the eve of the revolutionary army scattered around the world gathering, the headquarters received a call from the Eastern Army led by Ginny.

"You said Ginny was arrested?"

"Sorry! The enemy said they would take her to Mary Geoise to become the Celestial Dragon's wife. We!"

"Sorry Bear! It's all our fault for not protecting her!"

Den Den Mushi cried bitterly, blaming herself.

Xiong stood there in a daze. After hearing the news, his mind went blank and his heart was engulfed by surging despair.

Dorag had an angry face and clenched his teeth.

Luffy's pupils also dilated, and he stood there in a daze.

For a moment, the air around seemed to sink, and an indescribable feeling of oppression enveloped everyone's heart.

I wanted to comfort the bear but didn't know how to start.

At this stage, the Revolutionary Army is no different from an ant in front of the World Government and has no ability to compete with it.

Even if the entire team that had come this far was brought together, it would be impossible to rescue Bonnie. This would almost be a farewell forever.

Everyone knows this.

Including the bear himself.

He said nothing, but just pursed his lips tightly. Even though he was in extreme pain, he did not say anything about attacking Mary Joa to save Ginny.

In the following days, Xiong continued to participate in revolutionary actions around the world day and night.

He became more radical than before, as if he was punishing himself desperately, trying to numb his heart with physical pain.

The expression on his face became less and less, and he became more and more silent, like a cold robot, repeating the same thing every day.

That is, dragging the bloody body, fighting, fighting, fighting
Two years passed like this, until one day.
"Big Bear! Ginny's calling!!"

At the Revolutionary Army headquarters, a loud shout suddenly came from the communications room.

"Ginny"

Hearing the voice, Xiong was stunned for a moment. His eyes, which were as silent as a pool of stagnant water, finally showed some color. He hurriedly stood up and rushed out of the medical room.

"Wait a minute, bear!"

Ivankov followed closely behind him, and the two of them rushed into the communication room in a panic and came to a Den Den Mushi.

"Ginny!!"

"It was Xiong Xiong's voice. I heard it. It was really, really great."

Den Den Mushi's voice was hoarse, and its eyes were filled with pain and exhaustion from countless tortures.

As if a dying person was finally relieved at the end of his life, Ginny forced a weak smile.

"I'm back, Xiongxiong. I have a terminal illness, so they said they don't want me anymore and just threw me away."

"Although it hurts, it's also a kind of luck. I was so scared that I would never be able to convey my feelings to you again."

"Stop talking Ginny! Where are you! I'm going to find you now!"

Xiong shouted loudly, heartache and anxiety tightly intertwined together, wishing he could appear by the other person's side immediately.

Ginny didn't respond to his question, but continued speaking in a weak voice.

"I'm sorry Bear, I'm almost dead."

Ginny's smile was filled with tears, yet with the happiest tenderness, as she said the only words she wanted to convey to the other person in the last moments of her life.

"Bear. I have always been."

"Always"

"I love you so much." The wind rustled through the leaves, ruffled the white clouds and scattered them into the blue sky, while white waves washed over the shore.

In a dilapidated church in the Kingdom of Solbe, Ginny lay on a table soaked in tears, and reluctantly put down the Den Den Mushi with her weak hands.

".Actually, you will find me eventually, right?. After all, this is our home."

Looking at the mural on the ceiling quietly, Ginny shed tears and smiled in relief.
"I'm so sorry for letting you see me like this, Xiongxiong."

The sunlight shone through the skylight onto her body, face, and hands. All the surfaces of her skin were covered with stones, reflecting the blue scales in the sunlight.

The wind stopped, and a glimmer of life flashed, then gradually dimmed until it disappeared completely.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure, anxiously rushing over, stepped into the church hall.

Bear held Ginny's stiff body and knelt in front of the cross that saved the world. The golden sunset fell on him, but it could not dispel the coldness in his heart.

He had saved countless lives here, but lost the love of his life.
"If I had accepted your proposal that day."

"Or maybe I could have gone to Mary Geoise and saved you that day."

"Would it all be different, Ginny, if I weren't such a wimp."

Bear recalled his life and every moment with Ginny until his tears dried up.

As night fell, the faint light of stars shone on the coast of the Kingdom of Solbe. There was only a faint firelight in the church, and the dim light was mixed with a hint of white.

A few days later.
"Sorry, Dorag, I've made up my mind."

"I understand. We should be the ones to say sorry, Bear. Just do as you wish."

"Thanks."

click.

Xiong hung up the Den Den Mushi and officially left the Revolutionary Army. Now he had more important things to do.

Standing up and walking to the room behind the church, Xiong stopped in front of a crib and picked up the sleeping girl in her arms. There was a smile on his face and tenderness in his eyes.

Because of this girl's existence, hope returned to his collapsed inner world after Ginny's death.

In the days that followed, Bear became a priest again and lived with Bonnie in the small church in the Kingdom of Solby.

He had already decided to stay here until Bonnie grew up, and then return to the ranks of the revolutionary army.

Caring for a baby is definitely not an easy task, and it is even more difficult for an inexperienced bear.

Becoming a father for the first time always means going through all kinds of "hardships". Although the villagers often lend a helping hand, Xiong is always "tormented" to the point of being helpless.

Just changing diapers made him busy and he spent a long time learning how to coax Bonnie to sleep. It was even more difficult to judge what different types of crying meant.

"Uh~ I'm finally alive~"

That day, after helping Bonnie take a bath, the sweaty bear lay down on the table with a tired look on his face.
Ginny was probably this active when she was a child.

The bear thought so.

The lively Bonnie used her hands and feet to crawl to the stuffed bear and started playing with it. The bear couldn't help but show a relieved smile on his face.

"They really look alike. Even their appetites are just as exaggerated. When they grow up, they will definitely become big eaters like their mother."

"Dad, dad."

Suddenly, Bonnie grabbed the doll and swung it at the bear, making a babbling sound.

Xiong was stunned for a few seconds without moving. Tears welled up under his glasses and he rushed out in excitement.

"Bonnie——!"

"Woo woo! Can you call me daddy again, Bonnie? Please~"

"dad."

"Uh-huh!"

The bear lay on the ground, hugged Bonnie, and rubbed his face against her hard, as if his heart had melted.

Luffy, who was squatting on the table like a monkey, grinned and laughed when he saw this scene.

"Hehehe, this guy was quite cute when he was a kid."

The days passed one by one in joy and warmth.

Four years later.

"Don't move, Bonnie. How is it? Does it hurt?"

Xiong pulled Bonnie to stand by the dining table and gently pressed a patch of green scales and scabs under her bangs. His expression gradually became more solemn.

He never expected that four years later, he would see the same symptoms in Bonnie as Ginny did then.

He tried to use the power of the Meatball Fruit on Bonnie, but nothing came out.

"What's wrong, Dad?"

"No, it's okay, Bonnie."

Xiong forced a smile and shook his head, secretly clenching his hands behind his back.

Late that night, Bonnie had already fallen asleep. A candle was lit in the church hall. Xiong sat alone behind the desk, finishing flipping through the original book, holding his forehead with a heavy expression.

During the day, he took Bonnie to several places in the kingdom, but no doctor could even recognize the disease, let alone treat it.

This made him even more desperate.

The bear was extremely anxious when he thought that Ginny's tragedy would be repeated on Bonnie.

Luffy leaned against the corner, staring at the ceiling without saying a word.

If we say that a person's life is always accompanied by suffering, this man has experienced too much.

Snapped.

After closing the book, Xiong's eyes darkened.

He won't give up, and he can't accept giving up like this.

Even if he couldn't cure her in the end, at least he wanted to stay with Bonnie as much as possible so that she could live a happy life.

"Bonnie."

"Ok?"

One day, Bonnie was playing with blocks, and Bear was telling her a story. He closed the book, smiled gently, and asked:

"If you were to travel, where would you like to go?"

"Well"

Bonnie thought about it, his eyes lit up.
"Dad, do you know Sky Island?"

"Bonnie knows about Sky Island?"

"Yeah! I read it in a book."

Bonnie nodded, an innocent smile on her face.
"They say everything there is made of clouds, just like cotton candy. I imagine it must be delicious."

"That's it"

The bear smiled gently and patted Bonnie's head gently.

In the following time, the bear continued to look for a doctor, and gradually found out some of the symptoms and knew that Bonnie could not be exposed to natural light.

So, he found everything for Bonnie, including toys and books, played with her, and taught her knowledge.

Fortunately, the villagers would come over often. With the company of her father and everyone, Bonnie would not live too lonely even if she could never leave the house.

　Emmm, it’s almost there.

　　Now, let alone Nika, as long as Saint Satan can be killed, no one will have any objection even if we go in tenth gear.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)