One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Giger pursed his lips and said,

"What are you talking about? I don't think anything is more sacred than that, and why do we die? Don't you want to stay by my side forever?"

Upon hearing the last sentence, Lucia abruptly sat up from Giger's embrace. She wrapped her arms around Giger's neck, looked into his eyes, and softly said,

"Lucia will always be with you, young master. Even if I go to hell, I will stay by your side!"

Jiger smiled and said,

"You won't go to hell."

"Then I will follow the young master to heaven!"

"We won't go to any heaven; that's something to think about after death, so we'll never have to think about it."

Having memories of Earth, Gigg knows that there is more than one way to achieve immortality in the world of One Piece. Therefore, the idea of ​​"dying" will never happen to him or his loved ones.

However, Giger didn't explain further. He held Lucia against the tree trunk, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, which Zefa had given him after he had drunk too much at the dinner party.

Now was the perfect time to light one up. He extended a finger, a flash of electricity lit the cigarette, he took a deep drag, and exhaled a heart-shaped smoke ring.

Lucia reached out and poked it; the smoke ring drifted down her arm and finally dissipated in the wind.

Under the moonlight, the two nestled together quietly. Lucia looked up at Gigg's profile, wishing that time could stand still at this moment.

Chapter 95 Pirate Supernovas (End of Volume 1)

An eighteen-year-old admiral candidate has emerged in the navy.

Within just a few days, thanks to the tireless work of numerous newsbirds, the news spread almost throughout the entire ocean.

This is definitely not good news for the pirate forces.

On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard was having a banquet with his sons when someone brought in a newspaper he had just received. Whitebeard glanced at it and immediately crushed the barrel of liquor in his hand.

"It's that Navy brat named Gigg again! Fighting Zephyr to a standstill? Don't be ridiculous!"

Upon hearing Giger's name, the atmosphere at the banquet instantly froze. Oden sat to one side of the white-bearded man, staring intently at Giger's photo in the newspaper, his eyes filled with hatred.

He touched the empty left sleeve and said resentfully,

"Baiji, our Whitebeard Pirates must avenge this!"

Whitebeard glanced at him and said,

“Oden, revenge is of course necessary, but you should pay more attention to Shiko right now; she’s about to give birth.”

Hearing this, Oden's anger subsided slightly, and he nodded without saying another word.

Whitebeard spread the newspaper on the table and said calmly,

"The Navy's grand announcement of the Supernovas is nothing more than an attempt to suppress us pirates. Ha, they're not the only ones with monster rookies."

Oden paused for a moment, then asked,

"Baiji, you mean...?"

"Pirates can also put forward a few so-called supernovas. Our Whitebeard Pirates will take two spots, which is you and Marco."

Oden is now thirty-one years old, the same age Drake was when he later became a supernova.

Given the Whitebeard Pirates' current influence, once the news of the Pirate Supernovas was released, the newspapers immediately buzzed excitedly, like flies that had caught a whiff of something.

Two pirate supernovas would definitely not be enough, but the pirates don't need to worry about that. Based on news from the past two years, the newspaper directly selected five powerful pirates and added them to the pirate supernova team.

The Beasts Pirates were formed, and Kaido, who was always jumping around, was among them. Moreover, their pirate crew was quite prestigious, as in addition to him as the captain, there was also the number two person on the ship, King.

However, Kaido was furious when he saw the news, and wished he could smash the reporter who had put him in the Supernova group to death with a stick.

Jin, standing to the side, asked, puzzled.

"Boss, you don't seem too happy?"

Kaido tilted his head back and gulped down several large mouthfuls of strong liquor, exhaling...

"Hmph! I've had enough of being a rookie! I don't care about being a supernova!"

He grabbed the newspaper to tear it to shreds, but then he suddenly saw the news about the old lady. It turned out that her second son, Charlotte Katakuri, had also been selected as a Supernova.

Kaido suddenly became somewhat happy again, muttering,

"You've had so many kids and only one got selected? That's a bit embarrassing, Lingling!"

Looking at the remaining two supernovas, both are energetic young men, one named Moria and the other Crocodile.

Kaido wasn't interested in either of them; he just glanced at Moria's picture and made a comment.

"This kid is a bit ugly, I want to give him a good whack!"

......

After that night, at Naval Headquarters, the cadets of Giger's class temporarily stayed in the school's dormitory, awaiting further arrangements from headquarters.

When they have free time, these veteran trainees will go to the training ground to watch the new recruits train, and occasionally offer a few words of guidance, experiencing the sense of superiority of being "veterans".

Lucia remained inseparable from Gig. She would often go out at night to do things she liked with Gig, and wouldn't return until late at night.

One time, when Lucia was returning home, she ran into Ginny, who was getting up in the middle of the night. The usually aloof Ginny showed a rare look of panic on her face. At the same time, she felt a strange mix of excitement and shame.

Ginny tilted her head, looked at Lucia's slightly disheveled clothes, and asked,

"Lucia, did you go out tonight? Can't sleep?"

Lucia pursed her lips and said in a muffled voice,

"Ah."

Ginny chuckled and patted Lucia on the shoulder, saying,

"Insomnia is bad for a girl's skin, so go back to sleep. Brother Jige's warship is about to be approved in the next couple of days, and we'll be on the same ship as him!"

Lucia nodded, feeling a strange unease. A boat was still too big for her; a bed would suffice.

Gion got up when she heard the noise. She was wearing a pink silk nightgown and leaned against the bed, looking at the two people in the doorway with a half-smile.

When Ginny saw that Gion was also up, she assumed that Gion had been woken up by her conversation with Lucia, and immediately apologized.

"I'm sorry, Gion, I disturbed your rest."

After two years of getting to know each other, Ginny and Gion have long since overcome the initial rift between them, and Ginny is not the type to hold grudges.

Gion smiled and said softly,

"It's nothing. I've been having trouble sleeping lately, I'm just a light sleeper."

Lucia frowned slightly. She had indeed been too relaxed these past few days. Gion's words were clearly pointed at something, and she probably knew that she had gone out in the middle of the night.

But one thing is certain: Gion could not have seen what she and the young master did; she could not have escaped the young master's Observation Haki.

Thinking of this, Lucia felt much more at ease. Pretending not to have heard, she silently returned to her bed, lay down, said goodnight, and closed her eyes.

Ginny shrugged. Ginny glanced at the two of them, then at Jessica who was still fast asleep, and muttered something.

"Everyone's so strange..."

The following day, the headquarters approved warships for all cadets who would achieve the rank of brigadier general or higher upon graduation.

As a brigadier general, Lucia was naturally entitled to have her own warship, but she chose to become Giger's adjutant and be on the same ship as Giger.

Ginny and Jessica also boarded Gigg's boat.

Gigan, Akainu, and Kizaru were each assigned to the G1, G2, and G3 branches as base leaders.

These three branches are all located in the Grand Line, which is completely different from the naval branches in the four major sea areas.

These three branches are located in sea areas with extremely difficult security, and in recent years, various dominant pirate forces have frequently appeared here.

Among them, the G1 branch, where Giger is located, is the most important. It is symmetrical with the headquarters, with the red line as the axis of symmetry, and can be said to be the most solid line of defense behind the headquarters.

In wartime, it can also provide support to headquarters in the shortest possible time.

The fact that headquarters appointed Giger as the base chief of the G1 branch shows that they highly recognize his abilities.

At the port of headquarters, Giger stood on the bow of the warship, with Ginny and Lucia standing on either side of him.

With a loud blast of its horn, the warship slowly sailed out of Marineford. Zeffa, carrying a bottle of sherry, tilted his head back and took a swig, humming a song called "The Island" (the music from the movie "Zeffa's Final Battle").

"The world has been watching..."

(End of Volume 1)

Chapter 96 Dark God

One year later, on the Grand Line, G1 Branch.

The steel warship slowly docked at the pier, and a large number of naval soldiers disembarked. They solemnly lined up in two rows, forming a passageway.

Then, a tall man wearing a navy cloak slowly walked over, followed by two slender figures.

The flying squirrel had been waiting at the port for some time. Upon seeing the tall man at the head of the group, it immediately stepped forward, saluted, and said...

"Lieutenant General Giger!"

The newcomer was Gigg, and behind him were Ginny and Lucia.