Chapter 14 Navy Headquarters-02

Cheng Xi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, looked up at Shanks, sniffed, and nodded in agreement: "Yeah."

She calmed down for a while, walked to the mirror to admire her strange face. The cosmetics she bought on Fette Island were not waterproof and were smudged by her tears. She now looked like a black-eyed giant panda with two vertical lines under the corners of her eyes. She looked very funny and ridiculous.

After putting the furnishings in the room back in place, Cheng Xi re-applied makeup, put on glasses and a mask, and after confirming that his disguise was flawless, he and Shanks left the apartment and went to the milk tea shop they had just passed.

It is now evening training time. After finishing their training, the sailors are walking in groups on the street. There are many more customers in the milk tea shop than before, and most of them are privates who have just joined the army for a few years.

Cheng Xi ordered milk tea with thick taro dumplings, freshly squeezed mixed juice and red date yogurt.

Shanks waved his hand and said that he didn't want yogurt, but he would have any of the other two cups.

Cheng Xi was puzzled: "Then you order yourself, why are you looking at the drink in my hand?"

Shanks:...So you drank three cups by yourself!

Behind them were two very young-looking female sailors, both of whom appeared to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. Judging from their uniforms, they should be third-class sailors who had just joined the army. After finishing a day of training, there were still beads of shiny sweat on their foreheads, and they looked very energetic.

The allowance for privates is not much, so the two of them discussed how to take advantage of the store's promotions to save more money.

Suddenly, a few Baileys were thrown into their hands. The two looked up in the direction where the money came from and saw a woman wearing a mask.

They were confused and didn't know what this was going to do.

"I'll treat you to a drink." Cheng Xi explained, "I'm in a bad mood today."

"You're really an interesting person. Others treat everyone to food when they're in a good mood. Why do you do the opposite?" asked one of the girls.

"Because I'm in a bad mood, I want to do something good to make others feel better."

"Thank you very much, you are really a good person." The girl said with a smile.

Being suddenly given a nice guy card was beyond Cheng Xi's expectations. She encouraged the girl, "Work hard in your training and strive for promotion soon."

"Of course I'm a soldier under Vice Admiral Shiratori. There are no weak soldiers under a strong general. Of course I have to train harder to improve my strength. I must not lose face for Vice Admiral Shiratori."

Speaking of Vice Admiral Shiratori, she was full of pride and pride from the bottom of her heart: "What's more, I want to join the Magnolia Unit. That is the lifelong dream of all female navy officers."

"Vice Admiral Shiratori? Is it Yushula?" Cheng Xi asked, "What is the Magnolia Unit?"

"Huh, you don't even know the Magnolia Unit?" The girl did not answer Cheng Xi's question, but asked her curiously, "Then you should not be from Marinford, right?"

Cheng Xi nodded: "Yeah."

"That's normal." At this time, another girl bought milk tea. They found an empty table, motioned Cheng Xi and Shanks to sit down, and gave Cheng Xi a popularization of the history of the Magnolia Unit.

"The Magnolia unit was established by Vice Admiral Shiratori and the late Vice Admiral Cheng Xi."

"Cheng... Cheng Xi!?" Cheng Xi was shocked to hear her name from the other party's mouth. She looked at Shanks with a puzzled look.

"Well, Magnolia is a unit established by Vice Admiral Shiratori using Vice Admiral Cheng Xi's legacy. It is a unit that only accepts female sailors." The girl explained, "Come to think of it, I am also one of the sailors funded by Vice Admiral Cheng Xi."

"I was born in a very poor country that could not afford to pay the Tenshang Gold. I made a living by picking up garbage before I was fifteen. I didn't expect that even though we were so poor, we would still be targeted by pirates." "

Maybe it's because we didn't pay the Tenshang Gold and the military government doesn't care that we are targeted by pirates." When she said this, there was a sense of loss in her tone.

"I was ready to die, but then Vice Admiral Shiratori suddenly appeared in front of me like a god and cut off the weapons of the pirates on the other side. She said that the Magnolia Force would take care of the areas that the Navy and the World Government could not control, and then she helped us catch the pirates who did evil." "

I don't know where I got the courage from at the time, I asked if I could follow her, and she said yes, and then took me back to the Navy Headquarters for training."

"So...what does this have to do with Cheng Xi?"

"It was her legacy that established the Magnolia Force. The navy and the government don't care about poor people like us who can't afford to pay tribute to the Heavenly Golden Country. If it weren't for the Magnolia Force, I might have died by now, and my country would have perished."

The girl said excitedly, "Oh, come to think of it, I also admire Vice Admiral Cheng Xi. Although I haven't seen her grace when she was alive, according to those predecessors, she was both powerful and gentle. She once defeated thousands of troops with a single sword and captured half of the Golden Lion's fleet, but she was very good to her sailors in private and often gave everyone benefits."

She looked at Cheng Xi and joked, "Just like you, you like to treat everyone to drinks."

After hearing what she said, Cheng Xi clenched his hands under the table into fists, his nails almost embedded in his flesh, his pupils trembling, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Her subordinates fulfilled her wish in the seventeen years after her death.

Cheng Xi couldn't imagine how Lieutenant Colonel Yushula, who was only 23 years old at the time, accomplished all this under tremendous pressure from the government.

"What's wrong?" Shanks held her hand and comforted her.

"I'm fine, just a little excited." Cheng Xi raised his head and forced back the tears that had just welled up in his eyes.

Now is not the time to be sentimental. The most urgent thing is to leave here as soon as possible and return to the Redfors.

Of course, the navy did not give her time to feel sentimental.

"I never thought I could see the famous Four Emperors Red-Haired Shanks here." The muscular Vice Admiral Maynard of the Marine Headquarters with a black ponytail led a large group of marines to surround the entire room.

Cheng Xi whispered, "Remain calm, don't panic. Maybe he is just tricking us. We must not lose our composure."

The two continued to pretend that nothing had happened, without any sign of panic on their faces.

Unexpectedly, Maynard seemed to have confirmed their identities. He walked towards them with certainty, drew his knife and pointed it at both of them: "You dare to sneak into the Navy Headquarters alone, Red Hair, aren't you too arrogant?"

Cheng Xi:... ?

You just don't treat me as a human being.

Shanks: "I'm not Shanks."

Maynard: "You are Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, Red-Haired Shanks."

Cheng Xi used her super stable mental state to grab Shanks' arm, and shrilled her voice, pretending to be arrogant and contemptuous: "Don't take advantage of your status as a lieutenant general to casually claim your identity. My friend and I are good friends of King Batalia. Does the Kingdom of Batalia know? We are one of the top three countries that pay gold in the world every year. Believe it or not, I will ask the king to report to the World Government to revoke your status as lieutenant general!?"

"Besides, everyone in the world knows that Red-Haired's left arm is broken." She pointed at Shanks' left arm and said angrily, "Are you cursing my friend!?"

"Okay, then friend of King Batalia, can you explain why the Four Emperors' swords are on your friend?"

Cheng Xi:! ?

Shanks:! ?

She and Shanks looked at their waists at the same time, and it turned out that the cloth wrapped around the sword had fallen off at some point, revealing the true appearance of Griffin inside.

Cheng Xi: This makes me look really stupid for pretending to be crazy just now.

"Do you believe me if I tell you it's a replica?" Cheng Xi remained calm. "I just thought the Four Emperors' swords were cool, so I forged an identical one based on that. Do I need to inform you before I forge the sword now?"

"That's not necessary, but you and your friend need to go with me to the Navy Headquarters. I'll release you after we investigate your identities."

Maynard drew his sword and was about to attack, but was interrupted by a female voice.

"Stop." A blonde woman who was also wearing a vice admiral uniform entered the store, walked up to Cheng Xi and Shanks, and apologized to them: "I'm sorry, you two, we got the wrong person. I apologize to you on behalf of the navy. I will also pay for your consumption today. I hope I don't disturb your good mood."

After saying that, she bowed very sincerely.

"Lieutenant General Shiratori!" The two little girls stood up, their tone excited and full of admiration.

"Youshula! What do you mean?" Maynard demanded.

Yushula used the scabbard to push against Maynard's waist and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up, idiot."

Shanks said to Cheng Xi in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Great, I thought we were exposed."

Cheng Xi: "We have been exposed."

Shanks: "......?"

Cheng Xi: "Yushula has always been very smart. She knows that as vice admirals, she and Maynard will definitely not be able to beat you even with this large group of navy. So she deliberately said that she recognized the wrong person to lower our vigilance and try to delay time for the admiral or Uncle Garp to come and catch us." "

This trick, this trick is called catching a turtle in a jar. What I learned from you was finally used on me."

"Then what should we do now?" Shanks asked, "Do it?"

Cheng Xi: "I thought about it, and according to my experience of roaming the sea for so many years, there is only one way to solve this situation."

"What method?"

Cheng Xi looked at the snow-white ceiling.

She drew her sword as usual, then realized that both swords were on the Redforth, so she raised her fist and jumped up to smash a big hole in the ceiling.

"Run!" She jumped directly onto the roof, holding three cups of milk tea in her hands. Shanks also jumped out and when he stood on the roof, he found that the surrounding area had already been densely packed with troops deployed by Yushula.

Seeing the two of them appear on the roof, everyone opened fire in unison, trying to attack them.

"Don't hurt them." Cheng Xi looked at Shanks and pleaded.

"Okay."

Inside the store, Yushula saw the scene, looked at Maynard, then sighed and mocked silently.

Maynard: "What do you mean!?"

Yusura: "Ten years ago, I have been suggesting to Marshal Sengoku that IQ be included in the selection criteria for naval admirals, but he never approved it."

She pointed at Maynard: "Look, now you are getting your comeuppance."