Chapter 20 Chasing the Light

"Don't be so excited, Yushula-chan." Borsalino didn't look angry at all when Yushula criticized her. Instead, she was still nonchalant and said casually, "Being angry is bad for your health."

"It will also damage your pretty face."

Yushula: "No need for your reminder, I just want to scold you."

Lieutenant General Cheng Xi once told her that being angry is indeed bad for the body, but instead of holding it in her heart and feeling depressed, it is better to vent it out and torture others. This is also the principle that Yushula has followed for so many years.

For example, now, seeing these people looking frustrated, she felt a little better.

"As for my face, you don't have to worry about it." Yusula retorted, "After the meeting, I will arrange for my adjutant to send you two boxes of facial masks I bought recently. It is said that double hyaluronic acid and collagen are added to them."

Most of the people present were men, and they knew little about cosmetics. As for the role of hyaluronic acid and collagen, they were even more confused. They didn't understand why Vice Admiral Shiratori, who was just on edge, suddenly wanted to give Admiral Kizaru a facial mask?

The female navy present understood what Vice Admiral Shiratori meant, and they all covered their mouths and laughed secretly. Even Helt, who was just told to get out, lowered his head and tried to suppress the corners of his curved mouth.

Yusula explained intimately: "It's for wrinkle removal."

Other navy: ...The real brave dares to open the big face.

Under this anxious and tense atmosphere, the meeting ended unhappily. The navy present did not dare to speak casually and stand in line. No one wanted to offend, so they had to remain silent.

Every time Vice Admiral Shiratori scolded the admirals, Admiral Akainu would angrily say that he would punish her for not respecting her superiors, but in the end, nothing happened. Admiral Aokiji remained silent and ignored her. As for Admiral Kizaru, perhaps because they had less grudges, he would even laugh and tease her, and then he would be scolded even more harshly.

The rain outside the headquarters has not stopped yet. The weather is gloomy and gray. The raindrops are continuous and there is no sign of stopping. There is a damp and astringent air in the air.

After coming out of the headquarters building, Yushula walked alone on the road. She did not hold an umbrella. The rain wet her whole body recklessly. The cold wind blew and the chill was pressing, but she seemed not to feel it and continued to walk alone in the rain.

When she walked under a bayberry tree next to the residential area, she stopped, squatted slowly, and covered her face with her hands, as if she could isolate herself from the world.

She was born on a poor and backward island. Because she could not pay the sky gold and could not get the protection of the navy, her hometown was often robbed and plundered by various pirates and robbers. In addition, the island was divided into several factions.

Hunger, poverty, war, plunder, fighting and violence, these dangerous behaviors happened on the island every day. The smell of blood and fire, the sound of praying and wailing filled her eardrums all the time.

Yushula is an orphan. She doesn't know who her parents are, and she has no relatives. She has been picking up garbage and begging for food in the low slums since she can remember.

It is a disaster for a weak child without protection to live alone on an island with frequent riots.

Fortunately, she still has a face that is so beautiful that it makes people tremble. As she grows up, she realizes that the eyes of men looking at her are becoming more and more greedy. Yushula uses her beauty to deal with the leaders. Those men say they love her and say that she is the most beautiful treasure in the world. However, when she meets a more powerful man, Yushula can betray them without hesitation and throw herself under the protection of others.

The overwhelming scolding almost drowned her, saying that she was heartless, shameless, and a villain who betrayed morality.

What can she do? She just wants to survive. Why did the stolen treasures not happen, but she who was robbed had to suffer abuse.

Beauty brought her temporary food and survival, but it could not save her life. Later, she was caught by human traffickers.

The six months she spent as a slave were the most humiliating six months of her life. She was put in a shameful collar and shackles. The endless beatings, scoldings, labor and abuse quickly exhausted her body. She was tortured to the point of being on the verge of death and emaciated.

The worthless slave was sold again. She herself was confused. What value did she have to be bought after being tortured into such a ghostly appearance?

Oh, it's true. I heard from the slaves in the same batch that she might be sold to scientists in the black forces for human experiments or something else.

Thinking of the scene of countless sharp needles piercing her skin, Yushula, who cherished her life, thought of death for the first time.

Is death a relief?

She had made a decision. If she was really used as an experimental subject, she might as well choose death.

Fortunately, those horrible scenes did not fall on her. The gods arrived before the devil.

The white dress fluttering in the backlight, the sharp sword energy, the cold and firm eyes, it was the young god who pulled her out of hell.

On the first day of his appointment, Major General Cheng Xi of G5 Base directly destroyed the slave auction house in the center of Rose Island, released all the slaves and gave them freedom.

While Cheng Xi was arguing with Rayleigh and others, Yushula was tangled and uneasy for a long time. After Rayleigh and others left, she finally plucked up the courage to walk up to Cheng Xi and talk to him.

She said that she had no relatives or friends, and now she had nowhere to go. She wanted to follow Cheng Xi and asked Cheng Xi to take her in.

Cheng Xi thought about it, looked at the embarrassed girl in front of him, nodded in agreement, and took her back to the base.

Is this another time that Yushula has found an organization to live in for herself? If there is a more powerful organization in the future, will she choose to betray?

She doesn't know.

Yushula only knows that she is in trouble at this time, just like a lamp in a dark room and a boat in a desperate crossing.

After staying at the base for about three months, Yushula's wounds have basically healed, her spirits have improved a lot, and her thin cheeks have gradually grown flesh. It seems that everything is moving in a good direction. At this time, she ushered in the most important choice in her life.

The prince of a certain country invited her to visit the palace. The magnificent and magnificent buildings, the smooth silk that was more delicate and soft than spring snow, and embroidered with exquisite patterns. The dazzling jewels, the exquisite and delicious food on the table, made from high-quality ingredients specially supplied to the royal family from various seas.

The prince said that he fell in love with her at first sight. He fell in love with Yushula's face that was more beautiful than an angel. He wanted to marry her as a princess and he would love her forever

. Every day when she woke up from the soft and comfortable big bed, several maids served behind Yushula. She didn't need to do anything, just give an order, or smile perfunctorily, and countless precious things would be presented to her for her to choose.

This comfortable and beautiful life is really irresistible.

Yushula was moved. She returned to the base to find Cheng Xi. She wanted to tell her that she was going to get married and become the princess of a country, but before Yushula could speak, Cheng Xi handed a sword to her.

"This is for you."

"For me?" Yushula was a little unbelievable.

"Yeah."

"Why did you give me this?" She was just an ordinary person, so weak that the sword was useless in her hands.

"Last time I suddenly discovered that you have a talent for being a swordsman. Be prepared to endure hardships. I will teach you to practice sword tomorrow."

"Why teach me to practice sword?" She asked her question again.

"Self-protection!" Cheng Xi said naturally, "I can't stay by your side all the time. What if I meet a bad guy again?"

"It's useless to rely on anyone in this world. There is no banquet that will never end. If you rely on the mountain, the mountain will fall, and if you rely on the water, the water will dry up. Only when you are strong is the truth."

Yu Shula's body kept shaking. At that moment, she saw another kind of life for herself. Beauty may bring her temporary convenience, but perhaps the sword in her hand is the foundation of her life. She doesn't need to rely on anyone's protection, and she doesn't need to be a dodder that always entangles others.

She doesn't want to be a princess anymore. She wants to be a third-class soldier under Major General Xi.

Cut off those empty flowers and flames, the dreamlike past, and Yu Shula is going to start a new life.

The process of learning swordsmanship is really hard, and she can only swallow countless blood and tears by herself, but Yu Shula is still optimistic and thinks that she is still quite lucky. She has earned a lot of money by being taught and trained by the top kendo masters of the younger generation.

Her famous teachers teach and answer questions one-on-one, but it takes a lot of effort for a kid outside to find Cheng Xi to learn a few swordsmanship moves.

Yu Shula does have a talent for swordsmanship and makes rapid progress. In just two years, she was promoted from a private to a second lieutenant. Although she is the last one, she is still a naval officer.

Before, those men said they loved her, but in the end they raised her like a canary. That was not love, but teasing, teasing, and playing.

Major General Cheng Xi is different. While she is strong herself, she will also teach other girls to be strong, develop their potential in all aspects, appreciate their uniqueness, and give them rights and status without reservation, giving them the ability to survive independently without relying on others.

The years at the G5 base were the happiest days for Yushula. Later, after returning to the headquarters, she had a good relationship with officers such as Cheng Xi and Sakaski. Although some things happened later and everyone parted ways and broke up, as long as she had the most respected Lieutenant General Cheng Xi, she didn't care about anyone else.

Although Cheng Xi had told Yusula not to always rely on others, she felt that Cheng Xi was more reliable than heaven, just like a child who could go home to find his parents if he got into trouble outside.

Until the moment she heard the news of her death.

There was no way, the world was sometimes so cruel, and the people you loved the most, relied on the most, and didn't want to be separated from the most were always the first to leave.

...

I don't know how long she stayed under the tree, Yusula finally got up and walked towards the training ground. The last battle with Red Hair made her realize her weakness, and she had to become stronger.

The rain was heavier than before, gathering on the ground, and even if you walked carefully, you would accidentally get your shoes and socks muddy. In this kind of weather, everyone chose to hide in the building and not come out. There were few pedestrians on the street. Aokiji held an umbrella and walked to the milk tea shop according to the route he remembered.

Because of the weather and time, there was no customer in the milk tea shop now. Only the boss was sitting at the window bored and listening to the rain in a daze. Hearing the sound of the door being opened, he hurriedly got up to entertain the customers.

Seeing the identity of the person in front of him, the boss was a little surprised: "General Aokiji, why are you here?"

Kuzan did not tell the real reason: "I just happened to pass by and came in to take a look."

"Come to think of it, you haven't been here for several years."

"Yeah." Kuzan casually ordered a drink, and after a few pleasantries with the boss, he finally expressed the real purpose of this visit, "Boss, do you remember the last time the Four Emperors Red Hair came to your store to buy milk tea?"

"Hey, didn't you navy ask last time? Why are you asking again?" Although the boss complained verbally, he still told Kuzan what happened that day while making drinks. "That day..."

After listening to what happened that day, Kuzan asked him, "What drinks did the mysterious woman in the mask order?" The

boss answered truthfully: "Thick taro paste and ball milk tea, freshly squeezed mixed juice and red date yogurt." After that, he muttered to himself, "It's really strange. Freshly squeezed mixed juice has been off the shelves for five or six years because of poor sales. How did she know? Could it be that my milk tea shop has become popular among the four emperors?" Hearing the answer he guessed

in his heart, Kuzan was inexplicably excited.

Now he has a seemingly unrealistic, but very likely guess in his mind.

...

It was almost noon when Cheng Xi received a reply from the newspaper, saying that he could continue to write the second half, and the royalties would still be divided according to the previous ratio.

She spent a week writing at her desk, and handed the first part to the newspaper gull after she finished it. During this time, she went to the sea to kill a few sea kings and sold them to restaurants. She also did some fortune-telling. With the first payment, she finally collected enough money to rent a three-story shop at the end of the commercial street.

Why did she rent a three-story shop? Because a few pirates had just died here a few days ago, and it was said to be haunted, so it was cheap.

She went to the second-hand market to buy some tables and chairs for decoration, and decorated it herself for more than a month. As the shop gradually took shape, she was in trouble again. That was that she had no money to recruit employees. Cheng Xi had never thought of using the treasures sent by Ace. What should she do? With the trouble of having no money, Cheng Xi gradually fell asleep.

In her dream, she came to Langhuan Pavilion, but found that the fairy sister she hadn't seen for a long time was also here. Next to her, there were six or seven golden and shining aura talismans, which looked much more advanced than those she made.

Cheng Xi asked curiously, "Fairy sister, what is this?"

Fairy: "Summoning Talisman."

Cheng Xi: "Is it the kind that summons the gods in heaven?"

"No." She explained, "I just drew it casually. It seems to be able to summon people from other dimensions to work for you. As for the specific time, it depends on the ability of the summoner." "

So powerful!?" Cheng Xi's eyes lit up instantly, "What type of people from other dimensions can be summoned?"

"Generally speaking, people who have the ability to break the dimensional wall and respond to the power of the talisman must be in the top 10% of the world's combat power." The fairy pondered and explained, "At least it will be at the level of the protagonist group, right?"

"Do you want this?" Fairy sister asked Cheng Xi. She was about to shake her head and refuse, but the talisman papers had been put in her hand, "Take it and play with it."

"Huh?" Cheng Xi was stunned by this sudden surprise. Isn't this a timely help? ?

She was so poor that she couldn't afford a clerk!

When she reacted, Fairy sister had already walked out of Langhuan Pavilion.

"Fuck!" The fairy sister on the cloud road suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "I forgot to draw the last frame!"

"It shouldn't cause any trouble!"

"Probably..."

She became less and less confident as she spoke...