Chapter 26 A Pillow of Huaian

Cheng Xi reluctantly packed up and changed offices. She had heard of Sakaski before when she was in G5. It was said that he was very powerful and his devil fruit was a very powerful natural magma fruit. Several people under Cheng Xi had contact with him and they all said that he was cold and ruthless and looked very difficult to mess with.

When she arrived at the place, as she thought, he was indeed a cold person. After Cheng Xi greeted Sakaski, he did not respond enthusiastically like Borsalino, but just said a simple "got it" and continued to lower his head to do his official business.

No extra eyes were given to Cheng Xi.

The man sitting opposite her had strong muscles, sharp eyes, and always had a tense face. His serious expression could make people unconsciously respect his aura. Just sitting there with a serious look, the low pressure around him could compress some timid people into meat patties.

The office was very quiet. Both of them said nothing. There was only the sound of papers being flipped and the rustling of pens across manuscripts. The dead atmosphere made Cheng Xi a little bored.

The next day, Cheng Xi took on several tasks because she didn't want to stay in the office. She planned to leave Marinford and go out to sea for some fresh air.

Unfortunately, just as she left Marinford, Sakaski also received a new task and went out to sea.

After wandering around on the sea for almost half a month, Cheng Xi returned to the headquarters, and then a new problem came up. That was because she had received too many tasks recently, a total of eight, so she needed to write eight reports and submit them to Marshal Kong in a week.

Task reports were simply a waste of time. Cheng Xi cursed at this in her heart, but her fingers had already picked up the fountain pen to think about it.

When she was writing the report, she was surprised to find that the pen on the desk was really fun, the flowers on the windowsill were really beautiful, and Sakaski, who was reviewing the documents, looked really calm... Anyway, in a word, she just didn't want to write.

Just as she was about to go out and take on a few more tasks to kill time, she glanced at her calm and composed colleague Sakaski.

Mr. Sakaski, who handled documents with ease and skill, instantly became tall and charming in Cheng Xi's mind. She walked in front of Sakaski and tried to put on a sweet expression that looked like spring breeze, even with a little clip sound: "Senior Sakaski~"

Sakaski was inexplicably alerted by her sudden greeting. He stopped what he was doing, looked up and looked her up and down, and finally found something wrong: "What's wrong with your face? Did you have a stroke or cramps?"

Cheng Xi:...

Before she had time to complain in her heart that Sakaski was really a straight man, the man opposite said another sentence.

"Why is your voice changed too? Is it the power of the devil fruit?" Sakaski still remembered that Cheng Xi's voice was not like this during the last meeting. It was clear, lively, and energetic. Although his voice now is not bad, it just sounds awkward.

Cheng Xi couldn't help but turn around and roll his eyes, then turned back and showed his usual hardworking appearance to Sakaski: "I'm in good health, thank you for your concern."

Sakaski: "Cheng Xi, what's the matter?"

Cheng Xi put the information in her hand on the table: "I can't write this, can you help me take a look?"

Sakaski looked at the information and photos in her hand, puzzled. He didn't understand why someone couldn't even write such a simple report, but thinking that this was a newcomer who had just been transferred back to the headquarters and had several tasks in a row, he might not have time to study cultural courses, so he still adhered to the idea of ​​teaching the younger generation and carefully guided Cheng Xi on how to write the report.

Cheng Xi quickly pulled out a clean white paper from the table and wrote down everything he said on the paper, intending to copy it directly into his report later.

Sakaski misunderstood her action. He nodded with satisfaction, thinking that although the younger generation in front of him was a little stupid, since he had a positive and studious heart, he would still teach her well.

During the teaching process, Cheng Xi kept guiding the topic towards topics such as "If it were you, what would you say in this situation?" and "Then what would you do?" and then wrote down all the answers on paper.

After the report was finished, Cheng Xi thanked him politely, and then returned to her seat to combine Sakaski's words with Borsalino's slacking skills. Although she found that some of Sakaski's ideas were a bit extreme, she didn't care about it anyway because it was a report to fool people. She just handed it to General Zhan Guo.

Teacher Sa, Teacher Bo, you two are really good teachers.

When Zhan Guo received her report, Gang Gu Kong happened to be next to her. He read the report she wrote and was very satisfied. The writing style on it was quite in the style of Sakaski. It was obvious that it was not written by her adjutant.

It was indeed a good idea to let her stay with Sakaski.

...

"Oh my god, you actually think Vice Admiral Akainu is easy to get along with!?" Yushula couldn't help but exclaimed loudly in the cafeteria, but soon realized her own loss of composure, covered her mouth and whispered to Cheng Xi, "Are you crazy? Since you changed offices, I have been nervous every time I went in to deliver documents to you, for fear of accidentally offending him and getting scolded." "

Admiral Akainu looks like he doesn't want to be approached by strangers, and he looks very cruel. How can his whole body, from hair to heels, have anything to do with the three words getting along with?" Yushula really didn't understand.

"She helped me write the report." Cheng Xi explained. Yushula was about to refute that this had nothing to do with writing a report, but Cheng Xi said, "I originally wanted you to help me write it."

Yushula: ...

"Vice Admiral Akainu is approachable, friendly, easy-going, and amiable."

After Sakaski taught Cheng Xi a few more times, she planned to give him a gift to thank him for his help over the past few days. The main reason was that Cheng Xi was too embarrassed to continue to get it for free, but what gift to give was another problem.

It can't be too expensive, nor too cheap. If it's too rough, it will seem perfunctory. Their relationship is not good enough to give a very delicate gift. Pens and water cups are too ordinary and unoriginal... And you have to know the limit, don't let Sakaski's girlfriend or wife misunderstand.

"You don't have to worry about the last one. Akainu is a bachelor." Yusura interrupted her thoughts, "We all say privately that he spends more time worrying about which hat to wear than thinking about women."

In fact, as a superior, sometimes Cheng Xi also wants to know what gossips her soldiers are spreading in private...

Sakaski has a rose corsage on his chest, and rose and cherry blossom patterns are tattooed from his left chest to his elbow. In addition to the potted plants in his office, Cheng Xi thought about it and decided to give her a potted plant.

It was a graceful, lush, verdant pine and beech potted plant that cost her a lot of money. It was about 40 centimeters long, with needle-shaped leaves blooming like an umbrella, supported by only a straight trunk in the middle. Cheng Xi chose a dry tea-colored ceramic pot, and then covered it with moss and pebbles, giving it a sense of oriental Zen landscape beauty.

There was only one pine beech tree, which looked lonely in the pot, so Cheng Xi bought a Q version of a little boy and a dog and placed them on the moss to dissolve the loneliness and make them seem like a world of their own.

Sakaski was obviously stunned when he received the potted plant. He understood that because he was too strict in his absolute justice and never showed mercy to evil, many people in the headquarters were unwilling to contact him, including his teacher who had gently advised him to change his style of doing things. The only person who could be called a close friend was Borsalino.

He had been accustomed to this kind of life of going his own way and not being understood by others. He didn't expect to receive a gift from a junior who was very optimistic about him today, and looking at the potted plant, it was very thoughtful.

A warm feeling surged in his heart, like the waves that were no longer cold after being exposed to the sun in summer, with complicated emotions and warm waves.

But he still maintained his usual expression on his face. Cheng Xi said to her in a good manner that if she didn't know anything in the future, please ask her, and Sakaski thought more and more that this was a studious junior.

Cheng Xi: If you don't want to spend money, you can't get ghostwriting. Isn't it a long-term report replacement?

The next day, Gang Gukong gave Cheng Xi a new task, which was to rescue a prince who was kidnapped in a certain country.

Prince Roy is the third and youngest son of the king of this country. He is favored by the king and queen and is held in the palm of his hand. He has changed batches of guards and maids since he was a child. Unexpectedly, he was kidnapped in the end, and it was kidnapped under his nose.

After sending several batches of soldiers without news, the old king was anxious and worried about his son. In addition, he was one of the allied countries, so he went to the navy for help and said that if he could rescue his youngest son, he could donate 500 million Baileys to the navy as military expenses or logistics expenses.

After multiple investigations, the naval intelligence personnel only found out the current location of Prince Roy, the Cotton Island, a demon island in the new world where wars are constantly raging and starving people are everywhere. As for the identity of the kidnapper, what abilities he has, and other information, they could not find out.

The navy is also stubborn. They dared to send people to Cotton Island to rescue people with only one piece of information, which might be deliberately released by others.

As a result, the two major generals, one vice admiral and the ships they led in the past half month have gone to fight each other without any return.

Maybe they finally realized that something was wrong, so Steel Bone Sora decided to... send two meat buns to solve the matter.

Meat bun number one: Cheng Xi.

Meat bun number two: Aokiji Kuzan.

On the way to the rescue, Cheng Xi stayed in the room for a long time and felt a little stuffy, so he went out of the cabin to the deck to get some fresh air.

When he arrived, he found that Kuzan and Yushura were also on the deck. Yushura was sitting in the corner of the deck with a knife in his hand to ensure that he could attack at the first time if there was any danger.

Kuzan occupied the middle of the deck, lying on a recliner with an eye mask on and his eyes closed. Because he had to go on a mission, there was no sherry he usually drank on the low table next to him, but a glass of juice. He looked very relaxed.

Cheng Xi walked to the bow, leaned on the railing, and felt the sea breeze. The boredom in her heart instantly dissipated. She wanted to chat with Yushula, but when she thought of Kuzan who might not like her, she stopped thinking about it.

Before she set off, she asked General Zhan Guo why he didn't let her and Sakaski work together to perform the mission. Zhan Guo said that Cheng Xi might not be able to accept Sakaski's mission method. In the end, the two of them would fight each other before the people were rescued.

Cheng Xi sneered at Zhan Guo's words. She had been learning how to be a stable adult recently. How could she do such a stupid thing as fighting with a colleague? If she won, she would have to pay money and write a report. If she lost, she would go to the hospital. Both results were not worthwhile.

Hearing the footsteps, Kuzan took off his blindfold and sat up lazily after seeing who was coming. He called her name: "Cheng Xi."

"Huh?" Cheng Xi turned around, a little surprised. She was so cold at the meeting last time, so what was she asking her to do now?

Kuzan: "I have a question for you."

After the last meeting, he heard Cheng Xi apply for military funds from Marshal Kong. On the way, he met another colleague who told him about this. The colleague told her that the total military expenditure of G5 is three times more than that of other branches every year. She didn't know what Cheng Xi used so much money for, and suspected that she had embezzled some of it.

For the first time, Kuzan became curious about this matter. He investigated the situation of G5 in the past two years and found that it was a very magical force. No matter whether it was a member country or a non-member country, any race, rich or poor, even many islands that had been abandoned and allowed to riot, as long as they were invaded by pirates or robbed by black bangs, she would lead the team to support them, so the military funds would be used up very quickly.

"Does it make any sense for you to do this?"

"What?" Cheng Xi was confused by his words.

"First of all, I want to apologize to you. I accidentally overheard your conversation with Marshal Kong after the meeting." Kuzan's tone was sincere, "Why did you go to rescue those people before?"

"That's what you're talking about." Cheng Xi thought for a while and replied to him, "The meaning is that I will be happy."

This answer was unexpected. Kuzan thought she would say something like, in order to let more people survive, but he didn't expect Cheng Xi's answer to be this.

"You can understand this as my hobby, just like Uncle Garp likes to eat senbei and donuts, and Yushula likes to collect water cups. People will be happy when their hobbies are satisfied, so I will be happy when I save people."

Ignoring Yushula's mad yelling at the side not to tell others about other people's hobbies casually, Kuzan put on a smile, "Saving people? It sounds good. It's really a niche hobby."

His tone suddenly became serious: "Cheng Xi, what does justice look like in your eyes?"

This question confused Cheng Xi. She really didn't think that justice needed to be classified, so she asked back: "Then what does justice look like in your eyes?"

"Allala, this is a really difficult question. I originally firmly supported "passionate justice", but so many years of experience seem to have made me a little shaken. I want to change it to "leisurely justice". This is really distressing." He pretended to think.

"Leisurely justice sounds pretty good too." Cheng Xi gave a suggestion, and then turned to ask the blonde woman next to him, "Yusula, what is your justice?"

"Me?" Yusula was stunned when she was suddenly mentioned, but she quickly reacted and replied, "My justice is "Cheng Xi's justice". No matter what your justice is, I will always follow it."

"Why do you suddenly say such sensational words?" Cheng Xi was embarrassed by her.

She thought about it carefully, and in her heart, justice really had no boundaries. If she had to describe it, it would be...

"Justice of hometown!"

"Justice of hometown?" The two voices spoke in unison, both with doubts. Kuzan and Yusula didn't understand what this sentence of justice of hometown meant?

Cheng Xi sat on the splint: "I don't seem to have ever mentioned my hometown to others. I suddenly mentioned it today, and I miss home a little."

"South China Sea?"

"No, it's a place far, far away from here."

She spoke in a flat tone, but Kuzan and Yusula could feel her love and longing for her hometown.

"My hometown is very large, the people are rich and the country is strong, everyone is very happy, there is no war, no slaves, and there are no bullshit celestial dragons, everyone is born equal."

From Cheng Xi's narration, the two gradually learned about a place that is completely different from the present.

Children there can go to school when they reach a certain age. Even if they can't afford the tuition because of poverty, they will receive state subsidies and scholarships. Unlike them, many ordinary people may never see a wooden cannon in their lives. From birth to death, they have always lived a happy and warm life, without worrying about pirates landing on the island to rob tomorrow evening.

No organization or government dares to invade there. Even if it is a country thousands of miles away, once a war breaks out, people will be sent to pick up the wanderers from afar and take them home. It is a place that makes people feel at ease as long as the name is mentioned.

There is a history of nearly 5,000 years, and it is possible to dig out a longer history, which is endless and never gives up. Compared with the gods in this world who are high above and play with the people, the gods there can only be called gods if they serve the people, and various types of gods are derived, such as those who control rain and childbirth. According to Cheng Xi, the gods in her hometown are the most popular now, that is, the gods with the most support are the gods in charge of wealth and health.

And they will help other backward small countries while developing themselves. She said at the end with tears in her eyes and felt homesick again.

"No organization dares to invade." Yu Shula grasped the key point. How can there be an absolutely safe place in the world? "Are the people there strong? As strong as you, or stronger than you?"

"No, we are very weak. If we stand up after squatting for a long time, our eyes will be black. The people with the highest force value will be killed by a bullet. If we fall from the eighth floor, we will die."

Of course, the reasons also include Dongfeng 51 and aircraft carriers, but Cheng Xi selectively hid these.

Aren't these just ordinary people? Yusula didn't understand how a place full of ordinary people could be absolutely safe, not to mention those big pirates or admirals, maybe even Vice Admiral Aokiji next to him could freeze a country with ease?

She didn't understand, and neither did Kuzan. If Cheng Xi didn't look in good spirits now, he would have suspected that this was her fantasy utopia.

Five thousand years of history, without the Celestial Dragons, the government would give subsidies to the poor, and everyone could have enough food and clothing. It was unbelievable no matter how you looked at it. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that there were no Celestial Dragons was out of reach.

However, Kuzan looked at Cheng Xi with nostalgia in his eyes. If there really was such a place in the world, she must be very happy, and the people here must be very happy too.

"Oh, by the way, I suddenly thought of a funny thing. One year, there was a flood in a place where I lived. The disaster was very serious. The government urgently sent a large number of soldiers to rescue people. Guess what the reason for the most serious injuries was?"

Yusula: "Because of the flood?"

Kuzan thought about the answer to this question for a while: "Maybe they were beaten by civilians."

There are countless islands in this sea. The people do not trust the navy and even hate it.

"Congratulations, Kuzan, you guessed it right, but there is no reward." Cheng Xi joked, "They were indeed injured by civilians, but because the army was too popular when they returned, people chased their car to thank them and send food. One person didn't catch up with the car, maybe in a hurry, he threw a big watermelon into the car, and accidentally hit the soldier inside with a slight concussion."

Kuzan fell into deep thought about this matter. If there really is such a place, then as a soldier, even if he sacrifices himself for everyone, I am afraid he will die with a smile.

I'm a little jealous of you, Cheng Xi.

Their ship arrived at Cotton Island in the evening. Because the navy's warships are too conspicuous, Cheng Xi has already changed the sails to other styles and taken off the navy uniforms in advance to avoid getting into trouble before landing on the island.

Yushula and the rest of the navy were on standby on the ship. Cheng Xi and Kuzan went to the island to check the situation first. Kuzan suggested whether to act separately, but was rejected by Cheng Xi. It may be that she was deeply poisoned by various TV dramas when she was a child, and always felt that acting separately = being defeated by the villains one by one.

After arriving on the island, Kuzan watched Cheng Xi cut off a strand of hair, divide it into four parts, tie them into four strange little people, and then chant a spell and seal them. Then the little people jumped to the ground and moved separately as if they were injected with souls.

Cheng Xi: "This is my ability. I can directly share their five senses, which is convenient for collecting information."

Kuzan: "It's really convenient."

At this time, Cheng Xi vaguely heard the cry of a child. Following the cry, a child who looked four or five years old was sitting in the ruins.

He cried very loudly, with snot and tears all over his face, and his clothes were all patched and dirty.

Seeing Cheng Xi and the others coming, the child cried and said, "Mom, I can't find my mother, woo woo woo."

"Baby, tell your sister what your mother's characteristics are, and your sister will take you to find your mother." Cheng Xi walked towards the child and asked gently.

"My, my mother..." The child said while wiping his tears with his dirty hands. His hands were clenched into fists, and there was a poison needle that could kill a sea king.

"Good boy, don't cry. Come, sister will hold you." After Cheng Xi finished speaking, the child stumbled towards her. Just when her palms were about to touch, Cheng Xi instantly covered her arm with armed color, pried open his palms and snatched the poison needle, then pulled his clothes and spun him in the air, and finally threw him out.

"Devil's Island, the name sounds very evil, how can there be a normal child." Cheng Xi complained, "I'm holding you!"

Kuzan on the side was very satisfied with her reaction. In fact, when Cheng Xi asked the child at the beginning, he had already thought of stopping her, but he wanted to continue to observe Cheng Xi's next move, so he stood quietly aside and said nothing.

In the next half an hour, the two of them beat away the eighty-year-old lady with a giant axe, the pregnant woman with the Piranha Plant, and various monsters with reduced sanity, and finally found the missing Prince Roy with the help of one of the hairy people.

He was imprisoned in a very hidden basement, and there were heavy guards around. After Cheng Xi told Kuzan the news, they went to the basement together. Although there were many guards and they were armed with a large number of weapons, they were basically not strong. The two of them killed them all in just five minutes. After

entering the room and cutting the chains, Cheng Xi pinched Roy's face to make sure that it was not someone else's disguise, and then he felt relieved.

Roy was woken up by Cheng Xi's pinch, but he didn't suffer much. The first thing he did after waking up was to curse the navy for being useless and making him suffer for so long in vain.

"Shut up, I'll throw you back if you keep banging."

Cheng Xi's warning was very effective, and Roy really stopped cursing.

Returning to the shore along the original route, Roy suddenly poked Cheng Xi's shoulder while walking.

Cheng Xi turned around and asked her: "What's the matter..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly met a pair of beautiful eyes as bright and clear as sapphires. In an instant, Cheng Xi closed her eyes and fainted.

"Ah, my eyes hurt!" Roy suddenly covered his eyes with his hands and shouted for help.

Kuzan noticed the situation and rushed over, but inadvertently looked at Roy.

...

"Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi, wake up quickly. It's already eight o'clock. Why are you still sleeping?"

A familiar voice came into his ears. His shoulders were slightly shaken. Cheng Xi half-closed his sleepy eyes and asked his roommate in a daze: "There is no class today. What do you want me to do?"

Cheng Xi is 18 years old and a sophomore. Because it is almost the final week, he stayed up all night in the study room last night and went back to the dormitory to sleep at three in the morning. Now he is very sleepy.

"There is no class today, but I just came back from morning exercise and saw your boyfriend waiting for you downstairs in our dormitory." The roommate continued to chatter, "I wanted to ask if I should bring you breakfast, but you didn't answer your phone, and the others were not in the dormitory."

"Huh?" Cheng Xi changed his position and continued to sleep, "How can I have a boyfriend when I have been single for 18 years? You got up too early and you are hallucinating."

"Oh, Cheng Xi, you are a scumbag, aren't you the one who fell in love at first sight on the street, fell in love at first sight, and immediately asked for WeChat friends to get rid of singleness quickly?" "

Oh, yes, it seems to be the case." The memory of the day before yesterday slowly flooded into her mind, but why was her boyfriend's face so vague...

In order to find out, she quickly got up and washed, then carried her schoolbag and went downstairs. When she left the dormitory and saw the real person, her so-called boyfriend who she fell in love with at first sight finally had an impression in her mind.

He was very tall and strong, with bronze skin, thicker hair than hers, and fluffy natural curls at the ends of his hair.

"Um... I'm so sorry, I want to ask, you are my boyfriend, right?"

Kuzan nodded.

Cheng Xi spoke even more quietly, looking very lacking in confidence: "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry to have delayed you for two days, but I still want to say..."

Finally he mustered up the courage: "Let's break up."

"Can you give me a reason, Cheng Xi?"

Kuzan's memory of his past was also very vague, as if his life had been set by someone, and even his girlfriend fell in love with him at first sight inexplicably, but when it came to breaking up, he still refused from the bottom of his heart.

"I'm so sorry, although you are also very handsome, you are really not my type."

I clearly said that I like a 185cm tall, eight-pack abs, younger guy, how come I went crazy and fell in love with someone younger that day!