Chapter 41 A New Beginning

After rolling around on the bed for who knows how many times, Cheng Xi finally decided to get up and draw the curtains. The dazzling sunlight shone into the house. She squinted her eyes subconsciously, and it took a long time to get used to the light.

Looking out through the transparent glass window, there was a thick layer of snow in the backyard, all silver

and white, with a few bright colors. Kocho Shinobu and Kocho Kanae were making a snowman in the corner. The general outline had been completed. They might be discussing what shape of nose and eyes to add to it. Kocho Shinobu had curved eyebrows and a smile on her face. She exuded a kind of happiness. Kanae next to her looked at her with the same love in her eyes. The Nichirin Sword was put aside, and they looked like a pair of ordinary teenage sisters.

If there was no demon king named Muzan, they would have been happy like this forever.

Rosinante was sweeping the snow in the middle of the yard with a broom. Looking at his furry coat, Cheng Xi was really confused. What on earth had Rosinante experienced over the years? Why did his aesthetic become so weird?

Wizardmon sat on Rosinante's shoulder, holding a yellow scepter in the shape of the sun, which was particularly eye-catching in the white snow scene.

They started talking, but Cheng Xi couldn't hear their conversation because they were too far away.

Rosinante took a cigarette from the cigarette box and put it in his mouth. Just as he was about to light it, he accidentally burned his coat. The fire spread rapidly. Fortunately, Wizardmon flew up in time and did not affect him. Rosinante was startled and was about to put out the fire on his body. Unexpectedly, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground again. The broomstick fell straight down and hit his forehead, and a big red bump instantly bulged out.

Fortunately, the snow in the yard easily put out the fire on his coat.

Seeing him fall, Xiaonin and Kanae quickly put down the snowman in their hands, stepped forward to help him up, and asked if he was injured.

He didn't suffer any serious injuries such as fractures, but the back of his head hurt a little from hitting the ground when he fell, and his forehead, which was swollen from being hit by the pole, also hurt a little. For a moment, Rosinante didn't know whether to rub the front or the back first.

Although Rosinante looked very embarrassed, Cheng Xi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

This scene was funny but a little warm.

She remembered that it was also in such a beautiful snow scene that she had the idea of ​​dying together because of her despair of the world. Unexpectedly, she not only did not die in the end, but also traveled to seventeen years later and had a new life.

In this case, we should cherish the present and live happily every day.

After washing up, Cheng Xi went downstairs. Yoshino Junpei was studying hard at his seat. On the table in front of him were his densely packed notes and sticky notes. She sighed in her heart that high school students are really enthusiastic about studying.

Hearing the sound coming from the stairs, Yoshino Junpei looked up and greeted Cheng Xi: "Mr. Cheng Xi, good morning, there is breakfast for you in the kitchen." "

Good morning, Junpei." Cheng Xi walked to his side and lifted his long bangs.

Yoshino Junpei's body instinctively reacted and he unconsciously stepped back. He wanted to put his hand to resist, but he quickly reacted and put his hand down.

Cheng Xi: "The scar is already very light. At this rate it will be completely gone in two days, and it will look like normal skin."

Shunping thanked him: "Yeah, thank you so much for the ointment you gave me."

Cheng Xi suggested him: "Tie your bangs up after you're healed, then be happy and smile more. After all, you're a handsome boy. When you go back, there will probably be a lot of girls asking you for your contact information."

Shunping blushed at her: "Teacher, stop joking..."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, no more joking." Cheng Xi changed back to a serious expression and asked him, "Is there anything you don't understand?"

Shunping shook his head: "That's not the case."

"Okay, then I'll go have breakfast first. Ask me if you have any questions."

"Yeah, okay."

Cheng Xi came to the kitchen. Today's breakfast was rice balls, juice and small pickles made with ginger, a total of two servings. She guessed that the other serving should be left for Oda.

After breakfast, Shinobu and Kanae had finished making snowmen and returned to the house, counting accounts with account books in their hands. The two swordsmen, the Demon Slayers' Flower Pillar and Insect Pillar, were forced by Cheng Xi to become accountants. Rossi was still sweeping the snow outside the yard.

After greeting them, Cheng Xi walked to the counter. The counter in the store was very wide and large. She prepared the tools and materials to prepare a coffee with super strong refreshing ability.

Coffee beans from dozens of islands were ground into powder and mixed in proportion. Effervescent tablets were added to supplement vitamin C, milk from Sky Island was added to supplement protein, citrus peels were added to enhance the flavor, and dozens of materials such as various grain powders and Chinese medicine were added. They were simmered over low heat for half an hour, and finally a small bowl of concentrated coffee liquid was brewed.

She took a glass and poured a cup into it and stirred it. Looking at the dark water in front of her, Cheng Xi showed a perfect smile of success: "Done!"

She turned her eyes to the people in the room: "Does anyone want to try this super refreshing coffee I just developed?"

It was quiet...

Cheng Xi took the initiative: "Xiao Shino..."

Butterfly Shino shook her head. Compared with the various health porridge powders before, this product, from color to ingredients, all showed the word "unpalatable". Not to mention anything else, milk, coffee, effervescent tablets and Chinese medicine, these four things, she can drink them separately, but never mix them together!

"Junpei..."

Yoshino Junpei struggled for a long time, and finally chose to shake his head.

Seeing their refusal, Cheng Xi had decided to try the drug himself, but at this moment, Oda Sakunosuke came down the stairs.

Cheng Xi showed a particularly bright smile: "Good morning, Oda-kun."

"Good morning, Cheng Xi."

Cheng Xi handed the coffee to Oda Sakunosuke: "I just made a cup of coffee, do you want to try it?"

"Oh, sure." Oda Sakunosuke usually drinks coffee while writing. It is very rare for someone to hand him a cup of coffee just after getting up in the morning, but he didn't care and took it.

The moment his lips touched the rim of the cup, the liquid in the cup flowed down his throat into his stomach. This indescribable taste made Oda Sakunosuke's back stiffen, his eyes unconsciously widened, the highlight in his pupils lost, and his brain went blank.

Cheng Xi looked expectant: "How does it taste?"

Oda Sakunosuke: "It's unpalatable."

Cheng Xi asked: "How unpalatable is it?"

Oda Sakunosuke: "With my writing style and vocabulary, I can't say how unpalatable it is."

"Okay." She began to think about how to improve the taste of coffee, should she add vanilla or fructose?

At this moment, a sharp alarm sounded suddenly, and Cheng Xi was caught off guard and frightened. There is such an alarm every five kilometers on Fuluns Island. When encountering a big pirate that the sheriff cannot deal with, it will sound a warning to remind everyone to hide themselves and their valuables to avoid being robbed or killed by the pirates.

Cheng Xi has been on this island for more than half a year, and this is the first time he has heard an alarm.

"I'll go and help."

She put on her coat, carried the two swords, Kaiyuki and Tokiharu, on her back, and hurried to the port to help. But she stopped at the door: "Junpei, have you memorized the soul manipulation technique I taught you a few days ago?"

Yoshino Junpei nodded: "Yes, I've memorized it well."

"Where's the armed color domineering?"

"Sorry, Mr. Chengxi, I can only condense a very weak layer of this."

"You come with me, let's do a real combat exercise."

Kocho Kanae: "Take me with you, I also want to try out the power of the new sword moves I invented a week ago."

Kanae wanted to try the sword moves, and Kocho Shinobu, who had been inseparable from her these days, naturally had to go too. Before leaving, De Chengxi specifically asked Oda Sakunosuke to look after the house at home, and to watch out for Rosinante so that he wouldn't fall again.

When the four of them rushed to the port, Cheng Xi saw a warship coming to support them from a long distance on the coast. The leader was a girl of 17 or 18 years old, who was being beaten by pirates. With her many years of fighting experience, she would definitely be defeated in less than half an hour.

She took out a mask from her coat pocket and put it on, covering the lower half of her face, and then drew her sword.

"Everyone, get ready."

"Okay." Everyone was also ready for battle and attacked the enemy.

Two hours ago, a pirate ship stopped at the port of Furens Island. The captain was a big pirate with a bounty of 200 million. He was in the seven routes in the first half of the Grand Line. Pirates of this level can go sideways on any route. The sheriffs on the island couldn't beat them. At this moment, they were thrown to the ground with blood all over their heads and dying. Fortunately, Helt passed by the island and came to help in time, which bought some time for the islanders to escape.

The enemy on the opposite side was too strong. Whether it was domineering, physical skills, or swordsmanship, they were all higher than Helt in all aspects. Even if she had just called the headquarters, she would have known that the navy support would arrive soon.

In one careless move, she was knocked to the ground by the pirate captain on the opposite side. Her internal organs seemed to have moved, and she spat out a mouthful of thick blood. The enemy on the opposite side showed a face of a villain who had succeeded, and slashed the sword towards her body. Helt had no strength to dodge this attack and could only wait to die.

The sword was getting closer and closer to her. She closed her eyes unwillingly, and a revolving lantern flashed in her mind, recalling her chaotic and confused life.

When she was a child, she had been living with her adoptive mother. When she was thirteen years old, her adoptive mother died of illness. After she handled her adoptive mother's funeral, she was alone and a child. She was confused to death and didn't know what to do in the future.

Fortunately, she later met Admiral Aokiji in the navy. Admiral Aokiji took her to the navy headquarters, taught her martial arts, and taught her domineering. In just five years, she was trained from a weak third-class soldier to a brigadier general who can now stand on her own.

Apart from him, the senior officials at the headquarters were also kind to her. She thought she was special, excellent, and unique. After all, an eighteen-year-old brigadier general was really rare.

Later, she accidentally heard the quarrel between Vice Admiral Shiratori, who had a bad attitude towards her, and Admiral Aokiji. Vice Admiral Shiratori scolded Admiral Aokiji for having a brain hole and learning from others to engage in stand-in literature, and learned from Shiratori a name that everyone dared not mention in their hearts—Cheng Xi.

She secretly checked Cheng Xi's information, but was stunned when she saw her photo.

What a pair of smart and clear eyes that are eight points similar to her own!

Her sight continued to scan down, the nineteen-year-old vice admiral of the navy, a young genius, a master of swordsmanship, cheerful and optimistic, smart and beautiful, and very kind. From ordinary naval soldiers to admirals, everyone liked her very much. She died at the age of twenty-one, the year when she was the most beautiful and bright, and when others loved her the most.

Is it really as Shiratori said, am I just a pathetic stand-in?

The sword wind became more and more fierce. She closed her eyes and prepared to face death. However, she was really unwilling to accept it. If she survived this time, she would definitely ask General Aokiji for clarification.

The pain she imagined did not come. Instead, she fell into a soft and warm embrace. Although this person exuded the aroma of coffee, it inexplicably made people want to fall asleep. When she was drowsy, she seemed to fall asleep in this warm embrace.

"Little friend, wake up, don't fall asleep!" A pleasant female voice came from above. Helt suddenly wanted to see what this person who made her feel warm looked like. She overcame her desire to sleep and tried her best to open her eyes. However, the appearance of the person in front of her shocked her.

Although the mask covered the lower half of her face, she remembered these eyes in her heart anyway. The more Helt looked at them, the more certain she was that this person was Cheng Xi, who everyone said had passed away.

Cheng Xi held her injured body in one hand and blocked the enemy's attack with the other hand, until she was placed in a safe place, and then launched a formal attack.

Cheng Xi defeated the extremely difficult enemy in Helt's eyes in less than ten moves, and then killed his way into the treasure house of the pirate ship, moved a box of treasures out, sat on the treasure box to watch his clerk and his beloved disciple fight, and gave some pointers.

"Junpei, the armed color is a layer of Qi, which is domineering. It is useless to pump up the muscles."

"Xiao Shinobu, combine the breathing method and the sword move together, you can be faster."

"Kanae..."

Under Cheng Xi's guidance, everyone felt that their strength had improved a lot after this battle, and then handed the defeated pirates to the reinforcements of the navy.

"This is for you." Cheng Xi threw a blue water-splashed sword she had snatched from the treasure house into Yoshino Junpei's hands. She had seen this sword in the famous sword atlas. It was called Yueming and was one of the fifty good swords. "Use it for self-defense in the future."

Yoshino Junpei: "Thank you."

Cheng Xi: "Let's go, we're going home."

Helt's head was as confused as paste. Seeing the strength of the person in front of her, she finally understood what a true young talent and a master of swordsmanship was. The setting sun stretched Cheng Xi's shadow, and it went farther and farther. In the end, Helt could only vaguely hear something like "Go home for dinner, Oda made curry."

Judging from the intimate way this person gets along with her companions, their relationship must be very good. If she put herself in the shoes of Admiral Aokiji or any other navy, they would definitely not be able to integrate into this group. Helt hesitated again. Is this person really Cheng Xi?

She returned to Marinford with this question and wounds all over her body. She couldn't wait to leave the hospital to find Admiral Aokiji after only two days in the hospital.

At the working time, in Kuzan's office, Haierte only asked three questions.

Who is Cheng Xi?

Do I look like her?

What do you think of me?

Hearing the name Cheng Xi, Kuzan was obviously stunned, and then asked expressionlessly: "Are you in the rebellious period?"

Haierte was a little confused by his question, but still pretended to be calm: "General Aokiji, I am asking you a question very seriously, please answer me seriously, okay?"

"Alala, it's really puberty." Kuzan leaned back in the chair, crossed his legs, and replied to her, "At first glance, your eyes are indeed very similar to Xixi's."

"But if you look closely, although her eyes are not as big as yours, her eyelashes are longer and thicker than yours, and her pupil color is lighter than yours." "

So, the fact that her eyes look like each other is really just a coincidence."

Haierte:...

"As for the question of what I think of you, um..." A trace of nostalgia and love inadvertently flashed in his eyes, "The spark of an old friend."

"Fire?" Helt was a little confused, "What does this mean?"

It was impossible to tell her the truth, so Kuzan said perfunctorily: "When you were a child, you were almost eaten by a wolf because you were playful. My old friend saved you. Later, I met you on the island. I happened to be short of an adjutant, so I brought you back."

Helt spoke faster than his brain: "So are you secretly in love with Lieutenant General Cheng Xi or your old friend?"

Kuzan was speechless: Can't I like both of them...?

Helt regretted it as soon as he finished saying this. Admiral Aokiji said that he was the fire left behind, so the old friend was most likely missing or dead. Seeing the obvious lost expression of the person opposite, she really wanted to slap herself twice.

According to this trend, Admiral Aokiji is likely to be single for life. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, she directly expressed her inner thoughts: "Don't be sad, I will work hard to become stronger and provide for you in your old age."

Kuzan couldn't bear it anymore: "Get lost!"

Helt: "Okay."

After she finished speaking, she was about to leave, but she turned back and handed a document to Kuzan's desk: "Your document, please check it."

Before leaving, Kuzan reminded her again: "Read less of those messy and weird things in the future, your brain is bad in this way."

After Helt left, Kuzan opened the document in his hand, and after seeing the contents clearly, he carefully thought about confirming the accuracy of the news.

Thinking of the strange behavior of the Four Emperors Shanks before, how could it be so coincidental that this thing has disappeared for more than ten years, but it appeared at this time at the right time?

In the end, emotion defeated reason, and he decided to go to the Sabaody Archipelago two days later to participate in this event.

At the same time, Kraikana Island, Cookie Town on Cake Island, Amazon Lily on Daughter Island, and Wano Country, many famous bigwigs on the sea received this document at the same time.

Everyone was determined to get this thing.

Unlike the others who were disappointed when they saw the news, Shanks was full of confidence and high spirits. He hadn't seen Cheng Xi for a long time, and this time he could just snatch this thing and give it to her as a gift.

Seeing his captain's reaction, as a qualified navigator, Snake had quietly changed the route and headed for the Sabaody Archipelago.

New World, Moby Dick.

After Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates, not all the crew members of the original Spade Pirates followed him to the second team. Instead, they were dispersed to different departments according to their abilities. The skeleton collector Skarl specialized in intelligence collection. He just sent back a piece of information with the video Den Den Mushi.

A banquet was being held on the Moby Dick. In front of Whitebeard sat the Phoenix Marco, the chef Thatch, Ace and others. The crew ran over to hand the information to Whitebeard. He did not avoid everyone's thoughts. Instead, after reading it, he passed the paper to Marco and the others.

This also includes the youngest son Ace, who has just joined but has a good relationship with everyone.

"This thing is useless to us." After reading this information, Marco concluded.

Vista agreed: "Indeed."

Only Ace looked surprised, and even forgot to eat the barbecue in his hand: "Hey, Cheng Xi, the relic, what's going on?"

Hearing his tone, everyone was very confused. Vista asked him: "Ace, do you know Cheng Xi?"

"I know her. She is a good friend I made on a small island called Furens before entering the New World. I invited her to join my pirate group, but she refused later."

This time everyone was more surprised than Ace. Vista asked "Do you know?", but he answered "I know". According to the time, Ace was only one year old at that time. It's impossible no matter how you think about it! ?

Soon everyone realized that it might just be a coincidence that they had the same name. Marco explained to his younger brother that Cheng Xi in the intelligence was a very powerful navy more than ten years ago.

Wallace casually interjected, "Ace's good friend Cheng Xi is a beautiful woman who cooks delicious food."

Hearing the word "beautiful woman", everyone's eyes changed instantly when they looked at Ace, with sparks of inquiry in their eyes, wishing to eat him alive.

Wallace told everyone about the banquet that Cheng Xi had with the Spade Pirates on the shore that day, and added at the end, "Although Ace and I are good friends and have a very good relationship, at most I would steal a few steaks from Thatch's refrigerator for him, and I would never give him sunflowers for no reason."

Hearing the word "sunflower" and recalling the situation that afternoon, Ace chose to quickly elementalize his head to hide his current mood.

The Whitebeard Pirates had a mission to go to the Sabaody Archipelago today. Originally, Whitebeard wanted to give it to Marco, but seeing the current situation, he finally chose to give the mission to Ace.

He gave Ace a ten-day deadline to set off after the banquet. Counting the four days of round trip and one day of handling the mission, he would have five days left to find his good friend Cheng Xi.

Looking at Ace's receding back and everyone's gossiping eyes, Thatch: Is there really no one who cares about me and my refrigerator?

Two days later,

when Cheng Xi from Florence Island went downstairs, he found that Oda Sakunosuke had gotten up earlier than him for the first time: "You got up so early today, Oda."

Oda Sakunosuke looked at him with a look of despair on his face: "I didn't sleep."

"You didn't sleep all night?"

"I haven't slept for four days and four nights." Oda Sakunosuke told her, "Since I drank the cup of coffee you handed me, I haven't felt sleepy at all until now."

Not only was he not sleepy, but he was also very energetic. Even after high-intensity exercise, he was still energetic and not tired at all. He couldn't believe how much information his good friend named Sakaguchi Ango could collect after drinking that kind of coffee.

Cheng Xi: "That's... quite useful."

It just seems to be a bit too useful.

"I'm going out to the next island to do some things." She explained and went out to the pier.

Heading towards the Sabaody Archipelago on the sea.