Chapter 58 In the Name of the Father
Chapter 58 In the Name of the Father
Cheng Xi greeted him generously and waved: "Hey, long time no see, Kuma-kun."
The last time she talked with Dragon in Alabasta, the topic also mentioned Kuma. Cheng Xi asked him if Kuma was going to use the identity of Shichibukai to infiltrate the navy as a spy, so as to better support the organization and provide them with intelligence.
Regarding this speculation, Dragon showed an ambiguous expression on his face, and then only told her that Kuma temporarily left the Revolutionary Army for some personal reasons ten years ago, and cleverly shifted the conversation to other topics.
Seeing Cheng Xi here, Kuma seemed a little surprised, but soon adjusted his mood and greeted her with a smile.
"Long time no see, Cheng Xi."
In the following conversation, Cheng Xi learned that Kuma's purpose of coming this time was very simple, just like Sabo last time, there was no other purpose, just to buy drinks.
The product he specifically requested was 100 servings of Super Famiy large colorful and wonderful fresh fruit jam, a name that sounds childish.
This is the jam developed by Cheng Xi a year ago. Various berries are mixed together in scientific proportions, boiled in a pot, and other functional ingredients are gradually added. Finally, it is boiled into a pot of sweet and sour delicious, wonderful jam with an attractive fruity aroma. When it was first developed, it was put on the shelves as a children's drink. Giving children a cup every day can not only supplement their bodies with nutrients, but also keep them in a good mood and full of energy for the whole day.
This jam is doing well, but later Cheng Xi felt that the production process was too cumbersome, and after unanimous agreement from all the store staff, it was directly removed from the shelves.
It was only on the shelves for half a month in total, and I don’t know where Xiong got the news from. So Cheng Xi directly hung a "closing" sign at the door of the store, and after serving all the existing customers, he began to make jam for him neatly, and told them that they would need to wait for about an hour.
Xiong put the Bible and the small box in his hand on the table. Because of his size, there was no suitable stool for him, so he stood obediently beside the table and waited. Instead of being angry because of the long wait, he felt a little guilty, thinking that he had delayed her business.
In this regard, Luo Xinan Di mercilessly exposed Cheng Xi's thoughts: "Don't blame yourself, Xiong Jun. She was just too lazy to open the business today, so she just found an excuse for herself."
As soon as the voice fell, a small paper ball flew in the air and hit Luo Xinan Di's head directly. Cheng Xi said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense."
The paper ball fell from Luo Xinan Di's forehead to the ground. He squatted down and wanted to pick it up and throw it into the trash can next to him. He was caught off guard and his feet slipped and fell straight down. The second before he fell to the ground, he waved his arms and tried to grab something, but unfortunately he didn't catch anything. Instead, he accidentally knocked out the box that Xiong brought, and it flew straight to Cheng Xi.
Fortunately, Cheng Xi was quick to catch the box in time, but for some reason, the lock on the box was broken, and the box was directly opened, revealing the true face of the things inside.
It was not what Cheng Xi thought, gold, silver, jewelry or confidential documents, but a flesh-colored bubble ball in the shape of a bear's paw that looked magical. It floated out of the box and floated in the air, trying to float higher.
Cheng Xi was anxious for a moment and picked up the box to press the bubble back into the box, but the moment her palm touched the bubble, she seemed to be frozen in place, her eyes out of focus.
This is not an ordinary bear's paw bubble, but a memory bubble that contains a person's entire life experience.
When he was a child, Bear also had a happy family, but because of his race, his family was taken away to be slaves of the world's nobles.
After his mother died, he saw his father being shot in front of him. Even though he suffered the greatest grievances and sufferings in the world, he still had no dark thoughts and still loved the world gently. He volunteered to be a target in the cruel shooting game to fight for the chance of survival for others. He
silently took the pain of the elderly and endured it himself. Even if the two were in love, he could not be with his beloved girl because of his race.
Life had been getting better, and he just wanted to travel with his daughter, but the Jade Scale Disease and the damn Saint Satan broke the peaceful life he had finally established.
After leaving the Terror Bark, Big Bear ran into Borsalino on an island.
Borsalino was lazily drinking tea and reading the newspaper, and then mentioned that the SF jam at Tongfu Health Center was delicious and suitable for children. Bear remembered this, so he came here to buy some for his daughter, ready to take them to see his daughter for the last time, which led to his meeting with Cheng Xi today. After reading
these memories, Cheng Xi was numb and could not calm down for a long time.
Then Rosinante saw Cheng Xi, who had vowed not long ago to be a ruthless and cold-blooded woman, didn't care about her image at all, and cried miserably with snot and tears.
The tears were like beads that had broken off the string and couldn't stop at all. Her eyes were red and her voice was almost hoarse from crying.
It was completely different from the last time when she said she missed him in front of Lu Qi, she was so fragile, without any technique, but full of emotion.
Seeing her crying like this, Xiong tried to comfort her in a panic: "I'm sorry, Cheng Xi, because my life has made you sad."
Cheng Xi: ...
It would have been better if he didn't say it, but Cheng Xi cried even harder when he said it. Big Bear was so gentle, and he was still thinking about her until now.
I don't know how long it took, but Cheng Xi finally calmed down a little and started to talk about this with Xiong.
She didn't have any resentment towards her fate, but was grateful to the world because Bonnie's illness was cured.
Cheng Xi said directly: "Actually, I had a negotiation with Dorag a few months ago. Although I haven't officially joined the Revolutionary Army yet, it's a done deal. We are partners, so I can help you with this matter."
Xiong's tone was filled with a barely perceptible, restrained joy: "Really? Thank you so much, Cheng Xi."
Just bring it up, such a good person, as long as you say it, I can help you solve the current crisis, Cheng Xi thought silently.
Xiong did not make any request to save himself as Cheng Xi thought, but took out a sun-shaped sapphire necklace from his pocket. The blue gem sparkled like the sea, and was more beautiful and brilliant than the starry sky and the Milky Way.
"Please help me give this necklace to my daughter, Bonnie, and tell her that I wish her a happy tenth birthday."
This necklace represents the will of the sun Nika, and will always accompany his daughter in the future instead of himself.
Cheng Xi did not take the necklace, but asked him: "Why don't you give it to him in person, or add a sentence like "Daddy loves you"? "
"I... know my future is already predetermined and my life will not last long, but Bonnie is only a ten-year-old child. She still has a broader life."
He was extremely grateful that Bonnie had eaten the Sui Sui Fruit, which allowed him, who didn't have much time left, to see what she would look like when she grew up. Unfortunately, she would have to go through the next stage of her life by herself.
After a moment of hesitation, Xiong finally spoke her mind: "Chengxi, I know you are very strong and capable. If you meet Bonnie on the sea in the future, please take care of her."
Then she bowed to Chengxi formally: "Thank you."
Xiong is a person who rarely asks for help, but Bonnie is not yet ten years old. Parents love their children and plan for them in the long run. He is willing to take the risk of being disliked by the girl in front of him to ask for a shelter for his daughter.
Chengxi did not answer his request, because she was so moved that she couldn't speak. She cried and couldn't stop sobbing.
Rosinante took a few tissues to wipe her tears and comforted her: "Chengxi, don't cry. You won't be beautiful if you cry again."
Chengxi replied to him intermittently: "But... I can't help it. I just want to cry, wuwuwuwuwuwuwu."
He was thinking about how to comfort Chengxi next, and suddenly Chengxi grabbed his hand, interlocked his fingers, overlapped his palms, and passed on the memory just now to him.
Ten minutes later.
Xiong looked at the two people sitting in a row at the counter opposite him, crying harder and harder, and didn't know who to comfort first.
It seemed as if Xiong bullied them into crying, and he was really confused.
They cried too hard, so Xiong had no choice but to pour two glasses of water from the water dispenser and handed them one to each of them to replenish their water.
Finally calming down, Rosinante roughly wiped away the tears and snot on his face, and touched Cheng Xi's shoulder: "Cheng Xi."
Cheng Xi sniffed: "What?"
Rosinante: "Can I ask you for a favor?"
"Say it."
"Help Xiong Jun, he's too pitiful, woo woo woo."
"Wait a minute."
"Wait for what?"
"Wait for me to think of a way to kill Satan Saint...ah, Satan, that old bastard first."
"Half a minute has passed, have you thought of it?"
"I thought of it, just kill him."
Xiong was confused by their nonsensical conversation. He could understand every word, but when put together, it was so incredible?
This pair of good friends made two major decisions within a minute, including helping themselves and killing Satan Saint...! ?
After knowing that Cheng Xi was going to help him escape from the World Government experiment, Xiong's first reaction was not happiness and relief, but worry. Cheng Xi was only in her twenties, which was the best age. She still had a lot of time to enjoy life. If Bonnie grew up, would she be as free and willful as her?
He waved his hands repeatedly, and just as he was about to say no, he was interrupted by Cheng Xi, who said to him in a very reassuring tone: "Mr. Xiong, your hands of liberation have liberated countless people, so now, let us liberate you."
Cheng Xi learned from Xiong's memory that he had been running all his life, chasing Nika all his life, but Nika was not a specific person or race. Whether weak or strong, civilian or slave, the drum of liberation would inspire the souls of all warriors who yearned for freedom and never gave up chasing their dreams.
Adventure, freedom, partners, justice, independence...
In a sense, Bartholomew Xiong is also Nika.
After hearing what Cheng Xi said, Xiong was already in tears.
The three began to discuss countermeasures. Although Cheng Xi also wanted to use violence to solve the matter directly, the revolutionary army was still in its development stage and the world aristocrats were in full swing. It was not time to tear each other's faces. If she really cut down the naval experimental base, she would be hunted down endlessly and it would be very troublesome, so she decided to outsmart it!
She thought so, because she had the experience of repairing Shanks' arm, so this time she would do a big ticket and directly copy a lotus root bear with the same appearance, appearance, and voice as the original body, and replace the original body to go to Egg Point Island to be transformed.
This trick has a disadvantage, that is, it cannot copy the ability of the meat ball fruit, so some important occasions before the transformation, such as the Seven Warlords of the Sea Conference, still need him to attend in person.
But it's not a big problem. After these two months, Big Bear and Bonnie will reunite again. At that time, they can travel wherever they want, become pirates if they want, and join the Revolutionary Army if they want. The sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish jump, and they can live happily on this sea. It's
a perfect plan.
After listening to her plan, Rosinante said: "I have a question."
"Tell me!"
"Your plan is perfect, but what if after the transformation of Lotus Root Bear, the spies of the Navy and the World Government find the real Bear in the sea?"
"What they found is Bartholomew Tiger, Bartholomew Leopard, and what does it have to do with Bartholomew Bear who has long been dead?"
Rosinante, Bear: ...
But ...
Cheng Xi looked out of the store through the glass window and thought to himself, Borsalino, what kind of justice are you pursuing?
Obviously, she usually pretends to be lazy and does not work, and is most afraid of trouble, but why did she go to great lengths to tell me about Xiong Jun's experience this time? Was she soft-hearted, or did she have other intentions?
She just saw in her memory that the newspaper that Borsalino was holding when he told Xiong that SF was very popular among children was the newspaper that Morgans reported her and Shanks's scandal two and a half years ago.
Do you really believe that I am soft-hearted?
After two years of precipitation, her skills have become more and more sophisticated. She no longer needs to carve in proportion as she did at the beginning. She can reduce it in proportion. Otherwise, the six-meter-tall bear will drain her blood dry, and she will also have to sacrifice Rocinante's blood.
In one afternoon, Cheng Xi carved three bears in proportion, namely lotus root bear, potato bear and winter melon bear, and pushed them in front of the bear, asking him to choose one. After struggling for a long time, he finally chose the winter melon bear. So Cheng Xi ruthlessly threw the other two into the pot and stewed the ribs.
This process takes several days. Although he lives somewhere else at night because of his height, he still spends most of the daytime in the store. Therefore, he gets along well with Odasaku and the others, but he is still a little worried about Cheng Xi's safety.
In this regard, Cheng Xi said that she didn't care at all. She has done and will do many dangerous things in her life. What's the one missing?
"Please rest assured, Xiong Jun. Anyway, you are a Bakyanian, I am a Han, and Rosinante is short of money. We all have a bright future."
This was originally a joke she made to adjust the atmosphere, but Rosinante glanced at her and remained silent.
...
Ten days later, Port 41 of the Sabaody Archipelago.
Because Xiong wanted to wait until he was sure that the crisis was resolved before seeing his daughter, Cheng Xi decided to deliver the necklace to Bonnie himself.
At this moment, Cheng Xi looked up and down at his friend who was wearing a heart-decorated hood, a pink shirt, a black feather coat, and a clown costume, and had an unusual aesthetic taste, and warned: "Don't smoke after you get on the island."
According to Rossinan's stubborn nature, if he smokes, his feather coat will definitely be ignited.
But he obviously didn't listen to Cheng Xi. Instead, he looked a little cramped. The three-meter-tall man was hesitant and wandering at this moment.
She asked puzzledly: "What's your reaction?"
Rossinan: "I'm a little... nervous." She
was about to see Luo, and she didn't know if the child had been doing well recently, whether he had rested on time, and whether he had grown taller...
If Cheng Xi knew his worries, he would definitely complain: If Luo, this child, doesn't grow taller in more than ten years, he shouldn't be a pirate, but go to the hospital to check his development first.
Although the child seemed to be a doctor himself.