I, Sakazuki, Will Not Take a Dog Easily

Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations.

Gossip is a woman's nature, especially this kind of story that is mixed with love and hatred at first sight is extremely attractive.

Reiju couldn't help but want to explore one or two: "Ahem, young man, may I ask what is your relationship with this [Guina]?"

"Uh...relationship?" Sauron was also stunned when asked abruptly, but he had never seriously thought about the relationship between himself and Kuina.

At first he regarded her as a competitor on the way of kendo, but in the process of being constantly challenged and defeated, Sauron gradually understood the girl's heart.

【Guina and I... are friends, right? 】Zoro stroked the hilt of He Daoyi's words, and hesitantly explained to Reiju: "I think... well, maybe it's a friend who has an important agreement?"

Isn't the reason why he went to sea is to inherit the opponent's saber and long-cherished wish: to become the most powerful swordsman in the world?

"Oh~ it's a female friend who had an important ~promise~." Reiju suddenly understood it as the most important promise between a man and a woman for a lifetime.

But Nuo Qigao, who is Da Siqi's best friend, feels a little confused. She has been together for so long, but she has never heard that there is such a fiancé in the East China Sea who has promised for life?

"But...she shouldn't be 'she'." After experiencing the initial agitation, Zoro finally regained his composure.

He sat down slumpedly, drank the wine in the glass, completely lost the energy to taste seriously at the beginning, and just wanted to pour the alcohol down his throat as soon as possible: "Guina passed away when she was 11 years old. Attended her funeral."

"Eh!?"

"Eh?"

Everyone was really a little confused this time, and wanted to ask urgently, but they were also worried that it would arouse the long-lost thoughts that the swordsman had buried in his heart for a long time.

At this time, Luffy, who has always been outspoken, took advantage of his love red deer and asked directly:

"How did she die? But didn't you just say that the person in the photo was her?"

"It is said that he accidentally slipped and fell to get the whetstone that was placed on a high place." When mentioning this matter, Sauron's mood was obviously a little depressed.

"It is said?" Sanji, who had been listening carefully to the conversation, frowned: "Don't you even know how your girlfriend died?"

In an instant, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sauron's cheeks flushed, and he couldn't even explain the ignorant feelings buried in his heart.

Only he stammered and defended: "She is not my girlfriend!!! When I got the news the next day and hurried to arrive, Kuina had already closed the coffin and was ready to be buried. The news was told to me by other people."

"Wait, don't you think it's strange? How can anyone be buried the next day?" Nuo Qigao tilted her head, and she keenly found a trace of irrationality in Sauron's remarks.

Sauron was stunned by the question, and it took a while before he said: "This... I really haven't thought about it."

On the one hand, it is true that this memory is too unforgettable, like the bitterest wine burns into the heart, and the only comfort is to talk about the dream with her.

On the other hand, from his point of view, it was Master Koshiro's biological daughter after all.

If Kuina can survive by chance, the gentle master of swordsmanship doesn't need to tell such a lie.

If it is said that this is Koshiro deliberately weaving and forging the evidence of his daughter's death, Sauron really can't figure out why it is necessary.

However, the melon-eaters who were watching Sauron strongly gave their guesses about the ending of this love story that ended before it even started.

"Could it be that Kuina didn't die, lost her memory and was picked up by the navy?"

"Or that girl was originally a princess of a certain country, and your teacher had no choice but to forge evidence of fake death, and then deliberately changed her name and secretly sent her to the navy camp for protection!?" This is a conspiracy theory with both New World and Beihai characteristics.

...

Zoro didn't refute one by one, but just lightly touched the page of photos with his fingers, feeling the impossible temperature of his fingertips.

As if he had made up his mind, he yanked away the table and chairs, and knelt down on the ground with a seat used to express his deepest and sincere request.

"Although I don't know if she is Kuina, but anyway, I want to meet... once is enough."

"Uh... Sauron-kun, there's no need to make such a big gift. We don't need you to tell us that we will arrange this kind of thing, right?" Reiju, the deputy captain, looked around at the companions beside her, seeing them either nodding, or With a smile or a thumbs up in agreement, Sauron was helped up.

"Everyone should know her specific movements, right? Please allow me to travel with you for a while." Gritting his teeth, Sauron made a request.

Even though he knew that if he asked about the location of that girl, the group of people in front of him would definitely tell him without hesitation.

But in the depths of Sauron's heart, he did not allow himself to accept such favors that did not ask for anything in return.

The only reward he can currently return is the response to the invitation of the Straw Hat Pirates to board the ship.

"Okay, there are still spare beds on the ship. But we don't want to use Dashiqi's location and movement information as a threat. After you see her, it is your freedom to decide to board the ship." As the captain Luffy grinned, he was never the kind of lowly person who used other people's treasured things to threaten them.

He hopes that everyone on board is willing to be a member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Reiju and Nuo Qigao looked at each other and smiled. Originally, the two of them planned to rely on the kendo masters in the headquarters as bait, but who knew that due to such a coincidence, they let the swordsmen board the boat by accident.

It can only be said to be a pleasant surprise.

"Well, there are quite a few masters of swordsmanship in the navy, and there are quite a few of them who can be called masters of swordsmanship." Nuo Qigao pointed to the big figures in the photo and said:

"During our travels, we will also encounter many powerful opponents. From the perspective of honing our own skills, it is far stronger than you being invincible in the Eastern Sea alone, right?"

Just like the images taken together by everyone at the graduation ceremony of the regular school, at first glance, this kind of group photo does not seem special.

But the dozen or so men and women sitting in a row in the center of the screen are enough to make this group photo resell for a high collection price.

"This is?! What are your identities??" This time, no matter how dull Sauron was, he could sense something strange.

In the picture, the middle-aged man wearing a navy cap has his lips slightly pursed, with a solemn and stern look.

The man sat in the middle of the photo with a strong horse, and the snow-blue rose on his chest and the iconic blood-colored button-down coat added a bit of tenderness to his indifferent appearance.

As a well-known pirate hunter in the East China Sea, regularly reading newspapers to obtain information is one of the homework that Sauron himself ordered to do.

Sauron found at least three of those big figures who often appeared on newspaper covers in this photo.

"This is the graduation photo of the thirteenth batch of the Burning Legion's preparatory camp." Nuo Qigao said the title of the group photo, and also answered Sauron's previous [identity] question in disguise.

Hearing this, the swordsman suddenly felt relieved, and finally got a reasonable explanation for the awkwardness and weirdness he felt after meeting these other kinds of pirates.

He nodded and said, "It's no wonder that the moves of you and Rob Lucci are very similar. It turns out that you are members of the Burning Legion."

"Ahem, correct me, we are pirates." Luffy jumped out immediately, explaining his identity, he didn't want to be misunderstood by the swordsman as a sea soldier.

Sauron poured himself a glass of wine again, and put on a clear look: "Understand, understand, undercover identity, right, I won't talk nonsense."

Seeing that the trend of the matter was still developing in the most helpless direction, Luffy was so angry that he jumped on the spot.

Those who don't know their backgrounds and identities are fine, but he is afraid that these half-knowledgeable guys will go down the line of thought—what he is most worried about is being misunderstood by others and saying that they are spies from the Navy.

"We are serious pirates!! Zoro, you have to trust me!!"

"Alright, alright, Pirates, I'll just listen carefully." The swordsman said in a perfunctory tone.