One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 47 How about following me, Barrett?

"Four!"

"Three!"

"two!"

"the last one!"

Covered in blood, Number Nine threw the smashed flintlock rifle aside, then sat cross-legged on the ground, staring at the ground breathlessly.

He killed all thirteen soldiers.

He managed to survive, once again!
He didn't know how long this kind of life would last, maybe a few years, a dozen years, or even a lifetime!
But he will never fall...

"boom!"

"Pfft!"

Before Number Nine could completely relax, a gunshot was heard from a distance and the bullet narrowly missed his head.

But this time he was not lucky enough. His right ear was shot off and blood flowed, staining his cheeks red in just a moment.

Barrett quickly stood up and looked towards the place where the gunshot came from, regardless of the pain.

That is!

"Number Nine, I never thought you could survive."

Not far away, the companion who had betrayed him earlier walked over expressionlessly, holding a gun in his hand and looking at him unkindly.

"why?"

Number Nine asked in a deep voice.

He can endure betrayal and abandonment. He will live on with strength and watch those people die silently next time.

He won't blame anyone, he just feels that he is not strong enough!
But the return of his companion made him feel suffocated, and the only thing that greeted him was the spear pointed at him.

"No reason, I just wanted to see if you would die, monster!"

"click"

Aiming at the bolt, Barrett on the opposite side had no way to avoid it. He had already used up all his strength and could no longer advance.

At this distance, if you get shot in the legs or chest, you're definitely finished!
Before dying, Number Nine looked back on his short life in a trance.

He was abandoned by his mother when he was young and adopted into the kingdom's war orphanage, where he was raised like a tool.

He has had an extraordinary physique since he was young, which is why he was able to survive on the battlefield again and again.

At the beginning of the Haiyuan calendar year 1485, he officially entered the battlefield as a young soldier and continued to be active as the number nine in Douglas Gray's team.

In two months, he participated in more than a dozen wars, big and small, and returned safely every time.

He did find that his companions were beginning to resist him as a monster, and that they had been betrayed not long ago.

And now, a spear was held in the hands of his former companion. It was not aimed at the enemy, but at himself who had just survived again!
"I really... can't accept this..."

"boom!"

"Ding--"

"what!!!"

White clouds suddenly appeared, and the bullet that was about to hit No. 9's arm was blocked.

Yes, goddess of luck favors number nine again!

Even if Bai Yun wasn't there, the deviation of the bullet would give him a chance to counterattack.

A figure dropped from the sky and stood in front of Number Nine.

He looked at the vigilant gun-wielding boy in front of him and shook his head, then a huge cloud hand wrapped him up and threw him away.

In the end, Ross did not kill him, but just sent him away from here.

Turning back, he looked at the bewildered No. 9 and spoke slowly in a calm tone:

"bullet9, I've been observing you for a while, do you want to come with me?"

Looking at Barrett in front of him, Rose made a direct and clear invitation. The reason was very simple: I like you.

Number Nine raised his head. He did not ask why, because that was meaningless. From the day he was adopted, he knew that he had no extra choice.

It was so before and it is so now.

It just changed from a tool in one person's hand to a tool in another person's hand. To him, there was no difference at all.

"I understand"

Number Nine nodded woodenly.

He had no ability to survive on his own, so he could only nod and agree.

Ross looked at Number Nine with a heavy heart.

He had actually found Barrett a long time ago, but he did not reach out his hand immediately. Instead, he took action at this moment when the opponent was still able to counterattack.

The reason is very simple. He needs to be Barrett's savior, not just an adopter.

Otherwise, he could have bought her while she was still in the orphanage.

There is nothing that can be done about it, because Rose knows very well that he has not completely restricted Barrett's ability, and his strength may be surpassed by the other party when he approaches the age of thirty.

By then, a mere "buyer" adopter would not be enough for Rose to think he could allow Barrett to still be his thug with peace of mind.

This was different from how he treated Sakaski.

Ross loves his family, and if he wants to keep them safe on this ocean, a top fighter is absolutely necessary.

For this, he had to do everything he could to scheme against an eight-year-old child, just because his name was Barrett!
"Perhaps this is why I, as a time traveler, still don't have the Conqueror's Haki. I know myself too well to have any beautiful fantasies."

Ross thought silently in his heart.

Then he looked at Barrett and said:
"Give yourself a name, and I will take you away from here, start a new life, and train you to be a tool to protect my family."

Ross tried to speak the words he had prepared long ago in a calm tone.

The black and white face is always the most useful PUA technique, and at this moment, he is the guy playing the black face.

"A name? Can I have something like that?"

Number Nine was stunned. As expected, he had inherited the identity of a tool.

But, can he also have a name instead of continuing to use a cold nickname?

"Of course!"

"Then let's call him Barrett."

Barrett, taken from the code name Bullet, is the name he can think of that best represents himself at this moment.

On the other side, Ross nodded, his tone calm:

"Well, it's pretty good. Is there anything you need to take away?"

"No."

"Then let's go straight away."

Ross said expressionlessly and waved his hand. Clouds rose from under their feet and flew away with them.

Barrett was not surprised by this, but looked at his hometown quietly, then took out a medal from his pocket.

This is something that only the warrior with the greatest merit in the war mission can obtain, and it is also all of his past.

In the sky, Barrett could see the smoke of war rising from all over the archipelago, and that battlefield was not all of today.

Such scenes are played out every day. In Jarzburg, where the war never stops, the endless flames of war always loom over everyone, with only differences in distance and proximity.

After hesitating for a moment, Barrett threw the medal down from the sky.

No one knows that he left with others, and his file will end as [Dead] in this place.

The identity of No. 9 will also be inherited by others, and he will start a new life with a new goal that will allow him to survive.

So, let the past glory die here with my past self.

The following long paragraph is written from Barrett's perspective, but it will be very different from the treatment of Sakaski

Honestly speaking, it is not something that a human can do. It is so tiring.
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(End of this chapter)