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

Chapter 55 Unforgivable Behavior

Cloud Island.

Barrett went to the hospital again in the afternoon because he was summoned by Ross, who used the "exercise cheat" Shock Cloud to give him a major transformation all over his body.

The first time he persisted for a full half hour, his strong willpower was amazing and his unyielding physique was eye-catching.

In the end, Ross personally sent him to the hospital for recuperation and ordered people to send him expensive and nutritious meals.

Barrett also has the passive skill of defective pseudo-life return, and in terms of digestion speed, it is more powerful than Sakaski!

You just need to practice more and you will slowly master it.

night.

After eating his last meal in the hospital, Barrett left the place and walked on the slightly deserted road.

The area and buildings in the central area are very large, but there are probably only about a hundred people who are actually active at night. After all, there are not many members of the Nasdaq family, so it is inevitably deserted.

When they arrived at the small garden, there were notices posted on the bulletin boards at the entrance. Along the way, Barrett saw similar notices on the bulletin boards next to many important buildings.

Out of curiosity, he walked over to take a look.

Well, he can't read.

Shaking his head, Barrett walked into the small garden.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Just after walking in a short distance, he saw a girl sobbing silently in front of a flower bud. She was holding something in her hands. Judging from the way her hands were clasped together, it seemed that it was very important to her.

Barrett ignored it and went to the old place not far away, fiddling with the shy grass.

The two were only three meters apart, and from time to time, the girl's mumbling could be heard in his ears:

"Gor, why did you leave me alone? I told you not to take risks. Isn't it good for us to live an ordinary life here together? Why do you have to join the army?"

"Mr. Ross has never asked anything of us. As long as we remain almost the same as we were on the ship, that's enough... You can just be a patrol officer and instructor."

"You said, we can't let Mr. Ross raise us in vain. You should go out with Sakaski to explore the world, improve your strength, build up your military achievements, and then slowly repay the kindness you have shown me over the years."

"But what about now? You're dead! Your death is of no value at all, you bastard!"

The girl not far away became more and more agitated, and Barrett read a lot of information from her words.

But, it was just a dead person. He had seen too many dead people before. Even if his cheerful friend collapsed in front of him not long ago, he would not be at all concerned.

After all, the dead cannot be resurrected, and unnecessary thoughts will only make his life more miserable. Instead of doing that, it is better to slowly fade it away and accept it calmly.

This was also what he didn't understand. Why did the girl react so strongly? What did the death of the guy named "Goer" have to do with her?

Soon, the girl stopped talking after cursing "bastard". Her heavy breathing echoed in the silent moonlight, constantly showing the emotions that the girl was constantly trying to suppress.

Finally, she spoke calmly again, but her voice was filled with sobs and longing:

"Gor, I will never forgive you in my life. I will take back your belongings and put them by my bed so that I will always know that there is a bastard who has let me down."

"This thorn flower was planted in the garden with me last time you came back. You said that you would come back with gifts when it bloomed to make up for the mistake of abandoning your family."

"But now, what's the difference between you and those bastard family members who abandoned you? Obviously... obviously... obviously..."

As she spoke, the girl could no longer hold back her tears and began to cry softly. Her tears fell on the thorny flowers that were about to bloom, watering them with sadness like a shower. "I would rather you not join the navy! I would rather not have the title of navy hero!"

The girl's mournful cry cut through the night sky. She threw the thing in her hand into the flower bed. The buds swayed gently, and a pocket watch lay quietly beside her.

Crying loudly, the girl turned and ran away from this sad place. The quiet street is the best way to soothe scars.

Barrett watched the figure disappearing into the night. The crying became increasingly blurred until it disappeared, and complex emotions arose in his heart.

Why is it that one person’s death deserves to be mourned in this way by another person? Does it make sense?
He suddenly remembered the notices just now. If he guessed correctly, it should be related to the "Goer" who died in the girl's mouth just now.

Is it necessary to make such a fuss about a dead person?

Barrett couldn't help but feel envious. He suddenly wanted to be remembered by everyone in this way, instead of being like those dead people in his memory, unknown to everyone.

And... a hero?

Barrett knew what a hero was. When he was young, he had heard that "heroes" were praised by the entire army for their military exploits, and they would always be present every time, so he had a deep memory of them.

But there hasn't been such an activity since they became Boy Scouts, but for some reason, when the "medal" is thrown out as a reward, they all want to get it for no reason!
It seemed that was the meaning of their desperate fighting.

So, is "hero" like "medal" a kind of meaning and direction of fighting? Or is it something else?
A belief hidden deep in Barrett's heart that had been instilled in him since childhood was burning again. It was a yearning for a "hero" and a thirst for "battle".

But soon, this belief was replaced by the figure of the girl who had just left. The figure gradually blurred and finally turned into Mona's appearance.

She looked at herself becoming a "hero", and left sadly with tears in her eyes.

She began to speak words that she could not hear, as if she was no longer there.

Then the figure turned into Tokos. He stood silently in front of him, lowered his head, put down the blurry thing, and turned away.

Everything seemed to happen in an instant, the moment he ignited the belief of becoming a "hero".

"Hu-hu-"

Barrett gasped heavily, and his ghost-like self appeared in his mind again.

He smiled mockingly:
【Useless worry! 】

He looked disdainful:
[Incompetent cowardice! ]

He looked arrogant:
[The wobbly...tool/"Barrett"! ]

The voice in his head has been influencing him all the time. Ever since he abandoned the past and began to yearn for power again, that voice has been tempting him to resolve his decision from time to time.

It is to become an extremely powerful tool!

Or be a man named Barrett!

He turned back in a daze and came to the thorn flower.

The pocket watch was smashed open, and a photo came into view under the moonlight.

That was a group photo.

A little boy was holding a sword with a gentle and calm expression, and next to him was a girl with a Band-Aid on her head, smiling.

"I will never forgive you in this life!"

(End of this chapter)