Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"Ginny"

Hearing the voice, Xiong was stunned for a moment. His eyes, which were as silent as a pool of stagnant water, finally showed some color. He hurriedly stood up and rushed out of the medical room.

"Wait a minute, bear!"

Ivankov followed closely behind him, and the two of them rushed into the communication room in a panic and came to a Den Den Mushi.

"Ginny!!"

"It was Xiong Xiong's voice. I heard it. It was really, really great."

Den Den Mushi's voice was hoarse, and its eyes were filled with pain and exhaustion from countless tortures.

As if a dying person was finally relieved at the end of his life, Ginny forced a weak smile.

"I'm back, Xiongxiong. I have a terminal illness, so they said they don't want me anymore and just threw me away."

"Although it hurts, it's also a kind of luck. I was so scared that I would never be able to convey my feelings to you again."

"Stop talking Ginny! Where are you! I'm going to find you now!"

Xiong shouted loudly, heartache and anxiety tightly intertwined together, wishing he could appear by the other person's side immediately.

Ginny didn't respond to his question, but continued speaking in a weak voice.

"I'm sorry Bear, I'm almost dead."

Ginny's smile was filled with tears, yet with the happiest tenderness, as she said the only words she wanted to convey to the other person in the last moments of her life.

"Bear. I have always been."

"Always"

"I love you so much."

The wind rustled the leaves, ruffled the white clouds and dissipated them in the blue sky, and white waves washed the coast.

In a dilapidated church in the Kingdom of Solbe, Ginny lay on a table soaked in tears, and reluctantly put down the Den Den Mushi with her weak hands.

".Actually, you will find me eventually, right?. After all, this is our home."

Looking at the mural on the ceiling quietly, Ginny shed tears and smiled in relief.

"I'm so sorry for letting you see me like this, Xiongxiong."

The sunlight shone through the skylight onto her body, face, and hands. All the surfaces of her skin were covered with stones, reflecting the blue scales in the sunlight.

The wind stopped, and a glimmer of life flashed, then gradually dimmed until it disappeared completely.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure, anxiously rushing over, stepped into the church hall.

Bear held Ginny's stiff body and knelt in front of the cross that saved the world. The golden sunset fell on him, but it could not dispel the coldness in his heart.

He had saved countless lives here, but lost the love of his life.

"If I had accepted your proposal that day."

"Or maybe I could have gone to Mary Geoise and saved you that day."

"Would it all be different, Ginny, if I weren't such a wimp."

Bear recalled his life and every moment with Ginny until his tears dried up.

As night fell, the faint light of stars shone on the coast of the Kingdom of Solbe. There was only a faint firelight in the church, and the dim light was mixed with a hint of white.

A few days later.

"Sorry, Dorag, I've made up my mind."

"I understand. We should be the ones to say sorry, Bear. Just do as you wish."

"Thanks."

click.

Xiong hung up the Den Den Mushi and officially left the Revolutionary Army. Now he had more important things to do.

Standing up and walking to the room behind the church, Xiong stopped in front of a crib and picked up the sleeping girl in her arms. There was a smile on his face and tenderness in his eyes.

Because of this girl's existence, hope returned to his collapsed inner world after Ginny's death.

In the days that followed, Bear became a priest again and lived with Bonnie in the small church in the Kingdom of Solby.

He had already decided to stay here until Bonnie grew up, and then return to the ranks of the revolutionary army.

Caring for a baby is definitely not an easy task, and it is even more difficult for an inexperienced bear.

Becoming a father for the first time always means going through all kinds of "hardships". Although the villagers often lend a helping hand, Xiong is always "tormented" to the point of being helpless.

Just changing diapers made him busy and he spent a long time learning how to coax Bonnie to sleep. It was even more difficult to judge what different types of crying meant.

"Uh~ I'm finally alive~"

That day, after helping Bonnie take a bath, the sweaty bear lay down on the table with a tired look on his face.

Ginny was probably this active when she was a child.

The bear thought so.

The lively Bonnie used her hands and feet to crawl to the stuffed bear and started playing with it. The bear couldn't help but show a relieved smile on his face.

"They really look alike. Even their appetites are just as exaggerated. When they grow up, they will definitely become big eaters like their mother."

"Dad, dad."

Suddenly, Bonnie grabbed the doll and swung it at the bear, making a babbling sound.

Xiong was stunned for a few seconds without moving. Tears welled up under his glasses and he rushed out in excitement.

"Bonnie——!"

"Woo woo! Can you call me daddy again, Bonnie? Please~"

"dad."

"Uh-huh!"

The bear lay on the ground, hugged Bonnie, and rubbed his face against her hard, as if his heart had melted.

Luffy, who was squatting on the table like a monkey, grinned and laughed when he saw this scene.

"Hehehe, this guy was quite cute when he was a kid."

The days passed one by one in joy and warmth.

Four years later.

"Don't move, Bonnie. How is it? Does it hurt?"

Xiong pulled Bonnie to stand by the dining table and gently pressed a patch of green scales and scabs under her bangs. His expression gradually became more solemn.

He never expected that four years later, he would see the same symptoms in Bonnie as Ginny did then.

He tried to use the power of the Meatball Fruit on Bonnie, but nothing came out.

"What's wrong, Dad?"

"No, it's okay, Bonnie."

Xiong forced a smile and shook his head, secretly clenching his hands behind his back.

Late that night, Bonnie had already fallen asleep. A candle was lit in the church hall. Xiong sat alone behind the desk, finishing flipping through the original book, holding his forehead with a heavy expression.

During the day, he took Bonnie to several places in the kingdom, but no doctor could even recognize the disease, let alone treat it.

This made him even more desperate.

The bear was extremely anxious when he thought that Ginny's tragedy would be repeated on Bonnie.

Luffy leaned against the corner, staring at the ceiling without saying a word.

If we say that a person's life is always accompanied by suffering, this man has experienced too much.

Snapped.

After closing the book, Xiong's eyes darkened.

He won't give up, and he can't accept giving up like this.

Even if he couldn't cure her in the end, at least he wanted to stay with Bonnie as much as possible so that she could live a happy life.

"Bonnie."

"Ok?"

One day, Bonnie was playing with blocks, and Bear was telling her a story. He closed the book, smiled gently, and asked:

"If you were to travel, where would you like to go?"

"Well"

Bonnie thought about it, his eyes lit up.

"Dad, do you know Sky Island?"

"Bonnie knows about Sky Island?"

"Yeah! I read it in a book."

Bonnie nodded, an innocent smile on her face.

"They say everything there is made of clouds, just like cotton candy. I imagine it must be delicious."

"That's it"

The bear smiled gently and patted Bonnie's head gently.

In the following time, the bear continued to look for a doctor, and gradually found out some of the symptoms and knew that Bonnie could not be exposed to natural light.

So, he found everything for Bonnie, including toys and books, played with her, and taught her knowledge.

Fortunately, the villagers would come over often. With the company of her father and everyone, Bonnie would not live too lonely even if she could never leave the house.

Emmm, it’s almost there.

Now, let alone Nika, as long as Saint Satan can be killed, no one will have any objection even if we go in tenth gear.