The Beautiful Swordsman Came with a Barbecue

"Tick tock ~ tick tock ~"

"Sha~sha~"

In the quiet office, Crane buried his head in front of the desk, writing his comments on promotion reports one after another. Even though most of them were just templates, the workload was still quite a lot.

In fact, Crane can completely hand over these tasks to the people below, and then sign his own name, or even make his signature into a seal like Skyler did, and give it to others to stamp.

However, among these reports, there are so few that He wants to write in his own hand, and he is not willing to do it by picking out a dozen of them to complete this kind of differentiated treatment by himself.

On the opposite side of the crane, sitting in the female navy is Schuyler's student Shuangyue Kuina. She is obviously a little uneasy at this time, and she keeps holding her pants with both hands.

In fact, Kuina didn't get nervous as soon as she arrived. On the contrary, she got some hints from Nurkic who informed her, so she was still in a good mood when she came.

But after arriving, He just arranged for her to sit down, and then started working on his own. It has been an hour now, and He still has no intention of stopping.

And with Kuina's excellent observation skills, she could tell that Crane hadn't even looked at her in the past hour, so maybe it wasn't even the so-called observation or stress test.

For some reason, Kuina suddenly had a feeling that Lieutenant General He in front of her was very similar to her teacher, and Lieutenant General He was still so kind and kind before.

Even when punishing himself and others, he still has a look of unbearable, and even after the punishment is over, he immediately cares about his body and mood.

But what happened today? Lieutenant General Crane's quiet and somewhat icy feeling is just like the teacher who usually sits on the bow of the ship thinking, seemingly elegant and gentle, but has an insurmountable sense of distance.

Kuina didn't know why the crane showed two completely different sides. At first she thought it was her own illusion, but the longer she sat opposite the crane, the greater the pressure and anxiety in her heart.

Even without knowing why, Kuina wanted to apologize, even though she had done nothing wrong at all, but at this moment, she just wanted to apologize.

But the untouchable aura exuded by He made her dare not even apologize.

After a while, there were only three files left under Crane, and the top one was Smoker, even if it was read backwards, in this highly tense and highly hit state of mind, Guina still I can see every word written by the crane.

Crane is like a replay monitor, writing down Smoker's past shortcomings and mistakes. This is normal. After all, the comments on promotion are all about promotion before being suppressed. On the contrary, the comments about demotion are all first. Up and down.

But just when Crane started a new line, according to the template, changing Xie Smog's strengths and achievements, Crane stopped, and the pen in his hand twirled around on his fingers, and then Crane put it aside.

"Have you been waiting for a long time? I'm getting older, and I can only focus on one thing at a time."

Crane's warm, granny-like hoarse and occasionally shrill voice came, and Kuina, who was staring at the file and waiting for Crane to write the next line, was taken aback.

Kuina, who came back to her senses, looked at the gentle and kind smile on Crane's face, as well as that kind of spring breeze temperament, which made Kuina doubt again, which one is Lieutenant General Crane.

However, Kuina quickly replied: "No, no, Lieutenant General He, I'm fine."

Seeing that Kuina was flustered, He was not in a hurry, but put the pen aside, and then brushed the strands of silver hair that fell in front of her behind her ears.

Perhaps it's because the hair of the elderly is particularly docile, even if you just fiddle with it casually, the hair stays softly where its owner wants it to stay.

After giving Kuina enough buffer time, He asked, "Guina, I heard from Skyler that you thought about leading the detachment yourself?"

At this time, Kuina had withdrawn her emotions. After hearing Crane's question, she nodded seriously, although she still has no way to be as firm and righteous as her teacher, who can go all the way to the dark.

But she has realized clearly enough that Skyler and the misinterpreted justice within one's ability of the Zanye Detachment are not suitable for her.

He smiled, smoothed the information with both hands, and then said: "You young people are really amazing. You are already capable of leading a detachment at such a young age. How old are you now? Twenty-three? Twenty-four? "

"twenty two."

"Twenty-two, at your age, I still work as a clerk in the headquarters, and I don't even have the chance to go to sea a few times. However, this era needs more fresh strength like you."

Crane stretched out his hand, took a large bowl with a lot of candies and small cakes on the side, put it in front of Guina, and signaled to Guina to do whatever she wanted, as if a grandma was talking to her granddaughter.

Under the continuous hints from Crane's eyes and gestures, Kuina still picked up a piece of candy, but before raising her hand, Crane said, "Try this, it's more delicious."

Kuina put down the candy, followed the position of the crane's fingers, and picked up a piece of candy that looked pitch black and was only covered with a layer of translucent sugar coating. After putting it in her mouth, Kuina's expression became complicated.

Because the taste of the candy is indescribable, it has the sour and sweet taste that candy should have, but the flavor is very complex, and there is a strong smell of medicine, which reminds Guina of her mother's room when she was a child.

"Haha~ You are very similar to your teacher."

Seeing another young man eating licorice candy in pain, He had a happy smile on his face, and at the same time he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. Unlike Kuina or Skyler, He enjoyed it very much.

After a while, Hecai asked: "What kind of detachment do you want to lead? Combat? Logistics? Deportation? Pursuit? Or a coordinated force with more single functions?"

Hearing this, Kuina restrained the saliva that was constantly secreting from her mouth, swallowed twice, and then said: "I want to form an all-round detachment, just like the teacher and Lieutenant General Garp."

"Yeah" Crane's long tail made Guina a little worried, but Crane nodded and said, "No problem, it's very suitable for a young man with potential like you.

However, according to the usual practice, I still want to ask, what does justice mean to you? "

It's a traditional, broad, and arguably hollow question, but it's been asked, or something like it, by nearly every potential navy.

Skyler had been questioned even before he joined the Navy, and the person who asked the question was Kong, who was still admiral at the time, but Kong's question was more precise.

Because he didn't expect Skyler, who seemed to be only a teenager at the time, to give any in-depth answers, but later Kong used this story to boast about his knowledge of people in more than one speech .

But obviously Crane feels that Kuina should face a broader problem that is more suitable for playing. The broad problem has its flaws, but it also has its advantages.

Precise questions can get precise answers, but broad questions sometimes bring some unexpected angles that even the questioner can't think of, and answer them from a level that they have never thought about.

It's just that such questions are more demanding for those who answer them, and their level and vision will be directly exposed. Even He has met brigadier generals who hesitated and couldn't even say a word more than once.

At this time, Kuina kept pursing her lips. This reaction He had seen many times, so there was no accident, but she waited quietly. Whether she could sort it out was the standard for whether a navy had the qualifications to become a general.

There is no standard answer to this question, and even the standard answer of those clichés is the least standard answer, because sincerity or not is also one of the core tests of this question.

Kuina didn't think about answering with clichés. To be more precise, she didn't even know the template clichés that should be there. After all, such things are not popular in Zhanye Detachment at all.

And her decision to leave the Zhanye detachment was only made half a year ago, and she has been constantly implementing justice since then, and no one has ever guided her on what kind of test she needs to endure to become a general.

Kuina was silent for a long time. If it was another brigadier general who was questioned, Crane might give a low score in his heart, and then change to a more simple question.

But Kuina is different, not because she is a student of Skyler, so Crane is willing to give her more tolerance, on the contrary, she wants Kuina to answer this more difficult question.

Because it is impossible for Kuina to end up just becoming a general. Perhaps it will be difficult for Kuina to catch up with generals and naval heroes, but at the very least, she cannot be lost in the group of generals.

After thinking for a long time, Kuina finally said: "I think justice is the path to the right goal, and fortunately, the path of justice to the right goal is not narrow and single.

Compared with the pirates who seem to do whatever they want and take the so-called freedom as their banner, the road of justice is actually more tolerant. Everyone can walk at their own pace on this road, and even...

Take a path that goes against the mainstream, but is equally correct and leads to the light. "

Crane nodded. This answer was not the best she had ever heard, but she liked it very much. She looked at Kuina and asked, "What about you?"

"For myself, I can't say those sobering words, but... for me, justice is the mission that I will pursue and persist in my whole life.

And this persistence is something that my father, my teacher, myself, and everyone who knows me can be proud of. For me, that's enough. "

"Interesting, you young people always like to use your whole life to refer to the rest of your life. It's really enviable."

Crane smiled and nodded, and then said: "Do me a favor, go to the file room to find your personal file, and bring it back to me, thank you."

Kuina looked at the crane in a daze, is the conversation over? But she still has a lot of words and doubts that she wants to express, or wants to express but doesn't know how to express.

Moreover, she doesn't know how to judge her question and answer this time, okay? is it bad?

Or something more terrifyingly ordinary?

Even though there are thousands of words to say in her heart, but at this time Crane has resumed writing, and the current Kuina does not have the slightest thought of watching Crane's comments to Smoker.

In other words, she couldn't concentrate at all at this moment, and just stood up in a daze.

"Squeak~"

The chair legs rubbed against the ground, making a sharp sound, which made Crane frown. Such noise cannot make anyone feel comfortable.

However, Kuina didn't seem to be able to hear the movement she made, but said in a somewhat floating tone: "Okay, Lieutenant General He."

After finishing speaking, Kuina walked out of Crane's staff office with jerky movements like a poor-quality robot.

"Is your leg numb?"

Walking out of the office, Kuina heard a voice that she could hear often, but she never felt familiar. She turned her head and said in a flustered salute, "Teacher!"

After saluting, she quickly said, "Teacher, I didn't notice you just now."

Skyler waved her hand. If a young man finds out the skills she learned from Zhan Guo, it would appear that she is really stuck with Zhan Guo?

Of course, she would not comfort Guina, firstly, because she was not good at it, and secondly, she would not admit that she used knowledgeable domineering skills that few people mastered at all, just to watch the "interview" of her students.

"I just came here too. Aren't you going to the archives room? I'll take you there."

After Skyler finished speaking, Kuina nodded, and then looked at Skyler, waiting for her teacher to lead the way. Skyler stood there for a few seconds and looked into the office, but Crane didn't respond at all. she.

So, Skyler had to say embarrassingly: "You should take me there, I don't know where the archives are."

Although she has been in the navy for more than 20 years, Skyler is still very unfamiliar with the headquarters building. Except for the offices of a few people, she knows nothing about the headquarters building.

If it was during the period when she was still in the new barracks, she might really know where the archives room is. After all, she was doing paperwork for Huang Yuan at that time, but the headquarters building was also relocated.

Even if the location of the file room has not changed, she can't find it now. Her memory is not that good, especially for things that she is not interested in at all, she forgets faster.

However, Skyler's reversal made Kuina feel a lot more relaxed. She nodded and did not hurt her teacher, but silently began to lead the way.

Although Guina has never worked in the headquarters building, and has not even been here a few times, but remembering the layout of the headquarters building, every sea is a necessary work that most navies should carry out.

On the way to the archives room, Kuina still asked a little bit: "Teacher, do you think I can become a qualified officer?"

Skyler looked at Kuina, the little girl had almost returned all the self-confidence she gained from Sauron in the Yixin Dojo in the past few years under her own hands.

And Kuina's question is not even a question, Skyler shrugged and said, "Then what kind of officer do you think is a qualified officer?"

"I"

Guina shook her head, Skyler slowed down, and then said: "If you want to avoid failure, there is a good way to do it, and that is to never do it.

But if you want to succeed, even if you want to be a qualified officer successfully, even if you want to be a qualified officer, you have to try, even if it will fail. "

Hearing this, Kuina just nodded slightly, everyone understands the truth, but when it comes to actually doing it, not everyone can be decisive.

Skyler couldn't comfort Kuina anymore, because she didn't know how to be a qualified officer. After all, her deeds were disassembled and she was actually unqualified.

But maybe because the negative and the negative are positive, Skyler felt that he had some good achievements inexplicably, and he also gained the trust and even the admiration of some people.

But how could she share it with Guina? Tell her that as long as you fail enough times, you can succeed? Skyler felt that such words were nonsense.

The two fell into silence again. After arriving at the file room, the navy on duty did not dare to slow down, and quickly helped Guina find her file.

After getting the file, Kuina obviously wanted to say something, but she refused to speak. The two walked towards He's office again, and Kuina didn't stop until they were not far from He's office.

She looked at Skyler worriedly and said, "Teacher, I'm a little scared. What if I try my best but fail in the end?"

"Effort? Effort is something everyone can do. No matter how lazy a person is, he will spend a lot of time struggling.

Maybe some people succeed through hard work, but you can't expect that, because there are not so many stages in this world where everyone who works hard can show their success.

If you really want to succeed, hard work is not enough, you have to work hard to pursue everything you want. Everyone can work hard, but not everyone dares to work hard.

If you dare, you will be one step ahead, and in this way you will not have any regrets, because failure means death, and you have no time to regret failure. "

Skyler stopped in front of Crane's office, turned around and put his hand on Kuina's shoulder, and said, "Of course, this may be too strict, and you can also take it for granted that you are only twenty-two years old and have For a lifetime, let yourself be the person in your mind.

But no one will always be twenty-two years old. On the contrary, there will always be twenty-two-year-olds who have the same dream.

It depends on your own choice. After all, if you go in now, I will no longer be in charge of you. From now on, you will represent Kuina, your detachment, not my students, or a member of the Zhanye detachment. "

Listening to Skyler's words, Guina turned her head to look at the door of Crane's office. For a moment, a very strong sense of dizziness came in her mind, which was more terrifying than the first time she took a boat when she was a child.

The open door is also constantly pulling away at this moment. The door that is clearly only one step away is like a mountain and sea, and it is impossible to cross it.

For a moment, Kuina wanted to turn around and leave, because she didn't know if she was ready, or if she would never be ready.

The bursts of dizziness made Guina's face turn pale, her lips gradually lost their color, and her hands and feet that quickly became cold began to tremble. She struggled a little and closed her eyes.

But at this moment, in her mind, she thought of the boy who had been brazen all day long.

‘If it were you, you shouldn’t have any hesitation, right? '

In his mind, the boy raised his fist and made an appointment with himself to fight the world's number one swordsman.

'Sorry, Zoro, I want to be crowned the world's number one swordsman for a few more years, so... I won't wait any longer. '

The sword in her heart was bursting, and Kuina, who was originally like a hypoglycemic patient, became straight again at this time, and the planted seed, after experiencing countless times of suffocation, still germinated tenaciously .

In the office, Crane frowned, looked out the door, looked at Kuina and murmured: "These young people, why are they so worried, Ace, Yamato, and then you again."

At this time, in the headquarters building, many people also noticed this momentum in the bud. Huang Yuan, who woke up from his office chair, took off his sun visor, rubbed his eyes, and then looked at the staff through the wall. direction, said:

"Marshal of the Warring States Period? Are you so worried after retiring~"

But he frowned, rubbed his loose skin with both hands, even patted it twice, shook his head, and said, "No. What a terrible young man~"

"Teacher, I think I understand."

Outside the staff office, Kuina nodded, took her report, and walked into Crane's office.

"Plop~"

On Krajgana Island, Sauron, who was full of scars, walked back to Mihawk, sat down on the ground, tightened the belly roll on his waist, and panted and said:

"When will you start teaching me? I've already beaten all the baboons!"

Mihawk crossed his legs, sitting on a beach chair, surrounded by red wine and French fries, and holding a newspaper in his hand. After reading today's newspaper, Mihawk said:

"Well, almost, you seem to be ready to die."

"It doesn't matter, as long as... as long as it can become stronger."

Sauron nodded, and said again with his belly curled up, but suddenly, he jumped up, looked at Mihawk in disbelief, and said, "What did you just say?!"

"You heard it."

Mihawk picked up the wine glass and didn't seem to have the intention of repeating it a second time. The disbelief on Sauron's face turned into ecstasy. Regardless of his injury, he reached out to Lamihawk's hand and said at the same time:

"Come on! I can't wait!"

Mihawk raised his hand lightly, avoided Sauron's claws, straightened his right leg on the left leg, kicked Sauron out, and then said: "Wait until you heal your injury!" .”

"That's tomorrow?!"

Sauron got up from the ground indifferently, with the same smile on his face, and shouted at the castle in the distance: "Perona! Heal me!"

"Bastard! How many times have I said that! I am not your servant, why do you order me?!"

Perona's exasperated voice came from the castle, and then she carried a medicine box and floated towards Sauron with a face full of anger.

Accepting Perona's suturing and bandaging, although he didn't use anesthetics, Sauron didn't feel any pain. The excitement made him forget what pain was like.

He looked at Mihawk, then seemed to remember something, and asked, "Mihawk, is there any news? Luffy and the others."

Mihawk put down his wine glass, glanced at the newspaper, it was full of boring and repetitive news such as the new Admiral of the Navy's upcoming appointment, the joint concert of Old Bones and No Girls, etc. He shook his head and said, "No."