[ONE PIECE] The daily life of Shura field in four eyes

Chapter80

Sea of ​​Flowers x Joy and Fury x Preemption

——The stronger the light, the darker the shadow hidden under it.

It's like the more I love you

The harder it is to suppress the desire in my heart, the same

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Clark sat under the tree and looked at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him.

This is Biscuit Island under his management, and all arrangements and layouts must naturally accommodate his preferences.

Including this one, the back garden at the foot of the castle

Pieces of dazzling golden roses, when they are in full bloom, dazzle in the sun so much that people can't open their eyes, but Cracker doesn't feel dazzling. Instead, he stares at the center of the sea of ​​flowers, calmly focused.

"I said, why do you have to change it like this? It looked much better that way than now."

The only one who dared to talk to him like this was his noisy sister.

"Is it"

He hid his face in the shadows, and his tone when he asked Custard was very calm, but it somehow made people smell the smell of danger.

The smile on Custard's face froze, and he unconsciously took a small step back without replying.

She is a person who is very aware of current affairs, and she also knows clearly that Cracker doesn't care that much about their identity as siblings. If she accidentally offends Cracker, he probably won't be merciful to her either.

So she is always very knowledgeable, and because of this, Cracker doesn't mind her being arrogant from time to time.

This is why, among the three people born of the same compatriot, only Custard can have a close chat with Cracker, while Angelo, who has a more unruly personality, has never been greeted by Cracker.

Thinking of this, Custard swallowed secretly, pretending that nothing happened and looked at the swaying golden rose in front of him.

But to be honest, it’s really too dazzling.

This place was originally a scene of flowers in full bloom. Flowers of various colors were planted in an orderly manner, looking like a sea of ​​seven-colored flowers that could only exist in fairy tales.

But more than two years ago, my moody brother had another seizure and ordered all the flowers that had been carefully cultivated for many years to be plucked out.

Then, like crazy, he planted cloyingly sweet golden roses wherever he could see them.

This look of being possessed made Custad frown at that moment, but she didn't have the guts to ask.

In the past two days, Cracker's state has become visibly irritable. I actually rushed to ask him about these flowers at this critical moment. I really exaggerated. I forgot what kind of person Cracker is.

She was thinking about this with her eyes empty, when she was suddenly brought back to consciousness by Cracker's deep voice.

"looks good?"

He seemed to want to get a positive answer from her?

"...Well, of course it looks good."

Custard concealed the unnaturalness in his tone and pulled up a dry smile.

Unexpectedly, after hearing such an answer, Cracker suddenly laughed.

"It doesn't look good. Who would think such a shabby thing looks good?"

He seemed to really sneer at these precious golden roses. He picked up one at hand and crushed it into pieces in the palm of his hand.

The sweet flower juice flowed down his fingers, and a rich and sweet smell spread out.

Custard was shocked by the horrifying expression on his face and turned pale. Her lips trembled, but she did not utter even a single syllable.

"The most beautiful thing is not this"

He held the damaged flowers in front of him, as if he was missing something, and the smile at the corner of his mouth grew bigger and bigger, almost to the point of cracking his ears.

He looked at Custard standing aside and suddenly spoke

"There is the most beautiful flower here, do you know which one it is?"

Under his gaze, Custard didn't even dare to blink, he could only nodded stiffly.

Clark narrowed his eyes, and the wound that almost tore half of his face looked even more ferocious.

"Then find it for me"

Custard followed his gaze and looked at the golden flowers. Full of anxiety, she immediately began to look for any flowers that were particularly different.

But she found nothing. Every flower was obviously the same, and the whole sea of ​​flowers didn't even have any color other than the dazzling gold.

Beside you, Cracker's whisper fell on your ears.

"Before sunset..."

He wanted to see the flower she called the most beautiful again

Flowers that belong to his Cracker

Cake Island is the center of all nations, but except for mother’s recruitment orders, most ministers do not often set foot here.

They basically stay in their own territory, or lead their subordinates to all corners of the world to search for anything they can find.

All kinds of rare treasures, as well as delicacies so delicious that you want to swallow them all with your tongue

It's unclear when this habit started to develop, but the Charlotte family will always pay attention to famous ingredients whenever they go out. If possible, they will try to get them and bring them back to the world to present to their mother.

This is how a special kind of flower, the golden rose, came to all nations.

That was about three years ago. Charlotte Katakuri, the most famous and one of the four most respected generals in the Charlotte family, went out for a trip, and when she came back she brought a boat with an extremely beautiful appearance. Beautiful, fragrant and sweet flower

This flower actually has no name. Maybe it once had one, but after Katakuri plundered it all back to all nations and destroyed its native island, the original name became irrelevant.

Anyway, it can only grow in all countries from now on, and its natural name will have to be chosen by him again.

At that time, Katakuri's cold voice threw out a few syllables and decided on the name of the flower from now on.

golden rose

Maybe it got such a random name because it looks similar to a rose flower and has golden petals.

But who would really ask about the origin of the name Katakuri?Anyway, that's what he got back, and the power of life and death is naturally in his hands.

So later, there were only two places in the entire Wan Guo territory where golden roses were grown.

One is the cake island where my mother is

The other is Wheat Island under the jurisdiction of Katakuri

He found the flower, brought it back, and kept it around him

So that flower belongs to Katakuri unconditionally.

Even now, Cracker Island is full of golden roses under the Castle.

He still has never truly owned the golden flower

As evening approached and the sky grew darker, Custard was still rummaging through a field of golden roses.

Countless sweat wetted the clothes on her back, and her originally white and clean face was rubbed with dirt at some point, but she didn't care about it. Instead, she raised her head and glanced at the sky, gritted her teeth and continued to read. Find

His eyes were full of anxiety, and beneath that was a hint of embarrassment.

There were no prettiest flowers. There were all golden roses that looked the same, so where could she find the most unique and beautiful one for him?

Custard rummaged through the afternoon and found a particularly delicate golden rose that was blooming in layers. However, when she brought the flower to Cracker, he tore it into pieces and left it intact. The blooming petals fall messily on the ground

That's not it

But there is no more beautiful flower. If it is not even this, then what does he want?

There are no prompts, no clear requirements, and they don’t even bother to explain the reasons.

It was almost like he was trying to torment her as a prank.

Although outrageous, Custard's conjecture is very close to the truth.

Clark leaned against the tree with his arms folded, staring at his sister's figure rummaging in the sea of ​​flowers. The expression on his face was no longer sharp, and even softened the strong lines on his forehead.

That was something Custard had never seen before, the tenderness exuded from Cracker.

He is looking for the shadow of others through her

Custard was right, there were no flowers here except golden roses, and no matter how beautiful the golden rose she brought back, it was not the one Cracker wanted.

But that doesn't matter

This prank will be over by sunset

At sunset, he will find the most beautiful flower in his memory

Katakuri raised his head and glanced at the flaming clouds in the sky at dusk. With a clear goal, he walked towards his own ship on the shore without any delay.

The subordinates around him are still reporting the news just returned from the Shampoo Islands.

Seleustin appeared in the Chambord Islands, and now after disappearing for a whole year

Katakuri doesn't have the habit of reading world news reports, but Morgans is indeed a very considerate partner.

He knew that Katakuri had been paying attention to Seleustin's movements, so the news about the supernova becoming the Shichibukai was sent by Morgans to tell him.

Katakuri has no interest in paying attention to those clown-like Shichibukai. The really valuable information is about Seleustin.

she finally appeared

There seems to be no movement among the red-haired pirates. Katakuri has no way of knowing whether Seleustin has left the red-haired pirate group.

But that's all irrelevant. As long as he can bring her back to all nations, even the red-haired man can't really choose to turn against his mother for her sake.

Germa revealed that he would send a man to come over for marriage. Katakuri and Cracker were probably the only two people who knew what was going on.

It's just that Gaji found his useless son and was unwilling to sacrifice Seleustin.

Katakuri doesn't care about this, he prefers to use his own strength to plunder everything he wants.

But Crackers are different.

After all, if nothing else happens, Seleustine will probably be married to Cracker as a candidate for marriage between the Vinsmoke family.

Just like what happened in my memory

So when such a big change suddenly happened, which disrupted Cracker's original plan, how could he just let it go?

Katakuri must find her before Cracker and completely destroy all possibilities for him to snatch Seleustin.

This is the only way to be foolproof

Just when he stepped onto the deck, a seagull flew towards him, wearing a scarf with the "BigNews" logo around his neck as usual.

That was the member of the World News Service who was responsible for passing information between Katakuri and Morgans.

He landed in front of Katakuri, respectfully handed the envelope he had been holding into Katakuri's hand, then bowed and turned to leave.

Katakuri unfolded the letter and only wrote one sentence on it

[JOKER took her away]

Touching that famous name in the dark world, Katakuri's lowered eyes showed no emotion.

He tore up the paper in his hand and gave the order without looking back.

“Go to Dressrosa”

The subordinates immediately acted according to his instructions, and no one came up to ask why.

Katakuri looked at the center of all nations, Cake Island, in the distance, and said something casually

"How is mom's giant experiment going?"

No one answered, but he knew the answer

Half of the face hidden under the white scarf seemed to be smiling.

It seems that we should be able to bring her back soon