Pirate: When I Become Kuina

The writing is smooth and flowing, and the movements are free and easy.

Shigetsuki Koushiro calmly held the brush and wrote vigorously and elegantly on the rice paper spread out on the table.

After putting down the pen, he came to the window sill to admire the flowers and waited patiently for the ink to solidify.

A butterfly dances around the petals, filling the whole spring.

Shigetsuki Koushiro remained motionless, like a puppet on strings.

Half an hour passed quietly.

There was a sudden sound in the silent room, and it came from the bookcase.

There was a very strange movement, which made people wonder if someone was hiding inside.

However, Shigetsuki Koushiro remained motionless, as if he had been imprisoned by time.

There was a stalemate for a few more minutes.

A figure suddenly jumped down from the rafters, and his face was instantly clear in the light coming in through the window.

The appearance of the figure did not affect Shigetsuki Koushiro's appreciation of the flowers, and he did not even react at all.

Kuina knew she had failed, completely.

Hiding on the rafters and waiting for the opportunity, he even took the risk of throwing stones in the east and west, but he still couldn't get Koushiro Shigetsuki to look back.

"Father."

"Patience is good."

Kuina walked towards Shigetsuki Koushiro. The father and daughter stood side by side on the window sill, their eyes focused on the butterfly that was rising and falling.

Shigetsuki Koushiro looked at it for a while, and then smiled and said: "If you spend so long here, you will neglect the guests."

Kuina stretched out her slender fingers to stroke her hair and said calmly: "So you should be unprepared."

"What a smart boy, but you only have one chance to choose this path, so you died just now."

"Not necessarily. Your opponent is you. Others are not as capable as you."

Shigetsuki Koushiro turned his face away slightly, and couldn't help but frowned when he saw Kuina's confident look.

"I'm afraid you have forgotten that you have reached the point where you are forced to sneak attack your opponent."

"Father taught me."

Guina suddenly realized that there was really only one chance.

One blow can determine life or death.

Why would you go to such trouble to sneak attack an enemy you can control?

Shigetsuki Koushiro nodded calmly and said: "Listening to what others say is your most perfect advantage."

"Thank you dad for the compliment. I wonder how dad discovered me?"

"Although you hid your scent well and hid somewhere where I couldn't see you, you didn't disappear."

Guina pondered silently after hearing this.

After a long time.

"Father, how can I disappear?"

A flash of memories appeared in Shigetsuki Koushiro's eyes, and he said in a calm voice: "When my father was the same age as you, there was a group of ninja friends in Wano Country, and they could disappear without a trace. I remember that we all played hide and seek together. , every time my father looks for someone, he can’t find them.”

Kuina waited patiently and did not interrupt Shigetsuki Koushiro's recounting of the past.

"Once my father couldn't help but asked curiously. They said it was very simple. Just imagine yourself as a part of the darkness, and your body and mind will be completely integrated into the darkness and it will be difficult to be discovered."

"Melt into the darkness..." Kuina muttered.

Shigetsuki Koushiro pondered: "Abandon emotions and empty your mind. You only need to know that you are just a shadow without life and unable to think, not a person who is ready to kill."

"I... somewhat understand."

"Your talent is extremely high. If you can do what you said in the appeal, no one should be able to discover you except those who can foresee the future."

"Thank you father for your teachings, but I don't know where to start?"

"Remember it silently in your heart. My father can't teach you. You have to rely on yourself to realize it."

Guina nodded and said, "I understand, father."

"It's time to accompany the guests. Others have come a long way, so don't neglect them."

"I know father, I'll go right away."

Shigetsuki Koushiro looked at Kuina's leaving figure and couldn't help but sigh again.

What a perfect child, it would be great if it was a boy.

the other side.

Zoro was practicing arm strength, and Nami was sitting on the ground in a daze, bored.

She was bored when Kuina was away and had no idea what to do.

"Hey, green algae head."

"Can you please stop giving people random nicknames? I have a name!"

Nami had something to ask, but she didn't want to offend the other party too much. She said softly: "Okay, okay, Zoro, do you know where Kuina went, and why she hasn't come back all afternoon?"

"How do I know? I never left."

"Is something going to happen?"

Zoro rolled his eyes and said, "What could happen? Kuina is not a weakling like you."

The two were chatting, and their voices became louder and louder.

Guina lowered her head and appeared in the distance with a thoughtful look.

Nami immediately put aside her dispute with Zoro and shouted: "Kuina!"

"Well, it's been a long wait."

Nami came to Kuina, held her arm and said, "It's okay, it's just that you haven't seen anyone all afternoon, and I'm worried to death."

"This is a rare opportunity, so I went to train."

"Training?" Zoro stopped what he was doing and asked, "What training?"

"Assassination."

Nami was startled and said: "Guina, don't scare me... You didn't really kill someone just now, did you?"

"Of course I went, but it failed." Kuina looked a little worried, and she kept thinking about Shigetsuki Koushiro's words.

"Are you injured?" Nami checked Kuina's body up and down.

"I'm fine, Nami."

"That's good." Nami patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as you're not injured, can you please stop doing this kind of dangerous and scary training in the future? It's not good to kill people no matter what, not to mention the possibility of being killed. ."

Guina shook her head and said: "You misunderstood. I just tried to assassinate my father. This was the training mission he gave me three years ago, nothing more."

Sauron raised his eyes and said, "So you still have such a mission."

Three years ago, when Kuina asked about the method of concealing murderous intent, Shigetsuki Koushiro replied that he realized it, and conveniently gave Kuina a mission to assassinate him.

Kuina tried to ambush twice in the past three years. In the end, even she knew that there was no hope of completing the mission, so she had to quietly retreat and wait patiently for the opportunity.

They waited for three years until Nami arrived.

Shigetsuki Koushiro really didn't expect that Kuina would choose to take action today, but unfortunately it was still in vain in the end.

"Duel with me, Kuina." Zoro pointed the tip of the knife at Kuina, with high fighting spirit.

"I want to calm down now."

The two looked at each other, Zoro nodded and said: "Then I will continue training."

Kuina said nothing more and asked Nami, "You are a guest, where do you want to go?"

"Let me think about it... let's go surfing."

Three years ago, during the month when Garp was waiting for Garp to return to the bandit's house, Nami surfed with Ace Luffy and the others. She had just put aside her psychological burden and had a great time.

Guina looked at the sky, frowned and said, "Are you sure?"

"Okay, go back and change clothes." Nami took Kuina's arm and walked away.

Sauron's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Hey, I'll go too."

Nami turned around and said angrily: "What's wrong with you? What are you going to do?"

Zoro said without compromise: "I must go."

"Let's leave him alone."

Nami pulled Kuina and walked away at a faster pace. Occasionally, she looked back and saw Zoro falling far behind.

"This man is so annoying. You said he had no other intentions and insisted on coming even if you didn't invite him. You're a perverted pervert!"

Guina knew it well and said calmly: "He is protecting my safety."

"Keeping you safe? What do you mean?"

"I can't touch the sea water."

When she was a child, she drowned with Zoro at the beach. This memory was deeply hidden in Kuina's mind.

I remember that was when I had just eaten the devil fruit.

After hearing this, Nami's malice towards Zoro decreased a lot, but her brows furrowed even deeper.

No wonder Guina, whose heart is as high as the sky, values ​​him so much.

This person is very difficult!