My partner in One Piece is Esdeath

Naval Base Office.

Annan slumped on the sofa, and the person sitting opposite him was Smoker, who was chewing a cigar.

"The report on you in the newspaper is almost exactly the same as the one in this department. Congratulations, you are going to be famous all over the world."

Smoker put down the newspaper in his hand, took out the internal newspaper, turned to the part about Annan, and handed it to the other party.

Annan took it and took a look, oh, it’s really the same.

August Annan, a twenty-two-year-old native of Nanhai, performed well in three large-scale pirate operations organized by the 24th branch of the navy. He was called to the headquarters for further training and was promoted to the rank of major...

"Now the people are completely surrounding the base gate. Why don't you go out and meet them?" Smoker said.

"See you anyway, now I just want to..."

Annan threw the newspaper on the small table and leaned back on the sofa with his hands on the back of his head.

"Hide here and wait until the heat wears off."

"Do you not care about your reputation so much?" Smoker said casually.

"Reputations are all false and can capsize if you're not careful. It's better to be more pragmatic and just do what it should be."

Smoker looked over in surprise. That's not right. The newcomers to the navy in the past few years have made great achievements. They are all proud of themselves and want their names to be known to the entire sea.

It is difficult to meet a newcomer like Annan who doesn't care about reputation and is still pragmatic.

"It's no wonder that a newcomer like you was assigned to Akainu's army. He likes marines like you." Smoker handed over a cigar. "Would you like one?"

Annan was stunned, raised his eyebrows, then took the cigar, a flame appeared on his index finger, and lit the cigar skillfully.

Although it is not as good as what my boss gave me, it still has a different taste.

"The cigars are good. Also, I have been in the navy for ten years in the South China Sea. I am not a newcomer." Annan said.

"Even if you have been in the Sihai branch for ten or twenty years, you will still be a rookie in the navy when you arrive at the headquarters." Smoker said with a smile.

"There is a big difference between the headquarters and the Sihai branch. The branch navy has to learn a lot of things again when they come to the headquarters."

"You are Teacher Zefa's last student. He should have taught you a lot of new knowledge."

"Ah, there are indeed quite a few, such as the use of domineering, and experience in actual combat." Annan also said with a smile.

Then both of them fell into silence.

Whether it was newspapers or newspapers within the Navy, it was written that Annan was the last student of Zefa. In other words, the headquarters still failed to retain him, and Zefa had completely resigned from his position as chief instructor of the navy.

"We won't talk about sad things." Smoker broke the silence first, "Your partner is..."

"You mean Esdeath." Annan was a little confused. "She came to the headquarters with me. She is also a student of Teacher Zefa and a subordinate of General Kizaru. Why, you don't know?"

The news that Annan was Akainu's subordinate was not disclosed in the newspapers, but Smoker still knew it. After all, he had a good relationship with Aokiji.

But as a subordinate of the general, Smoker didn't know Esdeath at all. Not only that, she was not mentioned in those newspapers.

It's like... snow hiding?

They couldn't understand the senior management's thinking.

"She should be discussing with your adjutant now, um, discussing." Annan said.

"Sparring? Are you kidding? Guidance is not enough." Smoker puffed out smoke, "Dasqi doesn't have the ability to compete with the general's subordinates."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue flying slash appeared outside the window, flying diagonally towards the sky.

Looking at the dissipated slash, Smoker didn't react, but the stagnant smoke around him betrayed him.

"Another great swordsman?"

Smoker looked at Annan with a serious look: "You two generals and subordinates came to the East China Sea for something other than scientific investigation."

"There is indeed another purpose." Annan scratched his head.

We are not like you who were put in small shoes and sent to the East China Sea.

"But it's getting late, it's lunch time, how about we chat while eating?"

……

Inside a restaurant in Rogue Town.

Smoker booked a private room, and Annan took off the mask on his face.

"Major Esdeath, I didn't expect you to be a great swordsman. Thank you so much for your advice." Dasqi stood up and bowed to Esdeath.

"Okay, don't be so serious." Esdeath said with a smile, "You are very talented in swordsmanship, and you will achieve success if you train in the future."

This is a Japanese-style barbecue restaurant. At Smoker's request, the chef cooked all the dishes and served them together.

After a while, the boss served the food himself with a flattering smile on his face.

"You two."

Smoker blew out the smoke and said, "Is this headquarters blind? Why did we call you here from the South China Sea?"

At least for now, the improvement in strength is gradual. Smoker will not believe that the two of them only have the strength they have now after arriving at the headquarters.

"The transfer orders from the headquarters have come several times, but those transfer orders were not mandatory at that time." Annan replied, "In addition, the navy and pirates in the South China Sea were at war with each other at sea, and our rash departure would also cause a lot of unnecessary The sacrifice has been postponed until now."

"Part of the reason is that someone begins to see justice as far as the eye can see and begins to be content with the status quo." Esdeath added.

"Then according to what you said, part of the reason is that someone wants to collect every kind of sea king in the South China Sea." Annan said.

"Justice as far as the eye can see." Smoker changed the topic, "You only deal with the events you see. Your justice is very special."