Pirate Bloody Hand Mary

Chapter 482: Snow

The transition between the old and the new year is a very important day.

This is true on Earth, and nothing much changes in the One Piece world.

In the spring of this year, Mary defeated Yinmu and the Holy Land was liberated. The establishment of a new government brought earth-shaking changes to the world.

After a busy year, on the last day of this year, everyone finished their work early and took it easy.

Many high-level officials gathered in Murphy City again. This year is a start-up year, and the entire government administrative mechanism continues to be the same as in the past. When a new successor is trained next year, the entire government's internal system will undergo considerable changes.

After that, the days when everyone got together became much less common.

and……

In the banquet hall, Mohandas Saint, Warring States and Long did not go to the core area of the banquet hall to celebrate with others, but went to a corner.

As the three former political giants, they are no longer the kind of people who are easily excited. Of course, it is still very happy to see all these acquaintances happily gathering together to hold a banquet.

After all, there are many of them who I watched grow up.

"Speaking of which, where are Vivi and Mary?"

Saint Mohandas discovered that two very important figures seemed to be missing from the banquet hall.

Weiwei was one of the political centers like the Warring States Period, and Mary was the symbol of the new government. The absence of the two of them in the banquet hall would certainly draw attention to themselves.

"They went shopping in Murphy City." Warring States shook his head, "Give them some time alone."

"..."

Both Long and Mohandas fell silent.

The people attending the banquet this time were not dull people, and everyone could notice that Weiwei and Mary were not there.

But no one made a sound because of this, everyone carried on as usual.

Because everyone tacitly understood that after today... it would be difficult for them to see Mary again.

…

"Do we have to leave?"

While walking on the streets of Murphy City, Weiwei looked at the night sky and said with a somewhat wandering look.

Mary walked beside her and nodded.

"You should understand better than me that it's trouble if I stay here."

"The current government no longer needs a transcendent power like me, let alone a [god statue] like me."

"So I have to go, and you should know that too."

"Of course I know that."

Mary was leaving, and Weiwei came to see her off.

Everyone knew that the relationship between the two was not as simple as just being comrades-in-arms. When Weiwei was most helpless, it was Mary who extended a helping hand. When Mary was confused, it was Weiwei who woke her up.

The two of them once redeemed each other, and they were both the most special existences to each other. So this time, Weiwei was the only one who came to see Mary off.

Weiwei stopped and touched the wall of the building next to her.

"This Murphy City was slowly built by us over the past six months."

"A city of this size should have taken many years to successfully build. But to our surprise, when we were building Murphy City, countless ordinary workers and engineers from all over the world came here specifically. Help us build in return.”

"We had never thought of anything like this before."

"This is the advantage of the theory I gave you." Mary said with a smile, "The power of the people is very powerful, right?"

"Yes." Weiwei nodded in approval, "It's hard for us to imagine how advanced your abilities are since you are able to come up with these theories."

"No." Mary raised her hands in a gesture of surrender, "I am only suitable as a proposer, and I can only talk on paper. Have you ever seen me do anything specific to the construction level? To put it bluntly , the most I can do is a theoretical construction."

"The specific practical operation has to be left to you, especially you, Weiwei. Your ability far exceeds my imagination... You did really well."

Mary said this from the bottom of her heart.

Maybe Weiwei's strength is not that strong, but her political methods have surpassed Mary in countless ways.

In terms of politics, Mary really admired Weiwei.

"It's because of you, Lady Mary, that I embarked on this path..." Weiwei shook her head, "Now our career has just started to get on track, and you are about to leave..."

"I'm not dead."

Mary shook her head in amusement, "I just won't show up in public anymore... I will still keep a good eye on you, and I will also help you solve the following hidden things."

"It's not like you're really giving up. Don't look so distressed."

"I……"

Weiwei looked at Mary with a slightly dazed expression.

Then, she showed a somewhat unspeakable bitter smile.

"well……"

When we first met Whiskey Mountain, Weiwei was a girl who was full of ambition but not strong enough, and was often timid.

When she was in Alabasta, she worked hard to find something she could do, and she still had no fear even when facing Crocodile.

When she was attacked by the BIGMOM pirates, she remained calm, directed the personnel to evacuate, and cooperated with Marie's actions.

Later, she worked hard to run the Desert Alliance and established a strong and unshakable claim for the liberation of the Holy Land.

From nearly two years ago to now, in such a short period of time, Weiwei has undergone changes that she could not have imagined in the past.

From a stubborn and fragile princess who lost her country to a sophisticated and determined politician today.

But even after going through so much, she still has a vulnerable side occasionally.

For example, looking at Mary's comforting smile now, she felt an indescribable sadness.

Lady Mary is still the same as she was then. She is still the most caring person I know.

No one I know is kinder than you.

You will always show your ferocious side to the outside world, but you rarely open up your sincerity, vulnerability or pain to others. Occasionally showing a gentle smile is also to comfort others.

Weiwei is not a child, but she is also very smart. She understood everything Mary said.

but……

After obviously making such a big sacrifice, why should we go back to comfort others?

I have been working hard to learn and become better than before. Do you really want power or honor when you try your best to climb the peak?

No, it's not. From the beginning, Weiwei knew exactly what she wanted to do.

She was the Queen of Alabasta, and Mary was the hero of Alabasta.

I'm not your burden, I don't need your comfort.

You have always been so strong, so forbearing, so optimistic, so caring about others...

If I can continue to get stronger and do more, can you... let me care for a moment?

I have worked hard to be able to rely on you...

Looking at Mary, whose expression changed from a smile to a bit panicked as time went by, Weiwei knew that she still couldn't say the words in her heart and could only suppress them in her throat.

Mary, on the other hand, stepped forward nervously and stretched out her hand to wipe Weiwei's face.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying? I'm not dead, don't be like this..."

"What's the big deal? I'll come see you once a year from now on? Huh? OK?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Weiwei coughed a few times and removed Mary's hand.

After wiping away her tears, she shook her head with a serious expression.

"No, that will cause you a lot of trouble. It doesn't matter to me. Just leave the People's United to me."

After that, she patted her chest: "Before I get too old to do anything, I will never let you down in terms of policy!"

"...I do believe this."

Mary nodded, seeing that Weiwei's mood seemed to calm down, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She stepped back slightly and gave a faint smile from an angle that Weiwei couldn't see.

What Weiwei was thinking... she knew.

Although she didn't say it out loud, Mary was not the kind of person who didn't care at all about the people around her.

She and Sabo have a good relationship, and Weiwei has already told Sabo what her original intention was in establishing the Desert United.

Looking at Vivi, whose face was no longer childish when they first met, Mary smiled happily.

Is she just a little girl, or is she thinking too much...

Establishing the Desert Alliance and managing the People's Alliance - just these two points, Weiwei's help to Mary is enough.

It was too much for Mary to bear.

"...Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

Weiwei relieved her mood, shook her head and changed the topic: "After leaving Murphy City, what are you going to do next?"

"Next... let me think about it..."

Mary touched her chin and thought for a moment before replying: "It's like traveling around the world like Dusky, being a ranger."

"Well, I've wanted to do this for a long time and draw my sword to help when the road is rough."

"Remember not to arrest me." Mary said and made a joke to Weiwei with a playful smile.

"If you do something like this, will people know who you are?"

Weiwei rolled her eyes at Mary and said speechlessly.

Then she seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned and said: "Speaking of Dasqi..."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Mary looked at Weiwei curiously.

"Well... that's what happened this morning. She asked someone to bring a knife to my office and said she wanted to entrust me to hand it over to you."

Weiwei said with some confusion: "Let's get that knife later."

"..." Mary was silent for a moment and said, "What kind of knife?"

"Well, it's the long knife she usually carries."

Weiwei recalled it and replied. The length of the sword that Mari gave to Tashigi was quite astonishing, and it would leave a deep impression on anyone who saw it.

"Captain Bizen, Hikaru..." Mary's eyes narrowed slightly, and her originally smiling expression gradually cooled down.

"What's wrong?"

Weiwei felt as if there was something she didn't know.

Mary closed her eyes and shook her head and said, "This really has nothing to do with you..."

Then she looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Is this your decision? Dasqi..."

The atmosphere seemed a little stiff. Weiwei could tell that Mary seemed to be in a bad mood, so she didn't say anything and just looked at Mary quietly.

After a while, Mary breathed a sigh of relief and said to Weiwei:

"Captain Bizen-chan doesn't need to leave Hikari to me. I'll write you a letter later. Can you... give the letter and the sword to someone for me?"

"certainly."

Weiwei nodded matter-of-factly.

Mary nodded, then stared at the full moon in the distance.

The moon's light gradually turned from bright to dim - clouds came in and covered it.

"Why are you in a bad mood suddenly?"

Vivi walked to Mary and asked softly.

Mary was silent for a moment and sighed.

"I just feel like another old friend is gone. I always feel like I've done something wrong again..."

Having said this, Mary turned her head and looked at Weiwei.

"Hey, Weiwei."

"Um?"

"What do you think of me as a person?"

"..."

Weiwei was stunned for a moment when she heard this.

I wanted to say something, but when the words came to my lips, it was difficult to summarize them.

Numerous fragments of what Mary said and did flashed through her mind at once.

【You have no future! 】

[My strength is earned through your kindness and persistence, so there is no need to belittle yourself. The world needs more "stupid" people like you, I'm here for that. 】

[My cloak, after I solve the problem here, I will go back to you to get it back. 】

[——Leave it to me next. 】

[Since you plan to embark on this path, do you have the courage to fight against those top strong men? 】

[Every navy who comes to this battlefield will die. To sacrifice for justice is the destiny of our navy. 】

【However, I know that the sky is too high to be reached. 】

[We bring the war to them. 】

[This requires a leader, a madman, a lunatic, a warrior with the courage to crush all enemies who hinder justice and crush all those who bring suffering. She—is standing right here! 】

[We should fight for everything we have and use the simplest means to defend justice! 】

[Promise me... you will never die. 】

[Melt the throne of the dictator and destroy the castle of the oppressor! Justice is not afraid of death! 】

[So comrades, if you feel confused, if you are looking for the direction of justice, then you might as well look at me - I am justice! 】

[You and I are not playing the same game of chess. 】

[Now I just want to seek justice for them. 】

[So I have to go, and you should know that too. 】

…

Weiwei shook her head.

"Ah? What do you mean?" Mary tilted her head, "Can't you tell?"

"Um."

Weiwei nodded and said a little embarrassedly: "I... don't know what to say."

"Is it because it's so bad?" Mary said half-jokingly.

"No, no, no, it's just..." Weiwei quickly shook her head and said, "For me, the image of Lady Mary is a bit too complicated. What I want to say for a while... well, I can't explain it clearly."

"Is that so..." Mary pondered for a moment, then shook her head with a self-deprecating smile.

"Forget it, that's right. I have to ask other people what they think...sigh."

After saying that, Mary strode away into the distance.

Weiwei stood there and did not follow, but just said: "Are you leaving?"

"Well, I won't say goodbye to everyone else. Venus and Magik will be here soon, and they will look for you."

Mary said while waving to Weiwei.

Weiwei watched Mary go away quietly.

After walking about ten meters, Mary stopped.

She half-turned her body and looked back at Weiwei.

"Weiwei."

"Um?"

She looked at Weiwei seriously.

"I've given many people choices, so now...I'm going to give you a choice too."

She said word for word: "Do you want to go with me? If you want to go with me, I will take you. Anyway... Mr. Sengoku and the others are here."

Vivi looked into Mary's eyes.

She saw calmness, perseverance, and a hint of gentleness hidden deep in Mary's eyes.

Perhaps it was this touch of softness that ordinary people could not see that made Mary stop and ask this question.

Everyone thinks that Mary is an extremely iron-blooded person, cold and warlike, and a born revolutionary and warrior. She displays her cold exterior to everyone.

But Weiwei knew, and only Weiwei knew... Mary was not a soldier.

Mary also has a fragile side, she has been confused, and she has sought answers from her.

This is a secret that only she knows.

She suddenly understood what she meant to Mary and what she should do.

So, she smiled and shook her head.

"No, forget it."

"The road your Lady Mary is going to take must be a lonely road to heaven, and there should be no one walking with her on this road."

"So I'll stay here, where I can show my full value."

"Only in this way can I leave my own mark on [this world]."

"Right, Mary?"

Mary looked at her blankly.

Weiwei persuaded her not to leave, and when she couldn't help crying because of this, she could only comfort her helplessly, causing some ripples in her heart.

Now, Weiwei is still the same girl, her smile is as bright as ever, but the girl in Mary's memory has completely disappeared.

She has indeed grown, and not just in ability.

Mary's heart was filled with huge waves.

…

In a satellite city of Murphy City, a thin figure wearing a large cloak looked at the center of Murphy City in the distance, the brightly lit core building tonight, and showed a relieved smile.

"It seems... everyone is doing well..."

"That guy really... stole all my work..."

Then, she walked step by step towards an alley in the satellite city, her steps getting slower and slower, and it seemed that she was getting more and more strenuous.

When she walked into the alley, she held on to the wall and breathed for a moment, then slowly sat down against the wall, and her cloak slipped off.

A touch of dark blue hair spread out.

"call……"

She half-opened her eyes and looked a little tired.

Exhaling slowly, the warm mist dispersed in the air.

A cold, dull pain came from her fingertips, causing her to shrink back slightly.

"It's a little cold."

she whispered.

Slowly stretched out his hands in front of himself, opened them and looked at them.

Her palms were covered with scars and calluses, and they looked nothing like the hands a girl should have.

"...I have never touched the supreme sharp knife, oh...thinking about it, I feel a little unwilling..."

she murmured with a smile.

Suddenly, her palms felt slightly cold.

Looking closely, I didn't know when there was a small water stain in my hand.

She was stunned for a moment and looked up.

Then, his eyes widened.

--White.

In the winter of the first year of the new government, it snowed heavily in Murphy City.

As light as smoke and as white as silver, it spreads across the earth, bringing the last chill of the old year and the first touch of moisture of the new year to the dry red earth continent.

It is spotless in the sky, and it is spotless after landing.

She narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"Ah, no wonder it's so cold."

"It's true, it's winter now."

She stretched out her hands toward the sky, as if she wanted to pick up the snowflakes.

The first snow of this winter comes all day long.

"……Snowing……"

Snowflakes fell on her mercilessly, and the winter wind mixed with snowflakes also whizzed through the alley.

And she was leaning against the wall of the alley, half lying there motionless.

Let the snowflakes fall on her body and gradually bury her.

…

"It's snowing so heavily."

Crane leaned against the window, his hand pressed against the glass, and looked out the window.

"How many years have we not seen such heavy and calm snow?"

"I remember such a large-scale snowfall as a blizzard."

Garp stood behind the crane and picked his nose, "The weather on the sea is never docile."

"But now it's docile."

Crane said with a smile.

At this time, the door of the banquet hall opened and Weiwei walked in.

Everyone looked back and saw a person following her.

The man looked exactly like Mary, and there wasn't much difference in his attire.

But when they saw the compassion and gentleness in that girl's eyes, everyone knew that this person was not Mary.

Immediately behind the two of them, McGick also walked in. But this time, he was not wearing reporter's clothes.

He was wearing the same robes he had worn as a nobleman.

"let me introduce……"

Weiwei turned her body sideways and reached out towards Venus.

"This is Venus. Livingston Venus."

…

On the edge of the Red Continent, the seaside port of Murphy City.

The port was dark at night without any lights, so naturally there was no work. Except for the sound of the roaring sea wind, there is no human sound here.

A tall figure stood on the pier, looking at the bright moon hanging high in the sky in the distance without saying a word.

"Tap."

There was a sound of landing behind him.

"Have you finished explaining everything?"

He spoke, his voice hoarse and low.

Mary nodded.

"Ah, I've said all that needs to be said."

"The rest is up to them."

After Mary said that, she looked back at Murphy City, which was already far away and almost invisible.

Just at this moment, flying snow fell from the sky.

The sea breeze on the coast was accompanied by snowflakes, and it was stormy and snowy for a while. The two people standing on the dock soon turned into snowmen.

"..."

Neither of them spoke, and the burly man waited patiently for Mary.

Mary pursed her lips.

"Watch it a little longer."

As she spoke, she opened the system and redeemed the [Unknown Hero] ability.

"Watch it a little longer."

She said so.

Raising his hand, he didn't know if he was aiming to activate the "Unsung Hero" or if he was extending his hand towards Murphy City.

"……alright."

Her hand moved toward the starting point.

She paused again before actually clicking.

"..."