【OP】Marco gets a chance to do it all over again

One read "Edward Newgate".

The long-handled big knife stood there, with Marco's familiar robe and coat hanging, and the pirate flag that symbolized the white beard was blown by the wind, and the orange hat and dagger were also in accordance with his memory. The appearance was placed on it, and the red beads that had been scattered were strung together again, and hung quietly beside the dagger.

Why?Hasn't he already changed the past?Why are there still these two tombstones?And isn't he in his hometown?Why do you go to another island in the new world when you come out of that gap?

Is what I see in front of me an illusion?

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he raised his hand and touched his forehead, the uneven feeling was still there - he remembered the bandage wrapped around his head after the tragic war in the last life .

He still remembered that the red-haired Shanks stood side by side with him at the funeral that day, and after a long silence, the other party turned his head and asked him: "Marco...is your injury...healed? Has it healed yet?"

He froze for a moment, stroking the place that had been carefully bandaged by Yizang.Strange to say, he is clearly a phoenix fruit capable user. According to the theory, all wounds can be healed. His abdomen shot through by the yellow ape has healed, and the bruises from Karp's fists on his body have also subsided. The burns left by Akainu's scorching magma disappeared quickly, but this small scratch on the forehead - he didn't even know who left it, it couldn't be healed, the blue flame It just can't be ignited here.

After the war on the top, the scratch began to scab slowly on its own, but he couldn't help tearing it off, tearing it again and again until it was dripping with blood.

"No." He smiled wryly, "It probably won't get better."

Which one is the hallucination?Is it the two tombstones in front of him, or everything he has experienced during this time?

Marco already had a vague answer, but he didn't want to believe it.

no, I can not.He consoled himself.Ace talked to him on the phone just now, and Sage and Dad also talked to him, telling him that the three of them are fine...

and many more.

He began to fumble for the phone bug out of his clothes in a panic, and pressed the number.

huh huh huh huh...

huh huh huh huh...

No one answered.

Only busy tone.

He raised his head as if giving up, and closed his eyes.

"It's not true, is it?"

There was no one around, only the sound of wind blowing white sand in the air, and he didn't know who he was talking to, maybe it was the big bird, but would it be listening?He has only met this guy twice, and the only two times have completely rewritten his fate, fooled his life, made him unable to distinguish between hope and despair, darkness and light.

Suddenly, Marco noticed that the scene he was in had changed again, turning into endless blue flames again, and the huge phoenix was sitting in front of him, still looking down at him from a high position.

"Not really, is it?" he asked again.

"That's right, I really can't change the timeline." Phoenix replied quickly, without any shame of breaking the promise.

Marco looked at it jokingly: "Then are you so interesting?"

Phoenix smiled helplessly: "Don't be like this, Marco, can you deny that these illusions have brought you comfort?"

"..." Marco was silent. What the other party said was correct. Even if he knew everything was false now, even if he had to bear the pain of gaining and losing again, when recalling those pictures that did not really exist, he would still feel warm.

He thought of the loving eyes of his father looking at him, of Ace's bright smile, of Sage's sarcasm, of Jozzy's still solid arm, and of leaning against the side of the boat to taste wine with Vista In the afternoon, I thought of the small lecture on Wano culture in Yizang, the noisy game between Harta and Little Oz, and the reunion of the three ASL brothers after many years.

"Can I take another look? Take another look at them."

he asked in an almost begging tone.

Fenghuang seemed to be surprised by his reaction: "After knowing that those are all fake?"

He nodded.

The big blue bird stared at him for a while, then heaved a long sigh: "It's nothing difficult for me, not to mention...you are also a good host."

It waved its wings, and Marco found himself on the Moby Dick again. Around him, everyone was there, Dad, the captains of the sixteen divisions, the crew members with junior or senior qualifications, and even those The captains of the pirates under Whitebeard are also there.

They all smiled at him in the bright sunshine.

"Goodbye, Marco! Be sure to take care of yourself!"

Then slowly, faded, faded, and finally disappeared.

Marco came back to his senses and found that he had already burst into tears.

After a while, Phoenix's voice sounded again:

"Actually, you need to know ... the deal is still standing."

Marco squinted at him.

"There is still room for salvation. The straw hat boy can continue to live. I can do it."

"...same price?"

"The same price, body and soul are dead."

Marco gritted his teeth. The Straw Hat Kid is Ace's behest and his father's hope for the new era. He will work with the revolutionary army to expose the crimes of the Tianlong people. He will open up that blank 100-year history. The freest man at sea.

He will be the One Piece.

He should be the One Piece.

"Can I ask a question?" He said abruptly.

"how?"

"Those who didn't make deals with you, what happened to them? Since they ate this fruit, they would definitely not die from injuries, so how did they die? Gradually grow old and then pass away? "

Phoenix was silent for a while.

"You may not believe me when I say that."

"But no one."

"No one has ever turned down a deal for me."

Marko's eyes widened. He looked at the blue feathers on the phoenix, and suddenly realized that it was all the life that had passed through tens of thousands of years, which made up the ever-burning fire of life.

"I showed up at the right time and offered them a deal."

"In their lives, there are always people who work hard, don't care about themselves, and want to save at all costs."

"For tens of thousands of years, without exception."

"You see, this is probably the commonality of human nature."

"Fragile, beautiful, helpless."

"So, would you like to?"

He nodded slightly.

In an instant, Nirvana was reborn.

A blue flame erupted from his body, burning more and more intensely, an unprecedented dazzling light burst out in an instant, so bright that people could not open their eyes.

Marco felt that his body was gradually engulfed by the flames, and was slowly, slowly being drawn into another void space. He began to lose his sense of his body, and his consciousness gradually faded and blurred.

The turquoise flame finally lost its shape completely, and other people on the battlefield watched it rise slowly, cross the separated space, and finally attached to the Straw Hat Kid.

In an instant, blue flames burst out of Luffy's pierced chest, and the huge wound began to heal. The crew of the Straw Hats watched in surprise as their captain regained consciousness.

He staggered up from the rubble and swung his fist.

This was the last scene Marco saw, and maybe he heard the exclamation of the rest of the white group, but he had no energy to judge.

Enough, he thought, was the best he could have done.

I'm sorry Joz, Bista, Yizang, Harta, and all the rest of you who are still fighting bravely, I'm really sorry for leaving you alone on this terrible battlefield and dumping such a mess on the battlefield. in front of you.

Sorry Papa, Ace, Thatch, and all my sacrificed brothers and sisters, I can't go where you are going, I'm so sorry, I may not be able to come to you.

But please let me be selfish for once.

Thank you for your company and concern all the time, and thank you for the warmth and happiness you have given me.

I just want you to remember—

"You will always be my family."

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