"Rear Admiral Sakazuki, you're back!"
Sakazuki walked through the Marine Headquarters and nodded after hearing the soldier's voice.
He was now a Rear Admiral. After all, their batch had caught up with the world military draft, so their ranks rose very quickly.
He was already a Rear Admiral at a young age, and there was even a faint hope of being promoted to Vice Admiral.
But compared to that woman of the same period, he was still far behind!
Marine Admiral, Sharpshooter Ann!
The current three Marine Admirals are Black Arm Zephyr, Golden Body Ah Xing, and Sharpshooter Ann, all prefixed with the names of their most signature attack methods.
Zephyr is good at covering his wrist with Haki to attack. Ah Xing inherited Sengoku's title, just like he inherited his Devil Fruit. Ann's fighting style is 'Sharpshooter'.
Yes, Shadow Cutter is a sword, but after being改造 by Vegapunk, this sword has fused with the abilities of the Spring-Spring Fruit, so it can stretch freely.
In this case, Ann instead uses this sword as a gun at necessary times, and it's a one-hit kill, just like a gun shooting a bullet after pulling the trigger. As long as she wants, this short sword will shoot out a sharp blade and pierce the enemy's heart.
And Sharpshooter Ann was almost a student of the same period as Sakazuki. No, she even appeared in the World Government draft training camp as a new instructor!
And after the draft ended, she directly became a Marine Admiral, which can be said to have caused a lot of fierce discussion around the world.
Everyone questioned this Marine Admiral, and this questioning was even stronger than that of Ah Xing back then.
However, as Ann fought everywhere in the past few years, people's doubts about her became less and less, and gradually evolved into worship.
After joining the Marine, she went to the New World to carry out the most dangerous tasks. Over the years, she has had conflicts with countless pirates, and even the up-and-coming Roger Pirates have to run away when they see her.
Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Whitebeard, Roger, these people are all Ann's old opponents.
Even Kaido was caught by Ann back then. At that time, Vegapunk said that he wanted to conduct research, but unfortunately Kaido ran away in the end.
And Sakazuki was one of the flag officers that Ann often took out to perform tasks!
Sakazuki admired Ann's strength very much, and also admired Ann's deterrent to pirates. He vowed to become the next Sharpshooter, to become the nightmare of all pirates.
And today, he had just come down from Ann's warship not long ago. Perhaps the days of journeying had made him too tired, and he soon felt sleepy.
Fortunately, he had just returned from the sea, and there would be no more tasks in a short time, so he could rest for a few days.
He returned to his room and fell asleep.
Then, he also came to the world in the clouds.
White clouds swirled, and everything around him was like a dream. He vaguely saw that this was a huge conference hall, like a giant's palace, magnificent and incomparable.
Although he couldn't see the specific building through the thick clouds, he could feel the greatness of this world.
And at this moment, he was sitting in one of the seats, becoming a member of the great existence, and there was also a card in front of him.
The cover of the card was a winged boy with a red mark on his forehead, and his ears were stretched very long as if he was wearing a crown, like the horns of some kind of animal.
Above and below, two different texts wrote the same meaning:
'Fire'
.........
Also in the Marine Headquarters, Zephyr leaned back in his office and gradually fell asleep. He also came to such a world.
The moment he noticed the surrounding world, he was prepared to be vigilant. As the Marine's most senior Admiral, he had a higher sense of vigilance than Sakazuki and Shanks.
The moment he noticed the change in the surrounding scene, he wanted to stand up, but there was a strange force suppressing him, making him unable to move.
"..."
Zephyr wanted to say something, but decided to observe his surroundings first.
But the surrounding world was too blurry. He could only vaguely see that there seemed to be three other figures in the thick fog.
Two of them were sitting on both sides of him, and their own outlines were like giants, seemingly matching this giant's hall.
And there was another person sitting in the highest main seat. That position could overlook the whole scene, and was like a king on a high platform. All the clouds and tables and chairs seemed to spread down from that high platform.
He carefully paid attention to the top, but ultimately found nothing.
So he looked at the front of him, and there was also a card on his desk.
The cover of the card was a girl in a kimono holding a mirror. The girl looked gentle, and there seemed to be wings behind her, as pure as an angel.
Above and below the card, two different texts described the same meaning:
'Mirror'
Mirror?
What does this mean?
Just as he was feeling confused, the person at the top opened his mouth, "Welcome, 'Hermits' chosen by the times."
His voice was empty and echoey, as if accompanied by the echoes of the entire world, and also as if it directly appeared in his heart.
Hermits?
"What is this place?!" Sakazuki said with a frown.
As a Marine Rear Admiral, he also had a lot of Marine secrets in his mind. At this moment, he was quietly transferred to another place, how could he calm down?
In comparison, Zephyr was a person who had seen big storms after all. Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, he was relatively calm on the surface. He didn't recognize Sakazuki's voice, not because they weren't familiar. In fact, he was also an instructor in the recruit training camp back then.
It's just that their voices would have that kind of empty feeling after they were sent out, as if they had been processed in some way. Not only could they not see each other's faces clearly, even their voices had changed.
The only thing they could clearly see was the card in front of their desks. The one who spoke just now was 'Fire', and the person above's card was more mysterious, but the words 'Adam' could be vaguely seen.
This is a very cautious organization...
"The center of the times, the gathering place of fate, you who have come here are the people who can guide the direction of the times."
Adam said slowly, "You don't need to do anything, just do what you need to do with the power that God has given you."
God...given power?
"What does this mean?" Zephyr couldn't help but frown when he heard this, "Are you a follower of the Holy Cross?"
Generally speaking, the people who like to mention God the most are either the Celestial Dragons or the followers of the Holy Cross.
And the name Adam...
Zephyr was pondering, and at this time, the person symbolizing 'Drive' spoke.
"The power of God... I would like to ask, can the power of God remove the curse of the Devil?"
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