One Piece: Difficult Choices - Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Vivian, I love you!
“Has everyone been saved?”
With short silver hair and two smoking cigars in his mouth, Smoker stood on the bow of the warship and asked a soldier beside him.
“Reporting to Colonel Smoker, a total of fifty-eight civilians have been salvaged from the sea. Most of them are sober. Only a few are seriously injured and are still being rescued.”
“That’s it…”
Taking a deep breath, Smoker’s expressionless, but still ferocious face flashed a little worry.
“Report the casualties of this battle.”
“The total number of casualties was seventy-four, of which two third-class soldiers were unfortunately hit by a flintlock gun and died on the spot. Except for one of the remaining seventy-two people who was seriously injured, the rest were only suffered to varying degrees of minor injuries.” The soldier then reported.
The one-eyed pirate who was seriously injured was the one-eyed pirate who took him as a hostage when he was emotionally driven to nowhere by Smoker.
“By the way, where’s Tashigi?” Smoker asked again.
As soon as he finished speaking, in the cabin, Tashigi, whose face was as black as that of someone who had just returned from digging coal, and suddenly ran out in a hurry, looking at Smoker with a very sincere expression.
“Colonel Smoker, please make sure that the man in the emergency room joins the navy!”
Smoker: ? ? ?
…
The memory ends here.
Turn back time to the present two years later.
“Vivian, good afternoon!”
Logue Town Navy Base, inside the cafeteria.
As soon as Vivian sat down with a plate, he saw a middle-aged man in a black suit and a navy coat on his shoulders approaching him with his right hand raised.
Vivian: (?_?)
The person who came was Papanov, fifty years old this year, a major from the Logue town base.
Yes, you heard that right, the fifty-year-old major.
Papanov is a guy with no talent, but still relying on his own efforts and observing his words, he has been rolling all the way to the position of the current branch major.
His dream is to successfully be promoted to the post of colonel before retiring, and then get a decent pension, and live a leisurely life of planting flowers and drinking tea in a quiet and peaceful place like the East Blue Sea.
Of course, to realize such a dream, his own efforts are obviously not enough.
“Vivian, my men have heard the trail of the ‘Giant Blade Pirates’. I will go out to sea tomorrow morning to carry out arrest operations. Do you want to come with me?”
“No.” Vivian replied without thinking.
“I’m your immediate boss. If you don’t want to go, you won’t go? Believe it or not, I will deduct your salary.”
“You deduct it, there’s not a lot of money anyway.”
Vivian spread out his hands with an indifferent attitude.
A military officer only earns 350,000 Baileys a month. If he hadn’t wanted to smoke a few cigarettes occasionally, he would only go to the cafeteria to eat, and he really didn’t have much money to spend.
“You think I dare not buckle?” Papanov’s eyes widened.
“Did I say you dare not?”
Vivian put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief, wiped his lips, and then said calmly, “Just before you deduct my salary, I think it is necessary to remind you that I will report tomorrow. According to the military regulations of the Logue Town Base, unless there is an emergency, soldiers shall not be deprived of their vacation qualifications at will. Violators, once reported, will be fined or demoted.”
“Demotion?”
Papanov was so angry that his beard was flying, and he was about to scold when he saw Cotto coming over with a dinner plate at the moment, looked at him and said, “I’ll accompany you, Colonel Papanov. This guy is probably scared. When he met the villain in the town yesterday, he was also scared and apologized directly, which is a shame for our navy.”
Thinking of what happened yesterday, Cotto felt angry, and he already labeled Vivian with labels such as ‘weak and incompetent’ and ‘greedy for life and fear of death’.
However, Vivian was just about to say ‘Yes, yes, yes’, but the next second, the options popped up in his field of vision.
[Option 1: Continue to ignore Papanov. (Completion reward: random plane defense skills x1)]
[Option 2: Promise to go to sea with Papanov. (Completion reward: random skill experience value +2)]
strangeness..
A little doubt flashed across Vivian’s face.
What danger can I have if I stay in Logue Town?
Could Papanov still hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity to take revenge on me?
He thought so, then shook his head again.
He is very clear about Papanov’s character. He is timid and does not talk about things. He has always been submissive to his superiors. Even if a subordinate makes him angry, he will only scolded him or verbally threatened at most, and never do anything drastic.
“Is it because of Luffy?”
It just happened to be the beginning of 1522 in the Sea calendar, but he remembered that the Straw Hats in the original book passed through Logue Town during this time.
The more you think about it, the more likely it is.
So Vivian immediately changed his mind and said to Papanov: “But for the sake of your age, I decided to sacrifice my vacation and reluctantly accompany you on a trip.”
[You chose option 2, craftsman experience +2]
When Papanov heard the words, he immediately showed a happy expression. He stepped forward and took Vivian’s shoulders and said, “I knew that you still know how to respect elders.”
“Ha ha.”
Vivian grinned and smirked.
When Cotto on the side saw this, his perception of Vivian became worse.
Are you pissed off?
The navy in Logue Town is really immature at all.
…
“Vivian, I like you! Please also accept my heart.”
On the way back to the dormitory, a female navy with a ponytail suddenly appeared from the front, holding a letter and a bag of homemade snacks in her hand, and handed it to Vivian crampedly, then lowered her head, Instantly blushed.
Vivian: “…”
After staying at the Logue Town Base for two years, This is not the first time he has encountered such a confession.
No way, who makes him so handsome?
Looking at the nervous and shy look of the female navy, at the same moment, three options popped up in Vivian’s mind.
[Option 1: Accept the confession readily. (Completion reward: a random plane famous knife)]
[Option 2: Accept the gift first, and then reject it privately. (Completion reward: Swordsmanship EXP +100)]
[Option 3: Strictly refuse. (Completion Reward: Basic Attribute +1)]
“Fuck..”
Vivian tilted his head.
Although he originally wanted to refuse, but…
Why is it dangerous to promise?
He didn’t understand.
So Vivian stepped forward and put his face in front of the female navy.
“Am I handsome?” Vivian asked.
“what?”
The female navy, who did not expect Vivian to ask such a question, was stunned for a moment, then nodded shyly.
“Um.”
“Then do you think you are beautiful?”
“It’s… okay.”
“is acceptable?”
Hearing this, Vivian let out a chuckle, “Then you deserve to be with me too?”
[You choose option 3, get reward: Spirit +1]
The air suddenly became quiet.
After about five seconds.
Snapped!
The female navy raised her hand and slapped Vivian’s handsome face, then turned around and ran away crying.
Leaving Vivian standing on the spot with a stunned expression, covering his left cheek, unable to speak for a long time.