Pirates: Honest Men in the Navy

Chapter 392: The unique experience brought by the Dark Fruit?

When Louis returned to the Shazhou Hotel.

As soon as I entered the hotel lobby, I happened to see the back of Rob Lucci.

He was sitting on the guest sofa, reading a newspaper in his hand.

Wearing a decent black suit and a small top hat, the most important thing is that this guy doesn't know what's going on. Just like the original novel, he has a little homing pigeon.

The carrier pigeon was also very humane, standing on his shoulder and reading the newspaper with him.

When Louis and Tina walked to the side, Louis saw the suitcase placed at Lucci's feet.

At the same time as his eyes fell, Lu Qi, who was reading the newspaper, seemed to sense something and instinctively raised his eyes in the direction of Louis and Tina.

There was a strong look of wariness in his eyes.

no doubt.

This guy seemed to be relaxing and reading the newspaper leisurely, but in fact, he was very vigilant.

But after seeing the smiling expression on Louis' face.

The strong look of caution on Lu Qi's face quickly dissipated.

His originally cold expression became happy.

He stood up directly, put away the newspaper in his hand, and was about to give the long-lost military salute of standing at attention.

However, when Louis saw this, he waved his hand directly and said before him: "Okay, okay, there is no need for those false things. Don't expose my identity, I am here to travel."

Lu Qi smiled when he heard this, then scratched his head with his hand and said:

"Yes, General."

"Let's go upstairs first and talk in the room."

Louis waved to Lu Qi and said.

Soon, the three of them returned to Louis' room.

Tina poured tea for the two of them very consciously and naturally, while Lu Qi and Louis were sitting on the sofa, talking to each other.

"When I sent you away, you were still with Carrot Head. In the blink of an eye, you are now a handsome young man..."

Louis lit the cigarette smoothly, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said with a bit of emotion in his tone.

Lu Qi smiled and said:

"Is he really handsome?"

"Hahaha, what? No one ever said you were handsome?"

Louis asked with a smile. It can be seen that Lu Qi looks like a cold male god on the surface, but in fact, his personality seems to have grown quite cheerful.

After laughing, Louis asked again:

"How's it going? How are you feeling lately?"

Lu Qi was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said:

"It feels a bit weird. To be honest, the atmosphere of the Whitebeard Pirates is very good. After staying there for so many years, I have integrated into it and get along well with the people there.

Even though I had been mentally prepared for it, when it actually happened, I still felt guilty..."

Lu Qi opened his heart and told this very frankly, and Louis listened very seriously.

After a long time, after Lu Qi finished describing his own mentality, Louis slowly said:

"Perhaps what I am saying is a little inappropriate. After all, I have never been an undercover agent or anything like that. After all, it hurts to stand and talk.

But Lu Qi, I still hope to understand that this is just a mission. Your identity is a navy. Of course, people have feelings, so I have no intention of asking you to do anything.

I think it’s time to give you a holiday. You can travel anywhere and relax. "

Lu Qi also smiled and nodded when he heard this:

"I thought so too. I originally wanted to take leave, but now it seems I don't need it?"

"Hahahaha, I approved it directly."

After Louis laughed loudly, he asked directly:

"By the way, what are you going to do after your vacation is over?"

"How to do what?"

"What department are you planning to join? Regarding your future plans in the navy, I want to hear your own thoughts."

Louis said in a serious tone.

Lucci has been lurking in the Whitebeard Pirates for so many years and brought back the Dark Fruit for him.

Of course Louis would not treat him badly.

So he attaches great importance to Lu Qi's wishes.

Lu Qi was silent for a long time, and then said:

"Is there any more... leisurely position? I don't think I can adjust in a short period of time..."

"so…"

When Louis heard this, he reached out and touched his chin and murmured.

Then, Louis continued:

"Well, my original idea was to let you go to the military academy to adjust after you come back. How about that?

The military academy should be considered a relatively leisurely place, and your teacher Zefa often talks about you to me. "

"Teacher Zefa? I haven't seen him for so many years. I really miss him."

Lu Qi smiled and said with great nostalgia.

Then, he also thought about it, nodded and said:

"Okay, then go to the military academy first?"

"Well, then I will arrange for you to be an instructor. For the time being, you will be a teacher in the military academy for a period of time."

Louis said with a smile.

"Okay, General."

Lu Qi nodded and said with satisfaction.

"Then, I hope you can find your proper form in the military academy, Lucci...no, Lieutenant General Rob Lucci."

Louis looked at Lu Qi seriously and said.

Hearing these words, Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became complicated.

With emotion.

There is relief.

And relief…

But it all turned into a chuckle in the end. After that, Lu Qi also looked at Louis seriously and said:

"Thank you, General."

Then, Lu Qi chatted with Louis about many things.

It's nothing more than family history, and some interesting things about the New World and even the Whitebeard Pirates.

I didn't ask any random questions.

At this moment, Louis just wanted Lu Qi to relax. Even though the dark fruit was right in front of him, Louis never mentioned it.

In Louis' view, he shouldn't act so utilitarian when others are busy for so long, otherwise it will appear too impersonal.

When the conversation was almost over, both parties were a little thirsty. After drinking two cups of tea, Louis' eyes fell on the suitcase at Lu Qi's feet.

Lu Qi suddenly smiled and said:

"General, can you finally bear it no longer?"

"Hahahahaha, have you noticed it already?"

Louis laughed too.

"After all, you have been waiting for it for more than ten years."

Louis nodded and then asked:

"Then I seemed a little hypocritical before."

Lu Qi shook his head seriously and said:

"Absolutely not. It is precisely because I know how long you have been waiting for it, General, that I can better understand the care and love you showed when chatting with me before this."

After hearing this, Louis shook his head and said:

"This actually makes me a little ashamed."

Lu Qi didn't answer this. He raised his hand to pick up the suitcase and put it on the coffee table. Then he entered the password and quickly opened the suitcase.

A devil fruit came into view. It was lavender in appearance and could not tell what kind of fruit it was. It had strange patterns.

Louis was also someone who had read the Devil Fruit illustrated book many times, so he was sure at a glance that this was indeed the Dark Fruit.

"Thank you for your hard work," Louis said.

"It's nothing."

After Lu Qi shook his head and finished speaking, Louis nodded and reached for the Dark Fruit. Just when he was about to touch the Dark Fruit, he frowned slightly.

Lu Qi glanced at Louis doubtfully and said doubtfully:

"General? What's wrong?"

"nothing…"

Louis shook his head and said softly.

After that, he took the Dark Fruit in his hand, and Tina, who was not far away, looked at Louis with a strange look.

Maybe Lu Qi couldn't see any changes because he hadn't been in contact with Louis for a long time.

But Tina, as Louis' secretary who gets along almost every day, can indeed clearly notice that something is wrong with Louis' state.

It smells of greed.

The moment Louis reached out to touch the dark fruit, Tina could feel a greed in the eyes of everyone in her family, and this sudden greed made her feel a little uncomfortable?

What's happening here?

At the same time, Louis was also carefully looking at the dark fruit in his hand.

He did feel that something was wrong with him. Ever since he awakened the Broken Fruit, something wrong had appeared.

But he couldn't tell what was wrong, and it had no impact on combat or life, so Louis ignored it at first.

But several times, when he was holding other Devil Fruits, he would feel a greedy and hungry aura.

At first, he thought it was a side effect of the Devil Fruit.

For this reason, Louis specifically went to the Navy Headquarters to communicate with those with Devil Fruit abilities, such as Kuzan, Porusalino and the others.

However, the answers obtained are all strange, and the side effects of each ability user are different.

For example, Kuzan's side effect is that it can cause hypothermia and put people into a state similar to 'hibernation', so he often appears lack of energy, lazy, and often likes to doze off.

Discussions went on and on, but in the end we didn't come up with a definite answer.

But the last few times I took over those Devil Fruits, such as the Burning Fruit, the Golden Fruit, and the Surgery Fruit.

This feeling of greed and thirst will soon dissipate.

Just gave Louis a feeling of 'not this'.

Somehow, he thought of the 'Dark Fruit', a very special fruit in the original work.

Hence the mission entrusted to Doflamingo.

As for Lu Qi's secret fruit, it was originally just to prevent Tiqi, the future Yonko in the original work, from growing up. It was more for the sake of the navy.

But now, after coming into contact with the dark fruit, that feeling of greed and hunger appeared again.

At first Louis didn't take it seriously.

But after a while, Louis could clearly feel that this time was different from the previous times.

As the contact lasts longer, the feeling will become stronger and stronger.

It seems to be saying:

'that's it!that's it! '

"What the hell is going on?"

Louis murmured, and then experimentally, he put the Dark Fruit back into the suitcase.

The greed and hunger that surged through his body dissipated, but a feeling of emptiness and disappointment emerged again.

"general?"

Lu Qi, who was opposite the sofa, looked at Louis' changing expression and asked in a low voice.

After hearing the call, Louis came back to his senses, smiled and said:

"Ah, it's nothing, I just feel a little emotional after finally getting this fruit in my hands..."