Domino’s epaulets finally changed to Captain, and her confidence stemmed from her strength breaking through its shackles; a brand new chapter of her life was about to begin.
Returning to her room to rewatch “One Piece,” her Dao heart suffered another heavy blow.
“Are you kidding me?
Becoming one of the Four Emperors in just two years?”
Reflecting on her own efforts over the past year, only to climb to the rank of Captain…
A voice called out from outside: “Domino, we’re setting sail!”
“Ain, I’m coming!” She rushed out, skipping happily.
Upon leaving, she grabbed Ain’s hands, feeling blissful happiness, and hummed the tune “Go Again” as they headed toward the port area to board the ship.
” ‘Cause I can’t take another no, I see, I like, I go, I get, No one can hold me back…”
On the dock, standing at the bow of the ship, Zephyr heard her humming and knew that Domino was on her way!
“Hmm, is this a song from the child’s hometown?
It has a rich local flavor, quite nice.
It seems I’ve gained a singer on my ship.”
Zephyr waved to Binz, and the entire warship slowly departed Marineford.
At the dock, Domino had no choice but to grab Ain and use Moonwalk to catch up and board the ship.
After arriving on the ship with Ain, Domino did not complain, firmly believing this was a test from Instructor Zephyr.
What Zephyr admired most was that this student would always imagine things on her own…
“Domino, that song you were singing earlier…”
Having held her hand the whole way, she happily translated it for Ain.
“Just because I won’t give up!
Wherever the sun reaches, my heart follows.
Embarking on the journey, victory is certain.
No one can stop my determination to move forward…”
Ain’s eyes lit up after listening, and she said in a tone of admiration: “It feels like a song of your own, Domino?”
“Whatever you say it is, it is, as long as you like it!”
After speaking, she took the initiative to step forward and pull Ain into her arms.
Her original intention was to listen to whether Ain’s heartbeat had accelerated, but she found that their four “melons” were squeezed together, which always hindered her from checking if there was any heart-fluttering.
Sunlight shone on the blue sea, and it was still the familiar scene of a young girl choosing to pull a sailboat all by herself.
Zephyr watched from the warship with great satisfaction: “As expected of the highly disciplined Domino.
If Borsalino had your level of effort, he would have long since firmly established himself as the Marine’s number one.”
A voice came from behind: “Domino, time to eat!”
She responded from the sea: “Ain, I’m coming!”
A warm lunch thus began—
Zephyr was there recounting his past experiences, taking the opportunity to instill his sense of justice, with only Binz listening with great interest.
Even while eating, Domino insisted on linking her right arm with Ain’s left, the intimacy leaving Ain speechless.
“Mercy is a virtue I advocate.
As a Marine…”
“Instructor Zephyr is right; all life should be equal.”
“Domino, can you stop rubbing me with your elbow?”
“Ain, what brand of shampoo do you use?
It smells so good!”
Just as they were having a warm moment on the ship, a Marine in the lookout tower shouted loudly: “Three pirate ships spotted straight ahead!”
Zephyr stood up: “Everyone, enter combat mode!”
“Yes, sir!”
The chorus of responses had everyone ready for action!
Both sides went from long-range shelling to boarding combat…
“Children, let us go and arrest them!”
After saying this, he took the lead and charged out!
Then Binz, Ain, and Domino followed closely behind Instructor Zephyr to engage in boarding combat…
The dark-faced pirate roared: “The one-armed Marine Zephyr, you still dare to come out to exterminate pirates?
Let’s kill him together.”
The afro-haired pirate added: “Interfering with our trade, what a damn old guy.”
The immensely fat sumo wrestler spoke up: “Hahaha, disturbing the peace of this sea, you all deserve to die!”
Seeing that both sides had entered a classic 3v3 battle, Domino had no choice but to use the opposing crew members for practice.
Seeing that both the Marines and the pirates were still using flintlock muskets, she recalled her time at Headquarters…
“I’m speechless!
Usually, naval battles are just boring, and equipping soldiers with submachine guns—how does that make me unmerciful?”
Sengoku looked at the submitted firearm blueprints: “Domino Dodo, with such a high rate of fire, have you considered how many casualties the public would suffer because of it?”
Domino responded with a confused look…
Vice Admiral Garp also chimed in: “If this kind of weapon were to circulate, the civilians killed would likely be more than those killed by pirates!”
Combining her past experiences from her original world, Domino suddenly felt she was wrong?
Sengoku seemed to guess Domino’s thoughts and held up the weapon blueprints from her original world that she had submitted.
“The Marines have different kinds of justice, and pirates have different kinds of evil.
If you want to make the world have only one voice?
Then you are the evil in this world that should be eradicated.”
Sengoku’s harsh statement caused Domino’s heart to enter a state of internal conflict.
[Living to 80, giving up 20, only living 60 years.
Versus living to 80, working for 40 years, and living to 80.]
The “human nuclear weapon” who was eating a senbei, Vice Admiral Garp, smiled and smoothed things over.
“Domino, don’t think so much!
How you feel happy, how you live—isn’t the way it is now good enough?”
Domino complained in her heart: [Being lectured by the person recognized by One Piece fans as brainless, I feel so ashamed!]
She could only slink out of the Fleet Admiral’s office.
Domino’s thoughts returned to the battlefield, watching Instructor Zephyr, Ain, and Binz easily knock out the three pirates.
[In shonen anime, 1v1 duels are prevalent.
If you affect the fairness, at best the enemy mocks you, and at worst, your teammates lose their balance.]
“Congratulations, Instructor Zephyr, we have won a complete victory!”
[Timely flattery helps keep the team atmosphere harmonious.]
“Domino, you’re not bad either.
Go and inspect the spoils of war!”
Binz was responsible for escorting the pirates turned prisoners, Ain was responsible for bandaging our wounded, Zephyr was responsible for standing at the bow of the ship looking cool, and she could only be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.
Domino led the Marines behind her into the pirate ship’s cabin, humming to herself:
“Study math, physics, and chemistry well, and you won’t fear anything anywhere!
Who is best at tallying war spoils?
I draw the numerical quadrants.”
The Marines behind her carried out the treasures one by one, stopping to display them in front of Domino, who registered them before they were stored.
“A total of three large chests of gold and jewelry.
These damn robbers, how many innocent people have they plundered?”
She casually registered on the tally sheet: One chest of gold and jewelry!
“The three pirate ships are completely damaged.
Contact nearby Marines later and have them send people to collect them and resell them to local merchant associations.”
The Marine saluted very familiarly and asked: “Is the split still 20/80?”
“That’s a must.
Your allowances will be doubled.
Everything we eat and drink on the ship, doesn’t that all need to be scraped together by me here?”
“Thank you for your hard work, Captain Domino.” After saying that, he saluted.
While Domino was tallying the food, two Marines approached her mysteriously, carrying a small box.
“Captain Domino, we found a special capture!”
Domino was very satisfied when she saw this.
“Hmm!
You know to take the initiative to hand it over and not check it privately.
I’ll give you both credit, and later I’ll give you each a bonus of one million.”
Seeing that the tally was about done, Domino took the unique box and returned to the warship first.
Seeing no one around, she opened it to take a look…
Inside the box was a bright red fruit with spiral patterns and a face mask of a person with an open mouth.
Combining this with the memories in her mind.
“This is a Mera Mera no Mi, worth 500 million Berries?”
At this moment, the sound of “ding ding ding” payment receipts kept ringing in her mind!
“But the Mera Mera no Mi doesn’t have a human face.
Why does this one have a burning face expression?”
Just as she was puzzled, a voice came from outside the cabin—
“Domino, time to eat!”
“Ain, I’m coming!”
Without thinking, she closed the box, slid it under the bed, and decided to admire it carefully when she had time!
Domino swung her arms, carrying her large “melons” on her chest, and rushed to rub against Ain—that was the important thing.
During the meal, Zephyr drank some wine, various fruit juices were placed in front of Binz, and only Ain looked like life was meaningless.
“Domino, I thought linking arms to eat was enough, why do you have to link our legs together too?”
The happy Domino ate her meal, occasionally rubbing against Ain beside her, and responded in a soft, sweet tone:
“You and I are not just classmates, but good sisters.
This makes us seem even closer.
Come, open your mouth, I’ll feed you!”
Ain was already used to this, thinking that Domino only liked to rub against her and didn’t do anything inappropriate, so she took it as intimate interaction between good sisters and just let her rub as she liked for now!
At this moment, Ain in her arms was Domino’s “dipping sauce”; she would take a bite of food and then rub against Ain, which made her mood very comfortable.