The days when I wanted to be a human being

Chapter 221 Goodbye (End)

Before leaving, the sad Shanks entrusted the straw hat to Luffy.

Although he knew before that it was just a clone of Zhou Ling, he was still very sad.

He could feel that he would have to wait a long time before he could see Zhou Ling again.

...

Makino noticed that Luffy and Ace had been depressed for a while since Shanks left.

He doesn't tell me anything even when asked, which really makes me worried.

Then, Cap returned.

"What's going on with you two? Are you unhappy? Tell me and make grandpa happy."

Garp said with a smile, picking his nose.

He thought that there was nothing wrong with the two little brats being unhappy. At worst, he could just give them a beating, and if that didn't work, he would beat them again.

Luffy and the other man glanced at Garp and continued to look listlessly at the sunny sea.

"Oops~"

Garp clenched his fists and hit the two men on the head.

"Boom!"

"Ah! Grandpa, why are you hitting us?"

Luffy covered his head and looked at Garp in confusion, while Ace seemed to have noticed something and stood up and was about to run away.

But he didn't expect to be grabbed by the collar by Karp.

"Ace! Tell me what happened, or don't blame me for being rude."

"Humph!"

Ace snorted and turned his head away.

"Then let me give you a loving lesson."

"Luffy! Ace!"

In the distance, Sabo was running towards us while shouting.

"Hey, that's great, let's join in the fun."

Cap laughed.

...

Finally, Ace told them why they were unhappy.

"What! Zhou, that guy is dead?"

Garp was surprised for a moment, but then calmed down.

"You guys are really worrying for nothing. That guy won't die so easily. Besides, isn't that just a clone?"

"Maybe she's hiding somewhere, laughing."

Cap said this, pretending to look around.

"I don't allow you to say that about my godmother!" Luffy, with a bruised face, shouted at Garp.

"Ouch!" Garp punched Luffy on the head again. He looked at Sabo and Ace, "You two... do you still want to try the Iron Fist of Love?"

Ace and Sabo shook their heads.

"Humph! This makes me so angry."

Garp blew out two streams of white smoke from his nostrils and clenched his fists again.

"Ah! Grandpa, didn't you say you wouldn't fight anymore?"

"Isn't this what the old man said again? Hmm?"

Lying in the room, listening to the fighting sounds in the distance, the school bully's clone closed his eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.

...

According to the plot, Sabo would be captured by his family, but he received hellish training and was not captured.

This night.

"Big sister! Wake up! Something terrible has happened!"

The school bully's clone was awakened by a series of rapid knocks on the door and shouting.

"coming."

When the door was opened, it was one of Dadan's younger brothers.

"Big sister, look! Something terrible has happened!" The younger brother pointed at the mountain in the distance.

Zhou Ling looked over and saw a large area of ​​the sky there was illuminated in red.

"and then?"

I was very anxious when I saw Zhou Ling rubbing his eyes as if nothing had happened.

"Luffy, Ace, and Sabo went to the garbage station and haven't come back yet. My eldest sister went there with a group of people, but she hasn't come back either..."

"Huh!" Zhou Ling exhaled, "Got it, I'll go, you go back first."

Zhou Ling ignored his anxious younger brother, went straight back to the house, picked up Zang Feng from the quilt, and walked towards the tavern.

The younger brother saw that Zhou Ling didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, so he stepped forward a few times and ran up the mountain in a hurry.

"Makino, remember to give this knife to Luffy and tell him to keep it safe. Otherwise, I will beat him up." Zhou Ling said and walked out of the tavern.

"Ah? Zhou, what are you doing?"

Makino was confused as to why Zhou Ling suddenly said that, but she could clearly hear something wrong in her tone, so she hurried out of the tavern.

But she could no longer find Zhou Ling.

Under the night sky, the sea in the distance seemed to come alive.

The sea water surged towards the sky against all odds.

Soon, a huge water giant appeared on the sea.

As the sea water continued to surge upwards.

The giants are getting bigger.

Makino raised her head and opened her eyes wide, trying to see how tall the giant was, but she failed.

The giant's head has been obscured by the clouds in the night sky.

"Boom~"

At this time, the giant's hands moved, and a loud thunder-like sound came from the air.

Only then did Makino notice the hot breath and the raging flames coming from the back mountain.

The giant hand was so big that it covered the entire Goa Kingdom.

The night sky has been replaced by a huge hand made of sea water.

"Damn it! What is that!" After listening to the urgent report from the soldiers, the King of Goa Kingdom came to the gate of the palace and looked at the sky with a look of despair, "This..."

"It's over! This is a punishment from heaven!"

"It's all over!" The ministers who followed the king shouted in despair.

They were just discussing with the king about the wonderful life they would have after joining the Celestial Dragons, but they didn't expect that they would now face an attack that seemed to be intended to destroy the world.

...

After defeating the pirate Bluejam, Dadan, who was in the sea of ​​fire, was about to leave with Luffy and the other two when he saw the "sky" slowly descending.

Dadan quickly held the three people in his arms.

A strong gale came from the sky.

The flames that were everywhere were blown down to the ground.

Some houses were blown down and many trees were uprooted.

The storm comes and goes quickly.

The fire began to roar towards the sky again from the ground.

The people lying on the ground looked up in surprise and saw the land ravaged by the strong wind.

They saw the 'sky' very close at hand.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, the 'sky' dispersed and turned into a large amount of water, falling to the ground.

"You three, hold on tight!" Dadan quickly called on Luffy and the other two to hold on to her.

She held Luffy tightly, because she knew that if water of this magnitude fell from the sky, no one would know where they would be washed away, and it would be difficult to find them.

What's more, if Luffy, who has eaten the devil fruit, is washed into the sea, he will basically be beyond salvation.

"what!"

People shouted in horror.

Zhou Ling, who was controlling the giant hand, exhausted the last bit of his clone's mental strength, and his clone disappeared into the sea.

The flood put out the fire on the earth and washed away many people trapped in the fire.

Fires and floods broke out in the Kingdom of Goa that night.

The loss is huge.

Since the culprit could not be found, the world government could only let the matter go.

The Five Elders knew who did it, but they believed that they were not capable of doing it to that extent, so they tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.

Because of the disaster that broke out in the Goa Kingdom, the Celestial Dragons who were supposed to come to inspect the Goa Kingdom did not come.

...

Time passes quickly.

A few years after Ace Sabo went to sea, Luffy also set out for the sea with his dreams in his heart.

Of course, he also carried Zhou Ling's knife on his back.

...

After Zhou Ling's training in his childhood for several years, and the hard training of the three brothers later, Luffy's journey became simpler than in the plot.

One thing that troubled him was that Zoro was very curious about Zhou Ling's sword and always wanted to use it.

"Luffy, anyway, you always use your fists in a fight, so let me try that sword of yours."

"No."

Conversations like this often occur between Luffy and the two of them.

Everyone else was very confused. Why did Luffy carry a sword on his back when he obviously didn't use one?

But Luffy never told the reason.

...

After entering the Grand Line, the journey arrives at the scorching Alabasta.

Luffy encounters the first of the Shichibukai, Crocodile.

During the hard battle, the sky, which had not rained for many years because of the dancing powder, began to be covered with dark clouds.

Gradually, light rain began to fall from the sky.

Crocodile was knocked to the ground by the exhausted Luffy with a look of despair on his face.

He stared blankly and let the rain fall into his eyes.

He murmured, "Damn woman..."

He naturally knew who caused the rain.

He hadn't appeared for many years, but he came to ruin his plan at the most important moment.

At this time, a figure emerged from the rain.

"Old Ke, you are such a loser. You were defeated by a newcomer."

Zhou Ling floated next to Crocodile and teased him.

She glanced around.

The navy around them that were originally trying to capture Crocodile became alert.

Zoro and the others looked at the woman who suddenly appeared with caution.

Only Luffy was confused at first, and then incredulous.

Finally, happy.

He walked towards Zhou Ling in the field.

"Hey, is that Luffy? Long time no see."

"Great! Godmother! I finally found you!"

"Nani!?"

...

...

After watching Luffy and others set sail again, Zhou Ling spent his days lying down in Alabasta.

It rains occasionally, and I go back to Windmill Village to chat with Makino occasionally.

A month later, she received a message from the Navy asking her to attend a meeting of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

At this time, she knew that the big event was coming.

Her time in One Piece is almost over.

On the day Ace was executed, she came to Marinford again with Rain Cloud.

Stay in the cloud and let the situation develop according to the original plot.

It wasn't until Luffy lost consciousness due to Ace's death that Zhou Ling appeared.

After single-handedly bringing Ace and Luffy out of the battlefield, he began to infuse them with his own power.

"Godmother?!"

Zhou Ling felt relieved only after seeing Ace open his eyes again and recognize her.

"You kid, you better be more careful next time."

After saying that, she looked towards the battlefield, and saw Shanks and his companions stopping the navy from continuing their pursuit.

When Shanks turned around to look at her, Zhou Ling smiled and said something, then disappeared.

"Goodbye."

…over…