Kapp mercilessly extinguished the little hope in my heart.

"Of course not." He reached out and knocked on my head.

"Your mother is very worried.

If you're done playing, go back quickly. "

I fell back in despair. "It's over.

That old bastard will definitely kill me. "

The AI walked to my side.

It patted my face with its tail.

It signaled for me to cheer up.

Although what it said was not the case at all, "Face the reality."

I didn't want to face this cruel and unreasonable reality at all. Thank you, my whole family!

"What, Leah is leaving?" Luffy heard from the side and panicked.

"Don't go!

Don't go, Leah! "

The rubber man was really something.

With all four limbs wrapped around me, I couldn't breathe at all.

I couldn't even speak.

I could only reach out one hand.

I patted his back hard and struggled to say a few words.

"I … don't … want … to …"

Believe me, I don't want to leave more than any of you. I don't want to go home and face Admiral Akainu at all.

Luffy heard this and tightened his grip. "Then don't go.

Stay and play with us! "

This time, I couldn't breathe at all.

I could only pat his back with all my might.

It was a deathbed struggle.

Kapp reached out to pinch Luffy's face.

His expression was ferocious. "Let go of me, you brat!"

Kapp's strength was not to be underestimated. He tore the plaster off my body in an instant. I could finally breathe again.

I finally managed to catch my breath.

When I looked down, I saw Luffy trying to hold back his tears.

"Do you have to leave?"

I sighed deeply. "… I have no choice but to leave."

I felt that if I didn't go home soon, Akainu would come and arrest us.

When that time comes, the son of One Piece and the son of a revolutionary, none of you will be able to escape.

All of you will be captured by Akainu and thrown into the lava barbecue.

Don't think that Akainu won't do it.

Say it again.

This Navy officer was unusually peaceful and believed in extreme justice. His famous line was, "Those who don't walk the right path have no right to live."

Such a person would definitely not let go of someone with the so-called "Devil's Blood" … even if the other party was a child.

During the O 'Hara incident, he had shelled a civilian refugee ship to prevent a scholar from escaping.

Thinking of this, I wanted to kick the QB again. F * ck, this bastard is finding trouble for me.

If he hadn't stuffed me into the identity of Akainu's daughter …

"You should still be lying in bed eating snacks, reading novels, and playing with your phone."

The AI said coldly. After a pause, it corrected its previous statement. "Oh, there are no cell phones in this world.

But that won't stop you from slacking off. "

"Roadless Race!"

I flew into a rage out of humiliation and kicked the stinky AI eight meters away.

Who asked you to speak the truth … No, that's not the truth!

Although Akainu did cure my laziness and procrastination … his danger completely offset these benefits!

No matter what, it was the bastard AI's fault!

Your QB doesn't have a conscience!

I glanced at Garp again, silently saying, "What?

Oh my god!

I thought it was strange before. He said he would pick me up when he was done, but I didn't see him for more than half a year. I thought this god went to the new world to chase after the enemy … So he just forgot about me?!

What's more, he completely forgot about it as soon as he patted his ass and returned to Marin Fandol. He probably met Akainu at the headquarters and saw Gloria's father's dark face … Only then did he remember that Akainu's daughter was left behind in his hometown, right?

Only then did he remember to come back to Donghai to get me???

The more I thought about it, the more likely it was … I can already see the scene in front of my eyes!

Why did I think Kapp was a reliable person?

Who gave me this illusion? What was it that blinded my eyes?!

How could Luffy's grandfather be a reliable person!

"If you want to leave, then leave quickly. Don't dilly-dally."

Ace, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. His tone was fierce, as if he was competing with himself.

I turned to look at him in surprise, but all I saw was his gloomy back.

When he walked past Luffy, he hit Luffy's head and scolded him, telling him to stop crying.

Luffy pursed his lips and forced himself to stop crying, but tears still welled up in his eyes.

"But Ace!

Leah is leaving! "

"She can go wherever she wants!" Ace also got angry and his voice became very loud. "She's different from us!

She's also different from Sabot! "

"…"

Luffy was stunned by the roar and forgot to cry for a moment.

After a while, he opened his mouth blankly.

"Ace, what you said is so strange … Leah is different from Sabot, isn't she?"

Ace was stunned when he heard this. In the next second, his expression became even more gloomy.

"Yes, so she should have gone home long ago!"

I subconsciously grabbed my wrist and looked in their direction, not knowing what to do. Meeting Ace's fierce gaze, I felt as if I'd been pricked by a needle and instinctively shrunk my shoulders.

Didn't we talk about this before?

I have mild social phobia.

I was actually very afraid of people getting angry. The closer I was to them, the more I was afraid. If I didn't know what I'd done to make them so angry, my mind would be in a mess. I wouldn't even dare to say a word, and I would have to carefully consider every action for a long time.

It was like that now.

However, my panic seemed to have angered Ace even more. He turned his head abruptly and walked into the forest without looking back.

Luffy subconsciously wanted to follow him, but Ace scolded him and forbade him from following.

I stood there in a daze, only feeling that my hands and feet had turned cold.

The AI jumped nimbly onto my shoulder and swept my face with its large furry tail.

"Ace's favorability dropped by 30. Hurry up and go after him."

I was at a loss. "… Why?"

"Because he didn't think that you would leave," the AI said calmly.

The AI said calmly, "His Favorability toward you is a little high to begin with, and a considerable part of it is because of Sabot.

You might not have realized, but you and Sabot are a little similar. "

Now that he said that, I realized what was going on.

Indeed, I came from a good family, ran away from home, was more knowledgeable than my peers, and had basic manners … I was a little similar to Sabot in these aspects.

It wasn't strange that Ace would find Sabot's shadow in me.

This could also explain why Ace's favorability had been increasing steadily …

"Of course, his favorability towards you isn't entirely because of Sabot. It's mostly because he admires you as a person."

The kitty patted my shoulder with its tail comfortingly. "However, if you continue to stand there like this, Ace's love line will probably end before it even starts."

That's really possible … I shuddered and instantly became alert.

"Then what should I do …" I bit my nails anxiously. "I don't know what to say if I follow him … What if he gets angrier?"

The AI slapped me with its tail. "Why are you playing the art of language in front of a man from the Sea King?

Just say what you want to say.

Throw everything you're thinking at his head and punch him in the face. "

I just wanted to chat with him. Why did you have to be so fierce?

However, thanks to the AI, I finally stopped trembling.

I said to Kapp, "I'm going to check on Ace." Then, I chased after him.

I had to admit that Ace ran really fast. I only managed to catch up with him with the AI's help.

When I found him, he was sitting alone on a tree with a steel pipe in his arms. He didn't look back even when he heard my movements.

"Ace!" I mustered up my courage and shouted at him. "Let's talk!"

After a while, Ace's angry voice came from the top of the tree.

"… What else is there to talk about?"

"I don't know!"

I made up my mind and shouted out my thoughts. "I don't know why you're angry, Ace. If, if you don't tell me, I don't know what to do to make you not angry!"

This time, there was a longer silence. I felt uneasy and wanted to see Ace's expression. However, I didn't dare to climb up without him saying anything. I could only wait below.

But this stalemate wasn't a solution. Under the AI's encouraging gaze, I pursed my lips and spoke hesitantly.

"I … I really like Ace. You, Luffy, Stay Up All Night … I really like all of you.

So don't be angry with me, okay?

If you're angry … I'll be scared. "

As I spoke, I felt wronged and my voice became louder. "Even if you're angry, you have to tell me what I did wrong!

Even if I'm going to die, at least let me know! "

He probably heard the sobbing in my voice, so a sentence floated down from above.

"What's the point of saying it, aren't you still going to leave?"

This almost honest whisper seemed to make Ace uncomfortable. In the next second, he became tough again. "Anyway, you just want to play the game of running away from home!

You want to make your family anxious so you sneak out. You want to play outside and then go back to being a good child. I'm right! "

"… What, you're angry about that?"

As soon as I got the answer, I stopped panicking.

I tied up my sleeves and trousers, rubbed my hands, and climbed up the tree nimbly.

Ace was dumbfounded. "Hey, I didn't ask you to come up!

Get down! "

I dodged the fruit he threw down and climbed up to the top of the tree. I sat down next to him and stuck close to him.

"Get out of the way, bastard!"

I completely ignored Ace's anger and hugged his shoulder like a good brother. I even showed him a smirk.

"You actually don't want me to leave, right?"

"…"

Ace was obviously shocked by my actions. He didn't speak for a while.

Of course, I couldn't let him speak. Taking advantage of his stupor, I attacked him like a Gatling gun.

"Even if you go back, we will have a chance to meet in the future!

Both of you will go to sea in the future, right?

We can play together then!

As long as you enter the Grand Line, we will definitely meet! "

I was very confident about this!

"Who doesn't want you to leave!"

Ace finally reacted and pushed me to the side in exasperation. "Bastard, don't hug me!

Are you a girl?! "

"I don't care, I want to hug you!"

I puffed up my cheeks and stretched out both arms. My whole body wrapped around Ace's body. "Unless you're not angry anymore!

Unless you still want to play with me in the future!

Otherwise, I won't let go! "

"Don't learn from Luffy, you bastard!" Ace's face turned red. I didn't know whether he was angry or anxious. "Let go!

Get down! "

"No!" I hugged him even tighter. "You haven't said you're not angry with me!"

"… Get lost!"

"Wow, you're being mean to me!"

"So what if I'm mean to you — Hey, don't cry!

— Why are you pretending to cry?! "

… … …

Just like that, the two of us tangled in the tree for more than ten minutes. In the end, it ended with my complete victory.

It couldn't be helped. Ace couldn't beat me.

Regarding this, the AI only had one comment.

"Don't you feel embarrassed to use your hero spirit card in such a place?"