One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 226: Men are naturally shy, and only when they are upright can they be clear-headed.

"Hey, could you please stop staring at me like that? I'm having a hard time breathing."

In Rossburg's living room, Tian Yueshi sat on the sofa with her head down, her hands on her thighs, feeling uneasy, as if there was a huge pressure pressing her down and making it difficult for her to move.

Her feet were clenched, her wooden shoes made a clicking sound, her chest felt depressed, and sweat broke out on her forehead from time to time.

In front of him, Barrett sat on the sofa opposite Tian Yueshi in the posture of a strong man, with his legs crossed and his hands spread out on both sides of the sofa. His invisible aura continued to crush the mysterious woman opposite him.

The armament color was released as if it was free, spreading to Tianyueshi's surroundings using the floor tiles to form an invisible cage. As long as she showed the slightest sign of escaping, she would be forced to wear a "steel helmet"!
Seeing that Barrett had no reaction at all, Tian Yueshi couldn't help but begin to doubt his own charm and affinity.

Is it really necessary to treat a beautiful and weak woman like her like this? Moreover, Barrett has a childish face and looks like a young man who has just entered puberty. Doesn't he have any tenderness towards the opposite sex?
This reminded her of the previous scene.

Originally, she met a tall "ghost" in some unknown place, and because of fear, she activated her fruit ability and ran away without even understanding the situation.

After all, they are "ghosts"! In the history of Wano Country, they represent the most evil race, and she grew up listening to "ghost" stories.

She even forgot about her identity as a swordsman and just ran away.

But what I didn't expect was that misfortunes never come alone. The second teleportation was better, and I arrived directly at a mansion that looked like a wealthy family.

But before she could observe, a "dominant" aura came over like an overwhelming force, and an extremely dark giant hand rushed straight to her face.

If there hadn't been a little girl who quickly shouted "Barrett, stop!", she would have turned into a pool of blood and meat paste by now.

Who among her family members would understand? She was just an ordinary woman from Wano Country who wanted to go to the future Wano Country. How come she encountered life crises one after another just as she started her journey?

"Barrett, are you still watching? We've been watching for almost three or four hours. I don't think this guy is dangerous. Here, have a drink of water first."

Mona floated over from a distance, complained a few words, and then handed the warm tea in her hand to Barrett's mouth.

She wanted to give Barrett some water, but she didn't know that he was already awkwardly tapping the floor with his toes. If you listened carefully, you could even hear the sound of his claws grinding against the ground.

Barrett wished he could find a floor tile to crawl into at this moment. At first he just thought this sitting posture was cool and stylish, so he sat like this shortly after the others understood the situation and left.

Not to mention, once I sat there, I felt a lot more comfortable, and the release of my domineering aura was smoother.

However, precisely because of this, he had not changed his sitting position, and with his highly alert mind, he did not notice Mona's arrival. This was also the reason why he subconsciously did not set up defenses against Mona.

But when Mona saw him sitting in this position, he felt extremely embarrassed, as if he had revealed his true nature in front of his best friend and was about to die.

Not to mention that this friend even served me tea and water in a serious manner!
Barrett's mind was very simple, and almost all of his thoughts were written on his face. Mona, who knew him very well, put the edge of the teacup to Barrett's lips with a sly smile, then gently poured it over, watching him drink the entire cup of tea with a strange expression on his face.

"Not bad, not bad, very stylish Barrett, I like it very much, you have to be like this when you go out with me next time!"

Mona smiled and patted Barrett on the shoulder, then continued:
"I'll make you a set of clothes later so you can look even cooler! You need to change your silly and dull image. Let's go, I'll bring you some food. Dad should be back soon."

"I'm back, Mona..."

Ross spoke in a dark voice, and came to Mona's side with a depressed face like a ghost.

He really didn't expect that the first moment he came back would be the opening lightning strike, and the scene that made his heart beat violently was played out. Although he understood his daughter's choice and acquiesced to such a development, the unhappiness in his heart was hard to shake off.

"Ah! Dad...how come you're back so soon? Hey, I have to go first, or Barrett's favorite food will be gone. Bye!"

Mona fled in panic, turning into a ghost and escaping through the wall quickly.

Her face turned red and steam seemed to be coming out of her head. Her father had actually seen her being intimate with Barrett!
I’m going to die, I’m going to die, I’m going to die! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, ah ah ah!
On the other side, Barrett could no longer hold it in and subconsciously exerted force with both hands.

"Tear~"

The two sofas were torn into pieces by the strange force. Barrett sat opposite Ross with the two pieces in his hands. However, he still did not give up his vigilance against Tian Yueshi.

Ross looked at Barrett, and after hesitating twice in the air, he patted his shoulder and said:

"It's normal for young people to have their own pursuits. When I was your age, I was also very crazy. I didn't care about the threats from the member countries of the World Government.

It's just a sitting posture. That's how a strong person should be. There's no need to be so reserved in front of your family. Barrett, Yatuo is much more arrogant outside than you are now. When you have time, you can learn from him how to be more... uh, cool?"

Ross's words were somewhat incoherent. He wanted to comfort Barrett so that he wouldn't be so embarrassed that he wanted to die.

Just looking at the other person's expression, it seems a little worse.

Ross simply changed the subject and looked at Tianyue not far away, and said seriously:
"Name, purpose, and you only have three minutes."

Of course he knew Tian Yueshi's background. Although his memories of his previous life had become too vague to recall over time, he could still search for some outlines as long as he triggered the key words.

In Tianyueshi, the purpose of the people of Wano eight hundred years ago coming to the modern era was unclear.

But she should have met the young master of the Kozuki family a few months ago and boarded Whitebeard Newgate's ship!

How did she get to her house?

However, knowing the other party's background did not mean that Ross would let down his guard. On the contrary, he was very angry! Just like a majestic lion discovering an intruder in his territory.

If he didn't know that Tian Yueshi was just an ordinary person except for the broken sword, he wouldn't even ask so gently.

Instead, he would first lift her up to a height of ten thousand meters and let her feel the price of breaking into someone else's home without saying a word!

"me…"

Tian Yueshi tried hard to raise her head and wanted to speak, but she first glanced at Barrett, and then looked at Ross for help.

Barrett does not have the domineering color now, but his ghost energy can have a similar effect, which is equivalent to a weakened domineering color pressure.

But even so, it was not something that the weak Tian Yueshi could endure. She was able to persist in this high-pressure environment for several hours thanks to her willpower from her shallow knowledge of kendo.

In fact, she probably couldn't even stand up now.

"Retreat, Barrett. She probably can't activate her fruit ability now. Just lock her with the armament color. It's really troublesome. I should have bought some seastone from the navy as a backup." Ross signaled with his eyes, and then complained a little.

He would never have thought that someone with ability could enter his most core area, and he was not an enemy. After all, he and Barrett took turns guarding this place.

Strong enemies can come at will, and weak ones can be dealt with in one or two blows. Seastone? Something is better than nothing.

Ross's words were obviously very effective. Tian Yueshi felt the pressure on his body suddenly eased, and then he couldn't wait to say what he had thought of long ago:

"My name is Tianyue Shi, I'm nineteen years old, from Wano Country, a fruit ability user, and my goal is to go home, but I can't remember the location of Wano Country anymore!"

She spoke it all in one breath, and then her dry throat made her retch twice. She collapsed weakly on the sofa, unable to hold on any longer, and could only look at Ross with hope.

Tianyue Toki hopes that such an answer will satisfy Rose, who is obviously the owner of this place, and let her go. At the same time, she also hopes that the other party can point her in the direction of Wano Country, as she still has very important things to do.

On the other side, Ross closed his eyes, seeming to be considering something.

Tian Yueshi lied and concealed some things, but this was all understandable, and there was no need for Ross to seize these troublesome loopholes to embarrass the other party.

Not long after, Ross opened his eyes and said:

"Barrett, throw her out. I hate trouble the most, especially in Wano Country, where the text of history can be forged."

Tian Yue Shi cannot be locked up. Her fruit ability is extremely powerful, but it is also quite useless. Moreover, killing her is unlikely to allow the fruit to be reborn into this era.

Furthermore, Tianyueshi was just a special accident. Although Ross was angry, he would not kill anyone he saw. He was a good man, not a murderous demon.

So one of the best options is to throw this little trouble away and let it fend for itself, and just pretend that nothing happened.

"Do you know Wano Country? Please, can you take me to Wano Country?"

Tianyueshi was a little excited. Ross's words revealed that the other party knew the existence of Wano Country and even knew where the road was.

She was a typical naive and stupid person, and she asked without even thinking, so quickly that she even asked before Barrett reached out to grab her.

"Barrett, I'll leave the rest to you. I have to accompany my granddaughter."

"Yes, father!"

Barrett stood up. His three-meter-tall, mountain-like sturdy figure made Tian Yueshi, who was only one-and-a-half meters tall, tremble. His body, which was limp on the sofa, began to shake with fear.

Without waiting for her to speak again, Barrett pinched her head with one hand and grabbed her slender waist with the other hand and lifted her up like a stick, with no intention of showing any mercy.

Tian Yueshi is very beautiful, but in his mind, people are divided into three types:
Mona and Ross, the family, and finally the others.

It's that simple.

Sigma Barrett won't fall into any traps!

He left easily step by step.

Behind him, Ross's eyes were shining, and Tian Yueshi's graceful figure flashed through his mind. It must be said that she was worthy of being the mother of the courtesan "Xiao Zi" in the original work. Her appearance and temperament were totally incomparable to those of ordinary women.

To be honest, Ross was moved. For a moment, he even wanted to marry Tian Yueshi as his concubine. What's more, the other party was really easy to fool.

Ross had dozens of ways to make the other person fall in love with him, a man who was at least twenty years older than her.

After all, a man's lust is a heroic character, isn't it? He was a heroic character, otherwise he wouldn't have married three girls of different ages when he was young.

He was a very bad man when he was young, which can be seen from the age gap between Atuo, Alexander and Mona. He was still looking for other women even after his wife was pregnant and gave birth to a child.

It's just that he is strong and responsible, but that's all.

But when this thought came to his mind, the faces of several children and his granddaughter Robin flashed through his mind.

Children grow up and have their own ideas. If I set a bad example in front of them, what will they think? What will they do? What can they do?
After all, Tian Yueshi might only be two, three, or four years older than Yatuo!

Even if his wives didn't mind, he couldn't afford to lose face in front of his children.

He is a father, a husband, and the head of the family. The impact of his actions on the entire family is immeasurable, and any wrong choice will lead to worse things happening.

A man’s self-restraint is actually very simple. It consists of three things: responsibility, face, and substance.

"It was better when I was young. I didn't have to worry about many things and could do whatever I wanted. But now it's not possible..."

Ross stood in the living room and sighed to himself, then picked up the small mirror on the coffee table and looked at his face.

With a little bit of beard, his handsome and youthful appearance is gone, replaced by a handsome middle-aged uncle with a few more white strands in his hair. Maybe in ten or twenty years, he will have a head full of white hair like Garp, who is in his seventies.

Some people are born to age prematurely, and he is one of them. No matter how strong his physique is, it is useless.

"Honey, the way you looked at that little girl was the same way you looked at me back then!"

At this time, Mora trotted down the stairs from the second floor, came to Ross and hugged him.

Mora is still very young, only in her thirties, but she looks like a twenty-year-old woman.

"It was because we were young and ignorant. Now it's different. The children are so old now. We can't make mistakes again."

"Things never happen more than three times, right? What phrase from the Analects did you write about?"

"That's not the case, Mora. What I mean is that now I just need to take care of this family with peace of mind, and that's enough to make me satisfied."

Ross said, lowered his head, and kissed Mora who came to him.

(End of this chapter)