Chapter 22 I'm still alive
The wash of the cool breeze was Darren's first sensation.
The cheerful cries of seagulls seemed to come from far away, mixed with the sound of uniform drills.
Darren struggled to hold up his heavy eyelids and opened a slit, revealing blurry and bright light in front of his eyes.
Am I dead?
it hurts……
The long coma made his consciousness somewhat blurred.
All the bones in his body felt like they had been crushed to pieces, and the pain in his chest was burning and unbearable.
He lay like this for a while, barely getting used to the suffocating pain, and panting slightly from his dry throat.
"I'm alive."
he muttered hoarsely.
He is still alive, indeed still alive, having survived from the hands of the future Pirate King...
Darren was lying on a soft hospital bed, covered in blood-stained bandages, with tubes inserted in many places, and his face was as pale as a ghost.
But he couldn't help but laugh, happily.
Although at the last moment of the fall, he was severely injured and exhausted, and he could not cause any harm to Roger, but at least he recovered some interest.
"what's so funny?"
A cold female voice suddenly sounded.
Darren turned his head with difficulty, and what came into view was a beautiful and refined face.
Her long, wavy black hair was simply tied into a ponytail, and her pair of phoenix eyes were slightly raised, making her look a bit sharp.
"Of course I'm very happy to see such a beautiful face just after I woke up."
He looked at Gion, who looked a little haggard, and had clearly been sitting here looking after him for a long time, and couldn't help but smile.
Gion avoided Darren's eyes unnaturally and snorted coldly:
"Since you can still speak hooligan words, it means you are not dead yet."
Darren smiled: "I feel better when I see you, Major Gion."
As soon as the words fell——
"And me, and me! Hahaha Darren, are you happy to see me?"
A rather scrawled face suddenly came over from the side, grinning, holding a peeled and chewed banana in his hand, his face full of excitement.
"Darren, do you know? You are now a well-known figure in Malinfando... Well, although your reputation is far less than that of a genius like me, everyone is talking about your name!"
"The rising star of the navy who went head-to-head with the legendary pirate Gol D. Roger and inflicted heavy losses on him!"
"And there's more..."
"That...Major Jiaji?"
Darren couldn't help but interrupt Jia Ji's chatter.
"Huh? Say it!"
Jiaji was startled, and then he moved his face closer to Darren with some worry.
After the two incidents involving Bundy Waldo and Roger, although Jia Ji was unwilling to admit it on the surface, he had completely recognized Darren in his heart.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable? Should I go find a doctor? Or are you hungry? The doctor said you must fast for the past few days. After all, your internal organs have suffered a lot of trauma..."
"Can you please move your face away? You're too close."
The banana suddenly broke off and fell to the ground.
Addition:…
He blinked.
Darren winked at him too.
"You're just jealous that I'm handsome!"
He muttered angrily, turned around, walked to the corner, squatted down, and opened a brand new fruit basket with gritted teeth.
Darren looked at Jia Ji's figure and couldn't help but laugh.
Well, I feel better now.
He looked at Gion again,
"This is...Mainfando, the headquarters?"
He took a quick glance at his surroundings.
The white walls, the ceiling fan hanging from the ceiling, the smell of disinfectant and blood in the air, and the various vital sign detection instruments are flashing with light and emitting electronic sounds with stable frequency.
Darren is familiar with this environment.
Gion nodded and said:
"Yes, this is the military ward of the headquarters. We just arrived a few hours ago."
Darren frowned:
"How long have I been unconscious?"
"Three days."
Darren was silent for a moment, laughed dumbly, shook his head and whispered:
"It seems like I almost got away with it this time."
Ever since he reached 60 points of physical fitness and acquired a tough body comparable to steel, he has never suffered such a serious injury.
Three whole days of coma.
"Sure enough, there is still a long way to go..."
He murmured.
Faced with Roger's evasive sword, if he hadn't burst out with overlord Haki at the last moment and successfully comprehended Armed Haki, he probably would have been struck by Roger even with his inhumanly strong physique. Cut in half.
The most important point is that when others were not aware of it, Darren exerted the "repulsion" of the magnetic fruit on Roger's supreme sharp knife at the moment of Roger's attack, weakening the strength of the attack. .
After such a comparison, he truly realized that the so-called "World Destroyer" Bundy Waldo... was actually far inferior to Roger in terms of personal combat power.
And this also shows how terrifying people like Lieutenant General Garp, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion are who are at the same combat level as Roger and can fight with him for days and nights at will.
"The top of this sea..."
Darren's eyes sparkled.
"Hahahaha, Darren, I heard you're awake?"
At this time, a hearty laughter came from outside the ward.
Holding a fruit basket in his hand, Dorag smiled and pushed open the door of the ward and strode in.
"Major General Dorag."
Gion and Kake, who had half an apple in their mouths, immediately stood up and raised their hands in salute.
Dorag waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite, looked at Darren with a smile and said:
"How do you feel? Major Kake and Major Gion are taking turns taking care of you on the way back. You also understand that there are too many wounded people on the returning warship, and the accompanying ship's doctor is already too busy."
"The old man and I...well, you know we're not very good at taking care of people."
When he said the last sentence, Dorag scratched his head in embarrassment.
He and Garp slept most of the way back.
"Feel much better."
Darren smiled and glanced at Gion and Kaki as he spoke, feeling a warm feeling in his heart.
"That's good, get well. The opening ceremony of the officer training camp is in two days. For such an important occasion, you, the 'King of the North Sea,' cannot be left out. Now you are one of the most popular figures in Marinefando."
Dorag smiled sincerely.
After saying this, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said with a strange expression:
"Well, here comes the annoying guy, an old acquaintance of yours."
Darren was startled.
Steady and powerful footsteps sounded from outside the ward door.
Rigid, cold, and standard, the sound of footsteps alone gives people a feeling of pendulum-like hardness.
Soon, a tall, oppressive figure appeared at the door.
Just standing there, he gave off a calm and iron-blooded aura.
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