Momonga is 46 years old this year.
Unmarried.
Since breaking up with his first love twenty years ago, he has hardly even held a woman's hand in the past twenty years.
He often thought that spending his life alone and dedicating his entire life to the navy might not be a bad choice.
Until this afternoon, when he saw Vianna on daughter Island.
She was a beautiful woman with black hair and deep, large eyes, somewhat resembling his first love… no, even more beautiful than his first love by several times.
His long-dormant heart seemed to awaken in an instant.
He felt like he was in love again.
Although the other party seemed much younger than him, it didn't matter. In this world, men in their forties are in their prime, at the peak of their energy!
Moreover, with his position as a Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters… oh no, temporarily demoted to Rear Admiral, and his monthly income of over a million Berries, supporting a woman who doesn't care much about dressing up should be a piece of cake, right?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt they were a match made in heaven. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that when Vianna smiled at him, he even thought of the names of their children and where they would be buried after death.
But now…
"You're telling me she's actually a man?!"
"And the same Vivian who I sent to hunt down the Straw Hat Pirates, who got my warship stolen and caused my demotion!"
How am I supposed to accept this?
The world in front of him suddenly lost all its color. Momonga lay on the hospital bed with a look of utter despair, his head topped with a red explosion hairstyle, one arm covering his eyes. After a while, he couldn't help but cry out.
"Ugh…"
"Ugh ugh ugh…"
Creak!
The door was pushed open, and a soldier ran in to report: "Rear Admiral Momonga, Straw Hat Luffy has been captured by Officer Vivian and is now imprisoned on the ship."
"Is… is that so?" Momonga sniffled, "That's good…"
He didn't even bother to ask why Vivian disguised himself as a woman to infiltrate the Kuja Pirates.
After all, what did it matter?
He was heartbroken now!
Like a beautiful bubble that only existed in his imagination, it finally burst the moment he opened his eyes.
After a while.
Momonga changed his position to lie on his side, biting the sheet with his teeth, and continued to sob.
…
"Hiss~~ Hoo!"
In front of the prison, Vivian, now in military uniform, smoked a cigar and looked at Luffy in the cell, sighing and blowing out a smoke ring: "I really don't know how your brain works."
"I told you to hold me hostage, and you let me go halfway through, right?"
"Do you even deserve to be a pirate?"
If it weren't for the protagonist's halo and the Nika fruit, you might as well give up.
Vivian complained inwardly.
Luffy, pouting, said discontentedly: "Let me out, I'm hungry!"
"You think this is my house, where you can come and go as you please?"
Even if it were my house, I wouldn't let you come and go as you please.
Vivian shook his head, organized his words, and then explained to Luffy: "My identity has been exposed, so I can only temporarily capture you. When we get to Marineford, someone from the Kuja Pirates should come to give you the key."
To create more chaos at Marineford, Hancock would naturally want more troublemakers like Luffy, as she planned to rescue her idol, Logue Town's Larvin, amidst the chaos.
Although Vivian didn't know whether Larvin had been captured by the Navy, at least they managed to deceive Luffy and the Empress into coming to Marineford. Otherwise, the Impel Down prison would have been in trouble.
"But… I'm still so hungry…" Luffy said.
"Stay here and don't move. I'll get you something to eat."
Vivian said, quickly heading to the kitchen.
Two hours later.
Marineford Port.
[Mission: Continue to Marineford and participate in the Summit War. (Completed)]
[Chosen Identity: Navy Camp - Vivian]
[Next Mission: Release Luffy on the way to the headquarters prison. (Current second stage)]
Silence.
"Release him myself?"
Starting with such an operation?
This is practically asking me to die!
"If others find out, especially Akainu, won't I be punched through the stomach on the spot?"
Conqueror's Haki is really hard to obtain…
"Should I take action?" Hancock still had that contemptuous expression, glancing at Vivian.
"No need, I'll do it myself." Vivian shook his head.
With that, he lifted Luffy, who was wearing Seastone handcuffs, and walked off the warship first.
Looking back at the still dazed Momonga, who didn't even want to look at him, Vivian breathed a sigh of relief and quickly disappeared into the city's alleys.
About ten minutes later.
Vivian peeked out from the end of an alley, observing the surroundings. Suddenly, a large hand reached out from behind and heavily patted his shoulder.
"Yo, Vivian, why are you back? Where did Kuma send you this time?"
It was Kizaru speaking.
Vivian turned to look at him, cursing inwardly but said, "I was sent flying to Amazon Lily."
"Amazon Lily? The territory of Shichibukai Boa Hancock?"
"Yes." Vivian nodded, "I just came over with the Empress and her crew on Rear Admiral Momonga's warship."
"I see. So what are you doing now?"
Kizaru's gaze shifted to Luffy behind Vivian.
"Ah, I found this guy on Amazon Lily, so I pretended to be a local and captured him."
"Pretended to be a local?"
Kizaru showed a thoughtful expression.
Aren't the locals of Amazon Lily all women?
"So you're escorting him to prison now?"
"Yes." Vivian nodded nervously.
"Well then, I'm heading to the headquarters anyway. You've come a long way, you must be tired. Let me help you take him to the prison." Kizaru said, grabbing Luffy's arm.
"Huh?"
Vivian's eyes widened in shock, standing frozen on the spot.
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