The celebration was held in the central fountain square.

After a simple description of the results of the battle by the little fishman Fitz.

The whole square fell into a carnival.

won.

He really won!!!

They drove the damn Supreme Council back to their hometown, before those damn guys even sailed the ship to their port.

Even before their commander had time to surrender, the little fishman Fitz snatched his ship and threw him into the sea to feed the fish.

And all of this, in the final analysis, is because of Chen Senran's foresight.

His foreshadowing.

"Let's pay a toast to the great Blind Jack." A member of the military committee belonging to Chen Senran's faction naturally took advantage of the situation to push Chen Senran's reputation to a higher level.

"Here's to Jack!!!" Countless people present raised their glasses to Chen Senran.

Chen Senran also smiled, raised his glass to everyone, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Honestly..." Graves also drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, took a puff of his cigar and whispered, "sometimes, you are really scary."

"Oh? Really?" Chen Senran showed his empty cup gracefully, smiled, turned around and picked up a cigar, "Then are you afraid of me?"

"Afraid, of course I'm afraid, you guy..." Graves took several puffs of his cigar, laughed again and said, "Fortunately we are friends."

"...How is Planck's face?" Chen Senran smiled and lit up a cigar, swinging it casually while asking casually.

"Forcing a smile, it looks bad." Graves shrugged and added, "Honestly, is it really just Fitz and Nautilus? They..."

"They are very strong." Chen Senran interrupted him, "Of course it's just the two of them, they are heroes."

He smiled. There was something meaningful about his smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen." At this moment, after the little fishman Fitz appeared, Gangplank, who seemed to have suddenly lost his presence, suddenly walked up to the high platform holding a wine glass.

It was only at this moment that everyone suddenly realized that Planck was their supreme leader.

Not Chen Senran.

"Everyone, be quiet." Planck was laughing, but at this time his smile was no longer so forced. He was really smiling happily.

It was as if he didn't care at all that his reputation had been slightly overshadowed by Chen Senran's.

"I am very happy that we have successfully defended our freedom. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to Jack, Fitz, and Nautilus again. Without you, there might not be Bilgewater. I

Here's a toast to you." He raised his glass to Chen Senran and the others as if he was really generous, and drank the whole glass.

He added: "On this day worthy of celebration, I want to announce good news to everyone."

What good news?

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Then, when they saw Gangplank reaching out his hand, Miss Fortune, who had become more and more elegant in the past two years, pulled her up to the high platform.

Everyone understands.

"Commissioner, congratulations." Someone from the Gangplank faction had already spoken first. Their sense of smell was not dull, and they knew that this was also a good opportunity to regain their reputation.

"Thank you. Thank you, old Mark. You have been with me for more than ten years. When we were at sea, we always said that we didn't know what it would be like to have a wife in the future. Now..." Plank suddenly said something to Miss Fortune.

Kneeling down on one knee in front of her, he held her hand and said, "My dearest Sarah, will you marry me?"

"Marry him!!!"

"Marry him!!!"

"Marry him!!!"

The entire venue suddenly erupted with a loud roar.

Although Miss Fortune has disappeared in recent years, the reputation she has accumulated in the past is not low after all. Now the most powerful person in Bilgewater proposes to her.

Many people who don't know the secrets of those high-level officials and the past history of Plank and Miss Fortune think this is a match made in heaven.

"Are you willing?" Plank's voice was extremely gentle at this time. He had probably never been so gentle in his life.

He looked at Miss Fortune with warm eyes.

He really loves her.

"Well..." Miss Fortune seemed a little shy, lowered her head and responded slightly.

"Oh!!! Yes!!!"

"Congratulations!!!"

When everyone heard this answer, they cheered again.

Today's big win coupled with such a grand proposal is truly a double happiness.

Gangplank got up and hugged Miss Fortune with some happiness, in the endless crowd.

People started cheering Planck's name again.

Suddenly, it seems that Planck's reputation has returned somewhat.

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night.

The streets were especially deserted after the carnival.

Chen Senran was walking alone on the quiet street, holding a drink in his hand.

He skillfully turned around several streets and finally entered an alley and came to the old hotel.

He walked past the dim chandelier very easily and arrived at the second floor.

Knock on the door.

Still a familiar voice.

The person inside said: "Come in."

So Chen Senran opened the door, walked in slowly, and sat down in front of that person.

He didn't speak first, but placed the wine in his hand in front of the person opposite.

"It's sake." The person opposite didn't even look at it, and directly said the type of wine in the bottle.

"It's sake." Chen Senran nodded.

"Higashishima Masamune?"

“Authentic Higashishima.”

This time, Chen Senran didn't put it on the stove to cook. Instead, he took two cups and opened the wine lid to get two cups.

When the wine enters the cup, the aroma fills the entire room in an instant.

The two raised their glasses at the same time and drank in one gulp.

A long silence, a long aftertaste.

Just like a long friendship.

"Yasuo, I'm back." Chen Senran put down the cup and said the first sentence.

"It's good to be back. It's good to be back." Yasuo also put down his wine glass and looked directly at the blind man opposite him and said, "Are the cherry blossoms in the East Island blooming?"

"It's open." Chen Senran nodded, carefully placed the cup on the couch, and said, "Next year, it will open even better."

"I suddenly feel homesick. Maybe..." Yasuo whispered as if to himself, "It's because I'm getting older."

"Then go back, no one will hunt you down anymore, Ionia..." Chen Senran paused here, as if he didn't know how to continue.

"Ionia is dead." Yasuo continued for him, and then he sighed again, "Then what's the point of me going back?"

Chen Senran was speechless.

I can only lift the bottle and pour two more glasses.

drink wine.

Drink three drinks in a row.

Yasuo put down his wine glass and said slowly: "Tell me, who do you want me to kill? I know the time has come." (To be continued...)

ps: Second update.
Chapter completed!