"We should be kind to people. Animals are also living beings. How can we kill them at will?"
Lipa smiled gently, "You don't understand now, but you will when you grow up."
These words startled Kuro, who subconsciously looked at Ripa.
"What, you've converted to Buddhism?" Kuro asked. "Does Sengoku know about this?"
No, that's not true.
Lipa shook her head and said, "I just think that wantonly killing lives is not a good thing. Birds, insects and beasts are all lives. We are all the same, so why bother?"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, waves surged on the sea near the pier, and a bluefish leaped onto the pier, its tail wagging.
Li Pa walked quickly over, gently lifted the bluefish, and put it into the sea. He said, "Just like this fish, it originally lived carefree in the sea. It just happened to want to peek into the world beyond the sea, and as a result, it was eaten. It was so innocent. So we put it back into the sea and let it continue to swim in the sea. Only then can it have a complete life."
“Fish…” Lida paused, wanting to reach out, but Lipa’s actions made her change her mind.
Kuro: "..."
A vein bulged on his forehead. "I said, how come you've turned into this monstrous thing after just one year? You were perfectly normal last year. What fish or what killing? Even if you release it back into the sea, it's still just a fish. It can't turn into a mermaid and come back to repay your kindness. At most, it'll become a dugong."
As he spoke, he suddenly paused, frowned, and said, "Lipa, you haven't read any weird stories, have you? Let me tell you, those stories about releasing a fox and turning it into a fox spirit, releasing a carp and turning it into a dragon girl, releasing a knife and turning it into a wife, are all fake. Don't believe them. At most, it's just a person with special abilities, you know?"
“I just don’t want to kill, nor do I want to want to wantonly plunder life,” Lipa said.
“Rippa, you’re in the Navy?” Kuro asked, surprised.
“The Navy…there are Navy members who don’t kill,” Ripa said with a smile.
This left Kuro speechless for a moment.
The navy will inevitably suffer casualties whenever it deals with pirates.
But coincidentally, among their high-ranking naval officers, there was one who was known for not killing.
And he had only sent her away not long ago.
But something's not right...
Last year, Lipa was doing quite well. As a base commander, he fulfilled his naval duties very responsibly.
They show no mercy when dealing with pirates.
How come after a year, this thing is no longer killed and that thing no longer dies?
"I'll go prepare the food first. The rest of you, take your colleagues to rest."
Li Pa smiled slightly and turned back.
Kuro watched his retreating figure, munching on a cigar, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong with this guy?"
"It's been like this for a year."
Rika glared at Ripa's retreating figure and cried out, "Brother Kuro, after you came back to pay respects to our ancestors last time, Uncle Ripa went on a mission and came back like this. All that talk about not killing, about being kind—of course I know people should be kind, but he won't let us fish or eat meat, saying that wantonly killing is bad. But Uncle Ripa is the base commander here, so we can't do anything about it. Brother Kuro, please do something about this! Even our restaurant doesn't have any meat left, not even squid!"
"What? No meat? You're going to eat vegetarian food all year round?" Kuro exclaimed in surprise. "That won't do, we won't get enough nutrition."
“I want to eat meat, Kuro,” Lida cried out.
Kuro frowned, as if thinking of something, and asked, "Has this guy gone out to fight pirates in the past year?"
Rika shook her head. "No, and no other Marines are allowed to go out either."
"What's wrong with this guy...?"
Kuro exhaled a puff of smoke, watching Lipa's figure recede into the distance, and said, "Wait, I'll talk to you after I finish the ancestral rites."
As he spoke, he walked in another direction.
A group of cadres followed behind him, moving forward together.
Kuro's house is on the edge of this town.
Because his parents were skilled farmers, they owned a piece of land on the edge of town.
But we haven't planted them for a long time.
It was a very ordinary little house, and it looked very clean, as if someone cleaned it regularly.
"It's still there..."
He looked at the two trees in front of his house and said to the person behind him, "There are two trees in front of my house, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree."
"What do you mean?" Lida was taken aback.
"Guess for yourself. I was really stumped by this question back then."
Kuro smiled, glanced at his house, and then walked into the backyard.
His parents are buried there.
In the backyard, there are two tombstones side by side, engraved with the names of the parents. In front of the tombstones is a raised mound of earth, and there are traces of the last ancestral worship ceremony in front of the mound.
"Clean it up and start over."
Kuro waved his hand, and Kuro stepped forward, clearing away the old offerings in front of the mound and then making a new offering for Kuro.
Kuro placed the offerings in front of the two mounds, knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed three times before saying, "Lida, you should also kowtow once. The ancestors will bless you and bring you good luck."
"oh."
Lida nodded, though she was a little confused, but she would do whatever Kuro told her to do.
"Ancestral blessing?"
Donald paused for a moment, "Lieutenant General Kuro, were your ancestors from the Flower Country?"
“No, we’re native to the East Sea. Our ancestors for three generations have never left Shells Town,” Kuro said.
"strangeness..."
This custom only exists in the Land of Flowers.
However, it is said that in the far north of Beihai, some people from families born into pirate families also have the title of "ancestor".
If Vice Admiral Clow's ancestors didn't come from the Flower Country, could they have come from the North Blue?
There is no such custom in the East China Sea.
After Lida finished kowtowing, Kuro said, "Anyone who wants to kowtow can do it a few times. It's just a ritual to pray for good luck."
"I'll do it!"
Cass rushed forward excitedly, knelt down, and prostrated himself, shouting, "Thank you so much! You brought such a great person as Mr. Kuro into the world. You are the greatest beings! Please bless me, Dogreg Cass, so that I may continue this righteous cause!"
He also always followed behind Mr. Kuro!
Until Mr. Kuro is promoted to the rank of Admiral in the Navy!!
Cass roared inwardly.
Kuro: "..."
He sounds like a superhuman hero who just appeared out of nowhere.
In reality, this is just a ritual.
He knew his parents in this life well; they were just ordinary people, with nothing special except for being a little good-looking.
His ancestors for three generations were all farmers.
After Cass finished kowtowing, Wilbur followed suit, also prostrating himself and bowing three times.
Others followed suit, either kowtowing or bowing with their hands clasped together.
Kuro, puffing on a cigar, looked at the tombstone and murmured, "That's quite a show of respect, with a group of elite Marines taking turns kowtowing to you. What a pity... If you hadn't died so young, you would have been very happy."
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