Early in the morning, Finn's stable biological clock made him open his eyes naturally.
Then he felt something heavy on his body. When he looked down, he found that Gion was completely wrapped around him and sleeping in a very awkward position.
After trying to shift for a while, Finn was unable to break free from the entanglement and could only helplessly reach out and pinch Gion's cheek. "Hey, hey, move over a little. I want to get up!"
Gion, eyes still closed, slapped Finn's hand away, frowned slightly, and said vaguely, "Don't disturb me. I just fell asleep a while ago."
"Are you having a nightmare?" Finn asked with a smile.
"How is that possible, idiot? It's all because of you," Gion complained instinctively.
But before she could finish her words, she realized what she'd said and suddenly opened her eyes. Then her face flushed instantly. She rolled up the blanket and wrapped herself completely in it, like a dumpling, tightly cocooned.
After hiding under the blanket, Gion muttered, "I want to take the day off today!"
"Haha, I approve it in the name of the Admiral of the Marines," Finn said with a smile.
After saying this, Finn stood up and walked toward the bathroom. He looked back at Gion, who was acting like an ostrich, and teased, "You looked so fierce yesterday, but now you're like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."
"Die!" Gion suddenly stretched out a hand from under the blanket, grabbed the pillow on the bed, and without even showing her head, hit Finn with the pillow with perfect accuracy.
Finn smiled again, picked up the pillow and tossed it back on the bed, then turned and walked into the bathroom.
After cleaning up, he poured a glass of milk, heated it, and placed it on the bedside table. "Drink it while it's hot."
After saying that, he walked to the storage room and took out fishing gear that had been sealed there for a long time. Without putting on his Marine uniform, he just grabbed a casual outfit, put it on, and left the house with the fishing gear.
Five minutes after Finn had left, Gion carefully emerged from under the covers. She finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming Finn was indeed gone. She rubbed her waist briefly, glanced at the warm milk on the bedside table, a smile appearing in her eyes, and muttered to herself, "He still has some conscience."
She'd known Finn for so many years, and they'd been through so much together. After all the back and forth, she'd finally captured that bastard.
When Gion thought about her bold behavior last night, she felt a little shy and nervous.
On the other side, Finn carried his fishing gear and a bag of fresh bait and walked all the way to the harbor.
There weren't many people at the port in the early morning, and it seemed a little quiet.
Finn jumped directly onto the beach from the harbor, found a reef, set down his little stool, sat there, and began to fish leisurely.
It could be said that fishing was one of his few hobbies. He'd gone from being a novice at the beginning to a veteran now.
Following the path of the greatest Fisherman in his past life, Jerry.
Pushing down his sun hat to block the morning sun, Finn leaned against the reef, took out a cigar, put it between his lips, lit it, and slowly exhaled a long-overdue "post-coital cigarette."
To be honest, up to this moment, although Finn appeared to be very calm, he was actually quite confused internally.
How had he ended up in a relationship with Gion without really understanding why?
In fact, Finn had always had a certain resistance to matters of the heart.
He himself couldn't fully explain this mentality.
Perhaps he vaguely felt that his journey might not necessarily stop in this world?
After all, he'd transmigrated once, so it wouldn't be that incredible if it happened again.
Or maybe it was some other messy reason.
Therefore, over the years, even though he'd had many opportunities to take his relationship with Gion to the next level, he hadn't made that choice.
Until last night, when Gion had come to find him boldly.
At that moment, Finn had known he could no longer retreat. If he'd been in that situation and still tried to deflect or reject Gion, it would have been an unspeakable insult and blow to her, and not something a man should do.
So he'd followed through.
And honestly, it had been quite something to savor.
It was also at that moment that Finn suddenly realized that although he'd been resisting instinctively, he'd actually had deep feelings for Gion for a long time. He just hadn't thought about it or faced it.
For some reason, Finn suddenly thought of the charming Queen Stussy.
Regarding the scandal between her and him, during those two months in Mary Geoise, Gion must have heard about it long ago, but she hadn't said anything at all. But now that he thought about it, her sudden "aggressiveness" might have been because of that stimulation.
It was a little unbelievable to say, but years ago, Finn and Stussy had spent a wonderful night on a warship.
Until then, Finn had always thought that Stussy was an experienced veteran.
After all, the charm she inadvertently revealed, combined with her identity as a female agent of the CP agencies, always gave people such imagination and speculation.
In fact, Stussy's methods had indeed been very impressive and had almost made Finn unable to bear it.
But when the actual moment had come, Finn had discovered this woman was also a theorist. The so-called methods and experience were all hearsay, and she'd simply received some knowledge in that area.
Or maybe it was because she was very talented, so she could apply it skillfully the first time.
Later, he'd gradually learned that although Stussy looked charming and experienced, that was all her disguise. She'd always relied on her real abilities to rise to the top in the CP agencies and had never traded on her beauty.
Or perhaps Stussy had actually considered that plan, and she'd admitted it frankly.
It was just that before she'd met Finn, she'd never found a suitable person to trade her beauty with, that's all.
As an agent of the CP agencies, she really didn't take this too seriously, but she was also very clear that this was indeed a very valuable bargaining chip, so she'd been waiting for the right price and looking for a suitable target.
After all, Stussy was a proud and ambitious woman. How could she just give up her chips so easily?
In the end, she'd set this goal on Finn.
Therefore, in essence, the two parties' relationship still involved mutual benefit, and it was essentially an exchange of interests.
In fact, what Finn didn't know was that Stussy was much more shrewd than he'd thought. There were many people in the CP agencies who'd been more powerful than Finn at the time, but Stussy had never set her sights within the CP agencies because she knew very well what kind of organization the CP was.
Even if she gave up her innocence, it definitely wouldn't be exchanged for real value and promises, and it would very likely result in being taken advantage of.
So from the very beginning, this woman had had no intention of choosing a target within the CP. Before meeting Finn, the targets she'd considered had been high-ranking officials of the World Government.
However, Finn was different as a Marine officer. He was far from being as unscrupulous as the CP agencies. Therefore, Stussy had gradually developed this idea through her later contacts with Finn. What had really made her decide was when Finn had shared Roger's information with her.
It was from that moment that Stussy had decided to hand this bargaining chip to Finn.
As it turned out, Finn hadn't disappointed her.
This kind of thing sounded very pragmatic, but in fact, there was nothing unacceptable about it.
What's more, Finn hadn't suffered any loss.
Stussy had now bet her entire fortune on Finn, the Marine Admiral.
With her understanding of men, she naturally knew what she could do and what she couldn't. So after she'd given her innocence to Finn, Stussy had never had any ambiguous relationship with any man again.
She knew very well that she'd handed the bargaining chip to Finn, but if she did anything questionable, the chip would quickly lose its value in Finn's eyes.
She would never do such a losing business.
Thinking about all these complicated matters, the fishing rod in Finn's hand began to tremble, but he didn't react at all.
When he came to his senses, the fish that had originally been hooked had swallowed the bait and slipped away.
Finn smiled at this and suddenly felt relaxed. He murmured softly, "Let it be."
He fished until around noon. Due to his distracted mood, he hadn't eaten breakfast, so Finn was very hungry.
Just as he was about to pack up, his secretary Hina came running over.
"Admiral, so you were hiding here. You didn't even bring your Den Den Mushi. It took me a long time to find you," Hina complained as she approached.
Finn felt his pockets. He'd changed into casual clothes, so he didn't have his Den Den Mushi with him. He said with a smile, "Sorry, sorry. I forgot."
"Be more careful next time," Hina warned.
"Okay," Finn nodded, then asked, "What happened?"
"Well, Amazon Lily's former Empress, Gloriosa, has arrived. Her ship just came into port. Didn't you see it?" Hina said, pointing toward the harbor in the distance.
Finn looked in the direction her finger pointed, and sure enough, there was a pirate ship anchored there. That ship was indeed the flagship of the Kuja Pirates as he remembered it.
However, the ship parked in the Marine port was a bit surreal with the fortress in the background.
Finn scratched his head. "I was thinking about something earlier and didn't notice."
Hina didn't dwell on the question but instead asked, "Do you need to see her now?"
"Well, let's make some arrangements. Ask the restaurant to prepare lunch. I'm very hungry right now. Have Gloriosa wait for me there," Finn said, nodding.
"Okay, I understand," Hina replied softly.
At the same time, Finn also stood up, gathered his fishing gear, and followed Hina toward the base.
After taking a few steps, Hina suddenly thought of something and said, her face slightly red, "Last night, I wanted to go sleep with Sister Gion, but she didn't come back all night. Admiral, do you know where she went?"
Finn gave Hina a flat look. "You're asking even though you know the answer. Don't tell me you didn't go to my room when you came looking for me earlier."
"Hmph," Hina snorted unhappily, then shook her long pink hair, ignored Finn, and quickly walked ahead.
Finn couldn't help but smile as he watched this scene. He sighed in a voice that was deliberately loud enough for Hina to hear, "Alas, I am truly a sinful man."
When Hina heard this, she called out "shameless" without even turning her head, then ran away.
"Hahahaha..." Finn looked at Hina's retreating back and laughed.