Chapter 108 Red hair

The year 1509 of the sea calendar.

East China Sea, Windmill Village.

Shanks and his red-haired pirates came to this village half a month ago, and at that time caused a lot of panic on the shore, even though Shanks repeatedly made it clear to the local residents and the village chief that he had no malicious intentions, just resting here, docking here for a while, and replenishing some supplies, the local residents still looked at them with vigilant eyes, until they observed for half a month, and found that they did not do evil, and even went against the vicious normal of pirates, and spoke very well, so they lowered their vigilance, but many villagers, including the village chief Upu Slap, still retained a trace of distrust in their hearts.

The tavern in the village was full of laughter, and the red-haired pirates were fighting for wine or food, and Shanks, the captain of the ship, sat at the bar, smiling and watching the crew fight.

The man who had lived and fought on the ship of "One Piece" did not have the imposing attitude of a famous pirate captain, he wore a somewhat shabby straw hat, some red hair peeking out from under the brim was covered with oil, the white shirt on his body was yellowed, and the trouser legs were casually pulled up by him, revealing calves full of leg hair.

Combined with the pair of mud-stained sandals that he wore in the stirrups at his feet, he said that he was not a pirate captain, but a farmer, and many people must believe him.

This outfit made the three scars on his left eye not show a little evil.

Shanks smiled from time to time when he watched the crew fight, his eyes narrowed when he laughed, his mouth opened wide, and his white enviable teeth appeared, which looked very immature, but it could make people feel good about him unconsciously, and felt that he was sincere and hearty.

A red-haired pirate crew member was grabbing a steak with his companion when he accidentally smashed his plate to the ground with a crisp sound.

Magino, the busy barkeeper behind the bar, heard the voice, looked over, and Shanks, who was leaning back to the bar, hurriedly looked embarrassed: "I'm sorry, we will compensate." ”

Magino, the proprietress of the bar, was just a young woman with a somewhat weak body, but Shanks's expression and movements when he apologized were not twisted at all, and her face was sincere, which made Magino feel good for this group of pirates.

"It's just a plate, and I've been using it for a long time anyway, so I don't have to pay for it. Magino said softly.

"That's not going to work," Shanks shook his head, deliberately squinting at a boy of five or six years old sitting next to the bar, and teased, "I'm a pirate, and I can't pay less than a Bailey, so I don't have to pay on credit, like some people." ”

"Luffy," Shanks leaned over to see that the little boy was not reacting, "I was talking about you just now! Why can't you hear this?"

When Luffy heard this, he reacted and glared at him angrily, but no matter how hard he tried to make a fierce expression, his immature little face would not make people feel scared, only funny.

"You're so different from other pirates," Magino said with a smile as she watched Shanks tease Luffy and said with a smile, "I've never seen a pirate captain like you." ”

"Does the pirate captain still have a fixed image?" Shanks cupped his straw hat, "Pirates are pursuing freedom and living as others think, how tiring it is!"

"I just want to say that you are not at all as vicious as the other pirates, and even very kind," Magino said, "You should be considered a maverick among the pirates, just like the Morgan Pirates in the East China Sea." ”

"Hmph!" Not far from the bar, the village chief, Upu Slap, who had been listening to the conversation with his ears pricked up, snorted coldly, and tapped the floor with his cane.

"Morgan Pirates?" Shanks turned his attention away from teasing Luffy and asked with interest, "Can you tell me how they came to be a maverick?"

Luffy also came over curiously.

Magino tapped his chin playfully with his fingers, and tried to recall: "When I was also buying for the tavern, I heard from other people on the ship, it is said that near the kingdom of Navia, there is a Morgan pirate group recently, which never harms civilians, and even rescues the affected villages and towns, they only attack other pirate ...... who are doing evil. ”

Magino said in the end, thinking that although Shanks was not a bad man, they were also "other pirates", and he realized that something was wrong, so he shut up in time.

But Shanks didn't show any concern at all, but said excitedly: "Listening to you say this, this pirate group is really amazing, their captain doesn't know what kind of character it will be, I really want to meet him, it would be best if I could invite him on my ship." ”

Luffy on the side still remembered that Shanks had just teased him, and said in a childish tone: "What is this, pirates who carry out all kinds of adventures are the most amazing!"

Magino tapped Luffy's head lightly, "How can taking risks compare to fighting to protect the weak?"

The village chief of Upu Slap couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and said, "Maybe all this is a story made up by some irresponsible liars! How can there be pirates in this world who take the initiative to help civilians? They are not the navy! Don't say this in front of Luffy like this, what should he do if he listens to these lies?"

……

Red Leaf Village, at this time, William, who was mentioned by Shanks who was far away in the windmill village and wanted to be invited on the boat, was in the middle of the banquet, and was cross-legged, looking at a World Economic News.

At the banquet, in addition to Sherlock, the head of the Four Seas Trading Company, who has been in charge of the local market for many years, and Edmond, who is responsible for protecting him, there are also cadres of the Morgan Pirates, such as Harden, Crowe, Selkirk, Jesus, Diego, and Alamis.

The headline in this issue of the World Economic News was that Boya Hancock, the captain of the Hydra Pirates, nicknamed the "Empress", was invited by the world government to become a member of the "Seven Martial Seas".

Edmund leaned his head over William, leaned on William's shoulder and looked at the photo of Hancock published in the newspaper, and commented rather machismoly, "Is there no one on the Great Voyage? ”

Sherlock, opposite William, was holding an identical newspaper in his hand, he shook it open, pointed to the text under the photo that Edmund had not yet read, and said: "This 'delicate woman' has a bounty of up to 80 million Bailey, more than four times that of Barbarossa, but she is not an ordinary person. ”

"This shows that there is no one on the Great Voyage, and such a woman can offer a reward of 80 million," Edmond said stiffly: "I think the high-level of the world government are blind, otherwise William should be invited to serve as the Seven Martial Seas." ”

"What's so good about being a lackey of the world government. When Harden heard this, he looked disapproving.