PS: Please see the end of this chapter

"The rumored super rookie pirates have come to my territory, do they want to start a war with us?" Shanks looked at Ace, his eyes were like eagles, even Ace, being stared at by Shanks with this kind of gaze, his heart couldn't help but tremble a little.

Before meeting Shanks, Ace was very puzzled, why did this guy identify Luffy as the heir of Roger's will, and gave Luffy the straw hat that represented Roger's will, and even gambled an arm on him.

After meeting Shanks himself, Ace seemed to have some guesses about this matter, because the moment he saw Shanks's gaze, he felt as if everything about himself was exposed to this man's gaze, and that feeling was by no means simply scrutinized, but the fear that all his privacy would be seen through.

"Senior Shanks, you misunderstood, I'm not here to find trouble." Feeling the sense of oppression emanating from Shanks and the others, Ace hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Because that guy Luffy often mentions you, saying that you are his savior and his brother, so I thought that if I entered the new world, I must come to visit you." ”

"This is the Yunyun wine I brought down from Sky Island, I hope you can like it." Ace opened the backpack he had brought, revealing a large shell with the word 'wine' written on it.

Yunyun wine is a specialty of the sky island Bika Island, that is, the specialty of Anilu's hometown, since this guy destroyed his hometown, Yunyun wine has been completely lost, and Ace brought back only one-third of the left.

"Oh, you're Luffy's brother?" Hearing Ace's self-declaration of identity, the solemn atmosphere around him was instantly broken, and the gazes of Shanks and the others at Ace immediately became cordial.

"It turns out that Luffy also has an older brother, which is really surprising." Shanks stepped forward with the wine glass, grabbed Ace's shoulder, and then handed the wine glass in his hand to Ace, and said happily: "Since you are Luffy's brother, you are your own person, come and come, drink and drink!" ”

"Luffy and I are brothers." Ace smiled, then took the glass Shanks handed over and dried it in one gulp.

"It's been a long time since we've seen Luffy." The red-haired took Ace to the middle of the red-haired pirates, and said excitedly, "Come on, have a good chat with me." ”

"Little ones, it's time for a banquet!"

Maybe it's because of Luffy, the redhead and his cadres were all very friendly to Ace at the banquet, but almost all of the topics they talked about had something to do with Luffy, and Ace also told them interesting stories about him and Luffy when they were young.

The next morning, Ace and the redhead sat on the frozen shore.

The redhead holds a newspaper in his hand, which is the news of Ace's voyage from Chambord, and Ace watches the sunrise slowly rising over the coastline in the distance.

"I didn't expect you to be able to escape under the pursuit of the two of Akainu and Yellow Ape." Hongfa put down the newspaper, looked at Ace, and said, "Ace-kun, you really surprised me." ”

"That's not true." Ace hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Actually, I'm not the opponent of the general now, it's all because of the help of Master Reilly that we can sail smoothly." ”

"Oh? Reilly senpai? The redhead was slightly surprised, and then smiled: "To be favored by Reilly's seniors, there must be something outstanding about you." ”

"However, you can now tell the real reason why you came to me." The redhead looked at Ace and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Ace was stunned for a moment, then showed a wry smile on his face, and said, "Senior Shanks, this insight of yours is really terrifying. ”

Eston paused, then turned to Shanks and asked, "Senior Shanks, do you know why I became a disciple of Master Reilly?" ”

"Senior Reilly has been in seclusion for many years, and to be honest, it really surprises me that he would accept a disciple like you." Shanks looked at Ace, thought for a while, and said, "I think, I am afraid that there are some relationships in you that are difficult for Reilly's predecessors to refuse." ”

"That's right, it's because of my background." Ace looked at Shanks and said in a deep voice, "Because my father's name is Gordon D. Roger! ”

"Oh? You're the captain's son! Hearing Ace say his father's name, Shanks had a look of surprise on his face, and then said, "So that's the case, no wonder Reilly's predecessor would accept you as a disciple, it turns out that you are the captain's blood." ”

Ace looked at Shanks, trying to tell if he was really surprised by his origins.

In the original plot, when Shanks found Whitebeard and suggested to him that Ace should not go after Blackbeard, Ace thought that Shanks should have known that Ace was Roger's bloodline, but from Shanks seeing his performance today, Ace was very sure that Shanks didn't know his true identity before he went to war.

Now it seems that when Shanks found Whitebeard and asked him to recall Ace, who was chasing Blackbeard, he simply wanted to prevent the outbreak of the subsequent top war, and it had nothing to do with Ace's background.

After all, with Whitebeard's character, no matter what Ace's background is, if his ship's 'son' is to be publicly executed by the world government, he will definitely go to the rescue, which the redhead knows very well.

However, in the original plot, Ace had also seen the red-haired side before joining the Whitebeard Pirates, and perhaps it was not impossible for Ace himself to tell the redhead about his background at that time.

Originally, Shanks was the first choice to become an ally in Ace's vision, and even ranked ahead of Whitebeard, but after seeing Redhead himself today, Ace suddenly felt ...... The red hair in front of him was a little different from what he had in his impression.

Ace couldn't say what was different, maybe because of the different ideas, or for some other reason, he suddenly felt that the redhead might not be the best candidate for an alliance.

Moreover, in the world of pirates, the position and background of the red hair has always been one of the big holes that confuses people, after all, it is difficult for anyone to imagine that the Four Emperors of the New World quietly went to Mary Joa, the holy land of the world government, and could also be received by the five old stars, saying that there is no secret behind him, it is estimated that no one will believe it.

Therefore, after Ace revealed his identity, the words that he originally wanted to seek an alliance were directly swallowed back by him, and he said instead: "Senior Shanks, Senior Reilly told me that your overlord color domineering may be the most powerful person on the sea at present, and I also have some talent in overlord color domineering, so I came this time and wanted to ask you about the cultivation of overlord color domineering." ”

(PS: To clarify, the author himself doesn't have any opinions on the character of Shanks, but likes it very much, and the reason why he didn't choose to ally with him was simply because WT left too many holes on the redhead, and he didn't fill it, and the author was afraid of being slapped in the face, so the object of the alliance didn't choose him.) ）