"Huh? Captain? ”

The team member who was patted on the shoulder was startled, and when he turned around to find that it was Bista, he was relieved, he pointed to the newspaper, and said with a smile: "That's, of course, there is big news, and it's also news related to the captain and your friends!" ”

"Oh? Let me see. ”

Bista perked up, quickly grabbed the newspaper, and after a cursory glance at the headline report, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing a look of disbelief.

"This ...... Are these reports true? ”

After reading this report, he stayed for half a minute before he opened his mouth and said with difficulty: "Isn't it? It's only been a long time, and that guy can actually force BIGMOM like this? ”

"Of course it's true, Captain."

Without hesitation, the team member replied, "This report was written by Morgaons himself, and he was present at BIGMOM's tea party." ”

"Well, I'm still a little hard to believe, right?"

Another slender young female pirate couldn't help but laugh: "When we first saw this news just now, we reacted in the same way as you, Captain Bista!" ”

"yes, but anyway, it's all good for us, right?" The male team member who was patted on the back by Bista also grinned at this time and said, "After all, Your Excellency Xia No is not only the benefactor of our Whitebeard Pirates, but also the friend of the captain in the way of the sword!" ”

"That's it, the relationship between the captain and His Excellency Xia Nuo is good, besides, the BIGMOM gang just fought with us last year, and many partners died in their hands, and we haven't forgotten this hatred, so this time, he can be regarded as helping us out of a bad breath!"

Everyone looked quite excited, as if they were also fighting on Cake Island at that time, and for a while, no one noticed the expression of their captain.

“……”

Bista stood there blankly, his hand holding the newspaper trembling slightly, and he couldn't speak rudely for a long time.

In fact, there is basically no problem with the words of his subordinate team members, he does have a great friendship with Xia Nuo, and it can even be said that he sympathizes with each other, and the Charlotte family has eaten such a big deflated this time, and he is also happy to see it.

But......

Why is there always a sour feeling in my heart? It's like eating several lemons in a row.

It's only been more than half a year, and I haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and this guy's swordsmanship has reached such a terrifying point!

After that, every year and a half, the two will meet and learn again, how do you want him to live?

Thinking that not long ago, he was still complacent about the small progress in swordsmanship, Bista couldn't help but blush, and he couldn't help but find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Hey......"

Looking up at the gate of the training ground not far away, for a moment, Bista couldn't help but recall the fear that he had been dominated by Xia no countless times in this training ground a few months ago.

Think about the other party's age of less than twenty, and the reality that he has gone straight to fifty.

Bista shook his head helplessly, sure enough, the gap between people and people is bigger than the gap between people and dogs......

The idea of chasing after Xia no was completely extinguished, and at the same time, some rather curious thoughts suddenly rose in his heart.

Speaking of which, is the current Xia Nuo stronger or weaker than the current world's No. 1 swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk?

If it had been six months ago, no one would have thought that Mihawk would have lost, but now, the situation is very different.

Even BIGMOM, who is one of the Four Emperors, Xia Nuo can fight back and forth with him, and even hit the other party hard at the end, no matter how outrageous Mihawk is, he can't be stronger than BIGMOM, right?

Tsk, I really want to see the scene of these two people talking early......

…………

The New World, a sea area.

A somewhat inconspicuous pirate ship is slowly sailing on the surface of the sea.

It was noon, the sun was high, and because the temperature was too hot, there was no one on the deck, and the few people on duty were also in the cabin, and the only one who had to face the scorching heat was the unlucky guy on the watchtower.

And according to the ship's rotation arrangement, today's unlucky guy is called Raki Lu.

This is a fat boy in a green and white striped suit, wearing sunglasses, even if he hides in the shadows and keeps snorting on iced Coke, he is still hot and sweaty, and he looks quite embarrassed.

"Damn, this damn weather, I'm afraid it's going to be more than 40 degrees......"

Raki Lu took a sip of the Coke in his hand, threw the glass bottle aside, looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky, and said with a depressed face:

"It's really strange, why is it so hot every time it's my turn to be on duty, and what do we fat people do wrong, isn't this a torture intention......"

While complaining, a news bird flew through the sky, and out of the desire to find something to pass the time, Lakiru immediately stopped the bird and took out fifty Baileys to buy a newspaper.

"It's not that boring now."

He pulled out another bottle of Coke from the side, leaned against the mast, opened the newspaper and glanced at it casually.

As a result, after this glance, he jumped up from the ground in shock, and without even bothering to open the bottle of Coke, he jumped directly from the watchtower, and rushed towards the cabin in a hurry.

"Boss! It's terrible, something is wrong! ”

Finally rushed to the captain's bedroom, and when the sleepy-eyed Shanks appeared at the door with an inexplicable face, he hurriedly handed over the newspaper in his hand: "The report on the front page, you hurry up and take a look!" ”

"I've been suffering from insomnia lately, and I finally fell asleep at noon today, and I was woken up by you, can't you make me feel safe......"

Shanks shook his head helplessly, but after reaching out to take the newspaper and scanning it, the sleepiness on his face disappeared without a trace, and his eyes instantly became sharp.

At this moment, his temperament became completely different, and in the last second, he was like a waste wood uncle who came to open the door lazily with slippers, and now he suddenly overflowed with domineering, revealing the aura that an emperor who reigns in this ocean.

"Wind Sword, Xia Nuo......"

His eyes were solemn, and he muttered in a low voice: "Hit BIMOM hard, awaken the overlord color domineering, this guy, has he grown to such a point now......"

Obviously, the last time I noticed his news, the other party had just defeated Doflamingo, and he could barely be regarded as stepping onto the vast stage of the New World, right?

"It's not even twenty years old, it's a terrifying monster."

After carefully reading the details of the report, Shanks became more and more amazed, he put down the newspaper, paced to the porthole, looked at the horizon in the distance, shook his head and chuckled:

"It seems that the pattern of the Four Emperors, which has been maintained for so long, is going to be challenged and impacted after all, so it's okay, the new world has been boring for too long, and it's time for more variables."

He paused, then the corners of his mouth curled in a meaningful curvature.

"I don't know who will be the first to be overturned in this coming storm......"

…………

East China Sea.

Andrik Island, Orange Town.

The twilight is rich, and the afterglow of the setting sun falls on the sea, as if it is covered with a golden veil, and everything is like a dream.

A small stream flows from north to south, starting from a half-moon lake in the forest, flowing through the town of Xiangcheng and finally into the sea.

This is a remote and closed town, with a simple atmosphere, no quarrel with the world, and a faint taste of overseas paradise.

But even so, when the news bird brought the latest newspaper at dusk, a little later, the news on the front page still caused a sensation in the whole town in less than half an hour.

Many people gathered in front of the house of the town elder Ruhr, and gathered in groups to discuss the news of the report.

"Hey, Mrs. Tachibana, have you heard, Xia Nuo's kid actually seriously injured the Four Emperors of the New World, and almost defeated the other party!"

"I just knew, and that's pretty remarkable!"

"Time flies so fast, it's been almost seven or eight years since that little guy left the island in a blink of an eye, who would have thought that he would be so famous in the future......"

"Yes, at that time on the island, he was still a little bit, and his fate was not good, he had an unreliable father, and he had to rely on fishing to support himself at a young age, and with the help of the big guys, he barely survived."

"Hey, yes, even I have sent food several times at the beginning, and it is really hard for that child to go all the way to today, it's not easy......"

They are curious, surprised, or emotional, and even because of their limited knowledge, they do not fully understand the meaning of much of the content in the report.

For example, what are the Four Emperors, what are the Seven Martial Seas, or what does the Great Sword Hao mean, etc.

But that doesn't affect the fact that almost all of them talk with a full, almost overflowing sense of pride.

After all, this big man who is now sonic all over the world has gone out of our Xiangcheng Town!

And the feeling of honor, that's pretty much it.

And while these uncles and aunts were chatting with relish, in the remote alley next to them, two teenagers jumped down from the window on the second floor and went straight down the stream.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at a wooden house built by a small stream.

"Here we are."

The two teenagers stopped, looked up at the familiar wooden house in front of them, looked at each other, and then pushed open the door one after the other and walked in.

The furnishings in the wooden house were quite simple, except for a bed, a set of old tables and chairs, the only thing that was special was a wooden stake more than a meter long standing in the corner of the wall, and several wooden swords scattered around.

The house seemed to have been uninhabited for many years, and it smelled a little old and rotten, but the whole thing was still quite neat and clean, except for a slight dust on the table, which seemed to be cleaned every once in a while.

After the two entered the door, they looked left and right, their eyes were full of nostalgia, and finally stopped in front of the stake.

The mottled sword marks, one by one, covered the surface of the wooden stakes, flickered in the twilight of the setting sun, faintly reflecting the scene of the black-haired boy sweating here like rain.

"You haven't been here in over a month, have you, Andrew?"

The young man on the left is about fourteen or fifteen years old, his figure is slightly fat, but his appearance is delicate, he looks very likable, his eyes are withdrawn from the stake, he turned his head and sighed: "Last time, the two of us came together, and now it is dusty here." ”

"yes, Bill."

The young man on the right, Andrew, is the only son of the mayor's family, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a sven temperament, smiling at the moment, and said softly:

"Every time I come back here, it feels like I'm back in my childhood, but unfortunately, we grew up in the end, and Big Brother Xia and Roy are no longer here......"

"I miss both of them again."

The fat boy Bill's eyes were a little gloomy, and he said with some loss: "One of them has gone to the New World now, and the other is learning swords from Mr. Koshiro in the dojo of Frost Moon Village, they haven't seen each other for several years, and I don't know if they will come back." ”

"Oh, yes."

He suddenly remembered something, and added, "I heard Roy say that one of their dojo teachers is an old friend of Brother Xia Nuo, and he has been saved by Brother Xia Nuo several times, and often tells the legendary stories of Brother Xia Nuo's later years, so that all the disciples in that dojo worship Brother Xia Nuo very much, even that very powerful disciple Sauron is no exception!" ”

"He's sent me a letter before, and he briefly mentioned it."

Andrew lifted his glasses and said firmly, "Don't worry, Roy will definitely come back, and at most it will be a matter of one or two years, after all, he just went to learn swords, and there are elders in the town." ”

Then when he said this, he hesitated a little again: "But Brother Xia Nuo's words, I don't know, he is too far away from us now......"

"Yes, the newspaper said that from here to the New World, you have to take a boat to float across the sea far, far away, and you have to cross the Red Earth Continent twice, it's scary to think about."

The fat boy Bill remembered the newspaper he just saw today, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "To be able to make such a big name in that kind of place, it is really worthy of Brother Xia Nuo, if you change me, but you can't do it at all, after all, I don't even dare to go to sea......"

"I also wanted to go to the great voyage like the two of them, but unfortunately my father didn't agree to it, and beat me up......"

Andrew pursed his lips when he said this, looked around, and suddenly his expression became serious:

"Well, although it's unlikely, no matter what, we have to help Brother Xia Nuo take care of this wooden house, what if he really comes back one day in the future? This is his only home. ”

"Hmm!"

Bill nodded vigorously.

The two of them assigned each other tasks, one went to the creek to fetch water, the other went home to fetch cleaning tools, and soon met again in the wooden house, and as countless times before, they tacitly cleaned the small wooden house that had been uninhabited for a long time.

Time passed, and the twilight grew darker and deeper.

After cleaning the hut, the two teenagers stayed in it for a while, chatting about many interesting things at the beginning, and finally closed the door reluctantly for a long time, and then turned back in the direction of the town after saying goodbye.

In the setting sun.

The wooden house stands as before, and the surroundings are silent. And the fiery clouds in the sky are surging and stretching wantonly, as magnificent and brilliant as they were many years ago.