Chapter 49: Past and Determination

"It's a big town." Luffy walked down the street with his head on his head and a helpless face, he wanted to go to the execution table on the central street to have a look, but he got lost.

"Huh? Roger? What is the name of this shop? Luffy suddenly saw that the sign of a tavern next to him was actually Roger, and he couldn't help but be curious, pushed open the door and walked in.

"This isn't the place for a kid like you." An old man sat on the bar and wiped his wine glass, and said lightly.

"Old man, how can the tavern open to turn away guests, I see that your signboard is Roger's Tavern, does it have anything to do with Roger?" Luffy sat on a chair and said with a grin, "Oh?!" What a big head! In front of the old man lay a huge skull, and a huge knife mark on the skull's eyebrows almost split the skull in half.

"This head is a guy who has been called a giant killer who once killed a hundred pirate captains, but was solved by Roger with one move." The old man said lightly.

"That's amazing!" Luffy praised.

"There are also sea thieves called 'King' Clingbottom, the world's No. 1 sharpshooter Hupp Sheip, and the Great Evil Monk Uzi Brothers all defeated by Roger." The old man spoke of this with a sense of pride.

"Flattering, old man, tell me about Roger again." Luffy said with a smile.

"Oh?! Do you want to hear it? There are no more people willing to listen to this now. The old man said with a smile.

"Well, I'd like to know more about One Piece, Gore D. Roger."

"Well, no one comes to my little shop anyway, so I'll tell you about Roger, who was the first to conquer the Great Voyage. At that time, the great route was called the Demon Sea, and no one had ever entered the great route and could come back alive, and over time, no one dared to enter the great route. "The old man took a big sip of rum," but that very day Roger suddenly told me that he was going for a walk on the Great Voyage, and after drinking all my wine, he went to the Great Voyage the next day. ”

"I didn't expect him to really succeed, but I was really surprised to hear that he conquered the great voyage and became the king of the pirates, and then he voluntarily surrendered and was publicly executed in his hometown, ushering in the era of great navigation. Many people who think they have some skills have gone to sea to become pirates, but they are just some garbage, and they don't even dare to enter the great route, they will only bully the weak, and they will never find someone like Roger anymore, so I am not going to open this tavern. ”

"I'm going to enter the Great Voyage, find the One-Piece, and become the King of the Pirates!" Luffy laughed, "I'm going to be the strongest!" ”

"What a saying, boy! Hahaha! It's been a long time since I've met someone like you. The old man laughed heartily, and for a moment he seemed to see the shadow of the hearty laughing Roger on Luffy, "Boy, what's your name?!" ”

"My name is Monchi D. Luffy!"

"Luffy, I'll invite you to drink." The old man said happily.

"Okay, hee-hee."

The two raised their glasses, and the old man smiled and said, "To the eternal One Piece!! ”

"Ah, to the eternal One Piece!" Luffy thought with a confused look in his eyes, "One Piece should be the strongest in this world, I must become the strongest, stronger than God!" ”

"Old man, thanks for the hospitality, I have to go, go to the execution table and have a look." Luffy drank the wine from his glass and said with a smile.

"It's okay, Luffy kid, the execution table is on Center Street, you go out and turn right, just go straight, have a good trip."

"Thanks, old man." Luffy put down the cup and walked out the door, the old man looked at Luffy's back in a trance: "Roger..."

Shortly after Luffy left, Smoker, who was smoking two cigars, walked in.

"Yo, old man, a glass of rum."

"Hmph, I don't have any wine for you." The old man said without raising his head.

"Don't be so cold, old man." Smoker sat on the stool, suddenly saw the two cups on the bar, and said with a smile, "There were guests just now, it's really rare, no one has been here for a long time." ”

"Hmph, I don't have much to say about people who want to close my shop."

The cigarette next to Smoker drifted towards the wine bottle on the counter, "picked up" a bottle of wine, and floated back to his side, Smoker pulled the cork off the bottle and took a beautiful puff: "Speaking of which, 22 years ago, it was also a hot weather like today, I watched Roger walk step by step towards the execution table, that posture did not look like a dying man at all, but like a triumphant general, I was impressed by his momentum at that time." ”

At that time, Smoker was still young, and as the crowd watched Roger being executed, Roger's calm attitude in the face of death gave him a deep shock!

Luffy ran out of Roger's Bar, followed the route the old man said, and soon came to Center Street.

"It's so lively, here." Luffy looked at the people coming and going, the lively and lively central street, and couldn't help but sigh, the central street is lined with shops, many vendors are shouting on the street, there are four-wheeled carriages slowly passing by on the spacious street, the gorgeously dressed ladies are talking and laughing in twos and threes, the street is filled with the smell of wine and food, and the high execution platform stands in the middle of the central street, which is very eye-catching.

"This is One Piece Gore · Where was D. Roger executed? Luffy stroked the cold iron platform and thought with emotion, "Roger should be the strongest person in this world, but I didn't expect to die on this small execution table." ”

Thinking of the boy who claimed to be a god, Luffy's fists clenched involuntarily, recalling the scene at that time.

"You're so weak that you can't even touch the corners of my clothes!" The young man put his hands behind his back and looked at the panting man in front of him with cold eyes.

"Who the hell are you and what do you want to do?!" Lu Mingfei sweated like rain, lying on the ground and gasping and asked.

"You can call me God!" The boy spread out his hand, and the phantom of a good-looking woman and a little boy floated in his hands.

"Xiaoya?! Tong Tong! What the hell is going on?! Lu Mingfei looked at the teenager in shock.

"This is their soul, and I can help you resurrect them." The boy said lightly.

"Really?! Please, please! Help me save them! I'll promise you whatever you want! Lu Mingfei knelt on the ground, his head thumped on the ground, and he didn't care about the bleeding.

"I will reverse karma and send you to the One Piece world, you need to become the strongest in that world! Reach the end of that world and help me get the seeds of the World Tree. ”

"You're so strong, why don't you get it yourself?" Lu Mingfei asked with some confusion.

"That dimensional world is too fragile to even withstand my projection." The young man said lightly, "Okay, do you agree with this deal?" ”

"Well, I hope you can keep your promise." Lu Mingfei clenched his fists, "I will definitely become the strongest!" ”

"The strongest? I will definitely achieve it! Looking at the execution table in front of him, Luffy said silently, "Become a stronger person than Roger, so that I can protect the people I love." ”