After saying that he wanted to take Ian as his adopted son, Edward Newgate with Whitebeard kept staring at Ian to see how he reacted.

The current Dragon Hunter Pirates, the combined bounties of the captain and the co-captain have reached 1.15 billion Bailey, and Whitebeard has also learned that the Dragon Hunter Pirates have now absorbed a few more Devil Fruit abilities, although these people are not very strong now, but over time, they will gradually grow.

So for Whitebeard, the Dragon Hunter Pirates are a huge potential stock.

Since One Piece Roger was executed more than twenty years ago, Whitebeard is the only one left in the same era as Roger, and he knows very well that the navy cannot accommodate him, and he, sooner or later, will withdraw from this stage.

Although there is this kind of psychological preparation, but Whitebeard is still a little unwilling, he is now the Fourth Emperor, but he has no desire to compete for the throne, now his only wish is to be able to watch his sons, to be able to live in peace, such a wish is beautiful, but it is also difficult to achieve, Whitebeard knows very well that once he dies, the Whitebeard Pirates will be hit by the Navy.

Just like after Roger's death, the Navy has been chasing the crew members of Roger's original ship......

Whitebeard and Roger have been fighting for so many years, even if the enemy is also an old friend, after Roger's death, he also lost a shield, and the spearhead of the navy is all pointed at him.

It is precisely because he knows the consequences of his death that Whitebeard has been trying to expand the power of his pirates over the years, and he wants to leave enough hole cards for the Whitebeard Pirates to protect his sons.

I have to say that Whitebeard is indeed a good father, even if his sons are only righteous sons and have no blood relationship with him, but he treats these righteous sons more like a father than a real father......

Whitebeard is relieved to be able to successfully convince Ace and make him his son, and through Ace, he meets Ian again.

With the strength shown by Ian, in the Whitebeard Pirates, no one will have an opinion if he sits on a captain's chair, and this chair is probably still very high, Whitebeard has a love for Ian, so he also wants to accept him as a righteous son.

Not to mention, Ian himself leads a group of pirates, and even his co-captain is a figure who can match the admiral.

As long as the Dragon Hunter Pirates join Whitebeard's banner, the Whitebeard Pirates will be able to swell their strength in no time!

Therefore, he was very concerned about Ian's answer, and when he sent out this invitation, he specially called all the other team captains to testify.

Ian's answer, however, disappointed him.

After hearing Whitebeard's invitation, Ian smiled and shook his head, "Daddy, thank you for your kindness, but I can't join your pirate group!" ”

Calling Whitebeard a father, just because he and Ace are brothers, and it is just a name for Whitebeard by people of the same generation, just like calling an old man an uncle, but it doesn't mean that the other party is really your uncle, Ian admires Whitebeard's personality very much, so he still uses an honorific title for him.

However, from the beginning, Ian had no intention of joining the Whitebeard Pirates.

Hearing Ian's answer, Marco and their group of captains were a little surprised, for a long time, Ian and their group of captains have really gotten along very well, and they have long guessed the mind of Whitebeard's father, thinking that Ian will definitely not refuse, so today I originally planned to witness the birth of a new family member, but I didn't expect Ian to refuse!?

This caused a sudden commotion among the captains, who were a little surprised to communicate with each other.

Marco was surprised, but Whitebeard didn't see it, he just sighed slightly and said, "Sure enough, ......"

In fact, according to Whitebeard's temper, just like when he met Ace, he could have offered to take him as his son when he first met Ian.

However, when meeting Ian, Whitebeard saw the difference between him and Ace from Ian's eyes.

At the beginning, Ace had the loneliness and longing hidden in the depths of his eyes, and Whitebeard could see it at a glance, so he understood that Ace and his sons were actually the same kind of people, which was why he directly extended a big hand to him as soon as he saw Ace.

But Ian's eyes are different, Ian's eyes hide something that Whitebeard can't say, his eyes are very gentle, but he has his own insistence, Whitebeard can't see confusion in Ian's eyes.

So at that time, Whitebeard hesitated, and did not immediately tell Ian about it, but only extended an invitation to him after several days.

He originally wanted to get along with Ian for a while through his sons and gradually join Ian, but he didn't expect to be politely refused.

As a traverser, although Ian doesn't say it, he still has his own arrogance in his heart, although he can't estimate his achievements in this world in the future, but how can he be a person who is subordinate to others? What's more, in the way of Yoshiko?

On the contrary, Ace was a little anxious, he was actually the person who wanted Ian to join the Whitebeard Pirates the most, Ace didn't have many friends, Ian was the first friend he met after he went to sea, and he always wanted Ian to join his Spade Pirates, but at that time Ian didn't agree because he was a pirate hunter, and finally waited until now, Ian also became a pirate, but Ace also joined the Whitebeard Pirates, so he naturally wanted to pull him to join together.

Ace's current psychology is actually very simple, he is a mind that wants to share good things with friends and brothers, Whitebeard's mind convinced him, so that he completely recognized Whitebeard, he thinks that Whitebeard Pirates are very good, so he wants to share them with Ian.

So, he immediately asked, "Why?" Ian, wouldn't it be nice that the two of us were in the same pirate group together? ”

However, before Ian could answer him, Whitebeard laughed first and said, "Ace, don't say it, your brother has a big heart!" He actually wants to cooperate with the Whitebeard Pirates as an ally, right? ”

"It's not about cooperation!" Ian smiled and said, "Dad, thank you very much for helping the Dragon Hunter Pirates break the siege this time, I have written down this situation, and there will be a place for our pirates in the future, please just speak!" ”

"Hmph, I misjudged you at the time, but I didn't expect it to be an arrogant little ghost!" Whitebeard snorted, grabbed a wine barrel with his big hand and twisted it gently, like a wine glass, poured a sip of wine into his mouth, and then wiped the wine from his mouth, and said: "Lao Tzu is Whitebeard, you are a pirate group of dozens of people, when will you be able to use you?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Ian smiled and said, "It's always good to be prepared!" ”

Whitebeard doesn't dwell on this issue, in fact, he also has a lot of Du~ Lili Pirates under his hands, in Whitebeard's opinion, Ian is probably the one who can't bear him, so he wants to be the same existence as the Du~ Lili Pirates.

Although he couldn't join Ian, Whitebeard didn't care much, the relationship between Ian and Ace can't be erased, and between the Dragon Hunter Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates, there is this relationship, and it's really no different from allies.

After pouring the wine, he threw the barrel into the sea and laughed, "Anyway, while everyone is here, let's have a banquet!" ”

When the Whitebeard Pirates on the Moby Dick heard this, they immediately cheered and cheered.

For Marko, although Ian did not become a family, he was still a friend, and immediately surrounded him and pulled Ian and Fujitora over.

Not only that, but the other members of the Dragon Hunter Pirates were also notified to arrive, which made the banquet look like a friendship between the two pirates......

Ian was drinking and playing with Ace and Marko, a group of young people, while Fujitora was with Whitebeard and the older group.

The atmosphere was very cheerful, and everyone kept laughing for a long time, and later, I don't know if I drank too much, but the fifteenth captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Fosa, staggered to his feet and asked for a discussion with Ian......