"I went to sea for two or three years, but I didn't find anything......

The old village elder's eyes were red, and he said in a deep voice, "Do you know what kind of loneliness your mother passed away in the last year of her life......?"

"Ah, I don't know." Lynch said.

He tugged at his clothes that were sticky and stained with all sorts of messes, and searched the room for a water tank or something.

"Is there a bathroom or something?" Lynch walked around, looking at him with a complacent demeanor, "It's weird and uncomfortable, I want to take a shower." ”

The old village chief trembled twice and said in disbelief: "You...... Lynch! Or should I call you Giorno? ”

He grabbed the newspaper on the table, "Speaking of your deceased mother, you ...... Are you really not sad at all? Are you really ...... Don't you regret it? ”

"Hunters, bounty hunters? Are you serious? The old village chief threw the newspaper on Lynch and roared in a low voice, "Although it is also wishful thinking, I thought you really wanted to find a medicine on the sea that could heal your mother...... But what are you doing? Do you want to play some cat-and-mouse games with those pirates? Interesting, isn't it? Isn't it interesting! ”

The old village chief's crutches slammed the ground, and his voice was hoarse: "Are you still doing well?" Can...... But your mother is not having a good time! She's having a bad time without you! You...... You ......"

The old village chief's withered twig pointed at Lynch, who had no response, and he was so trembling that he could no longer speak, and finally let out a long sigh of dejection, and sat down on a stool beside him.

"......" Robin picked up the newspaper on the ground, patted the dust, and saw the content of the young hunter Giorno reported above, and the news boasted for how talented the young hunter was, how extraordinary, and how dashing he was.

The old village chief leaned on crutches, looked at the sunset outside the window, and whispered: "I watched her become more and more silent day by day, and thinner day by day...... She always looks in the direction of the sea, hoping to see you come back while she's still there! But no matter how hard she tried, her condition continued to get worse and worse, and finally she couldn't even walk, and even her pen was shaking, and it was very difficult to write a word...... It's only been a year since you left, and that's it......"

The old village chief couldn't help choking, he covered his eyes, trying his best to ease his emotions.

"Two years after going to sea, Lynch also died."

Lynch's voice came from behind. The old village chief's eyes shrank, and he turned back in silence to see Lynch taking off his messy clothes.

"Probably killed by some sheriff. This is also a very normal thing, since you are on the pirate ship, you should have already had the consciousness of being captured and killed...... Perhaps by some miracle, I emerged from the darkness and crawled out again after being thrown into the garbage as a dead body...... It's just that after coming back to life this time, I forgot most of the things in my head. ”

This is a statement that does not quite contradict the truth, Lynch said slowly, "I just remember that my name is Lynch." And from time to time I think of the face of a woman named Lily...... But, I'm sorry, that's all. ”

"......" The old village chief didn't speak, looking at Lynch's obvious upper body, and the wound on his arm that had been smashed by the angry villagers before.

Lynch smiled: "If you don't mind, you can tell me about the bastard things Lynch did in the past." Also, what kind of person is his mother? ”

The old village chief was silent for a long time, and said hoarsely: "The electricity has been stopped, but the water has not been cut off." There is a small bathroom inside......"

……

The sound of water sounded in the small bathroom.

The old village chief sat outside and recalled, "Your mother...... She wasn't originally from this island, this village. Eleven years ago...... She is still pregnant with you, and she originally planned to settle here temporarily, but she didn't expect to stay here forever...... No one knows about her past, and she rarely talks about where she came from...... Some people say that they saw her disembarking from a pirate ship, so guess she was a pirate before, or something else......"

"......" Lynch washed the stains on his body and picked up a bar of soap. The soap with a faint floral fragrance has not been used for a long time.

"What a wonderful person she is! Just like her beautiful name......" the old village chief sighed, "Even before that One Piece, pirates often appeared on this island, and thanks to your mother, those pirates didn't dare to come to this village to harass ...... casually" came Lynch's question, "Why, is she famous?" The old village chief said: "No, she is very good at fighting!" Lynch: "......"

"I have never seen anyone more powerful than her, those arrogant so-called pirate captains, docile like the most well-behaved sea beasts under her fists...... "The old village chief sighed, "but no one expected that she would be infected with such an incurable disease...... She is getting sicker and sicker, and she has regretted more than once that she may not have time to teach you to be a reliable and strong man! Say...... Maybe there is no chance, no time, and I am happily protected by my favorite son...... She ......"

The old village chief's tears rolled down again, he sniffed, and saw Robin, who was sitting obediently on his knees, also with tears in his eyes.

"Until three years ago...... You probably overheard what your mother said, so you shouted something, One Piece said that there are all treasures on the sea, and there must be a panacea that can cure your mother's illness......" The old village chief said sadly, "You left secretly, she waited in the hospital bed for a year, and she never had a chance to wait any longer......"

"......" Lynch was almost washed, and then he remembered that he had forgotten to clean his clothes.

“……？！” The old village chief was grieving when he saw Robin put his hand into the mouth of a whining phone bug.

At this moment, a series of arms grew from the wall, and a set of clean clothes was brought in. Lynch took it, "Ah, thanks. ”

"Are you ......," the old village chief asked Robin, puzzled.

"Lynch's ...... Friend. Robin blinked and whispered, "My name is Xu Lun, empty Xu Lun." ”

"Oh......" The old village chief felt strange in his heart, empty strip. Xu Lun, what a strange name.

……

Lynch took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

"Give it to me." He held out his hand to the old village chief.

"What?"

"What she wrote." "You just said that she ended up shaking with a pen, and it was very difficult for her to write a word...... It should have been written for her son Lynch, right? ”

The old village chief sighed heavily, walked slowly to the corner of the wooden house, took out a letter from the drawer below, and handed it to Lynch.

A very simple envelope, with no words on the cover, and a lily pattern sealed the letter.

"Written to you...... No one has seen it. The old village chief sighed softly. Her grave is at the foot of the hill to the east......"

"Yes." Lynch held the letter in his hand, "Then go and see." ”

……

Outside, the villagers scattered in groups, trying to peek and eavesdrop on the movement inside the house from all angles. Everyone carefully avoided the small flower bed in front of the door, even though it had been left untended for a long time and had become very cluttered.