Thirteen years ago, the Roger Pirates arrived on the Island of the End, and Roger became known as the "One Piece" - or the most vicious "Devil".

Twelve years ago, on Rogue Island in the East China Sea, Roger was publicly executed, and the life of the sea thief came to an abrupt end.

From fame all over the world, Megatron ......... disappeared, and everyone shouted and beat .........

What happened to the invincible Roger Pirates in that short year?

Roger, who was famous for a while and unparalleled in the world, had never suffered any losses in front of the navy back then, how could he suddenly be captured by the navy?

The year that the unknown Roger Pirates left the world's attention gave birth to countless mysteries, speculations, and even a series of conspiracy theories......

Even Karp had thought that Roger he ...... Why turn yourself in. Is it just to say what he said before he was sentenced?

However, how to carry out the execution, whether it was a public execution in front of the eyes of the world, or a secret execution after cutting off his head and spreading his head, and whether he had a chance before the execution0

But he didn't expect the answer to be so simple.

Suffering from a terminal illness, the days are not fake, and the days are numbered. I have witnessed the truth of the world and learned some kind of future prophecy, but I really don't have time.

In the face of such a trick of fate, perhaps no matter how open-minded a person is, he will regret that he was born at the wrong time...... So, Roger, what about you?

Hey, what do you think?

The flickering light of the fire shook on Karp's wrinkled face, and he smiled: "That guy Roger, before he died, he played a trick on our navy!" ”

This guy who has always liked pomp and circumstance, wants to make a big scene in everything, and makes an earth-shattering scene, is using his last ember-like life to make the last big limelight in front of the whole world......

It's really chic enough......

Bastard thing, are you some kind of naughty little ghost?

Because you can't participate in the future era, feel very unwilling?

So in the end in that mischievous way, you will be Gore. D. Roger's name, forever imprinted on the head of the era after your death?

Really......

It's a lot like yours! Karp grinned silently.

"It was Captain Roger himself who disembarked after that......" Shanks recalled the past in front of the fire, the corners of his eyes moistened, "although everyone didn't want to admit it, but that day ...... Everyone was crying badly. Only Captain Roger, who asked Mr. Kurokas for the last bit of medicine and hugged Mr. Reilly, the oldest lieutenant on board, said goodbye, did not cry himself...... Speaking of which, I never seem to have seen him cry, not even on the day of his last execution......"

Ace stared at the much smaller flame in a daze. Of course, he had found the newspaper where One Piece Roger was executed. He clearly remembered the demeanor of the man who was his biological father on the photo of the execution, which occupied almost the entire newspaper page.

He was laughing.

Obviously with a sword and shackles, he knelt on the execution table...... But he still grinned.

What's so funny?

Obviously a checkmate criminal...... You tell me, what's so funny?

Abandoned his wife and unborn son, leaving them in a world full of malice towards them...... You're dead, what about them? What's so funny about this?!

"We don't know where the captain ended up...... Of course, now I know. ”

Shanks looked up at the dark night sky, "Ace, do you know how old the captain was at that time?" ”

"......" Ace did not speak.

"When he got off the boat, he was fifty-two years old. Normally, if someone is willing to leave their bloodline, they won't drag it out to this age, right? ”

Shanks muttered to himself, "I think it was only when the captain heard that prophecy on Fish-Man Island that he thought for the first time that he should have a child...... Captain Roger, many people say that he is pretentious, arrogant, he will step on people when he sees them, and kill things that make him unhappy when he sees them, he is simply a self-respecting bastard! But you know what...... They weren't wrong. ”

Ace was stunned when he heard this, Karp snorted, but Shanks laughed, "'I'm the world's number one pirate, if I predict that there will be a more powerful guy in the future, of course it will be my son', the captain is 100% of the way he thinks about it." Hahaha......"

Amid Shanks' laughter, the campfire gradually fell silent.

Shanks lay down, looking at the starry sky, which had not changed much compared to years ago.

Ace's expression was cold.

Luffy slept on Tulip's lap.

Karp sat on the ground with his arms crossed, his eyes down, not knowing what to think......

"Karp, do you remember," Shanks said, lying on the grass and suddenly looking at the night sky, "the last words left by our captain in this world on that day in Rogue Town......"

“……”

That passage was published one after another in the original newspapers - not only the World Economic News, but also the world's large and small newspapers, Pheasant Magazine, are frantically reprinted, and people are also spreading word of mouth, even if the world government wants to stop it. Even on the windless island of Nine Snakes, Tulip had read such a newspaper and knew that passage.

"......," Karp laughed, "'Want my treasure?'" Then go to the sea and look for it, I've put everything there'. ”

Tulip muttered to herself: "It is also because of his words that the ambitious pirates in the four seas are all flocking to the Great Voyage like crazy......"

Karp snorted coldly: "That bastard is dying and is going to cause chaos for people, so that our navy has to focus on the first half of the paradise, so how many loopholes have Newgate and Charlotte and the gang of people in the new world taken advantage of?" ”

"That day, I was also in Rogue Town, and after seeing Captain Roger say this, he was executed......"

Shanks took off his straw hat and gently covered his face, muttering to himself, "Who is the captain talking about?" Is it for us? No, we have been with him for a long time, witnessing everything...... Is it for the rest of the world's pirates? I used to be sure of the latter, but now I'm a little uncertain......"

It was quiet in the mountains and forests for a long time. Until Ace's cold voice broke the silence, "What do you mean?" ”

"......," Shanks sighed, "not interesting." I just think that Captain Roger, who likes to be in the limelight so much, even if he is a father, will definitely want to do something that no one else can do, and even if he wants to leave something to his son, it must be in a way that no father in the world can copy......"

…………………………

Luffy woke up with urine.

He opened his eyes in a daze, lifted the hem of his mother's skirt over him, jumped off her lap, wandered to the side of the road in the woods, unbuttoned his pants and began to shush......

Woo~! The young man with the scar under his left eye trembled, and while shushing, he suddenly let out an "ah" and exclaimed: "Oops, I accidentally fell asleep and didn't hear the story of One Piece - forget it, if you don't hear it, you don't hear it." ”

He didn't care, and he felt a little glad he didn't even hear it.

After putting the water out, Luffy turned around and saw that the campfire was only ashes and a pile of white bones from the boar.

The sky is already slightly bright, and the morning air in the mountains and forests is slightly cold, with the humidity of morning dew.

Grandpa Karp didn't know where he had gone, and Shanks was nowhere to be found...... Only Mom was still there, she stretched, closed her eyes and opened her arms in Luffy's direction and smiled, "Come, let Mom hug." ”

Luffy walked over to be hugged, and crossed his mother's shoulder, only to see a distant figure in the woods over there.

"It's Ace." Luffy broke free from his mother and wanted to chase after him, but he was pulled by Tulip and his ears were pulled back like a slender ramen.

Luffy was pulled back, turned over, covered his ears and screamed, "Mom, what are you doing?" ”

Tulip pulled him into her arms and ravaged him, whispering, "Let him be alone for a while." ”

"......" Luffy was pressed into his mother's arms and blinked, as if he understood something, and as if he didn't understand anything.

“……”

Sneer, sneer, sneer...... Ace dragged his broken water pipe, dragging a slender trail behind him on the ground stained with morning dew.

["If Gordo. Roger has a baby? In the hotel, the passers-by on the street, the young Ace, who had also had a longing for his father, heard those people say so naturally, "Of course he must be executed!" ”】

Ace walked alone in the woods, his eyes bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept all night.

"We're too early...... Who will actually get the Great Secret Treasure? That 'voice' is the 'truth', and someone will be born and surpass us! ”】

[On the pirate ship, Roger smiled confidently, "Haha, that must be my son!] ”】

[Reilly was speechless, "Where did you come from, son?" ”】

[Roger laughed and said, "There will be next!] ”】

……

Dadan's mountain hut was not far from the sea, and Ace quickly walked out of the forest.

["Hey, old man......" Ace, who had fought with others in the town, stared blankly at the sea, "Should I really be born in this world?" ”】

As soon as Ace looked up, he saw the coastline in front of him.

"If that devil had blood in this world, I would have liked him to be caught and put to death...... "The tavern laughed loudly, "and would cry and confess: 'I'm sorry, I'm a piece of trash, and I shouldn't have lived in the world.'" 'Hahahaha! ”】

Ace walked slowly to the shore alone.

[Karp said behind his back: "This kind of thing, you watch it alive, don't you know?"] ”】

The sea breeze gusted, blowing Ace's black hair.

[The red-haired bruiser who was beaten by himself lay in a pool of blood and said, "The captain replied to me like this: 'What a fool'...... you were born in this world.']

The waves crashed on the shore, splashing bursts of crystal mist, brushing Ace's face, bringing a burst of coolness.

He looked at the horizon in the distance, which was almost arcing, and a fiery red morning sun slowly rose at the end of the sky.

Many years ago, young Gore. D. Roger pressed the straw hat on his head, went to the harbor of Rogue Town, and laughed: "Hey, Reilly, how about coming with me to turn the world upside down?" ”】

The morning sun smeared the sea at the end, as if it was the appearance of a bearded grinning Roger, looking at Ace on the shore from afar.

["Want my treasure? 】

["Then let's go to the sea and look for it......]

["I put everything there! ”】

Bang!

The waves crashed on the shore and raised white waves, drowning out the sound of the freckled boy's howling and crying.

"What does it matter what other people do? 】

["Since you are still alive, even if there is only one day left, let's live with your head held high! ”】

"Bastard ......"

Ace faced the boundless sea, crying like this for the first time since he was born, as if all the sadness and unwillingness that had accumulated in his heart, as well as the infinite grievances, all cried out.

"I won't...... Forgive your ......"

The golden morning sun slowly rose on the horizon, and a woman with long hair surfaced like a woman with long hair, looking back at Ace, smiling slightly.

"Mom's ......"

Ace let himself be weak, crying until he almost collapsed, choked up, and even muttered to himself that was slurred, "I want to...... To be able to meet you...... One side is good......"

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Another day, windmill village, port-』

The pirates carry cargo to the ship, and they prepare to leave.

The village chief was very happy and drank two more glasses.

Magino and some people came to the port. Shanks also had bandages and bandages on his face.

As for Karp, he had already left here and returned to the headquarters. He originally wanted to throw Luffy's kid to Dardan and Ace to raise together...... But with tulips there, it's obviously impossible to throw away.

Tulips came with Luffy.

As agreed, Shanks informed Luffy before leaving.

"Luffy!" Beckman, Jesus, and others greeted each other on the boat, and asked with a smile, "Can you say it now?" Why did you give up on our ship? Don't you want to be a pirate? ”

Shanks was ready to get on the boat, looking back at Luffy with a smile.

"Of course I'm going to be a pirate!" Luffy shouted to those friends on the ship very energetically, then walked up to Shanks and looked up and grinned, "But, a ship can only have one captain, right?" So I don't want to get on your ship! ”

["It's one thing to splash me with wine, and it's another thing to gamble with my life! It's one thing to gamble on my own life, it's ...... to gamble on my friend's"]

[Standing in front of the bandits, the red-haired man under the straw hat had a serious look in his eyes, "That's another matter!" I will never let go of the guy who hurt my friend. ”】

"I see, you want to be the captain."

Shanks smiled when he heard this, he expected Luffy's words, but he was still touched when he heard the young man say this.

Luffy smiled and said, "I'll find a group of buddies who won't lose to you!" Then be a pirate yourself! Shanks, I'm going to outdo you—"

The boy raised his fists and announced in high spirits.

"I'm going to become—One Piece!!"

"......," Shanks smiled, "to surpass us, and to become the king of the pirates...... Ace wouldn't be happy when he heard that, right? ”

Luffy stuck out his tongue and grimaced, "I don't care!" ”

"That's right!" Shanks grinned, then took off the straw hat on top of his head, "This hat...... Captain Roger gave it to me in the first place. It is my most cherished treasure. I'm going to leave it with you now......"

Poof, he put the straw hat on Luffy's head and pressed it against the boy's head, "When you don't need it, give it to me like Captain Roger." ”

It's really time to separate, Luffy finally couldn't help crying under the straw hat, and heard Shanks' voice with a smile: "Do you have an opinion, future One Piece?" ”

Luffy choked up and said, "No......"

Tulip watched the scene quietly with a smile on her back.

Shanks handed Luffy his straw hat and turned to board his own pirate ship, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark-haired boy carrying the broken water pipe under a tree on the shore not far away, raising his finger from a distance, as if waving goodbye.

“……”

Shanks smiled slightly, raised his fist in that direction, and continued to get on the boat.

"Anchor! Sail! ”

"Let's go!"

"Oh roar~~~~!!"

The red-haired pirates' ship faded away, and on the port side, Tulip walked up to Luffy, held the straw hat on his head, and leaned against his side.

………………………………

In the afternoon, Luffy and his mother return to the cabin house in Mt. Corpo, only to find a freckled teenager carrying a water pipe already waiting for them on the hillside.

"Ace!" Luffy smiled and beckoned from afar.

Ace didn't scoff at his enthusiasm like he had before, nodded at him, and looked up at the tulips beside Luffy.

Tulip asked, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong with me? ”

"You're training him......" Ace was referring to Luffy, of course, and he said to Tulip sincerely, "Please train me too, I want to get stronger!" ”

Tulip said strangely, "Oh? I haven't shot in front of you, how do you know......"

Ace was also stunned, but Tulip smiled, "It seems that you, who are as delicate as a girl, may be better at seeing and hearing colors." ”

Ace didn't understand what it was, but being said to be like a girl made him feel embarrassed - of course, mainly because Luffy pointed at Ace very unceremoniously and laughed wildly after hearing his mother's evaluation of Ace.

Ace glared angrily at Luffy, who quickly shut his mouth.

"If it's Luffy's friend," Tulip muttered thoughtfully, "then it's not impossible to train together......"

"......" Ace was speechless and looked at Luffy. From the straw hat on the top of the other party's head, he slowly moved down, looked into the other party's eyes, and then stretched out his hand, "My name is Ace, Potkas. D. Ace. ”

Luffy, who was wearing a straw hat, didn't mind at all, held his hand and grinned, "My name is Luffy, Monchi. D. Luffy. ”

Tulip looked at the two teenagers who were clenching their little hands and smiled with satisfaction.

It's just that Ace raised his head, thought of something, and asked embarrassedly, "That...... Anyway, I've taught two people, how about teaching one more? ”