On this day, Luffy pointed to the pirate ship and loudly announced: He can take his place.

Sabo looked up at the pirate ship and admired it, but he wouldn't agree with Luffy's statement: "I won't be the deputy captain for you, I'm going to be the captain of them myself, and buy a bigger pirate ship than this." ”

Ace slapped Luffy on the back of the head and said, "Stupid Luffy, you can't even beat those people at the garbage terminal, and if you want to rob someone's real pirate ship, you will definitely be defeated by others, I heard that some pirates are very brutal and can kill people." But I'm not afraid, when I become a navy, I will arrest all these pirates. ”

In fact, Ace didn't know that this red-haired guy he wanted to catch used to be a buddy in his family's flower shop and teased him.

At that time, he was just over three years old after all.

"Hey, there are such powerful imps, not only to rob our ship, but there is an even more powerful one here, to arrest us all when the navy, do your family know that you are so powerful?" A big fat man appeared in front of the three brothers, and his tone was a little playful.

This is not to blame others, because the three bear children are too far ahead, the three of them are too engaged, and they don't even notice that almost all the villagers are far behind them.

And he also pointed to the pirate ship and made a lot of nonsense, if he met a slightly more ferocious pirate, the three of them would not survive.

"Boss, this place in the East China Sea is really different, there are three powerful little ghosts in a small village, I think the three of them will be very promising in the future." Another person spoke up, also semi-jokingly.

Shanks appeared with a straw hat and grinned at the three bear children: "You three, aren't you afraid of us pirates?" ”

Luffy stood up and said loudly, "Don't be afraid, I will become the most powerful pirate in the future, and become the freest person who is not controlled by grandpa." ”

Sabo was very steady, he could see that these pirates seemed to be very powerful, and secretly pulled Luffy and told him not to talk much.

Acetata took a step forward and stood in front of the two brothers: "The navy will not be afraid of pirates, I will become an admiral in the future and catch all the pirates." "Even if he has been instilled by his mother with the idea that Roger is a good father, how can he, a child less than ten years old, not be influenced by the people around him.

So in fact, Ace is sometimes very entangled in his identity, but Lu Jiu is not wrong about one thing, that is, most of the pirates in this world are very damn evil guys.

Admiral?

Many people in Shanks' group looked at Ace with some surprise in their eyes.

It's amazing that in such a remote place in the East China Sea, there are still little ghosts with such big ambitions, when they are so big, let alone the admiral's big ambitions, they are probably still playing with mud.

Afterwards, many people laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, a little ghost who wants to become an admiral, it's really scary, Captain, I feel like we're all in danger." One sentence caused everyone to laugh.

Shanks waved his hand to stop his group of bad companions, he looked at Ace who was about to fire in his eyes, and asked, "So, the future admiral, and you two little imps, can you tell me where the nearest restaurant is here?" To be honest, we're all a little hungry and need to replenish our energy. ”

"I know, I know, Sister Magino's food is delicious, it's not far ahead." Luffy jumped out again, and when it came to eating, he was the most active one.

"Thank you, little ghost." Shanks smiled heartily at Luffy.

Luffy crossed his waist: "I'm not called a little ghost, I'm called Luffy~"

"Yo, hello Luffy, my name is Shanks, please advise." Shanks also felt that the little ghost in front of him was very suitable for the eyes, and it was rare to have such a little guy who was not afraid of them at all.

Of course, the most surprising thing is that there is more than one such ghost.

"Shanks?" Suddenly, a woman's voice interjected.

Shanks looked at the place where the voice came from, his body froze a little, and then he became surprised: "Miss Ruku? I didn't find you in Rogue Town, I thought something was wrong, and after asking someone, I found out that Miss Rujiu had moved to another place, and I didn't expect to see you here, which is great. ”

"Mom, you actually know this pirate uncle?" Before Ruku could speak, Ace spoke.

"Mom?" Shanks looked at the little imp with short black hair, especially the freckles on his face, and the impression of the past suddenly emerged, "So, you are Ace!" ”

What a coincidence.

"This is not the place to talk, it is better to say it in another place." Lu Jiu looked at the eyes of the surrounding villagers and neighbors and spoke.

Indeed, Shanks and the others did not have the habit of being watched, so they moved the venue.

They arrived at the only restaurant in the village, the one owned by Magino, which was originally empty, but immediately became overcrowded with the arrival of Shanks and his gang.

However, today's meal seemed very different from the past, and everyone was secretly watching the conversation between Shanks and Ruku.

Originally, everyone thought that Captain Shanks chose the East China Sea as his destination, but in fact, it did not have a particularly important meaning, but now they have to think about it more.

If it weren't for the fact that the age was really incorrect, and Ace didn't seem to have any similarities with Shanks, especially since Ruku was blonde-haired, and he could only have a black-haired son if he combined with his black-haired father, maybe they would have a bolder association.

Even the first lieutenant Beckman, who was originally taciturn and calm, and could keep his face unchanged in everything, had a thoughtful look.

Obviously, everyone wants to eat this melon.

Even the three bear children are curious about the relationship between Lu Jiu and Shanks, because no matter what, the two of them should not seem to have anything to do with each other, one is a sea thief, and the other is a flower shop proprietress in a small village in the East China Sea, which is too far apart.

However, no one bothered Shanks and Rujiu to catch up.

The two of them sat at the bar, while the restaurant owner, Magino, busied himself, serving the food they had ordered for a pirate.

Magino is still a little girl in her twenties, but because Windmill Village has never encountered pirates in recent years, the people here lack awareness of pirates, especially Shanks and his gang are not really like pirates, which can be seen from the temperament of their conversation and attitude towards ordinary people.

Therefore, in the middle of the busyness, Magino will also pretend to pack up things, but actually pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation between the two.

But they were disappointed.

There really isn't any gossip between Shanks and Lujiu, and the reason why they know each other is just that Lujiu saw Shanks embarrassed at the beginning, so he kindly asked him to be a buddy for a while.

After that, Shanks left Rogue Town.

It's also amazing to say, if you look at Shanks' experience as the main perspective, this is obviously a guy with the protagonist's personality.

The experience is magical, and it is not much worse than Luffy in the future.

And there is a bit of similarity with Roger, the first partner they met later became their own co-captain, and they both have the strength of not inferior to the captain.

Hades Reilly has the title of the right hand of the One Piece, and Beckman is actually not much worse, his intelligence is higher, in fact, many times, Beckman is more in charge of things than Shanks.

After that, after many adventures, the Shanks Pirates slowly gathered his current companions, and some other people left the pirates for various reasons. Some because of death, some because of disagreements.

By now, the red-haired pirates had long since stabilized.

Shanks also learned from Ruku about some of the events that had happened over the years, which were nothing compared to Shanks's adventures, and more often than not, Ruku was talking about her daily life after coming to Windmill Village.

And this daily life is actually related to the three guys of Ace - two at first, and Sabo joined later.

After the meal, Lu Jiu said goodbye to Shanks and returned home with his three children.

Because of Roger, Lu Jiu will treat pirates very objectively, if it is the kind of pirate who does all kinds of evil, of course she will stay away, if it is like Shanks, she has known each other before, she actually does not have any bad feelings.

There will be no restrictions on Ace and the others from contacting Shanks, only one thing is that Ruku does not allow Ace to reveal the existence of his biological father to anyone, which is the only principle.

Compared to Ace, a child who is not yet ten years old, Ruku actually understands the sinister human heart.

Roger doesn't want to comment on his past achievements for a long time, but he actually knows very well what Roger's reputation looks like in the world.

That is, in the paradise of Windmill Village, because everyone has not experienced the robbery of pirates, but only knows some news about Roger from newspapers and other places, and they will not hate Roger so much.

Elsewhere, if anyone knew that Ace was Roger's son, they might have some bad thoughts.

Maybe the Navy will be looking for trouble, yes, Alan is now Admiral.

But the admiral is not only Alan, if someone really wants to deal with Ace, there is always a way, so Ruku has always asked Ace to keep Roger's identity a secret, even to Luffy and Sabo can't reveal half a point.

It's the same for Shanks, except for Roger's identity that can't be revealed, in other aspects, Lu Jiu doesn't hide much.

Well, it's still a little hidden, for example, it didn't say that Ace's other father, Allen.

In fact, if Ace hadn't followed his surname Portcas, just listening to the name, he would really think that he and Alan were a real father and son.

……

……

Lunch break.

The three bear children had fallen into a deep sleep, and the room had become quiet, and there seemed to be a slight snoring.

Suddenly.

A figure sat up cautiously, it was Luffy with short black hair, he looked at the two guys who were asleep, grinned, and praised his wit.

Today was the first time he had seen a real pirate, and Luffy was certainly very itchy.

He's not Ace, who just wants to be a navy, he's very interested in pirates, and he thinks Shanks and they will definitely have a very exciting story.

So, when he came back, he waited patiently for Ace to sleep with Sabo.

This was a difficult thing for Luffy, because usually, he was the first to fall asleep, and he would fall asleep almost as soon as he fell.

Now he finally managed to hold on until the two of them fell asleep, and he ...... out of bed Well, in fact, there was no bed at all, so he stood up on the floor, carefully stepped over Ace and Sabo, put on his slippers, secretly pushed open the door, and strode towards Magino's restaurant.

Luffy remembers very well that when he left with Aunt Ruku, that group of pirates and pirates were drinking and holding a banquet.

Waiting for Luffy to put it aside, another figure sat up from the bed, his short yellow hair had already revealed his identity, and he didn't seem to be moving Ace at a glance, then put on his shoes at a fast speed and ran out after Luffy.

After the two of them left, Ace, who pretended to be asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.

Just kidding, just Luffy's self-righteous clumsy skills, how could he fool the two of them?

Luffy's guy is like he has everything written on his face, and he was like this before he went to bed just now, almost telling the two of them explicitly, you guys go to sleep, I'll sneak out after I sleep.

Ace sat up as well.

He thought about it for a moment and decided to check out his two younger brothers too, well, in terms of birthdays, he was the oldest, almost a year older than Sabo.

Regardless, Ace felt that he had an obligation to protect his two partners, and who knew if those pirates really wanted to be so kind.

So, Ace also got his shoes on the boat, as well as his little T-shirt with the word justice written on it, and ran out with him.

Ruku was helpless.

She knew that these three children would not be honest and obedient, but what she didn't expect was that these three children would even play with their hearts, especially Luffy, a guy who didn't have a heart at all.

She couldn't help but laugh, and at the same time worried about Lieutenant General Karp.

A little guy who is so determined to become a pirate, but now he has met a real pirate, and even a pirate captain like Shanks who is very similar to her husband Roger, there is no need to think about it, Luffy will definitely be affected by Shanks.

The point is, she can't stop the three little ones at all.

These three brothers, each of them is very stubborn, what they recognize, others can't pull back even a few cows, unless Shanks and the others leave the windmill village now, otherwise they will always come into contact.

Another very important reason is that Ruku will not interfere with the growth of the three children, she has no prejudice against pirates, and she also knows the character of the three children, even if these three people all become pirates, they will not become the kind of pirates who kill for fun, and will only take risks freely in this world.

That is, Ace was promised to teach Alan to train into the Navy early because of Roger...... For the rest, let the three of them grow up freely.