It's human nature to be afraid of death, let alone a child.

But Lu Gui could see that Mark's fear was not just death itself, so he didn't answer and continued to wait for the other party to tell.

"My mom died after giving birth to my sister, and my dad went to sea two years later and never came back.

They all told me when they left that they should take care of my sister, but I didn't. ”

Mark's low voice rang out in the cabin, one hand still gently rubbing the box in his arms.

"I want to go to them, I am left alone in this world, what is the point of living.

But I'm afraid to see them, my lord, you say, after we meet, will my parents hate me and not take good care of my sister.

Or maybe I went somewhere else after I died

places, you can't see them at all! ”

"You didn't think that they didn't want you to go to them so early, they wanted you to live well!"

"But I'm lonely and tired."

When Lu Gui heard this, he knew that the departure of his sister had deprived Mark of the pillar of his life, and only by setting up a new pillar for him could he recover.

"Mark, do you think there are more pirates like Bill on the sea?"

Hearing Bill's name, Mark's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he struggled to sit up from the bed, his weak body making him sweat from it.

"I don't know, Bill said before he died that there were a lot of people like him, I can't believe it!"

"Do you believe me, then?" Lu Gui looked into the other party's eyes and asked.

"I naturally believe in my lordship." Mark said immediately.

"Well, then I'll tell you, Bill is right, there are many people like him, even worse than him, on the sea.

The tragedy on your island plays out in a different place every day, and there are many people who are similar to you.

Think about them, don't you think you can do something about it? ”

"Is there anything I can do?" Buck was a little emotional, and he thought that maybe somewhere, there was a child like his sister, crying helplessly.

"Mark, if there is one less wicked person in this world, there will be many good people who will benefit.

You should come back from the pain of losing your sister, train yourself, become a navy or a bounty hunter, or simply be an ordinary person.

To live out your sister's lost life, I can only say this, and it is up to you to decide what to do. ”

After Lu Gui finished speaking, he looked at Mark, who was in much better spirits than before, and got up to leave.

"What do you do, my lord?" Mark saw Lu Gui who was about to walk out, and asked hurriedly.

"Me? It's the one you hate the most, a pirate. After saying that, ignoring the surprised Mark, Lu Gui walked out.

……

For the next two days, the fleet continued its voyage and was about to reach the island to which the villagers were going, a large island very far from the naval branch.

The villagers on the boat watched the outline of the island become clearer and clearer, and the mood of the depressed days was finally slightly lifted.

Mark also walked out of the cabin, although his personality had become much more indifferent, but he should have cheered up, he also looked ahead, but his eyes were always on the land regulation of their ship.

The old village chief was pushed over by the villagers, looked at Mark, whose temperament had changed greatly, and sighed quietly, and then asked with a smile:

"Little Mark, let's go to the island and live with the village chief's grandfather, grandpa will take care of you, okay?"

"Thank you, village chief, grandpa!" Mark shook his head.

"Can you live on your own?"

"I can, don't worry, I'll go to you if I'm in trouble."

"That's fine." The village chief nodded helplessly.

The boat docked, and the group disembarked one after another, but Lu Gui and the two did not follow, and they were about to go to their original destination.

The villagers thanked them for saying goodbye and prepared to go to the island's town.

"Wait a minute, two adults, I want to go with you!" Mark stayed at the end and shouted to Lu Gui, who was about to leave.

"Mark, what do you say?" The village chief said in surprise, and the surrounding villagers also looked at him in surprise.

"You? No, you're too weak for us to take care of you. Lu Gui directly shook his head and denied it.

The condition for him to recruit the crew is not to see who is pitiful and who is on board. If you don't have a skill, even if you get on the ship now, it won't last long.

"I can take care of myself, and I can help you." took it and said seriously.

"Captain, this kid doesn't look like he's lying, why don't you let him come up and try it?" Buck spoke from the side.

"You've spoken, so let him try."

Buck was allowed to board the boat, and the village chief did not leave for the time being, waiting for the results below, with mixed feelings.

Buck was slightly nervous in the face of the inquiring gazes of Landing Gauge and Buck, and then took out a sealed glass bottle from his body, and in it lay two pale green beads, like jelly beans.

"What is this?"

Lu Gui took it in his hand and looked at it, opened the bottle, and a faint fragrance emanated from it.

"This is a jelly bean I made to replenish my body's energy, and it can also treat simple colds and flu." Mark explained.

"What did you do? You're a healer! ”

This is really unthinkable, Lu Gui is willing to care about Buck, mainly because he thinks that this kid is very brave, much stronger than his previous self.

He really didn't realize that the other party still had this ability.

"I don't know how to heal, and I don't know why I did this. As long as I think in my heart, I can conjure green energy from food or medicinal herbs, and then when they merge and solidify, they become jelly beans in a bottle.

I've tried it myself, it can be shocking, and it can also heal. ”

Mark didn't know how to explain it, he was a little afraid of this inexplicable energy before, and he didn't dare to show it in front of people, so he only secretly experimented on his own in normal times.

"Fruit Ability!" Lu Gui and Buck glanced at each other and said with certainty.

"What is the Fruit Ability, the two adults know about my situation?" Mark couldn't help but ask.

"Whoever eats the Devil Fruit will gain the fruit ability. Different Devil Fruits bring different abilities.

Devil Fruits are divided into three categories, and you, the Devil Fruit, should belong to the superhuman line. For other information about the fruit, you can keep an eye out for yourself later.

Have you ever eaten any strange-looking fruit before? ”

"Yes, I accidentally ate a fruit on the original island a year ago, but I didn't expect it to be a devil fruit.

Can I join you now? Mark asked.

"Still won't work!" Lu Gui took a jelly bean, and the effect was really the same as what Mark said, his body was warm, and his spirit improved a lot.

"Why? Didn't you tell me to come out of my grief and do something for the weak who were bullied by the wicked?

I'm 11 now, I can take care of myself, I can clean on the boat, I can give you energy beans, just let me stay. ”

"You do have the potential to get on the boat, but it's hard to say if your potential will be realized, because you're just a lucky one who ate a Devil Fruit and don't know anything else.

I can give you a chance to stay on the island for a year with your villagers.

During the year, you can enrich yourself with knowledge, and we also need a ship doctor.

In a year's time, I promise to return to this island with my companions, and if you are still planning to join my team and succeed in your studies, I will take you away with you, but explore the wider world.

How is it? ”

Lu Gui finally relented, and Mark's fruit ability has a lot of room for development, and it can play an important auxiliary role for his companions on the ship in the future.

It is really inappropriate to follow them now, because in addition to being able to teach him combat skills, Lu Gui and Buck cannot make him a qualified ship doctor, and he also needs a process of knowledge accumulation.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you on the island for a year, and I'll study medicine well.

Now, a year later, I'm still where I am, waiting for you to come back. ”

"Very well, you and the village chief let's go. In addition, you should be careful that although the Devil Fruit gives you magical abilities, it also turns you into a landlubber, so don't lose your life for this reason. After Lu Gui finished speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Mark to leave.

"Two adults, then I'm leaving, please take care of your health."

"I'll give you this book and notes, it has a brief introduction to Devil Fruits and training methods for physical arts, so I usually take them out and read them."

Buck found two books from the room and handed them over, as a welcome gift to the reserve crew.

Mark bowed to the two of them, and then, without procrastinating, grabbed his books and disembarked to join the village chiefs.

"Let's get on the boat, Buck, we're going to meet our chef."

"Mark, this kid has a good heart, and he is still a fruit ability. Captain, we've earned it. ”

"It's that kid who earns it, how much he can learn in a year, it's not that he has to wait for the ship, and I, the captain, worry about him.

Before we grow up, we won't have less investment, hehe! ”

Lu Gui smiled as he spoke, he himself knew that he had earned it, and the ability to extract the energy essence in plants and feed it back to humans was very perverted.

Maybe he will be able to achieve the point of life and death in the future, so what worries does he have, he feels beautiful when he thinks about it.

It seems that people still have to do more good deeds, otherwise they don't even know what they will miss.

"Just leave Mark here, Captain, can you rest assured?"

Buck is also optimistic about this child, and has no opinion on him being able to join the Clover Pirates, but subconsciously, he still feels that the other party is too small.

"This island is quite an area, and the Curry naval base is not far away, so the pirates will be discovered as soon as they come, so there is no need to worry about external crises.

As for whether life on the island will be difficult, it is not for us to worry about him, he is not himself, the old village chief and those villagers will take care of him.

If there can be an accident in this way, I can't help it! ”

"The captain is right, even if we get on the boat, we can't take care of him at all times, and he has to walk the road by himself to get through the road."

"Don't talk about this, let's go quickly, why is this Y Dragon Island so far away, and how long will it take to get there."

"It's about a month ......"

The boat finally started in the sound of the conversation between the two.