That night, the mess was on the ship.

Stella sat on the bed huddled up on her knees, listening to the upstairs movement with a blank face.

“...... What's the situation? ”

"Did you find out now? So it seems that I haven't changed at all~"

"No...... Uh, okay, don't pinch me, it's true that nothing has changed. So, the pharmacy research was successful? ”

“...... Well... You..... Are you sure you want me... Now tell you to listen? ”

"Whoop—whoa—"

"Little ..... Xiaobai, what do I think... Yes!!! ”

“...... We'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

“...... Hmm~"

Stella silently shrunk into the quilt, sniffing the residual smell of her master and falling asleep.

The young master shouldn't go out tomorrow, right?

......

......

The Great Voyage, the Chambord Islands.

"Captain, lend me some money first, that Beckman guy is too picky." Raki Lu reached out as he bit the drumstick.

"Captain?" Seeing that he didn't react, Rakki Lu looked in one direction with an inexplicable smile.

"I'm sorry Raki Lu, I met an acquaintance." Shanks stepped in that direction.

In an alley, an old man sat on the ground, tugging at his white cloak with one hand and pouring a bottle of wine into his mouth with the other.

The old man had long curly hair, a beard on his chin, and a silver beard; Wearing glasses, he has an inline scar on his right eye.

Shanks' eyes sparkled, faintly flowing with eye waves, and he smiled and said hello.

"Long time no see, Mr. Reilly."

The silver-haired old man, Silbaz Reilly, raised his head with a surprised expression: "Huh? It's Shanks~"

Reilly then noticed that Shanks' left sleeve was empty, and the straw hat on the back of his neck was missing.

It was the straw hat that Roger had given him with his own hands, and Shanks had always cherished it so much that it was impossible to lose it.

So, is it what happened?

Reilly: "It's been a long time, you've become such a reliable man, Shanks. What's going on with your arm? ”

"Ahh......h

"Mr. Reilly, I'm really surprised, there's a little ghost in the East China Sea who says exactly the same thing as Captain Roger."

He looked at Reilly with blazing eyes, and a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's the captain's words." ”

Reilly looked at Shanks in front of him and felt that he was different.

Before heading to the Final Island, Ralph Drew, Bucky suddenly developed a high fever, and Shanks stayed behind to witness the Great Treasure with them.

Soon after returning, the Roger Pirates quietly disbanded, and the crew disappeared one by one.

He had no way of knowing where they were or what they were doing.

And for Shanks, who grew up in the Roger Pirates, this matter may be even more difficult to accept.

A year later, Roger was executed.

In the hometown of Luo Mingsheng, the town of Roge.

It is said that many of the onlookers who watched that day still dominate the sea to this day.

And myself, I didn't go that day.

Reilly remembered the words Roger had left behind the last time he was separated from Roger.

"I'm not going to die, brother."

Reilly firmly believed in this statement, and he was convinced.

Rogue Town is not Roger's end.

But that day...... Shanks should have been there.

"Want my treasure? Go and find it, I have left all the treasures of the world there! ”

Roger, with the last flame of life, ignited the whole world!

What a wonderful life it is!

But Shanks, what would he think?

I'm afraid that I will fall into grief and confusion, so I haven't made up my mind all these years.

But today, everything is different, Shanks is completely different, he, is glowing!!

Reilly didn't know how many years he hadn't been so happy, and smiled with relief.

"yes, I really want to meet the little ghost you mentioned."

"Haha, there will be a day of Mr. Reilly." Shanks smiled gently, and then said seriously: "He will definitely come here, surpass everyone, surpass me, surpass Captain Roger, and succeed in changing this world." ”

"I'm really looking forward to changing the world."

"Roger is dead, and only those who live in this era can create this era." Reilly took another sip of wine, and then remembered that there was someone else, and raised the bottle: "Do you want to have some?" ”

"It's too much, Mr. Reilly, and he thinks of me when he's almost gone." Shanks grumbled, but his body sat down cross-legged and took the bottle in his hand.

He also took a big sip and said one more thing.

"Speaking of Mr. Reilly, I met another person not long ago."

Shanks tilted his head and laughed: "Hahaha! A month ago, I almost couldn't go to sea. ”

Reilly: "Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

Shanks tilted his head and recalled, "That person is called Szis Gal, a member of the World Government CIPHER POL, but that person is not the same as the CP0 we have seen. ”

Reilly's expression was strange, and he instantly remembered this person in his mind, and then popped up this person before diving into the deep sea, imitating Roger's words.

Shanks continued: "Mr. Reilly, do you think that when a person is first born, is it good or evil? ”

Reilly didn't know what he was saying or how to answer.

He had no choice but to combine the people he had seen and said vaguely, "Everyone is different, even Kaido and Big Mom didn't look like that at first, did they." ”

"yes." Shanks retracted his gaze and smiled, and looked back at Reilly, "But they all have a purpose, don't they?" Ordinary people want a peaceful life, pirates want to sit on the throne, the revolutionary/life army wants to overthrow the Draconians, and the Draconians want to stabilize their power...... Both good and evil deeds have their own purposes. ”

"But that person doesn't seem to be like that."

Reilly recalls the impression that Szis Gal gave him was very purposeful, not what Shanks said he was.

So he told about his acquaintance with Szis Garr.

"Well, Mr. Reilly has seen him too." Shanks took another long sip of wine and said, "That man's eyes have a wildfire that I can't understand, like a wildfire that wants to stir up the world." ”

"He seems to be patient, patient with the world government? Or are you enduring the world? I do not know. ”

"But I can tell, he's getting a little impatient."

Reilly felt inexplicable and said, "What does it matter, you are the people of this era, everyone can have the ambition to stir up the world." ”

Shanks thought about it seriously and didn't say the words, 'That person is definitely the opposite of Luffy and Captain Roger'.

Instead, he grinned: "Haha, you're right." ”

......

......

Great Voyage.

On an island.

Doflamingo sat in a recliner in the sun, with a phone bug on a small table beside him.

"What do you do? joker。 ”

Doflamingo: "Boom, you've heard about it, Buena Festa. ”

"Ah!?? Did you reach out to me just to taunt me, joker? It's just a small auction, don't think the limelight can overpower me. I'm looking for something that will drive the whole world into madness, wait for Joker, and when I find it, the whole world will be baptized by my celebration, and I'll defeat Roger and start a whole new era!! ”

The voice of the phone bug is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek accent.

Doflamingo held up the phone and smiled: "Hemp! Hemp! Don't get so excited about Festa, I'm contacting you because I want to ask you for something. ”

The "......" phone bug still seemed to have guessed something, and fell silent.

Doflamingo: "Bang Bang, that's right, I just want to entrust you with this biggest auction, only you can spread the influence of this event to the extreme, Celebration Master Festa." ”

"Joker, I'm sorry I misunderstood you before, you're a person with a vision. I've taken this commission, and I'm sure he'll be in the spotlight for this auction. The tone on the other side of the phone changed instantly.

Doflamingo was not surprised by the other party's fickleness at all, but instead threw out more things that the other party liked - the explosion point.

"Oh~ By the way, Festa, I recently got a new Devil Fruit, and I'm going to put it in this auction to put it up for auction, how about you stir up this matter?"

Phone bug: "New Devil Fruit? Another natural system? Apparently, he thought that only the strongest natural system could cause a lot of revelry.

Doflamingo opened the small box on the table, which contained two different Devil Fruits.

He chuckled and said, "No, no, Festa, no matter how beautiful the fireworks are, when you see them a second time, not only will you not feel beautiful, but you will be a little tired." ”

"Fluttering fruit, this devil fruit is the ability of the legendary sea thief, the golden lion Shiji, ten years ago!! Uh-hehehe-hehe-hehe......"

Phone bug: The "......" phone bug is stuck in a slump again.

Doflamingo silently put the phone bug away.

The phone bug roared exaggeratedly: "Piao Piao fruit!??!! Is that the Admiral Golden Lion of the Sky Pirates once owned, Piao Piao Fruit? ”

Doflamingo was pleased with his reaction: "That's right, it's the Devil Fruit. Are you interested? ”

Phone bug: "I'm interested, no, don't worry, leave it to me, joker, I'll do this thing beautifully, so that pirates and powerful people all over the world know about it, and they will go crazy about it!" This will be an auction like no other! ”

Doflamingo grinned, "Please, then, Festa." ”

"Mmmmmm......mm

When he hung up, he burst out laughing again.

There were indeed fluttering fruits and snow fruits in the box, but he didn't plan to hand them over from the beginning.

As long as the news spreads, he will deny the fluttering fruit.

Anyway, it's not his news.