"Shanks~Did you miss us~"

"Yes!"

Roger's group surrounded Shanks, who had grown to three years old, and lifted him aloft him in the air.

"Yo, Bucky looks like he's grown up a lot, too!"

Bucky was thrown by Roger and them last year, and I don't know where they got these two little guys.

Probably every once in a while, someone from the Roger Pirates would come over to visit.

Roger was making faces there to tease the two, although both of them were not small, they would still perfunctorily cope with Roger's teasing, laughing twice, and his little face was full of maturity and helplessness.

But it also goes fast, which causes Shanks and Bucky to act like left-behind children.

Even though Roger and Reilly promised to come back on time next time and pick them up when they were older, the two little ones were a little disappointed.

It may be because Roger is the first person to take care of them after all, and there is a certain dependence.

Roger did mention to Catrel:

"Where's that stinky-faced little one."

"He's old enough to go to sea."

"No wonder."

Roger is the little guy in the pirate family and everyone knows it, for example, Marco and Bista will run over and ask Roger Reilly and their dad who is better, and ask if they have ever fought.

It's been a real fight, but it's not all done.

The problem is that Marco and Bista want to challenge Roger as a way to prove that they can go to sea when they grow up.

Roger naturally did not agree:

"Imps, are you the cubs Newgate found? It's quite kind, you dare to challenge me directly, but you're still too weak now, and you may not even be able to beat my crew here, so if you want to challenge me, at least you have to be as powerful as your father. ”

Marco and Bista, of course, weren't going to stop there, they were going to go straight on.

The end result was that he was picked up by Reilly and had no power to fight back.

However, at this time, a blue flame suddenly appeared on Marco's struggling body, which frightened Reilly to let go, but immediately caught Marco and let him land safely.

"Devil Fruit??"

The flames emanating from Marco's body were not scorching, which also made Reilly react immediately.

"Nature?"

Roger also threw in curiosity, which is interesting, I didn't expect to eat this at such a young age.

"It's an animal-like phantom beast."

Catharel explained, reassuring Marco to stop making a fuss for the time being, and Marco was obviously not convinced by his arms.

"Phantom beast species? This is even more precious than the natural system. Where did he get it? ”

"He picked it up....... when the kid went out to play before, he saw a strange fruit and tried to eat it himself, and that's it."

Catrell still remembers seeing his cub suddenly burn and startled, it was true that there was a moment when he was about to go into cardiac arrest.

Marco didn't realize he was on fire at first, and when he saw it, he immediately rolled on the floor and ran to the shower to flush it, but it didn't work.

Only later did he find out that the fire had not hurt him.

"Do you know what he is?"

"Sometimes when his fruit power gets out of control, his arms will turn into bird wings."

"Birds?"

"Not really!"

As soon as Marco was emotional, his whole person changed instantly, and after the flames, a small blue figure appeared in front of everyone.

It's a bird with a blue flame.

Seeing Marco like this, everyone had a brief surprise in their eyes:

"What a cute bird?"

"Is it a chicken?"

Everyone couldn't help but reach out and touch it.

Marco immediately protested:

"The dean said it! It's a dead bird! Awesome! Not a chick! ”

Looking at the little blue immortal bird fluttering its wings there, it was a little less oppressive and a little more interesting and cute.

Marco is in a hurry to peck \/

"Immortal birds? Newgate, that guy picked up a big bargain. ”

Reilly touched his chin and looked at it carefully, it was indeed rare.

Catrell caught up with Marco, and a burst of blue light flashed, and Marco's mood stabilized, and slowly changed back to his original form.

From the average person's point of view, this process is really quite magical.

"Kulalalala, Roger, are you bullying my little ones?"

A voice came, and it made everyone look at it, it was Newgate and his crew.

Their appearance made Roger's crew a little wary, after all, they had just fought not long ago.

"Let's take it lightly, there are exceptions at home who won't fight, if we fight here, the dean won't spare us."

"Newgate, you're back, too?"

"Not long after the fight with the Warring States, I thought about coming back."

The crews on both sides also relaxed a little, anyway, they knew the relationship between the two sides, and they were still good brothers after the fight.

Everyone also got together to drink and talk.

Seeing Newgate, Marco and Bista immediately rushed over and jumped on Newgate and pulled it.

"Daddy!"

"Eh, you two have the guts to fight Roger."

Newgate also noted Shanks and Bucky:

"Yo, is this your little ghost? One with red hair and one with a red nose. ”

"Don't call me Rednose!"

Bucky slammed back.

Newgate looked pleased:

"This kid is pretty good, too."

"yes!"

Roger's tone was like showing off.

Newgate looked at Marco, who had heard the dean mention that Marco had eaten a Devil Fruit out of curiosity and had become a bird that couldn't go into the water.

There were more people today, and Cartrell wanted to leave everyone for a meal, but it didn't seem like they were going to stay for dinner, but it was a pity.

"Dean, I'm going to take Marco and Bista to my ship this time."

"In such a hurry, they are not too big."

"As a man who will gallop on the sea in the future, this is just a basic experience, so that they can adapt in advance."

"Okay, you just decide."

"That means we can be crew members on Daddy's ship!"

"It's not like that, it's too early for you to become a full-fledged crew member, at most a trainee crew member."

Catrell chose to go home to help the two little ones prepare things, and Newgate took care of the two little ones, but it is better to say that the two little ones will take care of themselves, after all, they have gone to sea to be pirates, of course, they can't let others worry about themselves.

It was quicker than Catrell had expected, and she had expected Newgate to take the two little ones until they were twelve or thirteen years old.

But fortunately, the sea outside is not child's play, and it is not too much to let them adapt early.

After the two groups left, the house was clean.

Jinping looked at Catrel:

"When will they come back next?"

"Not necessarily."

In Jinping's opinion, it's not bad for his friends to go with their father, unlike his own father, really, he is always busy with some things, and the burden on his body is very heavy.

"When will my dad come back?"

"Not necessarily, your father is also working hard for his kindred, so that more fishmen can come to land and enjoy the sun like you."