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Ian's guess was not wrong. Shanks came out this time because Hawkeye went to see Shanks after meeting him. This made Shanks come to Ian on the spur of the moment.

However, meeting Ian in Saint Baiyang was really a coincidence, not Shanks's prophecy.

In fact, history had gone awry again when Ian decided to hunt down Teach the Blackbeard with Ace. Originally, if Ace had pursued Teach alone, Shanks would have chosen to meet Edward Whitebeard in the end. Newgate, and told Dad about the dangers of Blackbeard, and hoped that Whitebeard could recall Ace so that he would not continue to pursue Blackbeard.

The last time Ace found Shanks, he expressed his gratitude to Shanks for saving Luffy. He and Shanks knew each other, but even with such a relationship, Shanks never thought of looking for Ace directly. Si, let him give up the pursuit. This is because Shanks knows that Ace is a member of the Whitebeard Pirates. The only person who can make him give up the pursuit is Whitebeard. Even if he comes directly to find Ace, he can't. Let Ace stop here.

So Shanks originally planned to set off to the New World to find Whitebeard's father. Even at that time, Shanks already knew that Ace and Ian were hunting down Blackbeard, and he never changed his mind.

The reason is simple. At that time, Shanks and Ian didn't know each other at all. Coupled with Ian's identity as a Shichibukai, he was afraid of backfiring.

However, when his good friend Hawkeye came and told Shanks about his relationship with Ian, Shanks changed his plans.

Those who can become the Four Emperors all have their own pride. Shanks knows Whitebeard's character very well, and knows that if he, a junior, goes to find Whitebeard, Whitebeard may not listen to him. If there is really no other way, Only then would Shanks choose to meet Whitebeard, but now he has a better choice, which is to use the relationship between Hawkeye and Ian to meet Ian and Ace.

Shanks knew that Ian almost joined the Whitebeard Pirates, and that Ace was a close friend and brother. If he could persuade Ian, he might be able to persuade Ace to do the same. Give up the hunt for Blackbeard.

This was the reason why he suddenly went to sea. His unusual behavior at that time startled the navy ships that were monitoring them, and they hurriedly reported the red-haired pirate group's movements to the navy headquarters.

However, Shanks' understanding of Ian at the time was limited. His knowledge of Ian's deeds as a Shichibukai came from hearsay, although he knew that Ian once had a fight with the admiral, and he didn't know why he became a seventh-level warrior. Wu Hai, but after all, he has never really met Ian and has no understanding of Ian's strength.

In his opinion, even if Ian and Ace hunted Blackbeard together, something would probably happen, because Blackbeard was too insidious.

However, what made Shanks a little surprised was that when he was about to approach Alabasta Sentin Island halfway, news suddenly came that Ian and Ace had successfully captured The Blackbeard Pirates, and have already handed it over to the Whitebeard Pirates to take away!

This news must have made Shanks very depressed, because this matter was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Blackbeard was caught. After Shanks repeatedly confirmed that the news was true, his purpose of coming to Ian and Ace was naturally frustrated. So after thinking about it, Shanks could only decide to continue to wait and see what happened. Development, and at the same time, because he learned that Ian and the others had set off and left Alabasta, Shanks could only turn and leave.

This is why the Navy’s report said that the Red-haired Pirates “suddenly turned around”…

At that time, Ian and the others' sailing route was originally to Gaya Island, but Shanks lost his purpose of finding Ian, so it was naturally impossible for him to go to Gaya Island to stay, and it happened that their ship Red Foss The ship accidentally hit a reef during the voyage, causing some damage to the bottom of the ship. So after turning around and leaving, Shanks took the red-haired pirates to Saint Poplar Island, where he wanted to buy some The finest lumber to repair the Red Forth.

However, Shanks himself did not expect that during the time he was sailing to Saint Poplar, Ian's ship did not go to Gaya Island, but was unfortunately involved in Luffy's Sky Island Adventure. , actually went to the Sky Island with Luffy and the others, and when he returned, because he captured the Ark Proverbs of Enel, the route deviated, and he also ended up on the route of Saint Poplar Island. Got it!

On the ship before, Shanks didn't notice the pirate flag hanging on the Ark's motto. He was just attracted by the ship made of gold, but his deputy captain, Ben Bankman, was holding it in his mouth. The handsome man smoking the pipe noticed this, so he informed Shanks.

The ship of the Dragon Hunter Pirates

Shanks suddenly appeared here, which was really unexpected. He specially searched for it but failed to find it. He no longer wanted to look for it, but he happened to encounter it again. This can only be said to be a joke of fate.

However, in any case, since they met here, Shanks decided to meet Ian. He was also very curious about Ian, because his friend Hawkeye, who had always been alone, actually met Not only did a nephew suddenly appear, but he also came to see me for a drink. He looked very happy, so Shanks naturally wanted to meet Ian.

After sitting down and listening to Shanks talking like this, Ian finally realized that what happened to him and Ace after they left Alabasta.

Looking at the red-haired man in front of him who laughed from time to time, Ian felt really strange.

Although the red-haired Shanks is a Yonko, his usual personality is actually very easy-going. Even when Enel attacked him just now, he didn't mention it much. It seemed that he didn't take it to heart at all. look.

This Ian can figure it out, because in his impression, when red-haired Shanks was provoked by a group of bandits in Donghai Windmill Village, he was still smiling.

But this does not mean that the red-haired person is harmless, but because Shanks will not care about these provocations as long as they do not touch Shanks' bottom line.

This kind of seemingly nervous personality made Ian feel very familiar, because it seemed that Luffy also had such a personality.

Luffy may have been influenced by Shanks's personality, but who influenced Shanks's personality? After thinking about it, Ian thought that there was only one person who could do this, and that was the Pirate King Gol D. Roger!

Thinking of Roger, Ian suddenly thought of someone, that was Pluto Rayleigh!

Uncle Reilly, is he okay? Ian suddenly missed him a little.

As the vice-captain of One Piece, Rayleigh actually mentioned Shanks to Ian, so Ian couldn't help but said to Shanks: "Um...Brother Shanks...let me call you this." , Uncle Reilly once mentioned you to me..."

Poof! Shanks was sipping the beer brought by Matthew, but after hearing what Ian said, he spit it out!

"Cough! Cough!!" Shanks coughed a few times, then raised his head and looked at Ian in surprise: "You...who did you just say!?"

"Uncle Rayleigh! Pluto Rayleigh!" Ian repeated.

Shanks looked at Ian in disbelief: "You...where did you hear this name?"

"Uncle Reilly told me himself!" After Ian finished speaking, he reacted and said: "Oh! By the way, you haven't seen Uncle Reilly for a long time, right? So you may not know, I have become Uncle Leili’s disciple before!”

Shanks was really shocked at this time. He didn't expect that Ian was actually Rayleigh's disciple! ?

He has indeed not seen Rayleigh for many years, because Rayleigh has been living in seclusion on Shampoo Island after being disbanded. Shanks has never been close to that island because of his identity. After all, it is close to the Navy. Headquarters, once he appears, a large number of navy warships may be waiting for him...

"That...Also, Luffy once mentioned you to me!" Ian seemed to think he was not shocked enough, and then added this sentence, saying: "My junior brother Zoro is here with Luffy." In the pirate group, and Luffy is Ace’s younger brother, this time we are staying together on Sky Island..."

Shanks was completely dumbfounded at this time. He never thought that besides the relationship between Ian and him, there was such a deep connection between Ian and him!

Shanks couldn't describe how he felt at this moment. He originally thought that the two of them were strangers, but after chatting like this, he suddenly realized that the other person was actually on the same team as him. This was really amazing!

Shanks finally knew why Ian called him eldest brother just now. Shanks was only about 37 years old and Ian was only 20 years old. In addition, now that the two have such a deep connection, then this It’s really okay to call him “big brother”…

"Hahahaha!" After Shanks came back to his senses, he burst out laughing happily. If he had known this earlier, then why he was so hesitant in the first place, he should have directly found Ian to drink with him.

He laughed, patted Ian's shoulder vigorously, turned his head at the same time, and shouted to Ben Bankman and the others on the Red Foss: "Ben! Come here quickly! Hahaha, come and see you. See, our little brother is here to hold a banquet!"