The days when I wanted to be a human being

"You guys..." Shanks looked at everyone laughing and shook his head helplessly. He sat down at the bar.

Seeing that Shanks ignored them, everyone quieted down.

Makino saw the bruises on the corners of Shanks' mouth and said, "Shanks, I'm so sorry. Luffy and his friends are always very naughty."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

He saw the wanted posters on the wall next to the bar. They were of Zhou Ling. There were wanted posters from many years ago, as well as those from the year Roger was executed.

"Makino, do you know how many years Miao has been in Windmill Village?"

"She...seems to have come here the year of the Pirate King's execution, and she came back with Mr. Garp."

Makino also saw the contact between Shanks and Zhou Ling just now.

This clearly confirmed what Shanks had told her before, that Zhou Ling was his adoptive mother.

"I have lived in Windmill Village ever since. A few years ago..."

Makino seemed to be lost in his memories and narrated slowly, but was interrupted by Shanks halfway through.

"What's wrong?" Makino looked at the surprised Shanks in confusion.

"Wait! What you just said..." Shanks grabbed the cup in his hand with a little shock, "Mr. Garp, isn't he the navy hero, Vice Admiral Garp?!"

"That's right." Makino nodded with a smile.

"what!"

At this time, the crew members who were trying to eavesdrop on their captain's gossip were shocked when they heard the news.

"Is this the hometown of that naval hero?"

"Will we get caught?"

"Why are you panicking? If you want to arrest someone, just arrest the captain. We are just hostages tied aboard the ship."

“… Jesus Bu, you are so smart.” Laqilu gave Jesus Bu a thumbs up.

Shanks was speechless for a moment as he listened to his crew members discussing how to escape capture.

Makino covered her mouth and turned around, pretending to wipe the counter next to her, but her shaking shoulders betrayed her.

"Laugh if you want to. They have been like this for a long time."

Shanks filled his glass and drank.

At this time, the door of the tavern was pushed open.

It's Luffy.

"Shanks, are you guys talking about something happy?"

Luffy sat next to Shanks.

"Nothing. We were talking about how to escape when the navy comes."

"Shanks, you're so powerful, you'll definitely be able to run away."

Luffy remembered that Shanks had just beaten up the three of them, and he couldn't help but touch his head, which seemed to be in pain.

"Really? Luffy, are you so confident that I can..."

Shanks suddenly remembered that when they were outside, Luffy mentioned that his grandfather was a navy.

He hurriedly put his hands on Luffy's shoulders, forcing Luffy to look at him.

Luffy was drinking a drink, but he didn't expect Shanks to do this. He was not paying attention and most of the drink in the cup spilled into his arms.

Luffy was very angry. He asked, "Shanks, what are you doing? It's all wasted!"

"That's not important. If you want to drink, I'll treat you. I'll treat you as much as you want."

"Really?!" Luffy widened his eyes and looked at Shanks in disbelief. No one had ever let him drink too much, saying that it would affect his physical development.

Especially Zhou Ling, but she has rarely appeared in recent years, and the person who reminds him has become Makino.

"Of course it's true, but before that, you have to answer a question for me."

Shanks was very anxious, he really wanted to confirm one thing.

"Okay, go ahead and ask as many questions as you want. But remember to buy me a drink. Oh, and I also want to eat barbecue!"

"Okay, now I want to ask, the navy grandfather you just mentioned outside is called...Is he Vice Admiral Garp?"

Shanks was afraid that Luffy was still young and couldn't remember his name, so he asked in a different way.

He asked and waited quietly for Luffy's answer.

Jesus Bu and others who were not far away also quieted down and pricked up their ears, as if they were worried about missing some important information.

"Crack!"

"That's right! Our grandfather is the navy hero Garp. Are you scared, pirate? If you are, just hand over the treasure in your hand and go back to the sea!"

Ace strode into the tavern, while Sabo followed behind him timidly.

The pub was very quiet and no one was talking.

"Ah! Ace, what are you doing? My drink, my barbecue!"

Luffy yelled out angrily, as if he was worried about Ace's answer, so Shanks didn't buy him a drink.

"Hahaha!"

The pub, which had been very quiet just now, burst into loud laughter.

"You...what are you laughing at?!" Ace was a little at a loss. He had read in the newspaper and also heard his mother Rouge mention to her that Garp was a very powerful navy.

I never expected that these pirates would laugh at this time.

He thought that as long as he moved Garp out, he could get these pirates to leave Windmill Village. Everyone here was very kind to him and his mother Luju, and he didn't want the villagers to be harmed by pirates.

"Hahaha, Captain, I think you should just go back for the first time. Let's just give the bounty to everyone as parting fee."

"Yeah, that's not bad either. It should be enough for me to have many barbecue meals."

"It should be enough for me to buy a better gun."

"That's enough!" Shanks helplessly stopped his companions from teasing him, and he comforted Luffy first.

"Luffy, don't be angry. I promised to treat you to the drinks and barbecue."

"really?"

"Of course, Makino, just pour Luffy a few drinks and the money will be included in the calculation later."

"it is good."

"Great! Thank you, Shanks!" Luffy said, picked up the drink poured by Makino and started drinking.

Shanks saw that Luffy was happy, then he looked at Ace and Sabo, "Well, boy..."

"I have a name, please call me Ace."

Ace quickly corrected Shanks's way of addressing him.

"My name is Sabo." Sabo next to him also gave his name without being outdone.

"Okay, okay, Ace and Sabo, right? I want to ask you..."

In fact, he already knew the names of the three boys during the one-sided beating just now. They cooperated very well and shouted their names very loudly, so it was difficult for him not to remember them.

He just wanted to see how these two people would deal with it. After all, life on the sea was too boring, and it was rare to meet such an interesting little guy.

Shanks was talking when he suddenly noticed a problem.

"Ace...Ace..."

He muttered, he felt that the name sounded a little familiar.

But I can't remember where I heard it.

"Hey! If you want to ask questions, just ask. Are you scared?"

Ace was confused as to why Shanks was mumbling to himself in the middle of a sentence.

He took two steps closer and found that it was his name that Shanks was muttering.

"Why are you…"

"Shanks, why do you keep calling him Ace? Do you want to exchange names with him?"

Luffy wiped his mouth, held his full stomach, and asked the question that Ace wanted to ask before Ace did.

"I just think the name sounds familiar. I think I've heard it somewhere before."

Shanks held his head and frowned, looking distressed.

"My father gave me this name before I was born. Where did you hear it?"

"Your father?" Shanks asked a question, but immediately realized that he was a little anxious.

"What's your full name?" He held Ace down, and he suddenly wanted to know urgently whether Ace was related to that person.

He finally understood why Ace's name sounded so familiar to him.

Ace.

It’s the name of Captain Roger’s sword!

If... Ace is really Captain Roger...