One Piece: Three Fruits, Starting with the Dark-Dark Fruit

The Great Route,

Roger looked at a newspaper in his hand with a frown on his face.

Not far from him, Shanks was sitting on the deck, looking at Roger with a serious expression, and said to Buggy beside him,

"Bucky, Captain Roger has been sitting there watching for a long time. It seems something big has happened."

Bucky put his hands behind his head, squinted his eyes and lay on the deck, saying casually,

"You don't know yet, but the navy Garp who has been chasing us has committed a crime. I heard he has been demoted to prison. It seems we won't see him again in the future~"

Shanks was shocked when he heard this.

"What? Is it so sudden?"

Bucky glanced at him and said unhappily,

"I've known about this for a long time. You've been training with Vice Captain Rayleigh for a while now, so you probably haven't read the newspaper much."

Shanks nodded. Judging from this, Roger had probably read the newspaper in his hand more than once.

He also understood why Roger was like this, because Roger often mentioned Garp's name in his ear, and every time he did so in an appreciative tone.

Roger has said more than once that if he and Garp were not in different camps, they would definitely become close friends.

As Shanks was thinking, Buggy suddenly sat up from the ground and said in amazement,

"By the way, Garp was taken to the Marine Headquarters after being defeated by Black Dragon. Do you remember Black Dragon? He's the one who saved you in Edwall last time!"

"It's him?"

Shanks was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief,

"He actually defeated Garp?! Doesn't this mean that his strength is comparable to Captain Roger's?"

Shanks was naturally impressed by Zigg, who saved his life. He also remembered Zigg's young face, who looked about the same age as Barrett.

He originally thought that Barrett, who could fight Vice Captain Rayleigh to a draw at this age, was already a powerful enough talent, but he didn't expect that now there would be an even more powerful Giger.

You have to know that Garp is an old acquaintance of Roger's pirate group, and Shanks must be aware of his strength.

Although Roger never used his full strength every time he faced Garp, Garp was one of the few opponents that Roger recognized.

Then Zigg, who was able to defeat Garp, could naturally be considered to be on the same level as Roger.

Buggy patted Shanks on the shoulder and said earnestly,

"So, if I meet a black dragon in the future, I have to follow you closely!"

Shanks blinked and asked in confusion.

"What do you mean? You don't think I can defeat the black dragon?"

Buggy looked at Shanks like an idiot and said,

"What an idiot! Don't you see? The black dragon has a special attitude towards you!"

"Special? You mean he saved me once?"

"From your tone, do you think saving you once is nothing?"

"Uh, of course not. This is a life-saving favor. I will always remember it. I will definitely repay him if I have the chance!"

"Forget it, how are you going to repay him? With your own head? Your bounty isn't even enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of a man of his level!"

“Bucky, don’t say that! Although I’m just an intern now, I believe that I will be as famous as Captain Roger in the future!”

"You? Tsk! I'm not going to waste my time on you. Think carefully about Black Dragon's deeds. Has he ever been lenient towards pirates?"

"......No."

"That's it. A navy like him would actually save a little-known pirate like you. Don't you think this is unusual?"

Shanks frowned and said,

"That's true, so why do you think this is the case?"

Buggy held his chin, his eyes swept across Shanks' face again and again, and said,

"Maybe it's because you two look a bit alike!"

"what?"

Shanks was a little embarrassed and pointed at his face and said,

"Is that why?"

Buggy nodded vigorously, but Shanks rolled his eyes and ignored him.

He felt that Bucky was just talking nonsense and his reason was not convincing at all!

Seeing this, Bucky curled his lips and snorted,

"Anyway, my intuition tells me that if I encounter a black dragon, I can save my life by following you!"

Shanks crossed his arms and laughed.

"Bucky, we are the freest men on the sea, how can we be so afraid of death?"

Bucky said disdainfully.

"Stop trying to be cool! What's the point of being a man? We are pirates! The ultimate pursuit of pirates is of course countless treasures! How can we look for treasures if we lose our lives!"

"Boring! The ultimate pursuit of pirates is obviously freedom!"

"Treasure!"

"free!"

Shanks and Buggy put their faces together, like two angry bulls fighting, butting each other.

Roger heard the noise from the two. He closed the newspaper and saw Shanks and Buggy arguing with each other. He said helplessly,

"Hey, Shanks, Buggy, aren't you two tired of arguing like this all day long?"

Roger stood up and wanted to walk over to Shanks and the others, but his expression suddenly changed and he sat back down, holding his chest.

This scene also frightened Shanks and Buggy. Shanks hurried over to support Roger, while Buggy hurried to call the ship's doctor Krocus.

Beads of sweat dripped from Roger's forehead, and his rosy face turned pale. Shanks asked with a worried look on his face,

"Captain Roger, what's wrong with you?"

Roger shook his head and forced a smile.

"It's okay. I just feel a little sad to see an old friend encounter this kind of thing."

As he spoke, Roger touched Shanks' head and said softly,

"Shanks, I heard what you just said. You and I are really alike. We both pursue freedom."

Shanks was in no mood to talk about this. He raised his hand and gently stroked Roger's chest, just wanting to make Roger feel better.

At this time, Krocus had already run over, followed by the crew members of Roger's pirate group.

Seeing these people, Roger immediately broke away from Shanks, a heroic smile appeared on his face again, and said,

"Why are you all here? Are you going to have another party?"

Krocas ignored Roger's words and placed the stethoscope on Roger's chest. After a while, Krocas breathed a sigh of relief and said,

"It's okay, it's just an emergency, but Roger, you have to be more careful, otherwise..."

Roger raised his hand to stop them. Under the worried gazes of the crew members, he grinned.

"What are those expressions on your faces? Smile!"

Everyone looked at each other, Rayleigh looked at Roger deeply, and then agreed,

"Okay, okay, it was just a false alarm. Everyone, bring the wine and let's have the party!"