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

Shanks and Buggy excitedly rushed to Roger's side. Roger looked at them and smiled.

"It looks like Bucky's illness has healed. He's in high spirits!"

Before Buggy could speak, Shanks patted his chest and said,

"Captain Roger, don't you think I took good care of him?"

In fact, Buggy was very touched that Shanks stayed to take care of him, but when he saw Shanks' smug look, he suddenly got angry and said,

"I don't need your care, idiot!"

"Nani? Baki! You are so heartless!"

As they were talking, the two were about to quarrel again. Roger waved his hand helplessly and said,

"Alright, alright, why are you arguing again? Let's go back to the boat first."

Shanks and Buggy turned their heads away, snorted, and followed Roger and others towards the Jackson on the shore.

On the way, Buggy couldn't help but tell Roger about his previous guess. Roger looked at Buggy in surprise and then laughed.

"Bucky, you really do have some unique talents. I guess you're half right."

Bucky asked immediately after hearing this.

"Captain Roger, what do you mean by half right?"

There was still a smile on Roger's face, but to Shanks standing beside him, this smile always seemed a bit self-deprecating.

"That place, um, I named it Raftan Road. It does repel devil fruits, but there is one devil fruit that is an exception. Only the owner of that fruit can obtain the true treasure of Raftan Road. If you can gain his approval in the future, perhaps you can ignore the curse."

"Is there such a thing? Then Captain Roger, what is the name of the devil fruit you just mentioned? We can go find this fruit and then let you eat it!"

Roger shook his head and said,

"I'm sorry, Buggy, it's better that you don't know about this. As for the devil fruit, I can only say that it is not destined to belong to me, and I don't have time."

After saying that, Roger glanced at Shanks, then stopped talking and quickened his pace towards the Jackson.

Bucky wanted to catch up and ask something, but Roger obviously had no interest in talking anymore, so he gave up in the end.

Shanks frowned. From just now till now, he didn't see any joy of dream coming true in Roger, which made him feel very strange.

After returning to the Jackson, Roger announced that he would hold a party to welcome Shanks and Buggy back to the ship.

The banquet lasted from day to late at night. During the period, Roger ignored Krocus's obstruction and never emptied his glass of wine. After the banquet, he was drunk and even went crazy with wine, laughing wildly with tears in his eyes.

Rayleigh, who was sitting next to Roger, just looked at him quietly, with no intention of stopping him.

It was not until Roger collapsed in his chair that Rayleigh turned his gaze to Shanks, who was playing rock-paper-scissors with Buggy, and called out,

"Shanks, come and help Roger go back to rest."

Shanks said "oh" and trotted over to help Roger up from the chair, but his body was really small compared to Roger, and he looked like he was struggling.

Some people wanted to help, but were pulled away by Rayleigh to continue drinking.

Shanks helped Roger into the cabin, pushed him onto the bed, and was about to leave. Suddenly, Roger, who was already "unconscious" from drinking, reached out and grabbed Shanks' wrist, and whispered,

"Wait a minute Shanks, I have something to tell you."

Shanks was stunned and turned to look at Roger. At this moment, apart from a slight blush on Roger's face, there was no trace of the drunken confusion.

Roger glanced at the straw hat on Shanks' head and asked,

"Shanks, you like this straw hat very much, right?"

Shanks nodded, raised his hand and pressed his straw hat, and smiled.

"Yes, Captain Roger, I will take it to every corner of the world!"

Roger fell silent after hearing this. Shanks asked curiously,

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

Roger sighed and spoke slowly,

"Shanks, I have something to tell you..."

No one knows what Roger said to Shanks. When Shanks walked out of Roger's room, his face was full of confusion.

At this moment, the banquet on the deck was over and most people had returned to their rooms to rest. Only Bucky, who hadn't drunk any alcohol, stayed behind to clean up.

Buggy complained as he cleaned.

"Oh my god, where is Shanks? How can I finish this by myself?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shanks walking towards him and immediately wanted to call Shanks over for help.

But when he saw Shanks's distraught look, he couldn't help but frown. In his impression, Shanks had always been very optimistic. How could he have ever looked like this?

He dropped the broom in his hand, walked over to Shanks, and spoke in a rare gentle tone.

"Shanks, you look a little unhappy. What happened? Did Captain Roger get drunk and scold you?"

Shanks shook his head silently and continued walking forward. Under normal circumstances, Buggy would definitely get angry if Shanks ignored him like this, but this time he just followed Shanks quietly.

Finally, the two men walked to the bow of the ship. Shanks lay on the side of the ship, staring at the sea in a daze, while Buggy looked at Shanks' profile.

It was the first time that Buggy looked at Shanks like this. The more he looked, the more he felt that Shanks was really good-looking, just like that guy.

The two of them maintained their respective postures for a long time, and finally Shanks broke the silence. He took off the straw hat on his head and looked at it in front of him, then said,

"Bucky, are you saying that people's fate is predetermined at birth? If so, then what is the so-called freedom? Is it a joke?"

After listening to this, Buggy said nothing. He first reached out and touched Shanks' forehead, then put his red nose close to Shanks and sniffed him.

Shanks looked at Buggy's behavior with a puzzled look on his face and asked,

"Bucky, what are you doing?

Bucky rolled his eyes and said unhappily,

"Let me see if you have a fever or are drunk. Why are you questioning your life for no reason? You gave me...well, you gave me a scare!"

Shanks raised his eyebrows, pinched his waist subconsciously, and said,

"I was with you the whole time, you don't know whether I drank or not, and you think I'm you, you're so weak, you get sick just like that!"

"What? I think you are looking for a fight!"

"come!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shanks raised his hand and punched Buggy in the nose, and then the two of them started to wrestle with each other.

They beat each other until they were bruised and swollen. Then they lay on the deck in a big shape, looking at the bright moon in the night sky. Bucky muttered,

"Hey! Do you feel better now?"

"Ah."