Comic series: Starting from Pirates to Cultivate the True Self

Upon hearing this, Sig and his men paused, turned around and began to look at everyone in the tavern, trying to find the person who had spoken.

"I won't allow you to insult my friends! Apologize to Shanks now!"

Sig and his gang of bandits all looked at Luffy who was standing on the stool with his fangs bared, and then they realized that the one who stopped them was actually a little kid of 7 or 8 years old.

Xige originally wanted to teach this disrespectful brat a lesson, to let him know what a bandit is and what a sinister human heart is!

But then he remembered that this was Makino's territory, so he laughed out loud and said, "I'm not going to lose the battle, but I am going to lose the fight."

"Hahahaha, little brat, today I'm going to give Miss Makino some face and not bother with you."

Then he pointed at Shanks and the others with a look of disdain and said sarcastically:

"But aren't these pirates who need to rely on a child to save face a bunch of cowards?"

After saying that, he deliberately waited for a while. Seeing that the group of pirates in the tavern were still quiet and did not move, he felt bored.

"Bah~"

Sig spat on the ground, then led his little brother out of the tavern in a carefree manner.

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After Sig and his gang of bandits left, the pirates continued to laugh and kept teasing their captain Shanks.

Shanks also laughed, not angry at all. Instead, he began to praise Luffy's bravery and loyalty.

Luffy on the side obviously couldn't stand it. Not only was he not happy about the praise from everyone, but he angrily yelled at Shanks:

"Why!"

"Hahaha, because we came to the bar to drink and have fun, so whether he said something to me or splashed me with wine, I would just laugh it off.

As long as he doesn't mean to hurt my friends, why should we let these little things affect everyone's happiness?"

Although Luffy didn't understand, he calmed down. Since Shanks himself said it was okay, why was he still angry?

He turned to look at Ace who had been very quiet, and asked quietly:

"Ace, do you understand what Shanks meant?"

"Tsk, a bunch of stupid pirates who don't look like pirates."

Shanks heard the conversation between the two little ones and became interested, so he asked:

"Luffy, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

"I want to get rid of my grandfather's oppression and become a free person."

Luffy blurted out without thinking, then he seemed to remember something important, clenched his fists tightly, and quickly added:

"Oh, and I have to get stronger, beat up my grandpa, and then not give him the money!!!"

Although Shanks didn't understand why Luffy wanted to beat up his grandfather, and what did it mean for him not to take the money, it was normal for a child to talk nonsense.

So he said with a smile like a bad uncle:

"If you were to talk about the freest person in the world, it would definitely be the Pirate King."

Luffy was stunned when he heard this, tilted his head, and scratched his head.

"Is Ace's father the freest person?"

"boom!"

Ace punched Luffy on the head and shouted angrily in a low voice:

"Stupid Luffy, Dadan said that you can't tell others about this kind of thing!"

"But Shanks is not someone else, he is my friend."

Luffy held his head and explained to Ace aggrievedly.

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Shanks ignored the two kids' antics because he was so shocked by the news that Luffy accidentally revealed that he was speechless.

His pupils were shaking as he stared at Ace, his whole body began to tremble.

Ace! That's right! Isn't the captain's sword called Ace?

Shanks came to his senses, squatted in front of Ace, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Your father...is really...Gol D. Roger?"

Ace looked at the excited Shanks in front of him, and saw that he had no intention of hurting himself and Luffy. He thought that he must be a fan of his scumbag father.

Cool said:

"Tsk~ Pretending to be the son of a bastard is not something to be proud of."

"How can the Pirate King be a bastard? He is..."

Ace interrupted Shanks's rebuttal directly with indifference.

"He has let me down, and let my mother down. What you pirates think is your business, but to me, he is just a bastard and a scumbag!"

After hearing what Ace said, Shanks fell silent. He didn't know how to explain for his captain. After all, it was an indisputable fact that the captain had hurt Ace and his son.

Then Shanks said with a serious expression, as if he was taking an oath:

"Ace, come on board my ship, I will help you become the new Pirate King!"

"I reject!"

"Why? Your father is my captain, Ace, you don't have to worry about me hurting you."

Hearing Ace's refusal, Shanks said anxiously.

“Because my uncle said that to judge whether a person is good or bad, you can’t just listen to what others say, you have to see and think for yourself.

So when I grow up, I will go out to sea by myself to see what the era started by this bastard is like.”

Ace mentioned his uncle with an expression of admiration on his face and said firmly.

Shanks felt a little jealous when he saw this. How could the child of his captain worship other people? You have to know that his captain is the famous Pirate King!

"Who is your uncle? How can you educate a child like this? Where is he? Take me to find him and have a discussion with him!"

Ace gave Shanks a disdainful look, curled his lips, and attacked him mercilessly:

"Vice Admiral Mo Xingchen of the Navy Headquarters, are you going to Marinford to argue with him?"

“Ah… this…”

Shanks was stunned for a long time after hearing this, but he still added unconvincedly:

"Even if he is right, the sea is full of dangers. With my protection, your voyage will be smooth!"

Ace even put one foot on the bar and said proudly:

"Sister Makino said that my uncle started out here all by himself, and now he has made a great name for himself.

I, Ace, will start from here and create my own legendary career!"

“Ah…this…”

Shanks immediately returned to his seat with a look of frustration on his face, and his entire body turned gray.

Lost!

Completely defeated by that person!

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"I, Luffy, will also start from here and become the freest person in the world!"

Luffy shouted loudly in a baby voice, imitating Ace's movements.

Shanks was also stunned when he heard this. The two children have such a good relationship, Luffy's background must be unusual.

"Luffy, do you know Ace's uncle Mo Xingchen too?"

"Yeah, he's my uncle too."

"Who is your father then?"

Luffy looked dumbfounded, picking his nose and looking at the ceiling.

"Father? I don't know. No one has ever told me. I only have a grandfather. My grandfather's name is Monkey D. Cap."

"Pfft~"

Shanks sprayed a mouthful of wine directly into Luffy's face.

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