Chapter 245: Conversation between Shanks and Roger

who's that person?
How is it possible if the breath sensed by the seeing and hearing colors is not wrong?

At night, in the Windmill Village, under the moonlight, a figure wearing a straw hat appeared under a big tree not far from Ace's house, his eyes fixed on that place.

However, at this moment, footsteps were heard behind him.

The village chief Slap, who was leaning on a cane, said in a deep voice, "You have been wandering around the village all afternoon, even going to the back mountain. Now you are staring at Ace's door. What do you want to do?!"

Shanks turned around and raised his hand immediately after hearing this. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Did you... misunderstand something?"

Slap stared at him: "Although you are a great pirate in the New World, Ace is not an ordinary person! He is Garp's grandson, and Luju was brought to the village by Garp to settle down. You have to think it through!"

Uh……

Shanks waved his hands and explained with a smile, then thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I know Ace's father, so I wanted to see if he's back."

"Ok?"

The old village chief raised his cane suddenly and hit Shanks on the arm. "You rogue pirate, you actually want to lie to me?"

After being hit, Shanks jumped and ran away, but the village chief behind him did not let him go and continued to chase him.

"Ace's father died before he came here. How can you recognize him if you don't even know this?"

"Damn pirate! If you want to do something, I will stop you at the risk of my life!"

After getting the answer, Shanks was hit by the cane twice more, and then he ran away faster.

On the street, he turned around and explained: "Village Chief, you really misunderstood! I didn't! I am not!"

Panting, Slap stopped with his crutches. He really couldn't run anymore.

But he still raised his cane and roared, "I'll beat you up if you dare to come again! Damn pirate!"

……

After getting rid of the old village chief, Shanks sighed and walked towards the port.

Whether it is true or not, the captain's attitude when returning to the village shows that he wants to live a peaceful life.

Moreover, with the captain's observation Haki that allows him to listen to the sounds of all things, even if I were in my current state, I would not be able to find it as long as the captain didn't want to.

However, just as he was approaching the port with his hands in his pockets, he found a figure waiting not far from the ship with his back to the ship.

Wait until it passes by...

"That's amazing, Shanks. With such a big ship and a partner you can trust to carry your back... you really did it."

Hearing this, Shanks pressed his straw hat with his right hand to hide his eyes filled with tears.

"You...at that time..."

Roger replied: "He was indeed dead at that time. How could he not die when he was executed in front of the whole world?"

Hearing this, Shanks looked up suddenly and his breathing hitched.

If he is dead, then what is the captain in front of him?
Even Moriah, one of the current Seven Warlords of the Sea and the user of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, can only control corpses.

BiGMOM, one of the Four Emperors, only has the Soul-Soul Fruit to give life to objects, but there has never been any claim that it can resurrect the dead.

"Don't think too much Shanks."

Roger exhaled and said, "My era has ended. It was only by chance that I was able to survive and see the changes in this world."

Yes, if the person who carried out the execution in Rogue Town was not Mr., he would have no chance of surviving.

After a moment of silence, Shanks spoke up, "That kid said the same thing as you."

Roger laughed.

"That Garp's grandson, the child who also inherited the Will of D, is really a coincidence, isn't it? If it weren't for him, you wouldn't have discovered me."

Shanks also smiled: "If it weren't for the influence of the New Era Newspaper on this world, that child would have chosen to be a pirate..."

"Three generations of the family, the grandfather is a naval hero, the son is the leader of the revolutionary army, it would be a coincidence if the grandson became a pirate."

Roger's eyes met Shanks's from behind his mask: "When the so-called law is not correct, adventurers will be called thieves, but are we really thieves?"

This made Shanks pause.

As the only Pirate King in the ocean who has been to the final island and traveled around the world, he is now questioning the title of pirate.

The captain...seems to have changed too.

"The future you talked about... the future that Oden-dono mentioned when he translated the historical text, the future that brought laughter and liberation to the world, has it changed too?"

Shanks's eyes were a little serious.

He had never been to Raftelu, nor did he know all the final secrets.

But during the last year of the Roger Pirates' voyage, Kozuki Oden from Wano Country boarded the ship and had the conditions to translate the historical text.

Many of the world's secrets are contained in it.

And everything he knew about the legendary Nika and Joyboy, who left an apology letter to the previous Sea King Poseidon on Fishman Island, came from this.

"I do not know either."

Shanks' eyes widened at Roger's answer.

Then he asked in confusion: "You have been to Raftel, isn't everything recorded there? How could it be..."

Roger looked up at the straw hat he had entrusted to him: "The world is not static, Shanks. Even the ability of the Time-To-Time Fruit can only go to the future, but not to the past. The future is full of infinite possibilities, but the past cannot be changed..."

Perhaps because too many things happened today, Shanks was a little anxious at the moment.

"But the fruit was taken away by the cloaked man of the Revolutionary Army. The fruit concerns the future of this world. And if the wills cannot match and the fruit cannot awaken, the Sun God..."

"Shanks!"

Before he could finish his words, Roger interrupted him: "Perhaps this is not the only way to solve the problem. The Sun God is also a god, and the will of the first generation of awakeners may also be replaced, but gods should not exist in this world."

Shouldn't God exist?

The same words reminded Shanks of that gentleman.

But if there is no Sun God, how can we fight against Marijoa, who has ruled the world for eight hundred years?
The cloaked man is now very strong, so strong that he can invade Marijoa and kill the celestial dragons and still escape unscathed.

The Revolutionary Army can be found in the four seas, throughout the Grand Line, and possibly even within the navy. Their power and combat capability have reached a terrifying level, and the Four Emperors are no match for them.

But so what?
Eight hundred years ago, the huge kingdom described in the historical text had a technological level far superior to that of today.

But the final result is still failure.

Joyboy left an apology letter, and the stonemasons of Wano Country recorded all the information on huge stones and scattered them all over the place.

Even if it weren't for an unexplained accident, the historical text would have been collected and covered up by the world government, and no one would know about the blank hundred years.

The so-called D is nothing but an empty shell.

"The giants of Elbaf believe in the sun god, and even today they still hold winter festivals. That is their belief."

Roger's voice sounded again: "The legend of the liberation fighter Nika is also spreading all over the world. Even if eight hundred years have passed and the world has become darker, more and more people will hope that Nika can appear and save them."

"But Shanks, putting all your hopes for the future on the God you believe in, while you yourself tremble in fear and endure oppression or wait for death... is this really liberation?"

Shanks retorted: "But what's the use of more people? With such power, the number of people is meaningless! What kind of power does the fruit have after awakening..."

Shanks got stuck in the middle of his speech.

He didn't continue because that was about the real secret of this world.

Although the captain also knew this secret, he could not tell it either.

"I am going to sail for the New World tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? To continue your adventure?"

"Fight for the remaining positions of the Four Emperors and wait for the upcoming changes in the New World."

Hearing this, Roger stepped forward and, just like he had done a dozen years ago, once again placed his hand on the straw hat, which was now much taller.

"Don't put all the pressure on yourself, Shanks. The name Fegalando is not a shackle."

Shanks' body trembled a little: "But Captain, the darkness of this world... has been fully revealed to me."

Suddenly, the moon that had just hidden in the clouds reappeared, and the moonlight sprinkled on the sea level of the port, flashing like silver light.

They both looked up at the sky at the same time.

As Roger withdrew his hand, Shanks asked, "Is the captain's change also due to the New Era Newspaper? Or... are they the source of the captain's new ideas?"

After the words were spoken, the two of them remained silent for a long time under the moonlight.

Roger turned around and prepared to leave. He waved his hand and said, "That fruit will return to where it should be. If the world really needs it..."

Turning around and looking at the old captain's leaving back, Shanks took off his straw hat, looked at it and seemed to have made some decision.

……

The next day, after once again rejecting Luffy's request to board the ship, Shanks gave him a straw hat.

The two made an agreement that when they meet again on the sea in the future, Luffy who decided to go out on an adventure at sea will find his partner and return the straw hat to him personally.

The Red Hair Pirates set sail, leaving the East China Sea and heading for the Grand Line. They are going to end the pirates' fight for the last throne, and at the same time fill the gap in the future.

Uta cried bitterly on the boat, and said goodbye to her three friends reluctantly. She even pulled Ace, Luffy and Nami, wanting Shanks to take them away with her.

However, Ace would never be willing to become a pirate, and said that if the Red Hair Pirates ever do anything evil, he would kill them personally in the future.

Shanks' eye twitched at this.

The bloodline of the Pirate King hates pirates... I can only say it's outrageous.

The pirate ship set sail, and when it was already far away from the port, Nami suddenly woke up.

"Uta! Jesus Bu! Pay me back! You can only leave after you pay me back, you two bastards!"

Nami was so angry that she wanted to jump into the sea to chase them, but was quickly pulled back by Ace and Luffy. At this time, the Red Hair Pirates had gone far away and only a black dot was left. Nami knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes.

After thinking for a while, he pointed to the sea level and said, "Forget about Uta, Jesus, you bastard! Xiluobu Village, right? Wait until I go out to sea to find your son to pay back the money!"

At this moment, Usopp, who was bragging about his adventure stories to Kaya in Xiluobu Village, suddenly started sneezing continuously.

Is this because dad misses me?
……

At the same time, among the powers of Mary Geoise, five people who hold the highest power in the world gathered.

On the coffee table in front of them, a copy of the New Times was lying there, and after the breeze blew, it was turned to the second page.

【The Truth of the World II】

"Are these rats...crazy?!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The scabbard of the first generation of Kitetsu fell down, breaking the coffee table, but the newspaper fell to the ground safely.

This time no one asked Nasu Shouro to calm down, because the other four were unable to calm down at this time.

"They are looking for death!"

Saint Vochuli's breathing became a little heavy.

Over the past eight hundred years, organizations similar to the Revolutionary Army have emerged one after another. Although none of them has grown to the level of a threat as it is today, the significance is the same.

But in the past eight hundred years... no one has ever made public the truth that the World Government has tried so hard to hide like the Revolutionary Army today.

Although it is only part of the truth so far, the Five Elders are currently unsure how much the other party knows, and whether they will reveal all the secrets.

“They probably don’t know much.”

Saint Satan spoke.

But Nasujuro Sei glared at him: "You said the same thing in the previous report. But now, they have made the whole world uneasy and restless."

Saint Satan was not angry, but explained: "Eight hundred years ago, due to an unexpected reason of the Queen of Alabasta, those indestructible boulders were scattered on the sea. The scholars of Ohara studied that ancient text and collected information on the boulders, but it must not be all."

Hearing this, Mazisheng reached out and picked up the newspaper from the wood chips. "The entire report is full of reasoning and speculation, but the real reason is not explained. This may be another test, or they may know part of the history."

Nasujuro Saint said in a deep voice: "Even if it is only a part, spreading it to the whole world is still a serious crime!"

Peter Saint glanced at him and said, "Those stinking rats in the gutter don't care about the charges. That cloaked man even killed six of the world's noble celestial dragons."

At this time, Saint Satan exhaled: "The Bait Plan has been launched, and CP is still collecting the bait. Wait for some time. No matter how much they know, they will eventually be wiped out."

After the words were spoken, there was silence among the powers for a while.

Only a large amount of bait can continuously lure out the revolutionary army, as well as the cloaked men.

The revolutionary army's thinking determines the subsequent feasibility of this plan, but the prerequisite is that the list of thousands of people can really catch a large number of baits.

"Doflamingo was killed. He became one of the Shichibukai less than half a month ago, and was killed by the Beasts Pirates in Dressrosa."

Saint Vochuli rubbed his forehead and said, "This guy died, but we don't know whether he told the secrets he knew or not."

Satan replied: "According to the information brought back by Dressrosa, there was no one else in the square where the battle took place, only King and Doflamingo from the Beasts Pirates."

"It is not the best option to destroy one of the Four Emperors of the New World at this time."

Peter Saint suggested: "We can let the navy take action. The Bait Plan is related to the Revolutionary Army. We have always suspected that there are undercover agents in the navy. In this case, letting them go to war with the Beasts Pirates is a good choice."

Maz Saint agreed with the proposal: "Instead of asking the navy to cooperate in the bait plan, perhaps we can let them take action against the Beasts Pirates to cover CP0's actions."

Saint Vochuli frowned: "Such a major event can indeed attract attention from all sides, but the navy's power is already far from being balanced. If we lose more combat power..."

Satan: "Our goal is to wipe out the Revolutionary Army and confirm that what Doflamingo knows has not been told to the Beasts Pirates. But in fact, the probability of this is not great..."

"For the next month, have the Navy and CP pay attention to the movements of the Beasts Pirates. If there is no problem, then have the Navy make a gesture."

Nasujuro Sei gripped the hilt tightly: "But if they really know, then they will eliminate this one of the Four Emperors."

……

In the Kingdom of Alabasta, Cobra continued to flip through the newspaper in his hand for many days in a row.

The first two pages of the entire twelfth issue of New Era Newspaper were so frightening that he could hardly contain his fear.

The former's experience with Dressrosa made him realize that the Seven Warlords of the Sea are bad boys and cannot change their bad habits. The latter's use of Alabasta as an example almost made him faint.

Unlike Dressrosa, the royal family of Alabasta today is still Nefertari, the clan that once built their capital on a high place.

If the previous example had not led people to mistakenly believe that they were the same as Dressrosa, perhaps countless people would have flocked here at this moment, demanding to know why the palace was built at such a high place.

"call……"

Sighing, Cobra looked at Ikalem next to him: "Now we can foresee the chaos that will follow in this world."

Ikalem said, “Do you want to contact that gentleman?”

Cobra took out the communicator and dialed the number after thinking for a long time.

There is no way, just like what that gentleman said, Alabasta has no choice.

The letter left by the ancestor was signed: Nefertari D. Lily.

There is also a huge stone tablet hidden deep in the Western Royal Tomb Hall of the Alabasta Palace, which has already determined the country's position.

The natural enemy of God. As one of the member states that can even participate in the World Conference, the royal family is the enemy of God.

The world will then fall into chaos, and Alabasta, which is already on the opposite side of the World Government, may be able to protect itself by taking side at this time.

"Boom."

At this time, the door of the meeting room was opened.

The guard's adjutant, Jaka, came in, followed by another man.

"Jaka, why are you back? Is there a problem in Yudi? Who is he?"

Ikalem's words received no response.

The door to the meeting room was closed again.

The person who came with Jaka also took off his cloak, revealing a face they were very familiar with.

"It's been a long time, King Cobra."

Crocodile took out a cigar, lit it, and looked at Cobra on the stage with a grim look.

Ikalem immediately blocked Cobra behind him and looked at Jakka in disbelief: "Do you know what you are doing, bastard? You betrayed your country!"

Jakka laughed softly, patted his face with his hand, and the next moment he turned into Cobra.

"Wow, hahaha! How is it? Isn't it amazing? Are you shocked?"

Feng Clay's face was full of pride, and his appearance even kept changing, including Crocodile's, which made Lao Sha next to him very dissatisfied.

"I'm not the guy with the dog's head. Is it Gaka? He should be dead by now. He bled a lot when he came out."

The teasing tone and nonchalant attitude made Cobra clench his fists and glance at the communicator which was still flashing a red light.

Why is this time?
Even that gentleman wouldn't be able to tell the difference with such ability, right?

"Crocodile, what can I do for you?"

Cobra calmed himself down and tried to delay.

However, Crocodile did not answer. He waved his hand and turned into sand, rolled up a small figure and brought it in front of him.

"This... is the royal palace!"

Vivi's entire body was bound by gravel, and she was shaking with fear, but she still questioned, "This is the royal palace of Alabasta, a member state of the World Government. Even the Shichibukai cannot attack a member state!"

Crocodile exhaled a puff of smoke, choking Vivi and causing her to cough.

Cobra stood up from the throne: "Don't hurt the child!"

Ikalem hugged him tightly. There was no point in rushing forward like this, except to die!

"No one will know that Alabasta has a new king, right? But now... I need to know something."

Crocodile said as he waved the gravel, and Vivi was lifted high in the center of the meeting room.

"Tell me the clues to the ancient weapon, and maybe I can let this brat go."

Is it really an ancient weapon?

As that gentleman said, they can't even tell the Navy or the World Government about this.

Privately keeping historical texts is also a serious crime!

However, at this time, a voice sounded from the throne.

"Ancient weapons, Pluto the God of Hell is not in this country, Crocodile."

The voice from the communicator rang out, and Weiwei, whose tears were welling up in her eyes, could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

She cried and shouted, "Uncle, come and save me! This bad guy is going to kill me! Save Weiwei... wuwuwu!"

Crocodile frowned at the shrill cry of the child and threw the child away.

But in just a moment, he was caught by a figure and put down.

Kevin reached out to wipe Weiwei's tears, looked at her snot, and then withdrew his hand in disgust.

No matter how cute a child is, he or she will no longer be cute if his or her nose and tears are running together.

The smart Weiwei obviously knew the reason. She snorted and turned her head away, indicating that she didn't want to pay attention to this uncle who despised her.

……

(End of this chapter)