〖This is a small fishing village.〗

〖Since about a year ago... a pirate ship has been docked at the port.〗

〖The east wind is blowing.〗

〖The village is always peaceful.〗

…

"Hey, Luffy, what do you want?"

The red-haired pirates looked at the boy standing on the bow of the dragon-shaped ship.

"snort!"

The boy in the village, seven-year-old Monkey D. Luffy, stood on the dragon's head in an imposing manner, holding up a short knife and grinning, announcing, "I'm not joking with you! I'm already furious.

Yes! I will prove it to you!"

"Haha, okay, just prove it!"

Shanks on the deck was watching the fun and raised his fists to cheer, "But I'm not responsible for the consequences!"

"Luffy is being funny again..." The hooded pirate group member smiled easily, but soon he and his companions couldn't relax or laugh anymore, because Luffy was serious.

!

With a swish of a knife, he cut himself under his left eye, and blood splattered!

"It hurts me to death!!"

"You...you idiot! What are you doing?!"

"It hurts!!"

"It hurts you and you use a knife to cut yourself?!"

…

After a period of confusion, everyone treated Luffy's injuries.

Although this kid used self-mutilation to prove his determination and courage, it looked like he had no brain... But after this incident, the people of the red-haired pirates no longer called Luffy

Being a pirate is a crazy thing for a child.

From the original level of not hearing it, to the level of making fun of it after hearing it.

At this moment, in Miss Maginot's bar, everyone in the red-haired pirate group was teasing Luffy about Pistachio from the small fishing village.

"Cheers to Luffy's courage!"

"Haha, cheers, companions - hey, this is my meat! That is also my wine!"

In the bar, all the pirates were laughing and playing. Miss Maginot put a band-aid on the stab wound under Luffy's left eye, and said with a tearful smile: "Ah, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Shanks pointed his teeth and cursed: "Nonsense! Don't do this kind of thing again in the future!"

Luffy didn't seem to hear, he opened his arms and said happily: "I'm not afraid of getting hurt at all! Next time, take me out to sea to be a pirate!"

Unfortunately, Shanks still made fun of him, thinking that a kid like him who couldn't even learn to swim couldn't be a pirate.

Fatty Lucky Lu, sniper Jesus Bu and others toasted each other arm in arm, eating meat, laughing, and bragging about their wonderful pirate adventure life. Every day was happy, and every island was full of joy.

It's something I've never seen before, everyone is interesting, every kind of wine and every kind of meat is unforgettable... Luffy's eyes were shining as he listened, but Shanks held a spoon in his mouth and poured it over

He poured cold water into the basin and sighed: "Stop talking nonsense."

A red-haired member smiled and said: "I think this guy is pretty good. Captain, let's take him out to sea and give it a try."

Another agreed, "I feel the same way."

Lucky Lu, Jesus Bu and other old crew members were also smiling, and they didn't look like they were ready to refuse.

Luffy was about to get excited when Shanks said: "In that case, someone will have to get off the ship."

"Oh, then it's okay!" Upon hearing this, Lucky Lu, Jesus Bu and others simply put their arms around each other and turned around to drink.

Luffy was furious, "Aren't you going to speak for me?!"

"To put it simply, you are not qualified yet." Shanks sat in front of the bar with his legs crossed and smiled, "It will take at least ten years before we can talk about it."

Luffy said angrily: "What does it matter! Wouldn't it be cooler if you grew up on a pirate ship?!"

"..." Upon hearing this, Shanks rarely teased Luffy, but just smiled and said nothing.

Jesus Bu, who hadn't gone far, stretched out his head and said, "Lin Qi wasn't even a few years older than Luffy back then, but he was already struggling on the sea, right? Now he has become a great big shot..."

"Who is that?" Luffy was curious.

Shanks stuck out his tongue and made a face, "A childish brat like you can't compete with that kind of guy!"

"If you dare to look down on me, I'll beat you up!"

Luffy didn't care about Lin Qi and Shu Qi, and rushed towards Shanks with all his teeth and claws. Of course, he was quickly suppressed by Shanks with one hand.

Maginot served a portion of Luffy's favorite rice bowl behind the bar - which is also the name of the former Justice Meal - and a portion of Shanks' food and wine. She smiled softly and said, "You two have such a great relationship."

OK, you’re hungry, let’s have something to eat.”

Luffy started eating angrily, "I don't know if our relationship is good or not. I think he just likes to play tricks on me."

Shanks laughed so hard that Luffy glared and said, "Magino, look at it."

Maginot smiled even more happily.

Luffy was so angry that he became even hungrier. He quickly swept away all the rice. He looked around for other edible items...

At this moment, the door of the small bar was kicked open - bang!

The pirates in the bar felt strange and looked at the door one after another. They saw a group of figures blocking the other side, pouring into the small bar from the outside... The leader was a man wearing a long red coat, a black bun, and a waist.

A middle-aged man with a Western sword hanging between his legs.

"We are bandits." The middle-aged man said with a sinister smile, "We are not here to cause trouble today, we are here to buy wine. Give me ten barrels of wine."

Luffy, who was chewing a strange purple fruit, looked at the group.

Maginot was a little nervous, but the wine in the store had already been drunk by the red-haired pirates who could drink...

When the bandit leader Sig heard this, he was immediately very unhappy and turned to stare at Shanks who was calmly drinking and eating meat in front of the bar.

Shanks didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, it seems we drank all the wine. I'm sorry. - If you don't mind, I'll give you this bottle, I didn't even open the bottle cap." He

He handed the bottle of wine next to the plate to Sig. Sig was speechless. Where did this idiot come from? He smashed the bottle with a punch and splashed the wine all over Shanks.

Maginot covered her mouth in surprise; the bandits laughed maliciously; the red-haired pirates watched in silence, waiting for the captain's order, any order; Luffy was even more shocked, and hurriedly gulped down the remaining pieces.

I finished stuffing the purple fruit - what the heck, it's really unpalatable!!

"You kid, who do you think I am? Are you going to eat your leftover wine?"

Sig raised his fists that were soaked with wine and threatened fiercely, "I am a first-level wanted criminal with a bounty of 8 million Baileys. I have killed fifty-six people, and every one of them is like you."

Idiots, many of them are also bullshit pirates... Do you hear me clearly? Pirates running around on the sea dare to challenge us bandits... It really made me laugh to death."

Shanks, who was soaked with wine, acted as if he hadn't heard anything and squatted down to pick up the broken wine bottle, "I'm so sorry, Maginot, do you have a rag?"

Maginot quickly said: "It's okay, I'll wipe it myself later -"

Clang!

The bandit Sig suddenly drew his sword and chopped up the remaining empty wine bottles and dinner plates on the bar with one knife. The things fell to the floor in a mess.

"It seems that you like sweeping the floor very much. Now you can have a great time!" Sig sneered and mocked. After waiting for two seconds, there was no movement from the red-haired pirate or the pirates in the room. Not even one of them moved.

He was angry and gnashing his teeth. He suddenly felt lonely as a master. He drew his sword and looked around at a loss. He shook his head and turned around and sighed, "Humph, a bunch of cowards... take leave."

The bandits left. In the small bar, Maginot looked worriedly at Shanks who was lying on the floor, covered in wet drinks and stained by broken porcelain and leftovers, "Captain, you

Are you okay? Are you injured?"

Shanks waved his hand, "Ah, I'm very fine - Phew!"

Under the brim of the straw hat, he sighed, as if it was some kind of signal. The red-haired pirates in the bar couldn't bear it any longer, and they all burst into laughter -

"Wahahahahahaha!!! Captain, you are so mean!!!"

“It’s so miserable to be bullied!!!”

"Did you see that the captain didn't fight back? That guy was really disappointed just now! Hahahaha..."

Shanks also grabbed his straw hat and laughed loudly. What just happened was indeed very funny.

However, they were having so much fun here, but one young man couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "Why are you still laughing! Don't you think you are too cowards? Why don't you fight back? Even if there are many of them, it seems that

You are very fierce, but you can still laugh when someone steps on you. What kind of men are you! I misjudged you!"

"..." Shanks looked at the indignant Luffy, put on his straw hat, and said with a smile, "I can't understand your mood, but you just had wine thrown at you, why are you so angry?"

He turned to ask his other friends, "Hey, is that so? In the same situation, if it were that boy Lynch..."

"Captain," Vice Captain Ben Beckman lit a cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke, reminding him, "Lynch has a woman, which is different from you."

"Hahaha! That's right!" Shanks laughed again, but Luffy couldn't bear it anymore and turned away, "I won't be with you guys who have no courage!"
To be continued...