In front of the cabin in the woods deep in the mountains of Kolbo, there was a banging sound of fighting...

Calling it a "fight" may not be accurate, because it is just one person "beating" the other one-sidedly.

boom!

The broken water pipe was stained with blood, and Shanks was severely slapped on the face.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Blood splattered, and Shanks was beaten with stick after stick by the angry Ace, leaving his head badly bruised and bleeding.

Shanks is not Lynch, and he does not have the instinct to turn iron into bones. It is almost turned into a passive skill... When he did not use his weapon color and gave up all defense, facing a person like Ace, although he was only ten years old,

A young boy who was 20 years old, but had been practicing "training on the road" in Mount Korbo, and was even able to fight wild beasts, even if he attacked like crazy, Shanks would be beaten with bruises on his nose and face.

Luffy looked very angry and clenched his fists tightly.

Huh? Tulip discovered that although her son was angry, he only glared angrily at Ace who beat Shanks violently, and restrained the urge to step forward and stop Ace.

Hehehe... Tulip raised a smile at the corner of her mouth.

It can't be said that she is gratified or not, after all, people with different personalities have different choices. Not stopping Ace may not appear to be greater than running over to stop Ace from beating up Shanks; but she does care about her son.

I was amazed.

Bandit Dadan and his gang stood at the door of the wooden house in shock and bewilderment, looking at what was happening in front of them, "This kid Ace is too scary..." "He is indeed the 'bloodline of the devil'." "It's a good fight.

It’s not me!”

"..." Garp just crossed his arms and stood watching and listening without making a sound or stopping him.

"Huchi... Huchi... Huchi..."

After fighting for a long time, Ace finally got tired. He stood there holding the water pipe, breathing heavily, looking at Shanks with a big letter lying in a pool of blood, with a bruised nose and face, and said coldly: "That abandoned man

The bastard who married my wife...is not my father. Don’t mention him to me!"

His hands trembled slightly, and blood dripped down the water pipe onto the grass, dripping into a pool of blood.

Bang, a pair of leather shoes stepped on a pool of blood. Garp walked over with his arms folded, looking down at Shanks lying in the pool of blood. The latter was already covered in scars, and his face was beyond recognition.

With a hint of sadness and pity.

Garp said calmly: "Roger surrendered and handed Estor to me in prison."

Huff... Huff... Ace's eyes were covered by shadows, he was panting, and he tremblingly clenched the blood-stained water pipe.

"Later, I found Ace's mother in the South China Sea who was still pregnant with Ace at the time." Garp slowly talked about the past many years ago, "In order to avoid being hunted by the World Government and kill Roger's bloodline, Lujiu held on

I was pregnant for twenty months before giving birth to Ace..."

After hearing what Garp said, Ace pursed his lips and turned around to leave.

"Are you going to run away?"

Suddenly, a voice made Ace's pupils shrink and he stepped on his feet with a "bang".

"..." Ace suddenly turned around, "Who do you think will run away?!"

He glared at the guy who was a few years younger than him, "He's just a weak coward."

"You are so weak!" Luffy made a face, "I think people who can laugh even when someone throws alcohol at them are the most powerful people! You have no idea how powerful Shanks is. If he wants to hit you, he will hit you a hundred times."

One, no, one thousand, ten thousand, you are no match for him!" He stuck out his tongue and said disgustedly, "But he is willing to be beaten like this by you! Now you want to leave, isn't this strange?

!”

Luffy's words made Garp, Tulip, and Ace all look at him, but Shanks was still lying in a pool of blood.

"..." Garp sighed softly, "It was as if he had burned everything he had. After giving birth to Ace, Lujiu died. Later, I brought Ace to this remote country in the East China Sea..."

Ace finally did not turn around and leave. He stayed rooted to the spot, stubbornly holding the blood-stained water pipe with a gloomy expression.

"..."

Shanks, who was lying on the ground with a bloody head and a face that was beyond recognition, listened and remained silent. He suddenly raised his bloody hand and grabbed it towards the dim sky outside the gap in the woods. "I... once asked Captain Roger a question.

:I was born, is it really okay?”

"...?!" Ace never thought that the man who was beaten with blood all over his body would say such a thing.

This simple sentence made Ace's heart, which was pretending to be strong, tremble violently.

The freckled boy opened his mouth slightly and looked at the man holding up bloody hands in the pool of blood. The latter said to himself: "I am the son of Captain Roger's enemy... My father was the most powerful person in the world at that time.

The biggest villain...Later, he was eliminated...Captain Roger adopted me on the ship...For a while, I was confused. With such a bloodline, would anyone really want me to live?"

"The captain answered me this way..."

In the pool of blood, Shanks slowly sat up. In the gap between the bruises and swelling, you could vaguely see the corners of his mouth raised and the tears in his eyes, "'What are you talking about? You were born in this place.

The world is gone'..."

Huchi...huchi...

Ace's breathing became heavier again.

He didn't want to cry at all, but there was unsatisfactory warmth and sorrow in his eyes, so he had to grit his teeth desperately, put on a vicious look, and squeezed out the words from his heart, "I said... don't mention that, bastard!

"

"'No matter what other people do...'"

Shanks looked at Ace and said slowly to himself, "'Since you are still alive, even if there is only one day left, live with your head held high.'"

Like the final blow that penetrated his heart, Ace went completely crazy.

"I told you to stop talking!!!"

The freckled boy closed his eyes tightly, roared, and swung the blood-stained water pipe towards Shanks.

boom!

Garp grabbed the broken water pipe covered in blood. The force of the water pipe being smashed down... wasn't much at all, and it was easy for him to hold it.

Ace still held on to the broken pipe and refused to let go. He lowered his head and his shoulders were shaking. He didn't dare to look up, speak, or make a sound.

"..."

Looking at this stubborn boy who especially likes to get into trouble, there was a tear in the corner of Garp's eyes.

He sighed softly, pulled the water pipe over, knelt down and pressed Ace into his arms.

"..."

Luffy watched all this blankly. Tulip squatted down, hugged her son and leaned on her shoulders, stroking his head.

"What on earth is going on..."

Bandit Dadan and his family were completely dizzy. They felt like they heard a lot of important things that they didn't understand but seemed very powerful.

Gululu, a sudden stomach rumbling sound broke the atmosphere.

Everyone looked at Luffy. Luffy touched his belly and looked at the wild boar where Ace was sitting. Drooling at the corner of his mouth, he pointed at it with a smile, "Can I eat it?"

Garp smiled and turned around and said, "Dadan, Ace is treating us to a treat today. Let's eat out."

"Oh, okay, then we-" The Dadan family nodded. They had also been coveting the wild boar that Ace had hunted for a long time, but they heard Garp say: "Oh, you are not included. Let's have a barbecue together tonight.

Wild boar.”

The meat was gone, Dadan said angrily: "Why aren't we included?!"

Garp picked his nose and said nonchalantly: "Oh, is this your prey?"

Dadan and the others stopped talking. Indeed, Ace lives here, and what they provide him every day is only a bowl of coarse rice, a glass of water, and a floor on which he can lie down and sleep. It is comparable to the meat that Ace hunts every day.

Compared to that, it seems a bit worth mentioning... But that's not how the score is calculated, right? They took a lot of risks by taking Ace in!!

Obviously, Garp was not someone who would care about how they settled accounts. He smiled and said to Ace, who was bowing his head, "If you didn't refuse, I'll treat you like a kid and agree to the treat."

"..." Shanks, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, smiled slightly.

"Oh! Eat meat!!!" Only Luffy was the most excited, drooling and rushing towards the wild boar. Tulip held him up with one hand and kicked his two short legs in the air.

……………………

"Eh?!!!!!! Ace's father is the Pirate King?!!!!!!!!!"

At night, a bonfire was lit in the forest. The wild boar was on the grill, and the golden fat kept dripping on the flames of the woodpile.

Luffy gnawed on wild boar barbecue, his mouth was full of oil, and his eyes almost popped out of his head in shock.

Ace was sitting across from him, the flames of the bonfire swaying, making it difficult to see his dim expression.

"Didn't you listen carefully before?" Tulip was speechless. Is her son a little stupid? She took out her handkerchief, wiped grease on Luffy's mouth, and cut off a large piece of wild boar barbecue to serve.

handed the meat to Luffy, "Shanks said he was adopted by Ace's father on the pirate ship..."

"Eh?!!!!!!!"

Luffy took a bite of the fragrant grilled meat cut by his mother. Hearing this, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out, "Shanks is a crew member of the Pirate King?!!!!!"

Beep, beep, explosions were heard from time to time in the bonfire, and Luffy's startled movements were like a backdrop...
To be continued...