Chapter 269: Wow! Golden Leek

"Ha ha..."

Shanks twitched the corners of his mouth and laughed dryly twice.

Even without using Observation Haki, he could clearly perceive the undisguised murderous intent emanating from the other person!

The words "If you dare to draw your sword, you will die."

It wasn't a joke!

However, Shanks still didn't stop what he was doing.

He didn't reach for his sword hilt again, but instead...

He put his hands in his pockets.

Don't lose your composure even if you lose the battle!

You said I can't touch it, so I won't touch it. Wouldn't it be very deathly embarrassing if I did?

At this moment.

Shanks had already recognized the identity of the person in front of him.

Since witnessing the execution ceremony of Captain Roger in East Blue's Loguetown, he had returned to the West Blue to lie low, grow stronger in seclusion, and digest the adventures and combat experience he had accumulated with the Roger Pirates.

Although he was training in seclusion, Shanks did not forget to pay attention to major events at sea, especially those related to the West Blue.

Originally, if nothing unexpected happened, Shanks, who had just turned seventeen this March, would follow the tradition of the sea and go to sea to become a pirate.

But no…

Didn't a Buster Call break out in Ohara at that time?

Five Vice admirals, ten Marine battleships, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

In the end, even Admiral Sengoku of the Marine Headquarters had to take action!

Even after the Buster Call incident, the Marine Headquarters and the World Government continued to search the West Blue.

This also forced Shanks to postpone his plans until this near the end of the year before officially setting sail.

And White Ghost who shone brightly in the Buster Call incident, the "Pirate Rookie" he had just casually commented on, was now standing in front of him!

Shanks put his hands in his pockets and raised his chin slightly.

"This is my ship! If you have nothing to do, please leave!"

Yo ho?

That's interesting!

Adrian raised an eyebrow.

Originally, after completing Garp's challenge task and obtaining the True Damage Expertise of [Marine Iron Fist]. {True Damage = Ignore Defense}

He was about to return to the Paradise to continue completing the profession upgrade task of [Wind Wielder], after all, it had been delayed for too long.

However, he didn't expect that during his flight from the West Blue to the Grand Line, he would catch the glimpse of a legendary scene.

"Have you forgotten my first question?"

Adrian raised his right hand, and the vast and boundless spiritual pressure condensed into a giant pale white mace as tall as a person in his palm.

"Kid, what kind of king did you say you want to be?"

Gulp -

Looking at the giant mace that could smash him into a small cake, Shanks' throat gurgled and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva secretly.

"I didn't say I was going to 'become' the Pirate King just now!"

Shanks hurriedly argued loudly.

"I just said that I want to 'complete' what the Pirate King didn't complete!"

"Is that so?"

Adrian casually waved the pale white mace in his hand, and the terrifying power emanating from the mace whipped up monstrous waves on the surrounding sea.

"What the Pirate King Roger didn't complete, how can you complete it?"

Shanks said. "Captain Roger is not a god, he must have something he couldn't complete!"

Shanks had no intention of hiding his former identity.

Adrian squinted and smiled: "For example?"

Shanks paused, racking his brains and saying: "For example... um, get married! Yes, Captain Roger doesn't have a wife!"

Adrian shook his head and said, "Actually, Roger already had a wife, little pirate intern on the Roger ship back then."

Adrian put away the pale white mace in his hand and stretched out his hand, gently tapping on the case of the lead-gray pocket watch in his arms.

With a faint ripple, the Abyss Ship appeared on the sea.

"Captain Roger has a had?! And how do you know my identity?"

Shanks was taken aback and asked two very puzzling questions.

But he was immediately attracted to the Abyss Ship again, his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed loudly.

"Wow! Such a cool and beautiful ship!"

"Abyss, just like the Oro Jackson back then, was also crafted by the legendary shipwright Tom from Water 7."

Adrian leaped onto Abyss's deck.

Shanks, equally enthusiastic, stomped on the small fishing boat's hull and followed suit.

"How do you know so much about the Roger Pirates? And what's this about Captain Roger's wife?" Shanks asked.

Adrian didn't immediately respond to Shanks' questions. Instead, he called out toward the helm.

"Rumi, don't you want to meet this red-haired kid? He was part of the Roger Pirates, right?"

"Oh my!"

Rumi exclaimed, emerging from the helm.

"Shanks? Is it really you?!"

Shanks tilted his head, curious as he looked at Rumi.

Rumi didn't seem like a real creature—more like an ethereal soul, perhaps a special creation of White Ghost's abilities?

Floating gently, Rumi flew over.

Adrian introduced, "Rumi is the ship spirit of the Oro Jackson. By the way, 'Rumi' is a name Roger helped choose."

"Is that so?" Shanks looked at Rumi, still skeptical.

He found it hard to believe that White Ghost would intentionally fabricate such lies. Besides, during his years with the Roger Pirates, he'd never encountered any ship spirits!

And ship spirits were ancient legends among Water 7 shipwrights, right?

When did living ship spirits actually become a reality in the world?

"Yes, oh my!" Rumi eagerly asserted.

"You were already a crew member on the ship when you were two years old!"

"You loved wearing purple triangle underwear!"

"Red Nose had several pairs in the same color!"

"Your favorite person was also Red Nose!"

"But Red Nose hates you the most..."

"Oh my! Should I not have said that?"

Shanks, whose little heart had been stabbed several times in an instant, could only raise his hands in surrender, afraid that Rumi would say something even more explosive.

But by the end.

Shanks still couldn't help but argue: "Actually, I have a very good relationship with Buggy!"

"Oh my?"

Rumi flew a few circles in the air, puzzled and said.

"I remember that after you tricked Red Nose into eating the Fruit, he hated you very, very, very much! He even refused to sleep in the same bed with you."

In order to strengthen the persuasive power of his words, Rumi even repeated "very" three times.

Adrian cast his eyes sideways at Shanks.

"It seems that best friends should be cultivated from childhood, this is what childhood sweethearts are like..."

"Competing in bed, love-hate relationship..."

As if he sensed the strange gaze cast by White Ghost.

Shanks immediately said loudly: "That's because we were already grown up then! We were not children, one bed is not big enough!"

Rumi touched the pointed hat on her head.

"But you slept in the same bed since you were children! I remember that there were a few times when you were still competing to see who could pee farther, and you were beaten badly by Jabba..."

Shanks really had no way, and gave up on himself and said: "But I won in the end, didn't I?"

"But how do I remember that the winner is always Red Nose?"

Rumi recalled.

"Even when it comes to peeing upside down, you don't pee as far as him, even if you secretly hold on..."

Adrian's gaze became even more strange, and he patted Shanks on the shoulder comfortingly.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, there are two of you, only one needs to prove their strength, other can just watch…"

"I, I..."

Shanks' expression was ashen, like a salted fish that had completely lost its dreams.

A thought flashed through his mind for no reason.

If his head had been bitten off by that Sea King just now, he wouldn't have to go through all this now…

At this time, Adrian remembered the main business.

'Let Shanks board the Abyss Ship.'

It was not just to let the little ship spirit Rumi meet an old friend, nor was it to let Shanks be exposed of his dark childhood history.

More importantly, it was to check Shanks' attribute Expertise abilities.

He glanced lightly, Shanks was still lost in thought, his soul was out of the body, and he was in a state of social death.

Adrian quietly released an extremely tiny white ghost, about the size of a mosquito, and gently exploded on Shanks' calf, like a mosquito bite.

Due to the damage trigger, the panel automatically pops up combat information.

Adrian's current strength and attributes are almost overwhelming for Shanks, so he can naturally see most of the abilities on him.

Although he will be the Emperor of the Sea in the future, Shanks at this stage had just set sail, and his strength is far from the level of the future.

After the adventure of the Roger Pirate Crew and years of training, Shanks' current level is LV71, a powerful swordsman.

His personal attributes are mediocre, and nothing can be seen.

But in the Expertise column, there is a dazzling golden ability, which makes Adrian sigh with emotion.

Template Expertise - [Advanced Luck Aura (Pseudo)]!

"This, isn't this the ability that the protagonist must have?"

Adrian's heart skipped a beat, and he almost wanted to rub his eyes to see if he was hallucinating.

Since setting sail, Adrian has never seen a character with a similar lucky halo, not even the lowest level [Low Level Lucky Halo]!

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

At least in the next fourteen years, Shanks will definitely be able to be the "World's Protagonist"!

Inherit Roger's will, gather companions from all over the sea, challenge powerful enemies along the way, and finally successfully reach the top of the position of Emperor of the Sea!

Isn't this the treatment of the protagonist?

Although Shanks is just an ordinary swordsman now.

But in Adrian's eyes, this guy has become a treasure boy exuding the aura of the Lucky emperor!

Of course.

After the real son of destiny, Luffy, sets sail, Shanks, who has already reached the top, will step down from the center stage of the world.

This is probably the reason why the word "(Pseudo)" is attached to the back of the Lucky Halo.

But no matter what.

Now this Shanks.

It is definitely the top golden leek! {Leeks can be harvested, repeatedly, just need to nurture for a period then…}