Windmill Village.

Peaceful and serene as always.

It was another cool day.

Shanks came here after waking up with some pirates.

As soon as they entered the bar, they already saw Luffy sitting there eating breakfast. However, Luffy was still like before, ignoring them, and everyone didn't mean to force Luffy.

Since they learned what happened to Luffy from Shanks, now everyone understands Luffy's mood very well.

Also know this kind of thing, outsiders can't help.

Only oneself can cross this threshold.

That's it.

The pirates drink the wine of the pirates.

Luffy eats Luffy's food.

The two have nothing to do with each other.

However, this calm atmosphere was quickly overwhelmed by the sound of 'Clap!' to break. The door of the bar was obviously kicked open with great force.

Then, a guy with a height of about 1.9 meters, a knife hanging from his waist, a crossed scar on his forehead, and a group of younger brothers led by this guy appeared in everyone's field of vision.

The visitor is polite.

The action is very rough.

"I'm sorry to disturb you!"

"Hehe... Are these all pirates..."

"First time seeing so many funny faces."

Everyone looked at these arrogant guys quietly.

Of course, this is the bandit Higuma who almost led to the early ending of the One Piece world.

Higuma didn't care about the eyes of these stupid-looking pirates. He walked to the bar and said, "We are all bandits, but don't be afraid. We're not here to make trouble. I want to buy ten barrels of wine."

"Yeah...sorry...the wine just sold out."

"Oh, is it? It's weird, then how can I see a group of stupid pirates still drinking?! Are they drinking urine?!"

"This...our liquor just happened to be sold out."

At this time, Shanks handed an unopened bottle of wine to Higuma who was standing next to him: "I'm so sorry, we seem to be drinking too much in the store, sorry. This is for you, not yet opened."

Higuma: "..."

"Ow!"

A classic scene appeared.

Higuma took the bottle and knocked Shanks on the head. The wine bottle was broken.

The wine spilled all over Shanks.

Luffy, who was still eating, finally stopped what he was doing, his heart sank, and he stared gloomily at the arrogant guy in front of him.

However, his abnormality did not attract the attention of everyone present.

"Damn! Who do you think I am? How dare you look down on me so much?!" After that, Higuma took a reward from his pocket, "Look at this! This head is worth eight hundred on my top. I'm the most wanted criminal in the first class! I have killed 56 white eyes like you! Be careful next time! Don't think that if you're on the sea, we can't find you!"

Shanks squatted down and began to pick up the glass fragments on the ground: "Miss Makino, I'm so sorry, can you lend me a rag?"

'Ouch!' a loud bang.

Higuma drew out the saber from his waist, a wine bottle that had been chopped on the bar.

The wine bottle shattered, and the wine spilled onto Shanks again.

This time, without waiting for Shanks to say anything, Luffy couldn't help but stand up and shouted angrily: "Enough!"

He hates pirates, yes.

But he also couldn't stand people like Higuma.

In the original book, when Luffy first saw Higuma's situation, he didn't choose to stand up, but now maybe it's because of a few lives on his hands and a great change in his mood, so it's this butterfly effect.

But Shanks didn't intend to let Luffy continue.

He raised his hand and blocked Luffy's direction: "Okay Luffy, this is my own business, and I don't need your intervention."

Higuma originally wanted to teach Luffy a lesson, but when he saw Shanks' performance, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha! Look at it! This is a pirate! This is a pirate! Ha ha ha ha!"

The bandits all laughed along with them.

After laughing to the fullest, a bandit walked away.

"It's boring without alcohol, let's go to another town to drink!"

After the bandits had completely left, it was the turn of the pirates to laugh loudly in the bar.

"Hahahaha! Really, man, what are you doing?"

"Hahaha! I was bullied!"

Shanks laughed along with him.

But Luffy stood up, stared at Shanks and said, gritted his teeth: "Why!"

Shanks looked indifferent: "What 'why'?"

"Aren't you pirates?"

"So what? What if I'm a pirate? I just got wet and I should kill him?"

"…"

For a moment, both fell silent.

The pirates also stopped laughing and listened to the conversation between the two. Shanks was the first to break the atmosphere, playing with his taste: "By the way, don't you hate pirates? Why did you want to help me just now?"

Luffy was startled.

As if Shanks told him about his scandal, he ran back into the lounge angrily.

The laughter of the crowd sounded again in the bar.

Benn Beckman walked over to Shanks at this time and patted Shanks on the shoulder: "It seems that Luffy will be fine soon."

Shanks: "Hmm."

Makino also walked to Shanks and thanked: "Captain, thank you, thank you for Luffy..."

Shanks blocked Makino's words: "No, even if there is no Luffy, I wouldn't do it because of a little thing. Let alone, Luffy is my friend."

…

At the same time.

In the lounge.

The laughter outside the lounge made Luffy feel a little bit annoyed.

It made him feel ashamed.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, looking annoyed, sulking with himself.

Li Yaoxiang's voice sounded in his mind just at this moment: "How long do you plan to continue like this?"

"Big brother?"

"…"

"What's the meaning?"

"Didn't you promise Otohime at her grave that you would lead all the inhabitants of Fishman Island to live on land? Do you think you can do it just by talking about it?"

Luffy didn't know how to answer.

He really thought that as long as he grew up, he would definitely be able to fulfill the wish of Queen Otohime.

"Do you know how strong the enemies of Fishman Island are? You can't even defeat Arlong, so why do you want to take everyone to live on land? Are you going to take them to live on land, or do you plan to take them to death?"

Another moment of silence.

Luffy didn't know what to answer.

"Then what should I do?"

"To fulfill your mother's wish, you can't do it alone. You need more partners."

"Like Shanks?"

"Right!"

"…"

"…"

"Help me!"

"…"

"Help me find more partners!"

An air door appeared in the lounge out of thin air, and Luffy walked in without hesitation...