One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 113: Send Shanks and Buggy to Cloud Island?
"Asshole Shanks, your days of stealing my barbecue are over, give my barbecue back to me!"

"Hehe, you know the rules. If you want it, just come and get it yourself, Bucky~"

"Go to hell, bastard!"

Six small knives suddenly appeared between Buggy's fingers and were thrown towards Shanks in front of him like darts.

Shanks simply grinned at this and casually swung the huge bone and flesh stick in his hand twice, causing all six knives to pierce it without causing him any harm.

"Lululu, Bucky is really too lame."

"Asshole Shanks, stop right there!"

Buggy roared angrily, took out six more knives from his back and rushed straight towards Shanks.

Shanks also took the opportunity to run away, and the two of them had a great time chasing each other on the boat, making the crew members watching around laugh.

At the helm not far away, Silver Bazreli, the famous "Pluto" of the sea, was steering the ship while chatting with Roger beside him.

It has been almost seven years since they arrived at the final island of the Grand Line, Shuixianxing Island, and it has also been almost seven years since they started a new round of adventure to the "true final island".

The Roger Pirates travel around the world again, looking for clues to reach the final island.

Of course they gained something, discovering many indestructible historical text steles buried deep in the sea islands or even under the sea.

Roger suspected that the real island landmarks were hidden among these stone tablets, but there were no historians on their ship who could read the text.

He could only rely on his innate ability to "listen to everything" to get some vague hints, and then continue to grope.

"Rayleigh, where is our next stop?"

Although Roger is the captain, all route planning has been left to Rayleigh and Jabba since the adventure began.

Because this adventure has no clear end and can only drift with fate, as the captain he is completely helpless.

"It's the Cloud Island that has gained fame in recent years. Our third stop in the East China Sea is there. The owner of Cloud Island, Ross, once traveled around the four seas. The scholars in the West China Sea also highly respect his wisdom in certain aspects."

Rayleigh mentioned the next stop's destination and explained why it was chosen there, then continued:
"I think he should know something, but they seem to hate pirates, so it might be a bit troublesome. I'm thinking about taking down the flag and pretending to be something."

Roger's pirate group restarts their adventure and travels around the world, and the East China Sea is their last stop.

The previous stop was the West Sea, where they arrived at O'Hara, the wisest island in the sea. Not only did they see the beautiful scenery of the Book of Omniscience, but they also gained a lot of very useful knowledge.

Unfortunately, when they talked about the historical text, O'Hara did not have any historians to conduct research on the relevant parts, let alone identify ancient characters.

But after listening to Roger's story, they have begun to study this knowledge, but it seems very mysterious.

And they also got three important clues.

First, Ross, the owner of the Cloud Island in the East China Sea, once visited O'Hara and supplemented him with some knowledge of mysticism and ancient studies.

In the following years, many sociology and philosophy books were sent and included in the Book of Omniscience.

Among them, mysticism refers to some mysterious legends on the sea, such as the curse of the "Seven Star Sword" and the theory of "Devil Fruit".

As for ancient studies, the Rosses recorded them in a special language that they could not understand, and they only knew the classification of the relevant content recorded by the other party.

They guessed that the characters Ross used to record should also be a kind of ancient characters, and asked Roger and others to try to ask him for help.

The scholars of O'Hara had a pretty good impression of Roger and his group of pirates.

The second clue is to ask the royal family of Alabasta. Their collection of books may contain relevant records and translations of ancient texts.

The third is the country hidden in the new world, the country of He. It is an ancient country second only to the World Government and is hidden quite deeply. The important figures in it should also know the secret of ancient characters.

"Then let's take it away. After all, Rayleigh, you know my physical condition well. We don't have much time. Asking the island owner Ross for help is the best choice now. We have to show an attitude."

Roger spoke calmly, his tone a mixture of excitement and helplessness.

Although three clues were obtained from O'Hara, to be honest, except for visiting Cloud Island, the other two were unrealistic.

There is no need to talk about Wano Country. After Roger and his crew arrived at Suishenxing Island, they did not encounter the island that did not exist on the nautical chart. Even if they went back, it would be difficult to reach it.

The magnetic field and weather on the great route mean that this is a choice that depends on luck.

As for the royal family of Alabasta, there is no need to say much. They are Celestial Dragons, which is the identity they have given up, but they are also members of the Celestial Dragons.

The relevant history and information cannot possibly exist even if you imagine it. They might have been taken away or even destroyed by the world government long ago.

Therefore, the only hope at present is Nasdacross, who has studied mysticism and ancient studies.

Beside him, Rayleigh's eyes also dimmed.

Things started to become strange for Roger after he arrived at the Waterstar Island, until three years ago when he and Jabba forced him to tell the truth in the name of the vice captain and companion.

They then knew that Roger was ill.

The disease started on Shuixianxing Island and was very hidden, only beginning to develop slowly four years ago.

This is an incurable disease and there is currently no cure on the sea. In order not to worry his companions, Roger has kept it a secret until now. Only Rayleigh and Jabba know the truth on the entire ship.

"Well, but it may be difficult to gain his trust and help. I have already inquired in advance. Most of the members of the Nasdaq family he founded were orphans because of pirates when they were children."

Rayleigh's words expressed helplessness. The person they were going to ask for help was someone who was naturally hostile to pirates. It seemed that fate was always playing tricks on them.

After arriving at the final island, I realized that there was another place. The end of the new adventure is the death of the captain.

The only hope right now is that I don't like pirates very much.

"Ahahaha! Don't be so depressed, Rayleigh. Even if the island owner Ross makes a difficult and unreasonable request, as long as I can get his trust and help, I will do my best to complete it!"

Roger grinned and tried to lighten the mood.

He also knew that the hope was slim, but how could he know unless he tried?
He doesn't have much time left, and he can give up everything for his dream!
Rayleigh also laughed. This was the Roger he knew, the shameless bastard who had burned his house in order to tie him up on the ship. He also laughed:
"Roger, this isn't just about you, it's about all of us!

Although the island owner Ross hates pirates, he is kind by nature. As long as we don't do anything out of line on his territory, there is still hope."

"That's great! I'm really looking forward to the secret of the final island!"

After saying this, Roger turned and walked towards the deck.

At this time, Shanks and Buggy, who were about seven years old, fell to the ground exhausted. Both of them had marks of varying sizes on their bodies, showing the brutality of the battle they had just fought.

Although he was very angry, Buggy still chose to fight Shanks in physical combat instead of taking out a knife to cut him.

Shanks also held back everywhere, and the number of fist and foot marks on his body was more than twice that of Buggy.

Roger looked at the two of them and an idea came to his mind.

On the way to Cloud Island, they collected a lot of newspapers about Ross and could intuitively feel his kindness towards children.

He didn't have many years left to live anyway, so instead of taking Shanks and Buggy on the most dangerous adventure, it would be better to leave them on Cloud Island.

And in this way, there are no more worries about many dangerous things.

The most important thing is that Roger has not yet made up his mind to regard them as the successors of his will.

With the experience of the battle in God Valley, as time passed, he knew very well how extraordinary the backgrounds of Shanks and Buggy were, and letting them become pirates would only harm them.

In the end, perhaps it can only be stuck between the two forces.

Of course, Roger would not make a choice for them privately. He couldn't do it. His heart would not allow him to be so selfish to the two of them.

After arriving at Cloud Island, Roger will arrange a choice, which is the choice of their future path and also the choice of whether to pass on his will.

"Shanks, it's not over yet you bastard! It hurts so much!"

"Damn you, Buggy! Can't you see I'm giving in to you? Do you still want to see some more color?"

"Who's afraid of who, Shanks? I don't want you to give in!"

"Then come on, Red Nose Buggy!"

"Who are you calling Red Nose, you bastard Shanks!"

"Red nose red nose red nose Bucky!"

"go to hell!"

The two little ones are still fighting, and by the next day they will forget their unhappiness and become good friends again.

But afterwards, they would fight again like they did today.

Roger looked at the two of them with a smile, the straw hat behind his neck swaying in the wind.

It was a very good friendship, just like the one between him and Rayleigh back then, with a fight every three days and a banquet every five days.

…………

Time passes slowly.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Cloud Island in the East China Sea was as prosperous as ever. A little giant nearly two meters tall stood on the edge of the Cloud Island, with a doll-like little princess sitting on his shoulders.

They looked into the distance and saw a unique large ship slowly approaching.

The flag was an ordinary white cloth, but the decoration of the ship's hull was very unusual. Just the lifelike mermaid statue in the front was enough to make many nobles scramble to buy it.

"Barrett, is that the danger you feel? It looks no different from some royal ship."

"The guy up there is very strong!"

Actually, there are not many kids to recruit now. The Dragon chapter is finished, and next I plan to prepare the F5 of the Demon Slayer Order in advance (about ten years old). They are actually members of the third elite class.

The only ones who could coach in the first two sessions were Borsalino and Long.

As for originality? The author is a little afraid to start writing.

The next plan is to recruit a six or seven-year-old smoker and train him to be a general who can chase Luffy.

This should have been Oda's original plan, to make the relationship between Luffy and Smoker similar to that between Garp and Roger, but it seemed to get out of control later on, and Smoker disappeared except for some explanations.

And the Smoke Fruit and the Cloud-Cloud Fruit seem to go well together.



(End of this chapter)