Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 109 Straw Hat, Nika, and the Savior! (Two chapters, 6k words each, please subscribe!)

Straw Hat Luffy, Nikka the Sun God, Monkey D. Luffy...

Storm originally thought that the line "I am going to be the Pirate King" was the Son of Freedom's relentless pursuit of his dream.

But later...

Storm realized it only then.

This is not a romantic adventure story about "a person's dream never ending".

The so-called "I am going to become the Pirate King".

This statement cannot even be called a "dream".

Rather, it was an incredibly accurate prediction of his own future by a chosen one!

Storm originally thought...

Monkey D. Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, and it was a monkey who picked up the stick from the ground.

That monkey will use its stick to venture out, struggle, and fight for a brilliant and dazzling life.

But later, he learned—

Not all monkeys are the same.

The story of the Straw Hat Boy.

It was never some kind of "idiot kid eating the fruit of comedy".

This means that the Crown Prince has finally retrieved the imperial seal that was ordained by Heaven!

How ironic?

According to Storm.

From the moment the Gum-Gum Fruit became the Sun God Nika Fruit.

The story of Straw Hat Boy is no longer just about a passionate young man chasing his dreams.

The Great Pirate Era, a time of surging waves and towering tides.

The Straw Hat Pirates set sail from Windmill Village in the East Blue, defeating countless powerful enemies along the way, until they became the Pirate Emperor of the New World...

This story merely reveals a stark and brutal truth about the ocean to the world—

In this world, you need influence and connections.

Monkey D. Luffy, son of the revolutionary Dragon, grandson of a naval hero, Shanks, heir to the Pirate King, owner of the [Sun God Nika Fruit], and reincarnation of the savior from eight hundred years ago...

How can other petty scoundrels and small-time pirates compare?

According to Storm.

Of all Luffy's "big brothers," the one who had the most profound influence on him was not his father Dragon or his grandfather Garp, but the one who was not his father but was even more like one—

Red-haired Shanks!

Red-haired Shanks is a very interesting man, and he is shrouded in many, many mysteries.

As the "youngest" of the Four Emperors, he is also the "oldest" of the Four Emperors.

Shanks' life story is equally legendary.

He was an apprentice on Roger's crew, the captain of the Red-Haired Pirates, and the fourth Pirate Emperor of the New World.

And after the Marineford War ended.

One by one, the Four Emperors pirate crews of the old era are leaving the stage.

The Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates, the Beasts Pirates...

One by one, they became history.

Red-Haired Shanks, as the last "Pirate Emperor of the Old Era," led his Red-Haired Pirates into the final battle for "ONE PIECE (the Great Treasure)."

This is a man who inherited history and propelled the future forward.

all the time.

Storm didn't quite understand what Shanks was doing.

What puzzled him most was Shanks' attitude towards the Gum-Gum Fruit.

It was about six years ago.

That is, the year 1512 of the Haiyuan calendar.

Red-Haired Shanks led his subordinates in a forced attack on the World Government's treasure ship and stole the unique "Gum-Gum Fruit" from the ship.

Judging from the situation at the time, Shanks definitely knew the unique features of the Gum-Gum Fruit, which is why he deliberately launched this precise sniping operation and forcibly took this Devil Fruit from the World Government.

Because of that attack.

Who's Who, the former CP9 agent responsible for escorting the Gum-Gum Fruit, was punished by the World Government and imprisoned. He later became one of the Flying Six of the Beasts Pirates...

What was Shanks like six years ago?

At 27 years old, one is almost at the peak of human physiological function, and still has both hands intact!

This only exists in a fantasy world—

"Red hair on both hands!"

Even if Shanks ate the Gum-Gum Fruit on the spot and evolved into "Nika the Sun God"...

Storm wouldn't find it strange at all.

But...

After accurately targeting and forcibly stealing the Gum-Gum Fruit, the Red-Haired Pirates did nothing else.

The Red-Haired Pirates simply arrived in the East Blue, at Dawn Island, and at Windmill Village...

Then we stayed here for a whole year!

Everyone knows what happened next...

The Gum-Gum Fruit was eaten by a brat, and Shanks "gambled" his arm on the new era, while also entrusting his straw hat, inherited from Gol D. Roger, to the brat who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.

Throughout the whole affair.

What puzzled Storm the most was...

Why would someone other than Shanks come to the East Blue?

Why doesn't Shanks, the Red-Haired Man, eat the Gum-Gum Fruit himself?

Why did Shanks lose to the Lord of the Coast and have his arm bitten off by the Lord of the Coast?

But...

Why Monkey D. Luffy?

Before this.

Shanks' life trajectory is also very clear.

Aside from when he was on Roger's crew.

Red-haired Shanks and naval hero Garp have absolutely no connection whatsoever—at least there's no story showing any interaction between them.

This also means.

Red-haired Shanks and Monkey D. Garp are not familiar with each other!

One of them is a pirate, and the other is a marine; their faction relationship is "hostile".

This leads to the conclusion.

When the Red-Haired Pirates arrived in the East Blue and set up camp in Windmill Village.

There's absolutely no way Shanks stayed here because of Monkey D. Luffy!

That Gum-Gum Fruit couldn't possibly have been brought to Windmill Village by Shanks because he wanted to give it to Luffy.

Unless Shanks has lost his mind.

Otherwise.

He went through countless hardships to steal the Gum-Gum Fruit from the World Government.

Just to give this significant "fruit of destiny" to a naval hero and the enemy's grandson?

Storm was initially very puzzled by Shanks' specific method of processing the Gum-Gum Fruit.

But from the moment he saw Portgas D. Ace.

Storm suddenly realized something.

Shanks probably didn't stay in Windmill Village for Luffy's sake.

Red-haired Shanks probably came for Ace!

Ace was Roger's son.

It's highly likely that Shanks came to Windmill Village in the East Blue with the intention of entrusting the Gum-Gum Fruit and the Straw Hat to Ace.

As an apprentice of the Roger Pirates, he is the "third generation of Straw Hat Boy" after Joy Boy and Gol D. Roger.

Red-Haired Shanks handed over the straw hat entrusted to him by the captain, along with the Gum-Gum Fruit symbolizing a new era, to the captain's son, Ace...

This makes sense.

Unfortunately.

The will of mortals cannot shake the spirits.

As far as Storm knows.

Over the past eight hundred years.

The World Government has been relentlessly searching for the whereabouts of the "Gum-Gum Fruit," constantly seeking to retrieve and seal away this "God Fruit" that once posed a great threat to them.

But it never succeeded.

Each Zoan-type Devil Fruit contains a unique will.

The so-called "rubber fruit".

That is, [Zoan type, Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Sun God Nika form].

The Nika Fruit, named after a "god," seems to possess its own unique will, actively avoiding the clutches of the World Government.

Red-haired Shanks, carrying the Nika Fruit, crossed the sea and arrived at Windmill Village.

Perhaps he genuinely wanted to entrust the "God Fruit" and the "Straw Hat" to Ace.

However, the Nika Fruit did not choose this son of the Pirate King.

It appears that Monkey D. Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit by chance.

But in reality, it was the Nika Fruit that chose Monkey D. Luffy!

Storm rode his blue-eyed white dragon to a deserted island not far from Dawn Isle.

The corpse of the King of the Near Seas was left on the island like weeds.

Storm slowly drew the [Iron Ore Saber] from his waist, intending to deal with the sea king's corpse.

This is an incredibly large sea monster in the eyes of the people of the East China Sea.

To Storm, however, it was a tiny, somewhat deformed sea king...

It's only grown this big; it's a disgrace to the Sea Kings!

however.

Before Storm could even raise his knife to kill the fish...

Ace, who had been silent the whole way, finally spoke.

"What do you mean by 'straw hat,' 'red hair,' and 'fate'...?"

Ace stared at Storm and asked the question that concerned him most.

"What do they have to do with my brother?"

"Simply put, there was a savior eight hundred years ago, and his will has been passed down from ancient times to the present day."

Storm wielded his knife to kill the fish, bleeding it, scaling it, skinning it, removing the tendons, and deboning it, cleaning up pieces of fresh fish meat.

"That straw hat and that rubber fruit both belong to the savior from eight hundred years ago."

"Your father, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger;"

"And your father's apprentice crew member, now the Pirate Emperor of the New World, Red-Haired Shanks."

"Both of them inherited the 'straw hat' of the savior from eight hundred years ago, and the former even inherited the surname 'D,' but neither of them inherited the savior's 'Devil Fruit ability.'"

"Until now, the 'Straw Hat' and the 'Fruit' have appeared on your brother at the same time. He is also a descendant of the 'D Clan,' and he has obtained all the key items."

"How interesting, your brother, Monkey D. Luffy! He's destined to be the savior!"

"Destiny or something..."

Ace clenched his fists tightly, staring at Storm in disbelief.

"Who would believe that!"

I just don't believe it.

Storm shrugged and said sarcastically.

"A guy who failed once eight hundred years ago has now become the savior that everyone is hoping for."

"This kind of thing sounds absolutely ridiculous!"

"However, Portgas D. Ace, that's the truth."

"Your brother, Luffy, he has a 'D,' a 'straw hat,' and a 'devil fruit,' so he is the chosen one."

Storm swung his [Iron Ore Saber], unleashing a fiery slash that ignited a raging inferno on the deserted island.

The meat chunks of the King of the Near Seas released a strong aroma as they were roasted over the flames.

The dazzling firelight illuminated Ace's face, revealing his ever-changing expression.

"Portgas D. Ace".

Storm looked at Ace and extended the invitation again.

"Would you like to come with me and smash this ridiculous, eight-hundred-year-old destiny of the sea!"

(End of this chapter)