Sailing: His comprehension is against the sky, and he comprehends the Eight Gates at the beginning.

No one disturbed her; they let her recover on her own.

"Luffy! I didn't expect you to have mastered Conqueror's Haki."

Luffy's abilities are still vivid in our minds. A child who was only seven years old had mastered Conqueror's Haki so skillfully, which made Shanks truly shocked and impressed.

He believed that even his former captain, the previous Pirate King Roger, did not possess such terrifying talent.

"Hmm! It seems that I awakened when I was born."

Luffy recalled the Conqueror's Haki that suddenly awakened when he was born.

The Conqueror's Haki he unconsciously released back then was far more powerful than it is now.

It's a pity that awakening is different from actually mastering something.

The power he displayed upon awakening represents his potential; as for now, he still needs to continue to grow and enhance his spirit.

Upon hearing this, Shanks' eyes flashed with shock, and he thought to himself.

"He really is a born king?!"

There is a big difference between awakening Conqueror's Haki and mastering Conqueror's Haki.

To master Conqueror's Haki to the point of doing it at will requires accumulated training over time.

Therefore, after Shanks learned that Luffy had mastered Conqueror's Haki, he guessed that Luffy was a born king.

And it must have been Garp's careful guidance that enabled him to grow so quickly.

"So that means you were taught Haki by Mr. Garp. No wonder you can control it so skillfully."

At this moment, some pirates nearby also joined in the commotion and sighs.

"As expected of that hero Garp, he was able to train a seven-year-old child to be so strong."

"That's Garp, the hero! He was the captain of the boss's ship back in the day..."

"Hey! Shut up, you've had too much to drink..."

Just as the pirates were making a fuss, Luffy casually uttered a sentence.

"No! Grandpa never taught me anything. Every time he came back, he would only stay for a few days before leaving again."

After he finished speaking, the tavern fell into complete silence.

The pirates stared at Luffy in disbelief, their eyes wide with shock, completely stunned.

Even Shanks was taken aback, his slightly calmed emotions stirred up once again by Luffy.

Shanks said, somewhat incredulously.

"Luffy, you mean your current strength is all your own..."

Luffy nodded silently.

Shanks and the others in the tavern were immediately even more shocked.

A child who is only seven years old is not only a born king, but has also mastered the Conqueror's Haki to a high degree without any instruction.

Such terrifying talent is unmatched, not to mention Shanks, even Garp and Roger probably couldn't compare.

Shanks' gaze involuntarily drifted to a box placed beside him.

An internal struggle began to unfold.

Bang!

Just then, a loud bang came from the doorway.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the tavern door had been kicked open.

A man with his hair tied in a bun and a cross-shaped scar above his right eye strode in with a group of henchmen.

Luffy immediately recognized the person who had come.

The legendary bandit king, Sig, who once wiped out 56 emperors.

"excuse me!"

Sig coldly uttered a sentence, then glanced at the pirates in the tavern.

He immediately let out a disdainful snort, and then said...

"Is this what they call pirates? They all have such stupid faces."

Upon seeing a guest arrive, Makino immediately greeted him, maintaining her politeness even though the guest was hostile and had kicked down the tavern door.

"welcome!"

Sieg had already arrived at the bar and was standing on the other side of Shanks.

"We are bandits, but we are not here to cause trouble."

"Sell us the wine quickly, we need about 10 barrels."

Makino responded apologetically.

"I'm sorry, we've sold out of all the wine."

Sig glanced at the wine glasses on the pirate tables around him and said, feigning confusion.

"How strange! Do these pirates drink plain water?"

Makino continued to patiently explain.

"Because the wine sold now is all that's left."

Upon hearing this, Sieg frowned deeply, clearly furious.

Seeing this, Shanks stepped in to smooth things over.

"I'm really sorry!"

"Looks like we've finished all the wine here, sorry!"

"If you don't mind, you can have this bottle. It's not opened yet."

Shanks handed him an unopened bottle of liquor.

Sieg slowly raised his hand, gesturing to receive it.

Unexpectedly, Sieg suddenly clenched his fist and smashed the bottle in Shanks' hand.

"I'm an 800 million Berry bounty criminal! A bottle of liquor isn't even enough for me to rinse my mouth. Don't underestimate me."

Upon seeing this, Uta, who had been silent all along, suddenly gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with anger.

Meanwhile, Shanks was soaked in alcohol, but he didn't seem to care at all.

Instead, looking at the equally soaked floor and the shards of glass scattered everywhere, he said apologetically to Makino.

"I'm so sorry, Miss Makino, the floor is all wet. Do you have a cloth?"

As Shanks spoke, he began to squat down and clean up the broken glass on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Makino hurriedly ran towards the bar.

"I'll just come."

But at that moment, Sieg suddenly drew his sword and swept it across, smashing the plate and wine glass in front of Shanks to the ground.

"Looks like you really enjoy cleaning. Now you can wipe as much as you want!"

Shanks let himself get soaked in alcohol and sat on the ground without saying a word.

Seeing this, Sieg became even more disdainful, and then said to his underlings behind him.

"It's no fun without alcohol, let's go."

Before leaving, Sig couldn't resist mocking the pirates around him once again.

Goodbye, you cowards!

After all the mountain bandits left, the pirates who had been silent suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! Boss is really being bullied so badly!"

"How embarrassing!"

Shanks also opened his mouth and laughed loudly, seemingly not caring at all.

Seeing the pirates' strange behavior, Uta, who had been holding back his anger, finally exploded.

"Why are you still laughing? Don't you think it's shameful?"

"Those bandits, you could easily defeat them, right?!"

"Shanks, why aren't you fighting back?"

Uta has been sailing the seas with the Red-Haired Pirates for seven years since she was found by Shanks at the age of two.

For seven years, they have been a force to be reckoned with wherever they go, inspiring fear in other pirates.

When have you ever been treated like this?

So when Uta first saw his father, Shanks, being bullied like this, he could no longer hold back.

Shanks gently comforted Uta.

"It's just a splash of wine, there's no need to worry about it!"

Uta still looked confused and angry.

"Don't bother with those bandits, Uta. Hmm...hmm...hmm...they're just a bunch of frogs in a well."

The sound of Luffy eating and talking came from behind.

Meanwhile, in Luffy's mind...

"Your comprehension is extraordinary, and through personal experience, your spirit has been enhanced."

"Your spirit has been enhanced, and your Conqueror's Haki has been strengthened."

The Conqueror's Haki has been strengthened again.

Luffy was secretly delighted.

Shanks was pleasantly surprised when he heard Luffy's words.

"That's right, Uta! Listen to what Luffy is saying..."

As he spoke, Shanks turned around, intending to give Luffy a grateful look.

But when Shanks saw what Luffy was eating, he was immediately shocked.

"What are you eating, Luffy?!"

At this moment, Luffy is holding a purple fruit with strange patterns in his hand and eating it in big bites.

Upon hearing Shanks' question, Luffy pretended to be unaware and said...

"You mean this?! It looked delicious, so I couldn't resist eating it."

"But after eating it, I realized that this fruit is really not just bad, it tastes terrible!"

Even so, Luffy still finished it.

Can't waste it.

"That's no ordinary fruit; it's the Rubber Fruit, which turns people into rubber people when eaten."

Shanks explained loudly.

His first instinct was to rush over and make Luffy spit out the fruit, but then he suddenly remembered that legendary saying.

Devil Fruits consciously seek out their own masters.

Reflecting on his observations of Luffy over the past few days, Shanks suddenly felt relieved.

Luffy, perhaps, is the person he has been searching for all along.

Chapter Six: Uta's Cry and His Departure from the Red-Haired Pirates.

Makino Tavern.

"Luffy, Luffy..."