The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

"later……"

The navy, having heard of the commotion, arrived late.

"Can you keep this a secret from Uta?"

Amidst the sea of ​​fire, Shanks, unusually serious, looked at Gordon and asked.

"Knowing the truth would be too cruel for her."

"Okay, I'll tell the Navy that it's all my fault..."

Gordon was extremely depressed at the time and had almost lost the desire to live.

He wanted to take the blame upon himself, and after resolving the situation, go to another world to be with his people and apologize to them!

"No, it's our fault!!"

Sensing the death rage emanating from Gordon, Shanks said:

“Tell Uta that Shanks of the Red-Haired Pirates did it all.”

He smiled and gave Gordon these instructions.

"...Are you going to keep her here?!"

"Ah, her singing voice is the most beautiful, but we're constantly being chased by the navy, which limits her talent."

Shanks handed the unconscious Uta to Gordon, then slowly walked past him.

"You have the ability to train her into a very outstanding singer."

"It's not her singing's fault at all."

"Shanks..."

Gordon, moved to tears, immediately knelt down and assured Shanks:

"I, Gordon, King of Arya, on behalf of all my music-loving people, swear to you..."

He held Uta tightly in his arms, tears streaming down his face: "I will nurture Uta into a truly remarkable singer who can bring change to the world!!"

He has regained a new hope and goal for life, and intends to work tirelessly towards it!

"Uta, even if we're separated, you'll always be my daughter!!"

Amidst the sea of ​​fire, the silhouettes of the Red-Haired Pirates aboard the Red Fury were reflected.

So, let's leave with a smile!

Shanks sat on the deck, raising his glass, and once again, the ship was filled with the usual cheerful laughter.

"This is the beginning of our unique little songstress's singing career!!"

Let's celebrate for her!

This was the last impression Uta had of the Red-Haired Pirates as a child...

"I knew it!!"

Luffy's face was filled with excitement and exhilaration. "Shanks is definitely not that kind of person!!"

He looked with the same anticipation at Uta, who was now standing atop the [Tot·Music] Demon King.

However~~~

Unlike the awakening and other emotions Luffy envisioned, this is completely different~

Uta's expression remained unchanged, as calm as ever, as if...

It was as if I already knew about this matter, without any embellishment whatsoever.

And that's exactly the case—"I already knew about this a long time ago..."

【Tot Music】Atop the Demon King's head, gazing at Luffy's Uta, he whispered:

"I know everything that happened on this island back then..."

Meanwhile, in the real world outside...

"You're saying that even if you've separated, Uta will still be your daughter?"

Link glanced at the awe-inspiring [Tot Music] Demon King indifferently, then quickly withdrew his attention.

He then looked at the Red-Haired Pirates beside him, and their leader, Shanks.

"Ah~"

The latter nodded slightly, his gaze remaining fixed on the figure above the [Tot·Music] Demon King's head.

He seemed genuinely concerned about Uta's situation, and his feelings were certainly real, but...

"Ridiculous~~~"

A slightly mocking voice rang in the ears of the Red-Haired Pirates.

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928 Link's aggressive behavior! Shanks is unfit to be a father!! What normal person would do that?!

"If you truly consider Uta your daughter, then you shouldn't completely disregard her wishes, arbitrarily make any decisions for her, and easily decide her life."

Link looked at Shanks and said calmly, "Not to mention, in the ten years she has grown up, you have never been able to come and see her even once, leaving her to live alone on this island."

“I don’t believe that a father and a family member could go ten years without seeing their child even once!”

"This is not how family members should interact at all!!"

To be honest, Link really couldn't understand Shanks' decision back then.

Putting aside the fact that he entrusted Uta to Gordon for her sake, asking him to teach her, he did so because he believed it was for Uta's own good.

This behavior, which completely disregards Uta's inner thoughts and feelings, is utterly selfish.

What's special is that, just before nightfall, he had promised Uta that no matter what happened, he would take her with him.

This completely violates our previous agreement 20; it's a breach of faith!

Not to mention, Uta had been on the same ship as the Red-Haired Pirates before, and they were like family.

To entrust one's own daughter and family to a king one barely knows and who has just destroyed a country, and to euphemistically call it "training to sing"—this is a statement that makes one's blood vessels in their forehead throb.

What normal person would do that?!

Either Shanks and the others never considered Uta as family, or they were simply cold-blooded and ruthless.

Or to put it another way, this group of guys are all brainless, or rather, insane.

In fact, Link didn't consider Shanks a real family member or a captain at all.

If this had happened to Roger or Luffy...

For Roger, a man of boundless ambition who was capable of destroying a nation for his comrades, things would be simple:

Oh, it was that [Tot Music] demon king who possessed my daughter and caused this tragedy?

Then let's completely destroy that [Tot Music] demon king, so it can never come out again to harm my daughter, right?!

Luffy, who also cherishes his comrades and would never abandon anyone, also realized this after...

"I'm going to send the [Tot Music] Demon King flying!!"

Luffy must have shouted like that, making such a declaration.

Any one of them would do the same; that's what it truly means to consider someone a comrade!

In contrast, Shanks' actions are truly incomprehensible.

Even if it's just to solve the problem that caused all this tragedy for Uta, or to be more straightforward, since he wants Uta to become a world-class singer, let Gordon educate her...

Why doesn't he just bring Gordon aboard to instruct Uta?!

The inhabitants of the island of Alicia were all slaughtered by the Demon King Tot Music, and the island was reduced to ruins.

What's the point of keeping this?!

Couldn't they just let Gordon bring the library's books onto the Red-Haired Pirates' ship?!

In this way, they can both teach Uta and allow Uta to live happily by their side, while also preventing the [Tot·Music] demon king within Uta from causing trouble again.

This is the best way to handle it, the most reliable approach that ensures protection for both aspects.

But it's quite obvious...

Among so many correct answers, Shanks chose the most incomprehensible wrong path, making this inexplicable move, which led to the series of consequences that have followed to this day.

It's fair to say that Shanks and his Red-Haired Pirates bear undeniable responsibility for the Arya concert incident, perhaps even at least 80% of it!

"For Whitebeard, everyone on his ship was family, and he would never abandon anyone."

Link stared at Shanks, who remained silent, and continued casting spells:

"If I were to call Whitebeard and ask him, if it were his child, would he have entrusted her to someone he barely knew just because she posed a danger to him?"

"They made the decision without any consideration for the fact that the other person had to leave their loved ones and face a complete stranger, and then have to live with them. How desperate, how heartbreaking, how unwilling they were, and how reluctant they were to do it. They just made the decision on their own."

"And for a full ten years, they never cared about the other person, never considered the other person's situation, and never showed any concern for them."

Link calmly posed the last question:

"Tell me, in Whitebeard's eyes, does Captain Shanks of the Red-Haired Pirates still qualify as—no, should I say—as a qualified father?!"

Well, if it were him, upon hearing such a response, he would definitely scoff at it with disdain.

Or they might simply have a gloomy face and ask where such a bastard is, how could there be such a bastard on the high seas?

And so on and so forth~

Aokiji and the Straw Hat Pirates, who knew Whitebeard's personality very well, immediately recalled the scene.

Unconsciously, the way everyone looked at Shanks became slightly subtle.

At first, they didn't care much, but after hearing what Link said and learning about what had happened in Uta over the past ten years, they understood most of it.

Suddenly, some other subtle thoughts began to emerge in their minds.

"Hey Hey hey!!"

Noticing the change in the Straw Hat Pirates' emotions and expressions, as well as the rather aggressive aura of the Straw Hat vice-captain, some of the Red-Haired Pirates' crew members couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.

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929 Did what I said make you uncomfortable? Wrong, and somewhat foolish.

Their captain, they can mock and ridicule him however they want.

Or like back in Windmill Village, when the clueless bandit king Sig did some pointless things, they could just ignore it all.

However, as they are now, those top powers on the high seas are on the same level as them.

Strictly speaking, they were already a group of competitors, and the captain of this group made such unfriendly remarks.

That would create a slight problem.

"What's wrong? Did what I said make you uncomfortable?"

Link simply looked up at the group of Red-Haired Pirates crew members behind him, who were slightly frowning:

"That's just how it is, isn't it?"

"The most hurtful thing is often the truth. If you don't believe me, you can call Whitebeard and ask him if he thinks the same way I do."

The rest of the Red-Haired Pirates: "..."

Putting aside the somewhat idiotic reason of seeking verification from Whitebeard, it's not uncommon for their pirate crew to do something like that, given their style.

But based on their understanding of Whitebeard, they figured that if they did get an answer from Whitebeard, it would be similar to what the man in front of them said.

Moreover, Whitebeard might give them a scathing rebuke once he learns of the situation.

Therefore, the members of the Red-Haired Pirates almost all fell silent, their momentum slightly diminished, and they kept quiet.