"It's the Sun and Moon Pirates!!"
Yasopp exclaimed loudly.
"Why are you so loud?" Some crew members looked at Yasopp with dissatisfaction; they weren't even sober yet, and he was disturbing their sleep.
Soon, someone reacted.
"Yasopp, who did you say it was?"
"Sun and Moon Pirates? Is it that Sun and Moon?"
In an instant, they sobered up.
Red-Haired Shanks, like everyone else, leaned on the railing, straining to look at the Pirate Crew in the distance.
Closer and closer.
The Red Hair Pirates had paid attention to the Sun and Moon Pirates from the very beginning.
"It really is them." The Red Hair Pirates stopped moving.
"How did they come to the East Blue, and specifically here?" Benn Beckman, the brain of the Pirate Crew, thought a bit more.
In the vast sea, they met in the East Blue.
He couldn't help but wonder.
"They must be looking for me." Red-Haired Shanks showed an excited expression: "The most famous pirate in the sea is here to greet me."
He felt a long-lost thrill.
With a bit of cockiness.
"Probably not." Benn Beckman mercilessly shattered Shanks' beautiful dream: "Our whereabouts haven't been exposed, so their target is most likely not us."
"Could it be... Mr. Jabba?" Red-Haired Shanks frowned.
Benn Beckman nodded.
That was most likely the case.
"Get off the ship." Shanks quickly told the crew to drop anchor and not leave for now.
He led the crew back to shore.
"What's wrong?" Jabba looked at Shanks and his group with confusion.
"Someone is here to greet you, Mr. Jabba." Shanks' expression was solemn.
Jabba's eyes narrowed slightly.
He laughed fearlessly, "Do they want to step on me, a remnant of the old era, to make a name for themselves in the sea?"
There had been arrogant people before.
Who had tried that.
The result was always being thrown into the sea.
"Shanks, are you worried about me?" Jabba glanced at Shanks: "Do you really think I'm old?"
A fierce aura permeated the air.
The strong wind howled, stirring up sand, and the small grass bent to the ground.
"Mr. Jabba, the visitor is not simple; he is a legendary figure."
"Legendary figure?"
"Kevin of the Sun and Moon Pirates."
"Who?" Jabba frowned, trying to recall, a name he hadn't heard of.
"Huh? Mr. Jabba, you haven't heard of him? These past few months, he's been very famous in the Grand Line, the focus of the sea." Shanks looked at Jabba in astonishment.
No way.
Is there anyone in the sea now who doesn't know of Kevin's existence?
"I haven't seen outsiders for half a year, who would care about the outside situation?" The reclusive Jabba didn't pay attention to the big and small matters of the sea at all.
Nor would anyone send him newspapers.
As Red-Haired Shanks was about to explain Kevin's situation to Jabba.
Yasopp loudly reminded him:
"Boss, they're here."
The Tomorrow had already docked.
"The Red Hair Pirates, the fastest growing Pirate Crew, are actually here." Momousagi Gyon's expression was solemn.
"It's not surprising. Having just left Windmill Village, it's impossible for Red Hair not to come and greet Jabba here." Kevin was not surprised: "Gyon, come ashore with me; the others temporarily stay on the ship."
They had to be on guard.
Although the possibility was small.
Better safe than sorry.
Moreover, in the original story, Red-Haired Shanks had a deep relationship with the Five Elders, and his connection with the World Government was very mysterious.
Koala and Makino were too weak.
If they stayed on the ship and encountered any danger, the Ship Spirit would immediately activate its invincible defense time.
"Boss, look who's on the Sun and Moon Pirates' ship."
Yasopp nudged Red-Haired Shanks' shoulder.
He pointed at Makino, who was curiously peering over the railing of the Tomorrow.
"Makino is with the Sun and Moon Pirates; they've also been to Windmill Village, so Makino must have joined the Sun and Moon Pirates." Benn Beckman looked at Red-Haired Shanks with some concern.
Just now, you were so confident, saying you believed in fate.
Now look.
Someone got there first.
Red-Haired Shanks was stunned.
He stared blankly at Makino on the Tomorrow; Makino even waved and greeted the Red Hair Pirates.
It was just the courtesy of meeting acquaintances.
Red-Haired Shanks felt as if a giant rock had struck his chest, wanting to cry but unable to shed tears.
"This is fate." Red-Haired Shanks tilted his head back, looking at the sky with a melancholic expression. "My fate is too unlucky."
If I had known Makino would leave with a Pirate Crew.
I should have extended an invitation.
Could it be that I, Red-Haired Shanks, and the Red Hair Pirates, are inferior to the Sun and Moon Pirates, inferior to Kevin?
It's not that bad, but now I can't speak my mind and can only suppress my frustration.
"Poor boss."
"We should take this as a lesson; the boss is the example."
"Never follow the boss's lead. We're all pirates; why talk about fate? If you like something, just say it directly."
The crew's voices.
Kept rubbing salt into Red-Haired Shanks' wound.
"Two young people have arrived."
Jabba carefully observed Kevin and Gyon.
Both were very young.
Especially Kevin, who seemed like the most naive Rookie just setting sail.
"Yet they can make Shanks pay so much attention." Jabba grew even more curious.
Not simple.
Moreover, they saw the Red Hair Pirates.
And showed no fear or apprehension at all.
As if ignoring them.
A Pirate Crew with such composure and confidence, even if Jabba wasn't well-informed about the outside world, he knew there weren't many such Pirate Crews in the entire sea.
"Mr. Jabba, I'm here to try out the Supreme Grade Swords 'Ace'."
Kevin stated his purpose.
Red-Haired Shanks spat out a mouthful of the wine he was drinking.
What?
He already snatched Makino, and now he wants to take Captain Roger's 'Ace' too? How infuriating!