The news that Vega, the dark magician and great demon king of Wano, defeated Kaido and drove away the Beast Pirates spread quickly across the sea. As Oniga disappeared from the sky of Wano, Wano also completely got rid of Kaido's control, and under Vega's rule, all the villains had nowhere to hide. Wano also gradually recovered, and the people who survived the disaster cherished these peaceful days. In order to express their gratitude and respect for Vega, the people of Wano no longer called the country Wano. Demon Kingdom is the new name of this country. ... East China Sea, Windmill Village. A huge pirate ship slowly docked on the small island in the East China Sea. It was the red-haired Shanks who secretly came back from the New World.

At this time, many people had gathered at the port, led by a strong man with gray hair and a coat of justice. He was the navy hero who returned to Windmill Village on vacation-Garp.

"Shanks, what are you doing here?" Garp stood there with his hands on his chest, his legs slightly apart and straight like a sharp blade. His simple standing posture showed an extremely domineering momentum.

Shanks slowly walked down the ship and came to Garp. He seemed to struggle for a while before speaking.

"I'll come and see Luffy."

As soon as Shanks finished speaking, a huge fist enlarged in front of him!

Bang!

Shanks raised his arm to block Garp's punch and asked anxiously, "Garp, what are you doing? Is there something wrong with Luffy?"

Ever since he talked with Gangplank in Biltover, the argument that "the remaining will in the devil fruit will affect the ability user" has been lingering in Shanks' mind. Shanks was originally full of worries about Luffy. Seeing Garp coming up and attacking him, he thought something happened to Luffy.

After all, apart from the identities of navy and pirate, the biggest intersection between him and Garp is Luffy.

"What are you doing? I'm going to beat you up today, you despicable pirate!" It would have been better if Shanks didn't say it, but Garp got even angrier when he said it!

His grandson, who has been determined to go to sea as a pirate since he met Shanks, and who also shouted every day that he wanted to become the Pirate King, what kind of magic potion did Shanks give him?

Seeing Garp's fist was even more fierce, Shanks raised his hand to hold Garp's iron fist, and his domineering aura burst out, staring at Garp: "I came here for Luffy this time, we need to talk!"

...

After a while.

The two came to Garp's house in Windmill Village.

"Let's talk about what happened to Luffy first."

Shanks took the teacup handed by Garp and gently put it on the table. The other crew members of the Red Hair Pirates were arranged by him to the tavern in Windmill Village.

"Humph!" Hearing Shanks' words, Garp snorted coldly, and then said: "Red-haired kid, what kind of magic potion did you give my grandson? Since you left, his mind is full of going out to sea to be a pirate, and he shouts every day that he wants to become the Pirate King."

Said sitting opposite Shanks, staring at Shanks angrily: "My grandson was going to become a navy admiral, and you led him astray!"

Hearing Garp's words, Shanks secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Luffy is okay.

But Shanks was a little worried about Luffy's condition in Garp's words. When he came last time, he told Luffy many stories about sea adventures, deliberately teasing Luffy and making him yearn for going to sea.

At the same time, he also gave Luffy the straw hat left by Roger, because he did see the shadow of his captain in Luffy.

But now Shanks couldn't confirm whether Luffy's current yearning for going to sea was due to his agreement with himself or was affected by something.

"Can I see Luffy?"

"Tell me first, what happened? You, a Four Emperor, wouldn't run back to the East China Sea from the New World just to see a child!"

Seeing that Shanks' condition was not right, Garp also realized that Shanks's trip was indeed not simple.

"Huh!"

Shanks sighed deeply and said to Garp: "Do you remember the devil fruit that Luffy ate?"

"Of course I remember."

"I now suspect that Luffy has been affected by the will in that fruit. This time I came here to confirm Luffy's condition." Shanks told Garp everything he had heard from Planck.

Including Planck's statement about the remaining will in the devil fruit, and the several devil fruits he had collected during this period

A summary of the information of past users: "These devil fruits either appear suddenly, and all the previous users who can be found are strong; or from a certain period of time, all the devil fruit users are strong, and even if they die early, their abilities are still sensational."

"These all indirectly verify what Planck said, there may really be residual will in the devil fruit that affects the user."

Seeing Garp's solemn face, Shanks took a deep breath and said to Garp: "I can only tell you that Luffy's devil fruit is not simple. I came here this time because I am worried that Luffy will be affected by the residual will in the devil fruit."

"You mean, the devil fruit has the residual marks of the previous users, which may affect or even replace Luffy?"

"...That's right."

Boom! !

Shanks' figure broke through the wall of the wooden house, and the whole person was knocked to the street by Garp's punch.

"Red-haired kid!" Garp's figure flew out of the wooden house, and the justice cloak behind him rustled. His right hand had turned black, and he clenched his fist and punched Shanks.

"Garp! We can fight later, let me see Luffy first!" The dark Armament Haki wrapped around Shanks' arm, and he swung at Garp's iron fist.

"Let me finish fighting first!"

Garp, who was angry, didn't care so much. If Luffy was really affected by the will of the devil fruit, then his grandson who had eaten the devil fruit early on might have merged with that bullshit mark.

He kept shouting about becoming the Pirate King, maybe it was the influence of that bullshit mark!

The two of them exchanged a few punches. Since they were already in the village and surrounded by residential houses, their strength was restrained.

The aftermath of the battle basically had no impact on the residential houses next to them.

Shanks was already very depressed, and he didn't avoid Garp's attack. He relied on his only remaining arm to keep hitting Garp's iron fist.

The huge sound of the battle quickly attracted the villagers of Windmill Village, but the villagers were watching from afar. After all, it was not the first time Shanks came to Windmill Village, and the villagers had a great impression of the Red Hair Pirates who were generous and never caused trouble.

After a few rounds of fighting, Shanks' one-arm weakness gradually revealed, and he was hit by Garp several times in succession.

Boom!

Garp punched Shanks, knocking Shanks several meters away. After Shanks landed, he lay quietly on the ground, silently looking at the sky.

Seeing this, Garp did not continue to attack, but walked to Shanks and silently looked at Shanks with an expressionless face.

"Garp." Shanks said, "If that fruit really replaced Luffy, I will never forgive myself in my life. Let me go meet him. If what Planck said is true, then everything can still be turned around."

"Garp, the disaster of the sea, Graves, the outlaw, and Twisted Fate, the card master, these guys have strange abilities. They are not domineering or devil fruits, but they are extremely strange and powerful."

"If there is no special research on the theory that Planck said, ordinary people will not be able to discover it. I suspect that there is another force behind them, which controls a force different from domineering or devil fruit abilities."

"He may know how to remove this influence."

Hearing Shanks' sincere words, Garp's expression eased a little: "I will ask the navy to verify."

Shanks shook his head and said, "The navy does not have that scientific research ability. All scientists are in the hands of the World Government. Vegapunk may be able to research a method, but the World Government is not trustworthy, unless you want Luffy to become a CP."

"..."

Hearing Shanks' words, Garp also fell silent.

Although Garp is an old navy, he trusts and recognizes the navy, but it does not mean that he will trust the World Government. However, compared with the World Government, Garp's feelings towards pirates are not much better.

Even if there are scum like Celestial Dragons in the World Government, Garp is unwilling to hand Luffy over to a pirate.

"Shanks, I can't hand my grandson over to a pirate." Garp said and slowly walked towards the back of Windmill Village: "Come on, let's go see Luffy's situation first."

...

In the back mountain, two little kids are working hard to train themselves.

"Luffy, keep up!" Ace with black hair ran in the front, looking back at Luffy who was following behind from time to time. Luffy behind him held his hat with one hand and ran quickly behind Ace.

Monkey D. Luffy, who was running desperately, followed with a firm face even though he was panting.

"First! I will definitely become the Pirate King earlier than you!" Ace was the first to reach the finish line, with his hands on his hips and looking at Luffy behind him with a smile.

"But, I, I am the man who will become the Pirate King!" Luffy, out of breath, rushed to Ace. Even though he was so tired that he could hardly stand up, he still loudly swore his dream.

Boom~!

Luffy, who was making a loud declaration, was suddenly smashed into the ground, and a huge white figure appeared behind the two of them.

"Who!!"

Boom! Boom!

Before Ace could react, he was also smashed to the ground, and a big bump appeared on his head like Luffy.

"You little brats, you are all going to be admirals of the navy!" Garp's voice came from behind.

"Ah, Grandpa!" Seeing Garp behind him, Luffy covered his head and sat up, but saw a familiar figure following behind Garp.

"Shanks!!!!"

A huge and surprising voice sounded in the forest. In the blink of an eye, Luffy had already clung to Shanks like a monkey, which made Garp jealous.

"Luffy." Shanks rubbed Luffy's head, and sat down with Garp and the two little ones.

He untied Luffy's arms that were wrapped around him like rubber ropes, rubbed Luffy's head, and said, "Luffy, you use your fruit ability well."

"Yeah, I'm a rubber man now, I won't get hurt or feel pain!" Luffy stretched his face to show off, and grinned at Shanks.

"When I go out to sea, I will find you, Shanks! I want to become the Pirate King and the freest man in the world!" Seeing Shanks, the excited Luffy completely forgot that Garp was still around, and promised Shanks.

As if he felt a murderous aura coming out from behind him, Luffy turned back tremblingly and looked at Garp who was about to turn black.

"Grandpa!"

Shanks rubbed Luffy's head and asked seriously, "Luffy, why do you want to be the Pirate King?"

"Because Shanks, you said that pirates are free men on the sea, and the freest person is the Pirate King! I want to be the freest person in the world and become the Pirate King!!"

"What about adventurers?" Shanks asked.

"Adventurer?"

"Yes, there are adventurers who can sail freely in the world. The Pirate King already exists. Does Luffy want to be the freest adventurer on the sea?" Shanks held up a finger: "Become the first king of adventurers!"

"Hmm~"

Luffy thought about Shanks's problem seriously for a while and replied: "No, I want to be the Pirate King."

"Why, adventurers can also be the freest people and can also adventure on the sea."

"Because Shanks is a pirate, I want to be a man like Shanks, and I have made an agreement with Shanks!"

Luffy's words made Garp's face darken, and Shanks' mouth twitched: Hey, hey, hey, Garp is still next to me!

"Shanks!"

As soon as Garp roared, Shanks disappeared: "Luffy, I'll see you next time!"

...

In the dense forest not far away, Garp caught up with Shanks and asked: "I think he is more influenced by you. I'd better get rid of you first!"

"No." Shanks interrupted Garp and said seriously: "I still feel uneasy. I always have a strange feeling around Luffy. He seems to be missing something."

"Let me think about it."

"What's missing? Why can't I see it." Garp sat down cross-legged.

"You often see Luffy, and some slow changes are not easy to find." Shanks frowned, sitting on the ground thinking about the strange feeling just now, recalling his words and deeds when talking with Luffy, trying to find some clues from it.

What is it?

Although Ace pretended to be a little adult, hiding deep thoughts, there was no sense of disobedience in the whole person. The kid named Sabo was also like that. Although there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows, it did not make Shanks feel strange.

But what is Luffy's?

Sense of mission!! That's it!!

If Luffy's yearning for pirates comes entirely from Shanks' adventure stories and his admiration for Shanks, then the essence of his pursuit should be adventure and freedom, both of which are incompatible with the serious sense of mission when Luffy answered.

Is this the influence of the devil fruit?

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