svetikya Chapter 1397: Wild Spirit
Chapter 1397: Wild Spirit
The news of the arrival of Ace's good brother Luffy finally reached Whitebeard's ears. At this moment, he was toasting with Golden Lion and enjoying the fine wine presented by his subordinates.
"Luffy, Ace is such a good brother. He knew that it was dangerous and he could lose his life, but he still participated in this war without hesitation. He is a good boy."
Edward Newgate drank the wine in his glass. He thought about the time he spent with Ace. That boy always mentioned his younger brother Luffy and wanted to take his good brother on adventures together.
Ace wanted to introduce Luffy to his father in person, but unfortunately he lost this opportunity. Luffy came uninvited and boarded the Moby Dick. It was a kind of fate.
Marco hurried up the stairs and reported to his father that Luffy had arrived. The Straw Hat Boy had a close relationship with Ace, so the Whitebeard Pirates naturally could not neglect him.
"Verify his identity. If you are sure it is real, bring him to see me." Whitebeard chose to believe that seeing is believing. He wanted to take a closer look to see what kind of person Garp's grandson is.
Luffy showed his abilities in the sky, stretched the corners of his mouth, and said that he was the user of the rubber fruit.
Marco had seen the devil fruit that had the ability to imitate other people's appearance, and Kozuki Oden had suffered a great loss from it.
Therefore, every outsider who approaches Whitebeard must be strictly interrogated by his adopted sons to avoid assassination attempts and to assume the worst of everyone.
Devil fruits can imitate appearance but not abilities. The rubber fruit is the only example of this. Marco was sure that the one the young man ate was a superhuman one.
But he had a question in his mind. Ace had never mentioned that Luffy could fly, and the Paranormal Rubber Fruit had nothing to do with the ability to fly.
Luffy doesn't have the air-stepping skills of a strong man yet. He can fly freely in the air in human form, which even Marco can't do. When flying, he must turn his arms into bird wings to be able to fly.
"Can fly"?
Whitebeard looked at the golden lion beside him. He was the only one who had the experience of flying while maintaining human form on the ship, and he was the user of the Float-Float Fruit.
"I've never heard of rubber flying. Since he's Garp's grandson, it's a good opportunity for me to meet this little guy from the East China Sea."
Shiki still resented Garp for imprisoning him in Impel Down, so he certainly wouldn't miss the chance to embarrass his own grandson.
Moreover, Luffy was born in the East China Sea like Roger. Shiki is very narrow-minded and hates pirates from the East China Sea very much.
"We're all interested in him. Let him come and see us. If he's too weak, he'll just die in vain on the battlefield."
Whitebeard doesn't want a young man with a promising basketball talent to die in a battlefield that doesn't belong to him. If Luffy is too weak, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use some force to save him after persuading him to retreat fails.
Edward Newgate had a premonition that Luffy, as the grandson of a naval hero, would definitely not be taken care of when he went to the battlefield.
Things are different now. Garp's influence in the navy has weakened. Among the six admirals of the navy, perhaps only Kizaru and Aokiji would go easy on Luffy. The other four would not give Garp any face.
Marco followed his father's orders, and when he walked down the steps to look for Luffy, he found that the young man had been surrounded by food trucks, with more than a dozen food trucks surrounding him.
Luffy fully demonstrated the elasticity of the rubber fruit, reaching out to different foods and leaving afterimages, saving the tedious act of chewing with teeth, and stuffing them into his mouth and into his stomach through the esophagus.
After just a few minutes, Luffy had already become fat after eating and drinking a lot. "This pork chop is delicious, and this barbecue is good. Give me some more. I'm not full yet..."
Looking at the way Luffy ate, Marco suspected that even if the chef on the ship prepared a dozen more dining car delicacies for him, this young man with a big stomach would be able to finish them all.
But two big men couldn't be allowed to wait for a young man, so Marco pushed the food cart beside him and pulled up Luffy who was sitting on the ground, "Don't eat yet, Dad wants to see you. There will be more delicious food waiting for you in the evening, so there's no need to rush to eat now."
Luffy swallowed the last piece of barbecue in his mouth and said, "Really!" He was not interested in meeting Whitebeard. He was very interested in the upcoming dinner party. What he liked most was that the party could be held every day.
Marco looked at Luffy's tattered clothes and it was too late to change him into new clothes. He brushed off the dust on his body and said, "Follow me. Dad likes Ace very much. Don't worry, they won't make things difficult for you."
Luffy was willing to go on this trip with Marco, and said thank you to the chefs around him. The two of them went to the core of the core area one after the other.
The people around Whitebeard were all his closest sons or adopted daughters. They were also curious about Luffy and looked at the stairs expectantly.
Soon, the familiar footsteps of Marco were heard, followed by brisk footsteps. It was Luffy's first time on such a huge ship, and he was curious about every place on the Moby Dick, so he fell behind and walked very slowly.
As expected, Marco was the first to appear, and the figure of a young man behind him gradually appeared in everyone's sight.
At the end of the rising stairs, a corner of the red dress was lifted up by the breeze, and the edge of the straw hat that had accompanied countless storms was lifted up by the breeze.
Luffy's bony hands pressed down the brim of his hat in time. In the shadow under the brim, his jawline was stretched into a straight line, and his black eyes were like the abyss reflecting the surging sea of clouds in the distance. The corners of his mouth, which were always curved in the past, were now pursed into a firm line.
The discussion of the crowd on the stairs disappeared, even the whistling breeze seemed to stagnate in front of this figure, and a young man with extraordinary temperament came into view.
When Luffy raised his hand to steady his straw hat that had slipped off, the sunlight just happened to penetrate the clouds, illuminating his young face which was engraved with determination and perseverance.
There were no grand speeches, only a pair of flaming eyes that swept across everyone present. The bravery tempered in the countryside and the purity unique to young people were strangely blended in him.
A young man with such momentum made most people on the field admire him. Even if Luffy's current strength is low, it proves that he has a good character. Strength can be trained, but if the heart is not good, it is destined to not achieve higher achievements.
But the two big guys sitting on the field saw the shadow of another person in Luffy, and even made the Golden Lion Shiki suddenly have a little stress reaction, and his dominant hand clasped the hilt of Mikazuki Munechika's sword.
"Roger? You're not dead..."
In the previous moment, Whitebeard saw Luffy's young figure as Roger. The next moment, he was awakened by the murderous aura of the Golden Lion and hurried to comfort his old friend.
"Calm down Shiki, Roger has been dead for twenty years, and the one in front of you is Luffy."
Golden Lion was too obsessed with Roger. It was the first time he saw a young man who looked so much like Roger. He couldn't help but lose his composure in front of everyone and let go of Mikazuki Munechika.
Shiki observed the face under the straw hat and found that it indeed looked very similar to Garp, and had nothing in common with Roger.
But he was sure that the straw hat on Luffy's head must have been worn by Roger. Shiki would never forget Roger's things.