One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"It's Captain Roger! They're back!"

After saying that, the two rushed out. As soon as they reached the door, they saw several figures slowly walking towards them from not far away, with Roger leading the way.

Seeing the straw hat on Shanks' head, a strange look flashed in Roger's eyes. He smiled and waved, saying...

"I could hear you two shouting from far away, were you arguing again?"

Chapter 233 Abnormality

Shanks and Bucky excitedly rushed to Roger's side. Roger looked at the two of them and smiled.

"It looks like Bucky is all better now, he's full of energy!"

Before Bucky could speak, Shanks patted his chest and said,

"Captain Roger, don't you think I took good care of him?"

Actually, Bucky was quite touched that Shanks stayed to take care of him, but when he saw Shanks' smug look, he immediately became angry and said,

"I don't need you to take care of me! You idiot!"

"Nani? Bucky! You have no conscience!"

As they talked, the two were about to start arguing again. Roger waved his hand helplessly.

"Alright, alright, why are you arguing again? Let's go back to the ship."

Shanks and Bucky turned their heads away, snorted, and followed Roger and the others toward the Jackson on the shore.

On the way, Bucky couldn't help but tell Roger about his earlier guess. Roger looked at Bucky with great surprise, then chuckled.

"Bucky, you really do have some unique talents. You're half right."

Upon hearing this, Bucky quickly pressed for an answer.

"Captain Roger, what do you mean by 'half right'?"

Roger still had a smile on his face, but Shanks, standing beside him, felt that the smile had a hint of self-mockery.

"That place, well, I'll name it Laugh Tale, does indeed reject Devil Fruits, except for one. Only the user of that fruit can obtain Laugh Tale's true treasure. If you can gain his approval in the future, perhaps you can ignore the curse."

"Is that so? Captain Roger, what's the name of that Devil Fruit you mentioned? We can go find it and then let you eat it!"

Roger shook his head and said,

"I'm sorry, Buggy, it's better if you don't know this. As for that Devil Fruit, I can only say that it was never meant to be mine, and I don't have time for it anymore."

After saying that, Roger glanced at Shanks, then stopped talking and quickened his pace toward the Jackson.

Bucky wanted to chase after him and ask him more questions, but Roger had clearly lost interest in talking, so he had to give up.

Shanks frowned. From the moment he arrived until now, he hadn't seen a trace of joy in Roger's realization of his dream, which he found very strange.

Upon returning to the Jackson, Roger announced a banquet to welcome Shanks and Bucky back to the ship.

The banquet lasted from day to night. During the banquet, Roger ignored Crocus's attempts to stop him and never emptied his glass. After the banquet, he was completely drunk and even went on a drunken rampage, laughing wildly with tears streaming down his face.

Rayleigh, sitting next to Roger, simply watched him quietly, without making any attempt to stop him.

Only after Roger slumped into his chair did Rayleigh turn his gaze to Shanks, who was playing rock-paper-scissors with Buggy, and call out,

"Shanks, help Roger back to rest."

Shanks said "Oh," and jogged over to help Roger up from the chair. However, Shanks was much smaller than Roger and looked to be struggling.

Some people wanted to help, but Rayleigh pulled them away to continue drinking.

Shanks helped Roger into the cabin and pushed him onto the bed. Just as he was about to leave, Roger, who was already completely drunk, reached out and grabbed Shanks's wrist, whispering...

"Wait a minute, Shanks, I have something to tell you."

Shanks was taken aback and turned to look at Roger. At this moment, apart from a slight flush on Roger's face, there was no longer any trace of the drunken haze.

Roger glanced at Shanks' straw hat and asked,

"Shanks, you really like this straw hat, don't you?"

Shanks nodded, raised his hand to adjust his straw hat, and smiled.

"Yes, Captain Roger, I will take it to every corner of the world!"

Roger fell silent upon hearing this, and Shanks, seeing this, asked curiously,

"Captain Roger, what's wrong?"

Roger sighed and slowly began to speak.

"Shanks, I have something to tell you..."

No one knows what Roger said to Shanks, but when Shanks walked out of Roger's room, his face was full of confusion.

The banquet on the deck had ended, and most people had returned to their rooms to rest, except for Bucky, who hadn't drunk any alcohol, who stayed behind to clean up.

Bucky complained as he cleaned.

"Seriously, where did Shanks go? How am I supposed to finish this all by myself?!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw Shanks walking towards him and immediately wanted to call Shanks over for help.

But when he saw Shanks's dejected appearance, he couldn't help but frown. In his memory, Shanks had always been very optimistic. When had he ever seen him like this?

He dropped the broom he was holding, walked over to Shanks, and his tone became unusually gentle.

"Shanks, you seem a bit unhappy. What happened? Did Captain Roger scold you while he was drunk?"

Shanks silently shook his head and continued walking forward. Normally, being ignored by Shanks like this would have made Buggy furious, but this time he quietly followed Shanks.

Finally, the two walked to the bow of the ship. Shanks leaned on the gunwale, staring blankly at the sea, while Bucky looked at Shanks' profile.

This was the first time Bucky had ever looked at Shanks like this. The more he looked, the more he thought that Shanks was really good-looking, just like that guy.

The two remained in their respective poses for a while, until Shanks finally broke the silence. He took off his straw hat, looked at it in front of him, and spoke.

"Bucky, are you saying that people's fates are predetermined at birth? If so, then what is this so-called freedom? Is it a joke?"

Bucky didn't say anything after hearing this. He first reached out and touched Shanks' forehead, then brought his red nose close to Shanks and smelled him.

Shanks looked at Bucky's behavior with a puzzled expression and asked,

Bucky, what are you doing?

Bucky rolled his eyes and said irritably,

"Let me see if you have a fever or if you've had too much to drink. What are you doing here questioning the meaning of life? You scared me... well, you gave me a fright!"

Shanks raised an eyebrow, one hand instinctively slipping onto his hip, and said,

"I've been with you the whole time. Don't you know whether I've been drinking or not? And do you think I'm like you, so weak that I can get sick so easily!"

"What?! You're asking for a beating!"

"come!"

Before he could finish speaking, Shanks raised his hand and punched Bucky in the nose, and the two began to wrestle.

They beat each other black and blue, lying sprawled on the deck, gazing at the bright moon in the night sky. Bucky muttered something.

"Hey! Feels much better now, right?"

"Ah."

Chapter 234 Roger, Who Doesn't Play by the Rules

In the Admiral's office, Kong stared gravely at a newspaper in his hand. Suddenly, he slammed the newspaper on the table and roared,

"One Piece? What a load of bull!"

As a naval admiral, the emergence of a so-called "pirate king" during his term of office would undoubtedly be an indelible stain on his naval career.

Especially since he is about to be transferred, it means his naval career will not end well.

Moreover, this time it can be said that Roger's name truly surpassed that of Whitebeard and others, making him the only pirate overlord.

If he wanted to expand his power, he could easily attract a large number of people to join him.

Giger, however, did not consider this direction at all, because this series of developments had already proceeded according to his memory.

Now that Roger has become the Pirate King, his next step should be to disband his pirate crew and go to Baterilla Island to create Ace.

So if you want to kill Roger ahead of time, all you need to do is go to Baterila Island and find him.

However, things took an unexpected turn this time.

Sora's worst fears have come true: the Roger Pirates, who have always followed an elite path, have actually started to expand.

Roger dominated a large area of ​​the New World and began to recruit pirates to his crew in an unreserved manner.

Of course, the pirate crews he recruited could only be considered as joining Roger's ranks, meaning they were essentially unofficial members.

The original members of Roger's pirate crew are still the same group of people.

However, apart from Roger and Rayleigh, the other members showed great dislike, even disgust, for the newly joined non-staff members.

They all believed that Roger's current actions had completely deviated from the original intentions of their pirate crew, especially since Roger had previously told Shiki the Golden Lion that he had no ambition to rule.