I, a Celestial Dragon!

This guy's background must be good enough, so good that he will not die young unless he takes the last step!

Originally, I had four options: one was Roger's son, one was myself, and the other was my daughter!

As for the last one..., that's the one I chose!"

At this point, Shanks burst into laughter, and as he laughed, he clamped Gawain's head with his arms.

"Little Chief, do you know why I sneaked back here? Because when I found out that you were playing bigger and bigger games, I started to worry about the future I had chosen!

You are one of the nineteen family heads, you must know the secret of the Nika Fruit. If I don’t tell you in advance, I’m afraid you will kill him without hesitation after seeing him!

So, just like I said to the Five Elders, please give me some room to perform!

Let my plans grow with that baby for a while!

The world is already bad, and there's little room for it to get any worse, so why not look forward to the power and change I bring?

What do you think, Chief Gawain, please consider that I have come all the way back and do not harm the child who ate the Nika Fruit unless it is absolutely necessary!

I can even tell you his identity. With his personality, it's only a matter of time before it becomes known to everyone, haha!

He is the grandson of the navy hero Garp, the son of the revolutionary Dragon, Monkey D. Luffy! "

Having said that, Shanks waited in silence for Gawain's answer.

So, Gawain gently turned his neck.

"If you don't let me go quickly, my next step will be to rush over and kill him. I mean what I say!"

"Ha ha!!!"

Hearing this, Shanks let go of Gawain with amusement, and then he sat down on the beach carefree.

Shanks casually took out two wine gourds and threw one to Gawain, then he opened the cork and took a sip.

After taking a sip of wine, Shanks sighed slowly.

“It would have been fine if I hadn’t left Marijoa, but the moment I left there, I realized that everyone in the world looked at me with disgust and fear.

I knew that there should be some changes in this world!"

"So, you are the Marijoa who left that year in the Valley of the Gods?"

Gawain asked as he sat down next to Shanks.

Hearing this, Shanks nodded slightly.

“Yeah, there were two kids on Roger’s ship that year because they both lost their parents.

But the difference is that one of them is the child of the Celestial Dragons, and the other is the child of a slave.

Just like this, one of them likes money and the other ignores rights. They hate each other occasionally, but they always stick together.

Haha, although I haven’t heard from Bucky for a long time, I always feel that sooner or later he will stand at the same level as me.

This may sound funny, but I always feel like I have seen that future!"

Having said that, Shanks pointed to his head.

"When you reach my level, you tend to believe in premonitions. Because for people of our strength, even dreams could be a signal that your Observation Haki is sending you some message.

Just like I got the Nika Fruit but didn't want to eat it, just like after I saw Luffy, I felt that the kid was some kind of future, and even more like me even though I knew that Buggy was not doing his job all day and his strength was not even as good as that of a pirate with a bounty of 30 or 40 million.

But I just feel that one day he will be able to stand opposite me, or stand beside me and keep pace with me.

Even just now, when I first saw you.

Chief Gao Wen was so domineering, I seem to have seen the day when you will succeed! "

"Ha ha……"

Listening to Shanks' words, Gawain shook his head leisurely.

“Then you must be seeing things wrong, because I will never succeed.

After all, what I want is not just unification, but the progress and development that unification will bring to the world.

But no matter how perfect the world is, contradictions will always arise, because we are all human beings, and desire is our instinct.

What drives us to progress and development is our desire, what prompts us to improve our living standards is desire, and even what keeps human relations going is desire.

Desire is part of instinct and should not be given any special color.

But the funny thing is that people always confuse desire and greed."

Having said this, Gawain drank the remaining wine in the gourd in one gulp, and then he looked at the gourd in his hand.

"This gourd looks better and better. How many of them did you bring? How about giving them all to me?"

"Sure, but we have to exchange them. You brought a few ivory wine jars. Can we exchange them?"

"I brought three."

"Coincidentally, I also have three!"

Gawain and Shanks immediately handed their respective wine containers to each other, and at the same time, they also made some kind of agreement silently.

After the agreement was made, Gawain took a sip of wine and finally showed his cold eyes to Shanks.

He suddenly spoke to Shanks in a cold voice.

"Now, Shanks, it's time to talk about something important!

Just like I promised you that I would not wipe out the Joey Boy you chose before he grew up.

I also need you to give me a promise!

A promise that you are able to fulfill and will do your best to fulfill! "

After he finished speaking, Gawain looked at Shanks with a look that became even more profound.

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Hearing Gawain's voice, Shanks became serious and crossed his legs.

Shanks placed his only remaining right hand on his right leg, sat there cross-legged, and spoke to Gawain seriously.

"You have allowed my dream to continue to fly, so I will certainly not turn a deaf ear to your request.

So, go ahead, Captain Gawain!"

"it is good!"

Gao Wen nodded heavily and then spoke seriously.

"I told Whitebeard about these requests when I first met him more than a month ago.

The vision of you so-called Pirate Emperors has always been in the New World, so I hope that your future steps will also be in the New World!

As for me, I will completely block the Grand Route at some point in the future."

"and many more!"

Hearing this, Shanks immediately raised his right hand to Gawain.

"If I heard you correctly, you mean that at some point in the future, you will no longer allow anyone to enter the New World through the Grand Line?"

"That's right!"

Gawain nodded simply.

“If someone can climb the red earth continent and enter the new world, then of course I can’t monitor every corner of the red earth continent that surrounds the world.

But I won’t open Sabaody Island and Fishman Island for too long.

After my plan begins, the fishmen and sea kings will help me completely block the only underwater passage in the world that can lead to the new world through the sea, 20,000 meters below Marijoa!"

"Does this mean that, after you decided to do all that, no more pirates will enter the New World?"

The redhead asked thoughtfully.

Hearing this, Gao Wen nodded heavily.

"Yes, after that, no pirates will become your new blood, Shanks!"

“This is truly a bold decision!”

Shanks asked with a grin.

"Then what do you need me to do? To help you in the decisive battle that is bound to come?

After all, there are no real pirates in the New World who can accept your so-called blockade, so when you make the decision, the decisive battle between the pirates and the World Government seems to be inevitable! "

“No, it’s not what you think, Shanks.

You have to look as far ahead as possible!

What I want is exactly the opposite of what you think. I don't need you to change your position on yourself. What I need is for you to use your identity as one of the Four Emperors of the Pirates to delay the arrival of the decisive battle as much as possible!

In other words, what I want you to do is to contain the big pirates, and I will contain the navy, and together you and I will contain the World Government!

Don't give the qualification to initiate a decisive battle to anyone other than you and me!"

Having said that, Gawain pinched the gourd and took a big sip of wine.

At the same time, Shanks sighed leisurely.

"So what you want is the same as me, stability in the new world?

But the reason I want the new world to be stable is that I want to provide a piece of land for the Joyboy I choose to grow and find his ultimate goal.

I also need enough strong people in this land to become his strength and provide him with the possibility to initiate change!

The new world I need is what I have always planned, a sharp blade that overthrows the old structure and solidified class of the ocean from top to bottom!

I will give this sharp blade to the future Joyboy, so that he can hold the sword called the New World and slash the evil dragon that has been entrenched in the world for eight hundred years!"

When Shanks said this, Gawain put down the wine gourd and sneered as he continued Shanks' words.

I just listened to Gao Wen continue speaking word by word.

“And the reason I want the New World to be stable enough is to allow it to tie down the energy of the World Government and the Navy to the greatest extent possible, just as it did in the past.

I will seize this period of stability and use the pressure that the confrontation between pirates and the navy has brought to the major member states of the Grand Line to spread the order that I want to bring to the world on this experimental field called the Grand Line!"

"Ha ha!"

After hearing Gawain's words, Shanks laughed out loud. He looked at Gawain with admiration and said.

“Guiding and taking advantage of the confrontation between the two biggest monsters in the world, just to create a test field!

Gao Wen, you are much more confident than I thought!

Being able to make such a decision means that you believe from the bottom of your heart that your decision will be recognized by the whole world.

In other words, you firmly believe that as long as you implement your policies along the Grand Route, the Grand Route will become a paradise in the hearts of people all over the world.

You believe that what you give them is worth every one of them!

Hahahaha, what kind of confidence is this! "

"Isn't it the same with you, Shanks?"

Gawain interrupted Shanks, only to turn to Shanks and speak.

“Although I don’t understand why, compared to myself, there are always people who are willing to place their hopes on the future that has not yet grown up.

After all, I only like to grasp the present, and I prefer to believe in myself.

But no matter what, when you make such a huge effort, just to make a child who has not yet grown up grow up more smoothly.

You are extremely confident in your plan.

How much do you believe that he can capture the opponent's general step by step on your chessboard with the support of your hands?

The most important thing is, no matter how far he can go, he can't change his fate of becoming your chess piece!

Even if he really overturned the original order of the world, even if he really destroyed the rule of Marijoa and the Celestial Dragons.

But an interesting thing happens. As his guide in life, no matter how successful he is, his success is also your success!

I seem to foresee that kind of future, the future in which he wins the war but you win everything!

After all, no matter what, it is impossible for him to replace the Five Elders and the World Government and rule and manage this ocean by himself!