Garp still knew that raising a daughter was different from raising a son, so he asked Miss Maginot to help take care of Uta.
After all, seeing how precious this beautiful girl is to Shanks, he is too embarrassed to raise her casually and maintain the standard at a level where she will not die, even if he succeeds in raising a child.
Living in Windmill Village, Uta didn't think there was any problem at first. The people in Windmill Village were very nice and everyone liked Uta very much.
But Shanks wasn't there, and neither were the pirates.
Uta's cheerfulness lasted for two weeks and then dissipated, and she often looked at the sea.
Luffy didn't have much to do. In this situation, it was obvious that Shanks had run away with someone. Luffy could only occasionally tell some jokes to Utta, or take her to play some games with her, and lose to Utta from time to time. tower.
Even so, Uta's happiness could only last during the day. At night, her mood became depressed as night fell.
The environment has a huge impact on people. When night falls, it is the time for some modern young people to relax.
"fraud……"
By the third month, there was no sign of the huge ship Red Forth on the sea.
Uta squatted on the shore, looking at the endless blue.
Tears welled up in my eyes.
Her hands held her shoulders tightly, tears streaming down her face.
He turned to look at Luffy in aggrieved tone: "Shanks...he doesn't want me anymore!"
"No way." Luffy wore Shanks' straw hat and a red coat and sat next to Uta.
"Didn't I say that he went through the test of manhood? It must be a dangerous and difficult test, so that such an adult would not be able to keep his promise and come back."
Luffy said grabbing Uta's hand.
It's okay now, everyone is a left-behind child.
"…real?"
"Well, maybe Shanks will appear in newspapers in the future."
"Until then, please rely on me as you rely on Shanks."
Uta leaned her little head on Luffy's shoulder.
"It's agreed."
In the distance, Garp sighed.
It's the most painful thing to gain and then lose.
Someone like Luffy, who hasn't seen his father since he was a child, doesn't care about this kind of thing.
However, Shanks is too doting on his daughter and still doesn't know what pirates are.
Garp thought.
In Uta's common sense, there are no ferocious pirates like the Shichibukai. She believes that routine and normal pirate operations are "third-rate" stuff, and only Shanks is the real big pirate.
Garp was a little relieved... Shanks did not become a heinous criminal after all.
The two children are still too weak. Let them play with Ace in the mountains. In this way, everyone will forget the unpleasant things.
Garp thought.
then:
"Luffy, Uta, let me find you a brother!" Garp said happily.
"??" Luffy and Uta had confusion written on their faces.
Then he was grabbed by the back of Destiny's neck and was carried by Garp with one hand. He was polite to Uta and let Uta sit on his shoulders, and the three of them set off towards Mount Colpo.
…
"This is..." Korpo Shannai.
The aunt-like bandit looked at the boy on Garp's hand and the girl on his shoulder.
She had a cigarette in her mouth and had an ominous premonition.
"This is my grandson, Luffy, and I will leave it to you to take care of him." Garp carried Luffy.
"Say hello to them, Luffy, there are good people among the bandits."
"Yo——" Luffy crossed his arms and greeted the bandits in the air.
"Don't just throw your children here, we are bandits!"
Dadan couldn't help it any longer and yelled at Garp, "What do you think of a bandit?"
"Um?"
Garp, whose hair was already white, looked at Dadan.
"I'm very sorry. We will take good care of your grandson." The bandits lined up neatly and bowed to Garp.
"Do bandits live in a place like this?"
Uta looked curiously at the bandits' territory. They had built a wooden house in the jungle, which looked very simple.
There is obviously a huge land, but in the end, it is not even taken care of like a boat. Clothes are hung casually on both sides of the house to dry, making it a bit messy.
"This is the pirate's daughter." Garp said.
"I am the musician of the red-haired pirates, Uta."
She sat on Garp's shoulder and suddenly noticed an extra boy on the grass next to her.
The boy who was covered in filth didn't know what kind of mentality he had, so he spat at Luffy.
"Luffy, be careful!"
she shouted hurriedly.
Flames flashed through the air, red-orange fire dancing on Luffy's fingertips.
The thrown firelight fell on the grass in front of Ace, and the nourished fire suddenly became strong, startling Ace.
"Not a very pleasant meeting."
Luffy blew out the light at his fingertips, and the fire in front of Ace was also extinguished, leaving only green smoke.
The flame will trigger a rampage when it touches combustible objects, but the bottom flame is still attached to the weapon, so Luffy can annihilate the flame he created at will.
However, it won’t work if the scope is large.
"Luffy, did this guy...eat a devil fruit?"
Garp lifted Luffy up in disbelief and looked at him.
"No."
Luffy twisted around, broke away from Garp's fingers, and landed on the ground.
Does Devil Fruit actually trigger that kind of power?
Ace looked at the black smoke rising from the grass in disbelief.
"You guys, do you want to fight?"
Luffy stood in front of Ace.
Ace made a sound and took out the iron pipe beside him, "Come on!"
"You two, get along well, Luffy, this is Ace, his brother who is three years older than you."
Garp put Uta on the ground, clenched his fists and yelled at the two boys.
"No, it's too bad, such a guy!"
Uta looked at Ace with hostile eyes.
Luffy knew that his appearance was an invasion of Ace's territory, causing subconscious rejection and hostility.
This happens easily to animals, and to humans too, but it is suppressed by reason within a small range.
Although I understand Ace's approach, we really can't live in peace.
How did the original Luffy get along with this guy?
Luffy was beaten all over by bandits. He hated bandits and was sent to the bandits' home.
Is there no choice? You just have to play with a guy like Ace, and finally succeed in influencing such a guy with love?
It can't be done, it can't be done at all.
"Ace, you're back..." Dadan looked at Ace and then at Luffy, who would get angry, feeling that life was getting harder day by day.
The pirate girl looked cute, which relieved the pressure in her heart a little.
Although it is impossible to use love to influence such things, there are simpler and more crude methods in the world than love.
Luffy raised his leg and kicked Ace away from him.
"I'm... the type who can fight back."
"Asshole!" Garp punched Luffy in the head.
"Didn't you say you should get along well with me?"
The latter's handsomeness immediately changed, "Asshole grandpa, he vomited at me first!"
Luffy covered his head.
Uta happily ran to Luffy who was about to cry and comforted him:
"That's right, Luffy did nothing wrong!"
(End of chapter)
