Inside the tent, Morio awkwardly scratched his head as he watched the crying baby—he had just woken up and had accidentally made Ritasha's sister cry.
Because he remembered Roger, Webber, and others' hostility towards Shanks, his anger subsided somewhat...
Thirteen years ago, the Roger Pirates arrived at Sky Island.
At the time, Gan Fall was just about to begin negotiations with the Shandorian, which sparked fierce discontent from Gan Fall's second-in-command, the Great Priest.
The Great Priest orchestrated the assassination of Gan Fall and framed the Shandorian, thus triggering another great war between Angel Island and the Shandorian.
Roger happened to be there, stopping the war and exposing the Great Priest's conspiracy, thus earning a warm welcome from Gan Fall, who even took them to the "Golden City Shandora".
It was at that time that Roger discovered the historical evidence beneath the Golden Bell, which was translated by Kozuki Oden, thus revealing the secret of "Sea King" to Roger.
Shanks is also looking for the Poneglyph and wants Sig to see if he can "understand" anything.
That year, Webber was still a boy, but he was already Warrior of Shandora.
Although he did not approve of reconciliation, he was still grateful to Roger for exposing the Great Priest's conspiracy and preventing them from foolishly starting a war.
After Shanks' reminder, he also remembered the boy who had been with Roger...
"Hmm? Was your nose red back then too?" Webber did recall something.
"No... that's Buggy, there are two of us!" Shanks helplessly covered his face—was his presence really that insignificant back then?
"By the way! Are those Blue Sea person nearby your companions?" Lange suddenly asked.
"It's possible my companions are looking for me. Are you injured? I'm so sorry." Shanks noticed that Lange looked a little disheveled.
"It's not much of an injury, hmm... it's someone with scales on their body, is it a legendary Fish-Man? Or is it wearing some kind of bodysuit?" Lange confirmed with Shanks.
"That's Sig, our Navigator, indeed... the fiercest guy on our ship," Shanks commented bluntly.
But just then, in a flash of lightning, Sig appeared there.
Because of this display, Webber and the others warily raised their cloud-shooting cannons again, but Sig spoke up at this moment, "Boss, it's not good to talk bad about the Navigator behind his back, is it? Besides... I think Beckman is the fiercest one."
"You!" Lange's gaze sharpened, revealing a look of self-reproach.
Webber glared at her too—clearly guessing that Sig had followed Lange in...
Thanks to Roger's influence back then, we can at least sit down and have a talk.
Sig also figured out the situation: after Shanks and the others rescued their grandfather, the three of them and the monkey were rescued by Ritasha.
Although Ritasha was young, she was an excellent swimmer and naturally very strong—at only seven years old, she was able to drag the three of them back one by one.
However, when Webber learned of the rescue, out of his prejudice and wariness towards the Blue Sea person, Webber led his men to find Ritasha...
At this point, we must talk about Ritasha's background. Her mother is from the Shandorian, while her father is from Blue Sea person.
Ten years ago, her father came to the Sky Island. He was also rescued by her mother when he was drowning, and he had lost his memory at the time.
Three years later, Ritasha was born, and the family of three lived happily ever after. However, a year ago, her mother died in childbirth when her younger sister was born...
Then, about six months ago, Ritasha's father left Sky Island. Before leaving, he told Ritasha that he had important things to do and would be back soon, asking her to take good care of her sister. However, he never returned!
When Lange brought up the matter, Lanqi 'Ritasha face showed dissatisfaction, while Webber looked disdainful, clearly disappointed in Ritasha's father.
"I see... Your father must have been a pirate as well." Sig concluded after listening.
Shanks looked at Sig curiously—even he, a "veteran pirate" who grew up on the ship of the pirate patriarch, hadn't noticed any pirate habits in her father's speech. How did Sig know?
"Two daughters, one of whom was only recently born, and they're setting sail at this time... They're definitely pirates." Sig felt that no one but pirates would be so audacious.
Shanks:...
Although Shanks was speechless at the way Sig came to his conclusion, he still said, "Okay! It's decided, we must help Ritasha find her father!"
"I have another question. Ten years ago... how could you have agreed to her parents' marriage?" Sig looked at Webber with a puzzled expression.
Shandora seems to be very resistant to the outside world.
"I don't know, it was the Chieftain who agreed. Aunt Tata is the Chieftain's daughter, it seems to be because of some custom..." Webber seemed to not remember very clearly. He didn't care much about customs, he only cared about "lighting the Shandora's Lantern."
"If an unmarried woman's wingless back is seen, should she either kill him or marry him?" Sig thought to himself.
Then he realized that everyone in the room was looking at him.
"It seems there is such a thing, but only the Chieftain and the others care about this kind of thing... How do you know?" Webber looked at Sig with a puzzled expression.
"Hahaha... Actually, I'm a folklorist." Sig changed the subject.
"Tch, it doesn't matter whether we find that guy or not, now you all better get out of here! And don't reveal the location of this place!" Webber said fiercely.
Ritasha retorted angrily, "My dad isn't some 'carefree' guy! Baldy!"
Sig sensed that Webber seemed to have "broken down" for a moment, and couldn't help but glance at the headband on his head, then thought about his mohawk hairstyle ten years later in the original work... Could it be a receding hairline?
"You..." A tic-tac-toe sign appeared above Webber's head.
"Alright, don't argue with a child!" Lange stopped her.
It's clear that Ritasha and her father have a very good relationship.
Just then, another Warrior from Shandora rushed over to report that Blue Sea person were about to find them.
Sig and Shanks agreed not to reveal the location and prepared to leave immediately to prevent Lucky Roo and his men from finding them—although there was a truce at the moment, Webber did not trust Gan Fall, nor did he believe in the so-called reconciliation.
"By the way, Ritasha, would you like to come out with us for a bit? We have a very clever first Captain; maybe he can come up with a solution." Shanks had agreed to help her find her father, but for things that required actual brainpower, it was still up to Beckman.
"Hmph." Webber simply walked away.
Ritasha then looked at Lange and pleaded, "Sister Lange..."
Hmm, it seems he was only being rude to Webber.
Lange knew what Ritasha was going to say, and told her, "I'll take care of Aisha for you, but be back before tonight!"
Because it was during a ceasefire, the Shandorian weren't too nervous...
Sig glanced more at the baby in the tent— Aisha? Was it a coincidence of names? No, they seemed about the same age... Could she be the little girl with the exaggerated Observation Haki from ten years later?