"That's a fine dream. I wish you success," Shin said sincerely. This future Pirate King possessed a special kind of presence, an indescribable radiance that naturally drew others toward him.
However, Shin would naturally never be attracted by such things. Having already touched upon the source, he was immune to things like personal charisma.
He simply thought Roger seemed like a decent person.
"You already know my dream. What about yours?" Roger asked with a grin, one foot already planted on the table.
Shin turned his head. "Is your captain always like this?"
"As you can see." Rayleigh shrugged, a trace of helplessness in his tone.
"All right. If you insist on knowing, my dream is simple, though I'm afraid you won't be able to understand it." Shin answered briefly, not wanting to dwell on the subject.
Rising to his feet, Shin's expression turned serious. "All right, we've had our drinks and met each other. Now it's time for me to handle some business. Roger, stand still."
"Hm?" Roger let out a puzzled sound, but still did as he was told.
Shin's gaze narrowed slightly, and the world instantly changed in his eyes. Roger's figure became something like a red dot.
Then the world's causality emerged. In Shin's eyes, the entire world of pirates became a complex matrix.
Countless densely packed dots appeared, linked by lines of varying strength. They crisscrossed in overwhelming complexity; most lines connected several dots, tangled in utter chaos and impossible to sort through.
Yet the red dot representing Roger was exceptionally clear, and the dots and lines connected to it were unusually numerous and dense.
These were the points and lines of causality, each carrying a different meaning.
The light vanished from Shin's eyes. To Roger and Rayleigh, only an instant had passed.
"All right,