As they headed down the mountain, Cat Viper asked, "Why does your hat look so familiar? Who gave it to you?"
Luffy replied, "Shanks did. Do you know him, Cat Viper?"
As he walked, Cat Viper said happily, "I do! Red-Haired Shanks, right? So that's it. I was wondering why that straw hat looked so familiar. Nyahaha!"
"Really? Really?" Luffy dashed over at once and said, "Inuarashi said the same thing! You two both know Shanks?"
Duke Inuarashi said to Luffy, "The old cat and I both spent some time aboard Roger's ship."
Luffy stopped abruptly upon hearing that. "Huh? You two were Pirate King's crew members too?"
Usopp came running over as well. "What? What? What's going on?!" He immediately drew everyone's attention.
Lu Yu quietly walked over as well, standing nearby and listening to them talk.
Duke Inuarashi said, "Crew members? I suppose that would be correct. But we only boarded as Lord Oden's retainers. It was the same when we boarded Whitebeard's Moby Dick."
"Hmm, interesting." Lu Yu had picked up on something. He had not expected these two to have such extraordinary experiences, having served aboard both the Pirate King's and Whitebeard's ships.
Duke Inuarashi continued, "Later, Lord Oden was recruited by Roger, so we followed him aboard."
Usopp hurried over. "Wait! Wait! Whitebeard? What happened there?!"
Trafalgar Law and Zoro also arrived from behind, somewhat late.
Duke Inuarashi said thoughtfully, "Yes. If we're talking seniority, back then we were probably just brats about the same age as Shanks and Buggy, apprentice crew members like them."
Usopp hurriedly rummaged through his pockets. "Hey! Wait! Stop!" He kept searching, then pulled out a notebook. "My brain can't keep up." He immediately opened it and started flipping through the pages.
Cat Viper laughed from behind them. "But neither