Tsk...
When he put it that way, it somehow seemed rather pitiful.
Adrian gave up on finding inspiration for completing [Surpass Roger] through Ace and turned toward Sabo, who had been quietly watching the drama unfold for quite some time.
"And what's your dream, young blond fellow?" White Ghost asked bluntly.
Sabo stood at attention and answered honestly, "My dream... is probably to set out to sea and pursue freedom."
"Across the sea, there's no freedom, only enemies—no, only giants!"
Adrian tossed out a reference that nobody else understood.
The panel offered no response to Sabo's dream, probably because the freedom-seeking blond boy's dream was too vague.
Still, Adrian wasn't discouraged. If Ace could trigger a dream mission, Sabo ought to be able to as well. Perhaps the time simply wasn't right.
Next, Adrian looked toward Luffy, who had finally recovered from his dizziness, and asked him about his dream too.
But the question he had thought was a sure thing received an unexpected answer.
"A dream? What's that?"
Little Luffy rubbed the enormous red bump on his forehead and flopped straight onto his back.
"I'm hungry now! I want food! I want roast meat!"
The corner of Adrian's mouth twitched. He suddenly realized something.
Luffy wanted to become the man who would be Pirate King...
Wanted to become the man who would get on top of the Pirate King...
Well, something like that, anyway!
The real catalyst for the [Pirate King] dream was Luffy inheriting Little Left from Shanks...
Uh, no, inheriting that straw hat that had originally belonged to Pirate King Roger!
Straw Hat Boy Luffy was the true Child of Destiny who had his sights set on becoming Pirate King!
But at this point, Red-Haired Shanks was still roaming the second half of the Grand Line. He