Another day has passed, on a certain coastline in Elegia.
The two pirate ships stood side by side; they were the Thousand Sunny and the Red Fox.
The members of both pirate crews also gathered together.
" Luffy! Let's part ways here. I need to get ready to get my hands on One Piece!"
"We'll see who becomes the Pirate King then!"
Red Hair looked at Luffy in front of him and said with a smile.
"Of course it's me, Shanks!"
"Although you are strong, I will definitely be the strongest one besides Xia Chen in the future. I will definitely become the Pirate King!"
Luffy said confidently.
The fight between him and Shanks the day before yesterday didn't actually have a final result; they both fought until they were almost dead before stopping.
The final winner has not yet been determined!
However, Luffy realized from the battle that Shanks was stronger than him at the moment, and Shanks had the upper hand most of the time.
After all, he's not as skilled as Shanks in mastering the Three Types of Haki, so it's normal that he can't beat him.
It's just that his Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika power was a bit too much, otherwise he would have been defeated long ago.
But Luffy believes that it won't be long before he surpasses Shanks.
After his battle with Shanks, he felt that his Three Types of Haki had improved a bit. Although he hadn't yet reached the bottleneck that Xia Chen had mentioned to him, he felt that he wasn't far off.
Of course, he was confident in surpassing Shanks, but he wasn't so confident in surpassing Xia Chen.
The more you understand Xia Chen, the more you realize the insurmountable gap in strength between you and Xia Chen.
He didn't think he could overcome it.
"Then I'll wait and see!"
Red Hair said with a smile, his eyes filled with expectation as he looked at Luffy.
Just then, a female voice rang out beside Luffy.
" Luffy! Now I know the truth, and I'm going to continue my childhood dream: I'm going to continue being the singer of the Red Hair Pirates!"
Uta walked over, waved, and said happily to Luffy.
Upon hearing Luffy looked at her and asked, "Didn't you advise me against becoming a pirate before? Why are you back to being a pirate now?"
"That's because we didn't know the situation before!"
Uta said shyly.
She had been misunderstanding Shanks and his crew all along, so naturally she didn't have a good impression of pirates.
But things will definitely be different when she learns the truth, since she always wanted to stay with Shanks and the others when she was little.
"By the way, where is Lord Xia Chen?"
Uta suddenly spoke, then scanned the surroundings, trying to find Xia Chen.
" Xia Chen is sleeping on the boat! I'll go wake him up for you!"
Luffy said, and prepared to jump onto the ship.
Uta grabbed him directly and quickly waved his hand.
"No need, no need! Since Lord Xia Chen is sleeping, let's not disturb him!"
"I was originally planning to thank him in person, but it seems I won't have the chance. But it's okay, Luffy, you can just convey my gratitude for me later!"
"If it weren't for Lord Xia Chen, I might be dead by now!"
At this point, Uta couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Although she was under Tot Musica's control at the time, she was fully aware of what was happening outside.
She naturally knew that if it weren't for Xia Chen, she would have died from exhaustion, and that nearly half the world's population would be trapped in the Sing-Sing World forever, which was even harder for her to accept.
Fortunately, everything is alright now, so Uta is very grateful to Xia Chen.
Moreover, she was already a fan of Xia Chen. When she saw Xia Chen casually knock down Tot Musica, whom everyone else couldn't do anything about, her admiration for Xia Chen only grew stronger.
"That's right! Luffy, please thank Xia Chen properly for me. If it weren't for him, who knows what would have happened to Uta!"
"In that case, I'll let bygones be bygones for the time he tricked me during the Paramount War!"
Red Hair patted Luffy on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Playing tricks on you? When did Xia Chen ever play tricks on you?"
Luffy asked curiously.
"Go ask Xia Chen, he'll tell you later!"
The Red Hair smiled mysteriously, all his dissatisfaction with Xia Chen vanishing in that instant.
To be fair, he did have some reservations about Xia Chen before this.
After all, Xia Chen killed his biological father at Marineford.
Although he was picked up by the Roger Pirates when he was a child and grew up in the Roger Pirates, he actually had no feelings for Saint Garling.
But the other party did help him before and gave him some preferential treatment.
That's why he planned to ask Xia Chen to spare his life during the Paramount War.
Xia Chen showed him no respect whatsoever, tricking him out of the clues about the Hades Fruit and then attacking Saint Garling.
It would be fine if Xia Chen didn't agree to his conditions at first, but he was quite unhappy if she agreed and then went back on her word.
However, given Xia Chen's strength, he had kept quiet and dared not say anything.
But today, his dissatisfaction with Xia Chen has completely dissipated and no longer exists.
Redhead, with a father who shares biological ties but no emotional bond and a Red Hair with whom he shares deep affection but no biological ties, naturally knows which is more important to him.
For him, bloodline has never been a shackle that binds him.
Meanwhile, the opponents who fought yesterday were also greeting each other and saying goodbye.
"Kid! You're very strong. I believe you'll definitely defeat Mihawk and become the World's Greatest Swordsman soon!"
Ben Beckman exhaled a puff of smoke, looked at Zoro, and said with a smile.
"That's for sure!"
Zoro smiled and replied confidently.
"Uncle, you're really strong too! You're the strongest second-in-command I've ever seen in a pirate crew!"
Zoro returned the compliment, proving he was capable of mutual flattery.
Yesterday, he and Beckman were almost evenly matched, with Beckman even slightly stronger than him.
Zoro is very clear about his current strength; he wouldn't be afraid to face Admiral at all.
So he was indeed a little surprised that Beckman had such ability.
" Curly Brows kid! You're quite capable, but your cooking skills are still lacking; you're quite a distance from me. If you call me 'Master,' I might reluctantly consider teaching you my culinary skills!"
"I'll make your cooking skills a hundred times better than they are now!" Lucky Roux said calmly, looking at Sanji.
"Huh? Fatty, what are you talking about? Did I kick your brain yesterday and mess it up?"
"You actually said my cooking is worse than yours?"
Where do you get your confidence from?!
Sanji, with a long face, mocked Lucky Roux without any politeness.
Lucky Rudu said he Curly Brows, how could he stand that?
Are you kidding me?!