Upon hearing the voice and seeing the girl in front of him, Beckman looked puzzled. Although the voice seemed familiar, he didn't recognize Uta.
After subduing the Demon Tot Musica and undergoing the transformation by demonic power, Uta's appearance changed; his hair, which was originally white and red, turned black.
His height also increased by 20 centimeters from the original 1.69 meters, and a musical note appeared on his forehead.
Therefore, Beckman did not recognize Uta immediately.
"Who are you?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, Beckman hesitated.
Uta's gaze flickered with excitement for a moment, then returned to calm.
"I am Uta, the girl you once abandoned!"
" Uta!!!"
Beckman suddenly stood up, an incredulous look on his face. He stared intently at Uta, trying to find that familiar feeling he remembered.
"Heh, it seems you don't recognize me anymore. Do you remember Elegia Island? Do you remember Gordon?"
"You're Uta? How did you become like this?"
Upon hearing about Elegia Island and Gordon, Beckman finally recognized Uta in front of him. Not only him, but all those who had been turned into toys by Sugar also looked at Uta.
Uta looked at the toys and knew they were all familiar faces from the Red Hair Pirates. She smiled as she looked at the toys; her initial hatred had vanished half a year ago.
" Yasopp, Lach Rue, Gob... long time no see!"
Beckman knew Uta was alright, but seeing it with his own eyes, he saw a smile on his face.
"I never imagined you'd become like this, but it's alright, as long as you're alright!"
"Heh! Beckman, I've come here today to ask you something, please answer truthfully!"
Uta's smile gradually faded as he looked intently at Beckman.
Beckman's heart skipped a beat; he had a bad feeling.
"Go ahead and ask, what is it?"
"I want to ask you, why did you take the blame for the massacre of Elegia Island? Why didn't you take me with you? And are you planning to Luffy deal with the demon within me?!"
Beckman paused for a moment, and instead of answering Uta's question immediately, he turned to Lin Yuan and asked with a gloomy expression.
"What exactly did you say to her?"
Lin Yuan smiled, sat down indifferently, and said in a cold voice.
"It's nothing, I was just sharing some guesses."
Lin Yuan couldn't believe that the Red Hair Pirates would coincidentally appear at Uta's last moment in the original story.
Beckman stared intently at Lin Yuan, then at Uta, and finally let out a sigh.
"To be honest, I don't know much about you either. We did abandon you back then, because we were afraid we couldn't suppress the demons, so we wanted to leave you alone on Elegia Island and have Gordon take care of you."
Uta's face remained expressionless; Lin Yuan had already told her all of this.
"Later, as our strength increased, we also secured the position of the Emperor Pirates. I offered to bring you back to Shanks, but..."
At this point, Beckman paused for a moment, but neither Lin Yuan nor Uta spoke, and Hancock and the others watched coldly.
After a full minute of silence, Beckman finally spoke again.
"I don't know why, but back then, Shanks and the others wanted to bring you back, but he remained silent and eventually told us that it wasn't the right time yet, that the day would come eventually."
"Although we felt we were strong enough to protect Uta, we didn't ask any further questions since Shanks said so."
"As for Luffy, he is indeed someone Shanks values. Shanks believes that he is the one that Pirate King Roger was waiting for, and only he can bring light to this world."
Upon hearing this, Uta's face turned cold. Although Beckman hadn't explicitly said it, she had already guessed it.
Lin Yuan became interested and asked with a smile.
"Oh, in that case, is Shanks also betting Luffy's future on his arm, hoping that Luffy will become the new Pirate King?"
"I don't believe that a mere ordinary Sea Kings could cause him to lose an arm. Just the Armament Haki alone could shatter that Sea Kings's teeth! Not to mention he's known as the man with the strongest Conqueror's Haki!"
"Any other arrangements you have made?"
Beckman was taken aback, his gaze fixed on Lin Yuan, his eyes filled with wariness. However, considering the other party's strength and his companion who had been turned into a toy, he ultimately gave in.
There's nothing to hide about this. Not only him, but none of Lin Yuan and his group are weaklings. Even Uta, now, senses that something is amiss.
"Only Shanks knows about this, but given his strength at the time, it's impossible for Sea Kings to bite off his arm."
"Furthermore, Shanks did make some arrangements for Luffy's growth, mainly to find suitable companions for him. Yasopp's son was one of them, but for some reason, the plan later went awry."
"Back then, Garp suddenly went crazy searching for us for some reason, and several of the people Shanks had arranged also disappeared."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled. He naturally knew why, after all, he had personally witnessed the Red Hair Pirates appear in the East Blue.
However, given his strength at the time, although he wasn't afraid, he didn't reveal himself either.
As for what happened later, it's very likely that his presence thwarted Shanks ' plans, especially those of Nami, Robin, Brook, Franky, and Chopper.
Although it's unknown which of these people were planted by Shanks Shanks, it's certain that some of them were.
"Heh, Beckman, let me ask you, do you know Robin, Nami, Brook, Cutty Flam, or Chopper?"
Upon hearing these names, Beckman's pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked at Lin Yuan in shock once again.
How do you know about Cutty Flam and Chopper?!
Beckman had only heard of or didn't recognize the first few names, but the last two shocked him.
Seeing Beckman's reaction, Lin Yuan already knew what was going on. Shipwright, archer, doctor, Shanks really had put a lot of thought into it.
Uta also understood Beckman's reaction. Although Lin Yuan's conjecture had not been confirmed, following this line of thought, he was very likely also a pawn of Shanks.
Uta felt a pang of sadness, and a tear slowly rolled down her cheek.
Hancock, Yamato, and Kuina, who had remained silent until now, were all exceptionally intelligent and also noticed the problem. Shanks was playing a long game!
" Lin Yuan, I don't want to stay here anymore, let's go!"
Uta's eerie voice drifted over.
Lin Yuan was taken aback, then nodded and stood up. Hancock and the other two accompanied Uta as they left ahead of time, offering words of comfort.
Beckman didn't try to stop him; he didn't know what to say, after all, he had noticed Shanks's unusual behavior a long time ago.
Lin Yuan walked to the door, then suddenly stopped, turned around to look at Beckman, and said in a cold voice.
"You'll stay here for now. With your abilities, don't even think about running away. I'll talk to you in a while, and I also have something to tell you."
" Flam and Chopper were taken away by me many years ago!"
After saying that, Lin Yuan turned and left without looking back, leaving Beckman feeling chilled to the bone.
It was quite a while before a sound finally came from there.
"What a terrifying person, Shanks. Can you really succeed?"