Chapter 437: Traveling Around the World
Luke, who hadn't read the newspaper for a few days, was drinking with Shanks on an uninhabited island in the Grand Line. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw the news. What were these people doing? Fu Ya, who had traveled around the world with Luke, was stunned. This time it wasn't her intention.
Fortunately, Whitebeard did not want Luke to be his son, otherwise he would have become a laughing stock of the whole world.
“Hahahaha!” Shanks burst out laughing when he saw Lu Kai’s expression. He slapped his legs and laughed, and teased, “So, Lu Kai, which team are you going to join?”
Lu Kai glared at Shanks unhappily, drank the wine in the bowl and said, "How about I join you?"
"Really?" Shanks suddenly sobered up and jumped up to ask. The top leaders of the Red Hair Pirates were also suddenly muted and looked at Luke in disbelief.
"What do you think?" Lu Kai was immediately amused, and Fu Ya, who was drinking quietly beside him, was also speechless.
"Ah!" Shanks sighed sadly and sat down again, and the others immediately resumed the fun.
"What a waste of joy." Shanks also finished the wine in his bowl and asked Lu Kai, "So what are your plans for the future? Can you tell me?"
"Travel, rest, visit relatives and friends." Lu Kai said with a smile, "Just like now."
"Let's have a fight?" Shanks suddenly changed the subject and said, "Everyone says your strength has declined, but I don't believe it. I want to see how big the gap is between us now."
"You?" Lu Kai said with some disdain, "You are a fool who even forgot to use Armament Haki in battle, and you still want to fight me?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Shanks immediately became anxious. "Stop spreading rumors. When have I ever forgotten to use my Haki in a fight? No matter how stupid I am, I wouldn't be this stupid, right?"
"No? Then you have to remember this. Don't lose your life because of this when you go to the East China Sea this time."
"Who would be so stupid?" Shanks was so angry at Luke that he no longer had the mood to fight and just sat there drinking alone.
"Who knows!" Lu Kai filled his own bowl of wine again, clinked bowls with Fu Ya, and then drank with a smile.
Fuya taught Luke what to say today. Luke was originally looking for an opportunity, but Shanks took the initiative to talk to him.
Because according to the development of time, Shanks has already obtained the clue and is planning to go to the East China Sea to find Ace, wanting to bring him with him to train, and he will soon meet Luffy.
It was also a year after Shanks knew Lukai that he lost his left hand while saving Luffy, and his strength declined drastically. Later, even though he practiced hard to hold the sword with his right hand and surpassed his past strength, he still had regrets because he had lost too much, because he could have been stronger.
Luke felt that Shanks was really stupid to have his left hand bitten off by a beast of that level in a moment of desperation, so as a friend, Luke felt that he needed to remind him.
But Lu Kai can’t say that he has seen this episode, right?
When he was in distress, Fuya gave Luke an idea. If Shanks still lost his right hand by then, it would mean that this disaster was destined for him, and Luke would be powerless to do anything about it. After all, Luke didn't know the exact day Shanks was bitten, and he couldn't always follow him, right?
Moreover, Luke arrived at the East China Sea before Shanks and went to meet Luffy first. However, his identity was sensitive now, so he did not appear in public. Instead, he directly used the ability of the Space Fruit to move Luffy out of the village.
Luffy was confused at first, but he was very happy after seeing Luke and Fuya, because Luke and Fuya came to see him every year, even when they were in the Bank restricted area.
After all, the Bank restricted area only needs Lu Kai's complete monitoring for this year, and there is no need to keep an eye on it all the time in the first two years.
Besides, with Luke's ability, it would be easy for him to go anywhere without being noticed. Luke met Luffy secretly on those occasions, unlike the beginning when he came here with Garp in a swagger.
Luke's purpose of meeting Luffy was to see the extent of the growth of the World Will in his body. At the same time, he wanted to start from the World Will and find a way to personally eliminate the evil thoughts of the World Will. Now Luke already has some ideas, but they have not been confirmed yet.
Like in the past, Lukai and Fuya took Luffy hunting and grilled meat for him. They also took out several other kinds of particularly delicious animal meat from the independent space, which almost moved Luffy to tears.
This scene is very similar to when parents who work away from home and only come home once a year take their son out for a big meal. Look how hungry the child is; he can eat dozens of kilograms of meat at such a young age.
However, Lukai still told Luffy not to tell anyone about their meeting.
Although Luffy was young, he kept his promise in this matter and never told anyone about their meeting because he was afraid that Lukai would not come to see him.
At the same time, Luke taught Luffy some fighting skills so that he could practice them to pass the time when he was bored.
Luffy has been gifted since he was a child, but because he is still very playful, his strength is definitely not comparable to that of Luke at the age of seven. However, among children of the same age, no one can beat him unless he is a freak like Charlotte Linlin. Ordinary adults are not his opponents.
Luffy loves to play and is unwilling to practice hard, but Ace's growth amazes Luke. The strength of nine-year-old Ace is almost the same as that of nine-year-old Luke, he is simply a monster, and his attribute value reaches an astonishing 1653 points.
This has a lot to do with Ace's extraordinary talent and his extremely hard work in training. In addition, Fuya would always come with Luke to help Ace transfer all the negative effects of training, so that Ace could practice without any worries.
However, when he thought about Charlotte Linlin and Kaido at the age of 9, Luke felt relieved again. Although Ace now has monstrous strength, it is still within an acceptable range.
"Lucai, aren't you wanted by the navy? How come you still come to see me?" Ace is very smart. Unlike Luffy, who is stupid and never reads newspapers, he asked after seeing Lukai.
"That's why I have time!" Lu Kai said with a smile, "Now I am free from official duties, I can go wherever I want, and no one can control me."
That made so much sense that Ace was speechless for a moment.
"Can you stay a little longer this time?" Ace asked tentatively, feeling a little nervous.
In the past, when Lu Kai came to see him, he would only stay for a week at most. In recent years, he would only stay for half a day and then leave. Every time, Ace would be silently sad for a long time, but Ace always pretended to be strong and never said anything.
But after all, Ace was just a nine-year-old child. He had only felt the love of his father and mother from Lukai and Fuya, and he had become somewhat dependent on them unconsciously.
Lu Kai and Fu Ya's attitude towards Ace is completely different from that of others. It is purely the care and love of elders for the younger generation. Every time they come, they always try their best to meet all of Ace's requirements.
Although Ace always arrogantly said that he didn't need it, he was extremely satisfied in his heart.
"It's so boring to stay here all the time." Fuya suddenly said, and Ace's heart suddenly sank. Just when he was about to say "I don't care anyway", Fuya continued, "We plan to take you out for a walk this time. Is there any place you want to go?"
Ace's mood was like a roller coaster at the moment. He immediately became excited and said excitedly: "I want to go to Barterila Island."
Fu Ya immediately touched Ace's head with heartache, and Lu Kai was also filled with emotion.
Baterila Island is the hometown of Ace's mother, Potakashi D. Luju, and it is also the place where this great mother died.