Chapter 498 Mysterious Tattoo
If Shanks hadn't used Divine Dodge before, Wick wouldn't have known that this guy had also learned Roger's moves. After all, Wick had already traveled through time when Shanks killed Kidd with one Divine Dodge. Now that he saw this move, Wick naturally wanted to learn it!
"Of course, come on! I'll take you to a good place and we can talk slowly there."
Shanks did not hesitate. Although Divine Avoidance was a move of his most respected captain, Pirate King Roger, it was not a particularly complicated move. It was just the application of Conqueror's Haki entanglement and sword energy. Anyone who possessed these two could use them together.
He just used this name just now. He has just started to learn the power of Domination. The power is far from Roger's. Vic is interested in Divine Avoidance because he does not have the Domineering Haki. If he knew the reason, it would be a different story.
"Is there any good place on this deserted island?"
Although Vic said so, he still followed Shanks. Rebecca and the Red Hair Pirates' leaders also followed behind. The minions did not continue to follow because they knew their limits.
Shanks brought Vic to the mountain in the center of the island. When Vic reached the top, he recognized what this place was. This was not an ordinary mountain, but a volcano. However, it seemed to have stopped its activity. The crater in the middle had accumulated water to form a small lake, but the residual heat in the volcano had not yet dissipated. The surface of the lake was covered with clouds and mist, like a heavenly lake.
"This island is pretty good, right? There are hot springs on it. It's definitely a pleasure to take a dip here after training. Lu! Ask the boatman to build a small building over there for the ladies to use!"
Shanks stayed on this island for such a long time. On the one hand, the ferocious beasts on the island were powerful enough to train his subordinates, and on the other hand, the volcanic hot springs were another reason.
Lakilu agreed and went to find a boatman to repair a house for Rebecca and Wendy. There are many cases of mixed bathing between men and women in this world, but Rebecca and Wendy are not among them. Shanks also saw this, so he created a private environment for the two ladies to take a hot spring bath so that neither side would feel embarrassed.
The boatman quickly came carrying wood. A craftsman who could build a ship could naturally build a simple house. Moreover, Shanks's boatman skills were naturally good. It didn't take long for him to build a simple wooden house that could block the view.
The cabin was half on the shore and half in the water, so they could take off their clothes and soak in the hot spring at the same time. Rebecca and Wendy took Ian to the cabin. Ian was reluctant at first and insisted on taking a bath with Vic, but Rebecca slapped him twice on the butt and he became obedient.
Uta followed Iin with an unkind smile on her face, and then boasted to Iin that she had taken a hot spring bath with Shanks, and was extremely proud of herself.
When Vic and the others were not here, Shanks would often come to take a hot spring bath, and Uta would naturally come along as well. Uta was just a little girl of five or six years old, so Shanks did not deliberately take a bath separately from her.
It's not safe for Uta to be separated from her child. Besides, Uta was raised by Shanks himself, and there is no difference between them and biological father and daughter. If he cared about that, he wouldn't have kept Uta on the ship.
However, they were very careful when they were taking a hot spring bath before. Uta was wearing a dress, while the other men were at most shirtless.
"You are a person with special abilities, right? You can't take a hot spring bath, right?"
Seeing that the ladies had left, Shanks began to undress. He soon remembered that Vic was a devil fruit user and the object of the sea's disgust. As for Barnett, he was not very familiar with him and did not know that he was also a user of special abilities.
"The weakness of a person with special abilities is so obvious, do you think I will just let it go? Sooner or later, there will be a day when I will no longer be afraid of the impact of the sea water on me!"
After saying that, Vic also started to take off his clothes. He was very clear about the weaknesses of people with special abilities. From the moment he decided to eat the Thunder Fruit, he had been prepared to overcome the weaknesses of sea water and seastone.
Since the Speed-Speed Fruit eliminates these weaknesses, the other fruit abilities should also be able to be achieved. It is nothing more than adaptive training.
He had used seastone handcuffs to train himself many times before, and he already had some resistance. Coupled with his proficiency and talent, he would definitely be able to overcome these weaknesses in the end.
At that time, contact with sea water and seastone may still cause some discomfort, but it will no longer affect your strength.
Suddenly, Vic, who was taking off his clothes, was attracted by Shanks in front of him. At this time, Shanks had taken off all his clothes except for his shorts, revealing his back which was almost completely covered with red tattoos.
Vic couldn't recognize what the tattoo was. It didn't look like an animal, and it didn't look like words. It was densely packed and had no pattern. There were also a lot of spaces between the patterns to separate them, otherwise Shanks' back would look like a whole piece of red.
"Wow! I didn't expect you were a tattoo enthusiast. If you hadn't taken off your clothes, I wouldn't have known you had this hobby. What the hell is this tattoo?"
Vic didn't understand so he stopped looking at it and chuckled, saying that tattoo culture was very popular in this world and many people liked to tattoo some representative patterns or letters or words on their bodies. Pirates were the largest group with tattoos, so it was not surprising that Shanks had tattoos.
"Oh! You mean this on my back! This is not actually tattooed by me. Captain Roger and Uncle Oden helped me tattoo it. I don't know what they tattooed it on."
Shanks said nonchalantly that this tattoo had been with him for many years. At first he was very curious about what it was and asked people to look at it, but no one could tell what it was. Over time he got used to it.
Shanks' words made Vic's eyes narrow. If an ordinary tattoo artist had tattooed Shanks, it would be an ordinary tattoo. But who were Roger and Oden? Would they be so bored as to tattoo someone else? And the object was Shanks, who inherited Roger's will? This was too unusual.
Oden was asked for from Whitebeard after Roger returned from his voyage to Narcissus Star Island. At that time, Whitebeard was very reluctant, but Roger took out a rubbing of the historical text, which aroused Oden's interest.
Oden is the descendant of the stonemasons who carved the historical texts. He can understand these words and naturally wants to pursue the truth, but Whitebeard is not interested in these. He only cares about his family and will not look for the truth recorded in these historical texts.
However, the appearance of Roger gave Oden hope. This was a man who was pursuing the truth of history. The two had similar interests and hit it off immediately. Oden took the initiative to join Roger's pirate group and became their partner. He also became Uncle Oden to Shanks and Buggy.
During the subsequent voyage, Oden discovered that Roger and he were a perfect match. Roger's ability to listen to the sounds of all things could sense the special stones that recorded the historical texts, and he could decipher the text information on them. The two of them joined forces to reach the end of the Grand Line, Raftel, and learned the whole truth!