One Piece: The Straw Hat Pirates' Mechanic

"Anyway, I have already acknowledged you as my partner! Whether you get on my ship or not, I have already acknowledged you!"

"In this world, there are only partners and dreams..."

"It’s something you absolutely can’t live up to!!!"

"So, tell me your dreams!"

"When I become the Pirate King, I will become the most powerful person in the world"

"Let me help you realize that dream!"

"Luffy...."Carl stopped and stared at Luffy, who was leaning against the fire. At that moment, he seemed to see him glowing.

It was also at this moment that he seemed to understand why he became the protagonist.

It was not because the author chose Luffy....Just because he is here, he should be the protagonist!

"My dream~~"

Countless memories flashed through Karl's mind, and these fragments finally merged into a firm look:

"Then please, please end this damn era for me!"

"Hahahaha, the end of the Great Pirate Era? What a great dream!" Luffy covered his face with one hand and his stomach with the other and laughed,"Just listening to..."

"It already makes me tremble all over!"

"Carl, you are not an ordinary person! You are a strong person that I, Luffy, recognize!"

"I promised you!"

"When I become the Pirate King, I will personally announce the end of this damn era! Just like the Pirate King Roger did back then!"

"Carl! Your dream! I'll carry it for you!"

"This is an agreement between men!"

Luffy's eyes were burning with fighting spirit. He took off his straw hat with his left hand and stretched out his right hand to Carl again.

"Take the future pirate king, Monkey·D·In Luffy's name!"

"Bet on the glory of the Straw Hat!"

"Stop talking nonsense, have you thought clearly? To become the Pirate King, you only need to defeat all the pirates, but to end this damn era....The whole world is your enemy!"Karl lowered his head and cursed.

"Isn't that just right? How can you be called the strongest if you don't defeat the whole world?"

"You do not understand!"

"I don’t need to understand! All I have to do is move forward until I die!"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!"

"What if you never come back?"

"And never come back!"

"Really similar...."

Karl sighed quietly, as if he saw the shadow of another person in front of the high-spirited boy in front of him.

That is...myself who has died long ago!

The long-dead heart in my chest actually lit up again, as if it was returning to the light, or it seemed to be resurrected, or maybe it was not dead in the first place, but just waiting and dormant.

Even Karl himself didn’t know that he was already in tears....

As for what happened next, Karl can’t remember much.

He only remembered that the two of them chatted very late, until tens of thousands of stars climbed into the night sky, until the four wild boars they had brought were not even left with a pig leg....The two of them didn't even go back to the house. They just lay down beside the fire and fell asleep. No one could remember what the last topic was or who said the last sentence.

All they knew was that it was a collision of thoughts and wills between the two young people, and an ensemble of dreams and reality in the crackling symphony of the fire.

Although there was no wine, when the two recalled that night, they both felt a hazy drunkenness.

When the fire that had been burning all night slowly went out because there was no new firewood, when the rising sun cast a slightly cold sunlight, when the morning dew hit Carl's brow with a click.

The boy who was reborn opened his eyes.

Subconsciously, he wanted to rub his sleepy eyes, but found that his right arm seemed to be gone. He turned his head and saw that Luffy had used him as a pillow and slept in his arms all night.

"Luffy, thank you!"

Karl whispered, then carefully pulled out his arm, resisting the feeling of numbness and walked back to his cabin in the forest.

Sitting on the uneven straw mat, Karl felt a little enlightened. Recalling last night, it seemed that It was the day when he had the most peaceful sleep in this world.

When he looked up, he saw several wooden carvings on the handmade shelf.

They were carved by himself with a knife when he had nothing to do. They were very common deities and Buddhas in his previous life. Because he was interested in this traditional culture before, he knew a lot about them, and he also collected some at home.

But when it came to carvings, this was his first time. Although the carvings were not very beautiful, they were still beautiful. You can also roughly tell who is engraved.

As the old saying goes, sincerity leads to spiritual enlightenment.

This is when Carl realized that he had really traveled through time, and did not have those amazing golden fingers in the novel, and even got the hell start. He only started doing things after living on a desert island.

People always need a spiritual sustenance in desperate situations.

Although he is also an atheist, this does not prevent him from doing these things, just to kill time for himself. A hope.

After praying for months, the wish to return to the original world did not come true, but Carl waited for Luffy, the destiny child of this world.

"Is this the revelation you gave me?"

Karl didn't understand.

The Buddha statue naturally couldn't speak and just looked at him quietly.

"If you really have spirits, why do you leave me here alone?"

"If you really have souls, then why is there so much suffering in the world?"

"If you really have a soul...."Carl paused for a moment, licked his dry mouth, and said,"Then, help me once."

"Even if it's only this time."

Carl knelt down respectfully, kowtowed to the Buddha statues and gods he had carved with his own hands, and was reluctant to raise his head.

After an unknown amount of time, when Carl stood up, the hesitation in his eyes had been replaced by determination.

He took out a stone tool similar to a hoe from the corner of the wall, pulled apart the straw mat, and smashed it heavily on the earthen bed made of mud.

Suddenly, dust flew.

But Carl didn't care about it at all, and kept smashing it as if his eyes were red, until there was a crisp sound, Carl threw away the hoe and took out a wooden box from the broken earthen bed.

When he opened it, there was a strange-looking fruit lying quietly inside.

The fruit was not big, about the size of a fist, and the whole was purple. The surface was covered with many strange patterns, and it looked similar to the apples we usually eat.

It was the sea treasure that countless people flocked to in the world of One Piece, and even risked their lives to fight for - the devil fruit.

"Huh? Carl, what are you doing! Is there something delicious in your hand?"