I, the Pirate King of the East China Sea

"This doesn't seem to be the execution platform... Are you lost? But don't mind him."

The empty old street is only walked by this boy wearing a straw hat.Footsteps echoed on the bluestone floor.

Go around the corner, down the stairs, and walk under a bar sign.

Two seconds later, Luffy's head stretched back, and he approached the bar signboard curiously.

"Gol D. Roger? Is that the name of the bar?"

After walking down the deep staircase, the door of the bar was opened, and the old and dilapidated door creaked softly.

This is an old bar with a sense of age. It is empty, the walls are mottled, and there are traces of reward lists that have not been torn clean.

An elderly thin old man, sitting alone at the table, looked at Luffy who broke into the door through reading glasses.

Chapter 1021 I Have a Pot of Wine, Enough to Comfort the Wind (3K)

The sun shines into this old bar through the window, and dust floats in the light.

In the empty bar, with chairs on the table, it seems that it is not officially open.

There was only a thin old man sitting at the table, with a bottle of wine, a cup, and a large skull on the table.

The old man is very old, his face is full of wrinkles and age spots.

His thin body was huddled on the chair, and he stared through the reading glasses at Luffy who suddenly broke into the door.

"Old man, are you from the store? Is this store the Gore D. Roger written on the sign?" Luffy asked curiously.

The old man looked at him coldly.

"Go away." He said coldly, pouring himself a glass of wine:

"This is not the place for a brat like you to come."

"Besides, this store will be closed starting today."

Luffy glanced around, this bar really doesn't seem to be frequented by people, it has been around for some years.

"Is this store closed?" he asked casually.

"It's not that it's going bankrupt, it's that this store is going to close, and I'm going to close it myself...so get out quickly." The old man said angrily.

Luffy ignored him, walked in and sat down on the chair in front of the bar.

"I'm just curious about the name of the store..." Luffy began to think to himself: "Where is the execution platform? I got here because I got lost..."

Halfway through speaking, Lu Fei suddenly exclaimed, and his eyes fell on the big skull on the table.

"Is that a skull? It's so big! It's the first time I've seen such a big one. Could it be a giant?"

The old man paused while pouring the wine.

"It's the skull of a powerful pirate known as the Giant Slayer, a rather nasty pirate... but Gol D. Roger killed him with just one blow."

He rotated the large skull on the table, revealing a knife mark deep into the bone on the skull.

"Gol D. Roger?" Luffy's voice suddenly rose a few degrees.

The old man seemed to be getting interested gradually:

"That was really a lightning strike... The giant killer is a big pirate who is famous for his giant sword, but he is still not Roger's opponent. His last words before he died were like this."

"Roger, I bow down to you, and may the real pirates live forever."

"It's so cool!" Luffy was also excited when he heard that, leaning forward slightly, his whole body had goosebumps from the excitement.

The old man stopped at this moment.

"Do you still want to hear it?"

"Of course!"

"Actually, no one is willing to listen to these old-fashioned stories recently. After all, the death of One Piece was already 22 years ago."

"But if you'd like to listen..."

The old man with a cold face finally showed a little smile at this time.

In this old bar, the old man once again told the story of One Piece that has been repeated many times to the future One Piece.

Speaking of the height of interest, the old man also stood up from his chair and tremblingly walked to the bar.

"How about it? Would you like a glass of wine? Let me treat you."

"I'm 17 and I don't drink."

"It's really a kid... But it doesn't matter if you don't drink." When the old man said this, he seemed to think of something, and a nostalgic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Then, let me pour you a glass of milk."

"After all, drinking is a mistake, so I always have milk in my shop."

He walked behind the bar and poured Luffy a glass of milk.

Staring at the glass of white liquid, as well as the wine cabinet and shaker behind him, the old man suddenly said: "Boy, I have already told the story of One Piece. Do you want to listen to it next? I pressed the other one at the bottom of the box. story?"

"Listen, listen!"

The old man nodded, his eyes filled with reminiscence.

"Roger grew up in Rogue Town. When he was not a pirate, he often came to my bar to drink."

"When he was twenty years old, another young man appeared in the town. He looked young and ordinary, but he claimed to have returned from the great voyage..."

"And the story I want to tell starts with a wine bottle..."

……

"One Piece King Gol D. Roger swept an era, reached the peak in the most brilliant golden age, became the unprecedented One Piece, even died excitingly, opened the era of great pirates."

"As for the Bandit King, it's another story. When he was still using the name Wang Xige, he was once called the most mysterious figure in the old era, and his age was before Roger."

"In terms of qualifications, he is still above Roger, and in terms of past records, he is not bad."

"Over the past few decades, there have been many powerful pirate groups in the world that can sweep a lifetime, and they were called the world's strongest pirate group at that time."

"Locks, the overlord of the sea, Shiki, the emperor of the sky, Gol D. Roger, the king of pirates, and now Edward Newgate with white beard..."

"For decades, generations of heroes have been ups and downs, and I will appear on the stage after you sing. In the most brilliant era of these great pirates, the King of Pirates has always been active. Even at the peak moment of these heroes who once dominated an era , and there is no record of defeating him handed down to the world."

"The decisive battle between the popular Luoge Town and the eagle-eyed Mihawk, the world's number one swordsman, the singing of "Invincible" on the Chambord Islands, the return of the coffin from Jianshan Island, and then a riot in the Holy Land alone, the alliance of the Three Emperors broke through and advanced City, the decisive battle of the Fifty-Six Emperors... until the last sword call calls out thousands of flying swords and shatters the void."

The old man counted down the major deeds of the Bandit King that have been passed down in the world one by one. In his narration, the picture scroll of the magnificent past era slowly unfolded.

"The Bandit King is not weaker than others in his life. He has fought countless battles. According to the most bizarre legends, he is even said to be immortal. Even if he falls into hell, he can still come back alive in the end."

"So, even though ten years have passed since the Shattered Void incident, some people still firmly believe that he is still alive in a certain corner of the world, silently witnessing the change of the times..."

When the old man said this, his tone was quite sentimental.

"But that was decades ago, too."

"22 years have passed since the death of One Piece, and 10 years have passed since the death of One Piece."

"Their legends are still circulating in the sea, and young people with a little ambition will run to the sea. Now there are only a bunch of wimps and scum left in Rogge Town...so this store will also be closed."

"That's great..." After listening to the story, Luffy still couldn't get enough of it: "Sure enough, to be a pirate, you have to be like Gol D. Roger."

"And I didn't expect Uncle Sig to have so many deeds that I haven't heard of..."

"Uncle Si... Uncle Sieg?" The old man was a little surprised by this title.

Lu Fei grinned his mouth almost to the ears, showing a big smile, he pressed the straw hat on his head and said: "I have seen him when I was young, and I have stayed in his bandit den."

"Later, Uncle Wang from the house next door would occasionally talk about him after drinking...but not as much as you."

"That's not true." The old man patted his chest, quite satisfied.

"Your next door is just hearsay, and both the One Piece and the Pirate King used to come to this store often."

"yes……"

Luffy smiled. He pressed his straw hat, showed a longing look, and said with a smile: "Next, I will also enter the great route. I don't know what kind of adventures are waiting for us ahead."

"Are you going to the great route too?" The boss was a little surprised and looked at Luffy carefully.

"Boy, that ocean is still too early for you." He persuaded, "Although I haven't been to the great route, I have heard a lot of things about the great route."

"Thanks to the two men who started the era, in the past ten years, the great sea route has fallen into an era of unprecedented turmoil, which is much more dangerous than ever. The general, the rising fifty-six emperors...these are no jokes---"

"Sounds very interesting." Luffy did not have the patience to listen to the old man's advice, and interrupted: "To be a pirate, you still have to be like Gol D. Roger and Uncle Sig."

"One day, I will also find ONE PIECE, and become the King of Pirates!"

The old man's expression was not annoyed by the interruption, he just silently looked at the boy in the straw hat.

In a daze, he seemed to see the figure of the old man back then.

"In that case, let's have a drink."

The old man raised the milk in his hand, smiled slightly, and clinked glasses with Luffy: "May the real pirate always be there."

……

After a moment.

The bar owner looked at the empty bar and the empty glass of milk on the bar counter, and twitched his lips.

"If there is still such a kid, then my shop can close later."

He smiled, poured himself another glass of wine, and drank it himself.

"It seems that I haven't had such a good time in a long time. I really miss that time."

The old man squinted his eyes slightly, drunk and sleepy.

In a daze, he seemed to see the old man from back then pushing open the door and stepping in like many years ago.

Time has not left many marks on this person's face, he is still young, but has a short beard.

"Is such an old bar still open?"

The man took off his sunglasses, put them in front of the bar, and glanced at the little milk left on the empty glass on the bar.

"Milk? It seems that a very tasteful guest has come." The man admired.