"Wahahaha! Captain, you lost so miserably!"
"Knowing when to stop makes him a smart man."
"Oh! It’s rare to hear such high praise from the Vice Captain!"
"Heehee~ That red-haired uncle was almost teased to death by you, Sherwin ow~"
"Sherwin is the best ow!"
"Hmph! Always using clever tricks, but well done ow!"
Even though Sherwin was the one who admitted defeat, neither Shanks’ pirate crew nor the mbers of the Felyne Investigation Team believed that Shanks had won.
And Shanks himself felt the sa way...
"Hahahaha! I’ve been played!"
Shanks scratched his red hair, shaking his head with a wry smile.
Although he felt a bit frustrated at first, with Shanks’ easygoing personality, it was impossible for him to take such a small matter to heart, nor would he force Sherwin to continue fighting.
Sherwin had anticipated this exact reaction, which is why he acted as he did.
If it had been an old rogue like Garp, or soone like Hawkeye who was a man of few words and ruthless action, he certainly wouldn’t have been allowed to brush things off so easily.
After the fight ended, Shanks followed pirate tradition and tried to drag Sherwin and the others into a banquet, but he was stopped by Sherwin.
"Do you have so ti now?" Sherwin pointed toward Huai. "If possible, could you give my Felyne so pointers..."
Previously, Huai had referenced Rayleigh’s performance in battle and Sherwin’s "insider information" to figure out the Observation Killing technique on her own.
However, having the authentic Observation Killing to compare and verify against would surely be helpful to her.
Then there was the Divine Departure move. Although from an effects standpoint, it seed to just use the power of Haki Infusion to push speed to the absolute limit, implenting it was actually extrely difficult. Huai had studied it for a long ti without success...
Unless she activated Flurry Rush, she could only produce a version that looked the part but lacked the true spirit.
"...Of course, I won’t let you teach for nothing. I can exchange other things with you," Sherwin added after expressing his thoughts to Shanks.
However, Shanks laughed and patted him on the back. "Isn’t it just so guidance on combat techniques? It’s no big deal, no reward needed!"
Shanks being so magnanimous was within expectations, but Sherwin couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and ask, "Is that really okay? These are techniques left behind by the Pirate King, after all."
"Eh? How did you know?" Shanks asked back in surprise.
Sherwin rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Didn’t I tell you before? I had a fight with Rayleigh at the Sabaody Archipelago... In fact, if it weren’t for that fishman pirate, I would have just asked him to teach ... He actually liked my Felynes quite a bit he just didn’t like the look of ."
Speaking of this, Sherwin couldn’t help but curl his lip.
Strictly speaking, Hatchan had actually died at the hands of Seijuro ow, but it was reasonable for the Hunter to take the bla for the Palico’s actions.
"Hahaha, Mr. Rayleigh is just like that. Actually, even if you had asked him directly, he most likely would have taught you."
Although Shanks didn’t know much about Hatchan’s situation, he knew Rayleigh. From Sherwin’s words, he roughly guessed that Rayleigh didn’t actually bla Sherwin—or rather, didn’t think he was in the wrong—but simply couldn’t swallow his pride because of his friendship with that fishman.
After offering an explanation for Rayleigh, Shanks excitedly ran over to Huai. "Co to think of it, when I was on the Oro Jackson, there was a cat Mink companion too."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand wanting to pat Huai’s head, but the beautiful big sister Felyne dodged it with a look of utter disgust.
Sherwin curled his lip. "Nekomamushi, right? We’ve already t him at Zou."
"Really?!" Shanks, who failed to pet the Felyne, didn’t mind. He turned around with a face full of pleasant surprise.
"That’s right! With so many Minks on your ship, there’s no way you haven’t been to Zou... If I had known, I would have ntioned Nekomamushi first instead of Mr. Rayleigh!"
Shanks slapped his thigh in quite so frustration.
"Ah, because they were dissatisfied with my evaluation of Kozuki Oden, they were each beaten up once by my Felynes and before they reluctantly accepted my point of view."
Sherwin looked at Shanks with a half-smile. Only after the look of embarrassnt resurfaced on the other man’s face did he speak slowly:
"So, why didn’t you ntion Luffy and Ace? After all, I taught them Armant Haki for a period of ti... although that was a deal made with old man Garp."
"You really do know Luffy!" Shanks patted Sherwin on the back again, then explained: "I was just a bit worried after seeing what happened with Yasopp earlier..."
Sherwin rolled his eyes: "You’re not his father; on the contrary, you saved his life. What’s there to worry about?"
"That’s true..." Shanks scratched his hair, a realization dawning on him: "Wait! Since you knew Luffy and I knew each other, why didn’t you say so earlier?!"
Because of a wicked sense of humor, obviously...
"Naturally, it’s because I didn’t want you to guide my Felynes just because of those connections," Sherwin said with righteous conviction.
"Even if you don’t think it’s a big deal, I can’t look at it that way. No matter how you slice it, these are combat techniques from the Pirate King’s lineage. I can’t accept such a gift with a clear conscience."
"Hahahaha! You’re far too polite! We’re all n of the sea, no need to be so calculative!"
After a brief stun, Shanks laughed heartily while patting Sherwin’s back again. "Besides, I am ’Red-Haired’ Shanks, one of the Four Emperors. Is there anything I can’t get? I appreciate the sentint, though!"
"The whereabouts of Roger’s son."
Sherwin spoke with a calm expression, causing Shanks’ laughter to co to an abrupt halt.
"What did you say?! Captain Roger’s child is still alive?!"
Shanks grabbed Sherwin’s arm in a mix of pleasant surprise and shock, though a hint of doubt still flickered in his eyes.
"Yeah, I actually already shared this news with Rayleigh, but after thinking it over, I figured you’d be interested in this too."
"Of course! Hurry up and tell !"
Shanks urged impatiently, "Is it just Divine Departure and Observation Killing? As long as you want to learn, I can teach you all of my combat techniques!"
"Actually, you’ve probably t him before" Sherwin continued unhurriedly. "It’s Luffy’s sworn brother, Ace. Back then, after Roger turned himself in, he entrusted his child to old man Garp’s care..."
After explaining Ace’s situation to Shanks in detail, Sherwin patted his shoulder in return. "It’s a pity you t Luffy first; otherwise, that straw hat would have been more suitable for Ace."
"No..." Shanks shook his head after digesting the joyful news. "I have indeed t Ace, but I still believe Luffy is more suitable for that straw hat."
Oh?
Sherwin raised an eyebrow. So, compared to the biological father and son, Roger and Ace, was the similarity between the "Joy Boys" even higher?
This situation couldn’t help but remind him of the two brothers, Asura and Indra, who were constantly reincarnating in a neighboring series.
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