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"Get on the ship? Forget it, I don't want to be a pirate yet."

However, when faced with the invitation from Shanks, the face fruit user, Noel chose to refuse without hesitation.

"Why, what's wrong with being a pirate?!"

Shanks said with a surprised look on his face.

What the hell is this?

Noel looked at him with a strange look on his face, "There must be something good about being a pirate, right?"

"Hahaha, there are too many good ones!"

Shanks laughed and recommended carefully like a sales pitch:

"Pirates are the freest people on the sea! When you become a pirate, you will have trustworthy partners and encounter countless wonderful adventures. You can hold parties anytime, anywhere, drink when you want, sleep when you want, and be yourself as you like. What I want to do!”

"Uh-huh,"

Noel nodded to indicate that he had listened and asked:

"What you said can be realized even by me now. Why do I have to become a pirate?"

Then he said:

"In fact, the vast majority of pirates are scum who burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of evil. But in my opinion, pirate groups like yours don't look like pirates at all."

Pirates, as the name suggests, are thieves and robbers on the sea, referring to those bad guys.

Shanks and Future Luffy are more adventurers than pirates.

"So you thought so."

Shanks suddenly understood, and then said with a smile:

"It seems that not only do you have some misunderstandings about us, but you also seem to have some misunderstandings about pirates. We can also rob the navy!"

"Ok?"

Noel looked puzzled.

He didn't really care about robbing the navy, mainly because Shanks said he had a misunderstanding of pirates, which made him confused.

So, Shanks straightened his slouched body slightly to look more serious, put his right hand on his knee, and explained:

"The reason why a person becomes a pirate is because he violates the rules set by the world government and is wanted by the navy."

"And there are many other violations of the rules besides evil acts such as burning, killing and looting."

"For example, it violates the regulations set by the world government that strictly prohibit going to sea without permission."

Shanks paused, looked at Noel and smiled:

"Unless you can always travel faithfully with government-approved ships, in this case, you won't be able to go where you want to go, and you probably won't encounter any exciting adventures."

"And as long as you yearn for what I just described, I believe you will become a pirate one day!"

After listening to Shanks' explanation, Noel rubbed his chin thoughtfully:

"That's right, that's true..."

Everyone has different reasons for running to the sea. Some are for wealth, some are for power, some are for reputation... But no matter what the reason is, the moment you go to sea privately, you violate the regulations of the world government. Became a pirate.

If so, then I might indeed become a pirate.

"So, how about coming to my ship? Not only the armed color Haki, but if you have the talent, I can also teach you some more powerful things!"

Shanks smiled and extended the invitation again.

And Noel shook his head again, "I refuse."

"Ah? Why this time?!"

Shanks exclaimed dramatically.

Noel smiled and said:

"Because if one day I really choose to become a pirate, then I will definitely form my own pirate group instead of joining a certain pirate group."

"That's it. If that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it."

Shanks felt a little emotional. He subconsciously reached out with his right hand to the back of his head and found it was empty. He was stunned for a moment, then he rubbed his hair and said with a bold smile:

"If that's the case, forget it. I hope to hear news about you becoming a pirate in the near future!"

"How can you bless people like this!"

Noel laughed and said, and the two raised their wine glasses again and touched them lightly.

The crew of the red-haired pirates on the side joked to Shanks:

"Boss, not only did you fail to recruit a crew member, but you might also have added an opponent to your future self. This is too stupid!"

"Hahahahaha, and I was rejected twice in a row!"

"Our captain is so shameless!"

"Too bad! So bad!"

Shanks himself, who was ridiculed, raised his head and laughed:

"Haha, what can I do? It's not something I can decide!"

He stood up, raised his wine glass with his right hand and said loudly:

"However, although I didn't recruit a crew member, I also made a good friend. How can we not hold a banquet to celebrate such a happy event!"

"Have a party! Have a party! Have a party!"

The other crew members cheered in unison when they heard this.

"But boss, you held a banquet some time ago to celebrate giving the straw hat to Luffy. Now there is not enough food and wine on the ship."

At this time, Noel said enthusiastically:

"As for food and drinks, the merchant ship I'm on happens to have a batch of specialties just purchased from all over the East China Sea, as well as mushrooms from my hometown."

Then he added:

"Of course, it has to be bought with money."

"Of course!"

Shanks laughed:

"Since it's a banquet, of course the more lively the better, let's have friends from the merchant ship come with us! We have bought all the food and wine on the ship, treat it as our treat!"

Noel glanced at Shanks in surprise, "How proud, boss."

With a thumbs up to Shanks, he returned to the merchant ship and explained the situation to the captain.

Although the captain was a little surprised after hearing this, he still informed the sailors to start preparing for the banquet.

As the preparations for the banquet progressed, the originally fearful atmosphere in the merchant fleet began to subside unconsciously. The atmosphere on the ship began to become lively, and the preparations were carried out in full swing.

Who among the men on the sea can refuse a banquet?

finally--

"It's a banquet!"

The wine glasses in everyone's hands were raised high and touched each other amidst cheers, letting the sweet aroma of wheat cover the entire world.

When the banquet finally started, the lively atmosphere reached its peak.

After several rounds of drinks, even a large group of people gathered on the Red-haired Pirates' ship unknowingly. They stood side by side with the Red-haired Pirates' crew members, dancing, laughing, dancing, and singing together. Songs of the sea.

Noel, who was just drinking Coke, was also infected by the atmosphere and laughed with everyone. Although he didn't drink, he felt drunk.

I don’t know when the banquet started. In the end, everyone fell asleep directly on the ground until they were woken up by the sun at noon the next day.

The red-haired pirates left. Their trip was to go directly to Rogge Town and return to the Grand Line, so they left first.

When they came, everyone in the caravan was frightened, but when they left, everyone greeted them with smiles on their faces. Such charm made Noel couldn't help but secretly admire him. He was worthy of being the guide for the protagonist Luffy.

Moreover, although Noel did not agree to Shanks' invitation in the end, Shanks still left something for him in the end——

A piece of paper that records some relevant information about practicing Armed Color Haki.