pirate punk

It was a rainy day.

"Crack!"

Thunder exploded, and lightning fell from the thick black clouds, hitting people's minds like a heavy hammer, making people shudder.

"Pepper! What are you doing? Pepper?!"

"Mr. Pepper is injured, and his Devil Fruit powers don't seem to be working!"

Two small pirate ships flanked the merchant ship from both sides. The hook ropes connected the sides of the ship, and the pirates swarmed on board.

The red poppies on the black flag swayed with the strong wind in the heavy rain, feeling lonely, weak, and helpless.

"Where is my brother Renault?"

"Gone!"

"He must have jumped into the sea and escaped!"

"I told you a long time ago that I can't trust that guy!"

"Shet!"

The caravans and pirates were fighting together, and the sound of swords clashing, howling and cursing, and the sound of rain hitting the deck were densely packed, one after another.

It was raining heavily, and no one noticed a figure looming at the top of the main mast of the merchant ship.

Standing on the mast, Renault watched the battlefield below with cold eyes, letting the heavy rain beat on his face and slide down, motionless as a mountain.

Renault held his right hand in the air, and a sailor's sword solidified from the void and appeared in his hand. The rain hit the steel knife and made a clanking sound.

The steel knife in Renault's hand changed from an upright grip to an underhand grip. Suddenly, Renault suddenly jumped down, and with the force of thunder, he fell straight to the target below.

"Crack!"

Lightning instantly illuminated the entire sea, and everyone in the battle was shocked by the scene before their eyes and stopped one after another.

Renault knelt on one knee and held the handle of the knife with both hands.

The pirate captain was trampled under his feet and nailed to death on the deck.

"If you don't want to die...get out!"

"Walk around..."

This kind of pirate group is organized by gangsters, and the cohesion is only in the captain.

As soon as the captain died, the mob immediately dispersed.

"Open the top sail! Adjust the course! Steady! Steady!"

I don’t know how long it took, but finally the sky was clear and the wind was calm.

"Brother Renault, it's all thanks to you this time."

Hope walked to Renault with a smile and looked at the sailors: "You brats, why don't you apologize?!"

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Renault, we shouldn't have doubted you."

After criticizing the crew a few words, Hope looked at Renault with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"It's all trivial, I won't take it to heart."

Hope scolded the crew members and looked for a topic anxiously to ease the embarrassment: "Do you want to smoke?"

"I don't smoke."

"Brother Renault...is this your hair?"

"What happened to my hair?"

"Is your hair color natural? I thought it was dyed."

Renault's current body hair is gray silver.

"Why do you ask that? Is this hair color rare?"

"Anyway... it's not very common. But this hair color is great, and it complements your unique temperament."

Renault laughed twice, not knowing whether Hope was sincere or a compliment.

"Don't believe it! I have a daughter. If you don't dislike it, let her marry you!"

"..."

Hope's abrupt words really scared Reno this time, and he almost choked to death before he could take a breath.

"I repeat, I'm not joking!"

Hope's expression was extremely serious, "If you don't believe me, ask Pepper!"

Pepper, who was passing by, stopped, gave Hope a "smiling face" expression, ignored him, and went to bandage his wounds.

It seems like he is used to it.

Hope took out a photo from his pocket, showed it to Renault, and praised: "Look, what a cute girl. Brother Renault, just marry her."

If Renault was almost scared to death just now, this time he was scared to death.

He understands the feelings of a father. Although he has never been a father, he has been his father's son. He knows that in a father's mind, his own children are definitely the best.

But...he really wanted to curse, do you call this thing a cute girl?

This is no longer a simple difference between beauty and ugliness. How to describe it... It's kind of... particularly scary... It's that kind of thing... not much different from the cross-dressing boss of "Lady King" Ivankov. The key is He's not as tall as others, and he doesn't look reliable at all.

"This... this... this... Brother Hope, I really can't promise you this!"

"What's wrong, bro, are you shy?"

"I'll tell you the truth, I'm actually only 10 years old this year."

"?"

Hope glanced at Pepper, who had already walked back, and pointed at Reynold, who was about the same height as him: "Is this a fucking 10-year-old?"

"No one believes it! I don't even believe it!"

Renault hurriedly explained: "But I am really only ten years old. You should know from traveling around that some people are born taller."

Renault really wasn't lying.

In his memory, the current body is really only ten years old, otherwise it would not be so easy to be killed by the Tianlong people.

How much can a ten-year-old kid endure?

In fact, all of the admiral's thugs in suits, including Garp, were two meters tall and almost three meters tall.

Renault is now ten years old, about 1.7 meters tall and less than 1.8 meters, which is really within the normal height range.

Even on earth, in today's era of adequate food and clothing, the average height of children has long surpassed that of their parents' generation.

Before time travel, Renault still remembered that once when he went out to play, there was a spirited young man who called him "uncle". After some interrogation, he found out that the young man was actually a primary school student...

Hope shook his head: "Really? I don't believe it."

The main reason is that he feels that the temperament shown by Renault these days does not look like a ten-year-old kid at all.

"Reno is most likely just a child."

Pepper couldn't stand it anymore. After all, Renault had saved his life just now, so he had to say something to Renault.

"you sure?"

Hope was doubtful.

"determine."

"How can you be sure?"

"I saw it when I was with him before."

Hope asked, "What did you see?"

"This kid..."

"What's up with him?"

"The hair hasn't even grown yet."

Pepper turned her head and pretended to look around at the scenery.

"..."

"..."

Hope and Reno were speechless at the same time.

After a long time, Hope looked away and smiled freely: "No wonder... I just said that I always feel that something is wrong with Brother Renault. You seem to... have no beard at all, not even a trace of shaving! "

Renault confessed: "Uncle..."

"Hey, you and I have been friends for many years. What do we call uncle? Let's call ourselves brothers. But I still have to thank you. That's it. All the gold coins and cash on the ship belong to you, and the supplies belong to me. How about you alone? I can’t bring any supplies.”

As he spoke, Hope pointed to a pirate ship floating behind the merchant ship.

It looks like it belongs to the pirates from before, but the main mast has been broken.

"Ok, deal!"

"Then thank you, brother."

Renault didn't refuse. He did need some money and would need it soon.

Hope summoned the sailors and started busy, but Renault always felt that he seemed a little sad.

"Thanks, Mr. Pepper."

"It's me who should thank you."

Renault shook hands with the decent man.

"Mr. Pepper, water is one of the weaknesses of your Devil Fruit ability, right."

"..."

Pepper didn't answer, but judging from his expression, he seemed to acquiesce.

Once ordinary paper is soaked in water, it will become waste. That's why Pepper's performance in the heavy rain was so miserable.

"There's a kind of paper that's waterproof."

"Waterproof paper?"

“It’s called oil paper.

It is a kind of processed paper made from tougher base paper and coated with tung oil or other drying oil.

like this. "

Reno snapped his fingers in front of Pepper, and with the help of his Devil Fruit ability, he held a piece of oil paper between his fingers.

Pepper, who usually had a stern expression, showed obvious emotion on his face.

"Thank you."

"By the way, Mr. Pepper, what year is it now?"

His age was suddenly mentioned today, and then Renault remembered that he didn't know the time of travel yet.

"The sea calendar is 1506."