I, Uchiha Itachi, became the tenth member of the Straw Hats?

"Ah, I'm so hungry, I really want to eat meat."

Luffy complained, he could only pour the bowl of rotten leaf soup into his mouth first, so he was very hungry.

But it doesn't seem to matter at all.

"Be patient, children, there is nothing here to entertain you for the time being." The old man said with a chuckle.

"Isn't your place a seafood shop?" Nami looked around, but she didn't even smell a little bit of seafood.

Itachi also said: "Grandpa, why is it such a desolate scene here?"

"There are probably dozens of shops on the whole street. Why do we only see you two old people?"

The old man scratched his head again, his face full of grooves was full of helplessness, "You said this."

"The younger ones were taken away by the navy adults."

"Even people in their fifties were taken to the mines by them, leaving us old people who couldn't react to the Forest of Gods."

"Mine? Forest of Gods?"

The more they listened, the more confused they became.

Nami asked: "Grandpa, when we came here, we saw that the stone gate building here said Shan Mine Island. Is it possible that the mine you mentioned is located on this island?"

"That's right, our island is almost turning into a mine now." The old man smiled helplessly.

After laughing, his eyes were full of sadness.

"It wasn't like this here two years ago."

"It didn't look like this place until Edward died."

"Edward!?" Nami was startled.

Luffy, who was drinking leaf soup, was taken aback by Nami, "Who is Edward?"

"Grandpa, is that what you said?" Even if he had never met that person, Itachi had already heard of his name.

"The original Four Emperors, 'Whitebeard' Edward Newgate?"

"Oh, ho ho, it seems that you know him too." The old man laughed heartily.

"That kid is famous all over the world. He is a very affectionate person."

"Hey! Uncle White Beard!"

Luffy remembered the scene of the battle on the top.

Garrott was also confused, "Whitebeard? Is he here too? I've only heard of his legend."

"Whitebeard is dead." Nami patted Garrott's head.

"Yeah, Edward died in that battle with the navy." Although the old man said so, he didn't feel any sadness.

"But no matter what, he is always a legend in the sea!"

"Is there any connection between this island and Whitebeard?" Nami asked.

"Of course!"

The old man smiled and spoke for several people.

"This is the place where he was once saved, and later he was blessed by him."

It turned out that about 50 years ago, when Whitebeard didn't have any crew members, he had a fierce battle with a large pirate fleet here alone.

After the battle, the entire army of the large fleet was wiped out, and Whitebeard was seriously injured.

He was washed to the island by the waves. At that time, the grandfather named Merck was still in his 20s, and he was a fisherman who made a living by fishing.

It was the white beard that Grandpa Merck picked up back then.

Because the white beard was too tall and strong at that time, the food and medicine at Uncle Merck's house alone were not enough for him to recuperate and recover, so the residents of this island helped him to heal the white beard.

Later, just over ten years later, the island was violently attacked by a pirate named Golden Lion. There was no strong man on this island, and the island was instantly destroyed by the Golden Lion to the point of dying.

At this critical moment, it was Whitebeard who led his crew to save the island.

Since then, Whitebeard has marked the island as his territory and is under his protection.

Hearing this, Luffy and the old man laughed heartily together.

"If you say that, Uncle White Beard is really showing loyalty."

"Yes, Edward is a very affectionate person. Although he is a pirate to us, he is a good person." The old man also smiled.

After being ridiculous, the old man lowered his head silently.

"However, after Edward's death, everything changed."

Hearing this, Lu Fei crossed his arms and listened carefully to what the old man said.

"Oh! I haven't told you why this island is called Cedar Mine Island, and why we have the Forest of Gods."

Grandpa suddenly realized this.

"It's okay, Grandpa Merck, take your time." Nami expressed that she was not in a hurry, although Chopper and the others were still hungry.

"That's good," the old man continued to tell a few people.

But at this time the sliding door had been opened, and the old lady came back from the outside.

"Come and see the children, what a lucky day."

"We have meat to eat."

"Meat!!"

Luffy made a Thomas roundabout and rushed to the old woman's side.

"Is there any meat! This is really..."

Before Lu Fei finished speaking, he saw the meat in the basin that the old lady was holding!

This so-called meat is a pot of leftover rotten fishbone, mixed with a lot of vomit that seems to have been chewed and not swallowed to form a pile of paste!

"What is this, grandma!" Even Luffy, who has always liked to eat, felt disgusted when he smelled this smell.

As soon as Nami and Garrett came over to take a look, they couldn't help retching.

"Grandma, what were you just now? What was left by Mr. Navy, could this be..."

"Yes."

The old grandma smiled, and the cooking pot beside the table was already boiling, and the old grandma poured all these things into it.

"Once it's cooked, it's okay, and the taste is okay."

"We old things are no longer worthy of good food. It would be nice to give us some leftovers."

"Yes," the old man sighed, and silently clenched his wrinkled fists.

"In the past, there were still fish and shrimps that could be caught offshore."

"Later, in order to provide food for the people in the mine, in order to save time, they even blocked the fishing nets near the sea to make the fish extinct."

"I'm old, and I don't have the ability to go out to sea in a boat anymore, so I can't catch fish."

"Now these old things in our town can only rely on what they have left to eat and barely survive."

"After all, there is no hope here."

Grandpa Merck said, Itachi stood outside the sliding door and glanced out.

He found that there were sporadic storefronts and old people came out of the houses behind the storefronts, and they all had the same food as the old grandma in their hands!

Luffy walked up to the old lady, and he knocked over the cooking pot with one punch.

"Oh, you child, what are you going to do!" The old woman was stunned.

"Er... child," the old grandpa was about to speak, when the old grandma lay on the ground trying to pick up the vomit that Luffy knocked over.

"Don't pick up these things! Granny!"

Luffy helped the old lady up.

His eyes were full of anger.

"Grandpa, grandma, tell me what happened here, what the navy did here!"

"Why don't you even have anything to eat!!"