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"Hey, stop moving around while others are eating!"

Ryugu Castle, inside the hard shell tower.

Because Luffy's bulging cheeks when he was eating were too noticeable, Shirahoshi couldn't help but poke him with his finger, which made Luffy complain about him.

Although Luffy seemed to speak in a normal tone, Shirahoshi's face changed instantly.

She covered her "little" face, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably: "Please...please Mr. Luffy don't...don't blame me so loudly, it's scary. No one has ever gotten angry with me since I was a child."

Although Shirahoshi is a giant mermaid with a length of 11.87 meters, she is just a 14-year-old baby after all. Because of the crazy love confession of the perverted Vander Decken, she has been under the protection of others for a long time, so she feels very aggrieved at this time.

"Eh?" Luffy also stopped eating and looked at Shirahoshi in surprise: "Why are you crying?"

The aggrieved Bai Xing did not answer and continued crying.

If the lecherous chef Sanji were here, he would definitely try his best to please the beautiful woman in front of him and would never let her shed a single tear.

But who is our Luffy?

He just said, "You've grown up so much, but you're still a crybaby? I hate you, hahaha."

"Eh!!!"

Luffy's words instantly made Shirahoshi even sadder: "No one has ever said such harsh words to me...Mr. Luffy is really harsh."

Shirahoshi's crying made the pet shark Mekaro nearby unable to bear it. He rushed to Luffy and bared his teeth, regardless of the danger to his life.

At this moment, Luffy's eyes focused, and he instantly disappeared from his original position and came in front of Shirahoshi.

From the distant sky, a battle axe continued to fly over, aiming at Shirahoshi.

boom! ! !

Luffy raised his right hand, without even using any Haki, and simply relied on the gloves in his hands to catch the battle axe that was much larger than his body.

Compared to the original story where Luffy had to use both his hands and feet to barely change the direction of his battle axe, Luffy at this moment was extremely relaxed.

This somewhat absurd scene also stunned Shirahoshi and Mekaro.

clang!

The axe fell to the ground with a dull thud. Luffy held up his straw hat and said, "Why did an axe fly here? That guy is quite strong."

"I know who the other party is." Bai Xing said.

Because Luffy saved her, she no longer cared about what happened before and turned to tell Luffy about Vander Decken.

He also said that it was because of the threat from Vander Decken that he had to live in this hard-shell tower and could not go out for eight years.

"Eight years! Wouldn't that suffocate me to death?" Straight man Luffy spoke again.

After hearing what Luffy said, Shirahoshi also looked sad.

"On weekdays, only Mekaro is here with me, and the soldiers outside can only stay here for five minutes at most."

Having said that, Shirahoshi looked at Luffy with curiosity in his eyes.

"Jinbei told me that Mr. Luffy is a very powerful pirate, so Mr. Luffy must have experienced many adventures."

Shirahoshi came close to Luffy, blinked her big eyes and asked: "Mr. Luffy, you must have seen the sun, the real sun."

"Yeah, I've seen him." Luffy had returned to the dining car and continued to eat his food.

Hearing the affirmative answer, Shirahoshi became even more excited: "Then Mr. Luffy must have seen all kinds of flowers and furry animals, and must have been to a place called a forest."

Bai Xing spoke faster and faster, as if he wanted to ask everything he knew about the outside world.

"Wait a minute, you have too many questions!!!"

Luffy stuffed a large ball of seaweed into his mouth and shouted helplessly: "If you are really so curious, can't you just go outside and see it with your own eyes?"

"Go outside and see it with your own eyes?"

Bai Xing's tone became sad: "I can't do that. I heard that humans in the sea are very mean to mermaids. My father also said that there is a strong power in my body. If I can't control it well, it will bring trouble to the world. And the left minister and others also said..."

"What's more, Vander Decken IX has been throwing all kinds of things at me."

"Even if that's my dream, I can't go out. I'll be scared..."

Perhaps it was because he hadn't talked to anyone for too long, or perhaps it was because of Luffy's natural buff of maximum favorability, Shirahoshi spoke a lot of his inner thoughts to Luffy in one breath.

In response, Luffy said: "I didn't expect you to be such a coward. I still hate you, hahaha."

"Eh!!!"

Bai Xing's face had turned a little pale: "This is the second time someone has called me annoying."

Just when Shirahoshi was about to cry, Luffy finally finished the last bite of his meal.

He stood up and shouted to Shirahoshi:

"Since you have such a dream, then go for it!"

"You always listen to what others say and do what they want you to do, but you don't even have the courage to make your own decisions. How can this be okay?"

Luffy looked at Shirahoshi and smiled his classic smile:

“A dream is something you have to sacrifice your life to achieve!!!”

At this moment, the king of sea kings who was destined to rule the entire ocean heard for the first time the true meaning of "dream".

"Is it something I must accomplish even at the cost of my life?"

Shirahoshi muttered to himself, "Can I...can I really do this?"

"By the way, were you right about strength just now?" At this moment, Luffy suddenly jumped onto Shirahoshi's huge fish tail.

"Eh? Mr. Luffy?" Shirahoshi was a little at a loss, and even watched Luffy put his hand on him.

“It seems like it’s really an amazing force.”

After igniting his inner fire with the help of the Soul Tempering Method, Luffy gained this ability.

Feel the other person's soul through the body.

At this moment, Luffy discovered that within Shirahoshi's timid and trembling body, there was a powerful force hidden.

"My father and mother said that I can communicate with sea kings, but... I have never tried it."

After hearing Luffy's words and seeing that he didn't make any other moves, Shirahoshi whispered: "What if I can't control this power..."

"Why not?" Luffy tilted his head and looked at Shirahoshi with curiosity: "Isn't this your own power?"

"Eh?" Shirahoshi was a little confused by Luffy's words. Why did she feel that what the other party said made sense?

But Shirahoshi, who had been protected by Neptune since childhood, said:

"Because...Because my father said that this power is very strong, and I am not ready for it right now."

"Is that so?" Luffy nodded.

"Oh, right, Bai Ye once told me something, [Strength comes from the heart...], um...what's the next part?"

"In short, as long as you become strong in your heart, you can use powerful strength. That's probably what it means."

Luffy said, having forgotten Byakuya's original words, and choosing to explain himself.