Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

After seeing Luffy's experience and understanding his feelings, the elephant master also understood something.

only...

Understanding is one thing, and figuring it out is another.

For the elephant master at this time, he could understand Luffy's anger and pain, but he still did not change his mind.

After that person said to him, "Keep going, don't do anything unnecessary, and wait for someone who can command you to appear," the Lord of the Elephants carried it out for a full eight hundred years.

How could it possibly change because of a few words from a little kid?

You know, even Joey Boy...

Perhaps the consciousness of the two was blended, causing Luffy to be able to sense the Lord of the Elephants' thoughts.

so...

"Joey Boy, Joey Boy, y'all are talking about that guy."

Luffy once again made a shocking statement:

"Hasn't Joey Boy already failed? Hasn't he died?"

This sentence instantly made the Elephant Lord and the Phantom emotional.

Shadow: "Luffy, you don't understand Joy Boy. He was everyone's hope. He carried the fate of the entire world. Even if he fails, it doesn't prove anything."

Lord Elephant: [He is a hero who wants to liberate everyone. Even if he dies, his thoughts will not die.]

Both the Shadow and the Lord of the Elephants thought that Luffy was blaming Joy Boy.

They all think that Luffy judges heroes by their success or failure, and they want to belittle Joy Boy.

This was something they absolutely could not accept, so they were so anxious to explain for Joey Boy.

But they were all wrong.

Even if he woke up in Marinford, the shadow that had followed Luffy for so long was wrong.

Luffy has never been like that.

"But he is your partner, right?"

Luffy's words stunned the Shadow and the Lord of the Elephants, as if they had not expected such a development.

But Luffy continued to speak:

"He is the partner you recognized and the one you decided to follow, right?"

"You once wanted to achieve a goal, accomplished something, and had a dream, right?!"

"In that case, what are you hesitating about?!!"

"Even if my friends die, I must complete my original dream."

"That's what a partner is, isn't it?!!!"

"Waiting for another guy, waiting for another guy's orders, what's that?"

"Aren't you betraying your friends?!!!"

...

There seemed to be many things wrong with Luffy's words, but the Shadow and the Elephant Lord were both stunned by these words.

Especially the elephant master.

At this moment, he actually felt guilty about what the little brat Luffy said.

[Is that so? I betrayed Joey Boy? ]

The elephant owner could not accept it and did not even dare to think about it.

It seemed that the promise that had been kept for eight hundred years suddenly became a joke at this moment.

【But! 】

The elephant owner suddenly asked:

[But why? Why did you let me do this at that time! ]

[Why do you let me walk in this sea for eight hundred years with sin on my back?!]

【What is this for? ! ! ! 】

The elephant master was not questioning Luffy. The person he wanted to question died in front of him eight hundred years ago.

However, Luffy spoke up, as if he saw through everything:

"To protect you."

"Although I don't understand many things, but... I know what a partner is."

boom! ! !

Luffy's two casual words seemed to explode in the elephant's head.

A picture appeared before the eyes of the elephant master.

A picture... Eight hundred years have passed, and the memory has long been blurred, or it is a picture that I deliberately avoid recalling.

It slowly unfolded before the elephant master.

-

A battlefield, a battlefield full of ruins and buried corpses.

At this moment, the Elephant Lord had just arrived here and he looked towards the nearest battlefield.

"Two Swords Style: Flame Slash!!!"

With a roar, the man familiar to the elephant master dealt with the last enemy beside him.

However, he was soaked in blood and had already run out of energy.

He collapsed to the ground and looked at the elephant master who came to his side.

"Ahem...you...you're here."

【I'm late, if it weren't for me...】

"Ahem... there's no point in talking about this now."

Every time the man coughed, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

At this time, some fur tribes came down from the elephant master.

Some people rushed to the distant battlefield, while others came to the man, helped him bandage the wound to stop the bleeding and checked it.

only...

"Ahem... don't bother yourself, ahem... I know my situation."

[No, you won't die! Don't move, let them treat you, you will be well soon.]

The elephant master's voice was urgent and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Ahem... It's okay. When I came here, I had already accepted my fate."

The man pushed aside the fur tribe members around him, looked at the elephant master and said:

"Look at you, you're still crying even though you're so old."

"It's exactly the same as when I first picked you up."

The man suddenly changed the subject and started chatting casually with the elephant owner.

It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but once he did, the elephant owner couldn't control his emotions any more.

He also remembered what happened.

-

It was a dark place, where he was imprisoned by countless chains and surrounded by many people and instruments.

Every day when he woke up, someone was conducting experiments on him.

Or cutting off their own flesh, or drawing their own blood, roasting them with fire, or shocking them with electricity...

Every day, those people watch me smile.

However, the elephant owner did not like it and was even afraid of it.

【It might be better to die. 】

This was the only thought in the elephant master's mind at that time.

Until one day, he heard a voice:

"Two Swords Style: Flame Slash!!!"

With a loud bang, the Elephant Lord saw the dazzling existence called sunlight for the first time.

And in the hole where the sunlight was shining, there was a man looking at him.

"Wow, you're really big."

The man is laughing.

But the elephant owner was not afraid.

-

A terrifying roar was heard.

The elephant master spread out all four legs, wanting to land on the battlefield.

He wanted to fight, to vent his emotions.

"return!!!"

The man, who was originally extremely weak, suddenly started to shout loudly.

But the angry elephant owner still wanted to move on.

"I said come back! Don't you even listen to me?!"

The elephant owner stopped and turned around.

"Remember this, this failure is all your fault."

The man's voice became more severe.

The elephant owner lowered his head and dared not look directly.

"You carry the lives of all of us on your shoulders, and...endless sins."

"Now, get back to the sea right now!"

"Don't stop, keep walking. Don't do anything else except walking, especially fighting!"

"Did you hear that?!!"

“Look up at me!!!”

The elephant owner looked up, saw the man's eyes, and subconsciously wanted to dodge.

The man's voice continued:

"Keep going, maybe one day you will be able to wait for someone."

"Someone who can re-command you and make you fight..."

The man's voice became increasingly faint, as if it would disappear into the air in the next moment.

He raised his hand, as if wanting to touch the elephant master's head as he had done before.

However, at this moment, he could no longer easily jump onto the elephant master's head.

The elephant owner stretched out his trunk and held the man's palm.

The man opened his mouth and said the last words:

"You are really big..."

-

When the past reappeared, the elephant owner carefully examined his memory for the first time in hundreds of years.

Finally saw it.

Seeing the look on that man's face when he was scolding him.

The man is laughing.

Just like when they first met.

...

...

...

After laying so much groundwork, I think I have filled the gap that the elephant owner only listens to Momonosuke.

I didn't like that plot, so I changed it.

I hope everyone can bear with it.