My little brothers are all big guys

The auction house on the No. 1 island of Shampoodi is a legitimate auction site on the surface, but it hides so much dirt and filth.

Ivan, in disguise, walked into the auction site, and the light first changed from dim to bright.

Many guests have already taken their seats in the semicircular stepped seats in the venue.

The best seats in the audience seats, the specially decorated open small boxes, are empty, and no one dares to sit there, because they are the exclusive seats for the Celestial Dragons.

There are all kinds of people on the scene, and the nobles are mixed with pirates, merchants, and gangsters. Commoners have no capital to enter here.

Although there are many kinds of items for auction, when Ivan arrived, the goods being auctioned on the stage are not items, but people.

That was a woman with outstanding appearance and figure. As the host finished introducing, people in the audience immediately bid, chased the price, and competed with each other.

The people who bid the most fiercely were not merchants, but nobles. They were rich, very rich. They didn't care about money, but about face.

Showing financial strength, buying more slaves, and showing off everywhere would make them feel very face-saving.

Ivan, who was familiar with the plot, knew that this kind of human auction was commonplace. Although the government did not directly participate, it received a lot of tribute every month.

Tsk, disgusting. Ivan found a seat and watched for a while, and he felt very boring.

He wanted to rob everyone present, but it was obvious that he could only think about it.

Behind the auction, at the storage area of ​​goods, there were two armed soldiers guarding the door.

This room was full of valuables, and the slave goods in cages were elsewhere.

Papapapa, suddenly all the lights in the corridor went out.

"What happened?" The two armed guards immediately became nervous.

Ah, two screams came out in the darkness, and the guards were silent, and there was no time to sound the alarm.

When the front desk staff went to the backstage to take the items for display, they found that all the guards in the backstage had been knocked out silently.

After a careful count, the most valuable devil fruit was missing. The situation was reported and the host announced the suspension of the auction.

This immediately caused dissatisfaction and protests from the guests. The host could only bite the bullet and fool around, saying that there was an accident, and dared not say that the finale item was stolen. The auction house did not dare to seal the scene and conduct a large search.

There are too many nobles to offend.

In the alley near the auction house, Ivan was holding a box in his hand and was about to take it out for a closer look.

He was immediately interrupted by a discordant voice: "It's really bad for a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters to do such a thing!"

Lurking near him, Ivan immediately made a whoosh and pulled away before turning back before he noticed it.

Seeing the person coming, he regained his composure: "It's you."

"You weren't trying to sell yourself to cheat people again, were you?"

The vice-captain of Pirate King Roger, Pluto Rayleigh, is only in his early sixties, and his hair is not completely white yet.

He must have been lurking in the auction house just now, and then found me.

Hearing what the other party said, Pluto Rayleigh was a little stunned. He really had no money, and the idea of ​​selling himself to cheat people was just a sudden thought.

This was the first time, and it didn't work.

It's not strange that the other party recognized me, why did the other party know, and said "again".

Ivan thought that the other party had been exposed by him, and felt ashamed.

Although he couldn't beat the other party, Ivan was not afraid that the other party would attack him. He teased: "You said I was bad, isn't it the same for everyone?"

"Also, what do you want to talk to me about?"

A look of sadness and nostalgia appeared on Rayleigh's face. He came back to his senses from his memory and said: "I heard from Shanks that you adopted Roger's child and wanted to talk to you."

"I'm very busy. It's not good for others to know that we met." Ivan played hard to get.

Rayleigh teased: "Are you afraid that people will know that you, a dignified vice captain of the navy, stole money?"

"Tsk, then you, the deputy captain of the Pirate King, sold yourself to cheat money. Is it big news?" Ivan argued.

Rayleigh shrugged, looking like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water: "I don't care. The World Government has known that I'm here for a long time. I'm just a retired old man who poses no threat now."

Don't mention it, what he said makes sense. In the anime, even if he appeared in front of Kizaru in person, nothing happened later.

Ivan curled his lips: "No one would believe me if I said I was stealing. Do I look like a navy now?"

After saying that, he raised his foot and was about to leave.

"Then if I take off your disguise, someone should believe it.

.” Rayleigh threatened without any threat.

The old man has no martial ethics. I’m sure the gap is too big and he can’t beat me, but you don’t know that this is exactly what I want.

“Hey, you’re over 60 years old. It’s not appropriate for you to bully a teenager like me, right?” Ivan.

“Let’s chat. I have no ill intentions.”

Ivan took off his disguise and walked into a tavern with Rayleigh.

There was a thin and tall woman at the bar. She had short black hair with the ends up, smoking a cigarette, wearing a spider pattern top, and looked young for her age.

Xia Qi, the former queen of Amazon Lily Country, also owned this tavern.

Xia Qi’s skin was not white, and her appearance was not particularly outstanding, but she was very charming.

At first glance, he recognized Ivan’s identity and smiled gently: “A very special guest has come. He looks more handsome than in the newspaper. "

Rayleigh and Ivan sat at the bar, neither of them spoke. Soon, Xia Qi brought two glasses of wine.

After gently shaking the wine in the glass, Rayleigh took a sip, and he was the first to speak: "Roger's child is called Ace, right?"

Ivan: "Yes."

Rayleigh: "You want to train him to be a navy?"

Ivan: "Yes."

Rayleigh said with a little sadness: "It's really ironic, why didn't Roger tell me back then, but gave him to Garp."

Ivan also took a sip of wine, and said unkindly: "What do you want to say?"

In an instant, the old and the young looked at each other. Although Rayleigh didn't speak, Ivan understood what he meant.

"You think Roger's child should go to sea to pursue his dreams, live an adventurous and passionate life, and have a magnificent life that he can reminisce when he is old."

"Really? "

Rayleigh smiled and said nothing.

Ivan's tone became even worse: "I know the thoughts of people like you. I have been a pirate all my life. Like Roger, I hope that the era of pirates will be strong and everlasting. I like to cultivate or protect seedlings and hope. "

"But have you ever thought that everyone has the right to choose their own life. "

"Then did you let Ace choose? Does he know who his father is?" Rayleigh stared at Ivan's eyes.

Haha, Ivan laughed angrily and stared at him: "Ace has known whose child he is since he can remember, but do you know if he is happy?"

"I didn't impose any ideas on him. I just guided his will. He is very happy now and has his own life goals. "

Xia Qi smoked quietly, not interrupting their conversation at all.

Rayleigh was silent for a moment, and he said: "Can I meet him?"

"Of course. "Ivan.

The atmosphere became a little dull during the conversation between the two. Ivan finished a glass of wine and said calmly: "I wonder if you have ever thought that if Ace inherits Roger's will, he may become an outstanding pirate."

"He will also do a lot of great things, but is that really good?"

"His identity is too sensitive. Once exposed, he may die young."

Ivan seemed to be just narrating something very ordinary: "Even if he can live to old age, he will have children and grandchildren."

"How miserable was his fate from the time he was never born to the time he was born. He even lost his mother when he was born."

"If he becomes a pirate again and is hunted by the navy all his life, will his descendants, Roger's descendants, continue to repeat this fate? "

Rayleigh was a little moved, opened his mouth, and was unable to refute.

Xia Qi still had a faint smile on her face, licking the wine for the two, but in her heart she had a high opinion of Ivan.

Ivan continued, his next words seemed very casual, but they hit Rayleigh's soul directly: "Have you ever thought about why Roger didn't tell you where his child was. "

"Instead, he entrusted it to Grandpa Garp. Who knows, maybe Roger just wanted his child to have a completely different life from him?"

"Why didn't he tell you, isn't it because he didn't want to drag you down?"

"If Ace was entrusted to you, would you still be so stable now? Can Ace grow up safely?"

Rayleigh was completely moved, his eyes were hazy, and tears had blurred the lenses of his glasses. He murmured: "Roger, do you really think so? "

Suddenly, he recalled the past, the glorious and passionate adventurous years with Roger and all the crew members.

After a while, Rayleigh said: "I am old after all, you go."

Ivan was unhappy on the spot: "Hey, old man, you have delayed me for so much time, isn't it too much to drive me away now?"

Rayleigh looked at him puzzledly, as if to ask, what, do you still plan to stay?

Xia Qi couldn't help but cover her laughter.

Ivan showed a treacherous smile on his face, put his arm around Rayleigh's shoulders and said:

"You have to give me some compensation. Teach me your swordsmanship and Roger's divine evasion."

"After all, I worked hard to earn money to raise Ace. I should give the Buddha a favor instead of a monk."

Rayleigh was speechless: "I just realized that you are so shameless."