[Pirate] Ann

Shanks got up early, and when he left the room, he saw that the door of Ann's room was open.So I went over to take a look, and found that An was no longer inside, and the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, it seemed that An got up earlier than him.

After washing up, he went down from the second floor, and he didn't see Ann all the way to the restaurant.There was only breakfast for one person on the dining table, which was obviously prepared for him.Although I feel very embarrassed, I can't be hungry, so Shanks quickly settled this breakfast.

Then Shanks walked out of the house and saw the woman who was drying the clothes, so he went up to say hello: "Good morning."

"Ah, good morning." The woman smiled at him, "Have you eaten the breakfast left on the table?"

"Well, it's delicious, I'm sorry to trouble you." Shanks thanked her very politely.

"No trouble, no trouble." The lady's smile deepened, "By the way, if you want to find the child with you, she has been dragged to the market by the nearby children to play, that child really suffers." Welcome."

"Uh, thank you." Shanks didn't expect this situation, most of the time he stayed with Ann, when did that guy meet the children?

With such doubts in mind, Shanks walked to the market along the route pointed by the woman.

Although this village is not big, it can't be said that there are few people in proportion.

Shanks walked and looked around, and soon arrived at the so-called market.

According to the woman, there is such a market once a week in this village, so that everyone can exchange the items they need.Yes, exchange.Because there is only one merchant ship that can come here, and it only comes once a month.Although the villagers all attribute their island to a remote location, after investigation by Shanks and Ann, it really cannot be called "an island".

It should be said that this place was originally a small part of an island, which is really similar to Gaya Island.Shanks recalled a certain island he had passed by before, but it is not known why this place was separated, after all, this is a great route!

Just when Shanks was thinking about this, Ann, who came out from a place where the crowd gathered, saw him at a glance.But Ann didn't stop him immediately, but snickered and carefully walked around behind Shanks, and approached him quietly.

"Wow!"

Aiming at the timing, An rushed directly towards Shanks.

And what about Shanks?Maybe it was because it was so peaceful here that he didn't raise his guard, or maybe it was because he was too familiar with An's breath and didn't think there was anything wrong for a while.In short, Shanks didn't react until Ann rushed forward.

He turned around neatly, and quickly and accurately grabbed Ann's wrist with his right hand.Then Ann was taken around in a circle, and finally her hands were restrained. The whole process was completed in just a few seconds. After she regained her senses, she found that Shanks' fingers were on her neck. .

"It's Ann." Apparently someone who was still wandering a second ago realized who he was holding, so he immediately let go and patted her hair instead.

However, An was stunned in place, motionless.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered that the red-haired Shanks was the Four Emperors.

At this time, she also felt that the gap between herself and this person could not be described in words.

afraid.

If she really threw his companion into the sea in the first place, what would happen to her?

and.

Obviously, he has practiced swordsmanship so desperately, but in the end he is still so vulnerable in front of the real strong.Such a self, even if he finds Ace in the future, can he really not become his burden?

Not only that, is it really not a burden when you are with Shanks and the others?

Ann's face became more and more ugly, because in retrospect, since she got on the boat, she has been causing trouble for them.

Really, it's just a burden.

"Ann, Ann?"

"Ah, huh?" Ann looked up, saw Shanks' slightly worried expression, and said to her, "I'm sorry just now, didn't I hurt you?"

"No...no." An gently shook her head and replied softly.

"That's good." Shanks smiled at her, "Let's go, let's go shopping, I didn't expect it to be quite lively here!"

"Yeah." Ann nodded with a smile.

The gap, this word first appeared in Ann's mind, and it still lingered.

There has never been anyone to compare with. The master in the kendo gym clearly said that she is very good and can already stand on her own, so she thought she was strong enough.I never thought that I would meet someone stronger than myself, and it was only after I met that I realized that he would not be the only one stronger than myself.

Although An is indeed very smart, her cognition in all aspects is still at a very basic stage, of course she just doesn't have this awareness.This is again "attributable" to her childhood. Although she didn't blame anyone for this, she was determined to think that she was too weak.

In fact, if it is just an ordinary character, such as the pirate group she met at the beginning, she is definitely strong enough to be called strong.

But without a lot of actual combat experience, she suddenly met an "opponent" at the level of the Four Emperors. Even if she had always been in a good mood, she couldn't easily accept this gap.

Ann is a very strong person, so when she was sick and was about to die when she was a child, she never said that she was uncomfortable, so when she realized that she would fall ill, she locked herself in the room.

So how can this gap be bridged?

This was on Ann's mind as the two wandered around the market.

It wasn't until the group of children who had pulled her over appeared in sight that she abruptly paused her thinking.

"What's the matter?" She bent down to catch a child who was rushing towards her and hugged him up. After the group of children pulled her to the market, they were out of control, and everyone dispersed almost in a blink of an eye. , each ran to their own stalls to make trouble.

But after all, the market was created by the villagers because they needed to exchange items. Naturally, there were no things for the children to play with. After a while, they got bored and got together again to find An.

"Sister An, let's go to the beach to play!" The other children, who ran slower than the first child, surrounded her at this time, all looking up at her expectantly.

"What? Didn't you say that the market is fun, and you dragged me here?" Ann said with a smile.

"It's not fun, it's not fun!"

"Not fun!"

"Go to the beach, go to the beach!"

"Mom ignores me!"

"so boring!"

The children immediately talked with each other.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the beach." An reluctantly obeyed their request, put down the child in her arms, and watched them run back together happily.

Shanks stood by and watched all the time. After the children left, he finally couldn't help asking: "When did you have such a good relationship with them?"

"Huh? When... I don't know, they came to look for me this morning."

Look, none of the parties can tell clearly.

Shanks was also helpless, so he walked to the beach with her and the group of lively children.

Now Ann has put the "gap" matter behind her for the time being. What she is thinking about now is another matter, which can also be said to be the matter in front of her.After thinking for a long time, she recalled the activities she dreamed of when she was a child, and then she said, "Shanks."

"Ok?"

"Let's hold a festival here!"

"Festival?"

"Hmm! There are lots of snack stalls, lots of game stalls, and finally a festival of fireworks!"

Seeing Anna's excitement, Shanks' interest was also raised.There is no way, these few days are really busy, it would be nice to have some kind of fun at the festival.

Act as soon as you say action, An immediately called back the children who were running not far away, told them what he thought, and asked them to go back and tell their parents.And the children who learned that there was something to eat and something to play with were naturally happy, so they agreed and ran home, as if they would not be tired.

And Ann and Shanks went back to the place where they lived temporarily to talk to the kind couple.

"Oh, people here have never thought of such an interesting thing!" The woman also showed interest.

"Well, everyone in the village will definitely agree, let's start thinking about what kind of stall to set up now!" The male host was also quite supportive, and immediately began to think about what to produce.

"I don't know if Lan Ni's child can come back in time for the festival..." At this time, the woman's smile suddenly changed into a somewhat melancholy expression. Ann was a little confused about this, of course the key to this was the " Lenny" on this person.

"Excuse me, who is Lenny?" Shanks spoke before her.

According to the woman's words, this person is not on the island, and they are not worried about whether this person can find his way, but whether he can come back before the festival, which proves that this person named "Lenny" must be There are ways of identifying the island at sea.

"Ah, I haven't told you yet, Lenny is our child."

The woman talked about Lenny in a leisurely manner.

It is said that one day when she was playing with her friends at the beach, she found a box floating with the sea. Several children fished the box up and opened it, and there was a fruit with strange patterns inside.Seeing that it was neither treasure nor interesting, the children immediately lost interest, and only Lanny ate the fruit out of curiosity.

"That...that's a devil fruit..." An felt very powerless at this moment, "It was eaten by a child who didn't understand anything..."

Shanks actually laughed, because at this time he thought of some arrogant kid he met in the East China Sea a few years ago.

"It really is a devil fruit." The woman sighed, "After that, Lenny couldn't swim anymore. Her father didn't believe it at first, and almost drowned the child. After a while, Lenny went out to sea secretly At that time, we thought we would never see her again in this life, but in a few days she actually brought a merchant ship back. From then on, she shouldered the responsibility of leading the merchant ship back. Although we stayed with us We spend less and less time together, but our little place is getting better because of it."

That's how it was. After listening to it, Ann sighed with emotion. She couldn't tell whether it was envy or sympathy for such a heavy responsibility on a little girl.In fact, envy accounted for more, so she couldn't help thinking, if she also ate a devil fruit, could it also be of some use to Shanks and the others?

Shanks, on the other hand, was thinking that if his crew were lucky enough to meet this Lenny, they would be able to leave here soon.

But things like luck are still quite mysterious.

So Shanks didn't have too much expectation. In fact, he already has plans to take the initiative to go to sea.But now, let's wait until after the festival to discuss.If Shanks's mentality is known to his crew, they will definitely be despised by the collective.