The days when I wanted to be a human being

Zhou Ling and Kuzan were standing on the deck of the warship chatting.

After watching all the pirates being escorted to the warship by marines, there were still a few marines left on the pirate ship.

She crossed her arms over her chest and said to Kuzan who was standing beside her, "Are these new recruits?"

"Yeah. What's wrong?"

"What else? Why don't you ask someone to call them back?"

Kuzan twitched his lips, "You're not going to smash the boat again, are you?"

After so many years of spread, One Punch Tiger's style on the sea has become known to most people.

What he likes most is to smash the pirate ship to pieces after catching the pirates.

Thinking of this, Kuzan said to the marines still on the pirate ship: "You guys, don't worry about the pirate ship, come back quickly."

After hearing what Kuzan said, the marines on the pirate ship asked, "Colonel Kuzan, according to the regulations, don't we have to drive the pirate ship back?"

Just as Kuzan was about to explain, a naval captain on the deck shouted, "You guys! How dare you question your superior's orders! When you go back, double the training!"

"Wait! We are not far from Rogue Town. Let's just drive the boat back."

Kuzan saw several marines about to return to the warship and hurriedly stopped them.

He thought that after driving the boat back and making some minor modifications, it could be used as a training target. It would be a waste if it was smashed here.

"Yes!"

Navy Captain Theas, after seeing Kuzan give the order, arranged for several marines to go and drive the pirate ship together.

"You guys! Stop looking and go help!"

"What a pity, I won't be able to see Liehu's boxing today."

"Yeah, yeah, that's a shame."

"That scene...tsk tsk tsk, it's unforgettable."

"Senior, what are you talking about?"

"No, it's nothing. Hurry up and pack up. We need to return to the headquarters from Upside Down Mountain."

"cut…"

The Marines who were watching the excitement in the dark returned to their positions when they saw that there was nothing more to watch.

After Zhou Ling watched Kuzan walk towards the lounge chair under the parasol, she took the lead and lay down on it.

The huge size made the recliner creak under the weight.

It was also thanks to Kuzan's tall stature, otherwise this recliner would not be able to support Zhou Ling's current body.

"Let me bear such an easy life."

Zhou Ling relaxed completely, as if she was back home, and spoke lazily.

When she came on board the warship just now, she saw Kuzan sitting on a chair.

If Kuzan took the recliner, she would have to stand.

She didn't want to sit in a chair that had just been occupied.

"…Brother, what are your plans next?"

Kuzan sat on a chair nearby, looked at the sea ahead, and asked Zhou Ling.

He didn't care at all about Zhou Ling snatching the recliner. Ever since he knew that Zhou Ling was interested in her recliner a few times before, he was prepared to give her an extra one.

"Plan? No."

"I originally wanted to go back to the headquarters directly from Upside Down Mountain, but with the pirates that my brother caught, I'm afraid I'll have to rest in Rogue Town for two days first."

Kuzan directly told Zhou Ling his plan.

Kuzan, who had come into contact with Zhou Ling many times, knew her character very well.

Never say more than a word, always be as brief as possible.

"Why not just take it from No Wind?"

Zhou Ling knew that the navy warships now had seastone technology, so it should be very easy to take it away from Wufeng.

This is the East China Sea. As long as we pass the doldrums, we can directly reach the first half of the Grand Line, which will put us closer to our headquarters.

But Kuzan had to take a detour and enter the Grand Line from the Upside-Down Mountain, which seemed a bit unreasonable.

Unless something forces him to do so.

Sure enough, what Kuzan said next confirmed her guess.

"Someone said yesterday that they saw someone from the Roger Pirates in Roger Town."

"Roger's Pirates? Are you sure you can defeat them?"

Zhou Ling pretended to be indifferent and asked.

Although she didn't show it on her face, she really wanted to know what happened next.

"I really can't beat him, so I just came to take a look."

"More importantly, a CP discovered that the Navy defector Red Hair Shanks was with him."

"!!!" Zhou Ling didn't say anything, just closed her eyes.

She was very surprised to get the information about Shanks and Roger here, and the world line seemed to have come to an end.

But she was very confused. Since the Straw Hat was with her, how did Shanks find Roger?

"Is it him? Isn't that guy a recruit from the same batch as you?"

Zhou Ling had come into contact with Kuzan many times, so he naturally knew that he had been in the headquarters training camp with Shanks.

But Kuzan didn't say much at the time.

Although she was a little curious, as a bounty hunter, she couldn't show it too obviously, so she didn't ask any more questions.

"Yeah, I still remember that guy's performance in the training camp vividly."

Kuzan seemed to be lost in his memories, staring blankly at the sea, and continued to speak, "That guy, he spent almost the entire day training."

"During his first year in boot camp, it seemed like he had nothing else to do but train."

"When others are training, he is also training. When others are eating, he is also training. When others are sleeping, he is also training."

"It looked like he spent all day training."

"Doesn't he need to eat?" Zhou Ling was very confused. Shanks had been training all day, how did he manage to last without eating? You know, even if he secretly hid the pacifier, he wouldn't be able to use it for that long.

"I had the same question at the time, so I asked Mr. Zefa."

"Teacher Zephyr said that before joining the navy, Red-Haired Shanks had already mastered a life-returning technique that looked like the Navy's Six-style Technique. He could digest food very quickly, so he only took a short time to eat. This gave us the illusion that he was training all day."

"The next year, the guy wasn't training as crazy, but he started to cause trouble for other people."

When Kuzan said this, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have said too much.

This was the first time he talked about this in front of Zhou Ling.

In fact, this was not something that could not be said, but he was worried that if he talked too much, Zhou Ling would dislike him and say that he was too nagging.

So, Kuzan said to Zhou Ling with apology:

"I'm sorry, I seem to have said too much, does it bother you?"

"No, how could that be? I want to know what happened to that guy? Why did he suddenly defect?"

Zhou Ling continued speaking with an indifferent expression.

At this moment, several voices suddenly appeared behind the two of them.

"Yes, yes. We also want to know what happened later?"

"Yes, Colonel Kuzan, if you don't mind, please continue."

Teias, who was standing by, was listening attentively to hear what happened, but was startled by a sudden sound.

In order to hide his embarrassment, he angrily shouted to the Marines who were eavesdropping behind him: "How dare you eavesdrop on the commander's speech! Go back and double your training!"

"Ah? No way, Captain Tejas, we are just passing by."

"Still passing by! Keep an eye on those pirates!"

"Yes!"

Then, Theas left with several marines.

But Zhou Ling had mental power and immediately realized that they were still eavesdropping there.

Kuzan glanced at Tejas and the others hiding in the dark, but did not comment and continued talking.

"That guy was just so impressive in his fight."

“No one can match his swordsmanship, not even Sakaski, the strongest swordsman of his time, could defeat him.

"And in terms of physical skills, no one can beat him."

Then Kuzan stopped and said nothing, as if he was recalling something.

"What about you, Kuzan, did you beat him?" Zhou Ling asked, looking at Kuzan who had stopped.

After hearing Zhou Ling's question, Kuzan continued:

"No, I didn't beat him...but I didn't lose to him either."

"Really? Are you afraid of losing face in front of me?"

Zhou Ling said narcissistically.

Kuzan glanced at Zhou Ling lying on the recliner and continued

"Yeah... Indeed, I didn't lose at that time because of the power of the devil fruit. That guy's talent in fighting can be said to be unmatched."

"later…"

Kuzan hesitated for a moment and said nothing more.

"What happened later?" Zhou Ling asked when she saw Kuzan was slow to speak.

"Later, that guy started going on missions with other admirals."

"Not long after that, Major General Long..." Kuzan said this, looking around and lowering his voice.

"I won't talk about Major General Long...it's very complicated."

"You also know that Major General Long defected from the Navy and is wanted. Shanks had too much contact with Major General Long, so he was sent to a base in the West Sea to guard it."

"Until a year ago, when he simply defected from the Navy."

“Then he became wanted.”

"Why are you talking so much to me today? You were never so talkative before, Kuzan?"

Zhou Ling sat up and looked at the island in the distance.

Before I knew it, I could already see Rogue Town.

"Nothing, it's just that every time I see your expression of wanting to ask but not daring to ask, I can't help but want to laugh."