The days when I wanted to be a human being

"Roger, you don't want anything to happen to the Or Jackson, do you?"

Zhou Ling held the knife which he hadn't held for a long time and spoke to Roger provocatively.

"Hahaha! Let's go!"

Roger laughed, drew his knife, and jumped onto the shore.

Zhou Ling raised the green knife in his hand and looked at Roger.

Nearly ten years did not actually leave too many marks on Roger, but Zhou Ling could clearly sense that his vitality was slowly fading away.

According to the original timeline, Roger set out on the Grand Line again because he knew he had a terminal illness.

Finally, with the help of the ship's doctor Kulokas, the last voyage was completed.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling glanced at the green knife in her hand. She thought that the knife had been given to Shanks, so it would not be a good idea to give it to Roger again.

"What's wrong? You haven't used a knife for a long time, so you don't know how to use it anymore?" Roger looked at Zhou Ling's eyes moving between the green knife and him, and said with a smile.

In recent years, he learned about the deeds of One Punch Tiger from the news newspapers. He knew that Zhou Ling used his fists to conceal his identity as the Silent Swordsman.

That's why I made such remarks.

"Roger, words alone can't make me give up my idea today."

Zhou Ling chuckled and slashed towards Roger.

Seeing that she didn't use any energy to cover the blade, Roger also retracted the armament domineering covering Ace.

"Qiang!"

The two knives were in a stalemate for a while, and then separated.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang!"

After the two of them slashed at each other a few more times, they looked at each other again.

"Roger, it looks like we'll have a fight today."

"Hahaha, do you think I'm old?"

After all, the two hadn't fought for a long time, so naturally they would test each other's strength first.

After discovering that each other's strength had not diminished, they all started laughing.

"Then stop talking nonsense! Come on!"

"Qiang!"

"Qiang!"

The two men, relying on their physical fitness, began a fierce battle with swords and fire.

Every collision of the blades will create countless sparks.

"Roger, if you don't use your Armament Haki, Ace will be broken soon."

"Then you don't have to worry, hahaha."

"Qiang Qiang Qiang!"

Although Roger said he didn't care, he still used Armament Haki after several collisions.

After watching Roger use Armament Haki, Zhou Ling exerted even more strength.

Roger was not too surprised by Zhou Ling's surging strength, as he had expected this day to come.

After all, what we did back then was indeed a bit excessive.

Zhou Ling couldn't really say how angry she was about Roger leaving Shanks to her to take care of.

It's been so long, I'm no longer angry.

But if she didn't beat Roger up quickly today, she wouldn't be able to think straight.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling unconsciously increased the strength in his hands.

"Qiang!"

The two entered a stalemate again.

At this time, Zhou Ling suddenly stepped back a distance.

Roger frowned and was about to ask what happened.

As a result, Zhou Ling returned to his original appearance.

The clothes are still the same as they were ten years ago, they haven’t changed at all, and the style hasn’t changed either.

"Miao, do you want to fight again?"

"Fight, why don't you fight? It's just beginning now."

"call out!"

After Zhou Ling finished speaking, he came directly in front of Roger.

When she left the Kuzan warship, she stopped supplying energy to this form.

After the fight just now, the remaining energy was exhausted, and she turned back into the form of a mature woman.

However, this form has a shortcoming. Compared with Roger's height of 2.7 meters, 1.8 meters seems a little short.

Zhou Ling could only float and fight with Roger.

Buggy, who was lying on the railing watching the fight, reacted with surprise when Zhou Ling turned back into a mature lady.

"Shanks, look, how did that big guy turn into a big sister!"

"Boom!"

Rayleigh, who was standing by, punched Buggy on the head, causing a big bump to appear on the top of his head which was already swollen from Jabba's blow.

"Wow, Uncle Rayleigh, why did you hit me?" Buggy looked at Rayleigh in confusion with a crying face.

"Call me auntie, why call me big sister?"

"Huh? It's okay to call me big sister, right, Shanks?"

"Boom!"

Shanks punched Buggy on the head and said, "Call me Auntie!"

"Huh? Shanks is your mother? Otherwise why would you let me call her auntie?" Buggy touched his head which was swollen with three big lumps in confusion. Why did everyone want to hit him on the head today?

After hearing what Buggy said, Shanks fell silent.

How he wished that the person who had taken care of him since he was a child was not her.

Buggy looked at the silent Shanks, "No way! No way! Shanks! You never said anything about this!"

Shanks shook his head and said nothing.

"No? Then...who is she to you?"

who?

He wished she could be someone to him.

Unfortunately, he knew what she thought of him.

Shanks buried his thoughts deep in his heart and said, "She is my adoptive mother."

"what!"

...

"Roger, do you still want to fight? I think you don't seem to be as good as before." Zhou Ling took a few steps back, swung his sword twice, and said nonchalantly, "Are you sick?"

She found that Roger's strength was not as strong as it was at the beginning, most likely due to the impact of the disease.

"Roger, you're not feeling well. Does anyone else know?"

"...You know this too?" Roger said in surprise and put Ace away in his hand.

After all, it was just to let Zhou Ling vent her anger, and now that she has stopped fighting, he is quite happy about it.

As for the fact that Zhou Ling could see through his problems the moment they met, Roger wasn't surprised for long, since he had seen Zhou Ling's methods a long time ago.

Zhou Ling walked up to Roger and whispered, "You didn't use the things I left in the captain's room?"

Before she left many years ago, she deliberately did not take back the blanket with the life energy card, just to leave it to Roger.

"Hahaha, your thing helped us a lot. It's very useful for recovering from injuries. I gave it to them."

Roger said without holding back.

“…Forget it, I’ll make some for you before I leave.”

"We're leaving again. Are you in such a hurry?"

"Yes, we have to go. Here, these are for you."

Zhou Ling, without telling the people on the boat, took out a handful of green pills from the armor space and stuffed them into Roger's pocket.

"These may not be able to save you, but at least... they can make you feel less uncomfortable."

"Great, you really do know something." Roger said with a smile.

"Yes, whatever you want to know, I can tell you everything I can."

"No, it would be too boring if I knew everything."

Roger smiled and looked at the crew of the Or Jackson.

“…Heh, you are indeed like me, Roger.”

Zhou Ling was not surprised at Roger's reaction at all. She knew that Roger would definitely not use the things left for him.

I just don't know what Roger will use it for.

After watching Roger jump onto the boat, Zhou Ling threw the green knife to Shanks.

"Shanks, take it. It's back to you. Make good use of it."

"Miao, aren't you coming up?" Shanks asked with a puzzled look after taking the knife.

"No, I won't participate in your story. I'm leaving. Don't miss me."

"Armor fusion!"

"Zheng!"

"Everyone... take care."

"call out!"