【Eagle Red】Lifetime

Mihawk, who was confirming the direction of navigation, did not inform Shanks of the bad news he read on the map—the islands in the Rig White Sea area except the largest Pitty Town and the ones not far from Pitty Town Outside of Days Island, most of them are concentrated in the area they are in.Even though the terrain is changeable, the base frame of the archipelago will not disappear easily.Nowadays, the fastest way to reach Days Island or Pitty Town is to cross the dangerous area full of sandbars, reefs and islands in front of you. Avoid the dangers of this dark and turbulent sea.

Mihawk does not doubt that there is something wrong with the old map that Beckman found. The map was drawn by Dias Enrique himself, who was a world-renowned excellent navigator a hundred years ago. Verify the authenticity of this picture.

Another thing that is not well known is that the old diary that allowed Mihawk to finally confirm the black knife? Nightfall was written by this navigator——Enrique’s navigator’s diary is a public publication Almost all navigators all over the world will have one as a common reference.However, different from the published part, there are some richer and bizarre versions circulating in all corners of the world.As for the authenticity of these copies, which are mixed with unofficial history and may be fabricated by later generations, it has to be judged by their readers.

Mihawk didn't trust the "absolutely authentic" copy in his hand, although it was so old that it seemed to have existed for many years.From Enrique's perspective, the notes recorded various details of many outstanding figures of that era in a plain tone. Mihawk couldn't believe that a person could make so many friends, and they all had such in-depth friendships. Even if he is a well-known navigator who has traveled all over the sea.

But after getting to know Shanks, he changed his mind. There is indeed a way to be everyone's friend.

Mihawk only used his copy of the notes to refer to the sea shapes and customs in various places. It is more detailed than the published version, and there are no major mistakes, which satisfies the young swordsman who has just set out to sea.

Later, he became more and more confused about how to improve his sword skills. When even Liang Kuai Dao couldn't withstand too many slashes with all his strength and cracks appeared, Mihawk lost his usual willful direction in a daze. legal direction.

This state lasted for a while. In order to pass the time and adjust his mentality, Mihawk chose to read some entertaining things—such as the famous gossip tabloid SailorBuddyShow (SBS) on the Great Route.However, such as Pirate Nova Sha Crocodile is the illegitimate son of the New World pirate giant Whitebeard, and the naval hero Garp has been only a lieutenant general because he loves to abuse his power so that his soldiers embezzle public funds to buy tons of senbei This type of spam, which is neither believable nor refers to people who have nothing to do with Mihawk, is not fun to read.

Until one day, Mihawk saw a large photo of himself on the front page of SBS, with the eye-catching headline "Deciphering the New Pirate 'Eagle Eye' Joe Lacole Mihawk!" The young swordsman faced I finished reading this so-called excellent insider expressionlessly.

The imaginative contributor commented on his rare golden eyes, the small boats he wore, the erratic route, and even the constantly changing saber, and finally came to the conclusion that—maybe there is no There is no such thing as a lone pirate, Hawkeye.The basis of this argument is that no one can drift on the great route alone for a long time, not even the late One Piece.

The author of the article started with this, dismantled all the mysteries and contradictions about Mihawk in detail, and finally gave a firm guess—Hawkeye is not alone, he has a diving boat and many men, the Pirates As long as Captain Mihawk waved his sword and issued a certain signal, his submarine would destroy the enemy on the bottom of the sea.

Sabers are probably consumables, so they are changed frequently.The so-called Hawkeye does not rob money is because the Hawkeye Pirates adhere to the concept of a small number of times, and only steal a small part of it under the water each time. After all, it is impossible to find all the property on a ship that has been torn apart. In return, this gave the impression that Hawkeye was not interested in wealth, which would have prevented the merchant ships who encountered him from resisting violently because of the mild rumor.

Mihawk silently read the entire page about himself, and canceled his SBS subscription the next day.

Afterwards, he carefully read the copy of Enrique's notes, which seemed to him to be equally absurd. After brushing past some of the content many times, Mihawk read Enrique's account of one of his best friends, the Swordsman. A passage from Paladin, "Palindi is a man of few words, but that does not mean that his heart is equally cold. The sword is his life, but the chivalry is his spirit. Paladin Twenty years older than I am, yet we both see each other as equal friends—and that speaks volumes about the man's big, uninhibited heart."

"Palindi is much more talkative than usual when he mentions the sword. Once I took the liberty of asking to borrow the 'Black Knife? Night' on his back. For such an exaggeratedly large, luxurious and sharp ancient sword, I have always been in awe subconsciously. Palindi readily agreed, handed me the extremely heavy black knife, and sighed, "I used to be afraid of the world's most powerful sword because I didn't have a strong enough sword in my hand." I longed for the strong black knife. But after I got it, I realized that a swordsman who can only use the hardest knife is not qualified to hold this hardest knife.'I am not a swordsman, and I am not a swordsman. I don't understand it, but I think it must make sense, so I will record it."

Mihawk obviously felt the strong joy and urgency in his heart. The contents described in the notes were exactly the difficulties he faced. It is impossible for a novelist who has not experienced the same experience to fabricate such words. Same confusion, and successfully overcame it.

He couldn't wait to turn to the next page of the diary, but what caught his eyes was other content.This made Mihawk somewhat mixed feelings. He closed the book, looked at the endless sea, and vaguely felt that he had touched the corner of the exit gate of the maze in the dark, but it still took a long time to find the mechanism to open it.

In the following days, he still tried his sword with the sturdy big boat that occasionally passed by, and by chance, he got Li Qian—this sword that was finally able to withstand his power had already cracked when he met him. , but it was the swordsman Palindi and his black knife Ye Ye that caused fatal injuries to it. This seems to be some kind of hint-like coincidence.

Enrique's notes were well read by Mihawk, who was no longer eager to find a new knife.This great navigator had many friends in his life, and the swordsman is only a few paragraphs in his notes.Enrique mentioned that he heard that the old Palindi had returned to his hometown of Rig White, and that the relatives of this great swordsman seemed to give him a headache.

The last record in the notes of the owner of the Black Knife Night is extremely subtle, "After I received the letter, I took my things to Rigwhite, and luckily took the current. I arrived at the destination quickly. With my friends After our final conversation, I held his slack hand and wept bitterly. After the modest funeral he had requested, I came to Pitty to meet Palindi's last relatives, his two nephews. I Not trying to say anything about these two guys my age."

"Oh, my friend, may you rest in peace in the place you love most, until the one you've been waiting for appears."

"Suddenly I didn't want to leave Regal White and the sea that my friend loves so much, so I decided to turn around and revisit this hazy sea."

Mihawk, who doesn't like this style of language, frowned, but this did not prevent him from grabbing important information - Enrique was carrying something, and Palindi's deathbed was not in Pitti Town , but necessarily where Rigwhite's current flows, Palindi is expecting some latecomer.

Mihawk carefully read all the records about Rigg White in the handbook, but compared to other sea areas, it was so small that Mihawk couldn't understand many words, so he had to collect other records about Rigg White. Condition.

At last he was able to confirm that Palindi, the last master of Black Knife Night, was indeed born and died in Rigwhite.And all the legends about that world-famous sword also point to that mysterious sea.But most of the information on Rigwhite confirms that the currents leaving there do not pass over any of the islands other than Pitty.Mihawk wondered for a long time, and finally found another extremely rare record - the ocean current will pass through Days Island named after its shape, and then reach Pitty Town.

The moment he heard the name of Days Island, Mihawk intuitively determined the direction he wanted to go.

At this moment, when he held the map drawn by Enrique himself for reference, he finally understood the reasons for these two different statements-there are two ocean currents leaving Rigwhite, one will not pass through any islands on the way, and the other One originates in a remote place and has no intersection with any external air routes, so very few people can encounter it.It just passed the reef belt where it was located, and arrived at Pitty Town via Days Island.

Mihawk made a rough guess, and found that if he hadn’t coveted the peace of mind and effort of sailing with the wind when he first entered the Rigg White Sea, or if the wind direction wasn’t so unfortunate, then he should have arrived in a suitable sea current at this time. Petey town.

But hindsight is meaningless. My boat is small enough and flexible enough not to be afraid of rocks, but the red-haired gang followed me and ran into a dangerous situation by mistake.Out of emotion and reason, Mihawk felt that he had to contribute a little to the safe voyage of the Reid.

So when Shanks was lying peacefully in the small wooden boat and taking a nap with his straw hat on, Mihawk calmly held the black knife in his hand, and split a reef obliquely in front of the opponent—it would not affect the Reid However, the position of the reef is very ingenious, and it is very likely to cause a nearby eddy, which is very troublesome for the small boat, and the red-haired boat is not as strong as his own.

The sound of the rocks falling into the water alarmed Shanks, who was dozing off with his jug in his arms. He grabbed the straw hat off his face, looked up at the source of the sound, and quickly realized that it was Mihawk helping him clear the obstacle.He couldn't help laughing happily, grabbed the small phone bug, and turned his head to watch the movements of Hawkeye ten meters away.

Mihawk's boat was not equipped with a communication device before, so he is not used to the existence of phone bugs.When the sound of "Puru poru" sounded, his first reaction was to sit up straight suddenly, put his hand on the sword at his waist, and then cast his gaze on the phone bug.

He didn't expect that the hostility he showed just now caused the timid little thing in his hand to shrink most of its body into the shell tremblingly, covered its eyes with its two small paws, and even the sound of the incoming call trembled, " Boo... Boo, Boo..."

Mihawk frowned and pinched the receiver, "...what's the matter?"

However, the trembling syllables of the little phone bug are really incomprehensible. Mihawk doesn't know the habits of this kind of messenger creature, so he has to put the phone bug on his knees and gently comfort its shell. This method seems to be very effective. Little The guy poked his head out and rubbed his palm.

In the next second, Mihawk watched the phone bug who was still cowering just now suddenly shake his tentacles to this side, a small claw kept beating on his palm, and grinned until his gums were exposed—— It turns out that this thing still has gums?Shanks' hearty and owed laughter was heard clearly: "Hahahahaha! Hawkeye, what did you do to the phone bug?! Hahahaha——"

Mihawk turned his head to look at Shanks, who was leaning forward and backward holding up the binoculars, while the other hand kept beating the swaying boat.

Apparently, the redhead not only slacked off to sleep when it was time to observe the sea conditions, but also used the lookout equipment to spy on his movements.Mihawk responded to Shanks' ridicule without changing his face: "If you want to destroy even the last wooden boat, I will be happy to do it for you."

The phone bug on his knee immediately corrected his expression, waved his little paw up and down, and conveyed the serious tone of the other party faster than turning a book: "Thank you so much just now!"

Mihawk looked at the little phone bug who shook his head and looked expectant without saying a word.Shanks, who had been waiting for a long time, might be a little lost, so the little guy in front of the swordsman also drooped his tentacles, and said in a disinterested manner: "If you see the reef again, call Red, Jesus is looking for a target to try." Shooting new cannons. It's too exhausting to keep cutting with a sword." Shanks paused, "That kind of work is not suitable for you."

Mihawk remained silent, Shanks finally couldn't help shaking the phone bug in his hand: "Hey! Did you hear that?! Hawkeye!"

Then he saw that the phone bug, who was as arrogant as a nobleman and was finally willing to raise one of its tentacles to glance at him, raised his mouth very rarely, and conveyed Mihawk's words sparingly: "Got it."

Shanks smiled wryly, he didn't expect Hawkeye on the phone to be much colder than himself.He stared at the little phone bug with two paws in his hand and lowered his eyebrows on his chest for a long time, and finally said: "...Why haven't you hung up yet?"

"Wait for you to hang up first." The little phone bug was still in Mihawk's classic posture, without even raising his eyelids.

"...Why is this?" Shanks was a little surprised, and then he heard the sound of the phone hanging up. The phone bug in his hand was freed from the indifferent expression, and he seemed to be relieved under a lot of pressure, and then fell into a deep sleep .

Shanks put down the receiver in a daze, turned his head to look at the distant shadow of Mihawk, and felt very sorry for the poor phone bug who worked so hard to imitate Mihawk.

"Wait for you to hang up first." Shanks suddenly couldn't restrain his thoughts, and began to wonder whether there were other subtle meanings in this ordinary sentence.He stretched out his hands to cover his head and shook vigorously, then picked up the handset on the phone bug again and started dialing.

The phone bug, who was woken up again, raised its paws in protest, then changed its expression, pursed its mouth as if holding something in its mouth, and Beckman's voice rang leisurely: "Is there a reef, boss?"

"There is no reef, everything is fine..." Shanks felt his nerves relax, "It's too boring, throw me a jug of wine!"

"I'll go down and replace you."

"No!" Shanks rejected the deputy's suggestion without thinking, "Just give me a jug of wine."

"Boss, you have to think clearly..." The phone bug imitated Beckman's sigh, "Hawkeye is doing us a favor, if you get drunk and push off the observation of sea conditions to him, then we will be too Too much."

Shanks was silent for a while, and finally gave a wrong answer, "Beckman, say a few more words to listen."

"Huh? What did you say?" The clever deputy captain of the Reid couldn't understand the captain's whim for a while.

"Everything is fine, what are you doing?" Shanks asked casually.

"Some fight wine, some play chess, and some go to sleep to change shifts at night. Lackey is eating meat, and Jesus cloth is on standby on the fort. I was very excited when I heard you called, but now I am disappointed. Like It's like usual, I haven't seen the sun for several days, and everyone is a little bit unmotivated."

"Beckman," Shanks played with the straw hat in his hand, "Who usually hangs up first?"

This question is still confusing, Beckman recalled for a long time, "I really haven't noticed it, but more importantly, where do you have dinner? Come back or go to Hawkeye?"

"Hawkeye, it's already agreed."

Beckman nodded unsurprisingly, "I'll throw the wine down later, let's drink in moderation!"

Shanks didn't like his deputy captain's comprehensiveness at this time, so he agreed sloppily and hung up the phone.The moment he put down the receiver, he suddenly realized that deliberately waiting for the other party to hang up the phone is not something he is accustomed to. The state of both of them facing the microphone silently waiting for the other party to end the call like before has never happened in Shanks' previous life. happened before.

...Hawkeye probably had the same feelings as himself to create the embarrassing situation?But what was his mood at the time——Shanks stood up, firmly caught the wine jar thrown from the big ship, and threw that little irrelevant thought behind him.

The red-haired pirate had no chance to know that the reason why Mihawk was so indifferent and stiff on the phone was because he had lost the last person he could contact with the phone bug many years ago.No one in this world was proud of his success or mourned his death.The tools used to convey these feelings are of no use to a person who does not have thoughts and concerns.

So when faced with a living little phone bug who was flailing at him with a changeable expression and waiting for him to hang up the phone first, that strange and unspeakable mood would make Mihawk, who had experienced a lot of troubles, silent, as if a A sudden emotion hit him, and if it had a name, he might call it overwhelmed.

Note:

Navigator Dias? Enrique (Dias? Henrique) prototype is two Portuguese navigators:

Bartholmeu Dias (Bartholmeu Dias, about 1450-1500/5/24)

唐?阿方索?恩里克（DomAfonsoHenrique，1394/3/4-1460/11/3））

To clarify the original meaning of SBS, it is Shitsumono Boshū Suru in Japanese, which collects (S) inquiry (B) column (S), which is the column in the OP booklet to answer readers' questions.