【Eagle Red】Lifetime

The "Love" and "Enmity" between the Four Emperors Vs Seven Wuhai Peerless Swordsmen?

——Pirate Tales Chapter Four

G? Fabricate

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the "Pirate Story" column has also been stationed in "SBS" for three full months.On this rainy night outside the window, I took down a certain notebook that I had just sorted out half a month ago from the bookshelf, spread out the slightly damp manuscript paper in hand, and started the No.14 "Pirate Story" At the moment of writing, the long-sealed memory has involuntarily passed through fourteen long springs and autumns.

It was the summer of 1508, and Mount Vernon not far from the Chambord Islands still maintained a crisp autumn island climate—presumably older readers already know what the story is about this time.That's right, it was the battle between the prominent and powerful that attracted worldwide attention, and it is still frequently mentioned by various editorials and analyzes today.It was a duel that no one witnessed but was watched by everyone. It even directly broke the balance of power composed of the Four Emperors, Qiwuhai and the Navy Headquarters, which had already been formed, and made the development of history come to a standstill. five years...

Of course, "One Piece" is just a column for lighthearted entertainment. Today's topic is not to discuss the impact of a battle 14 years ago... It's just that the content I guessed by following the clues may be true. It will make readers feel inexplicable and unacceptable, and even I, as a senior media person, feel a little bit hard to say for a while.

Everything still has to start from 14 years ago - that year the pirate captain "Red Hair" Shanks was still a young man with sound hands, and "Eagle Eye" Joe Rachel who became the king of Shichibukai for less than two years. Mihawk has not yet assumed the reputation of the world's number one swordsman.And I was an intern reporter who had just set foot in the media industry. Because I was in the Chambord Islands, I was urgently sent to Mount Vernon by the newspaper.

Language is always poor compared to the real world. I have no intention to use gorgeous words to exaggerate that war, just because my literary skills are not even enough to express one percent of my total feelings.But what I want to describe to readers today is just an impressive detail—that is, shortly after the roaring and piercing sound of swords clashing on Mount Vernon, I, full of enthusiasm for news and full of blood, was going to Climb up Mount Fernon to see the outcome of this fierce duel, but was rudely detained by the pirates of the Red Hair Pirates.

I was tied up with several other colleagues who unfortunately violated the rules of the pirates, and listened to the unreasonable declaration of the famous red-haired pirates deputy head Ben Beckman, and finally was mercilessly I pushed it into the water, and the camera lost all the data after being soaked in sea water. As a young man, I also lost my first job in my life because of this (laughs).

I don't feel resentful for this, but I still regret the loss of a precious material.While the other colleagues turned their attention to the invisible Mount Vernon, I have been observing the movement on the pirate ship Reid.This is something that can no longer be confirmed by photos, so I have to use intuitive language to describe the feelings those pirates brought to me: they and Hawkeye seem to be familiar with each other, and they are not worried about the life and death of the red-haired captain. Any injury suffered in a hand-to-hand duel, after the battle on Mount Vernon, it is commonplace for such a long silence without any sound.This reflects the consensus speculated by some analysts from the side—redhead and Hawkeye are old friends, and they had other contests before this well-known duel.

Have these seemingly meaningless information made readers disappointed in this issue's strange talk?Oh no!After a long foreshadowing, and finally taking a few deep breaths, I finally mustered up the courage to pick up the quill with the ink dried up again, to announce something that I have never dared to mention to anyone.It happened four years ago. I happened to pass by the Rigg White Sea area, which is famous as the hometown of pirate hunters, but I accidentally heard some old things with a long history from the local population——

In the autumn of 17 years ago, there were two famous young pirates. They chose the most tortuous and time-consuming route in the whole of Rigwhite for no reason, and let the large and small ships accompany each other at the slowest speed. Swimming in the boundless hazy sea; they stand side by side calmly and walk hand in hand, not shying away from the eyes of the locals; one of them was seriously injured by the locals during the treasure hunt, and the other appeared in time with a heart... The bounty hunters who are no longer young say that it was a failed hunting experience that will never be forgotten, because the swordsman who was seriously injured but still had sharp eyes like an eagle, and that angry accusation made people A red-haired pirate who lost consciousness.

"It's not like ordinary friends," a bounty hunter F (code name) said to me, frowning, "I think their relationship has gone beyond friendship."

"After the hunt for Hawkeye failed, on the way to retreat, I hurriedly turned back to check whether they had caught up." Another bounty hunter talked with a complicated expression, "A man who is engrossed and selfless Is it normal to hold another man in your arms?"

Naturally, I have neither the means nor the guts to answer this question.

Due to space limitations, I have not excerpted more speeches similar to this one.Engaging in news work must have a rigorous attitude of distinguishing falsehoods from falsehoods. I have also scoffed at such rumors.But after many interviews with a dispensable mood, I couldn’t help but involuntarily speculate on some things based on this seemingly absurd assumption:

So far, no one knows when the duel agreement between the red hair and the eagle eye was initiated, and what the two peerless swordsmen did during the hours of being alone after the duel, but the eagle eye showed power to the navy and returned. The facts about protecting redheads are well known.

When I found the old video taken at the foot of Mount Vernon many years ago, and speculated on the above situation from an unspeakable position, those details that social critics could not explain were really easy to explain.

"Love is like a storm, it comes and goes." This is a proverb that has been passed down on the great voyage for many years.Thinking about it carefully, for the willful pirates who have been erratic and erratic on the sea, it is not impossible for those seemingly unreasonable things to happen.

Curious and skeptical about this, I began to want to do something to speculate and verify some intriguing clues.

The incentive that finally prompted me to further put my ideas into action was the thrilling war on the top two years ago.Through the intermittent live broadcast of phone bugs on the Chambord Islands, I can get no more information than anyone else, but compared to the changes in the world pattern, I have noticed a very subtle detail more carefully What happened - the world's number one swordsman, who had always made a difference in major events, disappeared immediately after the appearance of the red-haired captain, without any further footage.I guess this is not a coincidence, but I can't find any more evidence to confirm my overly subjective assumption.This matter has always been on my mind.

In the past two years, the death of the great pirate Whitebeard has directly led to various changes in the world structure, and my focus of work has therefore shifted from the first half of the great voyage to the more dangerous new world.In the past two years or so, too many experiences have opened my eyes, and with the accumulation of years of experience and knowledge, the "Pirate Story" series that I have recorded in the form of essays is also destined to be published by "SBS". everyone.

All kinds of conjectures about the relationship between red hair and eagle eyes have been deeply buried in my heart, but I never thought of instilling these too subjective conjectures to the readers—until the beginning of last month, I was conducting an investigation on a certain warship in the Navy Headquarters. When I was interviewing for a special report, I suddenly heard soldiers come to report, "The ship of the king's Qiwuhai and Hawkeye appeared ahead."

"Turn right to avoid that guy!" The vice admiral in front of me quickly gave instructions, and whispered softly, "Did you come to drink with the red hair again?"

My heart beat faster for a moment, and I asked cautiously: "Qiwuhai is looking for Sihuang...for a drink?"

"What else can I do?" The frowning vice admiral spread his hands helplessly, "Hawkeye has been haunting the New World recently, last time our people got an answer of 'Come and drink', a ship was well His warship was hacked down by him."

"But...the fact that Hawkeye wants to drink has nothing to do with red hair, right?"

"What's the problem?" The vice admiral glanced at me inexplicably, "Why did he come here if he didn't look for the redhead?"

At that moment, I suddenly thought, maybe I don’t need to worry about some so-called convincing evidence at all—the red hair and the eagle eye...the duel, communication, or tacit evasion and mutual understanding between them Yes, isn't all this a matter of course for each other who already fully trust and understand each other?

(This article is the opinion of the author and does not represent the position of this journal.)

[On June 1522, 6 in the lunar calendar of the sea, "SharingBelievable Show", an entertainment weekly newspaper known for its absurd content on the Great Route, ushered in its 15th birthday. The newspaper was accompanied by an even more outrageous supplement, which, of course, without exception attracted much laughter and oaths.

And in this supplement, there is an article titled "Four Emperors Vs Qiwuhai, "Love" and "Enmity" Between Peerless Swordsmen" that was commented by readers as "the most far-fetched" and "bold and almost desperate". article.On some unknown island in the New World, it was circulated many times with great laughter.In the end, there was a fat good pirate who stuffed his grinning mouth with a meaty bone, and handed the thin booklet in his generous palm to himself, covering his head while still holding the wine jar Hold on to the red-haired captain.

"This..." The famous big pirate slowly read the entire article with a shocked expression. After a long silence, he finally showed a big smile in relief.

"This thing is so interesting!" Shanks hammered his knees with his right hand and leaned forward and back with a smile, "I really want to know Hawkeye's expression when he sees it! Beckman, how about we send a copy to that guy?" Sample?!"

"The maritime postal system will not serve pirates like us." Jesus Bu, the leader of the red-haired pirates who was deeply touched by this, reminded in a vicissitudes of life.

"Eh? That's such a pity." Shanks replied with a smile, and at the same time stuffed the booklet on hand into his arms seemingly casually.Then he put on his hangover listless expression again, and deftly poured himself a new glass of wine.

A small turmoil was settled like this.

However, the captain of the Reid probably has no chance to know that at this very moment, on the remote island of Kulegana, the owner of the castle who has just finished his morning reading is concentrating on dismantling this issue of "SBS" supplement with a cross knife binding.Mihawk glanced once more at the article with the red hair and himself as the main characters with his cold golden eyes, and then calmly took a collection of clippings from the bookshelf.He gently flipped through each page, from youthful to mature, smiling faces belonging to a certain red-haired pirate, and finally carefully inserted this latest content into it.After completing this work, the world's number one swordsman picked up his beloved black knife, and after checking to make sure that a small white life card was still carried with him, he put on the gorgeous feather hat.He slowly stepped out of the gate of the castle, his back melted into the warm and bright golden sunlight. 】