Chapter 3: Chapter 03 Roger: Wait, You Said His Name Is Ace?
Why are Garp and Luffy appearing on this giant screen that spans the sky???
Seeing the content on this screen, many people are confused
Could it be that Garp made this thing?
But that's not right...
Everyone knows that Garp doesn't have a Devil Fruit!
Monkey D. Garp: "Why is the matter of me fostering Luffy being revealed? Strange, the video is so clear, if someone had taken a secret video nearby, my Observation Haki should have notice him..."
Sengoku: "Indeed, it's impossible for someone to secretly take a video at such a close distance without you noticing. It seems... this screen is not something that humans can achieve."
Gol D. Roger: "What? Are you still doubting the capabilities of this screen? Even I, who has been dead for over twenty years, can communicate with you all. Why are you still doubting this and that?"
Sengoku: "Nonsense! Who can guarantee that you are real and not fake?"
Gol D. Roger: "Oh? Then... how about I tell the story of how you, as a lieutenant commander at the time, escaped using a set of women's clothing during the Battle of Rikka?"
Sengoku: "Shut up!!"
Shiki: "What? There's also this story? Roger, quickly tell us this part...!!"
Charlotte Linlin: "Hahaha, I'm also very interested!"
Borsalino: "Tell us in detail"
Sengoku: "???"
Tsuru: "???"
Sakazuki: "???"
Borsalino: "Whoops I accidentally fell asleep just now, I don't know what nonsense I was talking in my dream..."
Everyone: "..."
The voices in the chat room continue to echo in everyone's minds, but the screen continues to play without any pause.
Soon, Garp explained some things and entrusted Luffy to the bandit Dadan, asking Dadan to train him into a qualified Marine.
"Kid, from now on, you'll be helping out and doing chores for me."
After Garp left, Dadan forgot about Garp's instructions.
"Who is this kid?" A boy with a sparrow-shaped birthmark on his face yawned and walked out of the house. He glanced at Luffy with an annoyed expression.
"He was sent by your grandpa, called Monkey D. Luffy, probably your little brother, right?"
Dadan looked at the boy with the sparrow-shaped birthmark and patted him on the back of his head, then said, "You'll be responsible for taking care of him and helping out together with him"
"Sent by grandpa? Hmph!"
The boy sneered and then grabbed an iron pipe and ran off.
"Hey! Wait for me! Take me with you!" Luffy followed and chased after him, disappearing in an instant
"Ah, they're really alike!" Dadan shook her arm in frustration, then looked at the bandits beside her. "What are you all still standing around for? You guys take care of their tasks!"
Luffy went to chase after Ace, but not only did he fail to catch up, he ended up running into a hornet's nest and got swollen on the spot...
The next day, Ace still didn't want to pay attention to Luffy, and the two of them staged a scene of "I run, you chase" again
Luffy still couldn't catch up, and when crossing a river, he almost fell into the mouth of a crocodile...
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...
Luffy has never been successful, always inexplicably getting into various dangerous situations while chasing after Ace.
It can be said that 7-year-old Luffy jumps back and forth on the edge of death every day.
Doflamingo: "Hahaha... this kid, his vitality is really strong!"
Lucky Roo: "Luffy is really hardworking."
Shanks: "Ahaha, indeed, but it's just a bit too tragic, hahaha!"
Monkey D. Luffy: "Shanks! How are you?"
Shanks: "Haha, Luffy, I'm doing well, how about you?"
Monkey D. Luffy: "I... I'm doing well, um, very well..."
Luffy doesn't want to mention too much about his own predicament.
Gol D. Roger: "Shanks! Finally, I hear you speak!"
Shanks: "Captain, I was just enjoying your conversation with your old comrades, so I didn't interrupt. It's been a long time; I really miss you."
When Shanks was on Roger's ship before, Roger took great care of him.
Even... before Roger turned himself in, he entrusted his straw hat to Shanks!
This entrusted item is not just a simple gift, but Roger entrusted his dream to Shanks.
Roger told Shanks some things about the Rubber Rubber Fruit and hoped that Shanks would inherit his will and become the next Pirate King!
Gol D. Roger: "How did you handle the task I entrusted to you?"
Shanks: "I didn't do it. However... I found a more suitable candidate!"
Gol D. Roger: "Good! I trust your judgment!"
Roger didn't ask any further.
He wouldn't be foolish enough to ask for the name of the so-called "more suitable candidate" in a chat room.
Monkey D. Garp: "Roger, what kind of riddle are you playing? tell us!"
Gol D. Roger: "Hahaha, it has nothing to do with you! But Garp, these two kids in the video are your grandsons, right? Speaking of which, your eldest grandson is really mischievous, almost killed your youngest grandson with a rock. He's just like you!"
Monkey D. Garp: "..."
Monkey D. Luffy: "Damn it!! Even if you're the Pirate King Roger, I won't allow you to speak ill of Ace!"
Gol D. Roger: "Hahaha, you're really attached to your brother It seems like your brother's name is... hmm? Wait a minute!! What did you say? Your brother's name is Ace?"
Suddenly, Roger heard the name Ace and instantly realized something!
And...
From the words of Dadan just now, it can be heard that the young man with the sparrow mark on his face was also brought by Garp...
And when Roger's own child was not yet born, he entrusted the child to Garp.
Although Roger had never seen what his child looked like, he named him Ace!
Upon hearing the name Ace and connecting it with other factors, Roger's emotions couldn't remain calm.
Monkey D. Luffy: "Of course!! He is Portgas D. Ace, my brother!! By the way... I am the man who will become the future Pirate King!!!"