Fortunately.

Because of the angle, Luffy hasn't seen it yet.

Nuo Xia calmly pulled up her sleeves, looked down at Luffy, and laughed: "It's okay, Luffy, it's just a missing arm, it will grow back soon."

“Liar!!!”

Luffy cried even more sadly, "Ugh... no, no one can grow a hand again after it's gone. I'm not a child anymore... Wow wow wow!!!"

"If you're not a child, then stop crying, Luffy!"

Nosha rubbed Luffy's head and said with a smile, "Just take this incident as a lesson and keep it in your heart. You don't have to be a navy in the future, but... no matter what you do, don't forget these three things I taught you."

Click, okay?"

"Uh-huh……"

Luffy nodded desperately, looking at the gentle smiling Nosha, he wanted to say a lot, but in the end, all the words turned into howling when he reached his lips:

"WOWWWWW!!!!!!"

…

A few hours later.

Under the sunset.

At the port are the warships that are about to leave, and on the shore are the villagers who reluctantly come to see them off.

"Mr. Nosha, please come again when you have time in the future!!" This is Miss Maginot who is waving with a smile.

"Be sure to tell me in advance next time you come~! I'll make you my signature beef stew with tofu!" This is Aunt Louise holding onions.

"Hey, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you say goodbye quickly, Luffy." The village chief grandfather quietly pushed Luffy.

"..." Luffy held back his tears and looked at Nuo Xia's back without saying a word.

Nosha was currently wearing a white cloak of justice and could not see clearly what was going on inside. Luffy knew that Uncle Nosha did this in order to prevent him from seeing the broken arm and being emotionally moved by the scene.

It wasn't until Nuo Xia was about to step onto the deck that he suddenly used all his strength and shouted with a choked voice:

"Uncle Nuoxia——!!!"

"I will definitely not disappoint grandpa and your expectations, and I will definitely become the best navy!!!"

"..."

Nuo Xia paused in his steps and turned around after a moment, looking at Luffy with a bit of surprise.

"Ambitious."

He smiled, turned around and came to Luffy, took out a white navy hat from somewhere, squatted down, and put it on Luffy's head:

"Since you have decided to become a navy, I will leave this to you for safekeeping first."

"This is?"

Luffy touched it subconsciously and found that the navy hat was slightly yellowed and had hair balls on the edges, as if it had been worn for some time.

"A very precious navy hat that has been with me for many years."

There was a look of nostalgia in Nuo Xia's eyes, and he lowered his head and said with a smile, "I leave it to you now. From now on, you will regard this hat as a symbol of bondage and fight for your dreams!"

"I hope that when I see you again, you will have achieved your dream. When the time comes, return the hat to me!"

The voice ringing in my ears was soft and contagious.

Luffy was stunned for a moment, then raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Finally, he nodded heavily, wiped away his tears, and when he raised his head, his whole face was covered with a bright smile:

"Um!!!"

The setting sun shone on their shoulders, and the two of them seemed to be bathed in a faint orange-golden luster. The village elder took off his glasses and wiped them movedly, and Maginot also covered her mouth with tears...

"Let's go, everyone go back!"

Nosha didn't linger any longer, and finally rubbed Luffy's little head, laughed handsomely, turned around and left, and stepped onto the warship.

…

The sun finally sets in the west.

Luffy and the villagers of Windmill Village still stayed on the shore, reluctant to leave for a long time.

What they didn't know was that it wasn't until the Windmill Village turned into a small black dot in the distance that a small voice of doubt quietly rang on the warship.

"Brother Nuo Xia, you lied again."

"Do you know what a broken arm is called a white lie? For today's contribution, old man Garp will at least give me a hundred kilograms of senbei as a thank you gift."

"But when you put the hat on Luffy just now, you also used your right arm."

"..."

Damn it.

I made a mistake and didn't pay attention at all.

"You talk a lot..."

The man who looked so dashing just now muttered guiltily, "It's okay, Luffy must not have noticed."

"Does bullying that little guy look like his grandfather... Humph, and where did you get such an old military hat? Tina has never seen you wearing that thing."

"Oh, um, back in the recruit camp..."

"to be honest!"

"When Sakaski came to me for a drink the year before last, I went along with him when he was drunk. I always thought that he might be useful someday."

Tina: "..."

Smoker: "..."

————-

In the next few days.

Nuo Xia Yin first took Tina Smogg and others to visit his hometown of Chaili Island.

In the blink of an eye, I haven’t been back for almost ten years. People in my hometown have changed, and things have changed a lot.

The originally remote and unknown town has gradually become a tourist attraction on par with Rogge Town in the East China Sea due to him over the years, and it has become much more prosperous and lively.

His statues can be seen everywhere in the street square. Many tourists come here every year, and the 16 branches stationed on the island have also become extremely popular.

Every year, with dreams and longings in mind, the number of young people who come here to sign up to join the army is so terrifying that they are unique in the entire East China Sea. They can almost pull all the other branches together and give them to A.

Noxia was shocked by this change. Fortunately, he had the foresight to put on Altaïr's hooded sweatshirt as soon as he got off the boat. Otherwise, he would have been surrounded three levels inside and three outside as soon as he went out on the street.

, it’s hard to move even one step.

After leaving Chaili Island.

In response to Smoker's plea and invitation, he stopped by the Roger Town branch for two days and visited the guillotine where Roger was executed.

It was evening and it was raining lightly.

Nuo Xia stood on the execution platform, looking through the rain curtain at the square below where there were only a few tourists. His eyes were deep, as if he had seen the past.

"The man who had wealth, fame, power, and everything in the world, "One Piece" Gol D. Roger, said something before he was executed, causing people all over the world to rush to the sea."

""Do you want my treasure?"

""If you want it...just go to the sea and find it, I've put it all there!"

…

Ten years ago.

Gol D. Roger suffered from a terminal illness and voluntarily surrendered in order to shout these words to the world before his execution.

And ten years later.

Nuo Xia stood here. On the other side of the rain curtain was the boundless sea. The era of great pirates, which had caused turmoil and chaos in the world for ten years, was about to come to an end.

"Although the era you started will end in my hands..."

The rain was getting heavier, and the sky and the earth were blurred. Nuo Xia stretched out his right hand, stared at the rain falling on his fingertips, and murmured to himself:

"But...different paths lead to the same destination."

"Your true purpose and true wish will also be realized by me."

Boom!

A bolt of thunder suddenly exploded across the sky, making half of the sky as bright as day.

Did you hear that?

Nuo Xia turned his head, took one last deep look at the tall execution rack, shook his head slightly, turned around and left, disappearing into the swaying wind and rain.

Then rest in peace, Roger.

…
To be continued...