Chapter 505: Be my son!
On the first day at Fishman Island, although there were some small misunderstandings, everyone got along well with each other, especially Shark Chili and Ye Yan, who gained good popularity in the Whitebeard Pirates.
The good guy Titch also successfully formed a "deep friendship" with Zhang Da.
After the banquet, Vista and several fellow swordsmen invited several swordsmen from the Amber Travel Group to exchange swordsmanship.
However, everyone fought , and even the swordsman's essential flying slash for greeting was not dared to be used carelessly.
It’s okay if you make sure the other party can take it, but if they can’t and the bubble wrap is broken, that would be a lot of fun.
Despite this, Altria and Rui Mengmeng's strength still won the respect of those captains.
Of course, Zhang Da also joined in. Vista's dual-sword style was so unique that it was as if petals were falling with every move he made, which made Zhang Da want to shout for him, "Scatter, Senbonzakura."
Although Vista was too weak to break Zhang Daye's defense, Zhang Daye still remembered the two blows he had received, and decided to fight back with swordsmanship after practicing for another year or so.
Tom, who watched the whole fight, refused to play with those people. He felt that every time his master asked him to duel with others, something bad happened. Last time it was Hawkeye, and this time it was the person who could cut out flower petals. Their swordsmanship was not scientific at all!
Tom took out his rapier and imitated Vista's movements a few times, and he became even more convinced that it was impossible for petals to appear.
What a pity. Tom imagined himself using swordsmanship with flower petals to pursue a beautiful cat and shook his head regretfully. This was not a swordsmanship that a cat could learn at all, otherwise it would be very handsome and romantic.
However, when Tom left with everyone, a rain of petals fell where Tom's imagination bubble was originally located.
The pirates who noticed this opened their mouths in surprise.
In the next few days, the two groups did not have much interaction. Everyone basically played their own games. Occasionally, they would help other pirates deal with them. They basically only met when there were occasional banquets held in Ryugu Castle.
Zhang Da also felt that Whitebeard's eyes were not right when he looked at him and Tom. Although they didn't say a few words to each other, he felt that Whitebeard seemed to appreciate them very much?
If he said to me, "Be my son," should I fight him? Zhang Da was a little conflicted.
From my own perspective, it wouldn't be surprising if a stranger suddenly said, "I want to be your father," and then started a fight.
When he watched anime before, he used to play with memes, but he also knew that Whitebeard definitely didn't mean any harm when he said this. He would only invite those he recognized and wanted to become his family...
In fact, Whitebeard really admired them.
During the brief contact over the past few days and the chats with his sons, Whitebeard discovered that the Amber Travel Group was actually very similar to his pirate group in some ways.
Like - it's all like one big family.
Parents, children, siblings, pets, everyone has his or her own role. To some extent, the other person's family is even more "complete" than his.
Others might not be so easy to tell, but Whitebeard could at least tell at a glance who was playing the role of 'mother'...
There are two things that are most important to Whitebeard: family and freedom. This time, he saw both of these things in , and Whitebeard naturally appreciated them.
However, even though he saw his sons getting along well with these people, he hesitated to invite them because he wanted them to join his family but was also worried that they would destroy the family.
Wantonly destroying treasured things is definitely not something he likes to do.
This situation continued until the farewell party before the Whitebeard Pirates left.
Out of courtesy, Zhang Daye and his companions went to the shore with the Neptune family to see the Whitebeard Pirates off.
"Hey, kid!" Whitebeard looked at Zhang Daye seriously, "Come and be my son!"
"What?" The ordinary pirates on the Moby Dick were very surprised. "Dad actually took a fancy to them!"
"That's only natural." Marco crossed his arms. He had seen his father's behavior over the past few days and could roughly guess what he was thinking.
After a brief moment of surprise, the other captains all smiled. They also wanted to have more brothers, and these people just happened to be just what they liked.
Jinbei was a bit stunned. He had been trying to improve the relationship between the two sides these days, but now it seemed that the effect was too good. Jinbei couldn't help but feel a little worried. Mr. Tatsuya had clearly stated that he didn't want to be a pirate. If he refused publicly...
"Mr. Newgate is serious." Princess Otohime said in a low voice. She could feel Whitebeard's strong anticipation and his sincerity.
Neptune remained silent. He knew his old friend's character, so he couldn't say anything about this matter.
"Hey hey hey?" Perona was startled and her face turned red. She felt that she might have missed something. Why did she suddenly have to acknowledge her son?
"Huh?" Jackie Chan didn't react either. He knew that White Beard had many sons, but was it so hasty to adopt a godson?
"What the hell is this old man doing?" Ye Yan was ready for a fight, and he felt that he might explode.
The other members of the Amber Tour Group were also somewhat surprised. They had not expected Whitebeard to say this at such a time. They all stared at Zhang Tatsuya, waiting to see how he would respond.
Zhang Da also sighed, and finally said this: "If I didn't know you a little bit, I would have taken out a folding stool and hit you in the face."
"How dare you talk to Dad like that!"
"Hey...isn't he going to refuse?"
The pirates on the Moby Dick expressed their incomprehension. To them, being Whitebeard's son was something to be proud of and happy.
Whitebeard himself did not react much. He just waited quietly for Zhang Da to finish speaking.
"Let me be clear, I don't want to just claim anyone as my father, and I don't want to be a pirate. I just want to travel like this, wherever I want to go."
Zhang Da also answered firmly, "Although we have been getting along well these past few days, if I see you doing something bad in the future, I will still take action to earn the bounty."
Zhang Da was not very angry. If he had to say, Whitebeard's invitation was actually more pure than that of Garp and Zephyr. He was just interested in this group of people, not Wendy or anyone else's abilities.
"I see." Whitebeard still had a smile on his face. He turned and left without saying anything else.
But before boarding the ship, he stood with his sword in his hand and said without looking back: "Some people may not let you continue to travel so freely, because one day you will go to a place they don't want you to go."
"When that time comes, come call me dad again!" Whitebeard said confidently, "I will protect my son from all the wind and rain!"
"Hey." Zhang Da also grinned, "Even if I blow up Mary Geoise?"
