Chapter 347: Invitation and rejection

The sun's rays reflected off the calm surface of the sea, creating a soft golden glow.

The two boats wandered leisurely through the boundless sea.

The small boat was tied with several thick ropes to the large ship in front of it.

There were about twenty people gathered on the deck of the large ship.

"Ohara's incident, it's horrible..."

"...I'm sorry."

Shanks took the wine glass and looked at Robin, who was sitting next to Yeruashi, with a hint of apology.

Robin shook her head, "It's okay."

Shanks drank the wine from the glass and looked at Yeruashi, "So, what are you going to do now, sir? After protecting Robin and beating up the vice admiral, the World Government will definitely recognize you as a criminal and announce a huge bounty on your head."

Although Yeruashi didn't look much older than Shanks, but his strength was simply incredible, maybe not to the extent of his captain, the Pirate King, but this man is at least one of the strongest standing on the sea.

Shanks certainly was very gracious when faced with such a strong man.

Yeruashi took a sip of his wine and chuckled: "No matter, no matter what my encounter with that Vice Admiral is, the World Government will still be looking for Robin, so it's only a matter of time before I run into them."

"Then..."

Shanks, who was wearing a straw hat, looked at Yeruashi with a smile and asked, "Don't you feel like becoming a pirate? You could travel with us, we intend to conquer Grand Line!"

It was an invitation.

Yeruashi is young and incredibly strong, besides, he doesn't belong to any of the major powers.

Shanks would undoubtedly be happy to have such a person join the team, as far as the power gap is concerned... he doesn't care.

As a holder of the King's will and a former member of the Pirate King's crew, Shanks never doubted his ability to make it to the top of the sea in the future.

"I don't mind at all going on the same ship with you, but there are places I really want to visit. As a captain, you're definitely not going to like this, so forget it."

Yeruashi said in a relaxed tone.

There was nothing wrong with traveling with Shanks.

It wasn't that Shanks couldn't follow him to the Marine Headquarters and the Holy Land of Marijoa, it was just that Beckman, Jasopp and the others, who were still young, were definitely not ready for something like this.

"I see..."

Shanks sighed regretfully, but immediately smiled, without continuing the topic, "Of course, a person like you has his own aspirations and ambitions. Given your strength, you can't pay attention to the usual Marines, only the Admirals and 'Navy Hero' Garp can become a problem."

As a cabin boy for Roger's pirates, Shanks met many strong men standing on the sea, including Kaido, Big Mama, Garp, Sengoku and others.

Although Shanks is not as strong as Yeruashi at this time, he has a clearer understanding of the people standing on top of the sea.

According to Shanks, vice admirals will not be able to defeat Yeruashi, and only admirals and the navy hero can pose a real threat.

"Admirals and the Navy Hero..."

Yeruashi whispered thoughtfully and smiled, "I'll remember that."

Shanks poured himself another glass of wine and held out his hand with the glass in Yeruashi's direction, "Thanks again for your help, you can contact me anytime, if you need anything, I will definitely try to help."

"Good."

Yeruashi clinked glasses with Shanks, emptied the glass and said, "Right now, I really have a request."

Shanks was surprised, "Which one?"

Yeruashi looked at Shanks and said with undisguised interest, "You are familiar with Haki, aren't you? I want to know the methods to practice observation will (kenbunshoku no haki) and weapon will (Busoshoku no haki)."

In the first half of Grand Line, it is extremely rare to find people who can use will, but Shanks is different, because he was part of Roger's pirates and, strictly speaking, he cannot be considered a pirate of the first half of Grand Line... after all, he is one of the few pirates who have conquered the New World!

Given the talent and environment, a twenty year old Shanks must possess all sorts of Haki.

"Haki?!"

Shanks couldn't help but be surprised.

He was sure that a person of Yeruashi's level should possess high-level Haki, but unexpectedly, he doesn't possess any Haki and only knows a little about it.

But Shanks quickly realized that Yeruashi, as a person with no reputation, must have simply developed his devil fruit skill to the extreme, without attracting much attention and living like an ordinary person.

It is quite normal for such a person to have no Haki.

"No problem, it's nothing."

Shank nodded.

Yeruashi smiled, "Thank you."

I was still very interested in the Haki of the One Piece world.

Although the power of the Chakra Fruit and Illusory Clock is enough to be at the absolute top of this world, the Haki and the sword path can certainly enhance the strength of the current Yeruashi.

Strictly speaking, these powers can be considered 'passive abilities'.

He has enough large-scale active skills like Chibaku Tensei, but as for passive skills... now he only has a normal, serious punch.

Yeruashi was also interested in swordsmanship, but the current Shanks is still far from the top of the sword path.

He didn't see the point of learning the way of the sword from Shanks, and Hawkeye didn't either. Mihawk has not yet become the World's Greatest Swordsman, but the 'Dark King' Reilly should already be living in peace in the Sabaody Archipelago, so it will suffice to just find Reilly after arriving there.

Reilly is undoubtedly one of the strongest swordsmen in the world.

He is located at the top of the sword path.

Originally, Yeruashi was going to learn from Reilly's sword path and Haki, but when he accidentally met Shanks, he decided there was nothing wrong with learning from him.

"Please."

Shanks smiled broadly, "I'll drink to you again!"

A few hours later.

Beckman, Jasopp and the others were lying on the deck, and only Shanks could barely sit up with a bowl in his hand, "Hey... sir... you're even tougher than expected..."

Boom!

Eventually, Shanks also fell on his side and the wine spilled all over the deck.

"Ah, you're still too young to drink with me on equal terms."

Yeruashi finished his wine, looked at the unconscious Redhead Pirates and slowly stood up, "Robin, let's go back, it's time to rest."

"Yes..."

Robin, who was sitting next to him, stood up and said in a sleepy voice.