"Whew... Whew..."

Hailan and the redhead lay on the damp sand off the coast of Alabastan, gasping for air.

Exercising in the water is inherently more physically exhausting, not to mention that the two of them have been engaged in a desperate struggle all the time.

It wasn't until the sunset completely set below the sea level that the bodies of the two finally returned to the control of their brains, and they were no longer almost immobile as if they were falling apart.

"Hahahaha... Happy, happy! ”

At first, Hailan heard the redhead's unbridled laughter, and thought that this guy might be crazy and wanted to go up and fight with him.

But when Hailan heard the words behind the red hair, she couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in her heart, this guy sounded like he was still very happy?

"Straw hat boy, what are you laughing at?" Hailan asked with a frown, struggling to adjust her breathing.

The redhead stroked his straw hat lovingly and put it on his head.

His clothes had already been torn apart in the battle, but only this straw hat was protected intact by him, just like Zhao Zilong, who fought for his life in Changbanpo in the romance to protect Adou.

If it weren't for this straw hat, maybe he wouldn't have been beaten so badly by Hailan.

"I'm thinking, it's been a long time since I've encountered this kind of heart-wrenching battle, it's really refreshing!"

The red-haired voice was very bold, and it sounded like there was no trace of resentment, as if he had long forgotten the hatred of Hai Lan for clasping his eyeballs in the sea water.

Hailan no longer had the strength to continue fighting with the redhead, so she simply chatted with the redhead: "Red-haired Shanks, Bucky told me that you have never killed people casually, and even often helped others. I don't understand, why would someone like you become a pirate? Even if you don't like to be in the navy, you can be an ordinary navigator. ”

"Don't listen to that idiot of Bucky, this naval officer. I've killed a lot of people. ”

The red-haired man seemed to be unguarded, and actually chatted with Hailan at ease: "When One Piece Goldor Roger created the era of pirates, there were countless heroes on this sea, and there were too many scum.

Those scum always arouse my disgust, so I can't even count how many people I've killed so far. ”

If only the redhead himself, he would not be afraid to reveal that he was the One Piece Gore Brown. Captain D. Roger's crew, and even he would be proud.

But considering that Bucky had become a navy, the redhead deliberately withheld this information.

Hailan frowned: "According to what you say, shouldn't you be more of a navy or a pirate hunter?" ”

The redhead laughed and continued to explain, "But only when pirates are the freeest, they can drink a lot of wine and eat meat in large chunks.

I didn't want to be a goddamn hero when I defeated the scum who came after the era of the pirates, I just wanted to follow my heart and do what I wanted to do!

When you are in the navy, can you have such freedom? ”

Heroes?

It's a magic word.

As a child, countless people worshipped heroes and fantasized about becoming one day themselves.

But as they get older, more and more people no longer want to be heroes, and some people with special experiences even hate heroes and hate heroes.

Hailan is not a hero, and he has never thought of being a hero.

A hero is always just a "symbol", not a living person.

But this does not mean that Hailan agrees with the redhead so much: "Absolute freedom? Straw hat boy, your mind is indeed a little dangerous. ”

There are no rules.

The army, on the other hand, is the violent apparatus of the state to maintain order.

Even though the red-haired Shanks does not do evil, he still sails on this sea in the name of "thief", and if he is ignored, the bad effects will be even more terrible than that of a truly vicious sea thief.

"Really? So may I ask you, Naval Commander, are you going to keep arresting me? ”

Seeing that Hailan had been staring at her, her red hair showed a bright smile, looking like a sunny big boy.

Hailan shook her head: "I will definitely continue to catch you, but next time." ”

Hailan and Redhead have exhausted most of their physical strength in the underwater battle.

When the state is full, no one can guarantee to crush the opponent's head, and when he is weak, there is naturally no way to defeat the opponent, and when the physical strength is restored, it can still only be a futile battle.

What's more, it was because the redhead mistakenly thought that Hailan was a Devil Fruit ability and dragged Hailan into the water, so there was a life-and-death battle between the two.

Now that both of them are back on shore, there is no way for Hailan to catch Redhead if she runs away with all her might.

"Next time? It's better for us not to meet again. ”

The red hair got up from the beach, patted the mud and sand on his body, and wore a straw hat and slowly walked out of Hailan's sight.

Redhead worries that this Navy will chase after Captain Roger like the Navy called "Iron Fist" Karp did when he chased Captain Roger.

But in fact, he thought too much.

The reason why Karp is regarded as a hero by the Navy is that long ago, Karp played a great role in the battle between the Navy and the Rocks Pirates.

Later, when Gore After D. Roger surrendered, the world government used the propaganda of "One Piece" to falsify the news that Karp captured Roger alive, so that Karp's name as a "naval hero" spread all over the sea.

In other words, Karp's achievements today are entirely due to the fact that he has fought again and again with the Rocks Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and the Golden Lion Fleet, rather than following Roger as a follower.

In the Navy, there is no hard work, only merit.

Think about it, if you only hunt down the red-haired pirates but can't catch the red-haired pirates, maybe there is any merit? Apparently not.

When she meets the red-haired pirates in the future, Hailan will naturally find a way to capture the pirates; But if he was allowed to chase the red-haired pirates like a fart, he would refuse.

After all, chasing from the Great Voyage to the West Sea may take a month in the blink of an eye.

But if you spend this month training and catching pirates, even if it is just to exercise your strength, it is more real than chasing the red-haired pirates.

Hailan would not waste her youth on this red-haired straw hat boy.

Especially on the premise that the other party is not the kind of scum who does all kinds of evil.

After sorting out her thoughts, Hailan also left the shore.

"I was messed up by that sand crocodile, and the plan was all messed up. I guess Sister Gion will probably return in vain, but Wagner shouldn't let me down, right? ”