Chapter 822

Beside him,

Little Lufei seemed to sense he had been ignored.

He looked somewhat downcast.

"Master."

He gazed pleadingly at Nageli.

"Little Lufei, what will your dream be in the future?"

Nageli asked with a smile.

"A dream?"

Lufei fell into thought.

After a long while,

his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with excited tone: "I'm going to sail the seas! Find a crew stronger than Shanks and his crew!"

"And then…"

"I'm going to become the Pirate King!"

These words

left Nageli momentarily dazed.

Looking at the young Lufei before him, he seemed to see the shadow of someone else.

That person…

had once effortlessly crushed him!

From Lu En,

he saw that person's traits!

"A very grand dream."

"Then you must work hard, and strive with all your might."

Nageli chuckled.

"Mm."

"I will definitely make it happen!"

Lufei clenched his fists tightly.

"Want to become the Pirate King?"

"How difficult that is…"

Nageli shook his head.

Then,

he continued: "In Roger's era, strong ones were countless, monsters as numerous as hairs. Besides Roger, there were Bai Huzi, Gold Lion, and others."

He paused,

then added, "Yet, this era is far more perilous than the last! Though so far, the number of monsters emerging on this sea has been few."

"But to become the Pirate King in this era is infinitely harder than it was in Roger's time!"

"As for why?"

"Simply because…"

"This era has produced a terrifying monster that defies all reason!"

"I have a strong inner premonition: in this era, no matter how monstrous a pirate may be, in the end, they will all be utterly ruled and dominated by that dreadful creature!"

"That monster will completely dominate this sea."

With these words spoken,

the atmosphere grew quiet.

Beside him,

listening to Nageli's words,

Red Hair's eyes flickered, his expression carrying a degree of gravity, a trace of wariness sliding through his gaze.

Who exactly was the monster Nageli spoke of?

He knew full well.

"I think…"

"You understand what I mean, don't you?"

Nageli asked, looking at Red Hair.

Lufei might not understand…

but Red Hair would surely understand!

After all,

Red Hair had once seen that dreadful monster himself.

Just moments ago,

Red Hair had clashed with that being.

Nageli, hidden in the shadows, naturally knew all about it.

He believed

that even if he did not speak the monster's name…

Red Hair would still know.

Who this monster truly was — this He Fangshensheng.

"I understand."

The red-haired man nodded, face full of heaviness.

He indeed knew who Nageli meant!

That guy…

He truly is an utterly terrifying monster!

A freakish aberration, nearly beyond all worldly reason!

Even,

He had almost come to believe.

That the other was the true Joy Boy!

The other had deceived him completely with just a few words.

Thinking of this, the red-haired man felt a surge of stifled frustration and helplessness.

There was no choice…

Who could blame him? That monster was simply too freakish!

He had no choice but to suspect.

The other might already have awakened Joy Boy's memories!

But in reality,

Only at the end did the red-haired man suddenly realize.

So it was…

He had been deceived by the other!

But the other knew too many secrets, and his talent was too astonishing, too terrifying.

Precisely because of this, the red-haired man, a famed great pirate of the New World, had been utterly deceived by him.

"This brat…"

"Indeed possesses the qualification to rule this sea."

The red-haired man took a deep breath, his eyes filled with gravity.

He felt every word Nageli had said as if it were his own.

No matter how many geniuses and freaks arise on this sea…

None could ever be mentioned in the same breath as that monster!