Chapter 52: Red-Haired

For Fish-Men, crossing the Calm Belt is much easier than for other races. By sensing the fish schools, they can avoid many dangers.

Although it is not as simple and effective as the Navy embedding Seastone at the bottom of warships, it is enough to ensure safety.

The news that Chu Yang was about to leave still caused quite a sensation on the ship. Several months of fighting side by side had made most of the Fish-Men on the ship treat Chu Yang as a companion.

Some extremist Fish-Men led by Arlong did not continue to confront Chu Yang, except for the awe of Chu Yang's strength, there was also some gratitude in their hearts.

Human hearts are made of flesh.

Everyone knew clearly that without Chu Yang, many Fish-Men on this ship would have been killed or injured under the Navy's relentless pursuit.

Some people didn't say it, but they still remembered Chu Yang's kindness in their hearts.

An inexplicable sorrow began to spread on the ship.

Except for Arlong, the expressions on every Fish-Man's face were heavy.

"Everyone still likes you very much." Jinbe was still unwilling to give up and wanted to keep Chu Yang.

"I will come back to see everyone within three years!" Chu Yang made a solemn promise because he knew that Tiger would meet with disaster three years later, and he wanted to change this tragedy.

The Sun Pirates spent three days crossing the Calm Belt.

During this period, they also encountered some sudden crises, but the overall risk was still under control.

After arriving in the East Blue, Tiger took advantage of the moonlight to settle Chu Yang on a small island. He left a small boat and then hurriedly left with his clansmen.

Chu Yang stayed on the coast for one night. Early the next morning, he inquired about the specific direction of the Goa Kingdom from the local residents and then bought an expensive sea chart.

The small boat was filled with supplies left by Tiger and the others, which saved Chu Yang the time of buying supplies. After he found out the news, he immediately headed to Foosha Village.

The difficulty of sailing in the four seas is basically zero. Except for some islands that need to be careful of accidents, the sea is the safest.

This is exactly the opposite of the Grand Line.

Chu Yang, who had learned many steering techniques from Jinbe, drove a small boat with ease. The small boat, only a few meters long, rode the wind and quickly approached the destination.

After about another day, Chu Yang successfully found the only port town of the Goa Kingdom.

Foosha Village! This place is full of hidden talents. It is not only the hometown of the Navy hero Garp, but also the hometown of the Revolutionary Army leader Dragon, and even more so the hometown of the future Pirate King.

The place where Roger's son and the future second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army grew up, and the Four Emperor Shanks also left an arm here.

Looking at the entire anime history, is there a more famous novice village than this? This group of people directly raised the Goa Kingdom to a height that did not belong to it! Before approaching the port, Chu Yang saw a huge pirate ship floating on the sea by the shore, and the pirate flag with a skull was fluttering in the wind.

The structure of the pirate flag is very simple. The center is a skull with three red claw marks on the eye sockets, and two crossed swords behind it.

"Red Force!"

The moment he saw the pirate flag, Chu Yang's heart was shaken. Before coming, he was still worried that he would miss the time Shanks stayed in Foosha Village, but now all his concerns had vanished.

No other ships dared to approach the Red Force.

Chu Yang did not rashly drive the small boat over, but slowly docked on the side.

Chu Yang scanned the Red Force with Observation Haki and found that only a small number of crew members were left on the deck, so he went straight to the only tavern in Foosha Village. Foosha Village is not big, and it was easy for Chu Yang to find the tavern run by Makino by asking the villagers around.

"Where did this kid come from, coming out to drink at such a young age?"

"Kid, where are your adults? You can't play in a tavern alone."

"There are pirates there, you kid better stay away!"

Chu Yang threw all these well-intentioned words of advice behind his head and plunged into the tavern occupied by the Red-Haired Pirates, where there was laughter and joy inside.

The Red-Haired Pirates are like this, a small banquet every three days, a big banquet every five days, and the rest of the time they are either fighting or on the way to fight.

Fighting—banquet—fighting—banquet...

Infinite loop.

This tradition was inherited from Pirate King Roger's ship, and later Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates were also inherited in the same line, but almost every fight Luffy had was a life-and-death battle.

The tavern was full of singing and dancing, and the atmosphere was intense. Little Luffy was playing around.

It made the pirates of the Red-Haired Pirates laugh out loud.

Most people didn't notice a teenager walking in from outside, except for the landlady Makino.

"Little friend, did you go to the wrong place? This is not a place to eat." Makino reminded kindly. Although she felt that the group of pirates in front of her were not bad, she still hoped that Chu Yang could leave here quickly.

"Give me a glass of rum." Chu Yang sat in front of the bar calmly, his behavior revealing a maturity beyond his age.

Makino was stunned for a moment, then shook her head firmly, her tone becoming unusually severe, "Sorry, I cannot provide rum to a child, even if it has the lowest alcohol content."

At this time, a crew member noticed Chu Yang and immediately someone started to boo on the side: "Landlady, give him a drink, put it on my tab. A little man is also a man. As a man, how can you not drink?"

"How can you provide alcohol to a child?" Makino glared at the pirate angrily, "If you talk nonsense again, none of you will have anything to drink today!"

The man had to sit down sullenly, which made his companions laugh loudly! If it were another pirate group, Makino's attitude would be enough to make her lose her head, but in the Red-Haired Pirates, this became a very interesting joke.

The laughter around became louder and louder, and the playful gaze made Chu Yang lie helplessly, "I am already an adult, but I was sick before, and now I can't grow tall."

This is a lame lie, most people won't believe it, but the simple Makino believed Chu Yang.

"Really?" Makino covered her mouth and exclaimed, then hurriedly apologized to Chu Yang, "Sorry, I shouldn't have spoken so rashly."

Chu Yang smiled, "If you can put my rum on the table quickly, I will forgive you."

"Please wait a moment." Makino turned and went to the cabinet behind her to find wine.

"Hey... kid, lying to adults is not a good habit!"

A red-haired man with a striking scar on his left eye suddenly leaned close to Chu Yang, put one arm around Chu Yang's shoulder and said, "I was also curious about alcohol at your age, so I can understand, but don't lie to people next time."

Chu Yang didn't speak, turned his face to the other side in disgust, not knowing whether he was disgusted by the red-haired man's admonishing tone, or disgusted by the strong smell of alcohol on him.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 53 =====