Chapter 4 Past and Present

The sea breeze is still blowing, the sky is full of sunset clouds, and seagulls are flying in the sky, drawing graceful arcs.

Under the afterglow and sunset, there are three huge pirate ships, like white whales, spread out in a triangle on the sea and sailing towards the distance.

The leading White Whale pirate ship is obviously a larger model, and the skull-shaped pirate flag on the mast has the iconic crescent-shaped white beard. This is Whitebeard's vehicle - Moby Dick!

Whitebeard, whose full name is Edward Newgate, was born on the poor and backward island of Sphinx in the New World. Like most orphans in this world, Whitebeard began wandering alone since he was a child.

In order to fill his stomach, he chose to go out to sea and became a pirate. Relying on his strong physical fitness and giant bloodline, he gradually made a name for himself.

However, unlike most pirates who chase after treasures and women, he has been alone since childhood and desires a treasure called "family".

Afterwards, because of the "big business" that Rocks mentioned, he came to Beehive Island, joined the Rocks Pirates, and became the captain of the second team.

During the Battle of God Valley, he fought against the leader of the Celestial Dragons' Knights of God, Figaland Gegaringer. After Rocks was killed in the battle, Whitebeard left this pirate group where he had no sense of belonging, and began to collect sons everywhere.

In 1485, the first year after the Valley of the Gods, Whitebeard and Rex met at the Sphinx for some reason.

That year, Lex was 16 years old and Whitebeard was 38 years old.

The fate of the two people has been intertwined since then.

The two people who originally did not have much interaction only met each other a few times because of the Golden Lion.

But Whitebeard has been jealous more than once that a brutal pirate like Golden Lion has a family like Rex, so Whitebeard still has a good impression of this young man, unlike how he treats Golden Lion.

The two met, drank some wine and started chatting with each other.

At that time, Lex was already a master of the great swordsman level, only 16 years old, and was about to enter the emperor level.

He is humble, polite and gentle. He doesn't look like a young man who has been lost by powerful forces (Kid, Crocodile and Moria are mentioned), nor does he look like the nephew of the extremely proud and cruel pirate Golden Lion. He is more like an outstanding crown prince of an ancient kingdom.

Whitebeard and Lex drank and chatted with each other.

The two chatted more and more happily, from sailing experiences to the world situation, from the general trend of the world to family matters, from which kind of wine is delicious to which brand of captain's cloak is more handsome.

Whitebeard admired the blond young man in front of him very much. His blond hair did not look much like the yellow-haired lion of Golden Lion, but instead looked a lot like himself.

Thinking of this, Whitebeard became more depressed. How great it would be if Lex was his son. It was such a pity that such an outstanding young man could not be his son.

What Whitebeard didn't know was that Lex's Observation Haki was already able to read people's minds at that time. Although Whitebeard could resist with his domineering aura, Whitebeard, with his heart open, was busy drinking. He didn't know that Lex already knew that he wanted to be his father.

"Haha, I can't escape it after all. With such a good son like him, Whitebeard is really a great father."

Lex had such a strange thought in his heart. Although he knew in advance that Whitebeard wanted to have a son, he still felt weird to put himself in his son's position.

However, probably due to the influence of Golden Lion, Whitebeard did not want to have anything to do with a dangerous person like Golden Lion, so he hesitated to speak and utter the classic words "Be my son!"

What did Lex think?

Of course, I took the initiative.

Although his uncle enjoyed a few years of glory, his strength could not keep up with his ambition. He began to seek the power of ancient weapons to rule the world and dreamed of bringing Roger under his command.

Lex admitted that his uncle was very strong, extremely strong. In this world, except for Lord Im of the Void Throne, no one could kill his uncle alone, and defeating him was unlikely.

Don’t forget how amazing the Piaopiao Fruit is.

Except for his own Space Fruit, there is almost no other fruit that can compare to his mobility. The Operation Fruit is too physically demanding, and the Door-Door Fruit is only suitable for movement. In terms of comprehensiveness, the Float-Float Fruit in a sense surpasses Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit in front of him.

Just ask yourself, who can stop dozens of islands from falling from the sky?

This is the power of natural disasters that can almost be said to surpass the natural system!

But when a huge storm in the Sea of ​​Et-Wol in 1495 destroyed the Golden Lion's ambitions, he became moody, irrational, and tried to take revenge on the world.

The lion that once aspired to conquer the world and roared across the seas was gradually defeated by time and fate.

Although Lex is confident that he may be able to change the future, but what if?

Lex was not sure, so he needed more strength. Since his uncle was the Golden Lion, he also had more responsibilities when he accepted the starting point that surpassed most people in the sea.

And Whitebeard is the best choice!

Now that Whitebeard has just left the Valley of the Gods for a year, the Golden Lion already has his own large fleet and has taken over a large amount of Rocks' inheritance.

And what about Whitebeard? He took away a few devil fruits and nothing else. Rocks's men were not the same as him.

But it is undeniable that this man already possessed powerful strength at this time. This kind of combat power is already at the level of the Four Emperors, but he lacks the support of the forces of the Four Emperors.

In the future, perhaps more than ten years later, when the three legends have successively reached their peak, Whitebeard's power has reached an unfathomable level, and his old rival Sengoku calls him "the power to destroy the world"!

The strongest man in the world!

Lex needs more power, the more the better. His own power always comes first, but external force is equally important.

"Uncle Whitebeard, don't you have any family?" Lex asked.

"Kulalalala, no, I'm an orphan. Why, don't you have family? Isn't the Yellow-haired Lion your uncle?"

Whitebeard answered with a laugh. His laugh was bold and hearty, and one could not help but be impressed by the broad-mindedness he exuded.

"Oh, that's true, but my uncle doesn't really care about me. It's my master who teaches me how to practice."

"Hmm? Ryder?"

Whitebeard drank a large jar of wine and then asked. He vaguely remembered that the Golden Lion had once boasted to him about how powerful his nephew was, and even the arrogant guy Baloric Redfield was eager to take him as his disciple.

"Yes, it is my master."

"Kulalalala, you're an incredible guy. Not only do you have such an incredible talent, but you also have such a strong background. Leon Lex? I'll remember this name." White Beard said seriously.

"Well, what if I want to make my background harder?" Lex said meaningfully.

"Huh? What do you want to do, kid?" White Beard put down the oversized wine bowl in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Isn't my meaning very clear, Ou Yaji! (Dad)" Lex looked up and smiled at the white beard in front of him.

There was something playful about the smile.

"Ah? I didn't say I wanted to accept you as my son!" White Beard couldn't sit still for a moment. Although he was excited when he heard the word "Dad", he couldn't show it too much.

"But, you should have heard that my master's observation Haki is very special." Lex said with a teasing look on his face.

"Eh~? You mean, you also have that ability to cheat?" Whitebeard had a look of astonishment on his face. It was a bit embarrassing that the little trick he had in his mind was discovered by the young man in front of him, although he didn't care much about it.

"Hehe, I didn't say that I must accept you as my son, so don't yell like that." White Beard eased the embarrassment.

"Ah? But, after becoming my father, you are half a generation older than my uncle. An elder brother is like a father, don't you know that, dad?" Lex stepped up his attack.

Whitebeard admitted that he was moved at this moment.

In his generation, Whitebeard is the youngest, Charlotte Linlin is half a junior, and Kaido is just a little brat, so they are not of the same generation.

Among the same generation, Roger is older than him, Golden Lion is older than him, and Red Earl is older than him. In the navy, Sengoku is older than him, Garp is older than him, and Cyborg Sora is older than him. Zephyr is the same age as him.

If you acknowledge Lex as your son, you can directly add a new generation!

Golden lions are all younger brothers.

Besides, it really makes me feel comfortable when Lex calls me "Dad" all the time.

Most importantly, he really liked the young man in front of him.

"Kulalalala, it looks like there's nothing that can be done about this matter, but let me ask you one more thing, Lex, do you want to be my son?"

Whitebeard stood up, looked at Lex and said, "As for whether the Golden Lion is happy or not, do you think the great Whitebeard would care about such an insignificant issue?"

"Of course, Dad!"

"Ku la la la la!"

"Yeah hahahaha!"

.........

Time returns to the present.

On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard sat in the captain's chair on the deck, drinking wine in big gulps. Suddenly, a red light flashed in his eyes, and then he began to laugh out loud.

"Guys, get ready for the party! Your big brother Rex is back home! Kulala!" Whitebeard stood up, holding the Kusukimi-Kirii, and shouted loudly.

"Oh!" Hundreds of responses rang out from all over the ship.

"Sachi, hurry up and prepare for the banquet, Brother Lex is coming back." Marco, the immature boy with a pineapple head, said to another young man in chef's uniform.

"Hey, Marco, come and help too. We're too busy. Brother Lex will surely be here soon. We're a bit short on time." Sachi replied.

"How did you know Brother Lex would come so soon?"

"Have you forgotten what kind of fruit Brother Lex has? How silly."

"It seems so. Okay then." Marco replied.

"Go wash the vegetables." said Sachi.

"Eh? Sachi, did you just say that I was stupid?" Marco narrowed his dead fish eyes slightly.

"How could that be? No." Sachi smiled as if he was an honest man.

"No, asshole, you definitely did!" Marco retorted.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and wash the vegetables." Sachi changed the subject.

"Asshole, don't even think about getting away with it."

"Wash the vegetables, wash the vegetables."

......

Today, the Whitebeard Pirates are still peaceful.