Chapter 18 Ryan's Past

"Captain, I think we see an island ahead."

A-Da ran over and said to Kuro who was slumping on the chair.

"Oh, is it so?!"

When he heard that they saw the island, Kuro instantly became excited.

He quickly stood up, ran to the bow and jumped on.

"Hey, Ryan, what's that island ahead?"

Kuro turned and asked Ryan who was steering the ship.

"Captain, this is the island where the Rogue Town you always said you wanted to go to is located."

Ryan replied as he steered the ship.

"Oh! We are finally arriving at Rogue Town!"

"I'm going straight to the weapon shop when I get off the boat. There's a knife waiting for me there."

When Kuro heard that the town ahead was Rogue Town, he spoke excitedly.

"Rogue Town, the birthplace of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, but also the place where he was executed."

"The town where the pirate was born and died"

When Clo heard that they had arrived at Rogue Town, he also walked over from the deck.

"Yeah, the death of a generation of kings is also here, creating the beginning of an era."

Hearing Kuro's sigh, Kuro also sighed.

"Yes, I was born here, so I have heard Roger's stories since I was a child. When I grew up, I chose to go to sea without hesitation."

Ryan said as a group of people stared at him.

"what happened?"

Ryan felt a little frightened by being looked at.

"Were you born in Rogue Town?"

"Your hometown is Rogue Town?"

Kuro and Chloe asked at the same time.

"Yeah! Didn't I tell you?"

Ryan replied

"No! You never said that at all."

"Speaking of which, I've always been curious, why do you know everyone here? Even though I asked you to be the helmsman, there is no navigator on our ship."

Kuro finally asked the question in his mind.

From the moment Ryan took the helm, no matter where he wanted to go, Ryan could find and drive the boat there.

At first Craw thought there was a map on the ship for him to look at.

But one day, Kuro asked A'er, and A'er said that there was no such thing at all. It was Ryan who always ordered the crew to turn the sails and adjust the direction.

So I was very curious for a while, today Ryan talked about his birthplace.

Kuro asked as he remembered.

Ryan laughed when he heard Kuro's question.

“This story starts from when I was a kid.”

Ryan was an orphan when he was a child, and he couldn’t remember how old he was when he was sent to an orphanage.

Because he was tall and strong since he was young, he was chosen by a couple in the orphanage and taken home.

But when Ryan got home, he found out that the couple was not a real couple at all, but a pair of human traffickers.

I just liked Ryan's physique and thought he could be sold for a good price.

Later, Ryan was sold to a pirate group. Since he was young and had no strength to resist, he could only accept his fate.

So from the age of 8, Ryan grew up on the boat.

Fortunately, the navigator on the ship liked him very much and taught Ryan some knowledge of navigation when he was free. In addition, he also learned the distribution map of the islands in the East China Sea.

When Ryan was fifteen years old, his pirate group encountered another powerful group of pirates.

Due to their inferior strength, the entire army was wiped out. Ryan seized the opportunity and jumped into the sea, thus surviving.

Relying on the knowledge taught by the navigator, he returned to Rogue Town alive.

After Ryan returned to Rogue Town, he found the human trafficker couple and killed them for revenge.

After taking revenge, he took the money from the human traffickers and lived in a remote corner of Rogue Town.

Two years later, Ryan, who was accustomed to the life of a pirate, was still unable to integrate into normal life.

So I decided to go out to sea again after I grow up and continue to embrace the sea.

At the age of eighteen, he went to sea. Relying on his good sailing skills, he joined a small pirate group. At the age of twenty, the pirate group was defeated by Will.

The captain fled and the crew surrendered, but he was very strong and had good sailing skills.

So it was forcibly incorporated by Will.

But he was always preparing for revenge, so he kept training himself and challenging everyone on the ship.

Just a few days before he was about to challenge Will, Will unexpectedly picked up a devil fruit while out and ate it.

After seeing Will gaining the power of the devil, Ryan thought there was no hope of revenge in this life.

Unexpectedly, Craw appeared from the sky and killed Will with just one knife.

It was also at that moment.

Ryan vowed to follow Craw for life, so when Craw invited him to be the helmsman, he agreed without hesitation.

After listening to Ryan's growth experience, Kuro walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"I didn't expect your life to be so tortuous, but it's all over. From now on, you will have a completely different life from before."

“So, hold on to the rudder tightly! Just follow me closely and sail to the end of the world, hahahaha!”

Kuro laughed out loud, and everyone on the boat laughed along with him.

"Of course! Captain!"

Infected by Kuro, Ryan also started laughing.

After a while, the black ship docked and Kuro and his party got off the ship.

Ryan returned to his hometown, and his eyes became moist as he watched the people passing by.

Kuro patted his arm and walked forward with a smile.

"Hey Captain, we are in my territory. Where do you want to go? I will lead the way for you."

Ryan chased after him, laughing.

"I want to go to a weapons store, but I don't know what it's called."

"All I remember is that the boss had a red nose and his hair was frizzy on both sides."

Kuro thought for a long time and gave a vague image.

"You're being too vague, but I remember there was a weapons shop owner with rosacea."

"Come with me, let's go to the shopping street."

Ryan led the way, and Kuro and the others followed.

After walking for a while, Ryan led them to a street entrance with a large sign hanging on it.

"Now, Captain, this is it."

"Wow, what a huge shopping mall."

Kuro exclaimed in admiration as he looked at the shopping street in front of him.

"This used to be the only gathering place for pirates on the entire Grand Line, so you can buy most of the items you need for the voyage here."

Ryan introduced proudly.

"Well, I'm going to take Zangao to buy some supplies. I'll go ahead now."

After saying this, Clo left with Zangao.

"There's not enough food on the boat. Da and Er, take some people to buy some."

Ryan remembered that there was not much food left, so he asked his two brothers to take someone to buy some.

Now that they were here, Kuro let everyone move freely and gather on the boat after the purchase was completed.

After all, the next step is to enter the Grand Line.

I guess I'll be fighting every day, so just take this as a way to relax in advance.

Ryan was left to follow Kuro to the weapon shop.

As Kuro walked, he looked at the prosperity on both sides, even though he had lived in a populous country in his previous life.

However, the prosperity here is still different from that in the previous life.

"Just ahead of the captain."

Ryan pointed to a small shop up ahead.

There was a sign hanging in the shop that looked like two crossed swords, and through the glass window one could see a number of long knives displayed inside.

Kuro pushed the door open and walked in.