#71 - Chapter 71 Invitation
"How about coming aboard my ship?" Whitebeard reached out and patted Jin An on the shoulder, his eyes fixed on Jin An.
Whitebeard's words silenced everyone present, they were all stunned by what he said.
"Dad, we don't even know what that guy's background is..."
"Is it a little unreliable to let him join us?"
After the silence, the pirates whispered to each other, clearly not interested in the person in front of them.
They are the Whitebeard Pirates who rule the Grand Line, not just anyone can join. If his identity is unclear, even defeating Big Mom wouldn't be enough.
Didn't they see how Oden, that big sucker, went through many tests before being slowly accepted by them?
Jin An looked at the hand on his shoulder and took a step back without leaving a trace.
The clothes he was wearing were all stripped from pirates, otherwise Whitebeard probably wouldn't have offered him to join the pirate crew if he had seen his military uniform.
"No need, I'm quite comfortable staying in the Navy." Jin An looked directly at Whitebeard, not panicking at all.
"Navy?"
"He said he's a Navy...?"
The pirates put away their smiles and all drew the knives from their waists, pointing them at Jin An, their eyes revealing a bloodthirsty light.
"Oh?"
Whitebeard raised an eyebrow slightly, he didn't expect the other party to dare to tell the truth directly.
Of course he knew Jin An's identity, this guy had been on the news headlines for a while, it was hard not to know.
However, he really admired the other party and wanted him to join his big family.
Whitebeard said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "You're a Navy guy, running alone into our pirate territory, are you looking for a thrill?"
Jin An knew that saying anything at this point was futile, whether he could leave here safely today depended entirely on the other party's mood. (Mainly because he wasn't alone)
But he still explained: "Not really, I stumbled upon this place..."
The pirates didn't believe Jin An's words, the hostility in their eyes only increased.
"Dad, no need to say more to him, let us go kill him!"
"A Navy guy daring to come here should be prepared to die at any time!"
"You don't need to say more, I have my own considerations." Whitebeard stomped his foot on the ground, and at the same time, an invisible aura poured out from him towards Jin An.
Suddenly, Jin An felt a huge pressure coming towards him, he knew that Whitebeard was testing him.
He wasn't afraid at all, he could grit his teeth and withstand this bit of pressure.
Seeing Jin An's lack of reaction, Whitebeard revealed a satisfied expression, he hadn't misjudged him.
The other party was indeed worthy of him extending an olive branch.
"Gura gura gura!" Whitebeard's aura dissipated, "You're a good kid, really not considering joining us?"
Jin An took a breath and slowly said: "Although the Navy may not be as free as you, but..."
"There's a stable place to live and a steady salary."
"I'm very satisfied with this kind of life."
It seemed there was nothing to talk about, Whitebeard retracted his gaze, since the other party had made a decision, he wouldn't force it.
He, Whitebeard, wouldn't force others to do things they didn't want to do.
Turning his head to look in another direction, Whitebeard asked:
"Oden, are you still planning to go to sea with me?"
"Of course!" Oden was ecstatic and answered without hesitation.
"What follows is an adventure beyond your imagination!" Whitebeard looked at him and asked, "Are you ready?! Brother."
"Is that even a question, Hakuba!!!" Oden opened his mouth wide and laughed.
The pirates stopped paying attention to Jin An and the others, and all ran towards Oden, lifting him high up.
They genuinely recognized this like-minded man, how could they not be happy that the other party could join their big family.
"Dad really put you through a lot, huh!?"
"After suffering so much, you've finally joined us, it's truly a cause for celebration!"
Looking at his crew members who were making fun of him, Whitebeard was a little dumbfounded.
"You guys!!"
"......"
Oden, who had been put down by the crowd, saw his two old friends: "Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, why are you here?"
The pirates looked surprised: "Someone stowed away!"
Nekomamushi smiled, "We knew that Oden-sama would definitely get on the ship, so we hid on the ship."
Whitebeard looked at Izo, who was indignant at him, and turned to Jin An and the others and asked.
"You guys want to go to Wano Country... right?"
Toki nodded frantically upon hearing this, "That's right, you promised to take us there?"
Whitebeard shook his head with a look of resistance, he didn't want to go to Wano Country again.
"I'm not going, but I can arrange for these stowaways to go back with you."
Izo and Nekomamushi instantly felt unhappy.
"Why? We are all retainers of Oden-sama, wherever he goes, we go!"
Nekomamushi glanced at Jin An and the others, "We don't know them, even if they want to go to Wano Country, it's none of our business."
Toki looked at Oden and the others in disbelief, she never expected that meeting compatriots from Wano Country after 800 years would be like this, unwilling to even give directions.
"We... we just want you to point us in the right direction......"
As long as they didn't have to leave Oden, Izo and the others were much kinder.
Nekomamushi patted his chest, making a 'pa pa' sound.
"So that's it, giving directions is no problem at all, leave it to me!"
"......"
To be honest, Toki didn't have as much anticipation for Wano Country anymore.
However, if she didn't go there, wouldn't all her hard work be in vain?
"Oden, are you the daimyo of the Kozuki Family of this generation?" Jin An asked curiously.
He heard that Nekomamushi and the others were all acting as retainers of Oden, and as far as he knew, the Kozuki Family was the only family at the top of Wano Country.
Oden proudly raised his head and said smugly: "That's right, my name is Kozuki Oden."
Toki's beautiful eyes flashed, "As the daimyo of Wano Country, shouldn't you stay there and learn how to govern the country?"
"My father is still governing the country, the sea is a man's romance, I just hope to be able to sail freely on the sea in the future!" Oden opened his arms and embraced the sea in front of him.
"But... you are the heir, the future of the country rests on your shoulders." Toki couldn't agree with the other party's idea.
She couldn't agree with abandoning the future of an entire country's people for one's own dreams.
Oden didn't care and laughed: "With my father's physical condition, he can live for another thirty or forty years without any problems."
"Taking over the country is too far away from me."
Jin An looked at Oden with the same look as if he was looking at an idiot, the things the other party did seemed quite outrageous to him.
Although he liked to slack off, he never missed anything he should do, and he would feel guilty when he was a hands-off manager, he couldn't be as free as the other party.
"......"
Whitebeard waved at Jin An and led his family towards the Moby Dick.
"Well then, kid, we'll see you next time..."
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