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The pirate flag has a very simple design: in the center is a skull with three red claw marks around its eyes, and behind it are two crossed swords.
"Redfords!"
The moment Chu Yang saw the pirate flag, he was startled. Before coming, he was worried that he would miss Shanks' stay in Windmill Village, but now all his worries disappeared.
No other ships dared to approach the Redford.
Chu Yang did not rashly drive the small boat over, but instead slowly approached the shore.
Chu Yang scanned the Redford with his Observation Haki and found that only a small number of crew members remained on the deck, so he went straight to the only tavern in Windmill Village.
Windmill Village wasn't big, and Chu Yang easily found the tavern run by Makino by casually asking the surrounding villagers for information.
"Where did this little kid come from, drinking at such a young age?"
"Hey kid, where are your parents? You can't go to the tavern alone."
"There are pirates there, you'd better stay away from them, you're just a little kid!"
Chu Yang ignored all the well-intentioned advice and plunged into the tavern occupied by the Red-Haired Pirates, where laughter and cheerful conversation filled the air.
That's how the Red-Haired Pirates are; they have a small feast every three days and a big feast every five days, and the rest of the time they're either fighting or on their way to fight.
Fighting—banquet—fighting—banquet…
Infinite loop.
This tradition was inherited from the ship of Pirate King Roger, and Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates also followed the same lineage, except that almost every fight Luffy fought was a life-or-death situation.
The tavern was filled with singing and dancing, the atmosphere was lively, and Little Luffy was being silly.
This made the Red-Haired Pirates burst into laughter.
Most people didn't notice the boy walking in, except for the proprietress, Makino.
"Little friend, have you come to the wrong place? This isn't a place to eat," Makino kindly reminded him. Although she didn't think the group of pirates in front of her was bad, she still hoped that Chu Yang could leave this place quickly.
"Give me a glass of rum." Chu Yang sat calmly at the bar, his demeanor subtly revealing a maturity beyond his years.
Makino paused for a moment, then shook her head firmly, her tone unusually stern. "I'm sorry, I can't offer rum to a child, not even the lowest alcohol content."
Just then, a crew member noticed Chu Yang, and someone immediately started egging him on, saying, "Boss lady, give him a drink and put it on my tab. A little man is still a man, and how can a man not drink?"
"How can you offer alcohol to a child?" Makino glared angrily at the pirate. "If you keep talking nonsense, none of you will get any alcohol today!"
The man had no choice but to sit down dejectedly, which drew loud laughter from his companions around him!
In any other pirate crew, Makino's attitude would have been enough to get her beheaded, but in the Red-Haired Pirates, it became a very amusing joke.
The laughter around him grew louder and louder, and the amused gazes made Chu Yang lie helplessly, "I'm already an adult, but I had an illness before, so I'm not growing taller now."
It was a clumsy lie that most people wouldn't believe, but the naive Makino believed Chu Yang.
"Really?" Makino exclaimed, covering her mouth, then quickly apologized to Chu Yang, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken so rashly."
Chu Yang smiled and said, "If you can put my rum on the table quickly, I will forgive you."
"Please wait a moment." Makino turned around and went to the cabinet behind her to find some wine.
"Hey... kid, lying to adults isn't a good habit!"
A red-haired man with a prominent scar on his left eye suddenly moved closer to Chu Yang, put an arm around Chu Yang's shoulder and said, "I was also curious about alcohol at your age, so I understand, but you can't lie to me again next time."
Chu Yang didn't speak, turning his face away in disgust, whether it was because he disliked the red-haired man's admonitory tone or because he disliked the strong smell of alcohol on him.
Chapter 53 Boarding the Four Emperors' Ship
The red-haired man chuckled, unconcerned, and added, "This drink is on me. Remember, go home as soon as you finish it."
"Captain Shanks, nagging will annoy children!" Lucky Roux, who was eating meat with great gusto, grinned from ear to ear, his fat undulating like waves, making him look quite comical.
Shanks laughed and scolded, "You should mind your own business, Lucky. You're always the one who talks the most."
Afterwards, Makino took a glass of rum and walked back to the bar, pushing it towards Chu Yang in front of her.
Chu Yang took the drink and toasted Shanks. Shanks also raised his glass in return. Chu Yang drank it all in one gulp before saying, "You're wrong about one thing. Even if I finish this drink, I still won't be able to go home."
Shanks' smile suddenly faded, and he frowned.
Chu Yang explained, "I was a slave. I only recently managed to escape. The word 'go home' is a luxury for me."
After saying that, Chu Yang pulled his clothes down a little, revealing a faint scar on his chest. Although it was very faint, Shanks could tell from its shape that it was a very serious and fatal wound.
The tavern gradually quieted down, and the Red-Haired Pirates crew members all focused their attention on Chu Yang. For a child to calmly utter such words was undoubtedly a powerful shock.
Upon hearing Chu Yang's tragic story, Shanks suddenly recalled the arson attack that occurred in Mary Geoise a few months ago, when many Celestial Dragon slaves escaped from Mary Geoise.
Shanks instantly understood Chu Yang's identity, and his eyes naturally revealed sympathy.
If slaves in the world can be divided into classes, then the slaves of the Celestial Dragons are undoubtedly the most miserable!
The capricious Celestial Dragons are quite adept at torturing slaves, and they can easily inflict all sorts of punishments that are unimaginable to ordinary people.
Chu Yang's words, along with his injuries, brought tears to Makino's eyes, but she didn't know what to say to comfort him.
Only little Luffy was still fooling around in the tavern, completely carefree.
However, thanks to him, the tavern, which had been quiet for a while, became lively again.
Amidst laughter and cheerful conversation, Shanks handed Chu Yang another glass of wine, but this time he didn't bring up the nonsense about "going home after drinking."
After going through so much, no matter how old we are, we all need the comfort of alcohol.
The two clinked glasses and smiled at each other.
Luffy! What did you eat?!
The panicked shouts immediately attracted the attention of Chu Yang and Shanks.
Shanks' expression changed abruptly upon seeing the treasure chest beside him being opened.
He grabbed Luffy's foot, turned him upside down, and shook him violently.
They were trying to shake out what Luffy had eaten.
In his panic, Luffy not only failed to spit out what he had eaten, but instead swallowed it whole.
Haw!
Little Luffy was like a stretched-out rubber band stuck to the floor, his legs still in Shanks' hands.
This scene terrified everyone, and the tavern erupted in chaos, except for Chu Yang, who calmly continued drinking.
As night fell, Makino's tavern closed, and the pirates returned to their ships in the port to sleep. Chu Yang followed the crowd back to his own small boat.
As Shanks was preparing to board the ship, he happened to see Chu Yang's small boat, drifting alone on the sea like a piece of duckweed.
Beckman, standing beside Shanks, watched his every move and then laughed, "If you can't bear it, bring the child up here. Would you feel at ease just letting him drift on the sea like this?"
"What a nuisance." Shanks grumbled, but his body betrayed him as he walked toward Chu Yang, stopping in front of Chu Yang's small boat.
Chu Yang was sitting upright, meditating.
"Hey kid, come with me. Your boat doesn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain!"
The following day, Chu Yang became the youngest trainee crew member in the Red-Haired Pirates and began his pirate career of further learning Haki.
Naruto World.
Compared to Chu Yang in the One Piece world, who successfully joined one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews, Chu Yang here did not have a smooth teaching career.
The Third Hokage's shyness and timidity during his childhood were all an act. Once he became familiar with his surroundings, he was incredibly mischievous, even more so than Naruto was as a child.
The school was thrown into chaos shortly after the start of the semester!
Using his three-body tricks to prank teachers has become a daily routine for him.
Add to that the seemingly honest but actually cunning Danzo Shimura, and the two of them work together to keep the teachers at the ninja academy in a state of confusion and chaos.
The two, one working inside and the other outside, cooperated seamlessly, subtly revealing the prototype of their future management of Konoha.
The teachers at the school had no way to deal with them, mainly because of the Sarutobi clan behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Aside from Hiruzen Sarutobi, the other children from prominent families at the school were in a similar situation; when they made mistakes, the teachers mostly chose to let it go.
At this time, Konoha had just been established, and the open and covert struggles between the various clans were extremely fierce. The Ninja Academy was also a special place, and if things were not handled properly, it could cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
For example, if the young master of one family beats up the young master of another family, the school's stance on either side could be misinterpreted by the other side as the school sending a certain signal.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Tobirama Senju, as the principal, would not personally punish students, even if they had committed serious violations of school rules.
But Chu Yang felt that things couldn't continue like this.
If the excessive behavior of people like Hiruzen Sarutobi or other members of powerful families is always tolerated and rarely punished, then one day they will become increasingly outrageous and easily cross the line.
The most serious situation is that the children of these powerful families unite to oppress the children of ordinary people.
Once class status takes root in schools, it can have a devastating impact on students' growth, especially considering that nearly half of the students come from ordinary backgrounds.
Having shared the memories of the magical Chu Yang, the Chu Yang of the Naruto world was well aware of the dangers of tacitly accepting the existence of this bloodline theory.
He didn't want a ninja school to become an organization similar to Slytherin.
So Chu Yang went to Tobirama Senju that very night and explained his thoughts to him.