"Rocks… He was a Davy? Davy D. Xebec…" Shiki listened in shock as Eris told him the hidden truths of the past. His heart could not calm down for a long time.
He carefully examined Teach's appearance.
At first, when he had not been paying attention, there was nothing much to say. But now that he looked closely, Teach's nose, eyes, and face shape, though still young, truly had many similarities to Rocks.
This undoubtedly further proved what they had just said.
"No wonder he was so anxious back then. I thought he was also going there for Shakky…" Silver Axe said with emotion.
"So God Valley was Rocks's hometown?" Babel said in a complicated tone.
Rocks had rushed to God Valley to protect his family. In the end, he had also died there protecting them.
At this moment, Shiki was remembering the first time he met Rocks.
That man had taken him through the Davy Jones game and made him one of his crew. Usually, Rocks had also taken care of him in many ways. Shiki's strength had grown rapidly partly because his talent was excellent, and partly because of Rocks's training.
All those ordinary things from the past now made Shiki feel that Rocks had carried a deeper meaning all along.
"Shiki is like me. Sooner or later, this guy will challenge my authority. He is ambitious and will never stay beneath someone else!"
Those words Rocks had spoken after drinking flashed through Shiki's memories again.
In many cases, when people recalled the past, they looked through a filter. And now, Shiki was undoubtedly covered by that filter.
He increasingly felt that Rocks had known about his background long ago. That was why there had been so many signs during their later time together.
He even now felt that Rocks had intentionally or unintentionally been training him as a successor. It was just that the God Valley incident had come too suddenly. Rocks had too many things he had not been able to explain before he died there.
Because of that, Shiki had completely failed to inherit Rocks's will and legacy.
Shiki himself had always respected Rocks deeply, even admired him somewhat.
And he had long felt that Rocks was very similar to him. Both of them were equally ambitious. Both wanted to dominate the sea and become king of the world.
Now, all of this seemed to have a better explanation.
Because they were both Davys.
"The Davy family has a long history. Rocks once told me that more than eight hundred years ago, we were the royal family that ruled the world. That was why he always wanted to restore the glory of our ancestors. That was why he kept pursuing the path to become king of the world…" Eris began carefully telling the stories Rocks had once told her.
Davy D. Jones.
Joy Boy.
The Twenty Kings.
Everything buried beneath the dust of history gradually became clear in Shiki's eyes.
At the same time, Shiki's heart began beating faster and faster, and his face turned red.
The ancestors of our Davy family were once kings of the world?
No wonder.
No wonder there has always been a voice in my heart urging me forward in that direction.
So it was my ancestors guiding me!
At this moment, Shiki had already decided.
From now on, he would live under the name Davy D. Shiki.
Damn it, if anyone dared say he was not a Davy, he would risk his life against that bastard!
To an ambitious man like Shiki, whether he was a Davy or not had never really mattered.
But the fact that the ancestors of the Davy family were once kings of the world mattered very much.
What did that mean? It meant destiny was also in his hands.
Before this, he had been living blindly.
He had thought he was born from nothing, with no righteous cause or banner worth raising. He had relied entirely on his own ambition and dominance to gather a group of equally ambitious subordinates.
But now, things were different.
He was Davy D. Shiki.
He was a descendant of the former kings of the world.
It was the damned World Government, those meddlesome Twenty Kings, and that bastard Joy Boy who had shattered their royal authority!
But after more than eight hundred years, the banner of revenge belonging to the Davy family had finally fallen into Shiki's hands.
And now, with this, he could justifiably inherit Rocks's legacy and prestige.
Although nearly ten years had passed, and the World Government had continuously tried to erase the history of the Rocks Pirates from the sea, causing many from the younger generation to no longer know their deeds, that amount of time was still not enough to completely erase the existence of the Rocks Pirates.
He was still alive.
Whitebeard was still alive.
Babel, Silver Axe, and many other members of the Rocks Pirates were still alive too.
The mighty name of the Rocks Pirates still echoed faintly in the ears of many veteran pirate forces in the New World.
Before this, whether it was him or Whitebeard, they could only say they had once been members of the Rocks Pirates and barely borrow some of that prestige.
But now, he was a Davy.
He was Rocks's brother.
In the future, he could even present himself as Rocks's own blood brother!
With Teach, Rocks's biological son, and Eris, Rocks's widow, in his hands, he, Davy D. Shiki, could completely inherit Rocks's prestige and legacy in a proper and justified way.
He even wanted to call Whitebeard right now and tell him that he was Rocks's own brother, that Rocks's wife and children had come to find him as their uncle, and that Whitebeard had owed Rocks a ton of favors back then, freeloading his alcohol so many times. Now it was finally time to settle the score, wasn't it?
Hurry up and join our Flying Pirates to build a grand empire together!
"I never expected that you were still alive…" Shiki said, pretending to look pained. "Originally, when those bastards at Marine Headquarters exposed my true identity, I felt a little troubled. But now, it seems they did one good thing. If they had not revealed my true identity, our family might have completely missed each other!!!"
Silver Axe, who had been listening to the story beside him, froze when he saw Shiki putting on this act.
Damn it, this guy is too shameless, right?
Just now, he said he did not know his own background. Now he is acting like he has been hiding his true name for years? What is this?
However, Silver Axe was not stupid. He naturally understood that the name "Davy" now had great meaning for Shiki. Besides, he could not say for certain that Marine Headquarters and the World Government were talking nonsense. Maybe Shiki really was a Davy.
So there was no need for him to expose anything.
"Uncle!" Teach cried as he hugged Shiki's leg. "From now on, we can only rely on you!"
"Good child, good child!" Shiki lovingly stroked Teach's head and comforted him. "Your father and I were as close as brothers. No, we are both blood relatives of the Davy family. We were brothers to begin with. You are his son, so from now on, you are also my son… Do not worry. Your uncle will definitely avenge him!"
At first, Shiki had looked at Teach as a burden.
But now, things were different.
This boy was Rocks's biological son. Even if he had inherited only one-tenth of Rocks's talent, that would already be amazing.
Not to mention, maybe his talent was even higher than Shiki expected.
If Shiki kept such a child by his side and trained him from now on, then in a few years, maybe he would become the next pillar of the Flying Pirates.
Especially since Shiki himself had no children.
Now that he truly believed he was a member of the Davy family, from the perspective of bloodline, Teach really was his family.
There was absolutely no problem with properly raising Teach.
Maybe this kid could even take care of him in old age someday.
In fact, Teach's current state of mind was completely different from when he joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
When he joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he had gone with a purpose. He wanted to use the Whitebeard Pirates' channels to see if he could obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit and fulfill his ambitions.
If that opportunity never appeared, Teach had planned to completely hide his identity and die quietly as a nobody aboard the Whitebeard Pirates' ship.
That was why, before he killed Thatch and seized the Dark-Dark Fruit, even though he had spent many years with the Whitebeard Pirates, he had never received a bounty.
He had been completely invisible.
This showed that deep in his heart, there had always been a barrier between him and the Whitebeard Pirates.
But now things were different.
Teach truly regarded Shiki as his uncle. He had come to seek shelter with Shiki sincerely, not with some other hidden purpose.
So unless something unexpected happened, if Shiki treated him sincerely, he would most likely treat Shiki sincerely as well.
Especially since his mother and sisters were also under Shiki's command and protection.
After comforting Teach, Shiki also showed great respect toward Eris, Rocks's widow.
The three top officers of the Flying Pirates had all received Rocks's care back then. They had once been Rocks's subordinates. Of course they could not treat Rocks's wife harshly.
After arranging for them to rest, Shiki, Silver Axe, and Babel soon held a meeting between the three main figures.
"Based on Roger's words, Rocks was killed by that bastard called Imu. And that bastard is the one behind the World Government. If we want to avenge him, it actually does not conflict with our current path. It is something we can do along the way," Silver Axe said, touching his chin.
"I always thought that bastard Rocks had no family at all. I did not expect him to have both a son and daughters…" Babel said with emotion.
Hearing this, Shiki immediately scolded him, "Babel, show some respect to my elder brother Rocks!"
Babel froze.
Are you addicted to acting now?
"Are you done yet?" Silver Axe also cursed.
Shiki, however, said with unusual seriousness, "I am not joking. Starting today, the Flying Pirates must show enough respect toward Rocks. That will help us borrow Rocks's reputation. From today on, my name is Davy D. Shiki. If anyone dares say I am not a Davy, I will skin him alive!"
"That part is true," Silver Axe said with a nod.
"We need to spread this news and stir up public opinion on the sea. Only then can we better use Rocks's name…" Babel said after thinking for a moment.
"But the stories about Davy D. Jones and the former kings of the world cannot be spread. Otherwise, we will become a thorn in the World Government's eye. They will destroy us by any means, just like they did to Rocks. Right now, we still cannot withstand the full force of the World Government," Shiki said after thinking it over.
He very much wanted to use the identity of a descendant of the former kings of the world.
But he also had enough restraint.
Back then, even after Rocks gathered so many strong fighters, he still did not dare openly raise that kind of banner.
So Shiki had better not act too arrogantly.
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