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Chapter 136: The Drink

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"Hahaha, my Conqueror's Haki was shattered, this is the first time that's ever happened!"

Just as Ian was about to chuckle, Red-Haired Shanks, standing in front of him, suddenly burst into laughter. The almost palpable tension that was about to erupt eased instantly!

Shanks showed no heaviness after his Conqueror's Haki was broken; instead, he said with a relaxed expression, "Care for a drink?"

Hearing Shanks's words, everyone present, including Whitebeard and the members of both crews, looked puzzled.

"A drink?"

This guy is really carefree. One moment he seemed ready to fight, and the next he suddenly comes up with such a suggestion, quite amusing!

The others seemed accustomed to Shanks's laid-back nature and didn't show any strange expressions. They chuckled and shook their heads.

The atmosphere immediately relaxed a lot. In fact, although Shanks appeared carefree, he still couldn't calm down inside, not because his Conqueror's Haki was shattered by Ian.

But because in Ian's aura earlier, besides sensing dominance and conceit, Shanks also felt a faint sense of loneliness.

That kind of loneliness, Shanks had only felt from Dracule Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman, and it wasn't as intense as what he sensed from Ian!

Mihawk stood at the pinnacle of all swordsmen, so he had a sense of loneliness. But Ian... from his sudden rise to prominence to now, it's been only about two years. Where does this loneliness come from?!

This was clearly a loneliness that comes from standing above the world. And seeing that Ian is only about twenty years old, his Conqueror's Haki can be explained, and his immense strength can be understood, but this faint loneliness made Shanks somewhat puzzled!

The more he thought about it, the less sense it made. Shanks kept shaking his head inwardly, becoming more and more confused. Without continuing to ponder, he sat down directly on the deck.

"This is wine brewed from the water of my hometown. I've traveled all over the seas and haven't found a better drink!" Red-Haired Shanks poured a full cup of wine in front of him, then casually tossed the large wine jug to Ian.

Ian glanced at the wine jug Shanks threw over, shook his head slightly, then suddenly reached out his finger and made a flicking motion in the air. Two more wine cups appeared in front of Tashigi and Kozuki Hiyori, and the wine in the jug was suddenly attracted by some force, flying out and hovering in mid-air before falling into the cups!

The crystal-clear liquid shimmered under the sunlight. Even the well-traveled members of the Red Hair Pirates couldn't help but marvel at this scene. When Shanks saw Ian flick his finger and make the wine hover in the air, his eyes sparkled, revealing a hint of amazement!

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen such a scene. Your ability should be a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, right? You've developed such capabilities, but it's not surprising. After all, Devils also belong to the sky and can obscure the sun!"

"Is that so? The Gravity Fruit, and the Float-Float Fruit, these Paramecia-type Devil Fruit abilities, surely you've encountered their users?" Ian said to Shanks with a faint smile.

"I've heard of the Gravity Fruit. As for the other... I have indeed seen It!" Shanks gulped down the wine, his eyes flashing with reminiscence and regret. The Float-Float Fruit is the ability of the Golden Lion. He once sailed on the ship of Pirate King Roger, so of course he had seen the Golden Lion!