"Where am I?"
His head was dizzy, and his body was swaying. He could vaguely hear the sound of waves hitting the deck.
Igor forced his eyes open and saw a wooden ceiling.
He looked around and woke up in a simple bed. Although the room was small, it had all the daily necessities.
"This is…"
Igor's gaze was fixed on something on the bedside table, and his heart trembled.
A rectangular frame stood quietly on the one-meter-tall wooden cabinet. In the frame was a somewhat old photo.
The four children's smiling faces filled the entire photo.
It was the only group photo of Igor, Ace, Sabot, and Luffy!
Staring at the photo, Igor's thoughts surged like boiling water. Memories instantly filled his brain.
Six years ago, he had escaped from the Holy Land for the first time and drifted to a deserted island. He had been rescued by Karp and placed in the home of the bandits.
The tragedy of his mother dying in front of him filled Igor's mind with hatred. His heart was dead like a living dead.
Until she met her three friends who regarded her as her companions. The strong friendship between children of the same age rekindled her hope in life.
After a few months of getting along, fighting side by side with wild beasts, the four of them became close brothers.
One day, Da Dan found a dusty camera out of nowhere and insisted on taking a photo of the four children.
The white light flashed, leaving behind this precious photo. It was also the only time he took a photo in this world.
Not long after, Sabot was kidnapped by his father. He was unwilling to be bound and left home to go to sea. In the end, he was brutally killed by the Heavenly Dragon people.
It was also from that moment that he lost all his feelings and hope and completely fell into the abyss of revenge.
"Haha, you're finally awake!"
His pupils gradually widened. A familiar yet unfamiliar voice interrupted Igor's memories and pulled him back to reality.
A young man who was about his age and had a lean figure broke in. When he saw that he had woken up, he was overjoyed.
He propped up his denim hat with one hand, revealing his freckled face. The young man's pupils trembled, clearly very excited.
"Ace! Ah Si..."
Igor turned pale with fright and instantly forgot the fatigue in his body. He struggled to sit up.
Unexpectedly, it affected the wound on his right shoulder. A sharp pain caused Igor to gasp.
"It's really you, Igor! Don't move, you're seriously injured."
Ace was surprised and happy. He rushed to Igor's side and hugged him as he lay down again.
Knowing Igor's perseverance, the wound must have hurt beyond imagination. After all, he was missing an arm.
"That's great. Ace, how did you find me?”
Igor suppressed the joy in his heart and lay down. He had a clue when he saw the photo, but he couldn't control his happiness at the moment.
Thinking about it carefully, the two of them were the same age. He was seventeen this year, while the other party was seventeen in the manga.
It seemed that he had just happened to catch up with Ace's first year out at sea. It was really a brotherly relationship that was set in the unseen world.
"I passed by a sea area and found you. You must have fainted because you lost too much blood.”
After listening to Ace's words, Igor suddenly realized that he had used Iron Block when he completed the assassination in the Holy Land and jumped into the sea.
Although he was ten thousand meters high, he did not fall unconscious. It turned out that he had lost too much blood.
If he had known this would happen, he would have absorbed life force in the Holy Land and recovered his right arm before jumping into the sea.
"You know what, Igor? Six years ago, Sabot was killed. We only found out later that you were the one who took revenge, but we never found you again.”
Seeing Igor deep in thought, Ace changed the topic and started talking about his childhood parting and regrets.
Speaking of Sabot's murder and Igor's disappearance, the seventeen-year-old boy's eyes started to tear up.
Igor felt a lump in his throat and his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"I'm sorry. I don't want to implicate you.”
Igor was silent for a while. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and revealed his true feelings to his brother.
"Have you forgotten that we are partners and brothers?”
Ever since Ace grew up and went out to sea, the young man who thought of himself as a man had never cried, but as he spoke, tears still fell from his cheeks.
Times had changed. Thinking of Sabot's encounter and looking at the adult Igor, Ace could not help but feel sad.
Igor listened to Ace's sobs and was slightly moved. However, revenge was rooted in his heart, and emotions would not leave a trace even if they passed.
Igor didn't want to continue the topic of the past under the impact of great joy and great sorrow, so he asked casually.
"How are you doing now?"
Hearing this, Ace wiped the snot and tears from his face, and his expression gradually became bright.
"Have you heard of White Beard?"
Aisben wanted to keep them in suspense, but when he looked at his best friend in front of him, he couldn't help but blurt out.
"I joined the White Beard Pirates…Because, I have a new dream-to let 'Father' become the king of the sea!”
As Ace spoke, his pupils could not help but tremble with excitement. As he finished speaking, he looked at Igor and was actually a little surprised.
He thought Igor would be shocked when he heard his words, but he unexpectedly smiled.
After the shock, Ace seemed to understand something. As expected of my brother, Igor would definitely understand my feelings!
Indeed, as someone who was familiar with One Piece's plot, Igor understood Ace's feelings very well.
However, other than empathizing with him, another thought suddenly arose in his mind when he heard Ace's words.
As a person who lived for revenge, Igor was obviously more passionate about improving his strength and getting companions!
After making up his mind, Igor still looked at Ace with a smile and said something that surprised his partner.
"Ace, I also want to see White Beard!”
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