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A heavy atmosphere instantly spread throughout the entire living room. Aside from Luffy, Chopper, and Zoro, everyone else stared intently at Ian.
Even Nami, recalling what happened last night, had a dark expression and cold sweat forming in her palms.
This seemed to be getting pretty serious!
Just as she was hoping Ian would not say it out loud, Ian seemed to notice something.
A smile appeared on his face, and then his gaze fell on Ace as he said with a smile: "Just as you've guessed, Teach is the son of the former captain of the Rocks Pirates!"
As soon as those words were spoken, aside from Ace, who stood there stunned with a complex look in his eyes, everyone else's eyes widened once again.
Especially Nami and Usopp, who had already guessed something and directly clutched their heads.
"I knew it!"
"Let's run away quickly! Although I sympathize with Brother Teach's experiences, this is already beyond something we can get involved in!"
"To think that brother Teach would actually be..."
Ace murmured with a complicated look in his eyes: "... The son of Rocks!"
"And that's not all!"
Zephyr did not expect that Ian would actually tell such a secret matter to this group of brats, but since it had already come to this, he still said cheerfully: "Back then at God Valley... That is, because they wanted to seize your father's brother's girlfriend, countless pirates rushed into God Valley. In the end, your father and your grandfather joined forces and killed Rocks!"
Another bombshell dropped, directly hammering everyone's already tense hearts once more.
Ace and Luffy, in particular, were completely dumbfounded.
"My father and my grandpa..."
"No, it's Ace's father and your grandfather!"
Ian looked at Luffy, who casually acknowledged fathers, with a strange expression. "Of course, your father was also at God Valley back then, and he even saved quite a few people!"
"Ah, it was Ace's father? Hahahaha!"
Luffy laughed as he scratched his head after figuring things out. "Did Ace's father and my grandpa kill Teach's father?"
"Not exactly. Although Ace's father and your grandfather defeated Teach's father, they did not kill Rocks at that time."
Ian shook his head. "Later on, a head-hunting dog appeared and picked up the kill while Rocks was down!"
"No, even I don't know this kind of secret."
Upon hearing Ian's words, before the others who were frozen in place could say anything, Zephyr beside them spoke up first, asking: "How do you know this? Could it be that Garp told you? He didn't tell me, but told you instead? Did I not give him enough money?"
Ian: "..."
So that old geezer really is your informant within the Marines!
Ian even suspected that this might be just one of the informants.
"This matter is indeed a secret that cannot be told to others, especially what happened at God Valley. Once the World Government finds out that you know about it, you know they would immediately send people to kill you."
Ian took a sip of tea, looked at Nami, Usopp, and Chopper, whose faces showed fear because of his words, and then his gaze fell on Luffy again. "Speaking of which, the one who killed Rocks is someone you also know, no, rather, you know his son."
"No, whose dad is it now?"
Nami held her head directly. "That era was way too complicated!"
Ace's dad and Luffy's grandpa defeated Teach's dad, and in the end, another person's dad picked up the kill.
"Do we know him?"
Unlike the others who looked distressed, Luffy instead curiously frowned, touching his chin.
He glanced at the people behind him, and finally his gaze fell on Usopp. "Could it be Usopp's dad?"
"Probably not. My dad probably wasn't even born back then." Usopp complained irritably.
"Maybe it's Sanji's father!"
"Impossible. That guy is just a coward!"
Facing Usopp's words, Sanji sneered, flicked the cigarette in his hand, and said, "He wouldn't dare provoke such a terrifying guy!"
As he spoke, he looked at the Zoro who was thinking beside him. "Could it be your father, you green-moss-head?"
But then he denied it himself. "No, impossible. How could your father possibly be that strong?"
"You curly-eyebrow perverted cook!"
"Alright, stop guessing. It's not anyone's father here, but..."
Ian, somewhat annoyed by the noise, shifted his gaze back to Luffy and said directly, "Shanks' father. And in that battle, that head-hunting dog gentleman was directly referred to as the King active in the Gods Valley!"
Everyone: "...?!"
Shanks's father?
Was it actually Shanks's father who killed Teach's father?
Not only were Luffy and the others unable to believe it, but even Zephyr beside them also had a completely bewildered expression.
This was something he truly did not know. What circulated on the seas was the story of the Hero of the Marines and the King of the Pirates joining forces to stop Rocks's conspiracy and defeat Rocks!
Where on earth did this guy learn so many secrets?
No wonder he married the Devil Child. If the World Government were to find out that this guy actually knew these secrets, even if he had not married the Devil Child, they would probably have issued a Buster Call against him anyway!
This guy's troubles were not much fewer than those of the Devil Child or a D family!
Zephyr covered the ears of the two children with both hands while staring seriously at Ian and saying displeasedly: "Hey, hey, hey, you guy, how can you say this kind of secret in front of children?"
If it were to leak out, not only would Teach be targeted by the World Government, but they would probably be targeted as well.
And it would not be the kind of targeting from before, but the kind where, no matter what the cost, they would be wiped out.
These words also made Nami and the others look at Ian with terror on their faces, to the point that they even covered their ears. "I don't know, I didn't hear anything at all!"
"Damn it, how can you tell us these secrets? We've only just set out to sea!"
"So scary! The sea is so scary! Crocodile-sensei was right, I want to go home!"
"Doctor Kureha should be calling me home for dinner."
"Alright, alright."
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