Ian did not guess wrong. Shanks came out this time because Hawkeye went to see Shanks after meeting him, which made Shanks come to Ian on a whim.
However, it is really a coincidence that Ian will meet Ian here in St. Baiyang, not Shanks' prophet.
In fact, when Ian decided to hunt down Black Beard Titch with Ace, there was a deviation again. Originally, if Ace hunted Tick alone, Shanks would choose to meet White Beard Edward in the end. Newgate, and told Dad about the danger of Blackbeard, and at the same time hoped that Whitebeard could recall Ace so that he would stop chasing Blackbeard.
The last time Ace found Shanks, he thanked Shanks for saving Luffy, and he and Shanks knew each other, but even with such a relationship, Shanks never thought of going to Ai directly. This is because Shanks knows that Ace is a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, and the only person who can make him give up the pursuit is Whitebeard. Even if he finds Ace directly, there is no way. Let Ace stop here.
So Shanks originally planned to set off and go to the new world to find Papa Whitebeard once. Even Shanks already knew at that time that Ace and Ian hunted down Blackbeard together, and he didn't change his mind.
The reason is very simple, Shanks and Ian didn't know each other at all at that time, and coupled with Ian Qibukai's identity, he was also afraid that it would backfire.
However, when Hawkeye found his friend and told Shanks about his relationship with Ian, Shanks changed his plan.
Those who can become the Four Emperors have their own pride. Shanks is very aware of Whitebeard's character, and knows that if he, a junior, goes to find Whitebeard, Whitebeard may not listen to him. In a situation where there is really no other way Under the circumstances, Shanks would choose to meet Whitebeard, but now he has a better choice, which is to use the relationship between Hawkeye and Ian to meet Ian and Ace.
Shanks knew that Ian was the one who almost joined the Whitebeard Pirates, and that Ace was a close friend and a brother. If Ian can be persuaded, then maybe Ace can also be persuaded. Give up the plan to hunt down Blackbeard.
This is the reason why he came out to sea suddenly. At that time, his change shocked the naval ships monitoring them, and hurriedly reported the movement of the red-haired pirates to the Navy headquarters.
It’s just that Shanks’ understanding of Ian was limited at the time. His deeds about Ian, the Qibukai, all came from hearsay. Wu Hai, but after all, he has never really met Ian, and he doesn't understand Ian's strength at all.
In his opinion, even if Ian and Ace hunt down Blackbeard together, there is a high possibility that something will happen, because Blackbeard is too insidious.
However, what surprised Shanks was that when he was halfway there, when he was about to approach Santing Island in Alabasta, a news came suddenly, saying that Ian and Ace had successfully captured The Blackbeard Pirates, and they have been handed over to the Whitebeard Pirates to take it away!
This news must have made Shanks very depressed, because this matter exceeded his expectations.
Blackbeard was arrested. After Shanks repeatedly confirmed that the news was true, his purpose of coming to find Ian and Ace was naturally ruined. So after thinking about it, Shanks could only decide to continue to wait and see the situation At the same time, because he learned that Ian and the others had set off and left Alabasta, Shanks could only turn and leave.
That's why in the Navy's report, it is said that the red-haired pirates "suddenly turned around"...
At that time, Ian and the others’ sailing route was originally on Gaya Island, but Shanks lost his purpose of finding Ian, and naturally it was impossible to run to Gaya Island to stay, and it happened because their ship Red Foss The ship accidentally bumped into a hidden reef during the voyage before, causing a little damage to the bottom of the ship, so after turning around and leaving, Shanks took the red-haired pirates to Saint Poplar Island, and he wanted to buy some here. Fine lumber to repair the Red Forth.
However, Shanks himself did not expect that during his voyage to St. Baiyang, Ian's ship did not go to Gaya Island, but was unfortunately involved in the sky island adventure of that guy Luffy. , actually went to Sky Island with Luffy and the others, and when they returned, because they captured Enilo’s Ark Proverbs, there was a deviation in the route, and they even fell on the route of Saint Baiyang Island up!
On the boat before, Shanks didn’t even notice the pirate flag hanging on the Ark’s motto. He was just attracted by this golden ship, but his deputy captain, Ben Bankman, was holding The handsome uncle who smoked the pipe noticed this, so he informed Shanks.
The ship of the Dragon Hunter Pirates suddenly appeared here. This was really unexpected for Shanks. He made a special trip to search for it but failed to find it. It's a joke of fate.
However, in any case, since we met here, Shanks decided to meet Ian. He was also very curious about Ian, because his friend Hawkeye, who had always been a loner, would actually meet him. Suddenly there was a nephew who didn't say anything, and came to find him for a drink. He looked very happy, so Shanks naturally wanted to meet Ian.
After sitting down, listening to Shanks' eloquence, Ian finally realized that such things happened after he and Ace left Alabasta.
Looking at the red-haired uncle who laughed from time to time, Ian felt really strange.
Although the red-haired Shanks is the Four Emperors, his usual personality is actually very easy-going. He didn't even mention Enilo's attack on him just now. It seems that he didn't take it to heart at all. look.
This Ian can figure out, because in his memory, when the red-haired Shanks was provoked by a group of bandits when he was in the East China Sea Windmill Village, he still smiled.
But this doesn't mean that the red-haired man is harmless, but because of these provocations, as long as they don't touch Shanks' bottom line, he won't care.
This seemingly nervous personality made Ian feel very familiar, because it seemed that Luffy also had such a personality.
Luffy may be influenced by Shanks' character, so who is Shanks' character influenced by? Ian thought about it and thought that there was only one person who would do this, and that was the One Piece King Gol D. Roger!
Thinking of Roger, Ian suddenly thought of a person, that is Raleigh, King of Pluto!
Uncle Rayleigh, is he all right? Ian suddenly missed him a little bit.
As the vice-captain of One Piece, Rayleigh actually mentioned Shanks to Ian at the beginning, so Ian couldn't help but said to Shanks: "That... Brother Shanks... Let me call you that, Ray Uncle Li once mentioned you to me..."
Pooh! Shanks was gurgling the beer that Matthew brought up, but after hearing what Ian said, he spit it out!
"Cough! Cough!!" Shanks coughed a few times, then raised his head, looked at Ian in surprise, and said, "You... who did you just say!?"
"Uncle Rayleigh! Hades Rayleigh!" Ian repeated.
Shanks looked at Ian in disbelief: "You... where did you hear this name?"
"Uncle Lei Li told me himself!" Ian realized after finishing speaking, "Oh! By the way, you haven't seen Uncle Lei Li for a long time, right? So you may not know, I have already become Uncle Rayleigh's disciple!"
Shanks was really shocked at this time, he had no idea that Ian was Rayleigh's disciple!
He has indeed not seen Rayleigh for many years, because Rayleigh has been living in seclusion on Chambord Island after the disbandment. Shanks has never been close to that island because of his status. After all, it is close to the Navy. Headquarters, once he appears, there may be a large number of naval ships waiting for him...
"That... Also, Lu Fei once mentioned you to me!" Ian seemed to think that he was not shocked enough, and then threw out such a sentence, saying: "My junior brother Sauron is in Lu Fei's place." In the Pirates, and Luffy is Ace's younger brother, this time we are staying together in Sky Island... "
Shanks was completely dumbfounded at this time, he never imagined that there is such a deep relationship between Ian and him, apart from the relationship of Hawkeye!
I can't describe Shanks' mood at this time. I thought that the two should be very strange people, but after such a chat, I suddenly found that the other party was the feeling that I was with him. This is really amazing!
Shanks finally knew why Ian called him big brother just now. Shanks is only about 37 years old now, and Ian is only 20 years old. In addition, now that the two have such a deep relationship, then this There is nothing wrong with shouting big brother...
"Wahhahaha!" After Shanks came back to his senses, he immediately burst out laughing happily. If he had known this was the case, then what he was doing so much, he should have found Ian to drink with him.
He laughed, patted Ian on the shoulder vigorously, turned his head at the same time, and shouted to Ben Bankman on the opposite Red Forth: "Ben! Come here! Hahaha, see you See our little brother, come to the banquet!"