Ignis looked at Shiki's young face. Right now, this guy's personality was still a bit unreliable and capricious, very fond of causing trouble.
Tossing bombs or slamming gates to cut off escape routes, those were his little tricks to torment his own crewmates.
It was hard to imagine he was the future arrogant, domineering, conceited Golden Lion Shiki who wanted to rule the world!
"Vice Captain Ignis, that guy's future epithet is Golden Lion. What about me? Do I get a fearsome nickname that shakes the seas?"
Sunbell took a big bite of meat and looked at Ignis expectantly, hoping to hear a resounding title.
He had joined the Rocks Pirates but hadn't done anything big yet. He didn't even have a wanted poster, so no bounty or epithet.
"Catfish Wrestler Sunbell!"
Floating lazily in mid-air, Ignis sipped his red wine and spoke slowly.
"Catfish Wrestler? That's not resounding or domineering at all!"
Sunbell's face fell. This epithet obviously didn't match his imagination, instantly making him feel a bit depressed.
"Vice Captain, you're a prophet, a cultured man of wisdom. Please give me a new epithet!"
Sunbell seemed to think of something, his eyes lighting up as he looked at Ignis.
He believed that the knowledgeable Ignis would satisfy him.
"You want to change your epithet?"
"That's changing the future. There might be some butterfly effect that backfires on me."
Ignis sat up in the air, his face showing a 'struggling' expression, talking serious nonsense with a straight face.
"Vice Captain, I..."
At this moment, Sunbell quietly raised his hand. He had his eye on an epithet.
"Vohahaha! Kid, I think 'Scourge of the Seas' and 'Burying Battleship' are pretty good. Do you dare use such domineering titles?"
Rocks looked at the honest and simple Sunbell and suddenly felt like using these epithets to change his personality.
"Uh, Captain Rocks, I..."
Sunbell's newly mustered courage almost fizzled out. His expression was a bit awkward.
Neither of the two epithets Rocks suggested was the one he wanted.
"Don't mind, Rocks. Use whichever you like. I've got your back!"
Ignis waved his hand grandly, looking heroic, but out of the corner of his eye, he unconsciously glanced at Rocks's wild smile.
"Captain Rocks, Vice Captain Ignis, I want the epithet 'Tidal Dread'. I want to become a hero of Fish-Man Island!"
Sunbell suddenly mustered his courage. Even though he came from the chaotic Fish-Man Street, his heart had always been filled with hope.
He wanted to be a hero, a fish-man hero who could protect Fish-Man Island and change its situation!
"Gurararara! A hero! Not a bad aspiration!"
"But you'll have to work hard. Being a hero is ten, a hundred times harder than being a pirate!"
Newgate immediately laughed heartily, giving Sunbell full affirmation, and at the same time appreciating Ignis's protective attitude even more.
"Hmph! We're pirates now, and you want to be a hero?"
Shiki sneered, clearly not liking this epithet or dream. He pretty much agreed with Rocks.
He also felt that 'Scourge of the Seas' and 'Burying Battleship' were much better, more in line with the fierce style of the Rocks Pirates.
"Hmph!"
Rocks snorted coldly, too lazy to bother anymore. He just felt Sunbell had no ambition or aspiration.
No wonder he didn't have the qualities of a king!
"Hey, Ignis, what's my future epithet?"
Newgate took a big gulp of red wine, roughly wiping the red wine stains splashed on his short mustache with his sleeve.
Newgate had long golden hair, only a bit shorter than Golden Lion Shiki's, but the mustache above his lip was strangely white.
"Haha, Newgate, your signature feature hasn't even grown in yet!"
Ignis glanced at Newgate's short mustache, spread his hands, and laughed.
"Signature feature? Hasn't grown in?"
"What kind of crap is that? Don't beat around the bush with me! Spit it out!"
Newgate thought for a moment but couldn't guess. He directly asked with a dark face.
"I won't tease you. Your signature white mustache will become famous throughout the world in the future!"
"Because of your white, crescent-shaped mustache, you'll be called Whitebeard!"
Ignis drew a crescent shape with his hand towards Newgate, and finally even activated his Moonlight Gu, turning it into a silver crescent moon that moved close to Newgate's upper lip.
"Haha, yes, yes, yes! That's the Whitebeard I remember!"
Ignis smiled contentedly. Newgate, with a white beard, was the real Newgate.
"Whitebeard?"
"Pretty average epithet!"
Newgate swatted Ignis's Moonlight Gu away, his face full of disdain.
"Whitebeard! Golden Lion! These are all famous legendary epithets of the future."
"How many pirates will imitate your epithet, calling themselves Blackbeard, Tea Beard, Red Beard, Peach Beard..."
Ignis spread his hands, as if depicting a common scene.
"Gurararara! Seems I really am a big shot in the future!"
Newgate smiled contentedly, touched the white fuzz on his upper lip again, and felt the epithet 'Whitebeard' wasn't bad either.
"Then..."
"If there will be bad consequences, forget it, Vice Captain."
Sunbell looked at Ignis's serious expression, and the fire in his heart instantly extinguished.
"Forget it. From the moment we met, the future was destined to change!"
"Everyone, you must firmly believe in the saying, 'I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul'!"
Ignis turned his back to everyone, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, leaving behind a mysterious silhouette.
"Vice Captain..."
Sunbell was instantly moved beyond words. Sunbell's eyes were full of little stars, completely conquered by Ignis's personal charm.
Rocks raised an eyebrow. Couldn't this guy Ignis stop posing for one second?
He just loved picking on the honest, simple guys on the ship!
Newgate gave Ignis an acknowledging smile, while Shiki's expression grew even more complicated.
"Let me think of some epithets suitable for you..."
Ignis turned back to look at Sunbell's enormous body, over ten meters tall, and immediately thought of some pretty good ones.
"How about 'Depth Jagernaut'? I think it suits you, a fish-man."
"If you don't like that, there's also 'Scourge of the Seas'! 'Abyssal Roar'! 'Tidal Dread'! 'Burying Battleship'!..."
Ignis quickly listed a whole bunch of good epithets, instantly making Sunbell ecstatic.
He loved these epithets!
Even Sunbell's eyes lit up, his little mind starting to work.
After Brother Sunbell finished choosing, he would pick one for himself too.
"Vohahaha! Not bad, not bad! These epithets are worthy of my executives!"
Rocks laughed heartily. To be honest, he wasn't even satisfied with his own epithet, 'World's Worst Criminal'.
He also wanted to know if he had any other fearsome titles in the future.
"Bwahaha! Then I'll be Depth Dreadnought Sunbell from now on. 'Catfish Wrestler' sounds terrible!"
Sunbell said excitedly. The epithet 'Depth Jagernaut' sounded even more powerful than 'Golden Lion' just by hearing it.
"Then you should practice using a meteor hammer or a long chain anchor as your weapon."
Ignis smiled with a mischievous glint.
"Okay! I'll follow the Vice Captain's advice. Besides Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujitsu, I'll also practice using a meteor anchor!"