Chapter 286 Barrett’s Depression (Ch 286)

In this way, Kuzan made his first friend after coming to Twilight City. The two often went sea fishing together. After chatting many times, they found that their ideas were initially similar, and they both sneered at Sakaski.
Alan was also happy to see Kuzan’s integration into Twilight City. Although he had a lame leg, the former navy admiral’s strength had increased instead of decreased. As long as he was not sent to kill people or burn things, he would be a very reliable companion.
That day, Alan was taking a break in the office when Adam walked in with a worried look on his face.
“Captain Allen, I think you should go and persuade Barrett!”
“What’s wrong? Didn’t he go to an uninhabited island to practice alone?”
A trace of confusion flashed across Allen’s face. He didn’t understand why the other party needed him to worry about.
“The fact that he was helpless against Kaido was a huge blow to him beyond imagination. He has been training hard on the uninhabited island for a week. The key is that his training is completely unsystematic and more like a way to vent.”
“Then why not just let him vent a little?”
“Are you sure? This guy has sunk three uninhabited islands in a week.”
“Um……..I better go take a look!”
A trace of helplessness flashed across Alan’s face. He didn’t expect that this group of people had the characteristics of destroying houses.
After asking Adam for directions, Alan flew directly towards the uninhabited island where Barrett was, and arrived at his destination in a short while.
What came into view was a devastated island, with potholes everywhere and damaged vegetation all over the place, as if it had been swept by a hurricane.
“Oh my goodness, if we come any later this island will sink.”
Alan raised his brows slightly and walked towards the location where the violent collision sound came from. A moment later, a huge figure with his upper body naked and hammering the island hard appeared in front of him.
“Are you the captain of the demolition team?”
Hearing Allen’s voice, Barrett was stunned for a moment, then stopped his actions.
“Why are you here?”
“If you don’t come to the Twilight Sea, there will be one less uninhabited island.”
Alan rolled his eyes and complained unhappily.
“Tell me, this kind of training probably won’t help you much now, right? Why did you choose this method? To vent?”
Hearing this, Barrett clenched his fists, veins bulged on his forehead, and he sighed for a long while before speaking out his thoughts.
“I found myself getting further and further away from my goal.”
“Roger and you are fine, but now I am no match for Shanks and Kaido. I am thinking whether it is better to leave Twilight City. The living environment here is too comfortable.”
After Alan pondered for a moment, he looked at Barrett again.
“What is your goal? To be the strongest in the world? If so, just come and challenge me. You have rarely challenged me in recent years.”
“Although I don’t dare to claim to be the best in the world, but only if you defeat me, you will be qualified to challenge stronger ones.”
Barrett fell silent again. Allen was right. He rarely challenged him in recent years. Why was that? Even Barrett himself couldn’t figure it out.
Maybe it was because the result was always the same, and even the gap didn’t seem to narrow. Over time, Allen left an impression of being invincible in Barrett’s mind.
At this moment, Barrett hated his cowardice very much, but he could not overcome the mountain in his heart.
Allen took in his expression and knew clearly why Barrett had stopped challenging him in recent years.
“If you can’t break through the barriers in your heart, nothing will change whether you leave Twilight City or not. When you have fear in your heart, there is no possibility of you becoming the strongest in the world.”
The uninhabited island fell into silence. Seeing that Barrett remained silent, Allen disappeared on the spot. The next moment, he appeared in front of him and punched him in the abdomen.
“Hmm” “Bang”
Caught off guard, Barrett let out a cry of pain, flew backwards, and hit a mountain in the distance, raising a cloud of dust.
Barrett climbed up without showing any anger, nor did he show any fighting spirit.
“Tsk, you were born in a war country, and your goal is to become the strongest. But now you are afraid of fighting and even want to escape from me. This is ridiculous.”
Allen’s words made Barrett feel a little embarrassed and annoyed, but he couldn’t find any reason to refute.
“So what? Anyone who has an insurmountable mountain in front of them will do the same.”
“Oh, there is an insurmountable mountain in front of you, so why bother trying to climb it? Why not just try your best to climb it? Even if you can’t reach the top of the mountain, the journey of climbing will make you stronger and more resilient.”
“That’s easy to say, have you ever met an opponent like this?”
Barrett was very disdainful of Allen’s remarks. If what he said was true, then what would his decades of experience in joining Twilight mean?
Alan was not angry, but mentioned his past experiences.
“Do you know the Rocks Pirates?”
“I heard from Roger that he was once the overlord of the sea.”
“I am a member of the Rocks Pirates.”
“So what?”
There was a hint of confusion in Barrett’s eyes. He didn’t understand why Allen mentioned this.
A trace of reminiscence appeared on Allen’s face, and scenes from the past kept appearing in his mind.
“Not only me, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Kaido, and Big Mom are all members of that pirate group.”
“What?”
Barrett only knew that the Rocks Pirates were very strong back then, but he didn’t know they were so strong. Any one of these names is enough to shake the ocean today.
Allen ignored Barrett’s surprise and continued to explain:
“I was only 17 years old when I was forced to join Rocks. My strength was not even as good as yours who just went to sea. I didn’t even know how to awaken the Armament Haki.”
“When I joined the Rocks Pirates, Whitebeard and his crew were at their peak. In addition to them, there were several other powerful executives in the pirate group. They were all people I needed to look up to at the time.”
“Not to mention that there is also Captain Rocks D. Gibeck who needs the cooperation of Peak Roger and Garp to deal with.”
After hearing Allen’s story, Barrett’s expression became complicated. He could already imagine Allen’s situation at that time, and at the same time, a trace of fighting spirit slowly ignited in his heart.
“I’m sure you all know the results. Rocks was killed by Roger and Garp, and John and Big Mom both died at my hands. I also defeated Kaido and Shiki the Golden Lion several times.”
“As for you, what I want to say is that hard work does not necessarily lead to success, but if you stay where you are, you will only get further and further away from me.”
“Facing my failure doesn’t mean you haven’t become stronger, it’s because I’m also constantly evolving, which makes your efforts seem a little ridiculous.”
After hearing this, Barrett’s fighting spirit was rekindled. He didn’t care whether he could defeat Allen or not, because according to what he said, if he continued to stay where he was, he would only be left further and further behind, and this was what he could not accept the most.
“I understand Captain, thank you for your guidance.”
After saying that, Barrett used the ability of his fruit to merge with the island and rushed towards Allen again after a long time.