"No offense, but no pirate crew would be taken serious with a little kid as the captain." Takeru stated. "If we are going to be pirates, we need a strong adult to be captain." Takeru would be captain if it was needed, but it did not particularly matter to him. As long as he got to see the world, his questions could get answered and that is all that mattered to him. Takeru also wondered how long it would take for them to ask questions about his Devil Fruit Power, or why the merchants flipped out when they realized who he was.