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When he was still a trainee on Roger's ship, Rayleigh, as second-in-command, took great care of him. Unlike other pirate crews, Rayleigh didn't give him all the dirty and exhausting work just because he was a rookie.
It was all dumped on Buggy!
Several times, during crises in battles with enemies, Rayleigh came to the rescue at critical moments.
Without Rayleigh, Shanks would probably have died at that time.
So for Rowen, for Kizaru, he had a rage and hatred that needed to be vented!
Crack...
The muscular Kaido brushed the debris and dirt from his body, looked up angrily and found Shanks already fighting Rowen.
Attacking Shanks meant teaming up with Rowen.
To continue attacking Rowen... he could not swallow this anger!
"Kizaru!!!"
Enraged to the extreme, Kaido turned his head and shouted at the innocent-looking figure in the yellow striped suit standing nearby.
"Let's settle our old scores!!"
"Why me?"
Kizaru pouted with a fed up expression on his face.
He and Kaido really had nothing worth fighting over!
Seeing that Kaido was getting ready, Kizaru turned to Akainu, whose face was as dark as it could be, and said: "Akainu, give the order to retreat!
Just the three Yonko pirate crews alone were more than they could handle, and adding the relentless pirate army outside with the current Marine forces, this battle was unwinnable!
Fortunately, the direction of the pirates' appearance came from the interior of the New World, which did not cut off their retreat. After all, that side was close to Totto Land, the Marine headquarters, giving them a lifeline.
So if not now, when would they retreat?
But...
"Justice will never yield!"
Akainu clenched his fist and covered himself with magma armor, transforming into a four-meter magma giant.
"Marines will only fight until defeated!"
"Never surrender!"
Seeing this, Kizaru sighed softly.
"Alright, I knew you would say that."
With that, he pulled out a Den Den Mushi and spoke quickly, "Dr. Vegapunk, send over the Pacifista units."
"Pacifista units?!"
Akainu looked at him in astonishment, then asked angrily, "Are there reinforcements? Why wasn't I informed?"
"The Pacifista units in the new G-5 are for protecting the research base, there aren't many of them."
"They can't decide the battle, they can just help us maintain a retreat path."
With that, Kizaru said nothing more.
In front of him, the towering Kaido, like a god or demon, was already swinging his kanabo and ruthlessly charging at him.
Boom!!!
The ferocious attack landed on the ground, creating a spiderweb-like crater ten meters in diameter. Kizaru flashed to Kaido's side and slashed at his leg.
Lightspeed Kick!
Whoosh... Boom!
The explosion spread, but the figure quickly rushed out unharmed, like a silent war machine, and continued to advance, raising the kanabo again.
"That's why I really don't want to fight you!"
Kizaru said, scratching his head in despair.
Against someone like Kaido, whose defense is incredibly formidable, the explosive power of Yasakani no Magatama isn't as effective as the piercing and sharpness of the meteor spears, Gungnir.
And Kaido couldn't possibly match him in speed. It was like a dog biting a hedgehog for both sides.
"Hmph!"
As Kizaru and Kaido fought further away, Akainu snorted coldly and turned to the only person, or rather two people, left in front of him.
"Marco, step back." Whitebeard waved his hand, signaling Marco to leave the battlefield.
"But Pops, your injury..."
Marco said worriedly.
"Gurararara!"
"I'm just dealing with Akainu, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of that redheaded brat."
Didn't you see that neither the officers of the Red-Haired Pirates nor Kaido's Conflagration and Plague did anything?
The Yonko's pride wouldn't allow them to claim victory in a battle where they had the numerical advantage. In their hearts, if they wanted to win, it would have to be something they achieved on their own.
Their true purpose in coming here was simply to prevent the Marines from defeating Whitebeard.
Taking this opportunity to annihilate the Marines with the combined forces of the three Yonko pirate crews?
The idea is good.
But they don't need such a victory!
That was the kind of dominance and pride they possessed.
Meigo - Nether Hound!
Tremor Fist!
Boom...
The magma exploded, the space shattered and filled with cracks.
At that moment, three battles were raging on McKinley Island.
An Admiral vs. a Yonko, the new rising star Soryu vs. the veteran Red-Haired Shanks, each of them showing off their skills, the grand and magnificent battle scenes making the crowd roar with excitement.
Clang!
Clang!
The sound of a sword rang out through the air as a magnificent sword energy over a hundred meters long crossed a thousand meters in an instant.
Rowen swung his thunder halberd horizontally, shouting as he slashed downward.
A piercing metallic clang echoed as the exploding thunder roared angrily, tearing apart the sword energy before transforming into a thunder dragon that charged at Shanks.
Hiss...
Facing the oncoming thunder dragon with overwhelming momentum, Shanks didn't dodge. He raised his sword, Griffin, lightly and slashed upward.
The thunder dragon that collided with the blade's edge showed a visual effect of materialization, like butter meeting a hot knife, split in two in an instant.
Boom!
Bang!
The thunder dragon crashed to the ground, creating a charred crater, and everything around it disintegrated in the violent thunder, while Shanks stood untouched in the center, demonstrating his precise control of the battle.
After several exchanges, Shanks remarked with some emotion.
"No wonder you could slay BIG MOM, you've definitely become much stronger than before."
"Oh?"
Rowen grinned and said, "Do you regret not killing me back then?"
The day Ace was rescued, Shanks had plenty of chances to kill him. Rowen knew he might not have come back from that trip.
But he went anyway.
And he regained his life and his dignity by sacrificing his own hands.
He sought out Shanks not out of anger at the disruption of his plans, not because he knew Shanks' character, nor for the ostensible reason of testing his mettle.
He just wanted to tell himself that he never compromised!
Whether it was death or anything else, nothing could make him compromise.
This is the true meaning of "Living towards death"!
The meaning of him getting up from his sickbed!
However...
"Yes and no."
Shanks shook his head and said, "I regret not taking you seriously from the beginning, but I don't regret not killing you then."
"After all, taking Ace from you means I owe you a favor."
"What a ridiculous pirate statement!"
Rowen, snapping back from his memories, sneered coldly, "A favor? By robbing?"
"Well, you're right... I am a pirate!"
Shanks grinned and was about to make a move when an alarm sounded in his head. Without thinking, he jumped backwards, rolling continuously to avoid the attack.
At the spot where he had been standing, a dense array of white lightning spikes erupted from the ground, turning his previous position into a carpet of lightning spikes.
Chidori Nagashi: Hell Lightning!
"Such underhanded tactics!"
Shanks remarked, feeling slightly shaken.
The scattered thunder dragon hadn't dissipated, but had instead channeled some of the lightning into the ground, waiting for an ambush.
Blink!
In a flash, Rowen stepped forward and appeared directly behind Shanks the next second, his thunder halberd whistling sharply as he ruthlessly slashed down.
Using Blink to close almost impossibly long distances in an instant, then using the inherent speed advantage of his Thunderbolt Human abilities to attack, was one of Rowen's favorite combat strategies.
Against ordinary people, even High-Level officers under the Yonko, the Four Sweet Commanders, or the Three Disasters, this might have caused significant trouble.
But he was facing a Yonko, the most Haki-filled man of the sea, "Red Hair" Shanks!
In the face of crisis, Shanks stood proudly, completely ignoring the thunder halberd slashing from behind, calmly raising his sword, Griffin.
Emperor Comes: Overlord Sword!
(End of this chapter)