New World, Sphinx Island, Outer Sphinx Island.
Akagami's pirate ship was slowly getting closer to the shore of the Sphinx Island.
"Everything!" Marko immediately shouted loudly which because of this shout immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, "Those who are not ready, can go to the ship now. You won't be able to defend against that person with only half preparations."
"Can't survive? What do you mean, Marko?" Ace asked in confusion.
"Akagami has very extraordinary Conqueror's Haki. Even though the power of his Conqueror Haki was inferior to Hashirama's. At least, his Conqueror Haki is stronger than Oyaji's." Joz said seriously.
"Are you serious? Stronger than Oyaji?" Ace asked with a face full of surprise.
"Joz isn't kidding, Ace. The power of Akagami's Haki is indeed very frightening. You can see for yourself." Vista's gaze stared at one of the crew who were with them at this time who was already unconscious.
Gradually more and more people passed out unconscious due to the Conqueror Haki released by Shanks. Ace who was there also immediately felt the Conqueror's Haki and began to increase his strength against the Conqueror's Haki released by Shanks.
Shanks was finally seen walking towards Whitebeard with everyone he passed currently unconscious.
"What an amazing Conqueror's Haki" Joz praised as he looked at Shanks.
Shanks' footsteps suddenly stopped just a few meters in front of Whitebeard, "I'm sorry. Because this is enemy territory. I have to make a little threat."
"Gurararar~ Is that how you greet us, Akagami Boy?" Whitebeard asked while looking at Shanks with a serious look.
"Don't be angry. it's just my greeting. After all, I also brought a nice drink for us to drink" Shanks said with a smile and his face immediately changed, "This… Whitebeard, your strength…" Shanks' eyes that previously looked bright were immediately surprised because he felt Whitebeard's current strength was almost the same as when Whitebeard was still alive. at its peak although it is currently slightly reduced.
"Gurarara~ Why Akagami Boy? Aren't you happy with my change?" Whitebeard asked while narrowing his eyes.
"No, no" Shanks shook his head, "I'm just a little surprised by this change you've been through. Your strength has returned to the point it was at your peak."
"Oh, Akagami. Are you saying that before that Oyaji was someone weak?" Marko shouted angrily from the side.
Shanks immediately turned his gaze to Marko, "Oh, Marko. We haven't seen each other in a long time. How about you join my crew?"
"Nonsense! There's no way I'll join"
"Is that so? If indeed you change your mind. You can join. You will always be welcome" Shanks gaze then looked at Ace, "Yo, Ace. We haven't seen each other in a long time."
Marko and the others were surprised to hear that Shanks was quite familiar with Ace.
"How about you just get on my ship, Ace? I think Luffy would be very happy if you boarded my ship."
"Impossible!" Ace refused firmly, "Even though you are an idol to Luffy. I'm not going to get on your ship."
"Akagami boy! Did you come here because you wanted to kidnap my children?! Do you want to go to war with me?!" Simultaneously with that, Whitebeard's Conqueror Haki was instantly unleashed ferociously aimed at Shanks.
Shanks casually accepted the Conqueror's Haki without any resistance at all and just smiled, "Your strength has only decreased slightly, Whitebeard." Shanks paused and immediately sat there and looked at Whitebeard, "I didn't come here to fight but I came to I'm here because I just want to talk to you." Shanks then threw the bottle of drink he was under at Whitebeard.
"Sake from West Blue?" Whitebeard took the bottle then raised his brow.
"It is sake that comes from my hometown. Sake has benefits for treating and maintaining the body. It doesn't taste bad either and it's the best drink I can give you" Shanks said calmly.
Whitebeard immediately drank from the bottle calmly then looked back at Shanks, "Well, what do you want to talk about, Akagami Boy?"
"I'm interested in that someone who beat you? Is he currently here?" Shanks asked straight to the point.
"Gurarara~ Are you looking for the person? If you're looking for it, you're out of luck. He left here before you came."
"Already gone? Too bad, I thought I could meet him and ask him to join" Shanks said with a sigh then drank his own drink that was brought down by him.
"Gurararara~ You want to invite him to join? Did you dream of Akagami Boy? It is impossible for you to invite that person to join your crew."
"As long as there is a chance. I want to give it a try" Shanks said calmly with a smile, "By the way, how did you get your current strength back? There's no way Marko did it, right? Is that the result of what the person who defeated you did?"
"You ask a lot of Akagami Boy questions." Whitebeard said in an angry tone.
"It's just a common question" Shanks replied, "Besides, I'm quite curious about that person's strength"
Simultaneously, suddenly Shanks, Whitebeard and others felt someone approaching towards them with a very strong force. Everyone who felt it immediately looked up at the sky and saw that at this time a very large blue dragon was there.
"Kaido!" Shanks' gaze became very serious looking up at the sky.
"Worororor~ Akagami Boy! I never thought you would actually come to this place. Do you also want to try the power of Whitebeard's old man?" Kaidou said excitedly as his gaze stared at Whitebeard.
However, his gaze immediately changed.
"God damn it! Parent! how could your power have returned?!" Kaidou asked with a face full of surprise.
King who was currently together with Kaidou immediately broke out in cold sweat because he felt Whitebeard's power which had returned even though it was a little worse at its peak.
"Gurarara~ Kaidou. What brought you to this place? Do you want to donate your body to be used as a bag for me?" Whitebeard asked as he stood up and looked at Kaidou with a look full of seriousness.
"Wororororo~ Become your bag? My current strength is no longer the same as my previous strength, old man! Even though your current strength has returned. I can definitely win in this battle this time" Kaidou said excitedly.
"Gurarara~ Big words" Whitebeard said seriously then looked at Shanks, "Akagami boy. Don't get involved in this matter. This is my and Kaidou's business."
"No problem. After all, my goal here seems unattainable, I believe it would be impossible for me to get any information about that person from you."
New World, Fortis Kingdom, Royal Palace, Ars Chamber.
"How was the party you had together with Whitebeard's pirate group? Pleasant?" Ars asked while smiling looking at Hashirama who had returned.
"Hahahaha… It was so much fun. They are very lively and cheerful people" Hashirama said with an excited smile.
"They are indeed such people" Ars nodded and continued, "What about the payment fund? Have you handed it over to Kaguya?"
"Already. I met him when I just entered the royal palace and have handed over the funds I received to him" Hashirama replied.
"Good job" Ars nodded then continued, "By the way, regarding your battle with Whitebeard. Is there a news that published it?"
Hashirama nodded, "Yes. The news came out and is now known to everyone. Even though at that time I deliberately released my Conqueror Haki completely to minimize the news from getting out. However, I didn't expect that there would be reporters who could cover the battle."
"You underestimate Journalists too much, Hashirama" Ars smiled then continued, "Everyone in this world can become a journalist. Navy, World Government, Pirates and Civilians. As long as they have the information. They can already be said to be reporters" Ars paused for a moment and continued, "I believe the new world is currently in a state of chaos because of the news"
"Chaotic?" Hashirama asked in confusion.
"Sure" Ars nodded, "The current two Sea Emperors namely Kaidou and Charllote Linlin definitely won't let a golden opportunity like this slip away. As for Charllote Linlin, she must have sent troops by now to take Whitebeard's territory and also sent her intelligence squad to track down information about you. As for Kaidou, he will also definitely send his troops to take Whitebeard's territory at the same time he will look for Whitebeard to fight."
"Fighting? Is Kaidou that strong?" Hashirama asked confusedly, "Didn't you say he was weaker than Whitebeard"
"Of course. But that was in his easy period. When compared to today. Whitebeard already had many dark wounds and he was already in his old age. His strength has decreased a lot compared to his previous strength."
"Ah. If that problem. I guess we don't need to worry" Hashirama smiled, "Before we fight anyway. I've healed all the dark wounds that Whitebeard had. His strength has also returned although I know that his current strength is still a bit lacking compared to his peak period. The same is true after our battle is over. Although I managed to injure Whitebeard with a very severe wound. I have returned his physical condition back to before we fought."
"Really?" Ars then laughed, "Hahahaha… Then, my condolences to you, Kaidou. I wish Whitebeard would be a little merciful to him. Today might be an unlucky day for Kaidou"
"I think so too." Hashirama nodded.
"Okay. Now your vacation time is over. I want you to go now to do the felling of trees for the animal husbandry area. Because after the construction of the fellowship building is complete. I will ask Myrd to start building the animal farm."
"I understand" Hashirama nodded and immediately left the room from Ars to carry out the order.
Some time passed.
New World, Sphinx Island, Outer Island.
Currently the condition of the Sphinx Island which is located on the outside has been shattered due to the battle carried out by Whitebeard and Kaidou. Shanks at this time had also gone on his ship as he was not in a relationship at this time. However, even though Shanks had said he was leaving. However, Shanks was at a distance of about a few kilometers to watch the battle taking place between Kaidou and Whitebeard.
"How could it be?! How could I lose to an old man like you?!" Kaidou is currently in a state that is not fine. His entire body was covered in blood from the battle he had with Whitebeard.
Meanwhile, King is currently also in a bad condition due to having to fight Marko.
"Gurarara~ Do you think with your current strength you can beat me, Kaidou?" Although currently Whitebeard is also quite injured from fighting against Kaidou. However, the injuries he had were only a few compared to the wounds suffered by Kaidou.
"Bastard!" Kaidou immediately opened his mouth and instantly gathered hot energy and then released it, "Fire Breath!"
The attack quickly went straight towards Whitebeard with the width of the attack distance was very large.
Whitebeard without waiting for much time immediately used his nagita then cut off Kaidou's fire breath attack. Without waiting for a moment's pause, Whitebeard immediately rushed towards Kaidou then flapped his punches covered in Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and his devil fruit abilities and instantly used them all on Kaidou.
*Kacha!*
*BOOM!*
The attack hit Kaidou head-on. Kaidou was immediately repulsed by Whitebeard and thrown all the way to the shore. It can be seen that Kaidou's chest is currently scarred from the blow given by Whitebeard.
"Kaidou-san!" King who saw this was very surprised. He immediately dodged the attack that was unleashed by Marko at him and rushed towards Kaidou who was currently in a dying state.
Kaidou slowly tried to get up and immediately saw Whitebeard and the entire group of Akagami pirates were already there and ready to attack him.
"King! We're retreating!" Without waiting for much time, Kaidou instantly turned into a dragon and immediately wanted to run away. King also immediately joined in with this.
"Unlucky! Do not-"
"Stop it!" Before Ace could finish his sentence, Whitebeard immediately stopped them, "Let those two bastards escape. we can't keep fighting here. Otherwise this island will be destroyed because of our battle"
Hearing those words from Whitebeard. All of Whitebeard's pirate crew immediately stopped their desire. They realized that the location of their current battle was the Sphinx Island where Whitebeard was most guarded. Whitebeard of course would not continue the battle even if he was able to finish off Kaidou because it would be fatal.
"Gurarara~ What's with that gaze, My children?" Whitebeard immediately laughed excitedly, "Didn't we win this battle?"
Whitebeard's words immediately attracted the attention of everyone there. Their previously ugly faces immediately turned full of joy even though they weren't the ones fighting the battle.
"We have won that battle! That means we have to celebrate. Come on everyone! bring back our army of food and drink. We're going to have a great party!"
"Oh!" Everyone exclaimed excitedly and started preparing for the victory feast.
Meanwhile, on the Akagami pirate ship.
"The battle seems to have been won by Whitebeard" Ben Backman said calmly.
"Of course" Shanks smiled then continued, "That old man's strength has returned even though it didn't reach its peak. However, his strength is only slightly worse than back then."
"What about the information gathering, Boss? Did you get any information regarding the person who defeated Whitebeard?" Yasoop asked.
"Hahahaha…. No" Shanks laughed first then replied, "That old man doesn't seem to want to share any information about that person"
"Isn't that a natural thing? There's no way someone would tell others information about the opponent who defeated them especially someone like Whitebeard" Hongo said calmly.
"Really? Ah, I see." Shanks nodded.
"What's with that response of yours, Boss? You're not cool at all" Lucky Roo said in a slightly mocking tone.
"So how?" Ben Backman asked again, "Are we going to use our intelligence network to find out information about that person?"
"Yes. Use it" Shanks nodded, "I'm interested in that person. Especially, this return of Whitebeard's power must have something to do with him."
"Okay. I'll have our intelligence troop move."
News of the battle that Whitebeard and Kaidou had fought quickly spread throughout the world. The effect of Kaidou's defeat instantly let everyone know even though Whitebeard had previously been defeated by someone. Whitebeard's current strength is still very scary, especially in the photo where Shiorhige and Kaidou's condition was when the battle took place.
The Big Mom pirate fleet and the Beast Pirate Fleet, who previously wanted to go on a move to take over the territory belonging to the Whitebeard pirate group, immediately withdrew their troops. Because they knew that it was impossible to fight Whitebeard at this time.
The New World that was previously predicted to enter a period of chaos has now regained its calm.
Whitebeard's popularity that had previously fallen due to his defeat by an unknown figure had returned. However, even so. At this moment, everyone's curiosity was getting higher and higher towards the figure who defeated Whitebeard.
Who's he?
Where is he currently?
What power did he come from?
Many groups are currently searching for the information except for the World Government, Marines, and also Whitebeard's pirate group because they know the identity of the person. However, they will not tell anyone.