The Red Hair Pirates, led by Shanks, were covering the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates' return to the New World.
Since the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates has been completely in chaos, there are already signs of melee between the Big Mom Pirates, Beasts Pirates, Ochoku Pirates, and Big Daddy Pirates.
Therefore, Marco plans to transport the remains of Whitebeard and Ace back to Whitebeard's hometown of Sphinx Island for burial.
Shanks is also a good guy who will fight to the end. After organizing the funeral for Whitebeard and Ace, he will fulfill his agreement with Basire and stop the Beasts Pirates from plundering Whitebeard's territory.
Although Basire tricked him, he had no intention of breaking his promise.
After all, it was a fair trade in exchange for Whitebeard and Ace's remains.
Maybe when there is a chance in the future, he will settle the account with Basire for cheating people.
Moreover, he also wanted to know why this young man knew the secrets of the Celestial Dragons Figarland family.
The God's Valley incident from more than thirty years ago was erased by the World Government. Except for the Roger Pirates and some Celestial Dragons, almost no one knew of Shanks' true life experience.
This Basire is very mysterious!
Moreover, Basire's rise was too rapid and exaggerated, making people really want to find out about this guy.
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Naval Headquarters, Marineford.
Most of the injured have received preliminary treatment. The destroyed headquarters fortress can no longer be used for work, so they built a temporary office and are also rebuilding the headquarters fortress.
After completing the treatment of the wounded, distributing the pensions of the sacrificed Marines, and explaining most of the work, Sengoku officially resigned to the World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong.
The Five Elders had already conveyed orders to Commander Kong, so Kong could only approve Sengoku's resignation.
However, the Five Elders and Kong did not allow Sengoku to retire just like this. He must still shine for the Marines, so they gave him a false position as [Naval Headquarters Inspector General] to continue training new people and performing special tasks for the Marine.
Garp was even earlier than Sengoku. On the second day of the Summit War, he submitted his resignation to Commander Kong, but was directly rejected by him.
However, Kong still gave Garp three months of leave, allowing him to adjust his mentality and continue to serve as a Marine Vice Admiral.
After Sengoku resigned, he recommended Aokiji Kuzan as the next Marine Fleet Admiral.
However, Kong did not immediately agree, because most of the top officials of the World Government recommended Akainu Sakazuki for the position.
This also led to a serious dispute between Aokiji and Akainu for their own justice. They both had the belief that they must become the Fleet Admiral.
So the Five Elders sent the final order: the strongest will rise.
The two Marine Admirals finally decided to have their battle for the position after the situation in Marineford was completely stabilized.
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After several days of sailing, the Big Daddy Pirates' Groseade finally entered the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates and approached the waters of Hachinosu Island.
The Ochoku Pirates, who were expanding rapidly, quickly gathered their combat power after receiving the news, preparing to face the menacing Big Daddy Pirates.
On one side is the veteran pirate who has been in the New World for thirty or forty years, and on the other side is the super newcomer who is rapidly rising. What kind of big event will happen in this battle for the position of Yonkō?
Will they engage in a protracted war of the century?
Or will it be a crushing one sided battle?
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On the aerial war fortress.
Basire looked at the Island of Hachinosu getting closer and closer, and showed a cruel smile.
If someone wants to take advantage of him, he should be prepared to die!
A washed-up pirate actually dares to jump out and compete with him for the position of Yonkō. He's just asking for death!
Don't think that just because he was on the Rocks Pirates along with Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido he should also have the status of Yonkō.
"Boys, let's kill Ochoku and become a Yonkō!!"
Basire shouted loudly to his men, who immediately shouted enthusiastically, their eyes full of fanaticism, especially the prisoners who escaped from Impel Down. As soon as they were released from prison, it was the captain's battle for kingship, and their eyes were filled with admiration.
"Van Augur, Ratchet, Gairam, give them a little greeting gift!"
Basire stood on the bow of the ship and showed a faint smile. Today they are going to show the world the true strength of the Big Daddy Pirates and let them see what a crushing air war is.
"Yes, Captain!"
They immediately shouted excitedly. As the three of them started to take action, the officers and crew of the Big Daddy Pirates all watched their wonderful performance.
They saw two small islands that were following the Groseade falling towards Hachinosu under Van Augur's Float Fruit ability.
These were islands he specially floated on the road just to attack Hachinosu.
The two giant cannons on this aerial war fortress began to aim at Hachinosu as well. One was a super electromagnetic gun surrounded by lightning, and the other was an island-destroying cannon built for the More Fruit.
The pirates on Hachinosu were in complete disarray, and their artillery could not reach the island ship in the air.
Looking at the falling islands, they were terrified and started to flee one after another. This was just too scary.
"Damn it!! It's Shiki's devil fruit ability!!"
The huge skull castle on Hachinosu Island changed into the shape of Ochoku, who quickly 'grew' on the island, forming a huge island giant.
Basire has Whitebeard's devil fruit ability, and even Golden Lion Shiki's devil fruit is on the Big Daddy Pirates. How can he fight against it?
As a cadre on the Rocks Pirate, he is well aware of the horrors of these two devil fruits.
But Hachinosu was the base he had built for many years, and he would never watch it be destroyed in vain. He raised his hands high and swung them into the sky, trying to redirect the two small islands that were falling at high speed.
As long as these two islands fall into the sea and give him a little more time, he can assimilate them and turn them into his weapons.
Boom~!! x2
A beam of electromagnetic gun light and a huge black shell hit the waist of the island giant Ochoku at extremely high speed. The huge island man was cut in half and his huge body collapsed.
Ochoku also had a look of shock on his face. His island body, which was hundreds of meters wide, was actually broken by two cannons. What kind of terrifying weapon are these?.
"Ochoku-sama collapsed!!!"
Countless pirates were in panic, and even the Nine Tails Fox Tamamo and Pegasus looked at this terrifying attack with wide eyes.
Seeing the two islands falling, they could only run away frantically, away from this dangerous area.
In their eyes, the captain who was almost invincible under the Yonkō couldn't stop the first wave of attacks from the Big Daddy Pirates?
Boom~!!
The two islands suddenly crashed onto Hachinosu, instantly turning this bustling pirate island into a complete ruin.
After decades of hard work in construction, everything was destroyed in an instant.
Ochoku, the island man who claims to be invincible as long as he's in Hachinosu, couldn't even protect the island!
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