In the crowd.
Several people had serious expressions at the same time.
Boom!!
A huge red thunderbolt struck without warning.
The high platform was destroyed instantly.
The surrounding pirates also fell to the ground, frothing at the mouth.
Two figures planted their weapons into the ground to block the thunder.
"Red-Haired" Shanks.
"Dark King" Rayleigh.
Luffy, with black smoke rising from his body, looked at the two people standing beside him.
"Shanks... Shanks!?"
"Luffy..."
The red-haired man felt a pang of bitterness in his heart but still grinned: "I'm here to see you off, I must..."
Ta Ta... Ta Ta...
The Pacifistas dispersed, and four figures walked out from the opposite side.
"What do you want? Do you want to go to the top?"
Luffy's eyes widened when he saw Dylan walking in the front row: "It's you! It's you!"
Two years ago during the Summit War, he saw the man in front of him take action.
Later, when he went to ring the bell...it was said that this person also knocked him unconscious.
Shanks looked gloomy.
"Rairyu" - Adams Dylan.
"The Devil's Descendant" - Bullet.
"Rain" - Shiryu.
"Sky Fox" - Tahir.
Rayleigh's expression changed, and he said to Bullet: "Bullet, we used to be partners, why..."
If Bullet can be convinced at this time, the balance of victory will tilt instantly.
"Partner?"
Bullet grinned.
"I never had anything like that, Rayleigh."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Rayleigh's eyes. Indeed...
Bullet came on board purely because of Roger's strength.
And now... Roger is no longer here.
Bullet made the same choice as before - follow the strong and challenge the strong!
"If there are any other cats or dogs, please call them out immediately. Akagami, this is not the only arrangement you have, right?"
Dylan looked at the two guys with broken arms standing next to Luffy and raised his lips.
Even someone as sharp-tongued as Shanks couldn't say anything harsh at this moment.
The two of them faced the four people in front of them...
"Scopper Gaban! Ochoku!"
Boom!
Two figures jumped from the top of the mangrove tree.
Scopper Gaban, whose hair had turned slightly white, and Ochoku, who was covered in heavy armor, landed beside them on the left and right.
Looking at the people who appeared out of nowhere, Luffy was still a little confused.
He didn't even know what was happening.
There was some doubt in his heart, but then he felt optimistic again: "Are they all your friends, Shanks?"
"Ah..."
Shanks grinned: "They are all my friends, and they...are also here to see you off."
"You go first, Luffy."
Rayleigh turned to look at Luffy: "It's up to us to stop them. Let's go..."
Before Rayleigh could finish speaking, a tall figure appeared in front of them.
"You still talk so much nonsense, Rayleigh!!"
Boom!!
Ochoku's war hammer bypassed Rayleigh and met Bullet.
The violent airwaves instantly knocked away the surrounding pirates.
"Is this the great pirate who became famous but suddenly disappeared?"
Feeling the power from the war hammer, Bullet instantly became excited.
Ochoku didn't seem to want to talk and swung his war hammer at Bullet again.
The two men exchanged blows for a few rounds in the middle of the field and then looked at each other and jumped away at the same time.
Bullet, who was starting to get a little cocky, just wanted to beat the guy in front of him to death.
Ochoku, on the other hand, just wanted to complete the "transaction" quickly and leave.
Dylan still stood there without moving, and the people opposite him fell into a deathly silence.
Now...it's impossible to leave Luffy alone.
Other "cadres" of G-5 have not yet appeared...
"Luffy!"
"Luffy!"
Two excited voices sounded.
Vinsmoke Sanji and Roronoa Zoro ran over from a distance.
But when they saw the two sides confronting each other on the scene, they immediately stopped.
Vinsmoke Sanji's body trembled slightly.
Roronoa Zoro began to take off his headscarf.
"Hey! Don't rush to transform yet, I have something to ask you."
Dylan glanced at Zoro.
Zoro was stunned at first. He recognized this man. He had met him in Isshin Dojo more than ten years ago.
Teacher Koshiro had said back then that if one wants to become the world's greatest swordsman, then this person will definitely be one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome.
"What?"
Zoro pulled out two swords and took them in his hands. Although Wado Ichimonji had not yet been unsheathed, judging from the scene, they were definitely enemies.
"When I met you in East Blue 10 years ago, Kuina had already achieved some success in swordsmanship, right?"
Dylan looked at Zoro with a half-smile: "Although she is a girl, she could hone her swordsmanship to that point, and her physical fitness was quite good, right?"
Shanks felt his heart sink.
"How much strength and knowledge do you have now? Let me ask you..."
Keng!!
Raiu blocked the sudden attack of Gryphon.
Dylan smiled strangely at Zoro: "Is there really a staircase in this world that can kill someone? And it's a young swordsman with excellent physical fitness and reflexes?"
Zoro was shocked.
He had been afraid to recall everything about Kuina because the "promise" had not yet been completed.
Now that he thought about it... with Kuina's reaction and body...
Why is there a staircase in Isshin Dojo that could kill her??
"You...you..."
"Remember it carefully...Think about it...Where is the problem and why some things are always so coincidental...Don't treat everything as a coincidence...Because that is..."
Keng!!
The second sword strikes!
Dylan raised his hand and lifted Shura to block Rayleigh's sword.
"What are you going to say to these seeds..."
The one-armed Rayleigh was sweating slightly on his forehead.
He was just the "guardian leader" designated by Roger and did not know some detailed plans and arrangements.
He didn't know until the eve of the "Celestial Dragons incident" that Shanks was their "leader" - the "Flag bearer."
Dylan waved Shura lightly to resist Rayleigh's slash.
"Eh? What's wrong? Why don't you let me tell you? Some people can't be beaten to death or hacked to death. Why did Kuina, who was also a genius, fall to her death when she fell downstairs?"
Shanks, already locked in a battle with Shiryu, was also very cautious in his actions, perhaps because he was concerned about the situation.
"Let me guess, maybe the story goes something like this-"
Dylan held up Shura's saber that held down Rayleigh and said slowly:
"There was a child of Wano who inherited the blood and power of the 'Dragon-Slaying Warrior.' In order to achieve their own goals, some people quietly stole the child from Wano and threw them somewhere."
"Then, in order to let this extremely talented young man go on the path they expected, they designed to kill the equally talented young girl, so that the young man could get the weapon that represented the 'Shimotsuki family.'
Then they used some thieves to guide that young man along the way.
The boy was led to a certain place just for him to meet someone..."
"Shut up!"
Shanks shouted, ignoring Shiryu who was still pestering him, and turned around and sped towards Dylan.
The figure flashed, and Dylan appeared on the flank.
"If you have time, give Koshiro a call. If he is dead... then someone may want to bury the secret."
Shanks' heart sank to the bottom.
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