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Rob and Shanks have finished their conversation!
Robin and Uta, who listened to the whole call, moved to Rob's side.
With a smile on Robin's face, she said:
"Great! Kaido's subordinates probably won't be dispatched if Shanks restrains them! The troublesome part of this matter is solved like this! Oni-chan!"
Regarding Robin's words, Rob nodded without denying it.
It's still possible for the current Shanks to restrain Kaido's subordinates.
Uta crawled into Rob's arms. Her big eyes looked at him:
"Ni-chan, are we going to sail again?"
Holding Uta in his arms, Rob nodded and smiled:
"It is indeed time to set sail! Kaido is very powerful, and a battle with him will destroy many things... It would be a pity if an island like this one is destroyed by the battle between me and Kaido!"
If the battlefield can be chosen, Rob prefers uninhabited islands to inhabited ones.
The next day, after preparing sufficient supplies, Rob and his siblings left the island with a human town and headed for the nearest large uninhabited island!
At the same time, the Red Force of the Red Hair Pirates also left their stronghold island and sailed directly towards Wanokuni.
After a few days, on the sea near Wanokuni, the ship of the Beasts Pirates, who had just left Wanokuni, and the Red Force, who had just arrived, met head-on!
On the huge main ship of the Beasts Pirates, thump! thump! thump! Kaido with two pointed horns, carrying a mace, followed by King, walked out of the cabin, looking at the Red Force blocking the way with a cold face and serious red hair.
Then he grinned:
"You brat from Roger's boat, you dare to block my way, you're quite brave! I don't hate a guy like you! Akagami, come and fight me! How about it?"
Hearing Kaido's words, Shanks also had a smile on his face and said:
"Please allow me to refuse! I don't want to be someone else's subordinate, I just want to take my companions and sail freely on the sea, that's all!"
Kaido was not at all surprised when Shanks refused his invitation. The big pirates who survived the hegemony war and persisted until now, and whose reputation in the New World is growing louder and louder, are not willing to submit to others.
In particular, this is especially true for people like Shanks, who have seen the true peak of the sea with Pirate King Roger at a young age.
"Since you didn't come to join me, then what are you doing here? Do you want to challenge my Wanokuni?"
Looking at Shanks, Kaido held the mace in his hand, already planning to fight.
Raising his hand to take off the straw hat on his head, gusts of sea breeze blew Shanks' flowing red hair, his face gradually becoming serious, and his aura rising.
Looking directly at Kaido, he said, "I'm here to prevent a war that will upend the balance of power on the sea!"
While talking, Shanks placed his left hand on the hilt of his sword, Gryphon:
"Rob is one of my friends! If it was only you going to find him alone, I would not stop you, but you brought so many subordinates to bully my friend!"
"Please do me a favor! Let your subordinates stay, I will not take action against them, and at the same time, I will guarantee that during your absence, no one will be able to touch a single bit of your Wanokuni territory!"
Having said that, Shanks looked at Kaido with sharp eyes:
"How about it, Kaido?"
Hearing these words, Kaido smiled coldly and stepped forward.
In a cold voice, he said, "Wororororo... You think you can protect my territory?"
At the same time as the voice fell, Kaido suddenly jumped from the Beasts Pirates' ship, his towering figure of more than seven meters falling directly towards the Red Force where Shanks stood!
Raising the mace, he shouted, "Thunder Bagua!!"
The terrifying Conqueror's Haki entwined on the mace, black lightning crackling. When Kaido makes a move, it is the current standard reached by the top of the sea, a powerful attack to measure the top contenders!
If Shanks can catch it, he will gain respect; if he can't, then he will die!
In an instant, Shanks rushed towards Kaido, his sword Gryphon appearing in his left hand. With a serious face, he directly met Kaido's Thunder Bagua, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki!
Boom!
The sword Gryphon, crackling with black lightning, collided with the Hassaikai in Kaido's hand in the air, unleashing a terrifying impact. The Conqueror's Haki from both clashed, sweeping across the sea instantly!
Bang—
The sea surface was hit by a huge wave, pushing away the ships of the Beasts Pirates and the Red Force of the Red Hair Pirates. The clouds above were also scattered by the force of their clash.
"Twice as strong!"
Feeling the power of Shanks, Kaido's face showed surprise, then he grinned and praised him. At the same time, the strength in his hand increased, and his momentum became extremely violent. After his final battle with Kozuki Oden, Kaido had become much stronger over the years.
"Aha!!!"
Feeling the violent power from Kaido's mace, Shanks' face was tense, veins bulging, and his expression became fierce as he exerted all his strength. The two were locked in the air, neither willing to yield.
Ten seconds later.
Bang—
The violent force of the collision between Gryphon and the Hassaikai exploded, ending the stalemate. Both figures retreated to their own ships. Kaido stepped back and stood firmly, while Shanks took three and a half steps back, steadying himself on the deck of the Red Force.
The performance of the two made it clear to both sides who held the upper hand. Shanks, despite being in his twenties, was slightly inferior to Kaido in strength but far from powerless. He could hold his ground for a considerable time.
"Boss!"
Beckman and others stepped forward, standing beside Shanks with serious faces.
Raising his hand to stop them, Shanks stepped forward again, facing Kaido, and sheathed Gryphon.
He said loudly, "Your opponent is not me! I came here to give you a choice, not to fight you! Think carefully about my proposal!"
After speaking, Shanks gave Beckman and the others a look, and the members of the Red Hair Pirates quickly moved into action. Soon, the Red Force turned around and slowly disappeared.
Having finished speaking and clashing with Kaido, Shanks believed his move was enough for Kaido to think carefully, and there was no need to stay longer.
Watching the Red Hair Pirates leave, Kaido didn't stop them. Instead, his eyes became pensive:
"I didn't expect that the kid from Roger's ship who ran away back then has grown to this extent. There truly are monsters on that ship."
After the Rocks Pirates fell apart, Kaido never fought the Roger Pirates, so he didn't know the horror of the Roger Pirates.
What Kaido didn't expect was that Shanks, who was just a kid back then, had grown so powerful.
Considering that Rob, "the world's greatest swordsman," is just a teenager, even younger and smaller than Shanks, Kaido started to doubt if he was keeping up with the times.
Are the youth of today all that fierce?
"Mr. Kaido!"
The very young King took a step forward and looked at the pondering Kaido.
"Are we going to attack again?"
Kaido picked up his mace and laughed loudly:
"Wororororo! Besides me, no one can stop that red-haired guy! Our hegemony has just begun, and if something happens now and deepens our hatred with that brat, it's not a good thing!"
"Jack's revenge will have to wait! Poor little guy, only twelve years old, and that guy named Rob hit him so hard! He's a shameless guy!"
Despite his reckless appearance, Kaido is actually shrewd.
The Beasts Pirates' Kaido still has brains!
Becoming the overlord of the sea is definitely not as simple as relying on sheer strength alone!
If the Red Hair Pirates weren't around, he wouldn't mind stepping on "the world's greatest swordsman" to enhance his reputation. But with the Red Hair Pirates' presence, especially with Shanks being so strong, he wouldn't act rashly.
As for Shanks' promise not to attack him and to help guard Wanokuni's territory?
Kaido could only say that whether others believed it or not, he didn't believe it. If he had such an opportunity, he would definitely attack Wanokuni without hesitation, occupy it, and make it his own domain!
Kaido felt that Shanks was trying to bully him, an honest man!
Of course, he wouldn't be fooled!
In the brutal world of pirates, such promises, in Kaido's opinion, were not worthy of trust!
Thus, under Kaido's decision, this incident came to an end temporarily at the cost of only Jack being injured.
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