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The crew of the Red-Haired Pirates noticed the extremely weak Shanks.
Suddenly, he shouted nervously to his captain.
Hearing everyone's shouts, Shanks barely managed to steady his shaking body.
He wanted to speak but struggled to cough a few times.
He coughed up blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.
"Everyone! Retreat quickly!!!"
Shanks took a deep breath and shouted.
The order to retreat was given.
Then, avoiding the attacks of Sakazuki and Zephyr, he ran quickly towards the Red Foss docked on the shore.
Beckman, who was entangled with Kizaru, fired several bullets in succession and then withdrew his flintlock gun. yasopp covered his arm with a new sword wound from Momousagi.
The two of them followed Shanks and fled towards the pirate ship on the shore.
As for Lucky Roux, he was still entangled with Enel and couldn't escape for the time being.
Sakazuki looked at Shanks and his crew, who were starting to retreat, with fiery red eyes.
His hands immediately turned into hot magma, and he punched the sky dozens of times.
"Meteor Volcano!"
The dark sky was instantly illuminated.
Roiling lava fell from the sky.
It kept hitting the escaping Red-Haired Pirates.
Under Sakazuki's deliberate control, a huge ball of magma rushed at an unusually tricky angle behind Rockstar, who was fleeing with Rayleigh's body on his back.
When Rockstar noticed something strange behind him, it was already too late to dodge.
Boom!
There was a deafening crash.
Accompanied by a shrill scream.
This immediately attracted the attention of the rest of the Red-Haired Pirate crew.
"Rockstar!"
Shanks was the first to react.
Rockstar looked as if he were no longer human.
And Rayleigh's body beside him, which had completely turned into coal, couldn't help but roar loudly.
The terrifying aura erupted with Shanks' anger.
But before it could spread, it dissipated into the void.
It seemed as though a man at the peak of his passion was preparing to show off his power, but in an instant, his passion plummeted and became sluggish.
Shanks was so angry that he coughed up another mouthful of blood.
He looked at his tragically dead brother with red eyes.
He couldn't help but pull out Griffin from his waist again.
He held it tremblingly in his hand and waved it decisively in Sakazuki's direction.
A weak, light red sword energy slid across the ground.
It was completely opposite to Shanks' excited and angry emotional state.
This sword energy was neither earth-shattering nor shocking!
It was very ordinary!
If Shanks' sword energy before was like a surging river, rushing endlessly and able to hang someone to death if they weren't careful, then this sword energy might still be powerful for ordinary people.
But for Sakazuki, it was like a puddle of sewage flowing in a stinky ditch, both smelly and dishonorable!
Sakazuki swung his fist casually, defeating the insignificant sword energy with ease.
At the same time, Sakazuki realized more clearly that Shanks was in a dangerous situation.
Shanks saw that he could only unleash such an unsightly attack.
He immediately let out an unwilling growl.
"Shanks! Let's go!"
Seeing this scene, Beckman could only suppress the sadness in his heart and pulled Shanks away, continuing to run towards the shore.
"I want to leave! How can it be that easy?"
Sakazuki continued the pursuit.
Zephyr went to clean up the other Red-Haired Pirates who did not escape in time.
When Kizaru saw his opponent running away, he took his time and had no intention of pursuing him.
Instead, he walked around in place like a veteran officer.
Sometimes he would kick the escaping pirates to the ground with his feet.
As for Momousagi, she followed Zephyr to hunt down those pirates who still had some strength.
Being a crew member on the Red-Haired Pirate ship was no ordinary position.
When Sakazuki chased them all the way to the shore, he saw that Shanks and Beckman's group were about to board the Red Foss.
"Dark Hound!"
Sakazuki immediately punched the pirate ship hard.
The extremely high-temperature magma was powerful.
The pirate ship would be completely destroyed in the next second, leaving Shanks no choice but to abandon it.
Suddenly, a figure appeared between the rolling lava and the pirate ship.
Boom!
The magma's attack was blocked.
But the figure fell straight down.
Never to stand up again.
"yasopp!!!"
Shanks, who had already boarded the ship, had eyes wide open.
He was about to jump off the boat and fight to the death with Sakazuki but was stopped by Beckman.
He immediately ordered the navigator at the helm to set off.
Immediately, the pirate ship disappeared into the thick night at an extremely fast speed.
Sakazuki walked slowly to the shore.
He glanced at the missing pirate ship.
He gave up the plan of going to sea to continue the pursuit.
Then, he lowered his head and looked at the lifeless Yasopp.
Although Yasopp had covered his entire body with armament haki at the critical moment, even though he was already injured, he still couldn't withstand the power of the most powerful magma and was forced to fall in anger on the spot.
For this man who abandoned his seriously ill wife and young son, a man who shouted the slogan "The pirate flag is calling me" and, at the invitation of Shanks, went to sea to become a pirate without hesitation, Sakazuki looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.
He claimed to be brothers with a group of pirates, which seemed so affectionate, but he didn't care about family ties at all.
No matter how romantic and passionate the declaration, he was just a selfish pirate after all.
Sakazuki wondered what it meant to be willing to die for pirates now.
This world is so strange; things like pirates shouldn't exist!
In front of Yasopp's corpse, Sakazuki slowly took out a box of cigars from his pocket and took one out.
Then he squatted on the ground.
The cigar was lit by the still-extinguished flames on Yasopp's body.
Sakazuki narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then gently exhaled a puff of white smoke.
It felt like he was exhaling all the fatigue of the day from his body.
Looking at the twinkling stars in the dark night sky above, Sakazuki was lost in thought for a moment.
This is a vast starry sky.
After all, stars light years away cannot illuminate this dark night; they are too far away.
Only the sun, which is close to this earth, can bring light to the world forever.
"Maybe I am just a distant star now.
I can only emit a negligible light to illuminate the path forward for some people.
What I am doing now may always be just an inconspicuous spot of light in the darkness.
Perhaps only when countless light points come together to form a huge fireball can the dark night be completely illuminated.
Only when justice is at its peak will happiness envelope the whole world!"
After a while, the cigar burned to ashes.
Sakazuki slowly came to his senses.
The remains of the cigar were left casually on Yasopp's body.
He rearranged the crooked rose on his chest.
Then, he walked slowly towards the depths of the island.
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Since you can't be the sun to burn the sins of the world now, then first be the brightest star in the night sky!
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