"Kaido-sama..."
The first half of New World.
A certain winter island covered in ice and snow.
Inside the huge steel fortress, there was an exaggeratedly large sofa.
A tall figure with horns on his head, a fierce face, and an unbelievably strong body was sitting there, carrying a huge wine gourd and drinking wine with his head raised.
That exaggerated figure, like a little giant with terrifying momentum, makes people's scalp numb inexplicably.
A pirate hurried over to report: "Black Prison, Obask Luke, you asked us to pay attention appeared in the Water 7 yesterday..."
"And I heard that there was a fight with Monkey D Garp, and the sky was split!"
"Oh?"
After taking the newspaper, Kaido was surprised.
Paying attention to the headlines above and the news published in them, his pupils couldn't help but shrink: "Oh, hey, he's such a scary guy... It's unbelievable that he has such strength at such a young age!"
"Gulu! Even a big shot like Garp was injured, and he escaped unharmed..." The pirate from Beasts Pirates asked cautiously: "Then Kaido-sama, we are still going to cause trouble for him. Do you want to give up on Nico Robin?"
These past few months.
It's not just the Marines and the World Government.
Different forces, be it large or small, throughout the New World have been searching for Luke's whereabouts.
Because, in the rumor, Devil Child, Nico Robin, an archaeologist who is suspected of being able to decipher historical texts, is with him.
Any pirate with a bit of ambition can't help but pay attention.
Not to mention them Beasts Pirates.
But he felt that for Nico Robin, who didn't know whether she could really interpret historical text, if they rashly provoked a monster like Luke, it's really not worth it.
Grabbing the wine gourd and drinking a few gulps of wine, Kaido looked extremely fierce and stared at the pirate with terrifying eyes: "Are you kidding me? Who do you think you am I?"
"I'm not afraid of a fledgling kid!"
The figure that looked like a demon suddenly rose up.
The violent momentum is so overwhelming that it makes people can't breathe.
"Contact that guy, Joker, and ask him to mobilize all his forces to find Obask Luke and Nico Robin's whereabouts as soon as possible! Find them out for me; otherwise, I won't spare him!"
"Ah? It's—"
The pirate from Beasts Pirates was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
While he hurriedly responded, he felt a moment of silence for Joker in his heart.
A Warlord of the Sea, who is notoriously fierce and majestic in front of others, is even more powerful in the underworld. The gangsters eat both sides and have force on both sides.
Countless forces, big and small, are competing to curry favor and cooperate with him, the underworld intermediary.
In front of Kaido, the great pirate he is just a trembling little shrimp who is at the mercy of others.
...
"Tsk, tsk, incredible…"
"Is that guy really only seventeen years old?"
"I remember a few years ago, because of Luffy's incident, we were chased by that guy and ran away!"
"Hey, did that old guy's strength decline with age?"
"It's unbelievable that a newcomer could hurt Garp like this!"
"The sky is cracked... Only a strong man like the boss can do this!"
"I didn't expect that Obask Luke's Haki would be so powerful..."
In the New World, in an unknown sea area.
A medium-sized two-masted sailboat moved slowly on the sea.
Hanging above it is a skull and crossbones flag with three scratches on the left eye and two Western knives intertwined.
This is the pirate ship of the Red Hair Pirates—Red Force.
A certain figure looked at the newspaper he had just ordered from News Coo and the brand-new bounty that belonged to Obask Luke.
"What a terrifying strength!"
Shanks, whose bounty exceeded 2 billion Belly, couldn't help but feel a little confused when he looked at the World Economy News in his hand.
He has eye-catching red hair and a tall and thin figure of nearly two meters.
He wears an open white shirt, a black cloak, and a Western knife hanging from his waist.
On his rather handsome face, there are three claw marks on the left eye, adding a bit of fierceness and masculinity.
"Beckman, I feel old!"
Shanks was indeed surprised.
He is very aware of Garp's strength.
A few years ago, facing this incredibly powerful marine who was at the end of his prime, even the Red Hair Pirates were chased everywhere and were unwilling to start a war easily.
It stands to reason that even if his strength declines slightly as he gets older now, the decline will not be too exaggerated.
It happened that he was injured like this by a newcomer who was said to be only seventeen years old.
It's really unbelievable.
But the cracked sky tells him everything.
Obask Luke is the CP9 genius who was only seventeen years old and once made a big fuss in the Enies Lobby and rebelled against the World Government.
Indeed already possesses monster-like strength.
Shanks couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
The somewhat weathered deputy captain of the Red Hair Pirates, Benn Beckman, who had gray hair and a ponytail, held a cigarette in his mouth, stared at the young figure on the bounty, and said lightly: "Our era has just begun!"
After he said, he puffed out smoke and glanced at his captain.
With a smile, he asked directly: "He is indeed not simple, but are you afraid?"
"Of course not!"
Shanks laughed directly.
Putting one hand on the hilt of his sword and looking at the undulating sea, he said loudly: "This sea is really getting more and more lively!"
"Let's talk about business first..."
Beckman flicked his cigarette butt with a solemn look and said in a deep voice: "In the past few years, whether it is Kaido, Big Mom, Ochoku, or even the Whitebeard Pirates, they have been trying to suppress us!"
"Recently, the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates have joined forces to suppress us. We can't tolerate it any longer!"
"You mean?"
Shanks raised his eyebrows.
He was extremely convinced of this experienced and resourceful vice-captain.
The Red Hair Pirates have developed to this day and are vaguely comparable to those powerful pirate forces that have been entrenched in the New World for many years.
The other party deserves a lot of credit.
"Pick the soft persimmons and use Ochoku first to scare the monkeys!"
Beckman said calmly.
But his tone was murderous: "Only in this way can we deter those guys who are ready to devour our pirate group!"