Tree Island No. 20.
The fierce fighting momentum scared away all the curious eyes around.
Under the combined attack of the Straw Hats, PX-1 fell into a bitter battle.
In desperation, Zhan Momomaru went out in person and started fighting with Luffy.
After more than ten minutes of back-and-forth fighting, Zhan Momomaru defeated Luffy again and again by relying on his more sophisticated armed color Haki.
"This guy is so strong."
Luffy stood up from the ground, looked at Zhan Momomaru holding a double-edged ax, and raised his hand to wipe the blood around his mouth.
Zhan Momomaru looked at Luffy who was reorganizing his offensive and said calmly: "500 million is nothing more than that."
“…”
The one who responded to Zhan Momomaru was Luffy's high-speed movement skills similar to Shao's, and he flashed behind Zhan Momomaru in an instant.
"it's useless."
Zhan Momomaru gave a cold shout and without looking back, he grabbed Luffy's collar with his backhand, who had just revealed his figure.
"It seems you don't understand 'seeing, hearing and color'."
After grabbing Luffy by the collar, Zhan Momomaru raised his double-edged ax with his other hand and struck Luffy's body cleanly.
The ax blade was covered with armament colors. If the ax struck hard, it would at least seriously injure Luffy.
Looking at the double-edged ax coming at him, Luffy's eyes narrowed, and he punched Zhan Momomaru in the chest and abdomen with both fists.
However, Zhan Momomaru used the advantage brought by the sight color to cover the hit area with armed color Haki in advance, thus resisting Luffy's two punches that surrounded Wei and saved Zhao.
Then, the double-edged ax wrapped in armament colors continued unabated and headed towards Luffy.
"Oops… "
Seeing the double-edged ax coming towards him, Luffy's heart was shaken.
At this critical moment, a figure appeared beside Zhan Taomaru out of thin air.
"Huh? When...?"
The moment the figure appeared, Zhan Taowan reacted, and as soon as his eyes flashed with surprise, he was punched on the shoulder by the figure.
Bang!
With a dull sound after the collision of flesh, Zhan Taowan was sent flying away by the punch.
Luffy, who was originally grabbed by him, immediately fell to the ground.
The figure that knocked Zhan Momomaru away stood in front of Luffy.
"Hey, Luffy, long time no see."
The figure raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat lightly, with his back to Luffy and a smile on his face.
Luffy stared blankly at the back in front of him, with a confused expression on his face.
Who is this person
he thought.
... ... ... ...
Somewhere in the sea in the New World.
On the rare calm sea, a huge ship that looks like a whale is moored.
This is the Moby-Dick, the main ship of the Whitebeard Pirates.
A huge chair was placed on the deck, which was much wider than an ordinary ship.
Whitebeard, known as the strongest man in the world, sat on the chair with a heroic posture.
A group of tall, good-looking nurses were busy beside Whitebeard.
In order to rescue Ace, Whitebeard not only had to summon all his fleets, but also had to keep his aging body in as good a condition as possible.
around.
Many crew members, headed by the captain of the first team, Marco, looked worriedly at their father sitting in the chair.
No matter how strong a person is, he will never be able to defeat birth, old age, sickness and death.
One Piece Roger is.
So does Edward Whitebeard.
The nurses conducted a rigorous comprehensive examination on Whitebeard, with a heavy look in their eyes.
The inspection results were as always, very pessimistic.
Especially in terms of organs, even if a normal person wins the bid for one, he will die within a short period of time.
And every organ of Whitebeard has serious problems.
With a body like a candle in the wind, it is not suitable for high-intensity battles.
Whitebeard, who was closing his eyes to rest his mind, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Jie haha..."
Just after Whitebeard opened his eyes, a burst of laughter that was somewhat familiar to him came from high in the sky.
Hearing the laughter, Marco and the others were slightly surprised and looked into the air for the first time.
I saw the golden lion slowly falling from the sky.
"You're welcome and safe, Whitebeard."
The golden lion landed alone on the deck of the Moby Dick.
Marco's old crew members quickly recognized the identity of the golden lion and silently put away their hostility.
Whitebeard looked sideways at Shiji, the Golden Lion, who suddenly visited again after twenty years, without saying a word.
Shi Ji didn't care and looked at White Beard who was wrapped in medical equipment.
"I haven't seen you in twenty years. You are getting old too, Whitebeard..."
Chapter 47 The storm is coming
Seeing that Whitebeard was in so much pain, he even needed medical equipment to assist his breathing.
Shi Ji was filled with emotion.
This former companion and rival is now coming to an end.
Time is truly unforgiving.
Whitebeard looked at Shiji's expression, as if he could guess what the other person was thinking, but he didn't care at all.
"Want to say something boring and stupid again? Golden Lion..."
"Jie haha, Whitebeard, you are still as annoying as ever."
Shi Ji crossed his legs and sat cross-legged on the deck. He smiled boldly and said, "But before you start 'chatting', you have to go to the bar first?"
“…”
Whitebeard didn't think there was anything to talk about between him and the Golden Lion, but he still motioned with his eyes to the crew to bring up the good wine.
The nurses who were originally surrounding the chairs all voluntarily left the scene.
After a while.
The crew brought good wine.
They are two bottles of spirits with a capacity of about ten liters. The height of the bottles alone seems to be more than one meter high.
The nurses who had retreated to the outside were hesitant to speak after seeing the wine bottle in White Beard's hand.
In the end, on this occasion, they still swallowed some words back in their stomachs.
Shi Ji opened the lid of the wine bottle with his thumb, and a familiar yet unfamiliar aroma of wine wafted out from the mouth of the bottle.
"This wine..."
Smelling the aroma of the wine, Shi Ji paused and said calmly: "The last time I drank it was more than thirty years ago. I remember that the person who liked drinking this wine the most on the ship at that time, besides you, was Xia Qi and Ba Jin."
"If you're here to chat, then get out of here."
When Shiji mentioned the past, Whitebeard's face showed no emotion. He pried open the lid and took a few gulps of wine.
"Jie haha."
Shiji didn't mind Whitebeard's bad attitude at all, he also raised the bottle and took several sips.
Putting down the bottle, Shiji wiped the wine stains on his lips with the back of his hand.
"I heard, that guy Roger... actually left a bloodline, and is also the captain of the second team on your ship, but... the current situation of Roger's son looks very bad."
It was obvious that Whitebeard was not interested in reminiscing about the past, so Shiji stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic.
Whitebeard paused while drinking. With his eyelids lowered, he looked at Shi Ji coldly and said nothing.
Facing Whitebeard's cold gaze, Shi Ji grinned, as if laughing silently.
"So, Whitebeard, what are you going to do? Hahaha, I seem to have asked a stupid question. If it were you, you would definitely attack the navy headquarters directly, right?"
"Finished?"
"Um?"
"get out."
Whitebeard slowly put down his drink, his face expressionless.
"Don't be so cold."
Shi Ji remained unmoved and looked up at the white beard sitting on the chair.
"I know that, like Roger, you have no interest in 'dominating the world'. Now, I have long given up on that idea, but... this half-baked era is really boring."
"What are you planning again?"
Whitebeard looked at Shiji coldly.
"Jie haha."
Shi Ji raised the corners of his mouth, opened his arms, and said word by word:
"I want the world to see the horror of a real pirate, so let's join forces, Whitebeard... What you want is to rescue Roger's son, what I want is to destroy the Navy Headquarters."
"How about it? It's a rare opportunity for our 'opinions' to be unified. You won't refuse, right?"
"Gulu gulu."
This is the sound of Whitebeard drinking heavily.
"Boom."
This was the sound of Whitebeard suffocating the wine in the bottle and then throwing the empty bottle in front of Shiji.
Shi Ji looked at the empty wine bottle rolled in front of him, and the wild aura that penetrated his body slowly stopped.
He realized Whitebeard's attitude, narrowed his eyes and said: "Whitebeard, you are not an old stubborn. This cooperation will be beneficial to you."
"It does sound like there are pros and cons."
Whitebeard looked down at the golden lion sitting on the deck and said coldly: "But there is no 'place' for you behind me."
“…”
Shi Ji frowned and heard the sarcasm in Whitebeard's words. He spread his hands and said, "You really remember everything that happened thirty-eight years ago. It's just... The law of the jungle and the strong are the ironclads of this world." Then, at that time..."
At this point, Shiji paused and continued without saying the name.
"At that time, the situation was over. 'Betrayal' was the result of the situation. Moreover, in the pirate circle, betrayal is the most normal thing."
"Gula la."
Whitebeard threw his head back and laughed loudly as if he had heard some funny joke.
Shiji looked calmly at Whitebeard who was laughing.
After a while.