"I have completely become a scout..." Deidara, who was sitting cross-legged on the sticky bird, muttered in a low voice: "There are still at least seven days of sailing before the red-haired pirates arrive in China. It would be too early to leave now. Come on..."
Suddenly, there was a pinprick-like pain near his temple. Deidara felt a bullet coming quickly. He hurriedly raised his head to avoid the bullet attack.
A lead bullet passed over the bangs on Deidara's forehead, breaking several raised hair, and the dark golden hair slowly fell in front of his eyes.
If Deidara hadn't dodged, the bullet wouldn't have hit him. This tentative shot was probably the opponent's reminder to Deidara that his side had arrived, or that he was playing a bad joke on him.
"ah?!"
Deidara's expression was very unhappy, and he glared fiercely towards the direction of the bullet.
A three-masted sailing warship appeared on the sea level in the distance and sailed quickly in its direction.
On the front of the snow-white sail, there is a white skull painted on it, with three slashes carved on its left eye, filled with red paint, symbolizing the old scars on Shanks' left eye.
"It only took half the time..." Deidara said to himself: "What the boss said is indeed right, the red-haired pirates' ship is quite fast..."
Jesus put down the raised rifle and said with a smile: "The shot I just fired should have shocked the other party."
"Since Deidara is nearby, it proves that Kuilong is not far from here." Ben Beckman exhaled a puff of smoke and said: "Moreover, the other side should have collected information about us in advance and waited for our arrival in advance."
"Shanks, let me confirm again, we are now standing in front of a crossroads of destiny..."
"Should we continue to move forward, fight against the Dawn Pirates, or..."
"Now turn around and go back, leaving a little room for relaxation."
"Now that things have happened, do you still need to ask this question?" Shanks replied with a serious face, and then smiled: "You understand my choice, right? Beckman."
Ben Beckman smiled bitterly and commented: "We have a careless captain."???.0m
"Hahaha!" Shanks laughed, patted Ben Beckman's right shoulder hard, then turned around and ordered:
"keep going!"
The Red Forth seems to be speeding up again if it is stimulated.
Deidara sneered and threw two small objects: "This is a return gift from the bullet just now!"
Two small detonating clay double-winged birds expanded with a "bang" sound at high altitude. Like hummingbirds, they flapped their two pairs of wings rapidly. Their streamlined bodies drew several irregular arcs in the air, heading towards Jesus. Bu hit.
"Ha..." Jesus Bu's domineering aura naturally caught the flying explosive clay, and he immediately raised his gun and fired rapidly.
"Bang, bang" two gunshots were fired in succession, and in less than half a second, bullets hit the two-winged bird made of clay one after another.
Deidara raised his fingers: "Drink!"
Two orange-red fireworks bloomed in the sky, blocking the view between the two parties. However, for the red-haired pirates who had the power of seeing and hearing, the smoke was in vain.
Ben Beckman raised his head and said slowly: "The other party has left..."
"Kui Long is heading in this direction..." Shanks smiled, and then said: "Adjust the sails and move forward in the direction where the enemy left!"
Ben Beckman reminded: "Since the enemy knows the news of our arrival in advance, it is very likely to set a trap."
"With Kui Long's character, he definitely wants to defeat us head-on."
Ben Beckman nodded and said, "However, we have to be on guard."
"Leave the early warning work to me." Jesus Buxin said. After hard training, his knowledge, knowledge, color and domineering skills have improved greatly.
"We're really chasing after him..." Deidara straightened up, twisted his neck, and turned to look at the Red Voss behind him.
The riding clay giant bird accelerated its flight speed and flew towards the formation.
…
"Are you here?" Eric put down the cards in his hand: "As a sailboat, its sailing speed is quite good."
"I'm afraid this can only be achieved in the Grand Line." Chiron replied.
"Because of the changing weather and storms?"
"Not bad." Chiron nodded in approval: "The navigators in the red-haired pirate group must be very powerful. They can rely on the wind in the storm to speed up their sailing."
"No matter how fast that broken sailboat is, it can't be as fast as me." Egil snorted coldly: "After a while, I will turn it into debris!"
Eric teased: "Is our shipgirl jealous?"
"No." Egil denied.
"Have you figured out everyone's opponents?" Eric asked.
Everyone nodded in affirmation.
"Then just wait for the enemy to arrive..." Eric turned his attention to the intersection of sky and water, where a sailboat appeared.
…
Shanks raised his remaining right arm and said hello with a smile: "Hey, Eric, long time no see."
Eric's eyes fell on Shanks, and then on Ben Beckman. After observing the senior cadres of the red-haired pirates one by one, he responded: "It's not long, just a short year." That’s all.”
"Yeah~" Shanks still had the same expression and said, "A lot of things can happen in one year."
Eric replied expressionlessly: "I'm afraid I would be in a better mood if you didn't come."
"..." At this time, Shanks also put away his smile, lowered his face slightly, and said with a serious face: "In the past year, the Dawn Pirates have repeatedly defeated the expedition forces of the Navy Headquarters and destroyed many countries in the North Sea. coalition forces."
"The military strength of the countries in the North Sea has been damaged, which will lead to many pirate groups taking advantage of the situation and causing many innocent civilians to be harmed by pirates!"
"Eric, stop it!" Shanks advised: "The new world is already chaotic enough. I don't want to see Beihai become like the new world, a paradise for pirates!"
"..." Eric was silent for a moment, lowered his head, and his body began to shake slightly. Then, the amplitude and frequency of the body's shaking gradually increased, and uncontrollable laughter came from Eric.
"Ha ha ha ha--!"
Eric laughed so loudly that the sound vibrated everywhere!
"Hua Hua Hua"
Eric's laughter spread far away, startling flocks of birds. Thousands of birds flapped their wings and flew high into the sky and far away.
"Haha..." Eric gradually stopped laughing and put away his sarcastic smile.
"Is the world in such chaos because of pirates?"
"Is the reason why there are so many pirates because of the words of Pirate King Gol D. Roger before his death?"
Eric asked twice, waiting for Shanks' answer.
"..." Shanks didn't answer and remained silent.
"Can't you tell? Shanks, you know in your heart that the culprits that caused all this are the Celestial Dragons living in the Holy Land!"
Shanks said solemnly: "That can't be the reason why you disrupted the entire Beihai!"
"No, in order to subvert the rule of the Celestial Dragons, the world must be subverted. This is the premise."
Shanks asked loudly: "Turning the whole world!? Do you know how many people will die because of what you do!?"
"Do you know how many civilians died directly or indirectly because of the Celestial Dragons?" Eric asked angrily.
"...!" Shanks was stunned for a moment and said: "The number of people who died should not be greater than that of the entire Beihai..."
"Don't forget!" Eric interrupted loudly: "Remember, I am not talking about the number of deaths in recent years, but the total number of deaths in the eight hundred years of rule and destruction by the Draconians! "
"..."
"Now, which side do you think has more deaths?" Eric looked at Shanks: "If the Celestial Dragons continue to rule, the number of deaths will only continue to increase."
"..." After tens of seconds of silence, Shanks raised his head and said sincerely: "Believe me, the Celestial Dragons will be pushed off the altar sooner or later, but now is not the time..."
"Huh?" Eric was startled, then mocked: "Are you waiting for them to die of old age naturally!?"
"No." Shanks lowered his gaze and explained: "A few years later, there will be a pirate from the East China Sea..."
"Monkey D. Luffy, the straw hat boy from Windmill Village?" Eric interrupted.
"You, you..." Shanks didn't expect to hear Luffy's name from Eric's mouth.
"He is dead." Eric said coldly: "He kept shouting that he wanted to become the Pirate King, wanted to become the Pirate King and so on... I thought he was too noisy, so I killed him."
La Kiru blurted out: "Luffy——!"
Many members of the red-haired pirate group had ferocious expressions on their faces, and their murderous intent was rising.
"By the way." Eric tapped his palm and said, "Did you give him his beloved straw hat? I burned it to ashes with lightning in front of his eyes..."
Before he finished speaking, Shanks' figure suddenly rushed in front of Eric. The famous sword Griffin took action boldly and slashed at Eric's neck with anger.
A crimson spear perfectly blocked the blade that was slashing at an extraordinary speed.
"clang!"
The sound of Jin Ge that shook the eardrums exploded in front of Eric's eyes, and several black and red thunder arcs spread in the air like branches and leaves.
High in the sky, thick clouds gradually began to roll in.
Eric asked with a smile on his face: "Is this a sneak attack?"
"Shanks, come back quickly!" Ben Beckman shouted anxiously from behind.
Shanks pulled away and immediately retreated to the ranks of his companions.
"It was nothing like you just now. You were so easily angered by the enemy." Ben Beckman frowned, raised his chin, and motioned Shanks to look at the opposite side: "Kui Long is not a madman who massacres civilians. You Is it clear?"
"Sorry..." Shanks apologized in a low voice: "I just had a fever."
Ben Beckman bit the cigarette butt, and the bunch of smoke swayed from side to side: "All of us have known Luffy for a long time. You are not the only one who is angry, but don't be blinded by anger."
"I understand." Shanks took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and shouted to Eric: "The words you just said were all lies, right?"
"That's right." Eric showed a sinister smile again: "You have inadvertently exposed another fatal weakness, 'Red-haired' Shanks."
"...With your current status, you wouldn't take action against a child who is not a threat, would you?"
"That's not certain. After all, I am a pirate." Eric shrugged: "Seeing that you care so much, taking the opportunity to kill the seedlings is the most normal thing to do, isn't it?"
"..."
"Hey, put away your murderous aura." Eric crossed his arms quite artificially: "It's really scary."
"Hey, if Kui Long meets the grown-up Luffy, he will be scared to death!" Lime Jones, who was behind Shanks, sarcastically said.
"Hey!" Nakahara Chuuya took a step forward, stared at the other party coldly, and said in a cold tone: "Watch your words!"
"Are you a newbie?" Lime Jones smiled and said, "It's better to join our team than to follow such a timid captain."
"Ha." Zhongyuan Zhongya responded with a nasal tone and disdain: "Wait until you are beaten until you cry for father and mother."
"Hahaha!" The red-haired pirate group member behind Lime Jones laughed and mocked: "The newcomers look down on you."
Lime Jones shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and regained his composure.
The members of the two pirate groups looked at each other across the not-so-wide ground.
Eric continued to ask Shanks: "Is the 'savior' you are waiting for Luffy?"
"Listen to my advice, it won't be long before the time comes to overthrow the rule of the Celestial Dragons!" Shanks did not directly answer Eric's question: "Now you just need to sit safely in the new world and sit in the 'Yonko'" 'The throne..."
Eric followed up with: "And wait for him to defeat me?"
"..."
"I understand very well about provoking trouble for one's own interests; I also understand about destroying a country in order to avenge one's enemies."
"But I can't understand what you are doing now."
"Are you afraid that I will be too strong and block Luffy's progress?" Eric said sternly, asking questions one after another.
"..." Shanks looked solemn and did not reply.
"I won't stop my progress just because of your words." Eric said slowly and firmly: "I went to sea to realize my dream!"
"How could I waste years just because of your words!?"
"Ha..." Shanks breathed out and slowly took out the famous sword from his waist: "It seems that I can't persuade you..."
"Words cannot help people understand each other in this world."
Eric pulled out the flame-tipped gun: "But fists can."
Shanks said solemnly: "I once thought that you were a sensible guy."
"You are the one who is ignorant! Shanks!" Eric said loudly: "I don't believe in any bullshit destiny arrangements! And those bastards based on blood, all go to hell!"
"Destiny? How ridiculous and sad this is for those who use their lives to gain success!"
"No matter how hard others try, they can't catch up with the child of destiny!?" Eric raised his spear and shouted: "I came to this world just to break this boring fate!"
