#PirateKingNovelSequel##ModifiedBadReview#
Garp also chimed in with a comment:
"@Kaido of the Beasts I shaved my beard last night! What you wrote is even more ridiculous than Sengoku's battle plans! #LaughingMyButtOff#"
Staff Officer Tsuru, maintaining her usual elegance, wrote a professional review:
"@Kaido of the Beasts I recommend referencing the original style, focusing on character development and plot logic. The current content is too fantastical and unlikely to gain committee approval. #CreativeAdvice#"
The three's comments instantly became top reviews, and netizens were overjoyed:
[Marine's top combatants collectively roasting a Four Emperor!]
[Kaido: You think you can teach me how to write a novel?]
[This is Marine Headquarters vs. Onigashima's literary scene!]
On Onigashima, Kaido looked at these comments and smashed another wall in anger: "What do these Marines know about literary creation!" He grabbed a sake flask and chugged it. "King! Add another chapter for me! Write about that old Garp crying and begging me to be his Captain!"
.....
As Kaido's 'modified novel,' full of personal heroism, continued to dominate the TikTok platform, this literary work personally penned by a Four Emperor soon reached the other end of the New World—aboard the Red Force of the Red Hair Pirates.
On the deck,
Shanks was leisurely lying on a sun lounger, playing with his phone. When he saw the exaggerated description in Kaido's novel of 'Red Hair kneeling and offering his Straw Hat,' he first paused, then burst into hearty laughter, startling the seagulls around him.
"Hahaha! That Kaido, even his dreams are more domineering than others!" Shanks wiped away tears from laughing and turned to Beckman, saying, "Looks like I need to write something too, or the readers in the New World will all be misled by him."
Yasopp also smiled, preparing to see what his Captain would write. Lucky Roux somehow brought over a small table.
Under the expectant gazes of his companions, Shanks sat cross-legged on the deck, his scarf casually draped behind his head, deep in thought. Sunlight shone on his side profile, and that iconic scar seemed to be telling a story.
"Got it! I'll write it like this....."
Three mornings later,
As the first ray of sunlight pierced through the New World's thin mist, a novel titled "Pirate King: The Will of Captain Roger" quietly appeared in the "Four Emperors Column" on the TikTok platform.
This work, personally penned by Red-Haired Shanks, was like a clear stream, instantly washing away the clamor brought by Kaido's personal heroic, modified style.
The very first paragraph showed a completely different writing style from Kaido's:
"The wind of the East Blue always carries the scent of orange groves, just like when Captain Roger entrusted his Straw Hat to me back then.
The Straw Hat still held the warmth of his palm, mixed with the salty sea breeze and the scent of strong liquor.
I remember him saying: 'Shanks, this hat will be entrusted to you for now.' At that time, I didn't fully understand what kind of expectation was carried within that sentence..."
Shanks recounted the story in a calm and warm first-person narrative.
In the chapter "Roger's Entrustment," he delicately described the scene before the Pirate King's execution:
-Seagulls circling above the Loguetown execution ground
-Roger's final gaze towards the Sea
-The deeper meaning behind the phrase "Do you want my treasure?"
The chapter "The Boy from Windmill Village" recorded bits and pieces of his encounter with Luffy:
-Luffy's childish declaration of wanting to be the Pirate King
-His stubbornness in confronting mountain bandits to protect his companions
-That afternoon with the "Gum-Gum Fruit" that changed both their destinies
Most moving was the monologue at the end of the chapter "Journey of a New Era":
"Being the Pirate King is not the end, but the beginning. The Great Pirate Era started by Captain Roger will eventually be inherited by those young people with pure dreams."
This work, full of sentiment and depth, sparked a phenomenal response upon its release:
-First-day readership soared like a rocket, surpassing 80 million in just 8 hours
-#TruePirateSpirit# topic shot to the top of the trending list within 3 hours
-Marco, the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, not only liked and reposted it but also commented: "Well written, but this is TikTok; if you ask me, you still need to practice."
....
Marine Headquarters,
In the Marshal's office on the highest floor,
Sengoku put down the military documents he was half-reviewing and pushed up his round-rimmed glasses.
The afternoon sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the projection screen in front of him, where Shanks's "Pirate King: The Will of Captain Roger" was paused at the section describing Roger's dying moments.
"That Shanks kid..." Sengoku's lips unconsciously curved upwards, his stern face uncharacteristically relaxing. "He actually wrote something true."
He took a sip of his now-cold tea, his gaze lingering on the detail in the text where Roger entrusted his Straw Hat to Shanks.
The Pirate King, who had once given the Marines so much trouble, seemed so flesh and blood under Shanks's pen.
On the sofa on the other side of the office, Garp's hand, holding a senbei, suddenly froze in mid-air.
His usually vibrant eyes were now slightly red, staring at the passage describing Luffy on the screen,
"'The boy with the Straw Hat smiled so brightly, as if no difficulty in the world could stop his steps'..." Garp's voice was a little choked, his thick fingers unconsciously tracing the words.
"Hey, hey, you old geezer aren't going to cry, are you?" Sengoku teased intentionally, but then saw a tear slide down Garp's wrinkled cheek, landing on his favorite senbei.
"Nonsense!" Garp abruptly wiped his face with his cloak. "It's just... I just suddenly remembered that little brat Luffy."
His gaze softened, as if it traveled across thousands of mountains and rivers, seeing his grandson in the East Blue who always clamored, "I want to be the Pirate King." "Last time I saw him was in Windmill Village..."
Sengoku was silent for a moment, then stood up and walked to the window.
From this height, he could overlook the entire Marine Base; the white buildings glittered in the sunlight.
"This era that Roger started..." he murmured. "Perhaps Shanks is the one who truly understands its meaning."
Garp suddenly burst into hearty laughter, smashing the coffee table in front of him. "Interesting! I'm going to write one too! I'll write 'The Marine Hero's Parenting Guide'! I'll let the whole world see how I raised the strongest Marine!"
"...."
...
Onigashima,
Under a sky covered in dark clouds, Kaido's massive body loomed over his phone.
On the screen, Shanks's "The Will of Captain Roger" was being highly praised by countless readers, with comments like "This is the true pirate spirit" and "Moved to tears" constantly refreshing in the comment section.
Kaido's beard trembled violently, and two hot streams of white smoke shot out from his nostrils.
"Boom—!"
His veiny fist slammed heavily into the granite wall beside him; the entire stone wall collapsed with a crash, and as gravel flew, his deafening roar echoed: "What does that Shanks guy know about the Pirate King!"
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