He had never felt so close to death, not even when he was with his boss, Red-Haired.
When the sea calmed down, the sallow, gaunt man sat down on the ground and wiped the cold sweat from his face.
He then stood up and bowed to Whitebeard.
"I understand. I'll tell the Captain exactly what you said!"
With that, he left with his men, not daring to linger for even a moment.
Just then, a man with pineapple-shaped hair walked out from behind.
"Hey, hey, Old Man, what's going on? He's just arrived, and you're treating him like this? That's not very polite."
Hearing this, Whitebeard opened one eye and looked at Marco.
"If I'm supposed to be polite to every brat, then what's the point of rules in this world!"
...
Red-Haired Pirates.
"Hearing the complaining voice coming from the Den Den Mushi, Shanks couldn't help but laugh."
"Ah, I get it. It's lucky you didn't get into a fight with that guy. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to help you out."
With that, Red-Haired hung up the Den Den Mushi and leaned back.
At this moment, Lucky Roo took a bite of a chicken leg and said,
"Hey, Captain, our next move might attract the attention of the Marines, you know."
Before Shanks could reply to this,
Beckman directly cocked his gun and pointed it at the empty air in the distance, saying,
"Why are you so flustered? It's not like you're being targeted by a woman."
The crew burst into laughter at this.
Red-Haired also chimed in with a laugh:
"It's been a long time since we've lived like this, hasn't it? Get some good wine ready, we're going to find Whitebeard!"
As he said this, Shanks pulled out a wanted poster he had just received.
It was Luffy's one hundred million bounty poster.
Looking at Luffy's picture, Shanks cracked a bright smile.
"It would be great if I could run into him by chance."
Seeing Shanks' happy face, Lucky Roo suddenly pulled another wanted poster out of his pocket.
"Oh, right, I forgot to give you this one. This seems to be one of Luffy's crewmates too."
"I didn't expect them to have a bounty similar to their Captain's, that's really impressive."
Hearing this, Shanks looked confused and took the wanted poster over.
But when he saw the picture on it, Shanks' expression suddenly turned grim.
Even Beckman sensed that something was different about Shanks.
He immediately put his gun away and looked at the wanted poster with a serious expression.
He didn't understand why Red-Haired was so tense.
...
On the other side, the sky had already brightened, and the Straw Hat crew was woken up by Nami.
Luffy and Usopp, still wanting more sleep, were reluctant to get up.
But under Nami's merciless iron fists, they had no choice but to obey.
The group was forced to the seaside, and by now, even though it was light, the surrounding environment had undergone a drastic change.
In the sky, dark clouds gathered in a ring, with a deep vortex eye, like a giant eye, standing there, staring at them.
Seeing this, a look of shock appeared in everyone's eyes.
They had never witnessed such a majestic sight.
If it weren't for the fact that only this particular stretch of sea was in this state, they would have suspected that the end of the world had arrived.
Seeing their shocked faces, Kuri Kai walked out and said,
"We don't have time for you to admire it. Hurry up and get on the ship. I'll have the gorillas and orangutans pull you into the eye of the storm."
"Whether you can successfully reach the sky island depends on your fate."
Hearing this, Usopp slapped Kuri Kai on the head and said,
"Hey, can't you say something more encouraging?!"
With Usopp's tearful plea, the Straw Hat crew successfully boarded the Merry.
The Merry, reinforced by Kuri Kai and the others, was indeed much sturdier.
The strong winds blew past, but the Merry didn't budge.
Suddenly, two huge pincers clamped onto the railings on both sides of the Merry.
Looking further, the two large ships from yesterday were holding the Merry and pulling it down towards the wind eye.
At this moment, the giant vortex began to sink downwards.
A huge dark whirlpool appeared before the Straw Hat crew.
Seeing this, Nami's eyes widened in horror, but it was too late to regret it.
The two giant ships directly threw them into the mouth of the whirlpool.
The whirlpool continued to extend downwards, and just as the Straw Hat crew thought they would be swallowed by it,
The surrounding whirlpool suddenly disappeared, transforming into a calm water surface.
...
Loguetown.
Blackbeard's crew had gathered.
Their purpose in coming to Loguetown was to find powerful pirates, defeat them to boost their reputation, and then aim for the position of the Seven Warlords.
However, after coming here, they were greatly disappointed. Other than some arrogant pirates in Loguetown,
there were only some thugs fighting for fame and profit.
There were no great pirates to be found.
Their next destination was Thriller Bark, to defeat Moria.
Although it was a bit troublesome, it was the quickest method.
Looking at Blackbeard, who was visibly unhappy, Burgess's eyes showed a solemn look.
"Captain, those guys seem to be on the island too. I wonder if they've set sail yet. Why don't we go find them and settle that old score?"
Hearing this, Blackbeard was not interested.
"They're not plump enough yet. Keeping them around will bring more fun later on."
With that, Blackbeard burst into laughter, and at that moment, two wanted posters were shoved into his face.
Blackbeard's expression turned unpleasant as he took down the two wanted posters and glanced at them.
A solemn look appeared in his eyes.
This was because these two wanted posters were for Raynor and Luffy.
The first one was Raynor's bounty poster, ninety-nine million Beli!
The second one, Straw Hat Luffy, one hundred million Beli!
Seeing this, even Burgess's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What? Those two are pirates worth a hundred million? No wonder they dared to challenge us."
Hearing this, Sniper adjusted his hat brim and said,
"This is all fate's arrangement..."
Poison Doctor, sitting on his horse, took a bite of an apple.
"It seems like our luck isn't too bad either..."
Hearing this, Blackbeard burst into laughter.
"It seems we don't need to save them for their peak anymore. We can make a move now!"
Hearing this, Burgess asked in confusion,
"But we don't know where the Straw Hat crew is right now. How do we find them?"
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