Days turned into a blur, and every newspaper shouted about Fire Fist Ace.
"Whitebeard's top guy, Andre, went down hard against Fire Fist!"
"Fire Fist Ace is a monster!"
"Is he planning a head-on attack on Honeycomb Island?"
Fire Fist was on a roll, smashing famous fighters left and right, quickly becoming the hottest topic in the New World.
The whole underworld was buzzing, waiting for the epic showdown between Fire Fist and Whitebeard.
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Sowhere in the New World, on a forgotten island.
The Spade Pirates were on edge. Every eye was on them, and any wrong move could wreck their plans.
"Ace, do you really have to do this?"
"Yeah, I gotta et him, no matter what."
Ace waved, then headed into the island alone. Skull had told him that the person he was looking for was here.
One of the Four Emperors, "Red Hair" Shanks!
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On the other side of the island, a warship appeared.
The lookout, eyes glued to his telescope, yelled, "Rear Admiral Roya, Red Hair Pirates' ship spotted at two o'clock!"
"Good."
Roya grabbed his own telescope, found the ship with its red markings without a problem.
The Red Force.
He hadn't expected Ace to suddenly change course and go after Red Hair, just as they were getting close to Honeycomb Island.
He's stirred up three of the Four Emperors!
At the sa ti, the Red Hair Pirates spotted the 11th Division's warship, and Red Hair, who was relaxing on the island, got the news.
"A warship? Must be that "Black Hair" Rear Admiral everyone's talking about. Let's go say hi!"
Red Hair was curious, and his crew was itching for so action.
Just sailing around? How boring! They wanted so excitent.
"Black Hair" Roya was definitely worth a look.
Soon, Red Hair and his top crew were at the shore, grinning at the warship a hundred ters away.
"Boss?"
"Yeah."
Red Hair stepped forward, his eyes turning serious.
A powerful force, almost solid, rushed toward the warship. The wind howled, and the waves backed away!
"Thump! Thump!"
Marines on the warship started collapsing, one after another, with foam bubbling at their mouths.
"What's happening?!"
"Why are you all passing out!"
"Wake up! You're not dead yet, are you!"
Barto, seeing the strange scene, bit his hand, thinking it was a punishnt from the heavens.
"Ugh..."
Barto's eyes rolled back, and he joined the unconscious pile.
"Behold! Red Hair, one of the Four Emperors, and his Conqueror's Haki!"
Smoker and Hina gripped the ship's railing, sweat pouring down. They'd never felt such intense Haki before.
It was hard to even breathe under that terrifying ntal pressure!
"Roya."
They looked at Roya, their eyes wide.
Roya stared coldly at the shore, giving off an invisible force that protected him and pushed back against Red Hair's Haki.
It was like seeing a small golden light standing strong against a storm of red energy.
Conqueror's Haki?
Smoker and Hina exchanged shocked looks.
Roya had Conqueror's Haki?
They'd been with him for so long and never knew. Could it be that Red Hair's Haki had just awakened it?
"Oh!"
Red Hair and his crew noticed sothing was off.
"It's Conqueror's Haki!"
They were all surprised.
In the New World, full of powerful people, Conqueror's Haki wasn't exactly rare, but it wasn't common either. They'd run into a few people who had it over the years.
But this was the first ti they'd seen a Marine with Conqueror's Haki, and a Marine with that power working for the World Governnt was not necessarily a good thing.
"Interesting!"
Before, they were just curious, but now they were more than interested in "Black Hair."
Red Hair smiled and pulled back his Haki.
"That "Black Hair" is dangerous!"
"Boss, should we take him out now?"
"Hey, don't cause trouble. I don't want a war with the Marines."
Red Hair shook his head, smiling.
As the Haki faded, the waves cald down.
"Showing off your Haki like that? You've got a death wish!"
Roya scoffed.
He'd never t such an arrogant guy who tried to scare him with Haki the second they t.
"Smoker, Hina, wake up everyone who passed out."
"Yes!"
They gave Roya a long look and started helping the others.
Roya felt the energy inside him. When Red Hair's Haki hit him, his own Haki had exploded almost without him thinking.
Conqueror's Haki, huh.
Roya frowned.
He'd known for a while that he had Conqueror's Haki. He'd felt it before when he faced Ace's Haki.
But this was the first ti he'd felt it so strongly, like a sleeping beast waking up.
He could now feel how to use Conqueror's Haki, but compared to Red Hair, his was like a baby, not even close to the sa level.
Plus, you can't just train to get better at this.
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Three minutes later, all the Marines were awake, confused and not knowing what had just happened.
Roya pointed to the shore, his face cold.
"Move the ship closer!"
"Yes!"
The Marines snapped to attention and got to work.
The warship quickly moved towards the shore.
Roya led his officers towards the Red Hair Pirates. If they wanted a fight, they would have started already; no need to wait.
The two groups faced each other about ten ters apart.
Red Hair and Roya locked eyes.
"Black Hair Rear Admiral, right?"
"That's ."
Roya stared at Red Hair.
Shanks grinned. "Sorry about that. Since we're enemies, I just wanted to give you a little scare. You here to take us down?"
"I'm not that bored, and it's not the ti to start a war with you. I ca to this island chasing Fire Fist Ace."
Roya answered calmly.
He wouldn't back down!
Compared to him, Red Hair was the one who needed to be careful. Red Hair had only beco one of the Four Emperors last year. He had the smallest territory and the fewest pirates under his command.
If he started a war with the Marines without permission, he could lose his spot as one of the Four Emperors. Plenty of people were waiting for him to slip up.
Simply put, Red Hair didn't have the resources to fight the Marines like the other Four Emperors, and he couldn't outlast them.
Of course, the Marines didn't want to provoke the Four Emperors either.
War helped no one.
Roya turned to his crew.
"Set up camp and rest here!"
"Yes!"
The Marines got to work, completely ignoring the Red Hair Pirates. Regular Marines would probably be terrified right now.
But the 11th Division...
Looking at Barto and the others, acting tough and whistling, you could tell they were hoping for a fight. They were all crazy fools who loved chaos.
Roya secretly gave a thumbs up.
Barto, good job!
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