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Not long after, Shin's ship came into close contact with the Red-Haired Pirates' ship.
Red-Haired Shanks stood on the deck, looking over at Shin, who was also standing at the bow.
Shanks wore a cheerful smile, but Benn Beckman, his vice-captain, was extremely vigilant, cautiously sizing up Shin.
It was understandable for Benn Beckman to be so wary. He'd never met Shin Uzumaki, only knew he was incredibly powerful.
He didn't know his personality. What if a fight broke out?
If a fight did break out, their entire pirate crew combined probably wouldn't be a match for him. This was why Benn Beckman was so cautious.
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"HAHAHA! I'm Shanks, captain of the Red Hair Pirates. It's a pleasure to meet you." Shanks said, smiling at Shin.
"Red-Haired Shanks. I've heard of your Red-Haired Pirates. Your strength after entering the New World is quite impressive."
Shin looked at Shanks. Though Shanks was still relatively young—he already possessed considerable strength.
Especially the members of the Red-Haired Pirates—their strength was formidable. Though their numbers were small, everyone on the ship was an elite.
"My name is Shin Uzumaki. I assume you've heard of me?"
"Of course. Your name is known in every corner of this sea."
Shanks wasn't just flattering Shin—it was a fact. Shin's name was now widely known, even comparable to Whitebeard's.
Mainly because Shin had severely injured the Marine Fleet Admiral, something even Whitebeard hadn't done.
Some were even debating who was stronger between Shin and Whitebeard.
Then Shanks invited Shin, wanting to have a banquet with him, but Shin refused. If he wasn't looking for Whitebeard, he wouldn't mind talking with Shanks a bit more.
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Shanks looked at the departing Shin, lost in thought.
"Let's go. We also have to start our journey—to challenge stronger pirate crews," Shanks said.
In any world, to reach the top, you had to climb over a mountain of corpses.
Only by challenging strong opponents could one improve their strength faster.
Of course, Shanks hadn't foolishly tried to challenge Shin earlier, because Shanks knew very well that he was no match for Shin Uzumaki.
If he really fought Shin Uzumaki, he would be miserably defeated in the end—actually, Shanks wasn't afraid of failure, but he was afraid of what Shin Uzumaki would do to the Red-Haired Pirates after he was defeated.
This was what Shanks was most worried about...
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Shin, based on the intel, finally found the Whitebeard Pirates a day later—seeing Whitebeard's large ship. The Moby Dick, which looked like a giant whale, even surprised Shin a little.
This ship was indeed ridiculously large, the largest ship Shin had ever seen.
"You guys stay on the ship for now." Shin turned his head and said to Hancock and the other women.
"Olvia, just protect them."
Robin and Hancock's strength was still weak, but Olvia—after two years of improvement and with Shin's guidance, had improved very quickly.
Now she should have quasi-Admiral strength—like Admiral candidate Gion.
"Yes. Be careful." Olvia nodded and told Shin to be careful.
"Don't worry."
Shin smiled faintly. He didn't need to be careful with Whitebeard. Among all the opponents Shin had encountered, Whitebeard's strength wasn't in the highest tier.
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His figure transformed into a bolt of lightning. Shin used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. As long as he was within the electric field's coverage, Shin could unleash a speed like instantaneous movement.
This speed was not much different from the light speed movement of the Glint-Glint Fruit, and was even more flexible, but it was still a bit inferior to Space-Time Ninjutsu.
But for short-distance movement, it could be said to be not much different.
In the blink of an eye, Shin appeared on the Moby Dick. The massive figure of Whitebeard looked over at Shin.
The moment Shin appeared on the Moby Dick, he was detected by Whitebeard.
An incredibly powerful body, with large and small scars, and a crescent-shaped mustache—this was Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
The World's recognized Strongest Man, one of the future Four Emperors.
Whitebeard had many titles.
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"Young man, you look very familiar." Whitebeard stared at Shin and stood up directly—
After Whitebeard stood up, he was quite tall, but his height was still a bit less than Kaido's.
"Pops, he's Shin Uzumaki, the one who severely injured the Marine Fleet Admiral not long ago," Marco explained to Whitebeard.
"Oh, GURARARARA! I remember now."
Whitebeard laughed a few times, his gaze fixed on Shin.
"To be able to severely injure Fleet Admiral Kong... that's impressive strength. Are you here to join the Whitebeard Pirates??"
Shin had a black line on his forehead. As everyone knew, all members of the Whitebeard Pirates were Whitebeard's adopted sons.
Whitebeard's words were undoubtedly saying—"Come be my son."
Whitebeard had initially wanted to say that, but he also didn't want to antagonize Shin, so he swallowed those words...
Regarding Kong's strength, Whitebeard was one of the few who knew it well. It could be said that he didn't have absolute confidence in severely injuring Kong.
So, Whitebeard didn't want to antagonize such a person.
It wasn't that Whitebeard was cowardly—but that he cared too much about the family on his ship. He might not care about challenging a major enemy, but he had to think about the sons on his ship.
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"Whitebeard, I have no interest in your Pirate crew," Shin said calmly.
"Then are you here to cause trouble?"
The First Division Commander, Marco, looked at Shin cautiously.
The other division commanders were all very cautious.
Shin's gaze swept over all of them. He didn't see Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach.
"You could say I'm here to cause trouble... I want to see Whitebeard's strength." Shin didn't look at Marco, his gaze fixed on Whitebeard.
"GURARARARA! You're here to challenge me? Alright, I accept your challenge." Whitebeard, seeing Shin was here to challenge him, didn't refuse.
Actually, many people came to challenge Whitebeard—and Whitebeard basically never refused. Many of the sons on his ship had joined the Whitebeard Pirates after being defeated in a challenge against him.
Like Ace and Crocodile—they had both challenged Whitebeard.
Ace eventually became Whitebeard's son, while Crocodile was let go by Whitebeard after being defeated.
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