Chapter 38: For Your Mom
New World: Sea of Mist, Red Force
Fog and waves rolled in, the sky was dark, and the sea was like a sleeping beast, so quiet that it was suffocating.
Red Force traveled through the deep fog, while the core members of the Red Hair Pirates sat in the main deck meeting area.
Beckman whispered, "CP said it was an accidental intelligence incident and told us to keep a low profile."
He flicked the ash between his fingers, his eyes as calm as a deep well: "But 'Xuan Lin'...is not someone who will accept 'misunderstandings'."
Shanks frowned and tapped the rim of the cup with his knuckles, each sound crisp but heart-wrenching.
Yasopp bit his pipe and looked up at the dark clouds overhead. "We wounded his personal guards."
"This matter cannot be resolved like this."
Before he finished speaking——
boom----!!
The sky roars!
A terrifying air pressure, like the collapse of heaven and earth, came crashing down from the deepest part of the fog and the top of the nine heavens!
The sea breeze blew against the ship, the hull shook violently, the ironware on the deck creaked, the wine glasses shattered, and the hull sank half a foot!
"--coming." Shanks stood up, his face darkening.
Beckman's fingertips paused, Yasopp's pipe fell to the ground, and the three cadres looked up at the sky almost at the same time!
——That is the direction of the atmospheric tearing.
In the sea of fog, a dark figure came from the air!
The air waves intertwined and formed whirlpools under his feet, and circles of air twisted and folded like spinning mirrors, as if even the sky was torn apart!
His black cape billowing, he stood atop the clouds like the Judge of Order, his gaze looking down, his tone as cold as ice tearing through flesh:
"Who injured my subordinates?"
The next moment!
[Conqueror's Haki · Release]!!
--boom!!!
The invisible impact crushed the air and bombarded the deck like a roaring black thunder!
The entire Red Force seemed to be sinking into an inescapable sea of heavy pressure. The weaker crew members knelt on the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices and fainted!
The hull frame made a "wailing" and crackling sound!
Beckman kicked a fainted sailor beside him into the boat, his eyes cold:
"This guy...his aura has become even stronger!"
"It's not even on the same level as three years ago."
Yasopp gritted his teeth, raised his rifle with trembling arms, grinned, and his voice was filled with disdain and provocation:
"I hit him."
"Why? You came here alone to seek revenge?"
Bang--!!
The gunshot was like thunder, and the bullet was wrapped in high-density Armament Haki and shot out violently!
However!
--bite!
Rogge raised his right hand slightly and flicked his index finger!
The bullet exploded in the void, as if hitting an invisible shield, shattered into dust and dissipated in the wind.
Red-haired Shanks twitched his lips helplessly, slowly drew his knife, and looked at the abyss:
"We won't abandon any of our partners."
"Xuanlin·Rogge."
He said in a low voice, "If you want to fight, we will fight you to the end!"
The storm and murderous intent intertwined, and the sea seemed to fall into a silent abyss.
Before Shanks' words had even finished echoing, Rogge's eyes were as cold as falling into the deep sea. He slowly raised his right palm, and the atmosphere collapsed, rotated, and shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"In that case—"
"Then you—"
"Prepare to die!"
[Skyfall Vortex Blade]!!
--boom!!!--
The air folded and compressed like a steel blade, the sky and the earth roared, the void was torn into thousands of spiral wind columns, and an ultimate compressed air cone slammed down into the center of Red Force!
Shanks yelled, "Hold on!"
He stepped into the air, his sword energy like a tide!
[God avoid]!!
At that moment, the sword tip swept across the atmospheric section and collided head-on with Rogge's "air pressure"!
"Boom boom!!!"
A hundred-meter-long crack appeared in the sky, and the clouds rolled back like raging waves!
The hull shook in the shock wave, the mast broke, the sea wind was harsh, and all the crew members on the ship were suppressed to the point that they could hardly breathe!
Beckman drew his gun instantly, and Yasopp, also furious, fired two bullets infused with [Advanced Armament Haki] simultaneously, attacking Rogge in a triangular position!
However--
"Bang!"
Rogge was hit in the right shoulder by Yasopp, but he didn't even turn his head, just snorted coldly, the air twisted, and the bullet was blocked millimeters away from his shoulder and could not penetrate deeper!
The next moment, he stomped on the wind field in the air with a "bang", dodged Beckman's bullet, and at the same time, his five fingers turned into claws!
"You guys are too slow."
Before Rogge finished speaking, his figure flashed!
——[Vacuum·Continuous Collapse]!!!
He suddenly exploded, and five folding mirrors spread out into space-breaking blades, reflecting and cutting air pressure like glass, and the entire deck fell into the hurricane tearing zone!
Shanks and Beckman had to wield their swords to create a defensive field, forcibly protecting the entire ship and the sailors!
"Damn it... they're forcing us to guard the ship!"
Just when the momentum of the two was restrained——
"Crack!!"
Rogge's figure floated behind Yasopp like a shadow, stretched out his five fingers, grabbed his neck, and lifted him high into the air!
"Cough-cough...you're crazy!" Yasopp's face was flushed.
Beckman was horrified: "Stop it! What do you want? State your conditions!!"
Shanks also roared: "!! Give me a..."
"For your mother!"
Before he finished speaking——
"Crack!!!"
Yasopp's neck bones were shattered, blood was flowing like a thread, and his body was thrown from a high altitude and fell into the vast sea fog.
Rogge seemed to be still unsatisfied, and with a single hand, the corpses on the sea were directly shattered by the air, and the sea was dyed red with blood!
All the members of the Red Hair Pirates looked pale!
"Yasopp!"
"Yasopp!"
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
All the Red Hair Pirates were shocked!
Shanks' pupils shrank sharply, bloodshot eyes popped up, and Beckman was about to draw his gun.
——The next moment!
A cold light flashed in Rogge's eyes, and he suddenly stepped into the void!
With one step, he was like a thunder that split the sky. With the help of the air fruit, he cut into the position accurately and appeared beside Shanks in an instant. His right arm was like a blade, and the two air cutting lines twisted into a sharp edge!
"Red hair—"
The whispers were like a judge reading out the crimes, but there was no rhythm in the words.
"Sure enough, one-arm suits you."
"Ka-ka-ka-ka!"
The air violently broke into a knife-shaped structure!
Shanks hastily leaned sideways and drew his sword to block, but because he was distracted by Yasopp's death and was mentally shaken, his reaction was a little slow!
[Airstrike - Fixed Orbit]!!!
The air at the axis of his left arm instantly collapsed into six spiral sections!
"!!!" Shanks' pupils shrank into needles, and he roared, swinging his knife to block!
But it was too late—
"puff!!"
Blood splattered!
His entire left arm was broken down to the shoulder!
"Aa ...
Shanks staggered to his knees, and the blood gushing from his left shoulder dyed the sea red!
Beckman screamed in shock and anger: "Shanks!!!"
The other crew members who were not unconscious screamed almost hoarsely, and the scene completely collapsed!
At this moment, the Red Hair Pirates' fighting power and soul were both broken!
Shanks gritted his teeth and pressed the wound, sweat and blood mixing together.
There was anger, hatred, fear in his eyes... and a little unwillingness to admit:
--fear.
Rogge stood in mid-air, his robes fluttering in the wind, his tone as solemn as judgment:
"You—you think I won't kill anyone?"
"You—you think you can escape?"
He slowly raised his five fingers again, the void surged, and the three air mirrors converged behind him. The air pressure for the next attack began to gather!
——Right now.
"Beep—beep beep beep—"
The Den Den Mushi suddenly rang.
Rogge lowered his head, not wanting to pay attention at first, but his eyes caught sight of Sakazuki's Den Den Mushi pattern, his fingertips paused slightly, and he answered the call coldly.
The next second, the voice in the Den Den Mushi was not Akainu's familiar hoarse voice.
It was a cold, silent, and inhumane voice:
"Xuanlin·Rogge."
"Let the red-haired man go for once, for the sake of balance..."
Thunderclouds gathered in the sky and the wind suddenly stopped.
The air blades condensed by his five fingers paused in the void in an instant, as if the air currents in the entire sea area had frozen with this command...
Rogge's eyes changed slightly: "Balance... Even if I kill them all, there will still be green hair, purple hair, and white hair on the sea. Kill them all and balance will naturally come."
The voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was still cold:
"The one who injured your subordinate is already dead... Besides, this was an order from above..."
Rogge stared at the Den Den Mushi with a gloomy expression and said nothing.
What's going on?
The command above?
Why can they monitor us in real time? The phone call came right after they killed Yasopp?
The air fruit stopped disintegrating and the space distortion slowly closed.
"To compensate you, you can move CP0 as you please, and you are allowed to pick a Devil Fruit in Mariejois. The quality is up to you."
A serious sense of crisis surged into my heart. Something was wrong. What was going on?
"Okay, we're even this time... but there won't be a next time."
The Den Den Mushi was snapped shut by Rogge.
Rogge looked at the red-haired group below, a fierce gleam in his eyes, but he still held back and flew towards the Magnetic Drum Island.
The sea breeze blew again, the corpses floated away, and blood mist filled the foggy sea.
The so-called Four Emperors fleet was left in silence with the breath of death.