"Greetings, True God!"
It took a while for Robin to recover. After calming herself, she immediately stood up and bowed to Shaya!
Her thoughts were frozen; the person in front of her was actually a God?
The scene just now was etched in her mind like a carving, incredibly real. Shaya's power was simply beyond imagination, utterly shocking!
"True God?"
Shaya suddenly remembered what the little girl Nami had said. Nami's first words after receiving the bright moon badge were also this, and he then said, "Get up, just call me 'Sir'."
"True God" was too embarrassing; Shaya still had his pride!
"Yes, Sir Shaya!"
Robin stood up, not even daring to meet Shaya's gaze.
"You, forget it..."
Seeing Robin's reluctance to make eye contact or speak, Shaya found it rather uninteresting. He'd deal with it later!
Once you get used to it, girl, you'll know This God... is very lonely!
"Go notify Crocodile, I'll be waiting for him at the palace!"
"Yes, Sir Shaya!"
... The first half of the Grand Line,
Dozens of nautical miles from Alabasta
A massive ship was sailing. Its bow was like a deep red dragon's head with two white dragon horns. The flag depicted a skull with two swords piercing its left eye and wearing a mask... And on this ship, a banquet was in full swing!
"Haha, Buggy, you can't kill me like that..."
A loud, clear laugh echoed across the sea. A red-haired man with three scars over his left eye and even missing his left arm sat unceremoniously on the deck, drinking sake.
Red-Haired Shanks!
Bounty: 4,048,900,000 Berries
Four years ago, he broke the Three Emperors' stalemate and became one of the Four Emperors.
(Two years later, he became a Four Emperor six years ago. Perhaps he defeated other Four Emperors to become a new Four Emperor, or perhaps he was simply strong enough to be called a Four Emperor. I'll write it as the latter, hoping Old Man Oda doesn't make me look bad.)
"Shanks, you bastard!"
Buggy's entire upper body flew in front of Red Hair, his hands holding daggers, desperately stabbing Shanks. But... even if Red Hair didn't dodge, Buggy couldn't cut him with Armament Haki.
"Haha, do you still hate me that much?"
Red Hair didn't care about Buggy's actions at all, instead, he encouraged him, "Come on, keep going! If you can injure me, even just a scratch, I'll tell you the exact location of Captain John's treasure!"
"Treasure my ass! Don't try to change the subject..."
Buggy's Red Nose was practically touching Red Hair's face as he roared in anger, "Don't you dare forget that I have a grudge against you, Shanks!"
"As long as I have the chance, I will kill you!"
He had been bullied by Straw Hat, and then he had been searching all over the East Blue for an opportunity to take revenge. Unexpectedly, he met Red Hair in Loguetown, who was there looking for Mihawk... Old acquaintances meet in a foreign land, both seeing red!
Thus, an 'earth-shattering' battle erupted in Loguetown. Red Hair was 'powerless to resist' as Buggy pinned him to the ground and rubbed him, directly shocking the world!
And after Buggy's identity was exposed, he even made it to the headlines!
After all, a Roger pirate hiding in the East Blue for decades directly sparked countless conspiracy theories. When Rayleigh found out, he contacted Shanks to bring Buggy back to avoid him being captured.
And so, Buggy was forced onto Red Hair's ship.
But whenever he had a chance, he would attack Red Hair for revenge. However, reality was too cruel; Red Hair could sit there and let Buggy hit him, and Buggy still couldn't win.
"Tell me, what will it take for you to let me go?"
Red-Haired Shanks's face was full of yearning, and he said weakly, "How about... I give you ten million?"
"Impossible! It's either you die or I live!"
Buggy's refusal was extremely decisive. In the face of hatred, any treasure or ten million was trash. But then his tone shifted, "However... I'd consider it for a hundred billion."
"What? You might as well kill me!"
Upon hearing a hundred billion, Red Hair immediately got angry. He grabbed Buggy by the collar and said, "Do you know how I've lived these past years! I'm so poor that sometimes I can't even afford to drink..."
"I've been wearing this same shirt for over ten years; do you know how hard it's been for me?!"
Buggy: "..."
Do you know how I've lived these past years?
Every day, I'm accompanied by big fish and big meat, and my savings have already exceeded a hundred million!
"Trash Shanks, I despise you!"
Buggy's eyes showed deep disdain. A dignified Four Emperors was actually poorer than him. A sense of superiority spontaneously appeared on his entire face, and his tone became smug.
"Beckman, did you see that?!"
Red Hair was hurt by Buggy's gaze. He became completely dejected and murmured, "I was actually despised by Buggy. He can hit me, scold me, kill me, but I can't stand him looking down on me!"
"Is being poor my fault? Could it be..."
Before Red Hair could continue, Beckman exhaled a puff of smoke and said airily, "Yes, being poor is your fault! Following you, we don't eat enough, don't dress warmly enough, and don't even have enough to drink. We can't live like this anymore!"
"Wuwu, I, wuwu ah ah ah..."
As he spoke of his sorrow, Red Hair couldn't help but cry, crying with heartbreaking intensity.
Buggy: "..."
Looking closely, seeing the impoverished state of each member of the Red Hair Pirates, Buggy also felt a strange bitterness in his heart.
Is this Shanks's retribution? How miserable!
"Sigh, Boss, this is the last chicken leg..."
Lucky Roux, the chubby fellow, also looked sad, "I can't bear to eat it. If I eat it, it will only make our already poor situation worse!"
Yasopp, standing nearby, caressed his gun with reluctance and said helplessly, "It's okay. When we get to shore, I'll sell the gun. It should be enough for us to eat one meal."
Buggy: "..."
His worldview was somewhat collapsing!
How have they survived until now?