“!?”
"puff!!"
On a deserted island in the New World, a red-haired man who was sitting on a rock by the sea and drinking and watching the sea was instantly stunned by a message brought by his subordinates, so that the sip of rum he had just drank was sprayed out, and the people in the future were sprayed with their heads and faces.
"oh!"
"I'm very sorry, Beckman, I didn't mean it..."
"Ha ha……"
Seeing the visitor looking at him expressionlessly and not wiping the wine on his body and face, the red-haired man had to jump off the stone with a dry smile, then stood in front of the guy he called "Bakman" and apologized.
That's right!
This guy with a well-proportioned body, a head of red hair, a short stubble on his mouth, a missing left arm, a white shirt, only half of the buttons, revealing his muscle-filled chest. He was wearing a long black cloak behind him, a patterned brown cropped trousers, flip-flops under his feet, and a long sword on his waist and hips. He was the captain of the Red-Haired Pirates and one of the "Four Emperors" in the New World, the youngest and nicknamed "Red-Haired" Four Emperors - Shanks.
The person who came to convey the message but was sprayed with wine by him was the deputy captain of the Red Haired Pirates, and the only deputy captain in the "Four Emperors" Pirates. He claimed to have a clear mind and extremely high combat power, and his strength was almost comparable to the Four Emperors Red Haired Pirates - Ben Beckman!
"By the way!"
"What did you just say?"
After apologizing without any sincerity, Red-haired Shanks quickly frowned and asked about the thing that had just made him lose his composure, but now his mind was still a little confused and incredible.
“…”
Ben Beckman didn't speak.
He first stared at his captain's hilarious face with resentment. After confirming that the other party shouldn't have done it on purpose just now, he slowly reached out and wiped the wine dripping on his face with the other party's saliva smell. Then he spoke expressionlessly:
"I just said..."
"After the naughty child declared war on Kaido, yesterday, she declared war on the Charlotte family at the same time!"
"and……"
"Now the two sides have contacted and fought. This is the newspaper that the pigeon delivered just now. You can take it and take a look first!"
After briefly explaining the general situation, Ben Beckman did not continue to explain in detail, but handed over the newspaper in his hand directly, and then stood aside and waited silently.
“!!”
"No, no, right?!"
Red-haired Shanks exclaimed, and couldn't wait to snatch the newspaper and read it in one glance.
The more he looked at him, the more frightened he became, and the expression on his face gradually became more and more exciting.
"this……"
"What the hell is that naughty child? Is she crazy?"
Soon, Shanks finished reading the new content in the newspaper.
“….”
However, he first exclaimed and commented and quickly closed his mouth, but continued to stare at the newspaper tightly and remained silent with his brow locked. His eyes were shining with divine light, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"By the way!"
"One more thing!"
"The Five Old Stars have just sent an invitation letter and want you to go to the Holy Land Mary Choa in person. Moreover, the other party pointed out on the phone bug and wanted you..."
"ASAP?"
Seeing that his captain seemed to have finished reading, Ben Beckmann talked about another important thing without waiting for the other party to digest the explosive content.
"Five Old Stars?"
"They looked for me, but it was this time..."
“!!”
"It would be..."
Shanks muttered for a while, then he suddenly raised his head and looked at his deputy captain in surprise.
"Yes!"
"It should be that you want to take the team!"
"The world war started by naughty kids is inevitable now!"
With a sigh, Ben Beckman said this.
He claimed to have a clear mind, and that was not a false reputation. As a military advisor of the Red Hair Pirates, on the way here, he already knew the general intentions of the World Government and the Five Old Stars who had just summoned at such a moment.
“…”
Shanks dotted, then turned his own eyes back to the newspaper, looking at the contents on it again and frowned tightly.
"captain."
"What did you think?"
Ben Beckman did not urge him, but turned to look at the sea, and then, after a while, he turned around and asked softly.
"Beckman..."
"Is there any other latest news besides what is said in the newspaper?"
Shanks did not answer, but after reading the newspaper in the end, he looked up and looked back at his deputy captain again.
"have!"
"The news is that Nanamiz town of Rockmitz Island has been captured by the Golden Mothership of the Naughty Kids at the cost of almost zero casualties. It was the Naughty Kids' personal work, and the Honey Minister Charlotte Frappy was captured alive."
"At present, a fierce conflict between the naughty kid and the big   mom pirate group is inevitable!"
"It is reported that the big  mom pirate group is in contact with the Hundred Beasts Pirate group, and the two sides are expected to reach some consensus soon?"
"besides!"
"The world government and CP0 have gathered almost all naval ships in the new world, and have also recruited many small powerful pirate groups, and their intentions seem to be very obvious."
"As for the other side of the Red Clay Continent..."
"Because the phone bug signal was disturbed, the news was still a little lagging. I don't know much about other situations except in the newspaper."
"But I think it's not going to be more calmer than in the New World, right?"
"You also know that the Navy has long regarded Fishman Island and promoted the city to Jiushe Island, which has a close relationship with Naughty Children, to be thorny in their eyes. They will definitely take action this time."
Ben Beckman told all the information he knew without any haste.
"So fast..."
"cough!"
"I thought that at least the World Conference was held, those guys would take action, but I didn't think..."
Shaking his head, the red-haired Shanks stopped halfway and did not continue.
"really!"
"It's really unpredictable."
"That naughty kid..."
"You never expected that she would be so reckless and could not wait, right?"
Ben Beckman seemed to guess that his captain wanted to say something, and then asked with a smile.
"Yes."
"You know, her background is still a little worse."
"Now, the war with the two four emperors rashly, and the world government and navy are eyeing each other, the ending may not be very good."
Shaking his head, the more he thought about red-haired Shanks, the more he was worried about the naughty child.
Originally, he was a little optimistic about the other party, but now, the other party actually planned to fight against all the powerful people in the new world with one force, which was too messy!
Moreover, he couldn't understand why the other party suddenly started fighting against the big   mom pirates? According to the newspaper, it seemed that the other party suddenly declared war on the big  mom pirates after entering the waters of Totland, just as if he was deliberately going to find fault?
Shanks puzzled that strange thing.
At the same time, he suddenly thought that if their sphere of influence was on the other party's route, would the other party suddenly start a war against their Red-haired Pirates?
It's likely that it will be?
Although he went to Marinfando on the top of the war flagship, he was preparing to dissuade both sides of the war and planned to help the other party. He had no malice to the naughty child, but probably the other party would not know, and even if he knew, he would probably not be able to accept his affection.
"captain."
"The ending is not necessarily the case!"
At this time, Ben Beckman suddenly spoke, and shook his head seriously with a stern face.
"ah?"
"uncertain?"
Shanks couldn't help but feel a little rare.
Although he himself knew that the naughty child was very strong and now there was strong assistance from Fishman Island, Don Quixote family, the world's richest man, Gilde Tezolo, and others, he was still a little too weak compared to the two new worlds of the Big Mom Pirates and the Hundred Beast Pirates, as well as the covetous world governments and the navy in those new worlds.
In his opinion, the current Naughty Child Pirates is like a young pirate who has just gone out to sea. He has motivation, but his foundation is insufficient. If he can devote himself to the business for a few years, coupled with the strong assistance of the Don Quixote family and the world's richest man, Gilde Tezolo and others, he might really achieve great things by then!
Unfortunately, the other party was too impatient and now he started a war with the two four emperors in the new world, giving the navy a chance for nothing. That kind of thing just made Shanks sigh a little regretful.
"That……"
"Why not, you should tell me!"
After slowly sitting on the rock again and looking at the newspaper in his hand, the red-haired Shanks pondered for a while and then suddenly asked strangely.
“It’s very simple!”
"Because naughty kids have revolutionary troops!"
Ben Beckman had no intention of grasping it, and said it openly.
"Revolutionary Army?"
“Um…”
“It’s useless!”
"These people are indeed good on the shore, but this battle is a victory or defeat at sea. The guys are too dispersed and they are eager to get together even a decent fleet, which is useless."
However, it would be fine if he didn't listen. After listening, Shanks couldn't help but shake his head. Obviously, he was not optimistic about the revolutionary army, especially the current revolutionary army.
In his opinion, the power of the revolutionary army is indeed not very helpful to naughty children. Those people can only toss and fight on various countries and islands during the war. However, no matter how harsh the effort is, the result will definitely not affect the decisive victory at the sea.
Those people are just icing on the cake, and he is not optimistic about it anyway.
“It is indeed.”
"but……"
"What if I add a white beard?"
First, he looked at his own captain for a while, and then Ben Beckman suddenly asked with a smile.
“!!”
"Whitebeard?!"
"yes!"
"Why did I forget this!"
Shanks slapped his thigh hard, remembering such a thing.
Thinking back to the time, during the War of the Supreme Court, the naughty boy helped Whitebeard and others, and even shared most of the Navy's top combat power. It can be said that he personally saved the life of the Fire Fist Ace who has inherited the Whitebeard's legacy. Therefore, for reason, their Whitebeard remnant who is being reorganized will definitely not sit idly by this time.
"Thus…"
"It turned into the situation of the Naughty Child Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates plus the Revolutionary Army vs. the Big  Mom Pirates, the Beast Pirates and the World Government?"
"Tsk!"
"I don't know if the world government has contacted Kaido and the others..."
"This victory or defeat is a bit unpredictable..."
"If it weren't for the insignificant little pirates and armed businessmen in the new world, the only one who has not been involved at the moment seems to be..."
“!!”
"us?!"
"Yes, it's us!!"
As the red-haired Shanks muttered to himself, he and Ben Beckman finally exclaimed and came to that common and amazing conclusion.
“It’s very clear.”
"This is why the Five Old Stars can't wait to want you to go to the Holy Land Mary Choa in person at this time!"
"Captain, what do you think?"
Seeing that the captain thought of this, Ben Beckman continued to ask.
"What do you think?"
"What else can I think?"
"If possible, of course I don't want to get involved in this world war that is coming soon. What does this have to do with us?"
Shanks drooped his shoulders like a self-deprecating person, with a look of helplessness.
"There's no way."
“The world war has begun.”
"and……"
“We’ve been involved.”
With a sigh, Ben Beckman couldn't help but hang his eyelids.
He looked more and further, knowing that the development of things is no longer possible for their captain.
All they can do is choose to join a certain party. It is obviously unlikely to remain neutral, and it is even more unlikely that others will let one of the only four emperors in the new world, and they have powerful forces stay aside and remain indifferent.
No one can survive this war, either victory or destruction, and all they have is choice. I believe that the end of the war will definitely be a major reshuffle in this world, right?
Even Ben Beckman himself did not expect that something would come so quickly and suddenly!
“Um…”
Redhead did not refute the words of his deputy captain, but just rubbed the stubble on his chin and lowered his head to ponder.
“That is,…”
"Now the strength comparison between the two sides is basically the same, and our decision..."
"Can it affect the tilt of that balance?!"
After thinking for a while, Shanks suddenly looked up at his expressionless deputy captain and summed up in surprise.
"I have no idea……"
"Captain, this matter can only be chosen by you, and we will unconditionally support any decision of yours!"
Ben Beckman did not express his opinion.
Because, he didn't want to easily influence any decision of the captain, especially this crucial moment that determines the life and death of the Red Hair Pirates.
"but……"
"It is very likely that the balance is tilted now, and it may have never been level?"
Suddenly, Ben Beckman lowered his head and sighed in a low voice.
“??”
"What did you just say?"
Shanks seemed not to hear his captain's sigh clearly, and then he couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"No!"
"I didn't say anything."
"Captain, have you made a decision?"
"Do you want to go to the invitation of the Five Old Stars and the Holy Land of Mary Choa?"
Ben Beckman stood up straight and asked with a straight face.
"go!"
"Why not go?"
"Time is urgent, I'll go now!"
Shanks smiled and threw the newspaper down.
"but……"
"I'm not in a hurry to decide something now."
"Let's talk about everything when I come back from the Holy Land Mary Choa!"
Then, he turned around and looked at the vast sea, the blue sky and the beautiful scenery of the sea and the sky. Red-haired Shanks put his hands on his waist and said loudly.
At this time, the newspaper he had just left behind was covered by the rising waves. After the waves retreated, the newspaper was already tightly attached to the beach, revealing only the photo of the naughty child on the headlines who was grinning in front of the camera and sitting on the Golden Throne.
“…”
"It's going to rise, I'll go and order the ship to prepare now!"
Ben Beckman didn't ask any more questions. He first looked at the newspaper that was gradually covered by the beach, looked at the photo of the naughty child thoughtfully, then nodded directly, and quickly left the beach.
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Chapter completed!