One Piece: Fate's Unyielding Marine

"Casson..."

"And Zunesha," someone added in a low voice.

"We couldn't communicate with the owner... and the Mink Tribe left."

Parvati was distracted for a moment. Poseidon, the Fish-Man Island represented by Poseidon, Zunesha, and the Mink Tribe on his back. These allies who had made an agreement with them in the previous era all chose to remain silent or wait and see.

Even their partners...

Tamamo-no-Mae also chose to go in opposite directions.

Parvati thought of Tamamo-no-Mae, that gentle and affectionate man, full of wisdom and extraordinary vision. Casson, the honest and strong warrior from East Blue. One by one, they chose other paths.

Dozens of people gathered around in silence. Although they were powerful, there was still an insurmountable power gap compared to the two sides fighting over there.

"Wait..."

Parvati sighed. "After the monster wakes up, let's see if we can still find a chance... If there is really no chance—"

"Let's go help that young man!"

"No!" Shanks shouted subconsciously. "If he wins, we will have no way to survive either!"

No one else spoke; they looked at Parvati silently. This woman had been following Joyboy since before the war began.

"I'm not asking for your opinion," Parvati turned her head and looked at Shanks indifferently. "You performed the task in a mess. Do you think I really didn't do anything after I 'woke up'? The world is changing, that young man..."

Parvati sighed and then looked at the other companions. "He may be the 'god of nature' that has never existed in history. And... it is very possible that he is even more powerful than that!"

The others nodded together. The people who guarded them had told them some information about the 'Rairyu' through various channels.

"That's it..."

Click!

Before Shanks could say anything, a curly-haired woman standing opposite him reached out and strangled his neck. "Your mind has been blinded! Blinded by hatred and desire, and I suspect that you are not an orthodox palmist."

"What's the meaning..."

Shanks didn't even have time to react when the curly-haired woman took action. When his neck was strangled, he completely lost his ability to resist.

"Lin! Why do you say that?"

The woman named Lin pinched Shanks' neck and turned to look at Parvati.

"His bloodline has the aura of the Twenty Kings! He is directly from the royal family!"

Everyone's expressions changed, including Parvati's. Lin's ability is unmistakable, so...

Thinking of Joyboy's reincarnation being cut off, and thinking of the "divine fruits" left behind by many of his companions being captured and imprisoned by the Twenty Kings, Parvati looked at the red-haired man coldly.

"Are you a descendant of the Twenty Kings?"

"I don't know!" Shanks' eyes were red.

He has been on Roger's ship for as long as he can remember, and Roger only said that he was picked up with Buggy. It seems that even Roger himself doesn't know who his parents are and where he was born.

After becoming the flag bearer, Roger once told him that there was someone in Mariejois who was supporting them, but Roger didn't know who that person was.

Until about ten years ago, shortly after he captured the "Sun God Fruit" and returned to the Grand Line, he received a mysterious invitation.

An invitation from Mariejois.

At that time, the backbone of his pirate group had already been formed, and his strength was gradually approaching the top players at that time.

At that time, he was very high-spirited and vowed to fulfill Captain Roger's legacy and welcome Joyboy's return.

But that mysterious summons made him unable to refuse because the person on the other side said:

"Come to Mariejois and embrace your true calling."

An ominous premonition arose in Shanks' heart, and he went to Mariejois alone.

The Five Elders received him personally.

"You did something wrong!" the Elder holding Shodai Kitetsu told him straight to the point.

At that time, the Five Elders did not know that Shanks had become the "Flag Bearer" of the Fire . In their impression, Shanks was the messenger personally arranged by Lord Im to be beside Roger after the "God Valley" incident.

It wasn't until Adams Dylan told them through a Den Den Mushi that the "Nika Fruit" had been taken away by Shanks that they realized there was something wrong with the "messenger" they had secretly cultivated but had no positive contact with.

Shanks looked at the Five Elders with some confusion. Although the other party's attitude was a little annoyed, it was not hostile.

"We gave Gryphon to you and secretly supported you for so long. We did not want you to go against us."

The Elder with birthmark on his head crossed his hands and looked at Shanks. "There is no need to pursue the past, but now, you have to accept your mission."

"Serve your family and maintain the balance of the sea."

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After leaving the Red Line, Shanks was completely confused.

Is he a Celestial Dragon?

Although the Five Elders did not specify which branch he belonged to, there was no doubt that he must be a descendant of one of the twenty kings.

Is he the "flag bearer" who is determined to overthrow the World Government and lead Joyboy back?

The frustrated Shanks began to doubt his own life, and he vaguely noticed something was wrong.

Roger Pirates...

Like his Red Hair Pirates, they were a small pirate group, although they had many vassals. But their main ship had always been small in number.

Why would such an elite pirate be raising two babies on a ship like that?

Captain Roger and Whitebeard were different. Whitebeard wanted "family," while Captain Roger wanted freedom.

He and Buggy...

He's a Celestial Dragon... Where's Buggy?

Is he too?

But... what role does the captain play in this?

No!!

After returning to the New World, Shanks dispersed the distracting thoughts in his mind.

I am who I am! I'm "Red-Haired" Shanks!

He looked in the direction of the Red Line. The corrupt World Government... is my enemy!

Moreover... they don't know my identity as a "flag bearer" yet, and I may be able to take advantage of this...

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After listening to Shanks' statement, Parvati nodded towards Lin. Lin released her right hand holding the Shanks' neck.

"You mean, the current people in power only tell you that you are the 'messenger' arranged by 'them' to go to the sea?"

"That's it!"

Shanks roared in a low voice. The moment he was caught by Lin, he truly felt the fear of death. This feeling...

He's been through it several times before, twice with Adams Dylan and once with Garp.

"Your identity is so sensitive, why doesn't the other party doubt you?"

According to the intelligence and information analysis they recently collected, the man named Gol D. Roger completed the only circumnavigation of the world in 800 years and earned the title of "One Piece."

Such a person, even the ants on his boat, should be closely monitored and controlled.

"Perhaps their inertial thinking led them to misjudge their judgment," the old man who just opened the passage said. "Or..."

"They were deceived too!"

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