Chapter 690 Young Great Pirate, God Avoids! (2 in 1)

Red-haired Shanks is one of the young pirates who emerged after Roger's death.

The Pirate King Roger at that time was one of the most powerful enemies that their Navy Headquarters had to deal with. Because of this, Sengoku was very familiar with the crew members on Roger's ship.

Red-Haired Shanks was an apprentice crew member on Roger's pirate ship in his early years. According to the intelligence held by Sengoku, Shanks suddenly appeared on Roger's pirate ship. Now that you think about it carefully, the time when Shanks appeared on Roger's pirate ship happened to be after the battle of God Valley.

Thinking of this, Zhan Guo seemed to understand something.

He looked at Garin Sheng and Shanks in front of him. Seeing that they looked 60% similar, he had a bold guess in his mind.

"Red-Haired Shanks, you are not only a Celestial Dragon, but also a member of the Fegaland clan?!"

After a long silence, Sengoku suddenly spoke and asked Shanks.

At this time, he had quickly calmed down.

Shanks would be summoned to the Holy Land by Saint Garin at this critical moment. No matter who the other party is, he must be Saint Garin's helper, otherwise he would not come to the Holy Land at this time.

In any case, the number of enemies that Sengoku has to face has increased from one to two. Instead of spending time guessing Shanks' identity, it is better to ask directly before the battle.

In the eyes of these two people, he is probably already a dying man. Although Sengoku is confident in his own strength, he does not think that he can face Red-Haired Shanks, the "most domineering of the Four Emperors", and Garin Sei, one of the Five Elders, at the same time.

Faced with the problems of a dying man, these two people should not hide anything.

Just as Sengoku expected, after hearing his words, Red-haired Shanks and Garin Sheng both cast their eyes towards Sengoku.

Originally, Shanks was still a little "out of context" and didn't know much about the various things happening in the holy land, so he wanted to ask first.

Hearing Sengoku's question, Shanks gave him a gentle smile and responded:
"Feigarand?!"

"Dragon people?"

"I have never had such a label attached to me. I am who I am, the Pirate Shanks."

Shanks did not directly answer Sengoku's question, but his response already gave Sengoku the answer he wanted to know.

"Hehe. Pirate Shanks?!"

There was relief and sarcasm in Zhan Guo's laughter. The image of Pirate King Roger suddenly emerged in his mind. Thinking of Pirate King Roger's calmness and confidence when facing the execution, Zhan Guo just found it funny.

Will Pirate King Roger know that Red-Haired Shanks is a Celestial Dragon?

Well. If Shanks is really the child that Roger took away from the Valley of the Gods, then Roger should know that Shanks is a Celestial Dragon.

But would Pirate King Roger have expected that the child he raised would have reconnected with the Holy Land?
Even judging from the attitude of Garin Sheng when talking to Shanks, Red-Haired Shanks probably has a very important position in the Celestial Dragon group. After all, there are not many people who can make the Five Elders speak to them in a friendly manner.

At least as a naval marshal, Sengoku had heard the Five Elders' angry rebukes countless times.

In Sengoku's opinion, it was probably the Pirate King Roger who was tricked by the Celestial Dragons!
"Back then, after learning a certain secret, Yoshiichi Tsugumi mobilized his forces in the East China Sea to search for the Nika Fruit, but in the end, you got it."

"Is this also the work of you Tianlong people?"

"You are aware of the threat that Tsugumi Yuichi poses to you, and that is why you are trying every means to prevent him from obtaining the Rubber Fruit."

"I didn't expect you to succeed."

"If the person who ate the rubber fruit was Yoriichi Tsugakuni, I'm afraid that ancient prophecy would have come true long ago."

When Zhan Guo said this, his tone was full of emotion.

In his eyes, Tsugakuni Yoriichi is almost a perfect revolutionary. Except for not being able to obtain the Rubber Fruit and awaken Nika, everything about Tsugakuni Yoriichi is perfect in Sengoku's eyes.

A gentle and kind character, a decisive style of action, strong personal strength, the ability to discover strong people, and the personal charm to attract strong people.

But such a nearly perfect revolutionary unfortunately failed to become the user of the Nika Fruit, and was unable to become the "Son of Destiny" who fulfilled the prophecy.

The reason why Sengoku's position has been pulled back and forth between the New Navy and the World Government many times is that the ancient prophecy has a great influence on it.

Only the user of the Nika Fruit, only Joyboy can beat the drum of liberation.

The existence of the prophecy seemed to completely stifle the possibility of success for other revolutionaries.

The reason why Sengoku is now determined to stand on the side of Tsugakuni Yoriichi is more or less because he is no longer young. He wants to seek justice for his comrades who died in vain because of the Celestial Dragons while he still has the ability.

If Sengoku was a young man in his teens or twenties now, he would be willing to wait for Luffy to grow up and wait for the day when he would witness Luffy surpass Yoriichi Tsugakure.

But now it seems that Zhan Guo will not be able to wait for this day.

In that case, maybe just give it a try.

The appearance of Shanks actually revealed a trump card in the hands of the Celestial Dragons. The reason why his appearance made Sengoku feel uneasy was because Sengoku felt the "unfathomable" nature of the Celestial Dragons.

If he had not seen with his own eyes today that Shanks was summoned to the Holy Land by Saint Garin, he would probably never have known in his life that Shanks, the great pirate who roamed the New World, had any connection with the Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land.

Seeing the big from the small.

The Celestial Dragons have strong men like Shanks as their help, so there is no guarantee that they will not have other strong men to serve as the foundation of the holy land.

Thinking of this, Sengoku couldn't help but worry about Tsugikoku Yoshiichi.

“Will it succeed?!”

"Are there many beings similar to Shanks in the Holy Land?"

"In normal times, I travel on the sea, and in critical moments, I am summoned to the holy land through the teleportation array."

"Is there no such strong person around the Im that Yuichirō is going to deal with?!"

Although Sengoku did not show much emotion on the surface, his heart was already in turmoil. He had a vague premonition that this time, Tsugumi Yoshiichi's actions would not be as smooth as he had imagined.

Not far away, Shanks heard Sengoku mention the rubber fruit again, and his face showed his surprise.

Regarding this matter, it is not what Sengoku thought. The reason why Shanks looked for the rubber fruit was just to help his captain fulfill his wish.

There is one thing that Sengoku may have misunderstood. Although Shanks has a close relationship with the Celestial Dragons, it is not so close that they can wear the same pants. Shanks' feelings for Roger who raised him are not fake. Although Roger is a "human trafficker" and accidentally took him away from the Holy Land, Shanks was still very happy during the time on Roger's ship. Roger never treated him harshly, and even treated Shanks as his own child and poured his feelings into him.

Shanks is not a heartless and ungrateful person. The reason why he looked for the rubber fruit was that he wanted to bring the rubber fruit to Ace to eat, and then help Ace to successfully board Raftel.

According to Shanks' original plan, after obtaining the Rubber Fruit, he was going to give it to his captain's son.

It's just that plans cannot keep up with changes. Because of his negligence and Luffy's greed, Luffy became the user of the rubber fruit. This is actually a coincidence.

But this is how Shanks sees things.

In Jialin Sheng's opinion, Zhan Guo's conjecture is completely correct!!!
Because after the Holy Land learned that Tsugumi Yoshiichi was looking for the rubber fruit, it sent people to look for the rubber fruit both openly and secretly, not wanting Tsugumi Yoshiichi to obtain the rubber fruit smoothly.

Shanks was also commissioned to go out to sea to search for rubber fruits with a mission from the holy land.

Although Saint Garin did not know why Shanks failed to preserve the rubber fruit, allowing Garp's grandson to eat the devil fruit, but judging from the result alone, the Holy Land could not be unacceptable.

In the long history of the World Government that spans 800 years, there are countless people who have eaten the Rubber Fruit, but there are only a few who are truly able to awaken the Rubber Fruit and transform it into the Nika Fruit.

Yoshiichi Tsugakuni is an extremely talented and powerful person. Relying solely on his achievements in swordsmanship and domineering, he has become the most powerful person in the world. If Yoshiichi Tsugakuni successfully eats the rubber fruit, the threat he poses to the World Government will be infinite.

Just as Sengoku said, it is not impossible that Tsugumi Yoriichi will become the person who fulfills the prophecy.

But in the end, the person who ate the devil fruit was Luffy. Naturally, a kid like that would not be taken seriously by the World Government.

Although now the little devil is developing rapidly in a direction that is difficult for the Holy Land to predict.

But no matter what, in Jialin's opinion, the threat posed by that little kid is not as great as that posed by Jigoku Yoshiyuki.

This mentality of the Holy Land also led to Luffy having a long "development period" after eating the rubber fruit.

It also made Garin Sheng mistakenly believe that Shanks' thoughts were the same as those of the Celestial Dragons in their holy land.

Although Shanks was surprised that Sengoku would say this, he had no intention of explaining to him.

The relationship between him and the Holy Land cannot be broken at this stage. In order to continue to maintain such a relationship, Shanks will not let Saint Galen know his true thoughts.

"Hehehe, Zhan Guo, you are right."

"You know the prophecy, and Yoriichi Tsugikoku also knows the prophecy."

"Since you all know this, why do you choose to go against the Holy Land?"

"Don't you know? There's absolutely no way you can succeed?"

"Tsugikoku Yoriichi is indeed very strong, and he is indeed the one who has caused the most damage to the Holy Land over the years."

"But so what?"

"He won't succeed! Even if he kills all the Five Elders, he will never succeed."

“No matter how he destroys the holy place, it will still be a holy place.”

"We the Celestial Dragons will still be the ones who control this world."

"And you, Sengoku, you will also pay the price for your choice."

"Not only you, but everyone related to you will be liquidated by the Holy Land!!!"

Perhaps it was because of Shanks' help, or perhaps it was because Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had left and was not here, but Garin's tone and expression were more relaxed than ever before, and he looked at Sengoku as if he was looking at a dead person.

Zhan Guo sighed lightly, and then his eyes became firm.

Although some unexpected things happened, he has no way out at this point.

Now all Sengoku can do is to trust Tsugikuni Yoriichi and to stop the two people in front of him and not let these two guys affect Yoriichi.

Having completely let go of his burden, Zhan Guo no longer cared about life and death.

Shanks and Garin Sheng both saw the determination to die in Sengoku's eyes. After a brief silence, Shanks' smile faded and he grasped the long sword at his waist with one hand. An extremely terrifying domineering aura surged out of his body and pressed towards Sengoku who was not far away.

Shanks is the same age as Yoshiko Tsugakuni. His age can only be considered a junior in front of people of his age, but strength is not determined by age.

Shanks' domineering aura was so strong that even Sengoku couldn't help but hold his breathing and was slightly affected.

Shanks' powerful Haki is famous throughout the world. At one point, some people even compared the strength of Shanks' Haki with that of Yoriichi Tsugakuni. This does not mean that Shanks' Haki can be compared with Yoriichi Tsugakuni, but this kind of discussion also indirectly reflects how strong Shanks' Haki is.

As the admiral of the navy, Sengoku has also awakened the Conqueror's Haki, but even his Conqueror's Haki is not as strong as Shanks's at the moment.

Get the head start.

Shanks did not hesitate at all. After releasing his Conqueror's Haki, he quickly drew his sword and slashed in the direction where Sengoku was standing from a distance:
"God avoids!!!"

The scarlet slash was surrounded by dense black thunder and it arrived in front of Zhan Guo in just a blink of an eye.

It was almost the same slash as the one used by the Pirate King Roger back then. The domineering power contained in it was even comparable to that of the Pirate King Roger back then.

Although Shanks, at a young age, had early earned the title of Four Emperors, there were only a few classic records of his battles that were passed down in this sea, and no one had ever heard of any super pirate dying at his hands.

The reason why Shanks has his current reputation is more because he controls enough power, which helps him ascend to the throne of the Four Emperors.

Shanks' strength has always been a mystery to be verified in the eyes of outsiders.

Sengoku didn't have a deep understanding of Shanks' strength, but when he saw with his own eyes that Shanks had performed the same divine evasion as Roger, Sengoku's respect for Shanks quickly increased to a higher level.

Biting his lips lightly, Zhan Guo slapped out with a pair of Buddha's palms, attacking instead of defending against the god.

"boom--"

The moment the slash and the Buddha's palm intersected, the domineering aura of the two men also exploded. A terrifying muffled thunder sounded in the holy land. The domineering aura that swept across was like a nuclear explosion, instantly forming a shock wave that surged towards the surroundings.

(End of this chapter)