Chapter 696

"Damn it!"

The stopped Yamato looked at the sea angrily.

"Hmph! Let's go to the Grand Line. I don't believe I can't invite someone!"

Yamato walked back to the cabin angrily.

This made Quinn feel relieved.

He looked at Jin who was still standing, and walked back without saying a word.

He still had experiments to do.

Only Jin stood alone and looked at the place where Crocus jumped into the water.

He always felt that he had seen him somewhere before, and it was a bit familiar.

The Beasts slowly moved forward.

Until it left the Upside Down Mountain.

Splash!

Crocus rushed out of the water and looked at the Beasts Pirates that had already left.

"Alas, young people nowadays like to force!"

Crocus shook his head and climbed ashore.

"Don't you know how to respect the old and love the young?"

Crocus shook the water off his body and said angrily.

"I have to treat Lab later, and I've been delayed again."

Kurokas returned to the lighthouse.

When he came out.

He found that another pirate group appeared at his doorstep.

A dragon head was proud at the bow.

"Uncle Kurokas, do you still remember me?"

A surprised voice sounded.

Kurokas was stunned, and looked up at the boy with a straw hat and red hair lying on the side of the boat.

Kurokas, who had a gloomy face, immediately smiled.

"Isn't this Shanks?"

Kurokas said in surprise.

"Uncle Kurokas, long time no see!"

Shanks jumped off the boat when he saw an acquaintance.

Looking at Shanks, who had changed his appearance, his temperament also changed greatly, and Kurokas almost couldn't recognize him.

"Shanks, I've heard a lot about you recently!"

Kurokas looked at Shanks and said.

"Hahaha, I had no choice!"

Shanks scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

"By the way, what's going on between you and Buggy? Why did Buggy order to hunt you down? What happened between you two brothers?"

Kurokas suddenly asked.

"Ah? This! This!"

After being asked by Kurokas, Shanks was embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

He couldn't say that he had robbed the other party of billions.

"Hahaha, no, no, Buggy and I have a good relationship. Why would they hunt me down? It's all rumors, rumors!"

Shanks touched his head and shook his head vigorously, at a loss.

Kurokas saw Shanks like this, how could he not understand that the other party was guilty.

He shook his head and didn't care what happened between the two brothers.

Anyway, they often played together when they were on the same ship.

"Shanks, are you going to the Grand Line?"

Kurokas changed the subject.

Shanks became serious after hearing this.

He nodded solemnly.

"After ten years of accumulation, it's time to launch an attack. The captain's will still needs me to fulfill!"

Listening to Shanks' words and seeing the straw hat on Shanks' head, Crocus seemed to know something.

"Then you have to work hard. Buggy has become a big pirate now. My goodness, a few months ago, hundreds of large ships entered the Upside Down Mountain in a mighty manner. I was almost scared to death. Tens of thousands of pirates are really impressive!"

Crocodile said in disbelief after talking about Buggy.

I didn't expect that in just ten years, the little brat on the ship would grow up to such a point.

At the beginning, everyone on the ship was optimistic about Shanks, but not so optimistic about Buggy.

As a result, it has only been a few years since Shanks started out and made a little reputation.

And what about Buggy?

The Buggy Pirates under his command have 70,000 soldiers, and the Buggy Express they created is famous all over the world.

Two deputy captains under him.

One is the great swordsman Hawkeye Joracol Mihawk, who was recognized by Rockefeller Charlotte, the world's greatest swordsman and one of the Three Emperors of the New World, more than a decade ago.

A natural-type Sand-Sand Fruit ability user, Sand Crocodile, was able to tie with Douglas Barrett, the descendant of the New World Devil, more than a decade ago. Now that more than a decade has passed, the opponent's strength must be stronger.

The outside world's impression of the Buggy Pirates is that they are very strong, enough to rival any of the Three Emperors of the New World.

Even the Navy is wary of the Buggy Pirates.

However, since its establishment, the Buggy Pirates have rarely fought in the outside world and have not really competed with the strong.

So the reputation has always stopped at the strongest Seven Warlords of the Sea.

It has not yet reached the height of the Three Emperors.

However, now, all the pirates of the four seas have gathered in the first half of the Grand Line.

It is only a matter of time to launch an attack on the second half of the Grand Line.

The year 1508 of the Sea Circle Calendar is destined to be an uneasy year.

Change of command in the Navy.The gathering of pirates from all over the world is challenging the New World.

"Hahaha!"

Shanks scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed by the comparison with Crocus.

He has been looking for like-minded partners and training his abilities all over the world for the past ten years.

He rarely appears in the outside world.

If he hadn't had some relationship with Buggy, he would rarely appear in the newspapers.

Crocus looked at Shanks and smiled.

"Just now, there was also a pirate group passing by here!"

Crocus suddenly changed the subject.

"Oh? What pirate group actually caught Mr. Crocus's attention?"

Shanks became interested.

"The Beasts Pirates!"

Crocus said.

"The Beasts Pirates?"

Shanks was a little unfamiliar with this name. After all, he was only six or seven years old when Kaido was killed by Charlotte. He was not very familiar with Kaido, who had caused trouble in the member countries of the World Government more than a decade ago, and was subsequently arrested many times and escaped from prison many times.

"Yes, a pirate group that was wiped out eighteen years ago. Eighteen years later, with the help of a group of remnants of the Beasts Pirates, Kaido's daughter, the new Beasts Yamato, went out to sea again!"

Kurokas explained to Shanks.

"Is she strong?"

Shanks became interested.

After hearing this, Kurokas looked at Shanks, and then looked at the crew of the Red Hair Pirates who were listening carefully behind Shanks.

"The strength should not be underestimated!"

Kurokas said.

As soon as these words came out, Shanks' face became serious.

He didn't believe that Mr. Kurokas was exaggerating.

As a member of Roger's pirate group.

Even if he was a ship doctor, the other party's knowledge was not aimless.

"It seems that we have an opponent!"

Shanks said, holding the handle of the knife.