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Chapter 344 What are you trying to do by pressing my grandfather to the ground?
"Uh?"

This unexpected answer clearly stunned Shanks for a moment.

Just as he was about to ask further questions with a look of astonishment, Mo Fei changed the subject and explained, "The people in your Red-Haired Pirates are all highly skilled elites."

Letting them retire and return to their rural homes, even if they were willing, I wouldn't feel comfortable letting such a group of unruly individuals go free.

Upon hearing Mo Fei's words, a look of understanding finally appeared on the red-haired man's face.

"Of course, I will still give you, Shanks, face. How about we break these people up and assign them to various expedition groups to contribute to the stability of the Divine Court and make up for their mistakes today?"

Upon hearing the arrangements made for his crew, Shanks was unwilling, but circumstances forced him to comply.

"I can accept your request, but you have to promise me that you will treat all members of the Red-Haired Pirates equally from now on."

"Of course, I, Doflamingo, now sit on the throne of the Divine Court, and my words are law."

"Now you tell your Red-Haired Pirates to stop fighting. After I take down the remnants of the Revolutionary Army, I will make proper arrangements for you all."

……

After the two big shots reached a private agreement, the Red-Haired crew, who were already in a state of inactivity, immediately withdrew from the battle under Shanks's control.

Their defection at the last minute immediately plunged the already precarious revolutionary army into collapse.

Under the relentless pursuit of the Sea Stone dolls, the revolutionary army members who participated in the rebellion were killed one after another in the dolls' attack.

Because of the initial heavy blow from Mo Fei, Monkey D. Dragon was now being relentlessly beaten by Big Mom.

Garp, who is fighting Kaido, is in a slightly better situation and is currently in a stalemate.

However, with such a large-scale battle taking place in the Royal Arena, how could the high-ranking warriors of the Divine Court not notice? At this moment, a dense chorus of footsteps could be heard outside the arena.

"A violent storm, thunder!"

After instantly unleashing a giant tornado to temporarily block Big Mom, Monkey D. Dragon had given up hope of defeating Murphy. At this moment, all he wanted was to do his best to rescue his son.

Monkey D. Dragon wasn't too surprised by Shanks's last-minute defection, since the two were only partners.

Before he launched the plan, Shanks had strongly opposed it. However, for the safety of his son, Dragon launched the operation even though he knew the chances of success were slim.

Now that the operation has failed, Shanks has chosen to protect himself, and he can only suffer the consequences.

As the leader of the revolutionary army, Long possessed undeniable Emperor-level strength at his peak.

Although he was seriously injured at this time, his violent outburst, disregarding his injuries, temporarily bound even the modified old woman with the raging hurricane he unleashed.

Almost simultaneously, countless wind blades rapidly materialized out of thin air, slashing towards the puppets in the arena below.

Under Long's incredibly precise control, many of these puppets, which had been transformed into seastone bodies by Mo Fei, were cut open by wind blades that struck the same spot repeatedly.

"Zoro, lead Luffy away! The rest of the ocean is up to you. I'll hold them off here."

After the wind blades swept through, the puppets surrounding the Straw Hat crew also suffered heavy losses. Taking advantage of the opening, Dragon, under the cover of the hurricane, finally managed to fight his way to Luffy and the others.

After entrusting Zoro with taking care of the unconscious Luffy, Dragon, disregarding his injuries, once again summoned an even more violent storm tornado. Despite Big Mom's attack that followed, he actually managed to send the Straw Hat crew away.

The price he paid was having his arm severed on the spot by Big Mom's powerful presence, making him a fellow sufferer with Shanks.

Perhaps realizing that his chances of survival were slim, after using his physical skills to stop the bleeding from his severed arm, Dragon actually got emotional with Garp.

"Dad, I never imagined that I would be able to fight alongside you one last time in the final moments of my life."

My defection from the Navy back then must have been quite a blow to you.

But did you see that? Although I wasn't the one who ultimately overthrew the World Government, the corrupt rule of the Celestial Dragons finally came to an end, right?

Dragon, already at a disadvantage due to his injury while fighting against the old lady, is in even more precarious a situation after losing an arm.

Each strike from the old woman caused his severed arm to bleed profusely and his body to tremble. The aftereffects of repeatedly unleashing his potential and using powerful secret techniques had already made him taut like a bowstring.

What has kept him going until now is just a deep-seated conviction in his heart.

Seeing the expectant look on his son's face, Garp, who had been stubborn for most of his life, finally softened.

Garp had always opposed his son's decision to defect from the Navy and embark on the path of revolution.

After all, going against a massive world government would only lead to a bleak future.

If it weren't for his status as a naval hero protecting Luffy and the others, his grandson probably wouldn't even have had the chance to grow up under the World Government's wanted list.

As the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Dragon is ranked first on the World Government's bounty list. Every day, he faces countless skilled CPO agents hunting him down.

As a father, how could he not worry about his son's safety?

"Son, as your father, what you've done makes me genuinely proud. Although I've always opposed Luffy becoming a pirate, it was just a grandfather's way of showing love for his grandson."

What you did wasn't wrong; the world is wrong, and it truly needs people like you to change it.

"Really? Do you really think so?"

Garp's words caused a dazzling light to shine again in Dragon's previously lifeless eyes.

The World Government had fallen, his son had been safely rescued, and he had even received his father's approval before he died. At this moment, he felt that he could die without regrets.

Therefore, when faced with the old woman's long sword slashing down from mid-air again, he did not choose to dodge this time.

"The eye of the hurricane, the burial of the storm!"

With a resolute expression on his face, endless wind energy suddenly burst forth from his body, instantly forming an all-consuming eye of the storm where he stood.

Everything around was pulled and torn apart by this violent eye of the storm. Even someone as strong as the old lady was being pulled step by step towards the center of the storm by the eye of the hurricane that the dragon had activated by exhausting all its life force.

……

"Long, it seems the son you desperately tried to send away hasn't been able to leave."

However, just as the dragon was exhausting all its life force, contemplating taking the old woman puppet and all the gladiators of the arena down with it in its final moments, a mocking and sarcastic voice suddenly rang out above the arena.

When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they saw a figure exactly like the one next to Shanks in the arena, using a mental field to bind several struggling people and flying rapidly toward them.

Meanwhile, Mofi beside Shanks instantly transformed into countless transparent parasitic threads, seeping into the gladiator arena and disappearing without a trace.

"Shadow Rider's clone? How is that possible?"

Seeing the Straw Hat crew, who had been captured by Mo Fei, and Monkey D. Dragon, who had exhausted his life potential and unleashed a forbidden technique, he stared at Shanks standing on the field with bloodshot eyes.

"You already knew, didn't you? That's why you didn't fight him, isn't it?"

"I'm sorry, but I can't risk the lives of my entire team to play a rescue operation that I have absolutely no chance of winning."

"You...I hate you! Pfft!"

The betrayal of his old friend, the extinguishing of his hopes, and the scene of his father Garp being captured by the Divine Court experts who arrived later caused Monkey D. Dragon, who had just been thinking that he could die without regrets, to suddenly widen his eyes and, filled with resentment, be pulverized by the Eye of the Hurricane.

Of course, his final move was not without effect. Apart from the old lady puppet being retrieved by Mo Fei with all his might, most of the puppets in the arena were taken down with him.

"Shanks, you made a wise choice. I will keep my promise!"

After comforting the somber-faced Shanks, Mo Fei led the Straw Hat crew to the disheveled Garp.

"Garp, to be honest, I don't have much killing intent towards you, but your son died at my hands, so I can't let you become my enemy in the future."

So I want to ask you one last question: are you willing to be my puppet and fight for me in exchange for your grandson's life?

At this moment, Garp's eyes had turned a deep crimson with intense anger.

Even with Kaido and several powerful warriors from the Divine Court working together, they still felt somewhat unable to suppress it.

Mo Fei must still harbor some apprehension towards this naval hero who once single-handedly chased the Pirate King Roger all over the world.

So he immediately offered to exchange Garp's life for Luffy's in an attempt to appease Garp's anger.

Indeed, people only unleash their full potential in dire situations. Once a better option becomes available, it's difficult to recapture that fighting spirit.

"really?"

"A promise made by an emperor is as good as gold!"

"Very well, I am willing to exchange my life for my grandson's life. I hope that you, as the emperor of a country, will not be the kind of person who breaks his promise."

As he said this, Garp gave Shanks a look full of resentment and contempt.

"You don't need to do that. Shanks is just a partner to you. Why should he risk the lives of his entire crew and family to fight a war that he has absolutely no chance of winning?"

At this point, Mo Fei turned to Shanks and said, "By the way, Makino and the children are doing very well now. Shanks, you can go and see them later."

Upon hearing this news, Shanks, whose face had been somber since earlier, finally looked much better.

"Okay! I understand."

“That’s right. His family members are human beings. Does that mean we can just abandon their wives, children and families?”

So, in everything we do, we should try to put ourselves in others' shoes, right?

……

The fact that Shanks switched sides at the last minute was largely due to Mo Fei's prophetic abilities.

After all, there are only a handful of people in the world who know that Makino and Shanks had an affair, and even fewer who know that Makino and Shanks have a child.

When Murphy secretly sent men to Windmill Town to kidnap the tavern owner Makino and her child, Shanks's weakness was firmly in Murphy's grasp.

……

"Since you've made your decision, Garp, then you'd better cooperate with my modifications. Once you've completed the modifications, I guarantee Luffy won't lose a single hair on his head."

Looking at Luffy, who was severely injured and dizzy and had not yet woken up, Garp's expression changed several times. After glancing at the Big Mom puppet that Mo Fei had already thrown out again, and then at Shanks beside him, Garp finally resigned himself to his fate and chose to give up resisting.

"That's right. I'll modify Luffy's memories so that he can live a peaceful and stable life from now on, and I guarantee that he'll live a more fulfilling life than anyone else."

Seeing that Garp had finally given up resisting, Mo Fei had Big Mom help him hold him down while he quickly released the power of the curse, which began to seep into and modify Garp's eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

This transformation made Mo Fei realize just how terrifying the old man with gray hair in front of him truly was.

Even with numerous hidden injuries within his body, coupled with advanced age and significantly reduced cell activity, Garp's muscle texture and strength were still the strongest he had ever seen.

The amount of cursed energy consumed when invading these cells and tissues was far greater than in any previous modification.

If it weren't for Garp's cooperation and deliberate indulgence, Mo Fei's curse energy wouldn't even have been able to penetrate his extremely dense muscle tissue.

"No wonder he's a terrifying being who can throw cannonballs with his hands. With that kind of muscle density and the terrifying power contained within, in his prime, taking on one or two Yonko would probably not be a problem at all."

Feeling like he'd struck gold, Mo Fei excitedly increased his energy output while simultaneously trying to distract Garp by talking to him.

Halfway through the transformation, as he sensed the body tissues within him gradually losing control, a hint of hesitation resurfaced in Garp's eyes.

After all, as a veteran marine, he was very uneasy about a pirate's promise.

"Doflamingo, I've already modified you to this extent, shouldn't you show some appreciation?"

Mo Fei, who had been watching Garp's every move with his mental field, could not possibly miss the hesitation in Garp's eyes.

In order to appease and calm Garp and get him to cooperate with the modification, he had no choice but to reluctantly send a wisp of self-healing energy into Luffy's body to heal his severe injuries.

However, it was precisely this injection of life energy that miraculously woke Luffy up.

Looking at his companions who had been separated and imprisoned, and his grandfather who was being pressed to the ground by Big Mom and Kaido and undergoing some kind of transformation.

Luffy immediately sprang up and roared at Mo Fei, "Doflamingo, what are you trying to do by pressing my grandfather to the ground?"

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