One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 269 Red-Haired Kaido

The New World, a sea area where a light drizzle is falling.

Under the cover of night, the Red-Haired Pirates' New Red Fox was sailing at full speed toward the Totto Land waters.

"Faster!"

Shanks stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the distant horizon, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "We must stop them as soon as possible; this speed is not enough!"

"Boss, that's already the fastest speed!"

The helmsman wiped the sweat from his brow and replied loudly, "The wind and ocean currents aren't ideal, so there's bound to be some impact, but we should reach Wan Guo before dawn!"

Before dawn?
Shanks took a deep breath, and his expression softened slightly.

Unlike the previous Sabaody Archipelago incident, the battle between the Sea Emperors will not be decided so easily.

It's common for it to last for several days and nights.

This time, we'll definitely catch up!
"..."

First mate Beckman, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, stood silently to the side.

As a longtime partner, he knew very well the source of Shanks' anxiety at this moment.

That's a full-scale war between two major royal groups. If we're not careful, it could completely upend the entire landscape of the new world.

If the war is allowed to escalate and cause heavy casualties on both sides, it will be disastrous.

The World Government and the Navy Headquarters will inevitably take advantage of this situation to strengthen their interference and control over the New World.

The balance that had been maintained for many years was thus completely broken.

That would be the last thing they wanted to see.

"We should be able to get here in time, so don't worry too much, Shanks."

Beckman exhaled a smoke ring and squinted, saying, "However, I've had a bad feeling about this for the past few minutes."

"Premonition?"

Shanks turned his head in surprise, about to say something, when his expression suddenly changed, and he looked up at the night sky.

Click!

Almost at the same moment, a thunderclap streaked across the sky, and a blue dragon shadow burst out from the dark clouds, laughing wildly as it swooped down!

"Uro ro ro ro~!!!"

Huge waves surged across the sea, the ship rocked violently, and everyone was thrown about. At the last moment, the dragon shadow suddenly turned and transformed into a human form, crashing heavily onto the deck.

Boom! ! !
The deck exploded with a deafening roar. Amidst the smoke and dust, a burly, demon-like figure twisted his neck, leaned on his spiked club, and stumbled to his feet.

"Kaido?!"

Yasopp was terrified and instinctively raised his gun, but Beckman grabbed him and held him down.

"Don't be impulsive yet."

Beckman stepped past Yasopp and stood in front of Kaido, staring at him coldly. "Kaido, what do you mean by this?"

Kaido didn't even glance at him, let out a drunken hiccup, then looked at Shanks and grinned:
"Red-haired brat, it's been a long time! Judging from your appearance, what's wrong? Are you planning to go to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand again to join the fun and act as a peacemaker?"

"So, you got the news too?"

Shanks frowned and said, "Let's move aside, Kaido. What are you doing blocking our way? Shouldn't our positions be roughly the same in this matter?"

Shano and Bigom.

In his understanding, both sides in the battle were quite familiar with Kaido.

One was a rival he acknowledged, and the other, though they hadn't been in contact for decades, was, after all, a partner who had been on the same boat back then.

Therefore, the other side should also stop this war.

"Similar stance? Hmph, stop imposing your own ideas on others!"

Kaido grinned wildly, slamming his spiked club heavily onto the deck. He then took out his gourd and downed a large gulp of sake, swaying his head drunkenly.

"I don't care about any of that bullshit stance! I just don't like the look of you, brat! You don't like staying in your own territory, always running around, putting on this pretentious face of maintaining balance. What, do you really think you're some kind of guardian of a new world?"

His bloodshot eyes glared fiercely at Shanks:
"Last time I was going to have a good fight with Whitebeard, but you bastard came and stopped me, ruining my enjoyment. Now you want to interfere with someone else's fight again?"

"Don't even think about it! Someone like you doesn't understand the joy of fighting at all. Xia Nuo and that old hag Lingling are having a great time fighting. How could I let you meddle in my business!"

As for what if that old woman really loses...

That's fine, oh well!
At their age, if they were to be defeated fair and square one-on-one, there would be no regrets or resentment to speak of!

They are capable of accepting defeat and death with equanimity!

"You're drunk, Kaido!"

Shanks's gaze turned cold. "You and I both know that continuing this war will not benefit anyone. Get out of here. I don't have time to waste on your drunken rant."

"Going on a drunken rampage?"

Kaido grinned maliciously and raised his spiked club. "This is nothing! Come to think of it, it's been a long time since we've fought. Today, I'll show you just how terrifying my drunken rampage can be!"

"Drunken Thunderclap - Naraku's Descent!!!"

boom! ! !
The spiked club, crackling with black and red lightning, came crashing down. Shanks hurriedly drew his Griffin to block, and the shockwave from the clash of the two Conqueror's Haki instantly sent the surrounding crew members flying.

"Boss!"

Yasopp gripped the railing and shouted anxiously.

"Don't even come here!"

Shanks sternly stopped him, turning to stare intently at Kaido: "Are you really going to waste your time here? It'll be too late to regret it when the Marines reap the benefits!"

"That's none of my business!"

Kaido swung his spiked club and charged forward again, laughing loudly, "Anyway, no one's getting past here today! Let's have a good fight, you red-haired brat! Urururururur!!!!"

Shanks's face darkened completely.

The rain poured down, and the wind picked up even more. ——————

The Totland Sea, a land of many nations.

The night grew deeper.

Under the moonlight, the war continues atop the icy marsh.

But somehow, a huge, almost transparent sphere appeared on the ice, rolling rapidly across the chaotic battlefield.

"Three more wounded here! Come quick, Chopper!"

Bartolomeo crossed his arms, maintaining the "barrier ball." Wherever it passed, Charlotte's henchmen screamed as they were bounced away by the barrier.

"Just speed up, I can keep up!"

Chopper, in his "powered leg" form, carrying a bulging medical bag, followed closely behind on all fours.

They arrived at the wounded in the blink of an eye.

hum!
The translucent spherical barrier expanded outwards, then instantly grew another inch, enveloping the three wounded soldiers.

Almost at the same time.

More than a dozen shells flew in from a distance, slamming into the outer wall of the barrier and exploding in blinding flashes of light, but not even leaving a crack.

"He's so reliable, Mr. Barto!"

Chopper quickly transformed into his human-beast form, crouched down, and deftly examined the injuries.

"A penetrating wound to the left chest, the bleeding needs to be stopped immediately. Hmm, is this a fracture? This is a bit troublesome... Hey, Barto, could you buy me twenty minutes?"

"Twenty minutes?"

Bartolomeo, hands on his hips, grinned broadly. "Heh ha ha ha! Don't underestimate me, Chopper! Twenty minutes, or even twenty days, it's all possible!"

His Barrier-Barrier Fruit is practically invincible!
Unless you're facing a powerhouse of Xia Nuo's caliber.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for someone to break through from the outside!

Talk about it.

The idea of ​​going into action with Chopper was something he came up with on a whim.

Inside is a doctor, outside is a barrier, and both can move at high speeds—isn't this an invincible battlefield ambulance?

Anyway, the Fallen Ones have no shortage of high-level combat power, so the effect they can play is much greater than him fighting alone!
not far away.

"Roar!"

An Allosaurus wearing a blue captain's hat was rampaging through the crowd as if it were nothing.

"Stop him!"

Several Charlotte family fighters roared and surrounded them, but Drake raised his black forepaw and swatted them away.

Unlike those so-called new recruits of the same period, he, as a former Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, had already mastered both types of Haki long ago!

Combined with the physique of an ancient species, its effectiveness far surpasses that of the other newcomers of the same period!
He even just defeated a high-ranking officer with a bounty of 2 million Berries.

Thus.

After this war ends, my bounty and status within the group should both rise to a higher level, and I should be qualified to access more core intelligence within the Fallen Ones, right?
Drake glanced again in the direction of the barrier sphere in the distance.

"That barrier user, and that reindeer who is skilled in medicine."

The fact that they can be combined to have such an effect is truly remarkable; this is intelligence worth recording.

"Hey, look to the north! What's going on over there!"

"There are so many white dots, what are they?"

Suddenly, screams erupted from the surrounding area.

Drake frowned and looked in the direction of the sound. When he saw what was in front of him, he stopped in his tracks and his expression changed.

But what you see is the north.

The Queen Mother's Chant and those unfortunate souls on the egg tart ships, stunned by the Conqueror's Haki, are now strangely floating with specks of eerie white light.

Like fireflies, they stood out brightly in the dark night.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Drake felt that in each point of light there seemed to be a distorted human face wailing and screaming.

It sent chills down one's spine and gave rise to a feeling of coldness.

Swish!
next moment.

The points of light converged into a stream, flying in unison towards the cracked island to the north, streaking across the night sky like a meteor shower before disappearing in an instant.

and many more!

Isn't that the place of the two sea emperors?

Drake's pupils contracted sharply as he suddenly realized something.

To be willing to extract the souls of so many subordinates in one go, could it be that Big Mom has been driven to the brink of despair?!

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Above the fractured island, flashes of black and red lightning intertwined with raging flames, forming a web that could destroy everything.

"Smash it!!!"

boom!
BIGMOM's massive body plummeted from the sky, crashing into the rock formations like a meteorite. The entire island trembled violently, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread for hundreds of meters.

"It's not over yet!"

Before the dust had even settled, a dark figure appeared like a ghost, delivering a swift and vicious elbow strike that slammed heavily into the back of her head!

　Like Green Bull, Kaido's character design has also been altered by Oda, making him completely different from when he hadn't officially appeared. According to the latest chapters of the manga, when he was still on Rocks' ship, Kaido greatly admired Whitebeard, regarding him as an older brother. Looking back at the Marineford arc, it seems more like he went there to help Whitebeard.

　　That somewhat explains why Whitebeard didn't help Oden; both were his younger brothers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)