Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 619 Shanks, who was tricked and crippled

After Li Xia finished speaking, the entire beach fell into complete silence.

At that moment, it seemed as if even the sea breeze and waves had stopped.

Ace and Marco's values ​​have been severely damaged in such a short period of time, and they are questioning the meaning of life.

Their eyes were filled with confusion, but their faces showed only astonishment.

Even Shanks' forehead was covered in cold sweat. He never expected that the man in front of him would so unexpectedly reveal the blank century.

Although it's unknown whether this is the truth, based on the information Shanks himself has, it undoubtedly confirms many of the claims.

Shanks remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a low voice:

"You know more than I do, so what do you want to know from me?"

Li Xia sat cross-legged on the rock, looked at Shanks, and said softly:

"Shanks, you're a Celestial Dragon, right? You even once joined the 'God's Blade,' a subordinate organization of the Knights of God."

The 'shallow sea mark' on your left arm was also given at that time.

A violent aura of dominance emanated from Shanks once more, his gaze fixed intently on Li Xia, his grip already on the hilt of his sword:
"who are you?"

Ace and Marco, who had just managed to begin to accept what had happened, were once again plunged into shock.

No, Shanks is a Celestial Dragon??
What's wrong with this world?

Shanks felt an unprecedented surge of killing intent. If the Void Century could be learned from other sources...

However, the information that he is a Celestial Dragon, has the mark of the Shallow Sea, and is the Blade of God has never been leaked. In fact, very few people know about it. Shanks is confident that those who know this information will never reveal it to others.

Unless someone in the Knights of God betrayed Im, but that's impossible. Im has absolute control over those who are marked, so it's impossible for a leaker to appear.

How did the admiral in front of you know that?

"Relax, don't look at me like that."

Li Xia remained relaxed; his directness stemmed from having already prepared his reasons.

Do you know about the Time Fruit?

Time Fruit?
"How could something like a Time Fruit possibly exist?!"

"Ace, you've been to Wano Country, haven't you?"

Ace, who was still in a daze, suddenly paused and instinctively replied:
Yes, but how did you know?

"Kozuki Toki, the wife of Kozuki Oden of Wano Country, was the one who ate the Time-Time Fruit. She is not a person from the present, but comes from 830 years ago."

what?
The three were once again plunged into a huge shock. Although reason told them that it was unlikely that such a thing as a Time Fruit existed, he really did speak with great detail and conviction!

"The Time Fruit is indeed very powerful, but it can only travel to the future, not back to the past. Ten years ago, I met a severely injured woman on the beach. Her body had been severely burned and was beyond cure."

And she is Kozuki Toki, who used her Devil Fruit power to jump to the future she chose.

Li Xia was obviously talking nonsense, but he took advantage of the fact that they couldn't verify it. Guangyue Shi was already dead, but everything he said was true, so the whole thing was true.

"At the very end of her life, she told me these things and used her Devil Fruit power to give me a glimpse into the future!"

"Wait, didn't you say that the Time Fruit can only travel to the future, but not back to the past?"

Marco had a flash of inspiration and suddenly felt his mind become much sharper.

"Indeed, she cannot, but she can stand here and briefly look towards the future, though such a gaze will consume her soul."

Because Lady Kozuki was dying, she took me to see the past and the future.

"And this Lady Kozuki you mentioned?"

"She died. She said she wanted to return to the children. She came here to see the future and used her last bit of strength to return to Wano Country."

Li Xia lies without batting an eye; he's all about deception.

"So, the dead can't prove it?"

Shanks shook his head. What the admiral was saying was too absurd, if it weren't for the fact that what he said involved himself and many secrets.

Shanks might even suspect that the admiral suffers from paranoia and mental illness.

"No, it's still very easy to verify."

Li Xia looked up at the moon and gazed towards the direction of Wano Country:
"Ace may have heard some of the changes that have occurred in Wano Country."

Ace nodded.

"After the death of Kozuki Oden, that mentally challenged guy, the usurper Kurozumi Orochi continued to hunt down Kozuki Oden's children and followers. In order to protect the children and those samurai, Lady Kozuki activated her Devil Fruit power and sent the children and several samurai to 20 years in the future."

And because he saw the future, he left a prophecy—that the Nine Red Scabbards would return in 20 years to seek revenge and defeat Kurozumi Orochi.

Li Xia pointed to the sky and said with a smile:

"And now, it has been exactly twenty years, so you can find a samurai to verify it."

"Yes. I spoke with my informant in Dressrosa, and there are currently samurai from across time in Dressrosa."

Speaking of Kozuki Oden and Wano Country, Li Xia wondered if he should kill Momonosuke. Both father and son were equally stupid. He had given up on the series a few years ago because he was disgusted by Kozuki Oden's stupid behavior.

Even if Kaido and Orochi were defeated, given Momonosuke's condition, it seems unlikely he could effectively manage Wano Country's resources. It would be better to let Hyogoro or another daimyo take over.

Li Xia felt that even Kin'emon was better than Momonosuke.

"I'll be there."

Shanks gave Li Xia a deep look, then slowly loosened his grip on the hilt of his sword. Although the other party's words were somewhat unbelievable, at least they could be verified, which meant there was still a certain possibility.

Until it is proven false, let's assume that what the general said is true.

The tense atmosphere eased again, and Shanks brought up the previous topic once more:
"So, Wright Shah, what brings you here to see me?"

"To correct you, it's Wright D. Shar."

Li Xia stood up and stretched her body:
I have two things to discuss with you—

First, there is our main enemy, the specific composition of the Knights of God—”

Shanks hesitated for a moment, then decided that there was nothing wrong with revealing this information:
"The Knights of God are a force directly under Im's command, and they even have the power to judge and execute Celestial Dragons."

The organization selects elites from the original 19 Celestial Dragon families, and when necessary, recruits top-tier individuals from the lower realms, granting them Celestial Dragon status and making them members of the organization.

The Order of Gods has a maximum of eight members. What distinguishes the Blade of God from the Order of Gods is the contract.

Shanks' expression grew increasingly serious. He clutched his severed arm and said in a low voice, "If, as you say, Im possesses a Devil Fruit ability, then everything makes sense—that strange contract ability."
For example, the Blade of God will have the 'Shallow Sea Mark' engraved on its body, and its connection with Im is quite weak.

To become a God Knight, one must transform the 'Shallow Sea Mark' into the 'Deep Sea Mark'.

Compared to the faint connection of 'shallow sea imprints', 'deep sea imprints' are far more terrifying.

No matter where you are, Im can easily control you, even subtly influencing your mind, or summoning you to the location of other 'Deep Sea Mark' holders.

Li Xia listened thoughtfully. What Shanks said was similar to what he already knew. In fact, there was another kind of mark above the 'Deep Sea Mark', called the 'Deep Sea Mark', also known as the 'Seabed Mark'.

However, even Im cannot sign unlimited Deep Sea Marks and Deep Deep Sea Marks; their number is maintained at 5+8, for a total of 13 slots.

The information circulating within the Hall of Light is that the underwater mark was given to the Five Elders, enabling them to completely transform into the appearance of 'monsters'.

Furthermore, it can grant them the special ability to live forever.

I don't know if you understand or not.

Shanks was still clutching his severed arm, raising his head with an endless gloom and heaviness on his face:

"Shallow sea marks are relatively easy to remove, but deep sea marks, once applied, cannot be removed."

They might even possess a terrifying ability—immortality!
It is truly immortal; even if its body is shattered, it will regenerate at an extremely fast speed!

Therefore, without Nika, without Nika's drums of liberation, we absolutely cannot take action!

Ace and Marco, standing nearby, were once again dumbfounded, their mouths agape, cold sweat dripping down their faces.

No, what are you talking about?

Why does this feel like something we shouldn't be listening to?

"Wait! Shanks, how do you know so much! Xia said you're a Celestial Dragon, could you be a Celestial Dragon's spy among the pirates?"

When Luffy was involved, Ace's mind became exceptionally sharp. He stared at Shanks and growled in a low voice:
"Do you have some ulterior motive for contacting Luffy?"

"Wait, Ace, let me explain."

Seeing Ace getting increasingly agitated, Li Xia sighed. Ace, or rather his father, had a significant relationship with Shanks.
"In a sense, Ace, you should call Shanks 'brother' instead."

What??

Does my bastard father Roger have more than one child? He... he cheated on me and has an illegitimate child?
Not only Ace, but Marco thought the same thing, both of them wearing the same blank expression, their mouths getting bigger and bigger.

Shanks kept his head down, showing no intention of even refuting.

"No, what are you thinking?"

Looking at the strange and exaggerated expression on Ace's face, Li Xia knew exactly what he was thinking.

The only explanation I can give is this:

"Thirty-eight years ago, a tremendous battle took place in the Valley of the Gods, a battle that even destroyed a country."

Ace, do you remember why Garp is called a naval hero?

"Because.Because"

Ace felt his brain was completely overwhelmed and could only stammer:

"Because Garp repeatedly cornered Roger?"

"No! The main reason is that Garp and your father teamed up to defeat the Rocks Pirates!"

Li Xia said seriously, "In the story so far, the Rocks Pirates are stronger than ever before."

The crew alone includes: Kaido, Linlin, Whitebeard, Shiki, Stussy, and the former Amazon Lily Empress Flame Flower. At their peak, most of the members under her command possessed the strength of a Yonko (Emperor of the Sea), or even close to it.

Rocks himself possessed unprecedented 'King' level strength. He once single-handedly stormed into the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, even killing a Marine Admiral and breaking into the Flower Room where Im resided, confronting Im directly.

What's most impressive is that he actually escaped unscathed!

"In the current battle at God Valley, Im instructed the Celestial Dragons to conduct a 'hunting tournament' in God Valley, treating people as prey, and there are different points that can be exchanged for treasures."

In God Valley lived Rocks’ wife and children, as well as two children of the Celestial Dragons!
Rocks had no choice but to stay in God Valley to fight to the death for his wife and children, while the Celestial Dragon, Figarando Grin, Shanks' father, wanted to take his child back to the Holy Land.

But Shanks' mother firmly disagreed, and Figarando attacked her without hesitation.

Shanks lowered his head, his hands clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned slightly white.

"But this mother did not die immediately. Perhaps it was her child that sustained her will to live, and she encountered a marine."

She begged the marines to save her child, and then she could no longer hold on and died.

This marine is none other than Luffy's father, Monkey D. Dragon!

Li Xia gasped as if she had a toothache while saying this.

No, it seems like all the derivative worlds based on comics have the same vibe.

The Naruto spin-off world next door is essentially a family drama, all about the troubles caused by the Otsutsuki family. In the end, it's the reincarnations of the two grandsons who finally defeat their grandmother.

So many things happened in between, representing the love, hatred, and grudges of the two grandsons through generations of reincarnation.

The major events involving pirates these days all boil down to the affairs of just a few families.

dragon?
What's this about dragons?

"In short, by a twist of fate, Dragon really did snatch the child, but due to an accident, Shanks climbed into the treasure chest himself, and was eventually taken back to the pirate ship by Roger after the great battle."

So he was adopted by Roger.

As for Rocks, he was controlled by Im and turned into an invincible monster. Roger had no choice but to join forces with Garp, and they finally defeated Rocks.

This great battle ultimately led to the destruction of God Valley, and the World Government erased this part of history.

The official announcement was simply that this legendary pirate crew had been defeated by Garp, thus making Garp a Marine hero!

Li Xia's soft voice echoed on the beach.

Shanks remained silent, while Marco, whose mouth could fit an egg, stared in astonishment.

And then there's Ace, staring at Shanks with his mind completely blank.

So, Shanks really is his older brother?
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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

There's just too much content; even after continuous simplification, it's still so long.
(End of this chapter)