One Piece: Who still has dreams?

"Wow, that's incredibly loud!" Nami, who was nearby, covered her ears and looked up in shock at the giant, which was entirely red and had two horns on its head. "It's more than twice as tall as Goltz... What kind of monster is that? Robin, wake up, Robin!"

She carried Robin, who had suddenly fallen into a deep sleep, on her back, her expression serious. "And who was that voice that was shouting at Redio from the sky just now?"

Boom, boom... Oz's every move was like an earthquake. He picked up the collapsed mainmast and snapped it at his knees, turning it into three thick "wooden swords." He even held one in his mouth and swung the three "wooden swords" wildly, creating three violent tornadoes that swept the ruins of the mansion on the ground into the sky.

"Where did this monster come from?! How come it looks so much like Zoro? Is it his ancestor?"

Nami, carrying Robin on her back, dodged awkwardly. Everything around them was almost completely obscured by rubble, debris, and trees. But suddenly, these violent tornadoes were blown away by a huge shockwave.

Oars's noisy commotion abruptly ceased; his massive 50-meter-tall body was frozen in place, crashing forward onto Nami and Robin.

At the same time, behind Oars, a grotesque, chilling figure, resembling a child's colored pencil drawing, twisted and sculpted, approached Nami and Robin.

A hundred-meter-long dragon, with the same design, coiled atop the broken mainmast; it was his storm shockwave that had dispersed the tornado created by Oz's Three-Sword Style.

"Kaido?!"

Beneath the ruins, Moonlight Moria's massive body sheltered the unconscious Perona even further below. He, too, had been hypnotized, but was awakened by the falling rocks. Looking up at the enormous dragon that had dispersed the thick fog, his eyes were bloodshot with hatred.

"Ho ho ho, what on earth is going on?"

On the other side, the zombie Ryuma was carrying the unconscious Zoro and running wildly. He didn't know why he was protecting the swordsman, but his body just acted on its own.

Behind them, Kuina, whose art style is very similar to that of Aokiji and Kaido, chased after them carrying Wado Ichimonji; and behind Kuina, Garp, whose art style is similar, smashed through the forest like a bulldozer, along with the huge "Big Mom" ​​and "Whitebeard," howling and destroying everything in his path.

Zombie Dragon Horse, carrying Zoro, hadn't gone far when a gigantic black dragon, blotting out the sky, flew towards them, its enormous maw opening wide, churning with intense lightning.

"I am the Dragon Slayer Swordsman..." Zombie Ryuma drew his sword, then sent it back. "Sorry, I really can't cut this one! Yohoho!" He hurriedly carried Zoro aside, but the dragon's breath and lightning he had imagined did not fly over fiercely. Instead, the huge black dragon was cleaved in two from bottom to top by a pitch-black slash, its massive head, as big as a small mountain, was cut off.

[5 seconds remaining in Gojo Satoru Mode]

Reddio raised his hand, which had just unleashed the "Martial Release" slash, his white hair fluttering, and looked back at the figure walking step by step from the direction where the black lightning dragon had just flown over... It was a figure with an art style very similar to the lightning dragon from before, but whose appearance was that of the red-haired Shanks.

“Can I ask why this guy is your ‘nightmare’?” Redio said, the Stussy he was carrying had already woken up.

Chapter 145 Delay cards are great, even better than regular delay cards.

"'Nightmare'..."

Stussy slowly awoke to find Shamrock's face contorted as if drawn with watercolors. He murmured in surprise, "Was that a nightmare? He... how could the redhead be here?"

Is it really red hair?

Redio said with a smile, and Stussy was taken aback, looking at him in surprise. Redio's white hair had quietly disappeared, and his eyes had changed back from blue to their original black.

Just then, the nightmare-like "red-haired" man opposite slowly drew his sword and slashed down like a demon.

Redio suddenly produced a large, sharp sword. Without dodging or evading, he stepped forward and swung the sword in return. To be honest, his swordsmanship wasn't particularly refined; he simply channeled his strength and domineering aura into the swing of his sword.

With a bang, the two slashes collided, and the sharp shockwaves shattered each other. The surrounding dark forest shook violently, and the dense, fragmented aftershocks made Stussy's skin tingle.

"You've got some skills."

Redio flashed his sword and appeared right in front of the nightmare demon Shamrock. The latter grinned with sharp teeth and slashed at Redio's face. Redio raised his sword to block, and the blades collided, producing a deafening roar.

No domineering aura... just pure physical strength is this strong. As expected of a god knight, their physical body is greatly enhanced due to the demonic contract...

Reddio's hand gripping the sword was enveloped in even stronger Haki. His bones and muscles, enhanced by Armament Haki, continuously pumped out even greater brute force without fear of tearing his body apart. He slowly pushed back the trembling rapier of the nightmare demon Shamrock.

Suddenly, the succubus Shamrock's rapier changed shape, transforming into a three-headed hellhound with the same succubus art style, and pounced on Redio to bite him.

In Redio's other hand appeared the Seastone Greatsword Subduing Demon, entwined with flowing cherry blossoms. With a single horizontal slash, he cut the three-headed dog into six pieces.

As the wounded six-headed dog reverted to its rapier form, the nightmare Shamrock kicked Redio. Redio raised his knee to meet Shamrock's, and the two were sent flying.

The moment Reddio landed, he vanished from the spot. The succubus Shamrock, who had just landed opposite him, was sent flying by a massive impact. Before he could go far, Reddio suddenly appeared above his path, seemingly waiting in advance. Black Armament Haki flowed beneath his feet as he stomped the succubus Shamrock, who had flown right beneath him, into the ground with a deafening "BOOM!!" The impact shattered the succubus, creating a spiderweb-like crater twenty to thirty meters in diameter…

Redio swept back to Stussy's side, tossed his twin swords into the air, and clapped his hands, put his hands on his hips, and commented: "The strength is alright, but after all, it is a fantasy creation with Devil Fruit power, so it can't use Armament Haki. In addition, it doesn't have much intelligence, so its actual combat power is just so-so."

“…” Stussy looked at him. “You are much stronger than you were in the Kingdom of Germa.”

Redio said, "Is there any doubt about that? The bounty is... more than a billion, isn't it?" He scratched his head.

"Seeing is believing," Stussy said with a slight smile.

Just as Redio was about to speak, he suddenly turned around and saw that Nidhogg, the Nightmare Thunder Dragon whose head had been severed by his Five Wise Mode with a single Martial Dismantling, had been resurrected. The huge black dragon spread its wings, which could almost blot out the sky, and lowered its ferocious head. Its huge, raised horns plowed through the forest and ground as it charged toward them.

"wake up!"

Reddio leaped forward, slapping the drowsy Gertz on the forehead with one hand, using it as leverage to soar high into the air. His twin swords were once again in hand as he met the onrushing black dragon with overwhelming force.

boom!

Redio's arms were jet black, with exaggeratedly bulging muscles.

"The stove..."

The blades of the Imperial Chef and the Demon-Subduing Twin Blades were pitch black, covered with a dense Armament Haki. Suddenly, with two "whoosh" sounds, two balls of deep red flames spread from Redio's palms and wrapped around the two black blades.

"...Hegemony!!"

Redio combined his enhanced muscle strength with his blazing fire power, single-handedly unleashing a double Elbaf Spear with two swords. The twin swords unleashed a massive, scorching shockwave, smashing the Nightmare Thunder Dragon, which resembled a black mountain, into his path, breaking off its horns. The dragon's massive head tilted to the side, and the entire dragon soared high into the air, flying headfirst over Redio and the two who had just woken up and sat up behind him.

"This is……"

Gertz, who had just woken up and was still groggy, was instantly jolted awake by this sight. Looking up at the enormous black dragon flying overhead, he asked blankly, "Nidhogg? Loki?! Am I back in Elbaf?"

“It’s not that powerful. This black dragon is just a manifestation of your ‘nightmare.’” Redio landed with his twin swords still ablaze, turning back to Gertz and saying, “These things are creations of dreams. Without addressing the root cause, they can’t be killed…”

As they were talking, the nightmare demon Shamrock, who had just been stomped into the crater, slowly crawled out, his ferocious aura undiminished, and slashed at Goltz with his sword.

Given Goltz's size, dealing with the powerful, small, and agile succubus "Red Hair" would be somewhat tricky.

Redio rushed over, his dark left hand grabbing the face of the nightmare Shamrock, while his right hand pulled Stussy aside. He said to Gertz, "Gertz, try to hold off this black dragon. I'm going to check on Ace and the others; things seem a bit troublesome..."

"Leave it to me!"

Gertz removed the double-bladed giant axe from his back, looked at the black dragon's head, which was swaying with a bleeding broken horn, and crawled up on the shore, and smiled, "It's just a fake, not the real Loki. I'm not afraid of you."

"Roar!"

The Nightmare Thunder Dragon opened its mouth and spewed a dense cloud of lightning at Gertz, engulfing her...

Watching this scene, Stussy, held in Redio's hand, said, "Are you sure you don't need to rush? These creations of nightmares seem to vary in strength depending on the impression the person having the nightmare has of them. That black dragon was a nightmare of the giantess on your ship, right? The monsters that the giants dream of are more powerful than I imagined... 'Redhead'."

Yes, Shamrock is Shanks' twin brother, and he is indeed "red-haired".

Redio laughed, "What 'the female giant on your ship'? Aren't you already on our ship? Don't worry, why do you think Goltz isn't a 'one-eyed' giant anymore? No matter how strong she is, she's just a brainless idiot. Trying to defeat my ship's doctor is a bit too much of an underestimation."

Goltz's domineering aura, especially his experience in reversing domineering aura, was directly inherited from his own Gojo Satoru Mode, which lasted for about half an hour at full power.

Goltz's use of the reverse domineering style has long surpassed that of his predecessors!

In terms of technique rather than strength, Goltz's Reversal Haki is the strongest in the Cursed Brigade, surpassing even Redio's Gojo Satoru Mode.

The rapier transformed into a three-headed dog once more, lunging at Reddio and Stussy.

Stussy's body twisted, as if a piece of paper remained untouched. Cerberus, powerless, instead blew the blond, paper-thin figure away. Stussy spread his bat wings and flew to the side. Rediotten reached out and grabbed the Cerberus by the neck; with a "whoosh," flames erupted.

He casually tossed the struggling Shamrock and the three-headed fiery hound aside, crashing them into a cluster of large trees. The firelight dispelled the thick fog.

Stussy flapped his wings and flew back: "You seem to know a lot about this 'Nightmare' ability..."

"Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Kirin Form,"

Reddio watched as the nightmare demon Shamrock slowly rose to his feet and said leisurely, "Able to materialize things from dreams. You should answer the question: why is your nightmare about that 'red-haired' guy? Or let me ask you this..."

He pointed to the high sky deep within Ghost Island, to the location of Giringom that Gojo Satoru had locked onto with his Observation Haki when he was in his Observation Mode. "That God Knight with the Kirin Fruit ability, is he with you, or was he sent by Shamrock to hunt you down?"

Stussy's pupils contracted: "So you really knew who they were!"

The nightmare demon Shamrock regrouped and returned, wielding his three-headed dog sword. This was a creation of the nightmare demon, devoid of pain and possessing little intelligence, existing endlessly like a nightmare.

Reddio rushed forward, no longer using his sword, and dodged the attacks of the nightmare demon Shamrock. With a final elbow strike imbued with Armament Haki, he sent Shamrock flying, covering hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, disappearing into the depths of the thick fog. Reddio strolled along with Stussy, who was flying with outstretched wings, and continued to follow.

And so, Reddio tossed around the nightmare Shamrock like a ball, chatting with Stussy for a while as he played, figuring out why Stussy had come all this way.

To put it simply, after Germa 66's "God Mode Experience Mission" ended, Stussy didn't mention himself in his report to the Five Elders because he had casually said, "Dr. Vegapunk sends his greetings."

When Redio killed Garin, Garin produced surveillance photos of Redio killing the Celestial Dragon in the South Blue. Redio felt it was reasonable to assign the same photos and investigation to CP0 agent Stussy.

Stussy knew perfectly well that this was a criminal who had killed a Celestial Dragon, and he had seen Redio in the Germa Kingdom, but he did not report it. Once the Five Elders found out, his fate was predictable.

"The entire Vinsmoke family of five became Celestial Dragons?"

This news was truly unexpected for Redio. "Judge has become the Knight of God? He filled Garin's vacancy?"

“Garin…” Stussy belatedly realized, then suddenly reacted, this time staring at Redio in utter shock. He flapped his bat wings, circling Redio and scrutinizing him closely. “You killed Garin—his father?”

"Does it count? Actually, I don't think it counts. I really did kill him."

The nightmare Shamrock returned for what seemed like the hundredth time, only to be chased away by Redio for what seemed like the hundredth time. Without intelligence, no matter how strong, its attack patterns are easily figured out. Redio could easily deal with it bare-handed, seizing an opening and delivering a powerful overhead kick, sending it flying.

Stussy said, "After Judge became a Celestial Dragon, he gave the Celestial Dragons the surveillance photos he had taken of us back then..."

"Oh, I see."

"Redio said. So the Five Elders were furious, CP0 agent Stussy was forced to defect, the Commander of the Knights of God severely injured Stussy, and sent the flying Kiringom to hunt him down... It sounds like things went pretty smoothly."

But is it really necessary to go to such lengths for just one CP0 agent?

As Reddio ran, he looked up and saw Zoro struggling to dodge and parry, while the one chasing after him and slashing wildly was none other than Kuina, whose appearance was terrifying!

Further away, amidst a sea of ​​fire, the nightmare Garp emerged step by step, his face contorted in a ferocious grimace. Ace, already awake and covered in sweat, stared at him and complained, "What on earth happened? How did the old man turn into this grotesque mess?!"

Amidst the nearby sea of ​​fire, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and Moria, all with ferocious expressions, chased a group of disheveled pirates, sending them scrambling across the ground.