One Piece: Burning the Prison Clothes in the Setting Sun, Mihawk is dumbfounded.

"Those two guys went to challenge Whitebeard again."

"No way, you were seriously injured last time."

"That's unclear. These two guys are definitely not normal."

"You mean the brain, right?"

Upon hearing the news that Ace and Luffy were challenging Whitebeard again, many people on Skypiea were immediately abuzz and rushed to see what was going on.

After all, nothing else has happened on this sky island recently, and the people on the sky island have long been restless.

After all, apart from a small number of people with ulterior motives, the people who can come to Sky Island are all capable individuals.

Even such a person wouldn't be so well-behaved on the high seas.

Besides, this is a white beard.

The news of Whitebeard's appearance on Skypiea caused quite a stir, with many people speculating about his purpose.

But after the white-bearded man arrived, there was no further activity, and usually no one could see him, so the commotion gradually subsided.

As a result, some stubborn guys went after Whitebeard, and naturally, no one wanted to miss out on this kind of excitement.

……

"Whitebeard, those two bastards are coming again."

The golden lion laughed loudly.

Whitebeard heard his laughter, his eyes darted around, and he glanced at the golden lion.

"Anyway, there's not much to do here, these two kids..."

Whitebeard recalled the two boys who challenged him the day before yesterday. When he heard that he wanted to take them as his godson, the two boys immediately flew into a rage.

"There's nothing special about this."

Not far away, Charlotte Linlin's muffled voice rang out.

Looking at her again, although the time was short, thanks to the sweet treats, she had already regained her appearance from the Cake Island era, and the wrinkles that had appeared due to losing weight had diminished considerably.

At this moment, Charlotte Linlin was sitting in front of a huge cake, constantly putting cake into her mouth with both hands, and saliva was dripping from the corner of her mouth from time to time.

She wasn't interested in this matter.

In her eyes, the two boys who challenged the white-bearded man, though somewhat capable, did not warrant too much attention.

Charlotte Linlin had seen far too many people of this age who were stronger than them.

boom!

Whitebeard suddenly stood up.

"I also have things that interest me, so please don't interfere."

After saying that, Whitebeard walked outside.

"I can't be bothered with this."

When the Golden Lion saw Whitebeard leave, he snorted and turned to look at Charlotte Linlin.

"Crazy woman, your strength has almost recovered, hasn't it?"

Upon hearing what the Golden Lion said, Charlotte Linlin, who was frantically eating sweets, paused and suddenly turned around to stare at the Golden Lion.

"Don't look at me like that. With my abilities, no one can stop me from leaving if I want to. And now, no one can stop us. Shouldn't we take this opportunity to leave? You should understand that this might be one of the few chances we have."

The golden lion spoke.

"Mama mama!"

Upon hearing Golden Lion's words, Charlotte Linlin suddenly burst into laughter.

"You coward, you bastard. No wonder you were the fastest runner back then. What? Afraid of getting killed?"

Charlotte Linlin's mocking laughter darkened the Golden Lion's face. He suddenly floated up and stared at Charlotte Linlin with an unfriendly expression.

"What? Golden Lion, you want to fight me?"

Charlotte Linlin said with a disdainful look.

If the Golden Lion is prepared, she will need to be wary.

However, now that Shiki has lost both legs, his strength has been greatly reduced, and coupled with his previous imprisonment in Impel Down, he has been unable to fully utilize the advantages of his Devil Fruit ability.

Now, facing off face-to-face, Charlotte Linlin is confident of victory.

Of course, the other party has to stay put.

"Don't forget, the reason I went up against that guy this time was because of you."

The golden lion spoke in an unfriendly tone.

"Oh!"

Charlotte Linlin gave a cold laugh.

"You brought this here yourselves. I didn't beg you to come. Didn't you want to see what that guy was capable of?"

Upon hearing her words, the golden lion's expression stiffened. He landed back on the ground and sat down, letting out a cold snort before falling silent.

In fact, he now understands that unless he escapes and hides somewhere and never shows up again, he will definitely not be able to get around Dunn.

Whether we leave or not at that time, it won't really matter.

Seeing that the Golden Lion had calmed down, Charlotte Linlin didn't continue to provoke him.

Because she can also see the current situation clearly.

Even if we manage to leave this place this time, there's nowhere to go.

……

The forest surrounding the examination site.

It's a small town that's only recently been established.

However, there are not many residents here; it is a branch of the Hunter's Guild on the Sky Island.

Whitebeard is now in a situation where he's half a guest and half a prisoner.

The guild only restricted him from leaving; they didn't impose any other restrictions.

Ace and Luffy approached the town from a distance, with many people following them indistinctly.

However, the two of them didn't pay attention to the people following behind them.

They spotted the tall, white-bearded figure in the distance, exchanged a glance, and quickly walked forward.

"So, you've agreed to be my sons?"

Before the two men even got close, a white-bearded man sitting cross-legged on the ground, drinking from a huge wine bowl, suddenly spoke.

"Whitebeard, I'm here to defeat you."

Before Ace could speak, Luffy clenched his fist and roared.

"Gurararara, you guys lost last time, and you lost badly."

The white-bearded man laughed, but there was no hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Given his status and power, he wouldn't need to do something like this.

Luffy's face turned bright red upon hearing this, and he turned to look at Ace.

"You two brats, come and be my sons."

As he spoke, the white-bearded man stretched out his hand.

In the distance, on a branch of a giant tree behind the crowd of onlookers, Dunn sat leaning against the trunk, his lips twitching as he looked at the white-bearded man's outstretched hand.

"Who would want to be his son?"

Zoro subconsciously remarked that Whitebeard was out of his mind.

"There are quite a few."

Upon hearing Zoro's words, Dunn glanced at him.

"Most of the pirates in the Whitebeard Pirates have been adopted by Whitebeard as his godsons."

"what?"

Although Zoro had heard of Whitebeard's reputation, he didn't really know anything about the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Someone actually agreed?"

Kuina stared wide-eyed, finding it unbelievable.

"After all, he was the strongest man in the world before, a great pirate who once rivaled the Pirate King Roger, and now one of the Emperors of the Sea."

Dunn explained.

He meant that besides his strength, Whitebeard was also extremely famous and prestigious, and was an idol to many pirates.

"But I still lost to you, didn't I?"

Kuina turned her head and smiled, saying with a hint of slyness.

Of course, it would be even better if there wasn't that shiny bump on her forehead.

"The me of yesteryear, and the me of today, is invincible."

Dunn looked up at the sky, appearing both invincible and lonely as snow.

Zoro clenched his fist, suppressing the urge to attack.

Because he had considered the possible outcome of taking action: he would only get beaten up.

"A fight broke out."

Kuina raised her hand and pointed to the town in the distance.

"Rubber! Rubber!"

Luffy braced his fist against the ground, his skin rippled in layers, turning bright red like a boiled shrimp, with wisps of steam rising from his mouth.

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise appeared on the white-bearded man's face.

We didn't have this method last time, did we just learn it?

"Luffy!"

After Ace shouted, he suddenly leaped forward, his fists covered in Armament Haki, and lunged at Whitebeard's face.

"Rocket launcher!"

Luffy activated Gear Second, swung his hands out behind him, then pulled them back in with tremendous force and speed, striking Whitebeard's chest.

Boom!

Two loud bangs.

Whitebeard didn't even move his body as he took Straw Hat Luffy's attack to the chest, then raised his hand and knocked Ace, who was attacking his face, away.

"Put in a little more force, I'm still capable."

After Whitebeard knocked Ace away, he waved his hand and said.

Ace landed in mid-air, and before he could even regain his footing, he heard Whitebeard say that. Without further ado, he and Luffy attacked Whitebeard from the left and right.

Many people around were dazzled by the sight.

But Whitebeard, besides dealing with the attacks of the two brats, also had the leisure to protect the wine bowl he was holding.

"I thought I was going to see a fierce battle."

Zoro pouted, somewhat disappointed.

"Whitebeard is very strong, after all, he was the strongest in the world before," Kuina explained.

"This guy actually has this kind of interest, but if he has a white beard, then it's normal."

Dunn stroked his chin, watching the battle in the distance.

It was less of a battle and more of a game of cat and mouse with the two little devils.

The white-bearded guy who likes playing house might like this kind of thing.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

When Dunn heard Zoro say that, he turned to look at Zoro and saw that the guy was staring straight at him.

"I?"

Dunn pointed to himself.

"Yes!" Zoro nodded.

"Whitebeard is no match for me."

Dunn shook his head.

We've already fought them all; there's no point in fighting them again.

Besides, Whitebeard is taking in his godson, why is he interfering?

"Ahhh~"

In the distance, a body resembling a chewy candy spun and flew towards them.

"I've spotted you."

Seeing this, Dunn stood up and said, raising his hand to catch the flying gummy candy.

After being grabbed by the neck, Luffy's head and body flew backward with the force, but his neck was pulled thinner and thinner.

Then, as the force weakened, the body suddenly rebounded.

"Thank you, uncle!"

After his body and head bounced back, Luffy realized that it was Dunn who had stopped him, and he immediately thanked him.

Uncle?

Dunn was stunned. Looking at Luffy, who was probably only ten years old but not two, in his hand, Dunn's mouth twitched.

Kuina covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.

"You're an older man, right?"

Dunn smiled as he looked at Luffy, whose neck he was holding.

"Uncle, let me go! I still want to beat that guy up with Ace."

Luffy was completely unaware of the danger in Dunn's voice. After struggling for a moment but failing to break free from Dunn's grasp, he immediately shouted.

"hehe!"

Dunn sneered, swung his arm around Luffy's neck sharply, and then threw Luffy away as if throwing a baseball.

boom!

The air exploded with a loud bang, and ripples reverberated through the space.

The large tree they were standing on trembled violently from the sudden movement, and its leaves fell in a flurry.

boom!

Another loud bang, and the white-bearded man staggered.

Luffy, who collided head-on with Whitebeard's head, was thrown back and rolled on the ground before bouncing off.

"Luffy!"

Ace was also quite shocked by this scene and quickly chased after them.

A white-bearded man, who had stumbled but regained his footing, glanced at the distance and grinned.

Goodness, they really hold grudges.

If there is a grudge, it should be settled on the spot.

It's just saying hello, isn't it?

Luffy, who had been rolling around in the distance, stopped, completely disoriented and dizzy. The onlookers immediately retreated.

Luffy rolled right in front of them.

Who is this?

Even if you don't have good eyesight, you can tell that someone else has made a move.

After all, the two Straw Hats couldn't do anything to Whitebeard. Even a blind man could see that Whitebeard was just playing with the two of them.

But just now, anyone with eyes could see that it wasn't simple.

Luffy flew out with such force, slamming into Whitebeard's forehead. Whitebeard himself was knocked off balance, but the Straw Hat Luffy didn't seem to be injured.

Clearly, the person who just attacked used a very unusual amount of force.

The person who could deliver that blow was definitely not an ordinary expert.

"Gurarararar, if you don't come soon, the three of us are leaving."

Whitebeard stood up and laughed loudly.

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't leave, so don't blame me."

A voice rang out.

Ok?

Whitebeard wanted to continue speaking, but then frowned and turned to look at the town behind him.

He then turned to look at Ace and Luffy, who had gotten up.

"Take the hunter exam. If you pass, you'll become my sons."

After saying that, the white-bearded man turned and walked towards the town.

Everyone around looked bewildered.

What's going on? Where are they?

"Who agreed to that?"

Ace was speechless.

Although I've already decided to take this Hunter Exam, who promised to become my son if I pass?

Luffy rubbed his head, still feeling a little dizzy.

"Luffy, what happened?"

Seeing Luffy look up, Ace quickly asked him a question.

"He was thrown out by an old man."

After Luffy finished speaking, he gagged twice, clearly still affected by the situation.

"Uncle?"

Ace was a little confused, but seeing Luffy's expression, he knew he wouldn't get anything out of him now, so he grabbed Luffy and ran.

The people around them, seeing this inexplicable situation, immediately started discussing it amongst themselves.

However, the focus of the discussion was the unknown powerful figure who suddenly appeared and made a move.

After saying a few words, Dunn led Guina and the others into town.

"President!"

Upon seeing the sudden appearance of the figure and that familiar face, the busy guild members immediately stood up, their expressions filled with excitement.

Of course, there were also those who weren't excited.

Those android service personnel from Germa.

These people are cloned without any personal emotions and will not have any reactions other than their work.

"You guys get on with your work!"

Dunn waved his hand.

"Yes, Chairman!"

Although the hunters around him gave this answer, they still looked at Dunn with admiration.

Clearly, the hunters here are all die-hard fans of Dunn.

Even Dunn felt a little uneasy under those fanatical gazes.