The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

Lafayette elegantly wiped away the blood gushing from his wounds, which were clearly gruesome and terrifying, yet he remained unfazed, smiling as if nothing had happened.

At their feet lay Perospero, the eldest son of the Charlotte family, lying in a pool of blood.

"Especially... there are wounded people here."

Poison Q, panting heavily, said, "You're all in the same badly injured state as me, why are you still coming here to die?!"

He looked at Cracker, who was severely injured and barely clinging to life, and said slowly.

"This is also his own destiny; coming here is his final end."

Van Augur, who had relatively few injuries, spoke with a faint melancholy. In front of him were a group of ministers who had been shot by snipers and were unable to get up.

"Muruhohoho, just because you casually bear the title of the strongest family, you look down on everyone else?!"

Katarina Demi wore a ferocious smile, her body covered in sword wounds, and looked disdainfully at Smoothie, one of the Sweet Commanders, whom she had just defeated.

"He's nothing but a useless piece of trash who's all bark and no bite."

"Thump thump thump~ hiccup".

Basque Chote wanted to say something, but a burp swallowed it all back down his throat.

He could only nod there and continue gulping down the wine, not even glancing at the "Ghost Lady" Armand and the others he had defeated.

There's absolutely no need to look at the losers.

"Aren't you going to kill us?!"

Katakuri, whose entire body was covered in blood, couldn't help but speak in a hoarse voice after hearing Shiryu's words.

"If it were my old style, or if I were fighting you from my own perspective, I certainly wouldn't have let you off so easily."

Shiryu said coldly, his words devoid of any emotion.

663 Katakuri's defeat! Shanks' arrival! Please, everyone, give me some face.

"But now, I am launching an attack on you in the name of a subordinate fleet of the Straw Hat Pirates."

"Then your lives and deaths are not in my hands!!"

Is it in the hands of the Straw Hat Pirates...?

Katakuri, covered in wounds, fell silent.

Back on Whole Cake Island in Totto Land, he met and even fought with Link, the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, known as the "Tool Master," and Roronoa Zoro, the "Pirate Hunter."

He also knew something about that group of people.

They are not like the Beasts Pirates, who are vicious and ruthless, nor are they like other cruel and heartless guys who stir up trouble on the seas.

On the contrary, he's more like Shanks, enjoying adventure and fun.

Even if we fall into their hands, it's certainly better than dying here right now...

The idea quickly popped into Katakuri's mind, and he immediately made a decision.

Clang.

The trident of the earth dragon slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

"Very good~"

A hint of admiration flashed in Shiryu's eyes. "I remember when I joined the Straw Hat Pirates, the vice-captain said something like that."

Shiryu, wanting to put the other party at ease, withdrew the thunderstorm and lit a cigarette for himself.

"It's called 'Discretion is the better part of valor'!"

"You're very pragmatic now!!"

Are you pragmatic...?

Katakuri turned his gaze somewhat numbly at his younger siblings who had been knocked to the ground, siblings he couldn't protect.

He couldn't help but close his eyes slightly and let out a long sigh.

He simply could never bring himself to let his loved ones die right before his eyes!

On this side, the last flame of the Charlotte family was extinguished, and the surrender of its main fighting force marked the defeat of a Yonko pirate crew.

On the other hand, not everyone felt things were going so smoothly.

"how so?!!"

On the deck of the Kuja Pirates, pulled by two giant snakes, Boa Hancock stared at Onigashima, which was taking off and getting further and further away from them until it disappeared from sight, and froze.

She finally made it here, only to end up like this...

"Sister, should we continue chasing after them..."

The two sisters beside her, Sandasonia and Marigold, cautiously approached.

"Of course!!"

Flames instantly erupted around Hancock.

"I'd like to see just how far that island can take me!"

With dark lines appearing on her face, it was clear that Hancock was currently in a state of rage.

Upon seeing this, Sandasonia and the others all shrank back.

"Should we tell my sister about Fire Fist Ace and the others disappearing?"

"Forget it, doing this would only add fuel to the fire. If she doesn't ask, we can just pretend it never happened."

The two whispered to each other, then instructed their other subordinates to change positions.

And just then~

"Bolulu, bola, bola."

Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi (a type of electric scooter) on the ship, which was connected to the Navy, rang.

"Click."

Once connected, the Den Den Mushi instantly transformed into a navy cap-like appearance, showing signs of anxiety and fear.

"Are you the Pirate Empress, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea? Where are you right now?!"

The urgent tone and slightly questioning words made Hancock frown instantly.

"Where I am is none of your business!"

*Thud!*

She was very willful and domineering, and hung up the phone.

The people on the ship were used to it; their Empress was just like that.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the Den Den Mushi...

"She's dead?!"

A naval officer stared at the Den Den Mushi, whose signal had clearly been cut off, and his face turned extremely grim.

"Now that the call has ended, there's no need to think about it anymore!"

Clang!

With both swords drawn, Storoberry gazed at the other side of the sea and said slowly:

"Pirates are ultimately unreliable, even the Seven Warlords of the Sea who are on the same side."

Ultimately, we still have to rely on ourselves!

As he spoke, his gaze was fixed on a ship slowly approaching from the distant horizon.

He wields two crossed swords, and has a red skull mark with a scar above his left eye.

"Red Fosse!!"

Storoberry stared at the pirate ship and its flag. Anyone who had ever sailed the high seas would know who it represented.

One of the Four Emperors, the mount of [Red-Haired] Shanks, and a member of the Red-Haired Pirates!

"Big Mom and Kaido of the Beasts Alliance in Wano Country, Whitebeard who is currently fighting Sengoku, and now Shanks has arrived..."

Even with Kizaru's usual nonchalant demeanor, Strawberry's tone couldn't hide his shock.

"All the kings of the sea have gathered here; this is truly an unprecedented event!!"

The gathering of the four emperors was unprecedented.

The sudden arrival of Shanks surprised all the marines on the sea.

Even Whitebeard's side was unsure of the other party's intentions and temporarily stopped their attack.

And so, after the arrival of the Red-Haired Pirates, both sides fell into an eerie calm.

They all stared at the group of people who were slowly emerging and becoming clearer before their eyes.

And then there was the figure standing at the bow of the ship, his robes fluttering in the wind, his striking red hair particularly eye-catching.

"I've arrived here~~~"

The deep, powerful voice seemed to drown out the blizzard, echoing across the sea.

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"We've come to stop this battle!!"

The redhead raised his head, revealing his commanding gaze, and the same cheerful smile that still lingered at the corner of his mouth:

"Please, everyone, give me some face."

"Let's end this battle here!!"

As he spoke, the many crew members behind him grinned, eager to try.

…………

At this moment, atop the Skull Tower above Oni Island, the final showdown was underway.

That devastated battlefield is now filled with joy.

Luffy laughed, and the ground seemed like a rubber trampoline, allowing Luffy to bounce up and down as he did so.

"Once rubber starts affecting other substances, it seems like it's a Paramecia-type awakening, but..."

Kaido stared intently at Luffy. "It's still a bit strange. This kind of transformation should be exclusive to Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, right?!"

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In an instant, as soon as he finished speaking, his massive body charged straight at Luffy, who seemed completely unprepared.

"Rubber, rubber..."

Suddenly, Luffy exhaled a large breath towards the ground, and with the help of the ground's amazing elasticity, he instantly flew into the sky.

"Wind ball!!"

Um? ! !

Kaido instinctively looked up at the sky, but then, in the next second, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Amidst the roaring lightning and dark clouds, the man's voice echoed once more between the sea and sky.

"I am indeed an animal type!"

Amidst hearty laughter, a gigantic flying figure pierced through the clouds, accompanied by boundless thunder, as if to tear the curtain of the night sky.

A massive white flame enveloped the area, seemingly radiating a divine glow.

Luffy's massive figure pierced through the clouds. In his rubber giant form, he was several times taller than Kaido in his blue dragon form. He raised his foot and stomped heavily down on Kaido below.

Kaido stared blankly at Luffy, shocked, and without the slightest hesitation, instantly transformed into his Azure Dragon form.

Click~! !

The dragon shifted and moved, and soon it accurately bit Luffy's left neck, seemingly about to sever his trachea as well.

However, the sensation from those sharp teeth was as if he were stuck in something sticky, precisely preventing his bites from getting out of his way.

“Ahhhhhh~!!”

The rubber giant's eyeballs popped out once again.