Above an island somewhere in the New World, there is an archipelago floating in the sky standing quietly there.
"The brats of the new era actually have quite a bit of potential."
Shiji was sitting in the back garden of his house, basking in the sun while thinking about the thunder and lightning kid he had a fight with a few days ago.
Coupled with the goal of his trip, the red-eyed kid, it seems that this new era without Roger will not be too boring.
The battle with Enelu did not cause Shiji any serious injuries, but the fight did last for a whole day.
There is no way, those with thunder fruit abilities are too disgusting.
Enelu reminded Shiji of the somewhat wretched flash kid in the navy.
The situation at that time was also the same. The flash kid was not that strong, but it was really disgusting to them.
Especially Shiki, because he can fly and is more maneuverable than Roger and Newgate. The Flash Kid came to stare at him and harass him every day under the orders of the then Navy Marshal Cyborg Kong.
But it annoyed him to death.
"Sir Admiral!!!"
"explain."
"There happens to be an island directly below us. Do you want to send someone down to supply it?"
"...Well, let's go, by the way, remember to collect information about the red-eyed imp and the thunder and lightning imp."
"yes!"
Shi Ji waved his hand casually, and he, who usually ran around in the back garden, became unusually silent.
Not long after, Shi Ji brought over the navigation chart, and based on the mark of the subordinate who just came, he looked at his current location.
"Hmm... This place seems to be the territory of that guy from Newgate?"
...
"Um?"
Crocodile, with his legs crossed, wearing a black cloak and a cigar in his mouth, suddenly raised his head and looked directly above.
A white cloud.
But he always felt like there was something up there.
"Boss?"
Mr.1 followed Crocodile's gaze and looked up, his eyes full of doubts.
"You stay here and I'll take a look at it."
Crocodile left behind a word and a cloud of smoke, which turned into a streak of yellow sand and flew straight into the sky.
Thousands of miles high in the sky.
!!!
Crocodile stared at the huge sky islands that appeared in his field of vision. He was floating in the air in a daze, and he almost dropped the cigar in his mouth.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Crocodile headed to the most central and largest island in the archipelago.
During the flight, a figure suddenly appeared in the sky in front of him. Crocodile frowned and looked at the figure in front of him.
"Lion·Senkiriya."
Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.
Several golden sword energy as huge as mountains were released by the figure, and they slashed towards Crocodile menacingly.
Crocodile's eyes suddenly opened, and his body turned into wisps of yellow sand, transforming in advance to avoid these flying slashes that were entangled with armed domineering force.
"Are you not dead yet?!"
Crocodile's face became extremely serious as he returned to his original state, and he frowned and stared at the figure.
The move just now made Crocodile recognize the person in front of him.
He can be regarded as an old friend from the old days, or a ‘senior’...
Flying Pirate, ‘Golden Lion’ Shiji.
The great pirate who forced the Pirate King Gol D. Roger to a desperate situation in the naval battle called At Wall more than twenty years ago.
This is a man who had already reached one of the top positions in the world before he challenged Whitebeard.
That is to say, two years after he was invited to become a Shichibukai and challenge Whitebeard in the battle with Barret, Shiki made a big fuss about Marine Fando and was arrested and sent to Impel Prison.
"Hoo~ I said the breath feels a bit familiar to me. It turns out it's the little girl who played in the sand back then?"
Shiji's figure slowly approached, and then stopped at a position not far or near in front of Crocodile, crossing his arms and staring at Crocodile with interest.
"I am a man!"
Crocodile's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and responded fiercely. Yellow sand surged around him, like a monarch in a sandstorm.
"When I saw your reward order, I thought the little girl had been killed. It turned out that she had changed her gender and turned into a man, and also changed her name."
Shiji ignored Crocodile's momentum at this moment and focused on himself, trying to remember the past with his brain that was no longer very bright.
He still had some impression of Crocodile.
There are two main sources of this impression. One is from one of his old rivals, "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate, twice, and the other impression comes from the Roger Pirates member whom he admires very much.
The little devil.
Speaking of which, it was a long, long time ago that he first heard of Crocodile.
I remember that about thirty years ago, he was still on the same boat as Newgate.
One time while drinking, the guy told him that he met a very ambitious and talented little girl who played in the sand.
However, chasing after the Rocks Pirates for more than a month and trying to fight with them really made him a little irritated.
Newgate's temper at that time was somewhat violent.
I remember that the little girl at that time was not yet called "Shah Crocodile".
As for his name at that time, Shi Ji has forgotten it.
Later, Shiji met her several times, and everyone in the Rocks Pirates had some impressions of her. She was indeed a girl with great potential, and she was very temperamental. Compared with the current "Pirate Empress" Boya Hancock
Fan'er is still better than that.
At that time, he even thought about taking him as his subordinate, but because Rocks was pressing down on him, this was just an idea in the end.
Later, it seemed that Newgate said something to the little girl playing in the sand, and the little girl disappeared since then.
By the time Shiji heard about his reputation for the second time, he was already a man.
He has done a lot of great things since he was born. First, he had a close fight with Douglas Barrett of the Roger Pirates. After being invited to become a Shichibukai, he challenged Edward Newgate.
The ending has not been revealed.
But when you think about it, you know that Newgate can't lose, otherwise it won't be his turn to take the position of 'the strongest in the world'.
Shiji used his brain for a while and roughly guessed that Crocodile turned into a man because of the transvestite.
Speaking of which, the shemale was also very famous at that time. After all, as soon as she entered the island, she directly turned a country full of men into a country full of men into a second country of girls...
This incident shocked the whole world at the time, and even Shi Ji often heard people mention it.
"Why are you, an old monster, here?"
Crocodile obviously didn't want Shiji to continue to think about the past, and he was really curious about why Shiki, the golden lion, who had disappeared since escaping from prison, appeared in the sea again.
"Hmm? Have you ever heard of a little devil with red eyes? He is the one who is particularly famous in this era. It is said that he is also known as the 'King of Monsters'? He is really arrogant, hahahahaha, I like it...
..”
As he gets older, Shi Ji's mind becomes simpler and simpler.
After Crocodile brought up a random topic, he immediately forgot about the things he was interested in just now.
Perhaps because he met an "acquaintance" from the old era, Shiji didn't mind telling Crocodile his purpose today.
And...now that we have met, it is fate.
"...What are you going to do to him?"
Crocodile raised his head, and there was a hint of evil in his cold eyes.
"Hahaha, that goes without saying! Of course such a talent must be under my command! And you! You little kid playing with sand, come be my subordinate and rule the world with me! Hahahahahaha!"
"Golden Lion, if you attack my target, I will kill you? And... the old guy who has half his foot in the coffin should stop jumping out and running around. You should almost completely retire from this era.
Already!!!"
The war begins.
And under ten thousand miles.
A huge naval warship slowly sailed to the site that now belongs to the 'Baroque Working Society'.
Mr.1 and Mr.2 stood at Crocodile's base camp, both with sweat on their foreheads as they looked at the green-haired figure leading a group of marines in front of them.
"So...why did this newly promoted naval admiral suddenly come to this place?!"
Mr.1's arms turned into domineering black swords, and he cautiously faced the green-haired figure in front of him.
They won't leave until Crocodile comes back.
"We're going to be in big trouble, boss."
Mr.2 raised his head and looked at the endless sky covered with white clouds.
He felt wisps of yellow sand falling from high altitude and drifting into the third eye on his forehead.
...
One week later.
Caruso is still on the way to Dressrosa carrying the monster family.
"Hey! Kazan! Something big happened."
After receiving this week's newspaper, Fon Klee quickly went to find Kazan when he saw the news above.
He was very aware of the grudges between Kazan and Crocodile, and he was very clear about the relationship between Kazan and Zefa, so he told Kazan about this matter as soon as possible.
Feng Clay felt that because of these things, their monster family's plans were about to change.
"Um, what's wrong?"
Kazan was still sitting on the bow of the boat feeling the breath of the wind, but Feng Clay rushed over and pointed to a piece of news in the newspaper for him to read.
With just one glance, Kazan stood up immediately, with a serious look on his entire face.
[Effective today, ‘King of the Desert’ Shah Crocodile is eliminated from the position of Shichibukai. 】
[The newly promoted naval admiral ‘Green Bull’ arrested the ‘King of the Desert’ Shah Crocodile and the two top cadres of the Baroque Working Society. 】
[The new Shichibukai, ‘Whitebeard II’ Edward Weeble, has a bounty of 400 million Baileys. He claims to be Whitebeard’s biological son. He has a strong fighting ability that is exactly the same as Whitebeard’s. 】
[Former Navy Admiral ‘Black Wrist’ Zefa quit the Navy Headquarters for unknown reasons, and established the ‘Neo Navy’ with a few disciples. According to eyewitnesses, they are heading towards the depths of the new world for an unknown purpose. 】
[The ‘King of the Desert’ Shah Crocodile was escorted into the ‘Iron-walled’ impel city, Impeldown. 】
[Admiral ‘Kizaru’ Porusalino was suddenly attacked by ‘Thunder God’ Enero while he was on a mission all over the world. 】
[The Sarusama Pirates and the Sky Pirates, who are located in the first half of the Grand Line, have united into a brother pirate group and are heading towards the Shampoo Land together. They are expected to become this year's supernova! 】
"Tsk...why are things all piled up together!"
Although several things were closely related, Kazan still couldn't help but complain.
Either nothing happens, or if something happens they will all be piled together.
Kazan sighed sadly, jumped from Caruso's dragon's head to the deck, and paced back and forth.
The current matter can be called troublesome, or it can be said that it has nothing to do with their monster family. It all depends on how he, the head of the monster family, chooses.
It’s ahead of schedule, a lot of things are ahead of schedule.
Old man Zefa...shouldn't he be going to detonate the new world so early?
And Crocodile, with his strength, no matter how strong the green bull is, he shouldn't be able to capture him alive.
Kazan's brain wasn't particularly bright to begin with, and now he had to turn it around very quickly, which was very painful for him.
"Krokdal's position as the Shichibukai seems to have been premeditated by the World Government or the Navy."
Feng Clay looked at Kazan's anxious look and shook his head. He had already expected this look.
"Well, it's not just Crocodile. As long as the Navy finds a suitable candidate, Moonlight Moria and Doflamingo should be replaced one by one, because they are all on the Chambord Islands because we
The reason is to go against the World Government and the Navy, no matter what their purpose is."
Robin walked slowly over from the side on high heels, wearing a pair of round glasses on his face, and also holding a copy of today's newspaper in his hand.
What Robin said made sense, but she didn't know that as Doflamingo, as long as he didn't do something terrible, his position as the Shichibukai would not be removed.
"It's 400 million Baileys as soon as he appears. Is this guy very strong?"
Bellamy's figure suddenly appeared next to Robin, and he was looking at the picture of Edward Weeble in the newspaper.
"Very strong. His strength should exceed the bounty amount. He may be stronger than you, Xiaobei."
Kazan took a deep breath, turned around and looked at the monster family members who were arriving one after another, and first spoke to Bellamy.
After hearing this, Bellamy raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not convinced and wanted to fight with this Edward Weeble.
"Is this guy really Whitebeard's son?"
Monet asked with some gossip. She was now curious about the reaction from the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Then who knows, only that guy with white beard knows this question."
Kazan shook his head, he didn't particularly care about this matter.
He only considers the problems of Crocodile and Zefa now, and Zefa's problem can be dealt with later.
What we have to deal with now is the matter about Crocodile.