"Let go! I have to save Sabo!"
Luffy, whose head was being held down by Dadan's right hand, struggled continuously. "Save Sabo? Worry about saving yourself first!"
Dadan didn't know what exactly had happened in the days the three boys were gone, nor why Sabo hadn't returned today. But the Yonko's Pirate crew had come for Luffy. Sabo's matter would have to be put aside for now. The best course of action was to get Luffy into Marine custody for protection.
Snap!
Suddenly, Ace bit Dadan's hand. Wincing from the pain, Dadan released her grip, and Ace and Luffy took the opportunity to escape.
"Run, Luffy!"
"Yeah!"
The two boys fled quickly, leaving Dadan waving her arms in fury. "Idiots! Both of you are complete idiots!"
Ace and Luffy rapidly left the Dadan Family's territory. As he ran, Luffy said to Ace beside him, "But how are we going to save Sabo?"
Ace changed direction and replied at the same time, "That guy is strong. Ordinary people can't do anything to him. If he doesn't want to stay there, he'll find a way out. For now, let's go back to our secret base and act normally. We'll wait a while and then see what happens."
"Oh!"
....
In the New World, the Red-Haired Pirates arrived at the Immortal Pirates' home base, the Arderay Kingdom ruins island, after three and a half days.
As soon as they entered the sea area, they could see many warships flying two flags: that of a small, independent pirate crew and the large flag of the Immortal Pirates.
This indicated that these ships belonged to pirate crews under the command of the Immortal Pirates, much like the fleets under the Whitebeard Pirates.
"Black Thorn Pirates, Mokiasu Pirates, Giant Claw Pirates..."
Yasopp, the sniper with excellent eyesight, identified each of the flags without relying on binoculars. He frowned and said, "They're all quite well-known pirate crews. The Immortal Pirates managed to absorb so many subordinates in such a short time."
"They're just small fry. Like the Beasts Pirates, the Immortal Pirates are indiscriminate when recruiting members."
Ben Beckman stepped forward and addressed everyone. "Our goal is not to completely occupy Arderay, though that would probably be difficult to achieve anyway. What we need to do is cause a commotion—a commotion big enough to force their captain, Alucard, to be notified,
compelling him to return to the New World from the East Blue."
Shanks added, "I just received a message from Makino. She says there's still no news of Luffy being captured."
"All the better then."
Beckman nodded, his expression immediately hardening. "Move out!"
The Red-Haired Pirates' battleship, the Red Force, sped into the Arderay sea territory. Boom!
A sudden cannonball hit before anyone could react, shattering the bow of the Black Thorn Pirates' ship, one of the Immortal Pirates' subordinates, which immediately burst into flames.
"Where did that shot come from!"
The Black Thorn Pirates cried out in alarm. They hadn't expected anyone to dare launch an attack in a Yonko's territory. Was it the Marine Headquarters or one of the other three Yonko?
Immediately looking in the direction the cannonball came from, the Black Thorn Pirates' faces darkened. It was the Red-Haired Pirates.
"You just took a territory from Kaido, and now you set your sights on the Immortal Pirates' home base? Aren't you being too arrogant, Red-Haired Shanks!"
Keith Fallon, the Captain of the Black Thorn Pirates, who had a black hedgehog-like hairstyle, suddenly grew gigantic, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't his body growing large, but his hair swelling up into sharp spikes. His body also grew, but not as exaggeratedly as his hair.
"Bounty of 332,000,000 Berries. Keith Fallon the Black Thorn, a Zoan-type Hedgehog Fruit user. So he joined Alucard's command." Lucky Roux mumbled indistinctly, chewing on his ham.
A blond swordsman from the Red-Haired Pirates drew his sword and flew, landing on the Black Thorn Pirates' mast. He challenged Fallon below, "Keith Fallon, I'll be your opponent."
Fallon, whose hair was now sharp barbs, squinted his narrow eyes upward and said in a deep voice, "The Red-Haired Pirates swordsman, Ivalis the Blond. Bounty of 366,000,000 Berries."
"Bounty doesn't equal strength. Let your skills do the talking," Ivalis said, brandishing his fine tachi that was over two meters long.
Fallon pulled out two strands of hair, each about one and a half meters long, like black needle- spears. He leaped violently and clashed with Ivalis, growling fiercely, "That's what I should be saying!"
The many patrol ships under the Immortal Pirates also began to surround the Red Force. Shanks was about to unleash his Conqueror's Haki when Ben Beckman placed a hand on his shoulder. "We're here to cause a commotion. Don't use your Haki."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Six warships under the Immortal Pirates opened fire on the Red Force from all directions. "Leave it to me!"
Yasopp pulled up his gun barrel with incredible speed and fired a continuous stream of shots, detonating the cannonballs from the six ships in mid-air in less than two seconds, not a single one reaching the Red Force.
"Attack! Kill Red-Haired Shanks!"
A woman on another pirate ship, whose flag bore a skull crossed by two sharp, clawed arms, waved her hand and shouted.
"Hydaelyn Eorzea, Captain of the Giant Claw Pirates. Bounty: 290,000,000 Berries."
Beckman shot the woman with his long sniper rifle, but she blocked it with one claw. "Alucard has gained quite a few new subordinates."
Eorzea formed a tiger-claw hand gesture with both hands, coating them in pure black Armament Haki.
"Charge!"
As the battle intensified, Zephyr, who was undergoing a physical examination by Dr. Indigo, had a specialized red gauntlet covering his right hand to suppress the Black Light Virus, completely covering his arm and only leaving his fist exposed.
Dr. Indigo said, "It can slightly inhibit the deterioration for now, but Alucard said you must learn to control the virus's adverse effects."
Zephyr looked at the device on his hand and said, "I hope it works."
"Z-san!"
At that moment, a pirate with an anxious expression quickly entered the laboratory, drawing everyone's attention.
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I just realized some of the chapters i posted have errors like in spacing and arrangements. It's not my fault, its the copy-pasting mechanism. I'll make sure this won't happen in the next chapters.
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