Bonds

"Stop talking big, kid! What do you know?!"

"You haven't experienced anything, so what gives you the right to speak so arrogantly and condescendingly!"

What Cifer said to Shirahoshi seemed to remind auld of some painful memories, and he shouted at him, his eyes blazing with fury.

"You're telling me about your experiences? You're the first one to do so."

Cifer's calm words were like hot oil poured on the raging fire in his heart.

"Doubling speed, 100x speed!"

He picked up several pistols from the ground and appeared in front of Cifer. Enel was about to stop him, but was stopped by Cifer's gesture.

"Multiplier - 100x Gun!"

Dozens of bullets flew out, rapidly expanding into cannonballs before Cifer's eyes.

"Bakudo #81: Dankū!"

The shell struck an invisible wall, causing a violent explosion that even engulfed auld himself.

" auld ..."

Binjack, with trembling steps, tried to approach the site of the explosion.

"Don't worry! I'm not dead yet!"

As the thick smoke dissipated, the Little Ul was unharmed, and Cifer was completely free of dust.

On the Guroseadi, auld was covered in blood, kneeling on one knee, and even his helmet, which he always wore, was rotten.

"What kind of ability is this? It's too bizarre!"

auld couldn't understand how such a wide-range attack at such close range could result in only himself being injured.

"It's a power you can't reach, and you should also realize the gap in strength between us."

Cifer spoke without any mercy.

"It really is huge... No wonder they can become Sea Emperor like Whitebeard, they are truly monsters among monsters!"

"However, my abilities go far beyond this!"

auld instantly teleported into the cabin and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"They escaped?"

Lucci was somewhat surprised. Why would Great Pirate choose to run away?

"What mischief are you plotting?"

Enel sat at the bow of the Little Ul, completely oblivious to the other's little antics in the cabin.

Suddenly, the island ship shook, and a giant cannon slowly rose from the bow.

auld reappeared in everyone's sight, his eyes bloodshot and filled with madness.

" auld, what are you doing?!"

Seeing his brother's actions, and considering his brother's crazy behavior after being released from prison, Binjack had a bad feeling.

"I'm going to blast this bastard who looks down on me away! With this giant cannon!"

auld hadn't expected that the cannon could be started so smoothly, but the enemy's arrogance was an insult to him!

"If we use that cannon at this distance, even our Guroseadi will be destroyed!"

Incredulity was evident in Binjack's eyes; this was the ship that he and his brother had always dreamed of!

"If this shot doesn't go off, my anger will never be appeased!"

auld's hatred for the World Government seemed to be transferred to Cifer at this moment.

Why... why does he dare to look down on me? More importantly, why does he have a trustworthy companion?!

auld could sense the genuine respect that this man's companions held for him.

This is something he cannot tolerate!

He had been frozen for thirty years, but the betrayal and abandonment by his companions were still vivid in his mind, as if it had happened yesterday!

"That cannon is..."

"It's a symbol of freedom, that's what you'd say, right?"

auld interrupted his brother, his eyes showing no trace of regret.

They had discussed the ship and the giant cannon before he went to prison.

They weren't originally pirates, but they were given a bounty because of Wardel's powerful strength.

Then, thanks to the power of the More-More Fruit, the younger brother became increasingly stronger and increasingly unwilling to be restrained, leading them to oppose the World Government.

At the time, Binjack believed that if they had a ship that could be submerged underwater, they could avoid confrontation with the World Government.

Go after their freedom!

auld believed that by placing another huge cannon on the ship, the World Government officials would avoid him whenever they saw him, and they could also obtain the freedom they desired.

Thus, thirty years later, the Guroseadi was born.

"I don't care what happens to this ship, or even to you."

"I lied to you. Let's call it even for what happened back then!"

As auld's hands burned, the giant turret also trembled.

"Really..."

Binjack trembled; he knew his brother was still brooding over what had happened on the other side.

At the most critical moment, as the first mate, he gave the order for everyone to escape, leaving his younger brother behind.

That was to preserve the flame of the World Pirates in dire straits, but unexpectedly, it would cause his younger brother to hate him for it.

"Doubling Power - 100x Cannon!"

The shells ejected from the cannon continued to expand.

The two ships were not far apart to begin with, and the cannonballs, which had increased in size a hundredfold, instantly covered them both.

"Get out of my way, I'm Bundy auld!"

auld was prepared to die with his enemies.

"That was quite a show of bravado, but unfortunately, your opponent is God!"

Enel was enveloped in lightning, and his eyes no longer held the disdain they once had.

Judging from this one strike alone, the opponent's destructive power is no less than that of the world's strongest teams.

"Divine Domain - Fixed!"

The powerful electromagnetic field spread out, and the huge cannonball was suspended in the air, unable to advance an inch.

Enel swung his arm upwards with force, and the cannonball shot straight into the sky.

Then, an explosion occurred in the sky, the sound deafening; the power ripped through the clear sky.

"That's really true..."

auld was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He could only smile bitterly and slump down beside the gun emplacement.

"Divine Judgment!"

A massive bolt of lightning engulfed him, and after the Inazuma subsided, he was charred black and on the verge of death.

"How... how could it have turned out like this..."

Binjack knelt down, two streams of tears sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto the blood-soaked deck.

"Is this really not a nightmare?"

He looked around, unsure whether he was numb or overwhelmed by pain.

The companions he had painstakingly gathered for his brother, the Guroseadi he and a few others had built together in order to pursue freedom with him, had all become a joke.

Thirty years!

In his long life, he waited a full thirty years for the opportunity to reunite with his younger brother.

But he doesn't have another thirty years, and he probably won't have the chance to see his brother again.

Binjack staggered to his feet and walked over to auld's side.

"Why... why aren't you running away anymore?"

The latter could barely open his eyes and forced himself to ask a question.

"I won't run anymore, and I won't again."

Binjack sat down beside him, just as he always did, perched on his shoulders.

"Why?"

auld's consciousness was already hazy, but before he closed his eyes, he wanted to hear an answer.

Before another massive bolt of lightning struck, Binjack smiled, a rare sight for him, and gave his answer:

"We're brothers!"

Let's start over and get to the other side of that ocean together.