"I grew up with Buggy. Though we eventually went our separate ways, he is still my companion. Today, I will take him away from here no matter what!"
"Have you thought this through? This man is a villain guilty of every evil. Is he worth gambling the lives of everyone in the Red Hair Pirates on?"
Shanks's gaze sharpened. He said nothing, but his aura began rising steadily.
The members of the Red Hair Pirates behind him, however, all shouted indignantly.
"Hey, you bastard! What kind of nonsense are you spouting?!"
"Damn it, do you think you alone can handle our entire Red Hair Pirates?!"
"We're one of the Four Emperors! Even Kaido of the Beasts wouldn't dare say something like that!"
"Ah, you really made an inappropriate choice," Zhu Mang said, shaking his head slightly.
As for the noisy members of the Red Hair Pirates, he simply ignored them.
Asking one extra question was merely a small show of "respect" for Red-Haired Shanks, an "acquaintance" with a relatively prominent role in the original story.
As for everyone else?
Sorry, he did not know them.
He extended a hand toward the deck below.
Whoosh—
A [Palm Cannon] shot toward Buggy.
[Divine Departure]!
Terrifying Conqueror's Haki erupted from Shanks at the same time, swiftly coating the [Gryphon] in his hand as he slashed fiercely at the thumb-sized blast of energy.
He had opened with his ultimate move!
After judging the enemy's strength through Observation Haki, this was the utmost seriousness he could give him!
As Shanks attacked, Ben Beckman, Yasopp, Lucky Roux, and the others behind him also drew their weapons and launched attacks at Zhu Mang.
This was the combined assault of an entire Four Emperors crew!
The Red Hair Pirates were different from the other three Four Emperors crews.