Several months ago, Roki, the prince of the Giant Kingdom, fell in love with Lola, the 23-year-old daughter of Big Mom.
BigMom was overjoyed upon hearing this, thinking that she could now reconcile with the Giant Country and... bring them into her possession!
However, just as BigMom was disregarding her pregnancy and making wedding preparations...
Lola ran away from her wedding with Big Mom's Vivre Card!
The Vivre Card contains the soul aura of its owner, and Big Mom used her Devil Fruit ability to create "Homies" on a large scale—artificial beings formed by combining soul power with non-living matter.
Countless Homies inhabit every corner of the Whole Cake Island, so Big Mom was not vigilant about the safety of the Whole Cake Island. As a result, Lola, with the Vivre Card that contained the soul aura of Big Mom, drove away the Homies and escaped from the Whole Cake Island.
Although many of her brothers and sisters went out to sea to chase after her, and even Brulee, the eighth sister, almost caught her, she was saved by Shanks who happened to be there, allowing her to escape...
This made the Giant Country even more resentful of Big Mom, especially Roki, who had lost his wife!
However, after Shanks obtained Big Mom's Vivre Card, he still went to the Giant Country as usual—probably because in his view, a real man like her was forced into marriage by an old woman and didn't want to marry him at all; it would be fine as long as the misunderstanding was cleared up.
And then... he was put on Roki's wanted list!
Fortunately, Shanks still has connections in the Giant Country; you can tell from the design of the prow on his ship—it's definitely made in the Giant Country.
When Roger Pirates arrived in the Giant Country, they did the Giant Race a great favor, and Shanks played a significant role in it.
So the Warrior elder of the Giant Country, Shururu with the curly beard, hid Shanks away, planning to send him away once the ship was repaired.
However, due to the close proximity of Big Mom's executives, and the Red-Hair Pirates' own troubles—while Shururu was summoned by the king for a meeting, the Red-Hair crew was still causing trouble separately in Elbaf, resulting in White and Snake being discovered by Roki...
The king and elders were in a meeting, and no one paid attention to the foolish prince, which led to White and Snake being captured, forcing Shanks to reveal himself.
King Fárbauti of the Giant Country understood Elder Shururu's actions, and even, out of respect for Roger, he quietly let him go if things hadn't escalated to the surface.
However, now that things have escalated to this point, and the giants are concerned about their image, the situation has become deadlocked.
However, Fárbauti also reprimanded Roki, and did not punish the "bad guy who took away his fiancée" as he had hoped.
Shanks knew that Giant Race valued their reputation, so he didn't resist and was outwardly imprisoned.
But...
The foolish prince, in a fit of pique, went to Adam Tree to cry and make a scene; after all, he was still a fifty-year-old child.
The reason why Roki, despite his low intelligence, was able to become the heir to the throne is actually due to a special reason. Fárbauti and Shururu did not tell Shanks the specific reason, but Shanks discovered Roki's special ability during their brief encounter—he could control fire!
Furthermore, Shanks understood that this was definitely not a Devil Fruit ability, but rather a situation similar to that of "King," whom he had recently fought.
However, judging from the race of Jhin, it's unlikely he's Giant Race...
While the foolish prince was crying and throwing a tantrum, Loki accidentally used his powers to ignite the Adam Tree —normally, the Island Tree is very difficult to ignite, but Roki's powers are very strange.
This also made the flames that burned up quite peculiar, so much so that even the Giant Race dared not approach them!
The Giant Race were terrified by the burning of the Adam Tree, and... the foolish prince was trapped inside.
However, Shanks noticed the chaos outside and left the prison—it was never meant to hold him; he had only left the Giant Race out of courtesy, and both sides tacitly agreed to this.
Upon seeing Adam Tree's condition, Shanks offered to resolve the matter himself as a form of "atonement."
The King of Fárbauti naturally agreed...
Then Griffin flapped its wings, clearing a path through the flames, allowing Shanks to enter and retrieve the foolish prince. Afterward, Griffin transformed into a sword, and Shanks swung it with a strike powerful enough to split the clouds in the sky, cutting through the burning section and ensuring the safety of most of Adam's trunk!
Fárbauti therefore treated Shanks and his crew as honored guests, especially after seeing "Griffin" —Fárbauti clearly knew where Roger had found Griffin and what it meant...
The reason why the wind from its wings could ignite flames was actually due to another reason. After the banquet, Fárbauti also told Shanks about a prophecy of the Giant Race... a prophecy related to Roki and Griffin.
After the tribe cleaned up the site, they discovered that among the burned Adam Tree, there was a whole piece of the trunk that was not burned but had separated from the main body. So Fárbauti took the initiative to give this piece of trunk to Shanks as well, and then arranged for the Elder Artisan to completely renovate the Red Force.
As for the Big Moms around Elbaf who were making a ruckus, the Giant Race, who never back down, didn't care at all and were even ready to "fight" with the Big Mom Pirates!
Now that Shanks has turned around and become Elbaf and Roki's benefactor, he naturally won't hand them over to Big Mom.
However, because Shanks didn't want too many casualties among his friends, the Big Fool suggested that King Fárbauti continue to lie and say that they had been captured and that he would deal with them himself.
If Shanks can delay until the new ship is ready, he will leave with his crew.
As for the guy who's coming to join them, Shanks plans to ask Elder Shururu to help deliver a message...
However...
Big Fool plan, tragically exposed and foiled!
Katakuri claims that the Giant Race are protecting Shanks and also blames the Giant Country for Lola's escape; in short, it's all a conspiracy by the Giant Race.
Shanks was also quite surprised by this...
He had only been "free" for one night, and before that, Roki was genuinely trying to capture him. How did he manage to see through the deception?
"Hmph! I think that Devil's son is just here to provoke us!"
"That's right, they want to start a war against the giants!"
"Your Majesty, Elders, take them down!"
The Giant Race were already enraged and eager to start a war. King Fárbauti and Warrior Shururu were also burning with fighting spirit—they clearly saw this as a provocation from the Devil.
Shanks wasn't as ruthless as some people; he never considered letting the Titans fight Big Mom and then using the opportunity to escape. However, he knew that saying "Leave it to me" at this point would only add fuel to the fire for the Giant Race.
Beckman first asked the pirate who was relaying the message, "Did Katakuri say anything else? Did he really discover something?"
"No... Oh! Right, he also said it was discovered by some staff officer named Vladimir," the giant relaying the message said.
Shanks:...
"Vladimir..." Shanks muttered, then looked helplessly at the Fish-Man with a long face beside him.