Double the Surprise! (33)

When Red said those words, the surroundings fell silent.

Who was Patrick Redfield?

The "Solitary Red" who accepted no crew, joined forces with no one, yet dared to challenge behemoths like the Whitebeard Pirates and Roger Pirates!

In other words, he was the "Hundred Beasts" Kaido of that era!

Yet unlike Kaido, he did not harbor the ambition to "start the greatest war the world had ever seen," and was even more solitary by nature.

The reason Golden Lion was not included in that comparison was because, in their era, Golden Lion commanded the most enormous force.

So enormous that even Marine Headquarters dared not provoke him, enormous enough to drive the equally legendary Roger into a corner.

On the Grand Line of that era, he had unquestionably been the strongest force!

Never mind challenging him—just clearing out his underlings would exhaust a man to death.

That was why no one could stand on equal footing with him.

But even so, no one could deny Red's lofty status upon the seas.

And he was different from Kaido.

Kaido's "madness" came from relying on his tough, resilient body to endure attacks head-on and wear his opponents down alive.

But with his unique Observation Haki, which allowed him to read minds from afar and plunder memories at close range, Red relied on exquisite skill to foresee everything in battle and forcibly suppress any opponent.

One took hits, while the other dealt them. Who was stronger, and who won more hearts, was obvious at a glance.

In short, if Red were a few decades younger and thrown back onto the seas, the balance of the Four Emperors would surely be overturned!

Yet such a major figure had actually said that he wanted to fight Ron.

Why?

No one knew.

Except Red himself.

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