North Blue.
As Ben Beckman's words fell, Shanks frowned slightly, and finally nodded. "Yes, the overall strength of our pirate group is increasing rapidly. One day, we will definitely be able to fight Takenaka Kaguya openly and to the death."
It can only be said that Takenaka Kaguya single-handedly almost defeated Roger Pirates's majestic and heroic figure, planting a seed of fear in the heart of young Shanks.
Even though many years have passed now, Shanks would wake up with fright every time he dreamed about it in the middle of the night.
After he went to sea, he also set his ultimate goal, which was to defeat the extremely powerful Takenaka Kaguya.
Of course, Shanks is not blind. He knows very well that with the powerful strength of Takenaka Kaguya, it may be more difficult to achieve his ultimate goal than becoming One Piece himself.
The Flying Pirate Fleet, which is as powerful as the Roger Pirates back then and can rival Whitebeard Pirates and Golden Lion, has not gained any advantage in the hands of Takenaka Kaguya.
Moreover, if it were not for good luck that Roger communicated with Giant Sea Kings in advance for the first time, and fortunately got help from Time-Time Fruit's ability from Amatsuki Toki for the second time, I am afraid that Roger Pirates would have been buried in the sea long ago.
"Hoo!"
Shanks let out a heavy breath, took out the Western knife Griffin from his waist, pointed at the sky and said loudly, "I, Red-Haired Shanks, will definitely defeat this powerful enemy Takenaka Kaguya and avenge the compatriots of Roger Pirates!"
"Hahaha, Captain, and us!"
"That's right, Captain, we'll help you."
"..."
For a time, although the other members of Iron Wall Pirates have not yet reached their peak strength, they have to be said to have great courage.
New World, Flying Pirate Fleet territory.
Takenaka Kaguya After letting Yixiao arrange all the rescued slaves, he went directly to his yard.
Because of his living habits, he deliberately built a courtyard with a large area.
Pavilions, terraces and pavilions fully display the beauty of Chinese architecture.
As soon as he entered the yard, wherever Takenaka Kaguya looked, he saw two figures in the distance.
The woman on the left has light green hair, with a bunch of hair on the left and right, and a red and yellow hair ornament on the right side of her hair.
Wearing a pink kimono with several crescent-like patterns on it.
She has slender legs, wearing yellow short boots, and a very good figure. There is a touch of sadness between her eyebrows, but she also has a charming and sentimental feeling.
Takenaka Kaguya stopped and turned to the woman on the right. The woman had long white hair that fell smoothly around her waist. Her figure was also very good, and her appearance was 80% similar to Nicole Robin from One Piece Summit War two years later.
At this moment, the two women were talking and didn't even notice Takenaka Kaguya who had walked into the yard.
Here, Takenaka Kaguya did not step forward. One of the two women was Amatsuki Toki, who was sent by Kaido personally, and the other was Nicole Olvia, whom Golden Lion had saved casually at Ohara.
The former is the wife of Foolish Lord Kozuki Oden, and the latter is the mother of protagonist group member Nicole Robin.
Both of them are in their thirties. Although they are no longer young, they are both rare beauties in the world, both in terms of skin and figure.
Glancing at the two girls, Takenaka Kaguya turned around and walked towards the hot spring pool nearby.
Although this operation was not a major war, a lot of preparation work was done before the invasion of Mary Geoise.
Takenaka Kaguya did not expose Imu's identity at that time, but he was not unaware of Imu's existence.
Therefore, in this operation, Takenaka Kaguya has made plans to face Imu or Celestial Dragons's last trump card - Tenno.
Unfortunately, although Imu appeared, he had no intention of fighting Takenaka Kaguya. He seemed to have scruples.
Takenaka Kaguya, on the other hand, was not aggressive either, just because he could clearly sense that Imu contained much more Three-Color Haki in his body than he did.
Although he has enough confidence to face Imu, the final BOSS, if he is not sure of victory and rashly fights Imu, then Golden Lion and Bullet will have to face the terrifying Five Elders.
With his strength, he can ignore Five Elders, but it is undeniable that none of the Five Elderss transformed by Perennial Youth Operation are fuel-efficient.
"Plop!"
Takenaka Kaguya took off his clothes and walked directly to the hot spring to sit down. The temperature of the hot spring water made him feel extremely comfortable.
Unconsciously, he began to close his eyes and rest.
However, not long after, two soft and white hands put on his shoulders and began to massage him.
In this regard, Takenaka Kaguya did not open his eyes. Advanced Observation Haki, who had not been with her all year round, had long since discovered that the person behind him was Amatsuki Toki, his wife.
In the past few years, Takenaka Kaguya has become accustomed to this kind of scene.
Although the guy Kaido sent Amatsuki Toki, he did not send Amatsuki Toki's daughter with him.
Therefore, Amatsuki Toki has been on a hunger strike for the past few days since he came here, preparing to die with Kozuki Oden.
However, when Takenaka Kaguya spit out the names Kozuki Hiyori and Kozuki Momonosuke, Amatsuki Toki gave up the idea of accompanying Kozuki Oden.
Women are inherently weak, but mothers are strong.
Amatsuki Toki knows very well that with Takenaka Kaguya's strong strength, he can help Kozuki Clan take back Wano Country at any time if he is willing.
Furthermore, she also wanted to gain strong backing for her daughter and son.
Therefore, after thinking everything through, Amatsuki Toki washed himself clean one night and put himself on Takenaka Kaguya's bed.
Although Takenaka Kaguya has rarely been close to women for so many years, it does not mean that he has not been close to women at all, so in the next few days, Amatsuki Toki almost died.
Since then, Amatsuki Toki has been living in this yard.
As for Nicole Olvia, she was originally grateful to Takenaka Kaguya for preventing Ohara from being slaughtered. In addition, for the sake of her daughter Nicole Robin, after seeing the changes in Amatsuki Toki, she also took the initiative to join in.
In addition to the two of them, there are other beautiful women living in this Chinese-style Courtyard.
The most famous among them is undoubtedly One Piece Gol D. Roger's wife Portgas·D·Rouge. However, unlike Amatsuki Toki and Olvia, Rouge only plays the role of housekeeper in this yard, not the woman of Takenaka Kaguya.
The reason why Rouge appears here can be regarded as a coincidence.
I don't know what she was thinking, but soon after giving birth to Ace, Rouge disguised herself and left East Blue. But she was unlucky and was caught on a slave ship.
However, when it was about to be auctioned, Yixiao, who performed the first half of the mission of Grand Line, rescued it and brought it back.
It wasn't until Takenaka Kaguya met her in Flying Pirate Fleet's territory that he realized that among the slaves brought back by Yixiao, there was actually Roger's wife.
So, Takenaka Kaguya used the reason that he lacked a housekeeper in his yard and asked Rouge, who thought no one knew him, to come over.
Later, through Advanced Observation Haki's investigation, Takenaka Kaguya found out that the reason why Rouge left East Blue was because when Garp returned to East Blue, he told her that World Government already had photos of her and Roger together.
In order to let Ace grow up safely, Rouge took advantage of the night and left Foosha Village.
Today, Rouge, alias Xiaojiu, has been living in this Chinese-style Courtyard for several years.
Not far away, Rouge heard the sound that made people's hearts beat faster, and quickly turned around and left the hot spring pool.
On the branch above the moon, Takenaka Kaguya was wrapped in a bath towel, and Amatsuki Toki, who had fainted, was wrapped in a bath towel, picked up and placed on a bed not far away to rest.
After doing all this, he changed his clothes, flashed his figure, and arrived on the roof a moment later.
While drinking wine, I looked at Mingyue and Takenaka Kaguya lying leisurely on the roof, my thoughts flying, and I completely relaxed.
I have to say, Amatsuki Toki, so smooth!
Suddenly, Takenaka Kaguya opened his eyes, sat up and looked northeast.
He frowned and immediately spread the area around Observation Haki.
Not long after, Whitebeard appeared in Floating Island with Marco, and then Conqueror's Haki of Golden Lion and Whitebeard collided instantly.
The next second, the two black and red strands of Conqueror's Haki collided fiercely. In an instant, it seemed as if the sky was divided into two halves.
"Hula la la la, Shiki, I haven't seen you for a few years, I didn't expect your Conqueror's Haki to be so awesome." Whitebeard laughed.
"Hmph, your Conqueror's Haki is not bad. I thought that after so many years of playing like a pirate, you have lost your original sense!" Shiki the Golden Lion mocked.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, just as the two said hello and were about to take back Conqueror's Haki at the same time, two more Conqueror's Hakis pressed towards Whitebeard.
"Jie hahaha, Whitebeard, you old guy actually dares to come here, are you tired of living?" Bullet's extremely arrogant laughter came.
In another direction, the cold figure of Crocodile also appeared after a gust of wind swept by the sand, staring at Whitebeard.
"Gu la la la la, what an amazing guy, so many Conqueror's Haki owners gathered together, it reminds me of the original Rocks Pirates!" Whitebeard laughed.
Despite being one against three, his Conqueror's Haki did not retreat at all.
It can be seen that his strength is still stronger than Shiki, Bullet and Crocodile.
I have to say that Whitebeard Edward·Newgate, who was called World's Strongest Man in the original work, is indeed very strong.
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of Takenaka Kaguya appeared in mid-air.
"That's it!"
Takenaka Kaguya's calm voice came, and several people immediately took back Conqueror's Haki.
"Gu la la la la, long time no see, Takenaka, every time you show up, you will make a Big News Morgans.
This time it's even more amazing, they actually got Holy Land Mary Geoise and liberated so many Celestial Dragons slaves, it's really an amazing feat." Whitebeard looked at Takenaka Kaguya with a smile and said first.
"Long time no see, Whitebeard."
Takenaka Kaguya's figure flickered and landed in front of Whitebeard, smiling and nodding.
Behind him, Shiki, Bullet and Crocodile all walked over with a smile.
"I came here this time because I have a question that I want to confirm with you personally." Whitebeard said straight to the point without being verbose.
Hearing this, Takenaka Kaguya waved his hand and interrupted with a smile, "The visitor is a guest. You can ask questions. Let's have a drink first and then talk about anything else.
If you were still awake at that time!"
"Gu la la la la, if we want to fight, I'm still afraid of you.
But if I drink, I will never get drunk after a thousand cups." Whitebeard heard this and immediately laughed.
"Then let's drink first!" Shiki the Golden Lion also said with a grin.
It can be said that apart from Takenaka Kaguya, among the current feature films, the only one that can catch his eyes is Whitebeard in front of him.
Although he didn't know why Whitebeard came here at this time, he still picked up Whitebeard immediately.
A few minutes later, several people started drinking, and several cadres from Flying Pirate Fleet came over to have a barbecue in person.
They are all big pirates with a bounty of more than 500 million Beli. Their strength is much higher than the bounty, so they are qualified to serve them.
Across the way, Whitebeard grabbed Vasco Shot and poured wine on his own, while Marco beside him drank in small sips.
Here, Takenaka Kaguya is sitting in the main seat. Next to him, Shiki the Golden Lion, Douglas Bullet, and Crocodile also attended the banquet.
Although Yixiao was powerful, he was busy dealing with slave matters, so he did not come over.
After drinking a large bowl and eating meat for more than an hour, Takenaka Kaguya looked at Whitebeard who was already drunk and said, "You can ask any questions!"
"Roger came to my ship after he disbanded the pirate group, and he told me the secret and location of Laugh Tale.
And Takenaka, you were in the navy before, so you definitely have no interest in becoming One Piece.
Now, you have left the navy and become a pirate, so I would like to ask if you have any thoughts on becoming One Piece.
If you have, then agree to a condition and I will tell you all the secrets." Whitebeard said seriously.
Red Line's actions this time made Whitebeard worried. He was not worried about himself, but worried about his sons.
After all, being able to target Mary Geoise and escape with all the slaves left World Government unable to do anything except increase the bounty for Bullet, Yixiao, Golden Lion and others.
Such power made Whitebeard understand that the previous balance of the sea had been broken.
Once there is a problem on his side, the members of Whitebeard Pirates will probably fall apart.
Therefore, Whitebeard came here specifically to make a deal with Takenaka Kaguya.
"Pfft!"
In the main seat, Takenaka Kaguya couldn't help laughing, and then he said disdainfully, "One Piece? Haha, I have no such interest.
Whitebeard, you forgot, Roger became One Piece, but I almost killed him twice.
So, I don't care about One Piece or anything like that."