Four Emperors Gather (2)

Uchiha Ye Han glanced sideways at Shiki, the corner of his mouth lifting in a faint smile. "Yeah, it's been a long time. We haven't seen each other since I broke you out of Impel Down, have we?"

Shiki immediately felt irritated upon hearing Ye Han's words. Though it had been a collaboration at the time, it would not have been wrong to call it coercion. He had wanted to kill Ye Han then and there, but he had thought that a brat could not possibly stir up much trouble. Never had he expected that the brat he could have crushed with one hand back then would become a major power in the New World in just a few years, with fame and momentum that completely overshadowed his own.

"Hmph! Brat, I thought you were dead. Never expected you to be doing so well. Those Marines really are useless!"

"Even if the Marines are useless, they still managed to lock you up in Impel Down. You were imprisoned by the Marines, so what does that make you, Shiki?" Garp said displeasedly after hearing Shiki's words.

Shiki felt even more annoyed at the sight of Garp. Garp was one of the chief culprits behind his imprisonment there. "Hmph! If you and Sengoku hadn't joined forces back then, it wouldn't be certain who would have won!"

"What are you here for this time?"

"This is a grand gathering for pirates. Since all the strongest pirates in the New World have come, how could I possibly stay away? And although this is the stage for the World Government's World Conscription, it looks more like a place to choose the Pirate King now. Perhaps today will be the day I become the new Pirate King! Hahahaha!"

Boom!

"Waaahhh!" Shiki's ship suddenly exploded, leaving a