Warships Attack!

Shanks became a pirate and worked hard to become one of the Four Emperors not because his ambition was so great, but because he wanted Roger's Great Pirate Era to reach its peak. He wanted to become a role model for all rising pirates, instilling in them the belief that as long as they worked hard, they could become great pirates. Luffy was the clearest example. Wasn't young Luffy influenced by Shanks, striving relentlessly toward the goal of becoming the Pirate King? And when Shanks saved Luffy, he had willingly sacrificed his left arm. The creature that bit it off had merely been a sea beast, not even worthy of being called a Sea King—something Shanks could have defeated with ease. Yet he had still given his arm to that beast, all to make Luffy more resolute in carrying out his ideals. If Shanks had aspired to become the Pirate King himself, he would never have done such a thing. Even if he had wanted to save Luffy, he could have done so easily without deliberately losing an arm.

No, rather than saying he had deliberately thrown away an arm, it was better to say that he had wagered that arm on the new generation. That was Shanks's philosophy, as well as his dream. But now, he believed Li was more suited to lead this era—not only because of Li's strength, but because Shanks valued Li's domineering spirit, that arrogance which did not place the World Government in his eyes at all. That was the greatest reason Shanks had decided to make Li his future captain.

Benn Beckman said nothing. The main reason he had followed Shanks in the first place was because he approved of Shanks's ideals, so now he had no reason to oppose Shanks's decision. Though he