Shanks Wanted to Talk

Shanks glanced at the situation. Neither side had suffered any casualties yet; things were still under control and had not reached the point of fighting to the death.

But once Usopp died, everything would be completely different. Then they could only fight Oak to the death, because a life could only be repaid with a life!

However, he had not come to wage war against Oak today. He had merely wanted to have a proper talk with this "senior" who had survived from the previous era and possessed immense strength and influence. He just had not expected the other man to have such a terrible temper, attacking outright and going for the kill over just one or two remarks from Yasopp, which had escalated matters to this point.

Still, things had not reached their worst point. There was room to talk!

At least, that was what Shanks believed.

After thinking for a moment, he said,

"Senior Oak, I'm very sorry about what happened just now. We had no intention of offending you. It's just that Luffy has some ties to us, so Yasopp got a little worked up. He has been punished now as well, so could we let this matter end here?"

Shanks chose to back down. He had no choice but to do so. Setting aside the fact that he had not come here to start a war, Oak's strength alone was not something the Red-Hair Pirates could handle by themselves.

The man had driven back their entire crew with two punches while crippling one of their third-strongest fighters in the process. What was there to refuse?

The other members of the Red-Hair Pirates said nothing either. Though they usually appeared cheerful and indifferent about everything, they were actually filled with pride. The source of that pride was