Shanks: I'm Really Looking Forward to It!

In the New World, on a remote island!

A red pirate ship was docked here, and its captain was an old acquaintance of Mislanda's!

Red-Hair Shanks!

At that moment, Shanks sat by the shore, reading the newspaper he had just received!

The newspaper was reporting on the events at Slave Prison!

"Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha!"

Shanks suddenly burst into laughter, unable to stop himself from clapping both hands!

That was right, Shanks still had both arms at this point. He had yet to encounter that fish in the East Blue!

Hearing Shanks's hearty laughter, his crew gathered around, wanting to see what had Red-Hair so excited!

Not long ago, the Red Hair Pirates had run into trouble and had spent many exhausting days sailing nonstop.

Only after landing on this deserted island had they finally found the time to read the newspaper!

"Is this for real? Something like this actually happened recently!"

Seeing the news that Slave Prison had been destroyed, everyone in the Red Hair Pirates was stunned!

"Dark King Rayleigh's son, huh!"

A nostalgic look appeared on Shanks's face.

"Mislanda, I really miss those days!"

"Boys, bring out all the good liquor! We're holding a banquet! Drink your fill!"

At that moment, Red-Hair felt nothing but exhilaration!

He believed that Mislanda would enter the New World before long. Perhaps Mislanda would even compete with him!

He was really looking forward to it!

Thinking of this, another person appeared in Shanks's mind.

Buggy!

Ever since they had parted ways in Loguetown, Shanks had never seen Buggy again. He had heard that Buggy had formed a pirate crew in the East Blue, but had never entered the Grand Line.

"Sigh, Buggy, I wonder when the three of us will be able to sit down and drink together again!"

It was not just the Red Hair Pirates. Another pirate crew in a distant sea was also shocked at that moment!

This pirate crew was the greatest pirate crew in the world today, as well as one of the rulers of the New World—the Whitebeard Pirates!

Their captain, Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, had once been someone who rivaled Roger!

"Gurararara!"

Whitebeard picked up his enormous sake bowl and took a huge gulp.

"Rayleigh, I never expected your son to be so insane!"

As he spoke, Whitebeard recalled some events from the past.

A red-haired brat and a red-nosed brat had once shouted that they would take his head.

And behind those two children stood an even younger child!

At the thought of that, Whitebeard laughed again before continuing to drink.

"The seas are getting more and more interesting, brat. I'm really looking forward to meeting you!"

Just as Whitebeard was enjoying himself, someone in an inconspicuous corner of the deck was glaring at the newspaper through gritted teeth!

The fury and madness in his eyes could not be concealed!

Marshall D. Teach!

"Damn it, damn it, damn it...!"

Teach furiously tore the newspaper in his hand to shreds!

"Why? Why was he able to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit? Why?!"

Teach was an out-and-out ambitious man, and he had always been waiting for an opportunity.

He had waited more than ten years for this opportunity. He had even begged Whitebeard to take him in as a son!

Long ago, Teach had read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. He had immediately set his sights on the Dark-Dark Fruit and searched for it for years!

But now, the Dark-Dark Fruit had appeared, yet someone had already eaten it!

And the person who had eaten it was so powerful. This made Teach burn with envy, jealousy, and hatred!

That was the person he believed he should have been!

"I'll kill you! I'll definitely kill you!"

Looking at the shredded newspaper, Teach's face was filled with madness!

He had to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit!

Thousand Peaks Island, the island where Rayleigh and Shakky had arranged to meet.

It was an uninhabited island covered in countless small peaks, still a long way from the Sabaody Archipelago!

At dawn, Mislanda brought Rayleigh here and met up with Shakky, Hancock, and the others!

Seeing Hancock sprinting toward him, Mislanda opened his arms and caught her.

At the same time, Mislanda sighed inwardly.

He had originally decided to part ways directly and head to the North Blue alone.

But Rayleigh still needed to be brought here!

"Alright, alright, get down!"

Mislanda patted Hancock's back and had her unwrap her legs from his waist.

After comforting Hancock for a while, Mislanda released Susanoo and Xiaobi.

"These are my subordinate and my pet, Susanoo and Xiaobi!"

Their performance in the battle against Garp and the others had been outstanding, and Rayleigh had witnessed it all.

Even now, Rayleigh believed that Mislanda had brought these two out of the prison.

"Susanoo, go cook!"

Mislanda ordered.

"Yes!"

Aside from combat, Susanoo had mastered the preparation of thousands of delicacies.

Then, under Rayleigh and the others' astonished gazes, Susanoo quickly got to work.

After a flurry of activity, a huge table full of dishes appeared before everyone.

Rayleigh: ...

Shakky: ...

Granny Nyon: ...

That fast?

After eating and drinking their fill, Mislanda prepared to leave.

"Though there aren't any particularly powerful people in the North Blue, you still need to be careful!"

Rayleigh warned.

With Mislanda's current strength, he could easily dominate the North Blue, but it was better to be safe than sorry!

If Garp happened to chase him to the North Blue, it would still be somewhat dangerous!

"Don't worry, I know!"

Then Mislanda looked at Hancock.

Rayleigh and Shakky immediately took the others away, leaving the place to the two of them.

"I'm really leaving this time. Don't miss me too much!"

Mislanda remembered that lovesickness seemed to have deeply affected every generation of Amazon Lily's empresses!

Leaving everything else aside, both Shakky and Granny Nyon had suffered from it, and both had left Amazon Lily because of it.

"But I'll miss you, Mislanda!"

Hancock said with tears in her eyes.

Mislanda already had a solution for that.

"System, exchange for two smartphones. They need internet access, video calls, and solar charging!"

[Ding! Two smartphones, capable of video calls from anywhere in the world. Charge for five minutes, talk for two hours. Solar charging supported!]

[Exchange successful. One thousand Strongest Points deducted!]

"Deduct them, deduct them. It's not like I have much left anyway!"

Mislanda originally had 3,200 points. He had spent one thousand to exchange for a storage ring for Hancock, and now he had used another thousand!

It hurt!

Then, two smartphones appeared in Mislanda's hands!

"Here, take it. I'll teach you how to use it!"

Ten minutes later, Hancock understood how to use it and stored it in her ring.

After a long kiss, Mislanda left!

But not long after he left, the smartphone began to vibrate.

After he answered it, Hancock's pretty face appeared on the screen.

"Mislanda, I miss you!"

Mislanda: ...