CP's paradise / CP9's paradise

Red-Haired Shanks said gravely.

"So what?"

Whitebeard replied coolly.

"Call him back. You may have misjudged that man named Blackbeard!"

As he spoke, Shanks's expression grew more solemn.

"That seems to be none of your business!"

Whitebeard's reply was cold.

Then he slowly rose to his feet, looking down at the one-armed man before him.

"Seeing you reminds me of the wound that still aches!"

"You want to meddle in the Whitebeard Pirates' affairs? Do you think becoming one of the Four Emperors gives you that right?"

"You apprentice brat from Roger's ship!"

Shanks remained serious and stood firm. "Ace will lose to Blackbeard!"

"That may be the prelude to a massive upheaval in the world!"

Whitebeard paid no heed to those words—or rather, he did not believe them. After a loud laugh, his eyes abruptly turned cold.

"I've already told you!"

"The Whitebeard Pirates' affairs are none of your concern!"

The moment he finished speaking, he swung his naginata, Murakumogiri.

Space collapsed, and a fierce gust blasted toward Shanks's face.

Shanks's eyes flashed. The Cane Sword at his waist whipped out of its sheath to meet the blow.

Boom!

In an instant, the two blades collided, and the entire Moby Dick shuddered.

Their clothes snapped and billowed in the wind. Above their heads, lightning suddenly flashed through the cloud-covered sky, splitting it in two.

"Even the sky's been split!"

A pirate looked up and cried out in terror.

Marco, Jozu, and the others watched the two men clash with grave expressions. They had seen this sight before.

But that man had long since vanished from the world.

Whoooosh!

A fierce wind swept over the Moby Dick.

Suddenly, Whitebeard withdrew his blade and stood still, staring at the red-haired man before him.

"If that's all you came for, you can