Seeing who had arrived, Luffy immediately shouted at Shanks, "Shanks!" He even tried to leave Bartolomeo's barrier to go catch up with him.
But Bartolomeo stopped him. "Luffy, do you want to distract Boss Liu Qing? That battle over there isn't something we can get involved in."
What a joke. In a battle at that level, going over there would just mean serving yourself up on a platter.
Zoro nodded too, urging him, "Yeah, Luffy. If you want to catch up, wait until their battle is over."
The others felt the same way and all stopped Luffy.
Hearing Luffy's voice, Shanks looked toward him. After offering a greeting, he turned his attention to the two towering figures fighting.
Once again, he spoke in a commanding tone. "You two, do me a favor. If you still want to fight, we Red Hair Pirates will take you on."
Kaido, who had paused, heard Shanks and blurted out, "Holy shit! Some dumbass is trying to get people killed! Run!" With that, he warned his subordinates and took off toward their pirate ship.
Watching Kaido flee so quickly, everyone was utterly bewildered.
Just then, a shockwave from the battle blew a newspaper reporting Liu Qing's battle with Kaido right in front of Sengoku. Looking at the ten-thousand-meter Buddha in the newspaper, the Resourceful General immediately realized what had just occurred to Kaido.
His mind went blank. He mechanically looked at the insufferably arrogant Red Hair Pirates, who had come to stop the fight, then instantly snapped out of it and cursed at Red-Hair and the others. "Fuck! You dumbass! You're getting yourself and everyone else killed!"
Then he looked at the Marine soldiers and shouted, "All Marines, evacuate immediately! Kuzan, lead the way and freeze the sea! That bastard Bullet merged our ships into