"Golden Lion, you want to stay out of this too?"
Shane stood atop Skull Mountain.
His enormous figure seemed to hold up heaven and earth for everyone in the Dragon Emperor Pirates.
How could he allow a giant lion to circle overhead!
"Shane! You dare!"
Shiki held far too many advantages, especially as the Governor of the Flying Pirate Crew.
He commanded dozens of pirate crews long renowned in the New World, along with several capable officers of his own.
And his Float-Float Fruit let his entire fleet go wherever he pleased.
Under normal circumstances, the Marines were simply unwilling to go to war with Golden Lion. It meant heavy, unnecessary losses, and more importantly, almost no one could stop him if he wanted to escape.
Thus.
Even if he watched the fighting from the sidelines, they could only turn a blind eye.
What no one had expected was that Shane thought otherwise.
He had let Golden Lion hang overhead like a sword all this time solely for this moment, so he could make him serve as a fallback.
He would drag the Flying Pirate Crew into the battlefield!
Let's see how you keep watching from the sidelines now!
Hoping to swoop in and scoop up the spoils when both sides were battered? Dream on!
"Shiki!"
"My turf isn't something you can meddle with whenever you please!"
"From today onward, the entire New World will know that I, Shane, must never be provoked!"
Darkness emerged from Shane's body.
The familiar power sent a flicker of disgust through Golden Lion Shiki.
"You lunatic!"
"Rocks really did give it to you!"
"I should have captured you too after leaving God Valley!"
Golden Lion gazed at that dark aura.
Remembering how Rocks had countered him back then left him irritated.
It had been