One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 431 4th Emperor "Red Hair" Shanks

"Last year, a fierce battle broke out in the waters of Beehive Island in the New World. A fierce conflict broke out between 'Red Hair' Shanks and 'Five Peaks Captain' Wang Zhi. The Five Peaks Pirates fell apart, and the 'Red Hair Pirates' ascended to the throne of the Four Emperors."

"At that time, our reporters followed this war that attracted worldwide attention throughout the entire process and reported on it as soon as possible."

"Now, it has been a whole year since Shanks became one of the Four Emperors. Unfortunately, he refused to be interviewed by our reporter. Now, let us review the scene at that time..."

New World, an uninhabited island.

The Red Hair Pirates sat around the campfire.

Of course, there is no condition for them to watch the news on such a deserted island, but they can still "listen" to the news.

"Boss," said the plump Lucky Lu, chewing a chicken leg, "why don't you want to be interviewed by Mr. Profek?"

"Lu," Shanks sat on a protruding rock, "that guy now is an extremely dangerous existence..."

Different from those guys who enjoy the "bonuses" brought by technological progress and commercial development, Shanks is a "far-sighted" pirate. Over the years, he has been maintaining the fragile "balance" on the sea, and even secretly maintained a cooperative relationship with the World Government for this purpose.

Last year, the large-scale conflict between Shanks and Wang Zhi was not caused by Shanks coveting the position of the Four Emperors and thus challenging Wang Zhi as the outside world speculated.

But it was because he received news that the "Sisterhood" and the "Five Peaks Pirates", both of which are also the "Four Emperors", were about to launch an all-out decisive battle among the Four Emperors.

Feng Ziyu formally asked Profek to fulfill the promise he made more than ten years ago. The latter agreed and gathered all the top combat forces under "Dawn" to prepare for a decisive battle with the Five Peaks Pirates in conjunction with the Sisterhood.

The last battle of the Four Emperors was the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates. At that time, Shanks was still relatively weak and did not have a deep understanding of the sea. In addition, Uncle Oden's revenge made him participate in it, and he also personally witnessed the serious consequences of the fall of a "Four Emperors".

Fortunately, the "Sisterhood" rose rapidly afterwards, and Feng Ziyu replaced Kaido with an overwhelming combat advantage and became the new "Sea Emperor". However, the "throne vacancy" for about a year had already shown the cruelty of the chaotic sea. At the same time, the seriously injured Whitebeard's deterrent power to the pirates was greatly reduced, resulting in pirates coveting the throne of the Four Emperors and the territory of the New World, adding a lot of competition.

Shanks didn't want to see the crisis of that year happen again.

He first went to Wano Country in person and found Prophik to explain the pros and cons.

But Profik didn't seem to care about the "balance" on the sea at all. On the contrary, he told Shanks righteously that when they were dealing with the Beasts Pirates, they had made an agreement with Feng Ziyu that in the future the sisters would fight the Five Peaks Pirates, and Profik himself and "Dawn" must help.

If Shanks wants to stop this war, he has to convince Feng Ziyu to stop.

"Faithfulness" is also something that pirates value very much. Facing Proficient, Shanks had nothing to say. He could only turn to the territory belonging to the sisterhood.

The "Sisterhood" is not friendly to men. Even the quasi-"ally" of many years, Profek, has never been invited to board their flagship "Sisters All Over the World". In addition, Xue Wuhen herself has a deep hatred with the Five Peaks Pirates. It is wishful thinking to want to persuade the Sisterhood to stop fighting with the "Way of Balance".

As a result, Shanks was rejected again by Feng Ziyu.

The final result was that Shanks made up his mind and decided to become one of the Four Emperors and maintain the balance on the sea himself.

He led his officers, along with his old friend Mihawk, to avoid the affiliated pirate groups under his command, and together they broke directly into the nest of the Gobong Pirates, Beehive Island, and killed Wang Zhi by surprise.

The two sides fought immediately, and the fight was so fierce that it was dark. Shanks challenged Wang Zhi alone, Mihawk faced Xu Weixue and Xu Hai, uncle and nephew, Beckman faced Ye Zongman, Laki Lu faced Xie He, and the rest of the cadres entangled Fang Tingzhu and the eight warriors.

Most of the Beehive Island was destroyed, and even the iconic giant skull on the island was cut in half by the sword energy.

Shanks' crew members are all elite among the elite, but they can't stand up to the large number of the "Five Peaks Pirates". Wang Zhi himself is a genuine "Four Emperors". Although his strength has declined due to his age, he still fights Shanks on equal terms. In addition, his subordinate pirate groups rushed back from overseas, and suddenly, the Red Hair Pirates were in crisis.

At the critical moment, it was Shanks' domineering Haki that made a breakthrough, defeating Wang Zhi and averting danger.

Even though he became one of the Four Emperors, it doesn't mean that everything is fine.

Shanks could feel that beneath the seemingly balanced system of the Four Emperors, the Navy, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea, there were huge risks.

Originally, the collapse of this system had to wait until the "Great Evil Generation" entered the New World and the Four Emperors fell one by one. In addition, the Revolutionary Army challenged the World Government, and the world situation gradually went out of control.

But now, Shanks could feel that the problem was vaguely with the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Although they were called the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they had never gathered all seven of them in recent years. The positions of these five veteran Seven Warlords, Profek, Moriah, Crocodile, Jinbe, and Mihawk, had always been quite stable.

However, the sixth and seventh candidates have been difficult to determine. Doflamingo once ascended to the throne of the Seven Warlords of the Sea with his strength and conspiracy, but soon disappeared. Later, the government finally filled the manpower, but two days ago, news came out that a "fire fist" kid defeated a Seven Warlords of the Sea and even fought with "Sea Knight" Jinbei.

It is said that the kid also wants to challenge "White Beard"!

Among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the one who is closest to the government, has the best reputation, and is the most honest and upright is undoubtedly Profek.

But Shanks always felt that this man was far more "dangerous" to the world situation than any other pirate. Even the Revolutionary Army, which had been "thriving" in recent years, did not give him such a dangerous feeling.

As a pirate, Proficient expanded his business all over the world.

One third of Marinford's military expenditure comes from "funding" from Wano Country, and all the large bases of the navy have Dawn's industries.

Ninety percent of the world's coating work is handled by "Shampoo and Fishman Island Coating Co., Ltd." under Dawn.

Seventy percent of the large shipbuilding industry belongs to Tom's Workshop, which is headquartered in Wano Country. Of the remaining 25%, at least 10% is the snail ship training and manufacturing process monopolized by the Germa Kingdom. Even the World Government and the Navy Headquarters have purchased most of their new warships from Wano Country in recent years.

Ninety-nine percent of the Den Den Mushi on the market are produced by Vinsmoke-Dawn Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Perfumes and building materials from Alabasta, pearls, corals, and desserts from Fishman Island, wood from Vera, fruits from Star Island, minerals from Wano Country, weapons from Germa, medicines from Drum Island, fine varieties from Greenbit, unique ingredients from Boeing Islands, herbs from Bird Kingdom, and food brands from the Gourmet Capital...

These world-famous products are all closely related to Proficient.

All high-tech industries, including genetic engineering in cooperation with the Germa Kingdom, pharmaceutical technology in cooperation with the Drum Kingdom, and weather forecasting systems in cooperation with Sky Island Visalia, can be said to be closely related to Prophik, except for the scientific forces of the World Government and the mysterious scientists of the Revolutionary Army.

Shanks is not in a high position like the Five Elders, but he sees things more clearly. Profek's ideas have profoundly changed the world in the past ten years, and Dawn has almost become the fifth powerful force that cannot be ignored in addition to the World Government, the New World Pirates, the Kingdoms of various places, and the Revolutionary Army.

As long as he wants, he can plunge the entire ocean into turmoil at any time!

Shanks looked out at the blue sea. Captain Roger created the "Great Pirate Era" with his life, hoping for the birth of a new era. He, Shanks, worked hard to maintain the world situation, just to wait for the arrival of the "Child of Destiny".

He found...

East China Sea, Windmill Village, that boy.

For this reason, the already famous pirate was willing to have his arm cut off by the king of the coastal sea, in order to plant the dream of becoming "Pirate King" deep in his young heart.

But is there really still enough time?

Witnessing the rapid changes in the sea, Shanks began to doubt Captain Roger's judgment for the first time.

"Luffy...you better come faster!"