Chapter 315 Red Hair Arrives

Red Hair and White Beard are old friends for many years.

Although they don't meet often, Red Hair knows a little about White Beard's physical condition. When he saw him again, Red Hair looked a little surprised:

"White Beard, your illness..."

"Gulala Lala~ Are you surprised?"

"This is all thanks to the 'Dimensional Pirates'. Come, Shanks, let me introduce you to these new friends."

White Beard laughed his signature laugh, then put his arm around Red Hair's shoulders and came to Uchiha Hikaru and his party, introducing them one by one in a very serious manner.

There is a reason for this seriousness.

If at the beginning, White Beard looked up to Uchiha Hikaru and Esdeath because of their strength that was no less than that of the Four Emperors, and because of Yamato's identity buff as "Ace's friend".

Then now, his attitude towards the "Dimensional Pirates" is sincere admiration and gratitude -

Although the "Demonization Potion 2.0" is still in the clinical trial stage.

But Kikyo and Tamayo had already performed two surgeries on Whitebeard, removed several tumors and other lesions, and also used the "purifying light". After these treatments, several of Whitebeard's long-standing illnesses were relieved to varying degrees, and his physical condition was much better than before, and even his complexion showed obvious differences.

Theoretically, as long as this set of treatments is used for a few more rounds, although Whitebeard's condition cannot be completely cured, at least he will live another three to five years.

This result surprised and delighted Whitebeard.

He even had the urge to adopt Kikyo and Tamayo as his daughters.

Of course...

They were all rejected.

Kikyo has always been a pure and independent character. After experiencing the dramatic changes fifty years ago and "resurrection from the dead", she looked down on family affection and had no idea of ​​finding another family for herself, so she tactfully rejected Whitebeard's proposal.

And Tamayo...

"Sorry, although it may sound a bit unbelievable, I am actually over 300 years old and no longer a young person. Being your daughter... is a bit inappropriate."

Tamayo said this in an apologetic tone.

"?"

Whitebeard was a little confused.

From his perspective, it was hard to imagine that Miss Tamayo, a woman who looked only 20 or 30 years old at most, was actually over hundreds of years old.

--Moreover, this "hundreds of years old" did not mean lying in a coffin like Uchiha Hikaru, but really experienced hundreds of thousands of days and nights. If the generations were arranged by physical age, Miss Tamayo would be more than enough to be the grandmother of the entire Whitebeard Group and even the "Dimension Pirate Group".

Back to reality.

Red Hair listened to Whitebeard's introduction and looked at Uchiha Hikaru and others hesitantly, seeming a little surprised at their age and gender - "pirates" of this age are rare in themselves, and apart from Boa Hancock's Nine Snakes Pirates, it is rare to see so many girls in this sea - but he still greeted them politely:

"It turns out to be Captain Bulma and Vice Captain Uchiha Hikaru... Nice to meet you."

"Are you Shanks?"

Bulma looked Red Hair up and down: "Looks pretty handsome, but a little old."

"......?"

Born in Roger's era, Red Hair is already 37 years old at this point.

Although this age is almost two and a half generations younger than the other three Four Emperors on average, it can no longer be said to be very young.

Compared with Bulma, Uchiha Hikaru's focus is mainly on Red Hair's height.

At 1.99 meters, he can be regarded as a rare "normal person" on this sea.

Wait until the polite part is over.

Esdeath exhaled lightly and spoke calmly: "Hey, I heard that you are the 'Emperor of the Sea' who is as famous as Kaido and Whitebeard?"

"Huh?"

Red Hair subconsciously wanted to be modest: "It's just a false name that others talk about, not worth mentioning..."

"Come on, fight with me."

Esdeath raised her hands, moved her wrists and neck, and her eyes showed her eagerness to fight: "I have already experienced the strength of Kaido and Whitebeard, and you are the three 'Emperors'. I can feel that your strength should be good. Come on, let me see what kind of realm is the pinnacle of this sea."

"...Huh?"

...

If the four emperors are ranked according to their comprehensive strength, it is hard to say where Shanks ranks, but he is definitely not the first.

But...

If the ranking standard is changed to domineering cultivation...

Then Red Hair is undoubtedly the first.

Even the peak Whitebeard in his youth would probably find it difficult to beat him.

As Roger's adopted son and the only one among the Four Emperors who has not eaten a devil fruit, his observation Haki is almost on par with the former, and he can "see" and "hear" the future for a period of time in an instant, and respond accordingly.

- For example, in the original plot, he rushed to take action before Kidd's fruit awakened and destroyed his entire fleet with one sword.

In terms of Conqueror Haki, Red Hair also cultivated a powerful skill called "God Avoidance" that combines swordsmanship and Conqueror Haki.

As for now...

"This is..."

Before Esdeath could freeze the sea, the red-haired man seemed to have foreseen something. He suddenly turned around and looked at the latter with a shocked expression: "You actually... have this kind of ability. What is your relationship with Aokiji?" ?”

"Huh? Are you talking about the admiral?"

Esdeath raised an eyebrow.

She was very familiar with the name Qing Pheasant.

Before entering the pirate world, I had heard Yamato mention it, and after coming here, I had heard it frequently from Drought Jack, Photo King, and the White Beard Group. For this person who is said to be very similar to me in terms of abilities and fighting style...

Esdeath was curious.

"Yes."

The red-haired face looked solemn: "There are indeed devil fruits with similar abilities in the world, but fruits under the same system will inevitably follow a mutually exclusive relationship... But Miss Esdeath's ability seems to be similar to that of Aokiji. It's so similar. If I hadn't seen the whereabouts of Aokiji not long ago, I might have thought that you had obtained the 'frozen fruit' ability from him."

"Yeah?"

Esdeath's eyes narrowed slightly: "Do you know where the guy named Aokiji is?"

"So be it."

"So...can you tell me his location? I'm very curious about his existence."