One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

In the blink of an eye, seventeen days passed quickly.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and rumbling thunder lurked in the clouds, like the roar of a wild beast, adding a sense of oppression to the sea.

A majestic giant ship is moving quickly on the stormy sea. A flag is hung on the stern, fluttering in the fierce sea breeze. The words "ROCKS" are printed on the surface of the flag, and the "O" is replaced by a burning skull, which brings an extreme sense of oppression and despair, causing countless enemies to flee when they see the flag from afar.

Rocks stood on the bow, his arms folded across his chest, looking straight ahead with a cold gaze. A wide cloak fluttered in the raging wind.

"Oh my god, it's going to rain soon."

He looked up at the gray clouds and muttered.

The Golden Lion's fleet is not only huge in scale, but each ship is as big as a naval warship. In order to prevent anyone from disrupting their deal, an ambush has probably been set up near Baihu Island. Therefore, Rocks has already prepared himself mentally for a naval battle with them.

The key factor that determines the outcome of a naval battle is undoubtedly the weather. Even if the two sides have a huge gap in combat power, violent weather may completely overturn everything.

Luck sometimes determines completely different outcomes.

"Stussy."

Without even turning his head, Rocks said calmly, "Have you tried those things?"

"That's natural, Mr. Rocks~"

The charming woman sitting on the side of the ship with her legs crossed said with a smile, "A small 'armor-piercing shell' has the destructive power to penetrate even seastone. After my processing, the power is five times greater than before. This time I used a lot of my savings to process more than a hundred shells. It is basically no problem to sink those warships~"

"Hahahaha! So I just need to bombard them like crazy, right? I like to do things that don't require any brains!"

Rocks grinned, "I will consider giving you half of the treasure after the matter is completed."

"Oh, if you say so, I have no choice but to accept it!"

"Humph, you are so shameless. Don't you think about how many times you have failed along the way?"

Hearing this sarcastic remark, Stussy turned around and looked at the white-haired woman who was leaning one hand against the pillar, and said with a disdainful smirk: "Why? Are you jealous? You might as well throw the snake out and use it as a cannonball to deal with the battleship, but I think the effect will be minimal."

Guroliosa said unhappily, "You keep boasting about your inventions, but who can guarantee that they will work just as well in actual combat? If something goes wrong at a critical moment, who will be responsible? We don't have time to be your sacrifice!"

Stussy was touched in the sore spot, and her face turned red with anger. She shouted angrily: "Anyway, it's much better than a vase like you who is just for show!"

"...I've had enough."

Before she finished speaking, Guloliosa's figure disappeared from the spot. Stussy's heart trembled, and she suddenly raised her right leg wrapped in armed color. With a "clang", Guloliosa appeared in front of her again. The long snake around his waist was caught in her right hand, covered with a layer of domineering, stretched into a straight cane, and collided with Stussy's knee, and the situation was immediately deadlocked.

"Tsk!"

Stusi only felt the force and heaviness of this move, his legs felt slightly sore and numb, and if he continued, his bones would be in danger of breaking at any time. He struggled to block the opponent's snake staff, did a few backflips and landed steadily.

"You little girl need to be taught a lesson!"

Guroliosa stretched out his snake staff and shook it quickly a few times. The flat snake head opened its mouth and sprayed a bunch of silver needles, which shot towards Stusi. Seeing the rapid force, Stusi turned sideways to avoid the hidden weapons. Rows of silver needles fell on the deck, and the area was immediately charred black, and green gas came out with a "hissing" sound.

"It seems like it's not just about talking~"

Stussy smiled charmingly, parted her cherry lips and licked her tongue. Her pointed teeth gradually grew out, and a pair of jet-black wings stretched out from her back. When she was about to move forward to fight, a figure suddenly inserted himself in the middle of them. He held a huge naginata in his hand, stood still on the deck, and said coldly, "Stop it, we're about to fight, this is not the place for you to make trouble!"

His words seemed to be full of powerful force, shocking the two girls. Stussy retracted the wings behind him, a drop of cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and he forced a smile and said, "I understand. You don't have to be so fierce, Newgate!"

Newgate glanced at her and ignored her. He turned his head to the other side and asked sullenly, "Guroliosa, what do you say? You were the one who started this!"

Guroliosa had never seen Newgate so angry before. She felt scared and took a few steps back involuntarily, but she still looked unconvinced. "I... I'm just worried that things won't go as smoothly as she said! Think about it, if that guy Ski has also thought of a countermeasure in advance and attacks us by surprise, then even if the shells are powerful, they may not be effective!"

Newgate's expression softened after hearing her explanation, and he slowly said, "Leave this matter to Rocks. He is not the kind of guy who does things without careful consideration. For now, you should just get along well. Each of you is indispensable to the pirate group."

"It is unacceptable for me to get along with such a woman..."

Guroliosa said with difficulty, "But since you said so, there's no point in having a meaningless argument with her."

"For Newgate's sake, I won't bother with you about what happened just now."

Seeing that they were no longer fighting, Newgate shrugged helplessly, walked to the bow, held his forehead and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have brought them here."

Rocks ignored the two girls' argument, still looking at the surging waves, with a smile on his face: "It's not entirely your fault. Although it's well known that the two of them are incompatible, if they can find a suitable opportunity, the combination of the two may unleash unexpected power. This is why I brought them on the expedition!"

"That's a bit of a perfunctory excuse. Their relationship can't be repaired in a short time."

"That's impossible to say."

Rocks turned around and looked at Newgate meaningfully, "Isn't that the case between you and me?"

Newgate was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered a long-forgotten past event. A trace of smile emerged from the corner of his mouth: "If it weren't for the fact that you beat up the slave trader, I wouldn't look at you kindly."

"By the way, that kid seems unusually quiet today."

Rocks is like, "Based on his usual personality, he would have definitely come out to join in the fun just now."

"Who knows."

Newgate glanced towards the cabin at the rear and said nonchalantly, "I heard that today is a very important day for him. Maybe he wants to be quiet."

"Today..."

Rocks looked up at the sky, lost in thought for a moment, and murmured, "It happened to be the day when the Woka Kingdom was wiped out."

"..."

In the dim room, Kaido sat alone at the table in the corner, playing with an old silver coin in his right hand boredly, his eyes staring blankly ahead, as if he was thinking about something.

"Hey, you're here, don't you want to go out and enjoy the sea breeze?" Uno walked over with his hands behind his back, his tone still as cordial as ever.

"No, I'm not in the mood."

Kaido responded with a dull tone, still continuing his movements, "Just call me when we're almost there."

"You are always particularly depressed on this day every year."

Uno walked to the table, pointed at the silver coin and asked curiously, "And I always see you holding this. Its original owner must be a very important person to you, right?"

"You really got it right."

Kaido smiled bitterly and placed the silver coin in his palm, then said slowly and forcefully, "That man is like my father. He has taken great care of me. It can be said that without him, I would not be who I am today."

At this point, his eyes suddenly revealed a look of pain, and his tone became hurried, "But, he betrayed me at the most critical moment, and teamed up with the King to sell me to the World Government!"

As he said that, he threw the silver coin in his hand with force. It fell to the ground with a "pa" sound, but there was no damage on the surface of the silver coin.

Uno was a little nervous when he saw him do this for the first time. He carefully picked up the silver coins on the ground, put them on the table, and asked calmly, "Have you ever thought about going back for revenge?"

Kaido realized his mistake, coughed twice and continued, "The first time I escaped from the navy ship, I rushed back there day and night, but when I returned to the Kingdom of Woka, I found that it had become a wasteland, with dead bodies everywhere. I searched the entire country, even the body of that bastard king, but I couldn't find his body."

"I see. No wonder the Woka Kingdom was destroyed..."

Uno lowered his head and thought, then said, "Have you ever thought that he was not killed, but escaped from the country in advance?"

"Of course I have thought of this possibility. With his ability, he would never die here."

Kaido said in a negative tone, "Since then, I have been looking for his traces everywhere on the sea, and even went to several prison ships to collect intelligence, but still found nothing... One day, I really want to ask him why he betrayed me that day!"

"Some things don't need a reason. Just someone's whim can cause countless people to fall into tragedy."

Uno looked at him with a half-smile, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes, "Although I don't know your specific situation, I advise you not to think the best of others, even if he is your relative."

"...You are right."

Kaido put the silver coin on the table into his inner pocket and said with a complicated look, "So sometimes I also think, I hope I don't meet him again."