19. Are You Worthy Of Asking Me To Give You Face?

"Rear Admiral Dylan, Today's Paper."

Dylan took the newspaper and glanced at it, his brows instantly furrowed.

"Donquixote Doflamingo Becomes King of Dressrosa".

Um? This flamingo...is this this year...

After rubbing his eyebrows, Dylan threw the newspaper aside.

Forget it, not everything can be taken care of in this current situation.

Seeing that the messenger hadn't gone out yet, Dylan was a little surprised: "Is there anything else?"

"And..." The messenger took out another newspaper: "It's from West Blue, and it seems to be related to Mr. Shiryu and the others."

"Shiryu?"

With Shiryu's strength, he should have no rivals in West Blue, so how could he be in the newspapers?

"The Red-Hair Pirates landed in the Kano Country and started a battle with a mysterious man, with the outcome unknown."

Dylan narrowed his eyes.

Red hair... Is one hand too much?

He picked up Shura from the table, put his head down over his shoulder, and told the messenger: "Tell Tom that I will be away for a few days and let him take care of the house."

"Yes!"

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West Blue, within the Kano Country.

"Ahem, you guy... you are so impulsive. 'Red-Haired' Shanks is not a good opponent."

Bell-mère leaned against the rock, looking sluggish.

Under the tree trunk opposite, Shiryu closed his eyes and ignored Bell-mère.

"Trouble...ahem..."

"Shut up, you idiot." Shiryu took a breath and interrupted Bell-mère: "If you didn't have to go to the Happo Navy to cause trouble, why would you be entangled by the red hair."

Bell-mère "chi"ed, took out a cigarette and lit it, but after just one puff, her injured lungs protested: "Ahem... Ahem... Happo Navy? These bandits... Forget it, the Den Den Mushi is broken now, we can only hope that little Dylan can realize our crisis."

The carefree Bell-mère put out her cigarette, closed her eyes, and looked extremely pale.

Shiryu raised his eyes and looked at the woman opposite.

I have to admit that although this woman is weak,...

The courage and fearlessness she displays in battle have earned Shiryu's respect.

Come on, Dylan.

This stupid woman can't hold on any longer...

In the distant woods, there was a "rustling" sound, and Shiryu forced himself to hold on to Raiu.

"Don't be nervous. We are CP members stationed in the Kano Country. We have been ordered to search for you two."

After recognizing the identity of the person, Shiryu breathed a sigh of relief and said to CP: "Have you brought a doctor? That woman..."

Opposite Shiryu, Bell-mère's head had fallen to the side, and her face had turned sallow.

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"Yes, according to the report from the Kano Country branch, Commander Bell-mère is seriously injured and can only barely maintain her vital signs at the moment."

Dylan hung in the air and looked at the Den Den Mushi coldly: "Don't talk so much nonsense to me, just tell me, will she die?"

CP0 was silent for a moment: "Not yet, but..."

"Use all the capabilities of your CP organization to send her to the Drum Kingdom as quickly as possible. Notify me when she arrives. If she dies on the way, you know the consequences."

CP0 did not refute, and said after a slight pause: "Okay."

"And!" Lightning flashed around Dylan's body: "Where is the 'Red-Hair's' ship? I want the specific location."

....

The border of the Flower Kingdom.

Red Hair Pirates - Red Force.

"Shanks..."

Benn Beckman looked at the injured Lucky Roux and then at the serious-faced captain.

Just yesterday, on their way to the "Great Glacier" in the Kano Country, they encountered Chinjao being chased by "Shiryu of the Rain".

Although the reason was not given, Shanks immediately went to help the "leader" Qingjiao.

During the fight between the two sides, Lucky Roux was hit by Shiryu's slash and was seriously injured, while Shiryu himself was also seriously injured by Shanks.

As for that woman... she was severely beaten by Yasopp, who was furious because his partner was injured.

"Shiryu of the Rain"... turns out to be that man's subordinate.

And that woman...

After learning the news through special channels, Shanks fell into silence.

Looking at the unconscious Lucky Roux in the cabin, Shanks' eyes flashed with determination.

No matter what, you can't give up on your companions!

"What is that..."

On the mast, the lookout's voice trembled.

Shanks and Benn Beckman seemed to sense something, looking into the distance with serious expressions.

On the distant sea, endless dark clouds wrapped in violent thunder were pressing towards Red Force's position.

The disaster-like scene stunned everyone on board.

When dark clouds covered the entire sky, an emotionless voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Who injured my subordinate?"

The members of the Red Hair Pirates looked at the figure slowly descending from the thundercloud, and some of the less physically fit crew members had fainted uncontrollably.

"Gu..."

The cadres gulped, this momentum was even more terrifying than before.

"No one answered?" Dylan drew out Shura. As soon as the red blade was exposed to the air, the bloody smell spread over the entire sea.

"Bang!"

Yasopp raised his gun. The bullet covered in Armament Haki flew towards Dylan's forehead instantly.

"It's me, how about it, you bastard Marine."

Shanks opened his mouth slightly, smiled bitterly, and then took out his sword - Gryphon.

"Get ready to fight and go all out!"

The bullet flew less than a meter away from Dylan's eyes and seemed to be held by invisible hands, and then fell into the sea.

"Very good..."

Suspended in the air, Dylan looked at the Red Hair Pirates on the sea.

The thunderclouds rolled, and the thunderclouds tangled and intertwined in the sky.

Even though everyone in the Red Hair Pirates tried their best to release Armament Haki, they still felt the hair on their bodies trembling and their skin numbing slightly.

"Logia Awakens..." Shanks' face darkened, and the black Conqueror's Haki instantly covered Gryphon.

"Kamusari!"

A huge slash shot into the sky and flew towards Dylan.

Faced with Roger's famous stunt and Shanks' powerful Conqueror's Haki, Dylan did not take it lightly.

"Judgment of Sin: Lifeless!"

Haki, which was slightly different from the red-haired one, wrapped around Shura's blade, and a Haki-infused slash with a strong smell of blood erupted from Shura's blade.

The moment the slashes collided, the thunderclouds in the sky were split into two.

Shanks on the boat and Dylan in the air both held their own weapons and poured power into them.

Bang bang!

Two gunshots were fired.

A blast from Yasopp's gun.

A shot from Benn Beckman's pistol.

Yasopp's bullet was ignored by Dylan, but Benn Beckman's bullet was wrapped around Conqueror's Haki.

"Son of a bitch!"

Dylan gritted his teeth, took Shura's hands and pressed them.

Two stalemate slashes broke out in the air, and the surrounding sea surged instantly, as if being cut off from all directions.

Dylan's figure flashed and disappeared instantly.

"Gone!?"

One cadre looked shocked.

Shanks, Benn Beckman, and Yasopp looked serious.

"No, not..."

The clouds that had been cut off by the slash gathered again, giving people the illusion that they had solidified.

And the thunder in it had become even more intense.

Violent thunder continued to hit the sea.

Red Force was like a helpless leaf floating in the thunder.

"Be careful!" Shanks' pupils shrank suddenly.

In the thundercloud, a giant figure with only one leg emerged.

"God's Palm!"

The shadow swooped down from the thundercloud, as if it were alive.

"Full defense!!!"

Boom!!!

As the sea collapsed, the crew members on the Red Force released their Haki to defend themselves against the ferocious beast in the sky.

"Puff!"

"Uh-huh~"

As the cadres fell to the ground, Shanks' hands began to shake.

This kind of power... already... already...

Just when Shanks' strength was about to run out, the lightning finally dimmed.

"Huh... Huh..." Shanks gasped and was about to speak.

A cadre who had not yet fallen to the ground screamed: "Yasopp!? Bastard Marine! How dare you..."

Yasopp, who was standing with everyone, had disappeared.

In the sky, Dylan pinched Yasopp's neck, and with the blessing of Armament Haki, the huge force squeezed Yasopp's throat until it made a "click" sound.

"Adams Dylan, give me..."

"Give it to your mother!"

Dylan looked at Shanks: "Who are you? Are you worthy of me giving you face?"

Snap!

Yasopp's neck bones were broken, and his body hung limply.

"Yasopp!!!"

"Yasopp!!!"

Dylan threw Yasopp's body onto the sea. As if he was still not satisfied, a bolt of thunder fell, and the body floating on the sea instantly turned into debris.

"You..." Shanks gasped, eyes blazing.

My buddy...

"Do you think you can leave? Akagami?"

The thunderclouds in the sky showed no signs of dissipating, and one could even faintly hear the roars of beasts in the thunderclouds.

Pere~Pere~Pere~Pere~.

The blue Den Den Mushi rang, and Dylan hung up impatiently.

Pere~Pere~Pere~Pere~.

"Oh shit!"

Dylan answered and looked at the blond Five Elders.

"Adams Dylan, stop it. The person who attacked your subordinates has been executed, so let's stop it. Akagami Shanks cannot die now, balance..."

"Without this Akagami, there would still be Kurogami, Shirogami, Midogami, whatever nonsense in the sea. After killing him, there will be balance!"

Dylan stared at the Den Den Mushi, refusing to give in.

"You know in your heart that this is not the case. And this man is different from other great pirates. Adams Dylan, this is what Lord 'Im' means."

The other party didn't hide it and directly said "Im"'s name.

Dylan stared at the Den Den Mushi.

What does it mean!? 

Stop pretending!? Showdown!? 

Do you know that I know about Im's existence?

How do you know that? The identity of my time traveler is exposed!?

"As compensation, Mariejois will grant you the additional rank of Vice Admiral and compensate you with a Devil Fruit. You know, Mariejois's fruits are all of those legendary varieties."

A sense of crisis surged into his heart, and Dylan was shocked.

Wrong!

Even though I can't predict the future like Katakuri can with my Observation Haki.

But with Sky Island's unique "Heart Network" training method, it is absolutely impossible to hide the movements within a few kilometers or even a dozen kilometers around you.

How the hell did the Five Elders know that they had killed Yasopp, so they took the opportunity to call?

Is that it?

Im?

"Good..."

Dylan looked at the Den Den Mushi.

Mariejois just breathed a sigh of relief when Dylan's voice sounded again.

"It's a tie this time, but only this time."

The Five Elders were silent and seemed to acquiesce to this statement.

Looking at the broken Red Force on the sea, Dylan's eyes flashed fiercely.

But in the end, he endured it.

Im...

Where did this guy come from?

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