“No, stop, Rocks!”
Whitebeard stood tall, his chest heaving, and streaks of blood flowed down his muscular physique.
Although he had suffered some superficial wounds, his aura was in no way inferior to his opponent’s.
Rocks, on the other hand, breathed steadily, completely unharmed, with only his cloak damaged.
Newgate couldn’t help but sigh, realizing his combat talent was still far weaker than the original Whitebeard’s.
If the original Whitebeard had been in control, he couldn’t guarantee a decisive victory, but a draw would definitely have been possible.
In the original work, he was hailed as the “Living Legend,” a man whose name could stop crying infants, and was publicly acknowledged as the “Worlds Strongest Man”—Whitebeard.
During the Marineford War, in his twilight years, he overpowered many top Marine forces!
He sustained 267 sword wounds, 152 bullet wounds, and 46 cannonball impacts!
Facing the relentless attacks of the Blackbeard Pirates, he remained standing tall until his death!
Despite all this, Whitebeard’s proud back, or rather, his entire life as a pirate, bore no mark of retreat.
He wondered if he had done enough to not disgrace the name of Whitebeard.
Newgate stood on the gradually sinking island, slamming his Bisento into the ground.
The terrifying monstrous strength made the already precarious and slowly sinking ground tremble.
“This island is about to sink!”
“Hmm?”
Rocks suddenly noticed the abnormality under his feet, and his eyes, which had been in a berserk state, suddenly cleared.
After a satisfying battle, the frustration in his heart had dissipated considerably.
He looked around at the ravaged surroundings, where towering waves were constantly eroding the broken island.
He realized that, just as Whitebeard had said, if they continued to fight, they would both sink into the sea.
“Worhahaha!
Then… that’s enough for now!”
“Next time, at the Red Line!
We’ll fight again!”
Rocks laughed up to the sky, issuing a battle invitation to the man he acknowledged before him.
“Wulalahaha!
Of course!”
Whitebeard also laughed heartily, not caring about his injuries.
“Get on my ship, Whitebeard!
Let’s turn this world upside down!”
Rocks walked up to Whitebeard, his insane ambition unconcealed in his eyes.
He raised his fist, a flamboyant grin spreading across his lips, and looked directly into Whitebeard’s eyes.
“Alright!”
Newgate extended a fist several sizes larger than Rocks’s, and the two fists met.
“Click!”
In the sky, a News Coo had, at some point, pulled out a camera Den Den Mushi from its backpack and captured this historic moment.
On the endless, surging sea, two legendary men stood proudly on the About to capsize island, their fists tightly clasped together, as if declaring to the entire world… (Anime narration voice)
Nameless Island, New World.
A battle capable of shaking the world came to an end.
The Worlds Strongest Man and the most vicious pirate in the world fought to a draw!
From this point on,
Edward Newgate joined the Rocks Pirates!
The prologue to the Great Pirate Era officially began!
…The crumbling island, under the assault of the tsunami, finally succumbed and sank.
“Rumble—!”
With the final roar, the entire island completely sank to the seabed.
Whitebeard and Rocks each flashed back to their respective ships.
The surging waves gradually calmed, and the once lush island had vanished, as if it had never existed.
“Pops, our ship is broken!”
Marco hugged Whitebeard’s pant leg, tears dripping onto the collapsed deck.
“My bad, the fight earlier was too intense.”
Newgate stroked Marco’s pineapple-like hair, while his other hand awkwardly scratched his golden hair.
The crescent-shaped Whitebeard, which was just beginning to form on his lip, twitched up and down, revealing an embarrassed yet polite smile.
This dual-masted sailboat, which had accompanied Whitebeard for several years and was plundered from other pirates, now appeared utterly dilapidated.
The deck had collapsed, the mast was broken, and the hull had several terrifying cracks, with traces of water seeping into the ship’s interior from the cracks.
Even the strongest keel on the ship had gruesome gaps from the impact of the battle.
Yet, it had still preserved the lives of the three Whitebeard Pirates during the terrifying tsunami.
“There’s no need to repair it anymore!”
Vista wiped his wet hair, feigning composure, but his trembling shoulders still revealed his unsettled emotions.
“Pops, our comrades, they’re all dead!”
Jozu’s eyes were bloodshot, his voice trembling uncontrollably, and he was soaked through with seawater.
Newgate watched this scene, and for some reason, a strange sense of sorrow welled up in his heart.
He was not a saint; he didn’t possess Whitebeard’s resolve to “protect all the homeless people on the sea.”
Having awakened the system, he only wanted to protect the people he “cherished” and embark on uninhibited adventures across this magnificent sea!
This strange feeling must be an instinctive reaction from this body, he thought.
“Hmm… As pirates, when you set sail, you must be prepared to be buried at sea!”
“Pirates aren’t a game for children playing house!”
“Next, we’re getting on Rocks’s ship!”
Newgate looked at the three youngsters with a serious expression, instilling his beliefs in them… “We’re joining the Rocks Pirates!”
Marco stopped crying in surprise, his eyes filled with disbelief.
“I heard the Rocks Pirates gathers the most ‘vicious’ and ‘brutal’ pirates… Even ‘comrades’ on the same ship will kill each other for profit!”
“It doesn’t matter, with Pops here!
No one can touch you all!
You are my most ‘cherished’ sons!”
…The dual-masted sailboat barely drifted with the current to the next small island.
Rocks’s pirate ship had been waiting there for a long time.
“Whitebeard!
Come aboard!”
Rocks raised his hands, his excited voice echoing, causing the three Whitebeard Pirates to tremble involuntarily.
“Wait a minute!”
Newgate shouted back loudly.
With that, the dilapidated dual-masted sailboat docked at the shore.
He carried the three youngsters and leaped, landing steadily on the island from the deck.
Oil was poured onto the broken sailboat, and Whitebeard, with a complex gaze, tossed a lit match onto it.
A towering blaze instantly ignited, and flames quickly engulfed the entire ship.
The sailboat burned fiercely in the great fire, emitting crackling sounds, as if narrating its glorious past.
The three youngsters watched the ship, where they had lived for so long and which held countless memories.
Tears silently streamed from their eyes.
They stubbornly bit their lips, refusing to make a sound.
They remembered Pops clumsily holding a hammer to repair the hull, themselves and their comrades training and fighting on the deck… countless times he had led them out of danger… How could they not cry?
This ship held their most “cherished” memories with Pops!
…A sea breeze blew, as if bidding farewell to the fading ship, and the flames of the sailboat intensified.
“I’m sorry!
I wanted to adventure with everyone, but now I have to say goodbye to everyone!”
“Goodbye… everyone…”
Amidst the dancing ashes, an ethereal voice softly echoed, and Newgate’s pupils sharply constricted.
This… could it be a Ship Spirit?
The three Whitebeard Pirates also suddenly stopped crying, looking at the blazing ship with disbelief.
They had also heard what the Ship Spirit said!
Their suppressed smiles could no longer hold, and the three youngsters finally burst into wails.
Marco’s legs gave out, and he collapsed onto the ground, tears gushing like a spring.
“Ding!
Detected that the host’s ship has given birth to a primary Ship Spirit.
Would you like to spend 30 million Berries to capture it?”
“Note: The captured Ship Spirit can accompany a new ship, and the ship’s performance can be greatly enhanced!”
Damn it!
What the hell?
The sadness he had just felt was interrupted by the system prompt, and Newgate’s teeth tingled with irritation.
Is this system constantly monitoring him?
The only Berries left on the ship after the first top-up were just over 30 million!
Now it’s asking him to capture a Ship Spirit?
The 100 million Berries could be explained as being lost to the sea from the shockwaves of the battle, but how could he explain the disappearance of 30 million Berries to the three youngsters?
Never mind, just top up first!
A Ship Spirit that can enhance ship attributes is a rare find!
“Congratulations to the host for successfully capturing a primary Ship Spirit (unnamed).
It has now been placed in the <Temporary> system backpack.
The host can view it at any time.”
“Phew…”
Watching his bulging chest backpack quickly deflate, Newgate felt like crying without tears.
Now he was truly penniless!
Damn system!
“Hey, hey, hey, what’s there to cry about over a broken ship, kid!”
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