Pirate, the former Deputy Head of the Rocks Pirates

The sun is like fire.

"Hahaha, future big shot? Cronus, you really value these two brats." Golden Lion Shiji glanced at Shanks and Bucky who were in the center of the crowd, and said with a sarcastic smile.

At this time, Whitebeard also looked at the young Shanks and Bucky, and he was also deeply interested in Cronus's evaluation of the two.

Therefore, he planned to release a little bit of domineering aura to test the depth of the two of them.

At this moment, when Shanks and Bucky noticed Whitebeard's sharp gaze, they first trembled and staggered.

Then, Shanks' pupils condensed, and his strong willpower began to resist Whitebeard's domineering wave, and finally managed to stabilize his posture.

But Bucky was not so steady. He could not resist the pressure of Whitebeard and fell directly to the ground, causing everyone to burst into laughter again.

"Oh?" Whitebeard raised his brows, looked at the red-haired kid who was still standing even after he exerted some domineering force to suppress him, and said with a smile:

"I like this little red-haired guy."

He took a step forward and looked condescendingly at Shanks, who also raised his head to meet Whitebeard's gaze. Their eyes intertwined in mid-air, and the atmosphere was somewhat ambiguous for a moment.

Cronus looked at Whitebeard's movements, snickering inwardly, and cursed: "Here you go, Whitebeard's signature saying."

I saw Whitebeard, in the eyes of everyone, stretching out his big hand like a cattail leaf towards Shanks, with a harmless smile on his face.

"Red-haired kid, be my son!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Shanks and Bucky were confused, but also the Golden Lion and Rogerelli were stunned for a moment.

Especially Rogerelli, they didn't expect Whitebeard to poach directly in front of them.

"I, I..." Shanks said hesitantly, not knowing how to answer.

Without waiting for Shanks to reply, Rayleigh immediately stepped in front of Shanks, protected him behind him, looked at Whitebeard and smiled:

"Hey, Newgate, poaching in front of us is too much."

"What, Rayleigh, what you said is too harsh. I just want to give the child a warm harbor."

"Fart, you just want to poach our Roger Pirates."

While the two were arguing, Cronus quietly came to Bucky who was still sitting on the ground. He bent down and stretched out a hand, trying to pull him up.

"No, red-nosed brat."

Seeing this, Bucky looked up in disbelief at Cronus, who held out his hand to him. He looked surprised and didn't understand why the other person came to help him, a child who couldn't even pass the test.

Bucky swallowed deeply, slowly reached out to Cronus' palm, and at the same time whispered in a small voice that he could only hear clearly: "Thank you."

But how could his voice escape Cronus's knowledge-color Haki? Even if Bucky didn't say anything, Cronus' top-level knowledge-color Haki could easily read the other person's inner thoughts.

This is a perverted skill that Cronus acquired by cultivating the domineering power of seeing and hearing to the extreme. He calls this move "stealing the heart".

After hearing Bucky's cute remarks, Cronus smiled slightly. He grabbed the little hand that the other party extended and pulled it up.

"Your future achievements will not be worse than that red-haired kid, red-nosed kid." Cronus pulled him up and turned his back, looking sideways at him and smiling.

The setting sun hit Cronus' face, making his words bathed in holy light even more divine.

When the young Bucky heard this, he was confused, but at the same time he felt happy. This was the first time he was recognized, especially by someone strong enough to be on par with the captain.

Everyone in the Roger Pirates has always regarded Shanks as a rare treasure, and although they didn't say it explicitly, Bucky understood that he was just an ordinary person with mediocre talents.

At this moment, Bucky looked at Cronus' tall back, and felt a sense of gratitude in his heart.

He secretly swore in his heart that he would become a man not inferior to Shanks in the future, and even surpass him, surpass the captain, and surpass the handsome man Cronus in front of him.

On the other side, Olvia walked up the stairs to the top of the ship, looking for Cronus.

When she saw Cronus and Roger sitting on the floor, toasting and chatting happily, she was angry at first. She took a step forward and planned to teach the other party why they didn't listen to her own advice. Drinking every day was not good for the health.

But then she thought again and stopped walking. After she stood there for a few seconds, she smiled and returned to the way she came.

"Forget it, let's give him some face."

"I'll take good care of you next time." The breeze blew through Olvia's long silver hair. At this moment, she was so beautiful that she looked like an angel from Nuwa's graduation project.

After finishing his glass of wine, Cronus in the distance turned to look at Olvia's leaving back, smiled gently and shook his head.

Naturally, he had felt Olvia's aura for a long time, and his domineering aura lingered around for dozens of miles all the time, sensing dangerous situations.

Roger's cheeks were slightly red. He looked at Cronus's absent-minded face and asked in confusion: "What's wrong, Cronus?"

Hearing this, Cronus looked back at him and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just a feeling. I'm so lucky."

"Huh?" Roger was confused by his words and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Suddenly, Cronus's expression turned cold. He popped the famous sword Xie on his waist out of its scabbard with one finger, blocking the two sharp blades coming from the side.

The three gleaming blades were slightly deadlocked in the air and shook slightly. Cronus turned his head to look at the attacker.

"Golden Lion, I really don't want to fight with you, so don't spoil the fun."

The master of the double swords who attacked Cronus was none other than Shiki the Golden Lion.

At this time, Golden Lion Shiji held the two swords Sakuragi and Kuten tightly and Cronus was frozen in the air. He looked at Cronus who blocked his attack with only one index finger and smiled evilly. said:

"I knew you were holding back back then."

"Six years ago, when you competed with the captain, you didn't use your sword at all, which means you didn't use your full strength at all."

"How strong is a man like you, and what level has your swordsmanship reached?"

"Cronus!"

"Let me see the limits of the world's strongest swordsman!"

"Even if it's death!"

Golden Lion Shiji shouted loudly in a daze. He increased the intensity of his hands, and even condensed the armed domineering energy and overlord-colored entanglement.

This allowed his double sword position to begin to suppress the single-fingered Cronus.

Cronus frowned. He looked up at the drunk Golden Lion. He was about to scold him, but when he looked into the Golden Lion's determined eyes, he swallowed the words that came out of his mouth. go back.

Yes, Golden Lion Shiji drank too much, but his reason did not collapse. In other words, this was what he was saying.

He wants to have a life-and-death duel with the strongest swordsman in the world!

Even if the outcome is death!