Pirates: Rush to the Peak

At this moment, a black shadow appeared behind Shanks like a ghost. Upon closer inspection, it was Beckman!

His eyes were fierce and his movements were as swift as lightning. Without hesitation, he swung the heavy rifle in his hand, and with a sound of breaking wind, he smashed it hard on the back of Shanks' head with the force of thunder.

There was a very dull crashing sound: "Bang!" It seemed as if the entire space was shaking.

At the same time, there was a sharp and piercing whistling sound: "Swoosh~Boom!!!"

Shanks' body shot out like a cannonball, at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, he slammed heavily into the extremely hard wall, making a loud noise.

The huge impact force caused hideous cracks to appear on the wall, as if it would collapse at any time.

Shanks slid down the wall to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

"Ouch..." Shanks groaned and jumped up from the ground. While rubbing his head that had just been shot by the rifle, he muttered with some complaints: "Really Beckman, what on earth are you trying to do? You're too heavy-handed!"

After saying that, he did not forget to reach out and scratch his hair, which was originally flowing and handsome but now a little messy, with an expression of innocence and helplessness on his face.

"Wow!"

Beckman threw the newspaper in his hand expressionlessly and stood there staring at Shanks.

Beckman raised the crumpled newspaper in his hand without hesitation, shook his wrist slightly, and threw it accurately at Shanks.

Shanks reached out to take the newspaper, but he couldn't even muster the interest to take a look at it. He just shook his head slightly, indicating that he had no intention of getting involved in this matter.

His voice was low and firm: "This war has long been beyond our control. At this moment, the only thing we need to focus on is how to protect Luffy and wait quietly for that crucial moment to come."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lucky Lu, who was feasting on the food beside him, suddenly put down the chicken leg in his hand, still chewing the food, and interrupted vaguely: "Speaking of which, has Luffy been training hard on the island that Rayleigh prepared for him recently?"

After saying that, he grabbed another chicken leg and continued to devour it.

At this moment, the Luffy they were talking about was on a deserted, isolated island, running for his life with all his might.

"Hey! Stop chasing me! I just took a small plate of bananas!"

Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to get the guy who was chasing him to stop, while running forward at full speed.

However, before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang, followed by a cloud of dust.

The sturdy trees behind him suddenly collapsed to the ground without any warning, as if they were pushed down by an invisible force.

When the dust settled a little, a giant gorilla with an extremely large body and a deep blue body was seen rushing out from between the fallen trees with great momentum.

The beast had a hideous and ferocious face, with a pair of large copper-bell eyes flashing with fierce and violent light, and low roars emanating from its mouth from time to time.

It looked around, as if anxiously searching for something.

Suddenly, its eyes locked on Luffy, who was running for his life not far ahead. Its eyes suddenly lit up, and it opened its bloody mouth and let out a deafening roar, then it pounced towards Luffy like a wild horse.

The bloody mouth opened to the extreme, and pounced straight towards Luffy's head with a fierce momentum.

At this critical moment, a dazzling red light suddenly flashed in Luffy's eyes.

Then, a jaw-dropping scene happened - his head stretched out like a rubber band and quickly extended backwards.

The gorilla, who was originally determined to win, missed out because of this sudden change.

In a flash, Luffy shouted, "Rubber, rubber headbutt!!!" Along with this roar, his already stretched head slammed forward like a cannonball.

"Duang!!!" In an instant, a deafening roar suddenly sounded, like a bolt from the blue, resounding throughout the forest.

The huge impact force seemed to cause the surrounding air to fluctuate violently.

The birds that were resting in the forest were frightened by the sudden noise and flew into the sky in panic, flapping their wings.

Looking at the place again, Luffy now had a huge bump on his forehead, which looked quite funny.

The ferocious blue gorilla closed its eyes and fell limply to the ground. There were strange vortexes in its eyes, and it was obvious that it had fainted.

"This guy's head is harder than steel!" Luffy sat down on the ground, rubbing his buzzing head with both hands. The violent impact just now made him feel dizzy.

However, just as Luffy was trying to regain his consciousness, a mysterious and deadly attack came quietly behind him without any warning. There was no sound, as if it came from another world.

"Bang!" With a dull thud, Luffy had no time to react, and his body was blown away dozens of meters like a kite with a broken string. Along the way, he broke several sturdy trees in succession, and finally stopped in a mess in the rising dust.

The man who launched the attack stood quietly in place, his eyes fixed on the figure who had fallen to the ground in the distance, a look of dissatisfaction and disappointment on his face.

"Luffy, you can't even dodge such a simple attack. Your observation Haki still has a long way to go! You must work harder to practice!" Rayleigh said as he casually threw the wooden stick in his hand aside, his eyes full of helplessness and regret for Luffy's disappointing performance.

Luffy, who was surrounded by billowing smoke and dust, jumped without hesitation after hearing the words from the other party and rushed out of the smoke in an instant.

Luffy looked at the person in front of him with an apologetic look on his face and said, "I'm so sorry, Rayleigh! It's true that I didn't react in time just now, but don't worry, I will definitely work harder to strengthen my observation Haki training next time, and I will definitely be able to successfully avoid your attack next time."

After saying that, Luffy reached out and gently straightened the iconic straw hat on his head. At the same time, a signature smile appeared on his resolute and sunny face.

Rayleigh, who was standing opposite, stared at Luffy, who was wearing a straw hat and smiling. Suddenly, his eyes became a little blurred.

It was as if I was trapped in some distant memories.

During this brief moment of unconsciousness, Rayleigh's mind involuntarily flashed through scenes that were once so familiar...