One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons!

Fujitora gradually moved away, heading towards Elegia Island.

Shanks scratched his head with a helpless expression on his face.

"What a weird guy..."

call out--!

A sporadic cannonball came through the air and headed straight for Shanks.

The fat man Rakiru of the red-haired pirates raised his musket and used lead bullets to detonate the cannonball in mid-air.

boom!

"Ahem..."

Rakiru waved away the smoke and turned to look at the naval fleet on the distant sea.

"Damn the navy, they don't even want to let us go to sea!"

Although an agreement has been reached with Fujitora temporarily, the launch of the Demon-Slaying Order is not just for [Demon] Alvin Lindsay.

In addition to him, whether it is the legendary "Totemujika", the [Devil's Son] Nico Robin whose whereabouts have been confirmed, or even the "Elegia Island" itself where the Celestial Dragons are buried, they are all Objects that need to be completely erased!

The civilians and nobles on the island will be screened and evacuated uniformly through the refuge ships arranged by the navy to prevent lawbreakers from getting in.

As for the scattered pirates, they naturally have no qualifications to seek refuge. The heavy artillery of the largest warships will never show mercy!

"Ahahaha, it seems I can't be kind today!"

Rakiru loves adventure and is not afraid of risking his life.

At this moment, facing the real "Devil-Slaying Order", my hands were naturally itchy.

He raised his pistol and aimed at the warship, estimated the distance between them, and then laughed at Shanks:

"Hey, Captain, give the order to fight!"

"..."

Shanks frowned and said, "Pay attention to defense, help Gordon cover the civilians, and then wait for an opportunity to evacuate!"

"Yes, ship...hey?"

Rakiru suddenly reacted.

Although confused, he still took back the pistol.

He was just confused about Shanks' decision, but the captain's orders must be obeyed absolutely.

"Why, Captain?"

"Because if we continue, it will only turn into a meaningless dispute!"

Shanks put his hand on Griffin's sword hilt and said in a deep voice:

"Are we going to fight the warship?"

"Fight to the death with the navy and use the blood and corpses of our companions to destroy the Demon-Slaying Order?"

"Then what?"

Shanks glanced around.

"If the Demon-Slaying Order is destroyed by us, the navy will send more powerful people or fleets."

"Are we going to keep fighting?"

"If you can win, keep fighting. If you can't, then run away and then come back?"

"Until one of us or the navy has suffered all casualties, will this dispute end?"

"——Hey, is this really the result we expected?"

Shanks' voice was calm.

He was once a trainee crew member on Roger's ship in [One Piece]. He experienced too many things with his captain, and he had his own set of answers.

"The Demon-Slaying Order is by no means the climax of the 'Storm of Disputes', it is just a small starting point."

“When we are caught in the ‘storm of strife’, we can never escape!”

"I will kill you, and others will kill me again, until everyone is completely destroyed, and no one will rest until death!"

"This is the result—"

"Once the Demon-Slaying Order is destroyed, it means complete chaos is coming!"

This is Shanks's view on "Strife".

He didn't want his friends to fall into the terrifying "storm of strife", so he chose to extinguish the "little breeze" at the source!

Many years later, during the War on Top, did [Red Hair] also show up with this mentality?

Who knows?

That's just a possible "future".

"The focus is now - who we are now!"

Shanks protected Uta and Robin behind him, looked back at Elegia who was caught in the gunfire, and grinned lightly.

"Senseless disputes will only lead to indiscriminate destruction."

“This sea needs someone to ‘change’, not ‘destroy’.”

"Right, Captain?"

Shanks missed him a little.

…

fire.

ruins.

cigarette.

wreckage.

Everywhere!

Fujitora walked among them, getting closer to the "source" of everything step by step.

"Oh oh oh..."

The domineering power of seeing and hearing spreads.

Fujitora sensed that the port was still calm and no fierce fighting broke out.

"Really? Lord Shanks is indeed such a person."

Fujitora likes gambling, and he does so now.

He is gambling!

If the red-haired pirates choose to have a head-on conflict with the navy, then everything Fujitora has done before will be meaningless!

The terrifying storm of strife will start from Elegia and sweep across the East China Sea until it ignites the entire world!

Once a frontal war begins, no one will be able to stop. That is the most terrifying result.

Fujitora's blind eyes had already seen this clearly.

He wanted to believe that [Red Hair] could also see it.

"Now--"

Fujitora paused.

He walked through a sea of ​​fire and arrived near the wreckage of the Grand Theater.

All around, there were government agents lying on the ground, obviously having just experienced a melee of unprecedented scale.

The results speak for themselves.

At the end of the cracked road, a huge and burly twisted figure stood.

Thick limbs, red skin, dark green ghost horns, and glowing red eyes.

【Demon】Evan Lindsay!

No matter how many times he has seen it, Fujitora has to admit that Evan Lindsay is indeed worthy of the title [Devil].

The pure sense of oppression distorted the air, and even the surrounding sea of ​​​​fire did not dare to approach!

"ah……"

Lindsay opened her mouth, and bursts of white smoke flowed out from between her teeth.

With a casual wave of his hand, he shook off the last government agent he was holding tightly, and then stood still without turning around.

The domineering power of ancient knowledge spread.

Lindsay saw traces of Fujitora and found that he shuttled between the naval fleet and Elegia, and finally chose to come to his side.

"Is everyone okay?"

"very safe."

Fujitora replied.

Then, he stepped forward and said slowly: "Your Excellency Lindsay, the destruction of Iregia is inevitable. Everyone has already realized this. You don't have to blame yourself for this."

"Please run away!"

Fujitora opened his pure white eyes and said solemnly:

"The only result of continuing to fight is that you will bear the grave sin of 'destroying Elegia' and you will never be able to wash away it."

"I believe that Your Excellency Lindsay is right and should not be treated like this!"

"So, this is my request - please run away!"

Fujitora's face was solemn.

He is a warrior who pursues benevolence and righteousness, and everything he thinks and does is righteous!

"I cannot see your name being slandered like this!"

"It was the World Government that destroyed Iregia, not Alvin Lindsay!"

"..."

Fujitora's voice echoed around him, and even the fierce fire couldn't help but shrink slightly.

Lindsay's scarlet eyes moved down and landed on Fujitora.

He opened his mouth and uttered a hoarse sound.

"This is different, Fujitora."

[Devil] murmured:

"The final result of an island being destroyed by the 'World Government' is different from being destroyed by the 'Great Sinner'..."

"..."

Fujitora frowned slightly, but he already understood in his heart.

And indeed it is.

World government cannot be "wrong".

If an island is destroyed by the World Government, then the island must be guilty, and its name will disappear from this world.

Just like O'Hara once was.

And if the person who destroyed this island is the "big sinner", then the island itself will become evidence of the sinner and be recorded forever!

"Is the destruction of Iregia inevitable?"

"No."

Lindsay shook her head and said solemnly:

"The headline on the news tomorrow morning should be "Elegia, the country of love and peaceful music, was destroyed by the [Devil]"!"

"So, I won't run away."

Lindsay leaned down, staring at Fujitora's face with her scarlet eyes, grinning and saying:

"Instead of letting the country of music come to an end and become silent, it would be better for it to become a 'country destroyed by [the devil]'!"

"Elegia's name will never be erased!"

"..."

Lindsay stared at Fujitora.

Fujitora sensed the [Devil's] emotions, and for a moment he didn't know how to make a decision.

"but--"

Suddenly, Lindsay spoke again, but the topic changed.

"It's not impossible for me to give up my ideas and escape from here."

There was a ferocious smile in his tone.

"Fujitora, if you want me to follow your decision, hit me."

"Hit me until my head was bruised and bloody. I fell to the ground and had no power to resist anymore!"

"——At that time, if you want me to go against my own will and escape from all this, how could I not be able to do it?"

"..."

"If you compromise easily and deviate from your own will, both of you and I will feel unwilling to do so."

The [Devil]'s face gradually came closer to Fujitora, and he breathed out some hot air.

"So, why not give it a try?"

The scarlet eyes curved into crescent moons.