On the Ghost Shadow Ship.
Laffitte is standing on the sentry post at the top of the mast, one hand holding the wooden guardrail, his whole body facing the outside, and the other hand holding a telescope, looking into the distance.
Long ago, he discovered a dark shadow on the distant sea. He could vaguely judge that it was a ship, but he was not sure what kind of ship it was.
As the two ships approached each other, the black shadow gradually became clearer.
"That flag is …"
When he saw the flag of the ship, Laffitte's expression suddenly changed slightly. He has always looked like a strange gentleman and he showed a rare very serious expression.
Whiz!
After judging again, he jumped from the mast and landed on the deck below and said to Robin, "Call the Captain to come up, that ship is … Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates."
"Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates?!"
Robin was also moved. She thought it would be a merchant ship or an ordinary Pirate Ship, but she didn't expect it to be the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates who are extremely terrifying on the Grand Line!
Soon.
Robin found Ross in the exercise room, and Ross was a little stunned when he heard that he had encountered the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates. Then he came to the deck with a serious expression.
He took the telescope from Laffitte and took a closer look at the ship coming from the distance. He said thoughtfully, "It is indeed the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates …"
Counting the time, it is now August of the 11th year of the Great Age of Pirates. According to the normal plot, Shanks arrived at East Blue's Windmill Village around this time and stayed there for about a year.
"Captain, do we need to avoid them?"
Laffitte suggested.
Although he is very optimistic about Ross and boarded Ross's ship, he is not an idiot. At this point in time, it is undoubtedly a suicidal behavior to confront the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, who have long been famous in the world.
After Ross put down the telescope, he looked at the direction of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship and said calmly, "Don't panic, looking at the route, we won't hit them head-on, at most we will pass by them."
"It's also dangerous …"
Laffitte was slightly worried.
Ross stood in the bow with his hands behind his back and did not intend to make a big circle to avoid them. If he encountered the Beast Pirates or the BIGMOM Pirates, he might temporarily avoid them, but he doesn't need to do so for the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates.
In other words, Yonkō (Four Emperors) is also his hunting target, but that is the ultimate goal … It is indeed too early to meet Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates at this time.
Ross looked at the approaching Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship in the distance and whispered in his heart.
"…"
Looking at the approaching Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship, Robin couldn't help but show a hint of nervousness. There are few people who can make her nervous, but Marine Admiral Aokiji has made her deeply afraid, and Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates is an existence that even Marine Admiral dare not provoke easily.
As the distance between the two ships narrowed, the course of the two ships also became very clear. Indeed, they were not facing each other, but two parallel lines that did not intersect. They would probably pass each other at a distance of about thirty to forty meters.
Robin and Laffitte were a little nervous, only Ross remained calm, as if it was just an ordinary merchant ship.
One hundred meters …
Ninety meters …
As the distance between the ships approached, the people and buildings on both sides gradually became clear, and Ross had clearly seen the figures standing on the bow of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates.
One of them was wearing a black cloak and a yellow straw hat, it was New World's Yonkō (Four Emperors), Red Hair Shanks!
Forty meters …
Thirty meters …
The distance between the two ships stopped shortening when they reached thirty meters. At this distance, Ross and Shanks, standing on the bow of the ship, were facing each other and they could almost see the expression on each other's face.
This distance did not remain fixed. As time passed, it increased again, becoming forty meters, fifty meters. Until the two ships completely passed each other, nothing happened.
"Hoo!"
When the hull of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirate Ship completely brushed parallel to the Ghost Shadow Ship, Laffitte and Robin both breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other and found that each other's foreheads were overflowing with fine sweat.
Only Ross remained calm and no expression could be seen on his face.
"It's all right."
"Keep going, our destination is Berros town."
Ross turned around and spoke in a light tone while walking into the cabin and disappearing.
… …
On the other side.
On the ship of the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, there are still a large number of crew members drinking and eating meat. Most people don't even know that they have passed by the Ghost Shadow Ship.
Even those who know it don't care and they are still talking and laughing and drinking.
Only Red Hair Shanks, who was standing at the bow of the ship, facing Ross until the hull completely passed by, came back to his senses and showed a strange look in his eyes.
"That man just now …"
"What's wrong?"
Beckman turned to look at Shanks and asked, "Do you want to stop them?"
"No need."
Shanks shook his head and said with a slight twinkle in his eyes: "It's just … the eyes of that man just now gave me a very unusual feeling. I have a hunch that we will meet again."
"Really?"
Beckman took a puff of his cigarette and smiled.
No one can tell what a hunch is, but he didn't expect to meet someone in West Blue who could make Shanks have a hunch.
"That guy should be West Blue's Ghost Hand Ross. I saw it in the newspaper before. Looking at the course, they should be going to the Grand Line. It won't be easy to see us again."
This is just a coincidence. For pirates, if they want to see them, they have to conquer the first half of the Grand Line alone, which has already made countless people fall into the sand.
Shanks' hunch may be just a hunch.
… …
After passing by the Akagami (Red Hair) Pirates, the Ghost Shadow Ship was calm again.
Laffitte continued to control the course, Robin still read her book, occasionally directing handymen to do some cleaning work on the ship, or assisting Laffitte in retracting the sails and raising the sails, while Ross returned to the practice room and continued to exercise his physique and practice Armament Haki.
"Armed!"
Standing in front of a hard steel wall, Ross stretched out his fist and said silently in his heart while controlling his own Armament Haki to gather on his fist.
Compared with more than half a month ago, Armament Haki has been strengthened a lot. It continues to gather and condense, from surrounding to attachment, getting stronger and stronger, but it still cannot form a black hardening.
"Still not enough."
Ross shook his head and punched the iron wall.
Bang!
Even if he can't reach the level of Armament Haki hardening, he can only do Armament Haki surrounding him, which has a lot of enhancement in his attack. His punch did not use the power of distortion, but it still made a fist mark on the thick iron wall.
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