Chapter 242: What a Coincidence

Early next morning.

"How's the weather today?" Shiki asked as soon as he came up. The meteorologists around were already used to it.

Because Shiki was such a freak; otherwise, he wouldn't have "invited" them all onto the ship.

"According to our monitoring, the current UV intensity is 20, humidity is 35%, air pressure is 1003hpa, east wind, level 3, and we are currently in the South Blue. If nothing unexpected happens, the weather won't change much today."

Shiki nodded, that's good, that's good.

It was no wonder Shiki was so cautious, because he was truly afraid.

27 years ago, he wanted to join forces with Gol D. Roger to rule the world and talked to him nicely, but that old boy Roger didn't agree, almost making him die of anger. No matter what, he was the famous Admiral of the Flying Pirates, and Roger didn't give him any face; he couldn't endure it.

Consequently, the Flying Pirates and the Roger Pirates broke out into an unprecedented battle, later known as the "Battle of Edd War."

And he had almost forced the Roger Pirates into a desperate situation; just a little bit more, and the Roger Pirates would have disappeared from this world.

However, the storm came.

The desperate Roger Pirates were saved by a sudden rainstorm. Most of the Flying Pirates' fleet was knocked into the seabed, and due to an accident, the ship's rudder unfortunately stuck into his head, causing him to suffer a great loss of vitality, and he had no choice but to give up the idea of pursuing Roger.

If it weren't for that storm, perhaps he would have ruled the entire sea long ago.

"Are there any uninhabited islands nearby?"

"Yes, Shiki-sama! Just to the north, there is an uninhabited desert island, very suitable for incorporating into your territory."

Shiki nodded: "Not bad, I'll be right back. You all be serious. Once the weather changes, notify me immediately!"

"Yes, Shiki-sama!"

"Eh, there seem to be many ferocious beasts on this island! Hehehehe! Just right for my liking."

After escaping from Impel Down, he found an island called "Merveille," where there was a plant called IQ that could make already ferocious animals even more violent, so he used this as a foundation to start his revenge plan.

Recently, his deputy Dr. Indigo had a new breakthrough, leading to the appearance of a large number of ferocious beasts, and his floating island "STRONG WORLD" wasn't enough, so he could only get some more desert islands to expand his territory.

The island in front of him was very much to his liking, especially since it was big enough and had quite a few experimental subjects.

Shiki landed slowly on the island, stretched out his finger and hooked it upward, and the entire island began to vibrate.

One minute later.

"I was wondering who it was! Isn't this the famous Golden Lion Shiki? What, finally dare to show your face?"

Karl looked at the disabled person in front with a smile, silently observing this legendary pirate.

Sure enough, there were only wrong names, no wrong nicknames. Just Move Move Like "Golden Lion," Shiki had golden hair reaching the ground, just Move Move Like a lion's mane. In addition, Shiki's sideburns and beard were all golden, and his sideburns were also very long.

But what left the deepest impression was the ship's rudder on the Golden Lion's head. Good guy, his vitality is really strong! That thing has grown together with his head, right?

What material is this ship's rudder?

While Karl was observing the Golden Lion, Golden Lion Shiki was also observing Karl.

Although Shiki had been plotting revenge all these years and rarely cared about things on the sea, it would be hard for him not to recognize Karl's face.

Because this guy had been in the newspaper too many times! And every time he was in the paper, it was big news, so it was hard not to remember him.

"I recognize you. You are that Marine hero of the new era, Vice Admiral White Crow? Why are you here?"

Seeing Shiki's surprised expression, Karl grinned: "Hehe, I didn't expect that the legendary pirate Golden Lion Shiki, who has been missing for more than ten years, would actually know a young man Move Move Like me. I'm truly flattered."

Karl laughed, but Shiki couldn't laugh. He wasn't afraid of Karl, but he was afraid that fighting Karl would cause his decade-plus of planning to go down the drain.

No matter what, this kid was also a Marine hero, and his strength definitely wasn't bad. After all, the previous Marine hero was Garp. With him as a reference, Shiki absolutely didn't dare to underestimate Karl.

Speaking of which, are all those with "Ka" in their names so fierce?

"Hehehehe, a young man Move Move Like you can actually recognize me. It seems my reputation is still circulating on the sea!"

"Kid, considering you're quite sensible, I'll let you go today. See you later!"

"One-Sword Style: Gold Splitting!"

No sooner said than done, a golden flying slash rushed straight toward Shiki. The entire sky seemed to be about to be cut off by this flying slash.

Shiki looked at the incoming flying slash in shock, and couldn't help but think: "Such strong swordsmanship, this kid is actually a Great Swordsman?"

Golden Lion thought so, probably because he hadn't seen the news of Karl defeating Mihawk; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought Karl was just a Great Swordsman.

After all, there were many Great Swordsmen, but there was only one World's Greatest Swordsman.

Shiki naturally couldn't sit still and wait for death. He flew into the sky Move Move Like a ghost, his figure flashing rapidly: "Lion Blade: Thousand-Cut Valley!"

Shiki's legs, "Oto" and "Kogarashi," sliced through the air, kicking out dozens of flying slashes in a row. Although they weren't as big as Karl's flying slash, they won by quantity. If one didn't work, two would; if two didn't work, three would.

In the end, Karl's flying slash was still neutralized by Shiki's Thousand-Cut Valley, and the surroundings were already a mess.

"Clap, clap, clap~"

"Truly worthy of being a legendary pirate of the old era, you really have some skills."

These words reached Shiki's ears as pure mockery. He felt in his heart that a junior speaking so arrogantly was clearly not taking him, the Golden Lion, seriously.

When he was physically sound back then, did you see Garp and Sengoku dare to say this?

"Kid, you're really going to make me angry!"

"Lion Majesty: Earth Roll!"

Boom, boom, boom~ The surrounding earth trembled. In Karl's view, the ground seemed to turn into plasticine, and under Shiki's control, it gradually kneaded into dozens of "lion heads" to surround him, making earth-shaking roars.

It had to be said that the Golden Lion's development of the Float-Float Fruit was truly strong; otherwise, who would have thought that the Float-Float Fruit had this kind of gameplay? In his hands, the Float-Float Fruit was worth the price of admission.

"Hehehehe, kid, witness the true power of the Float-Float Fruit! Go to hell!!!"

"Roar!"

The surrounding circle of lion heads began to shrink, and the lions opened their mouths wide and rushed toward Karl.

"One-Sword Style: Jade Breaking!"