Chapter 296: Ladies and Gentlemen, Give Me a Favor

"Yeah, the Four Emperors and the Navy are fighting…"

Realizing he had been sidetracked, Wuquli Sheng quickly steered the conversation back on track.

"Shi Wen Sheng, this matter is complicated."

"Please go to New Marineford first and stop this war—the negotiations between the Navy and the Four Emperors are still valid."

Shi Wen did not delay any longer.

"Fine, I'm leaving now."

To be honest, Shi Wen was also quite curious why the Four Emperors had started fighting the Navy.

According to Shi Ji's earlier account, it was merely to form the Sihuangtong Alliance to jointly counter the Navy's threat.

Something must have happened during this time to cause both sides to erupt into open conflict.

"Old Ha, I'll be back soon."

Harald barely suppressed the urge to accompany him, watching as Shi Wen vanished through the opened spatial gate.

Although curiosity is human nature,

the Giants especially love to watch drama, but if Harald went along, it would very likely make the situation even more severe.

After all, Harald belongs to the Divine Blade.

If Harald and Shi Wen arrived at Navy Headquarters simultaneously, it would mean the balance had tilted further in favor of the World Government.

Given the World Government's nature, they would never miss the chance to crush all Four Emperors at once.

Harald would never do anything that benefited the World Government.

If the Giant Kingdom weren't still unprepared, they would have already risen up and declared war on the World Government.

In fact, Shi Wen did not head straight to New Marineford—he first returned to Inazuma to take a bath and change into new clothes.

It's rare for the Four Emperors to unite like this; such an opportunity doesn't come often.

Better to let the bullets fly for a while longer.

Moreover, after this battle, the Navy will become even more divided—the conflict between the hawkish and dove factions will be irreconcilable, which benefits Shi Wen's next moves.

Fight, fight, keep fighting.

Fight until the Navy runs out of funds, fight until the world descends into chaos, fight until the World Government loses its ability to intimidate the seas.

Then Shi Wen will shoulder the banner of saving the world.

After bathing and changing clothes, Shi Wen found Da Xiong at the General's Mansion, accompanying Jin Ni while she carried her child.

"Let's go watch the show at Navy Headquarters."

"Watch the show?" Jin Ni's eyes lit up—her desire to watch was clearly stronger than Da Xiong's.

"Captain, I want to go too."

"Stay home and behave," Shi Wen rejected without hesitation: "You're a mother now—can't you be more serious?"

"The Four Emperors and the Navy are fighting at Navy Headquarters—the Five Elders asked me to mediate."

Hearing this, Jin Ni grew even more restless.

"Please, Captain, have mercy."

Events like the Four Emperors fighting the Navy happen once in a lifetime—how could one possibly pass up a chance to witness it firsthand?

Loving drama is human nature.

"Next time, next time for sure."

Shi Wen gave her no chance at all, firmly suppressing her little scheme.

"Let's go, Da Xiong."

Because Da Xiong had not yet reached New Marineford, the two first arrived at the Starlight Guild's outpost on Kai Li Ba Li Island, at the entrance to the New World.

Only then did they fly toward Navy Headquarters.

At this moment, New Marineford was already riddled with dense, crisscrossing fissures from the harbor to the administrative zones.

The Gura Gura no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, is widely regarded as one of the most destructive Devil Fruits.

Before Shi Wen's meteoric rise, Whitebeard was called the Emperor of the Sea not merely because of the Gura Gura no Mi, but because of the perfect fusion of the fruit's power with his own strength.

Yet Whitebeard had no ambition—he only wanted to roam the seas and take in sons.

Especially in recent years, the Navy spent most of its time fighting the Starlight Guild, neglecting threats from the other Emperors.

Now, with the Four Emperors descending upon New Marineford, the Navy finally remembered the terror of peak Whitebeard.

The Navy's new headquarters, built at enormous cost in manpower and funds, was as fragile as paper before Whitebeard—crumbling at the slightest touch.

Had Akainu not absorbed most of Whitebeard's attacks, Navy Headquarters might have already sunk.

Moreover—

Whitebeard, aged fifty-five; Gold Lion, fifty-three; Charlotte Lingling, forty-nine; Kaido, forty—all are at their absolute peak.

Moreover, all Four Emperors possess flight advantages, making Warlord, Akainu, and Aokiji suffer terribly.

Seeing Akainu's arm hanging limp, forced to block Soungyunqie with only his magma arm, Warlord's heart nearly broke.

What sin had the Navy committed to endure blow after blow?

Last time, the spark was the Navy's public execution of Luo Jie's son, Buggy; this time, it's because of Blackbeard Tichi, son of Rocks.

Pirates with connections truly cannot be captured.

The true instigator of this war, Somaz, having gained immortality, has now fully recovered from his injuries.

Yet Somaz neither fled nor helped—he stood nearby, facing off against Blackbeard and Phoenix.

Warlord wanted to kill Somaz.

The negotiations between the Navy and the Four Emperors were going splendidly—until Somaz ruined everything, causing talks to collapse and both sides to erupt into battle.

What a useless, incompetent fool—he perfectly embodied the traits of a Celestial Dragon.

Why hasn't the World Government's support arrived yet?

Perhaps even Sengoku had not realized that the resentment in his heart toward the Celestial Dragons and the World Government had unknowingly grown deeper and deeper.

"Hey, Fleet Admiral."

"Do you still have the leisure to be distracted?"

Kaido seized the moment Sengoku was distracted, using both hands to unleash a frenzy of elbow strikes, the spiked club clanging against the golden Great Buddha.

Thrilling, so thrilling.

Personally hammering the Fleet Admiral made Kaido feel so good that every pore on his body seemed to moan.

Pity old man Garp isn't here;

the grudge of being held down and beaten by Garp in God Valley back then will probably have to wait for next time.

The act of causing chaos at the Navy Headquarters had filled Kaido's emotional value to the brim, and he secretly made a firm resolution.

Upon returning, he would have Vergo meticulously review Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen's experiences over the years; from now on, the Beasts Pirates would simply copy the Morning Star Pirates' playbook.

If Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen could become the most successful pirate on the seas, then he, Kaido, was no less.

Copying a playbook isn't shameful.

If not copying Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen's playbook, would he copy his great-nephew Blackbeard's?

That great-nephew has truly disgraced his big brother.

Big brother Rocks was so spirited back in the day, breaking into Mary Geoise alone, casually stabbing a Navy Admiral to death with a single slash, the undisputed strongest overlord of the seas.

The Four Emperors were merely Rocks' crew members back then.

Even supreme powerhouses like the Pirate King Luo Jie and the aloof Red-Haired Shanks could not contend with Rocks.

Yet, the son he gave birth to was hard to describe in a single word.

Not only was that great-nephew ugly and fat, but not long ago he was acting like a woman, clinging to Whitebeard's leg and wailing.

Kaido looked down on Blackbeard from the bottom of his heart.

A real man is either an unparalleled tough guy like him, Kaido, or someone as absurdly, rule-breaking strong as Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen.

Wailing and crying doesn't make a man.

While feeling physically and mentally refreshed, Kaido's heart was filled with towering ambition; he fought with even greater courage, swinging his spiked club eight times in a single second.

Fighting until Sengoku doubted his very existence.

However, accompanied by a light, floating voice descending from the sky, the originally fierce battle came to an abrupt halt.

"Everyone, do me a favor."