Chapter 316: The God's Arrow, huh? Worth a Fight

"Shanks is coming?" Saint Saint Saiwen was somewhat stunned.

He couldn't figure out why his good brother would come; if he remembered correctly, Shanks should be recruiting crew on the Great Sea right now.

In the anime, Shanks returns to Mary Geoise at twenty-four, that is, three years later.

On the surface, he signs the Shallow Sea Contract with Imu to become the Divine Blade of the Divine Grove, but in reality, he returns to Mary Geoise to spy and gather information.

When Saint Saint Saiwen thought that due to his existence, many changes had already occurred on the Great Sea, Shanks choosing to come to Inazuma at this time seemed to have no problem.

"It's been many years."

Saint Saint Saiwen immediately told Buggy that Shanks was coming to Inazuma and invited Buggy to come over from Hachinosu to gather.

Buggy and Shanks grew up in the Luo Jie Pirates, but a misunderstanding caused them not to see each other for many years.

As their good big brother, Saint Saint Saiwen believed he had the responsibility and obligation to reconcile the two guys.

After all, the situation on the Great Sea would undergo huge changes before long, and there would truly be no leisure time to do such things later.

However, Saint Saint Saiwen hoped even more to see Shanks and Mihawk spar in swordsmanship, especially after Black Blade Yoru consumed the Mythical Zoan Griffin form.

"Old Mi." Saint Saint Saiwen started to stir the pot.

"Actually, Shanks is Captain Luo Jie's true successor. I don't even know the Captain's ultimate move, the God's Arrow, but Shanks does."

A sharp gleam flashed through Mihawk's eyes.

"The God's Arrow, huh? It's worth a fight."

In Mihawk's eyes, the several Grand Swordsmen of the Morning Star Crew all belonged to the heretical cultivation of the Sword Dao.

Especially Saint Saint Saiwen, who possessed a Devil Fruit ability and also bore the flames of the Lunarian race, was the heretic among heretics.

Mihawk had once heard Saint Saint Saiwen say: Shanks possesses top-tier three-color Haki, is not a user, and has extraordinary swordsmanship attainment.

He was simply an opponent tailor-made for him.

Such an opponent was naturally worth a fight.

Mihawk decided to spar with Shanks first; if Shanks's strength could gain his approval, then before the other party left Inazuma: the more the better.

With everyone around him being heretics of the Sword Dao, an opponent tailor-made like Shanks was hard to find.

The more Mihawk thought about it, the more itching he felt.

"Saint Saint Saiwen, if there is nothing else, I want to go to the port and wait first."

"Go ahead, remember to hold back a bit."

In the Morning Star Crew for many years, Mihawk had never stopped pursuing the Sword Dao; every day he either sparred with Saint Saint Saiwen or sparred with Golden Lion and Master Tenghu.

In Elbaph, Mihawk once fought Loki for a full half-year; now Black Blade Yoru has awakened the Mythical Zoan Griffin form...

Facing Shanks, there was almost no possibility of losing; he might even beat Shanks into silence.

"Good."

Mihawk shouldered Black Blade Yoru and left, leaving only Saint Saint Saiwen and Master Tenghu to continue formulating the plan.

"Among the three Ancient Weapons, Uranus has been controlled by Imu for many years. If my scheme succeeds, wait until I find Uranus, then we will officially start the action."

The Mermaid Princess Bai Xing is probably born next year; with the relationship between Fish-Man Island and Saint Saint Saiwen, the Sea King Poseidon can easily be brought under control.

The Pluto is at the bottom of the sea in Inazuma and can be excavated at any time.

Only Uranus is unknown in form and unseen in its tracks.

The key is that Uranus's anti-air strike belongs to the strongest among the three Ancient Weapons and must be grasped in hand.

"After we liberate the whole world, everyone will go to Laugh Tale together."

Actually, Saint Saint Saiwen didn't want to be the Pirate King at all; how is the Pirate King better than the King of the World?

But he did want to take the partners of the Morning Star Crew together to the Final Island Laugh Tale to make up for the regret of arriving at Laugh Tale with Captain Luo Jie.

Due to the lack of the Nika Fruit, even if the Luo Jie Pirates arrived at Laugh Tale, they could not open the Great Treasure ONE PIECE.

This was the reason Captain Luo Jie laughed and said: "We came too early."

One must wait for the person with the awakened Nika Fruit to truly complete this journey.

In the world of pirates, to fight against the World Government, the Celestial Dragons, and Imu, and to complete the mission of liberating the whole world, only the power of Nika can do it—it is the only Liberation Power capable of opposing the Power of Domination.

But that was a world without Saint Saint Saiwen.

Saint Saint Saiwen prepared to use another method: to send Imu to nineteen years later, and then begin liberating the whole world.

At the same time, strive for nineteen years to develop.

With Pure Gold and the System, Saint Saint Saiwen nineteen years later could probably crush Imu with a single finger.

Even if the worst result occurs, isn't there the chosen one of the pirate world, Saint Saint Saiwen's good son Luffy?

By then, with Imu being a lone commander, what could he use to clash hard with Saint Saint Saiwen?

Master Tenghu was silent for a long time, then spoke.

"Captain, everything you envision is premised on being able to use the Age-Age Fruit to mimic the ability of the Time-Time Fruit, and successfully sending Imu to nineteen years later."

"But given the intensity of Imu's Haki, it is highly likely to cause the Time-Time Fruit ability to fail."

"Also, who will consume the Time-Time Fruit?"

Saint Saint Saiwen's tone was quite melancholy.

"The problem lies right here.

Almost all members of our Morning Star Crew are users; only Lachy Lu, Bongo, the Hancock three sisters, and Olga can still consume Devil Fruits."

Mihawk could do it too, but Saint Saint Saiwen did not plan to destroy Mihawk's dream.

In short,

Saint Saint Saiwen still needs to find a person with extremely high talent and loyal reliability from his own side to consume the Time-Time Fruit.

It can be called hell-level difficulty.

However, once this plan succeeds, dealing with Imu becomes incredibly simple.

If time were not so pressing, Saint Saint Saiwen had originally planned for Whitebeard's daughter, Little Istal, to consume the Toge Toge no Mi, cultivating the little one into the Time Regent of the Pirate World.

Pity the heavens would not cooperate.

"Let me think it over some more."

"At worst, we'll clash head-on with Imu. We've been lying low for so many years; we've long been prepared to clash head-on."

"Very well." Master Tenghu nodded.

"Then let's prepare for both contingencies."

"If you succeed, things will be much easier for us. If you fail, it matters not; our strength and that of our allies is sufficient to handle it."

"Many of the allied nations on the seas are not absolutely loyal to the World Government."

Speaking of allied nations, Saint Saint Saiwen suddenly remembered his promise to King Cobra to visit Alabasta soon.

"I'll go to Alabasta in a while to test which side King Cobra stands on."

Along the way, I can also see the Sand Crocodile and see if this warlord, who once dared to challenge Whitebeard, has fallen.

"Good, I'll make preparations."

Meanwhile, in the Inazuma waters of the New World.

On the Red Force, the entire Red Hair crew gazed at Inazuma, a place of treacherous terrain rising hundreds of meters above sea level.

Benn Beckman held an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

"Inazuma is truly a fine place."

"No wonder the World Government has been unable to conquer Inazuma for so many years. With terrain so high, it is a place where one man can hold the pass against ten thousand."

"And the land is vast..."

Shanks added quietly.

"... and it is also rich in Sea Prism Stone."