Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

When Shanks and Whitebeard formed the Red and White Alliance, Big Mom also contacted Kaido using a Den Den Mushi, but the reply she received was...

"Let them do whatever they want, I'll just stay on my own turf. With that naval monster around, you'd better behave yourself!"

After saying that, Kaido smashed the Den Den Mushi, which angered Big Mom so much that she took several big bites of cake.

But this time the situation is different. The navy has come knocking on our door. If we don't make any preparations, we will really face annihilation this time.

Kaido tacitly approved of Big Mom's arrival, and did not allow King to give her a flying kick.

The Big Mom Pirates in the anime are really unlucky. They were kicked off the waterfall by King the first time, and then by Marco the second time. They've completely lost face.

This time, Jin stood obediently at the door. He even nodded when he saw the old lady, and stepped aside to make room for her to take the children behind her inside.

The older woman glanced at Jin sideways, snorted coldly, and walked past him into the room.

Of the Four Emperors, Kaido's residence is the most shabby, consisting of nothing more than a large cave.

The old woman walked to the end and saw Kaido sitting and drinking, with Jack and Queen guarding him, along with other members of the Beasts Pirates.

Black Maria looked somewhat displeased upon seeing Big Mom. She had always harbored feelings for Kaido and knew that Big Mom and Kaido had a special relationship, but due to Big Mom's strength, she dared not show it too much and lowered her head with a soft snort.

Kaido glanced at the big woman who had entered, casually tossed her a sake jug, and said...

"You've come to talk about the alliance, haven't you?"

The older woman seemed much more normal this time; at least she wasn't acting crazy like in the anime, either going off on her own or on her way to going crazy.

She took the wine jug and went to Kaido, then casually plopped down on the ground.

After taking a large gulp of wine, the old woman looked at Kaido and spoke.

"Whitebeard and Shanks have already formed an alliance, so why can't we?"

Kaido wiped the drink from his lips, looked directly into Big Mom's eyes, and said in a deep voice,

"I can only tell you that forming an alliance is pointless. With that monster around, we have almost no chance of winning!"

Chapter 253 The Mysterious Red Hair

"What?! What nonsense are you spouting?!"

The old woman stared wide-eyed at Kaido, unable to believe that the man in front of her was still the fearless Kaido. Wasn't what he said a bit too encouraging?

Kaido casually gulped down several mouthfuls of sake and said nonchalantly,

"You've never fought him, so you don't know how terrifying he is. To be honest, I can't think of anyone who could stand up to him."

"Has Zi Lin's strength really reached this level?"

"It's going to be even more exaggerated than I've described. I'm going to the Navy Headquarters this time to see for myself what he's really up to."

"So you're still refusing to form an alliance?"

"Tch, it's meaningless, but I still owe you a favor. If you want to form an alliance with me, then go ahead!"

When Big Mom saw that Kaido had agreed, she raised her sake jug and clinked it against Kaido's, but there was no joy on her face at the successful alliance; instead, she looked worried.

On the other side, aboard the Moby Dick,

Whitebeard was also sitting in a cabin with Shanks, discussing the upcoming war. On the deck outside the cabin stood the officers of both the Red and White Divisions.

Shanks brought a detailed chart about Chiga, which listed all of Chiga's abilities.

Whitebeard looked at the names of the abilities listed above, and even though he already knew that Chiga possessed multiple abilities, he was still amazed by them.

"Door door, gravity, cat demon, shrew, explosion, thunder, momo, combination, dark..."

There are at least nine known Devil Fruit abilities, and judging from the eleven tomoe in Chiga's Rinnegan, he has two more unknown abilities that he has not yet revealed!

Moreover, both of them knew that Chiga's most terrifying feature was his pair of Rinnegan eyes, which possessed power that surpassed even Devil Fruits, and no one could be sure of their limits.

Coupled with Chiga's domineering aura, which was even stronger than Shanks', Whitebeard was also unusually awestruck, and he exclaimed,

"This is simply a monster!"

Shanks nodded in agreement, subconsciously touching his severed arm. He knew far better than Whitebeard just how strong Chiga was.

However, Shanks was not as pessimistic as Kaido. In his view, this time all four emperors had gathered, which was a force that could shake the world. No matter how strong Chiga was, he couldn't possibly decide the outcome of this war by himself, right?

However, if Shanks had seen Madara's appearance in Naruto, he would know that even alone, he could rout tens of thousands of enemies.

Shanks looked down at the photo of Chihiro on the file and whispered,

"Let me see if you really have the ability to end this era!"

Whitebeard glanced at him and said,

"Aren't you going to eat a Devil Fruit? Finding a suitable one shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

When Devil Fruits were mentioned, Shanks' face showed disgust, and he said hatefully,

"I won't eat its food!"

"it?"

"Don't worry about it. I have a different plan this time, and it won't be any worse than a Devil Fruit."

Whitebeard was taken aback, wondering what Shanks meant by "preparations," but seeing that Shanks' expression was somewhat unpleasant, he didn't press the matter further. After all, they were on the same side now, so it was naturally a good thing that Shanks was prepared.

After giving the remaining instructions, Shanks got up to leave. Before leaving, he said to Whitebeard,

"Don't drink alcohol these next few days, take good care of your health, and don't let anything go wrong!"

The white-bearded man frowned and rebuked him.

"Kid, aren't you getting a little too cocky? You're even starting to meddle with me?"

However, Shanks was behaving very strangely today. A ring of jet-black eyeshadow suddenly appeared around his left eye, and he turned his head, speaking in a very cold tone.

"You're too arrogant. You have no idea what kind of enemy we're about to face."

A strange wave erupted from Shanks' body. It wasn't Conqueror's Haki, but merely a kind of oppressive aura.

But this oppressive aura made even Whitebeard feel extremely uncomfortable. A look of shock flashed in his eyes as he stared at the unfamiliar Shanks and shouted,

"Who exactly are you?!"

"Who...am I?"

Shanks' expression suddenly turned confused. Upon seeing this, Whitebeard immediately unleashed his Conqueror's Haki. Under the impact of the Haki, Shanks gradually returned to normal, and the eyeshadow on his left eye gradually faded away.

Shanks felt a wave of weakness wash over him, and his body went limp, almost causing him to collapse to the ground.

Seeing this, Whitebeard disregarded the unpleasantness that had just occurred and quickly stepped forward to grasp Shanks' waist, helping him steady himself.

Singer took a few deep breaths and said in a low voice,

"Thank you."

The white-bearded man frowned and asked,

"What just happened? You seem like a completely different person!"

"You're overthinking it. I'm still me. I've just been too stressed lately, and I'm a little mentally unstable."

"And what's the pattern on your left eye?"

"It's just Armament Haki, you can't even tell that?"

"..."

Whitebeard naturally didn't believe Shanks's nonsense. Anyone could see that Shanks's condition was very strange just now, and something must have happened to him.

Shanks clearly didn't want to say anything more, and Whitebeard couldn't force him to talk, so the two ended up in an awkward situation.

Only when Shanks felt slightly better did he break free from the white-bearded man's large hand and slowly say,

"Don't overthink it. If we are at a disadvantage in the war a few days from now, that will be the key to our victory."

Without waiting for Whitebeard's response, Shanks turned and walked out of the cabin. Beckman, who was guarding outside, saw the weakness on Shanks' face and quickly went forward to drape a black cloak over his shoulders.

Beckman asked with a serious expression.

"Did you have a conflict with Whitebeard? We sensed a powerful aura outside just now, was that you?"

Shanks waved his hand and said,

"Nothing happened, let's go back!"

......

Among the flowers,

Im, sitting on the throne, suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes with two black rings around them.

He seemed to be laughing, muttering to himself.

"Can't hold back any longer? Enjoy this power! You keep saying you hate it, but in the end you still have to rely on it. How ironic! Hahahaha!"

At that moment, the voice he loathed rang in his mind.

"Aren't you afraid he'll use this power to defeat Uchiha Chika? Wouldn't that ruin your plan?"

Im scoffed and said coldly,

"Uchiha Chika won't be defeated so easily. This will only force him to evolve faster. You piece of trash, you'd better shut up!"

After speaking, Im disappeared into the shadows, and the entire hall fell into a deathly silence once again.

Chapter 254 Lox in Action

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Rocks stood with Wapol's body on his feet, while holding a round Devil Fruit in his hand. This Devil Fruit looked like a closed mouth, and it was Wapol's Gluttony Fruit.

A tidal wave of darkness surged beneath Rocks' feet. He grinned as he looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand.

"Finally, we've found a decent replacement. This piece of junk wasted its potential!"

With that, Rocks kicked Wapol's corpse aside like trash and stuffed the Gluttony Fruit into his mouth.

Fortunately, Blackbeard's neck was thick enough that Rocks swallowed it whole without chewing.

After eating the Swallow Fruit, Rocks' mouth suddenly enlarged, almost reaching his ears. He smacked his lips and casually swallowed a gun from the ground.