One Piece: World Conquest Begins with Creating a Little Empress

"Hey, Barrett, keep a close eye on my and Char's daughter..."

"I'm going to support Lieutenant General Garp!"

Ultimately, Dor was still a member of the Navy. After Garp planned to attack the Red-Haired Pirates, she chose to stand on Garp's side out of a sense of responsibility.

Dol could indeed spare Shanks, who was Char's brother, but she wouldn't spare Shanks' crew! In Dol's eyes, only pirates who were imprisoned in Impel Down, living a life worse than death, or who were simply dead, were good pirates.

"Huh?! I'm supposed to take care of Xia's daughter?!"

Barrett, who was assigned by Char to be by Dol's side and was responsible for protecting Dol and Tifa's safety along with Gion and Kake, showed a hint of difficulty for the first time after Dol forcefully put Tifa into his arms. He had never taken care of a child in his life.

Windmill Village.

Inside Makino's tavern.

Shanks, who was drinking in the tavern, suddenly noticed something, and his expression changed abruptly.

"Something terrible has happened! Captain Shanks!"

"The Navy! The Navy is attacking! They're most likely heading for us, get ready for battle!!"

When a newly joined member of the Red-Haired Pirates saw the large group of Marines led by Garp in the distance, his face changed drastically. He scrambled back into the tavern and shouted loudly at Shanks, the captain of the Red-Haired Pirates.

"call……"

Inside the tavern, Shanks, who was silently smoking a cigarette, couldn't help but smile after hearing his underling's words.

"Hey! Makino, it seems I can't stay here with you any longer..."

"Don't worry! I'll definitely make time to come back and see..."

Shanks looked at Makino, the tavern owner, and said with a smile.

At this moment, Makino was only a teenager, and Shanks's scumbag nature had already been exposed! He was taking advantage of a young girl, even younger than Char. In Char's previous world, he would have been locked up in prison.

"Shanks! Vice Admiral Garp is a good person, don't fight him!" Makino first grabbed Shanks' hand, pleading with him not to fight Garp, then explained why Shanks shouldn't fight him: "Vice Admiral Garp is very strong, he has cornered Gol D. Roger's crew several times! You are no match for him, you will definitely get hurt if you fight him..."

"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing..."

"Don't let my current appearance fool you. I used to be an apprentice on Roger's pirate crew, so no one knows Vice Admiral Garp's strength better than me. The fact that I dare to fight him head-on means that I've made ample preparations!"

“Makino, you need to understand, no matter how strong Garp is, no matter how legendary his deeds are, he's just an old man. No one in this world can be invincible forever, not even Captain Roger, the Pirate King, or Whitebeard, who was known as the ‘strongest man in the world,’ let alone Garp, a veteran!”

After hearing Makino's words, Shanks chuckled softly, then took off the straw hat he always wore and gently placed it on the bar counter of Makino's tavern.

"Finally, I hope you can do me a small favor, Makino! Please give this straw hat to Luffy and tell him that I'll be waiting for him in the New World. I hope that one day he can find me on the high seas and return this straw hat to me personally. I'll be waiting for him in the New World..."

Shanks looked at Makino, his eyes sparkling with deep affection for her and a vision for the future. After a year of observation, Shanks finally decided to follow his heart and pass on the straw hat, which had been given to him by Captain Roger and held great symbolic significance, to Luffy, rather than to Ace, Roger's biological son.

In Shanks' view, Ace, who grew up receiving education from the Celestial Dragons, was more like his younger brother Char in terms of personality and style than Roger! As for Luffy…

Luffy said the same words Roger, the Pirate King, right in front of Shanks! From the moment Shanks heard Luffy's words, Shanks believed that Luffy was the destined one, the one Roger and the entire world had been waiting for...

"Okay, I'll help you finish it!"

Upon hearing this, Makino nodded vigorously.

"The servants are ready to depart..."

"The winds of time have begun to blow! Are we ready to head to a new world?"

What Shanks said was somewhat ambiguous.

Some pirates believed that Shanks was planning to head to the New World, where the 'Four Emperors' resided, and that he was finally going to challenge these emperors who ruled the New World...

The other group, Shanks' earliest companions, knew clearly that the New World Shanks spoke of was not simply the latter half of the Grand Line!

The new world Shanks speaks of is a magnificent and entirely new future!

"Oh!!"

As Shanks finished speaking...

Throughout the tavern, all the members of the Red-Haired Pirates cheered loudly.

"Men, an old navy man has arrived outside, intending to stop us from setting sail! To stop us from reaching the New World! Tell me, what am I supposed to do now?!"

Shanks, seizing the opportunity, stood on a stool on the round table in the tavern and continued to shout at his underlings.

"Then fight!!"

Shanks's underlings also gave him face and shouted loudly in response.

"That's right! Men, let's fight!"

Shanks chuckled softly and shouted.

"Oh!!"

In an instant, Makino's tavern was bustling with activity once again.

"Everyone, come out with me! Prepare for battle! Vice Admiral Garp..."

Immediately afterward, at Shanks' command, the entire Red-Haired Pirates filed out of Makino's tavern, following Shanks! Soon after, the pirates appeared on the narrow road of Windmill Village, standing there constantly wiping their weapons, ready to clash with the Marines led by Garp at any moment!

Just as the Red-Haired Pirates emerged from the tavern where Makino was, a large group of uniformed Marines slowly walked towards Shanks from the distant street. The man standing at the head of the Marines was none other than the Marine hero Garp.

In an instant, with the clash between these two forces, dark clouds filled the sky above Windmill Village!

On the Red-Haired Pirates' side, Shanks, the captain, wore a black cloak and had the famous sword Griffin at his waist. Terrifying Conqueror's Haki swirled around him. Beside Shanks stood two combatants of the Red-Haired Pirates, the future "World's Greatest Swordsman" Dracule Mihawk, and the Red-Haired Pirates' strategist and de facto first mate, Ben Beckman.

Behind Shanks stood eight high-ranking officers: Yasopp, Lucky Roux, Hongo, Bendick Snake, Benk Punch, Mooster, Lyme Jones, and Roar Gabu, all grinning maliciously at the Marines in the distance!

At this moment, the entire Red-Haired Pirates had terrifyingly gloomy faces. They all looked like monsters that were not to be trifled with, and each of them was releasing a powerful aura of dominance!

In terms of the average strength of the officers, the Red-Haired Pirates seem to have surpassed the Big Mom Pirates led by Charlotte Linlin, the Beasts Pirates led by Kaido, and Beehive Island occupied by Wang Zhi. Just as the Navy commented on the Red-Haired Pirates, the strength of the senior officers is all top-notch, making them a pirate crew without any weaknesses and as solid as an iron wall.

On the other side of the village...

Garp and his Marines had already reached Shanks...

Standing behind Garp was his second-in-command, Bogart, who had fought alongside him in the God Valley Massacre and participated in the battles to capture 'Pirate King' Roger, 'Whitebeard' Newgate, and 'Golden Lion' Shiki. Even though they failed to capture them several times, he still managed to escape unscathed!

Behind Bogart were naturally the Marine Vice Admirals Gion ('Momosasa'), Kake ('Chaton'), and Char's third wife, Dol! Following these three Vice Admirals were five Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals, along with a host of Rear Admirals and Commodores from Marine Headquarters. Finally, standing were the Marine Headquarters' field officers and elite soldiers from various branches. The Marines held an overwhelming numerical advantage.

"Red-haired Shanks, just surrender!"

Before leading the Marines to Shanks, Garp did not rush to attack Shanks. Instead, he cracked his knuckles and looked at Shanks with a serious expression as he spoke.

"Isn't that Vice Admiral Garp?! It's been so long..."

"The last time we met was when you led a large group of marines to launch a massive attack on my Roger Pirates! Unfortunately, that time it ended with our Roger Pirates successfully escaping..."

"Back then, I was just a lowly intern, not qualified to fight a powerhouse like you. It's quite a pity! But this time is different. I've now reached a height I never dared to dream of before. Even the hero Garp can't stop me!"

Shanks looked at Garp in front of him and spoke with great confidence.

"Oh?! You're very confident!"

After hearing Shanks' words, Garp suddenly grinned and laughed.

Dark lightning bolts, emanating from Garp, roared incessantly in all directions! These lightning bolts, formed from Haki, seemed to be proclaiming the terrifying extent of the rage within Garp's heart...

"Boy, even Roger wouldn't dare to talk such big in front of me! Let me see where you get the courage to speak to this old man like that! Don't think that just because you're Char's brother, I won't dare to touch you..."

As Garp spoke, he began to move his wrists, and a series of crisp cracking sounds came from his joints.

"Let me show you the secret technique I've just learned!"

As Shanks spoke, he walked straight up to Garp.

"Suck……"

Immediately afterward, Shanks took a deep breath, pointed behind Garp, and shouted, "Oh no! Everyone look! It's the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Shanks's flamboyant demeanor made all the Marines present break out in a cold sweat. They said disdainfully, "Hey! Who do you think Vice Admiral Garp is? How could he be distracted by such a childish feint?!"

"What?! The Whitebeard Pirates have actually come to the East Blue!"

Before the group of naval soldiers could finish speaking...

Upon hearing Shanks' words, Garp immediately turned his head, looked behind him, and shouted, "That's strange! I haven't seen any trace of the Whitebeard Pirates! Where did they go?!"

"Eh?!"

"Lieutenant General Garp actually believed Shanks's nonsense..."

"He actually let such a childish feint distract him?!"

For a moment, all the members of the Red-Haired Pirates present were dumbfounded.

"Run, brothers!"

Just then, Shanks suddenly spoke...

Then, Shanks, considered by the World Government to be the strongest pirate besides the Four Emperors, suddenly turned around and started running at top speed. As he ran, he shouted, "Who would have a proper fight with this monster old man?! Everyone, run! Escaping is the most important thing..."

"Hahahaha!"

"As expected, they ran away in the end!"

"Captain, wait for us!"

In an instant, the Red-Haired Pirates fled the streets amidst the shocked gazes of the Marines.

"That's strange, Whitebeard didn't come at all..."

Just as the Red-Haired Pirates had already disappeared from the Marines' sight and were about to set sail, Garp turned his head and asked in confusion.