One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

1506 in the Haiyuan calendar.

Three years have passed since Roy returned to Beehive Island with Sky Gold and a group of new companions.

Three years is neither a long nor a short time.

But for this most chaotic, violent, and unreasonable sea area—

For the new world, three years...

Enough to turn an unknown person into a legend, and enough to turn a legend into a myth.

And the biggest variable in the new world over the past three years...

It wasn't a power struggle between the five emperors, nor was it the Navy Headquarters's restless ambition, nor was it some conspiracy or trickery secretly plotted by the World Government.

The biggest variable comes from a red-haired man wearing a straw hat and his equally lawless group of companions.

Red-haired Shanks.

Three years ago, he refused the invitation from the Seven Warlords of the Sea, parted ways with Roy at Sabaody Archipelago, and led the Red-Haired Pirates into the New World.

Nobody had high hopes for him.

In that new world, the five great emperors had already divided up their territories completely.

Whitebeard sits in the central courtyard, Shiki occupies the floating islands, Big Mom's Whole Cake Island is impregnable, Kaido dominates Wano Country, and Beehive Island is the most unshakeable behemoth in the New World.

Five mountains loomed over everyone's heads; who dared to move? Whoever moved would die.

But Shanks did just that.

His first stop in the new world was the territory of the Golden Lion.

Everyone was waiting to see the joke happen—

A newly formed pirate crew goes to challenge the legendary Flying Pirates?

Isn't this just courting death?

But the result shocked the entire new world.

Shanks and Shiki fought a fierce battle on the floating island for three days and three nights. Their swordplay ripped through the island's surface again and again, and the clash of their Conqueror's Haki shattered countless pieces of the island's rocks.

Three days later, Shanks emerged from the floating island covered in blood, and Shiki didn't fare any better, suffering a deep, bone-revealing knife wound on his right arm.

Although every member of the Red-Haired Pirates was wounded, not a single one of them died. They fought their way through the Flying Pirates' encirclement and escaped unscathed.

This battle made the name "Red-Haired Shanks" memorable throughout the New World.

For the next two years, Shanks was like a wild horse, rampaging across the New World.

He went after Whitebeard—the monster known as "the strongest man in the world."

The two swords clashed on the deck of the Moby Dick, and Conqueror's Haki tore through the sky, causing the entire giant ship to groan in pain.

Whitebeard looked at the kid in the straw hat, a complex light flashing in his eyes—the same light he had once seen in Roger's eyes.

After that battle, Whitebeard said, "This kid has Roger's shadow."

Then comes BIG MOM.

Shanks led his men into Whole Cake Island and engaged in a fierce battle with the Big Mom Pirates on the outskirts of the island.

Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit grants all things a spirit, but Shanks' Conqueror's Haki can knock out Homies before they even have a chance to move.

After a chaotic battle, the Red-Haired Pirates burned down several of Big Mom's factories and stole a large amount of information about Devil Fruits.

Then they made their escape before Big Mom could intervene.

Charlotte Linlin was so angry that she smashed half of Whole Cake Island, but Shanks' men had already disappeared.

Kaido was not spared either.

Shanks intercepted a transport fleet of the Beasts Pirates off the coast of Wano Country, annihilated it in no time, and stole a large amount of Seastone and weapons.

Jin personally led a pursuit, chasing for seven whole days, but still couldn't catch up.

Shanks' guerrilla tactics infuriated Kaido, but every time he tried to personally retaliate, Shanks slipped away like an eel, never engaging in a direct confrontation.

"Red-haired guerrilla warfare"—these four words have now become the most troublesome term for the major powers in the New World.

Fight and run, run even if you can't win, then run away and find another place to fight.

Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Big Mom all wanted to tear him to pieces, and Kaido, when drunk, would yell that he wanted to smash his skull with a club.

But despite the criticism, no one could actually do anything to Shanks.

The Red-Haired Pirates are like an unbreakable copper pea, stuck in the throats of the four emperors, unable to swallow or spit it out.

Over the course of three years, Shanks managed to establish himself amidst the chaos of the five great emperors, amassing more than a dozen islands and becoming the undisputed "sixth great power" in the New World.

Although he has not officially become emperor yet, everyone knows that the crown will eventually fall on his head.

And on Beehive Island, the most unique land in the New World, these three years were not wasted either.

Barrett—this man's reputation in the New World is even more terrifying than it was three years ago.

He did something that everyone thought he was crazy:

Alone, he ventured into Whitebeard's territory six times, all to challenge the world's strongest man.

Every time Barrett was beaten half to death, he would return to Beehive Island to recover.

Once the injury heals, continue.

It wasn't about seeking revenge, it wasn't about looking for trouble, it was simply about wanting to fight.

Then, on the fifth attempt, a miracle occurred.

After being repeatedly disturbed, Whitebeard finally lost his temper. The Tremor-Tremor Fruit's air tremor collided head-on with Barrett's Conqueror's Haki, and the earth-shattering power pushed Barrett's White Tiger form to its limit.

Under extreme pressure on the verge of life and death, Barrett felt as if something inside him had exploded—

The Mythical Zoan-type White Tiger Fruit awakened at that moment, with the aura of the awakened Zoan-type fruit swirling above its head.

Its terrifying physique, combined with its Zoan-type determination, makes its regenerative abilities truly terrifying.

The metallic and wind blades on the entire battlefield all became part of his body.

In that battle, both sides fought fiercely for several days and nights, and their strength steadily rose to the ranks of top experts.

Tezzolo's three years were equally remarkable.

He always remembered Roy's advice—if he wanted his Devil Fruit to awaken, he should go find Kizaru.

Wherever Kizaru is, Tesoro is there too.

Marine Headquarters, Sabaody Archipelago, Enies Lobby—whenever Kizaru leaves headquarters on a mission, Tesoro will appear before him like a shark smelling blood.

In their first encounter, Tesoro was sent spinning seven or eight times in the air by Kizaru's light-speed kick. Lightning had no speed advantage whatsoever against Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit.

The second time, he was smarter and used a wide-range lightning attack to block Kizaru's movement space, forcing Kizaru to confront him head-on. As a result, he was pierced through the left shoulder by the Yata Mirror.

The third, fourth, fifth... every time they clashed, Tesoro was infuriated by Kizaru's nonchalant tone, but each time he learned something new from his defeat.

The two sides met again near the Sabaody Archipelago.

Tesoro's Rumble-Rumble Fruit changed at that moment—the lightning was no longer simply released from his body, but could directly assimilate the surrounding space, turning the entire area into a lightning domain.

Kizaru's light speed was disrupted in the lightning field, and Tesoro finally hit Kizaru head-on for the first time.

That punch, imbued with two hundred million volts of lightning and Armament Haki, slammed Kizaru back to the ground from mid-air.

A nearly 100-meter-long charred crater was left on the ground.

Although Tesoro ultimately failed to win the battle, Kizaru's usual frivolous smile disappeared as he left.

From then on, Tesoro's name officially became synonymous with that of a Marine Admiral.