One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

Faced with the oncoming cloud of dust, Stussy covered his mouth and nose, burying his face almost entirely in the back of his white beard.

"What could be worse than such a terrible itinerary, right, Newgate?" she said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

As the white-bearded man ran quickly, he grumbled without turning his head, "You're upset because you were so focused on how big the giants of Elbaf must be, and that their treasure must be huge too, but you ended up getting nothing because of the conflict."

"Tsk," Stussy pouted, releasing his hand from his face and lightly tapping the back of the white beard twice. "Hey, Newgate, when are you going to change your impression of me? I, Stussy, do like treasure, that's true, but not to that extent!"

She paused, her voice suddenly softening: "Besides, in my heart, I consider you a very great and reliable person."

The white-bearded man's lips twitched slightly as he retorted, "Tch, that's because only I'll pay attention to you, and only I won't try to take things from you."

Of course, the white-bearded man was telling the truth.

In the entire Rocks Pirates, apart from Whitebeard, no one would give Stussy any leeway. If they didn't rob you, that would be giving you face, and you should be grateful. As for "giving way" to you? Don't even think about it.

"Hmph!" Stussy snorted in dissatisfaction. "Who said it's only you? Ron and Kaido give in to me now, don't they? Besides, they're both quite cute!"

"Hehehe," Whitebeard chuckled at her words, "Who told me that Kaido almost hit you on the head with his spiked club the other day? Hmm, thinking about it, it was actually quite cute."

"Newgate, humph!" Stussy's cheeks were puffed up with anger, and his breathing rate was noticeably faster; he was clearly angry.

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On the Rocks side.

After just one clash of Conqueror's Haki with Harald, the surrounding area had already been reduced to ruins.

Harald's gaze swept around, his brows furrowing involuntarily, his heartache undisguised.

"Rocks, my mind is not changing. Today, either Ron leaves your pirate crew, or I kill him, or you kill me," Harald said in a deep voice.

Lox's expression was completely different from before; the anger on his face had long since faded, replaced by a calm.

"Go to the underworld," Rocks said slowly, his voice neither loud nor soft. "If you can step over me and kill Ron, I will have no resentment or anger. Because this is our destiny."

He was ultimately a man of compassion and loyalty.

Even after breaking with Harald, he never intended for the entire Kingdom of Giants to perish in this conflict.

"I won't change my mind just because you did this." Harald's voice remained cold and hard, as if he was determined to go all the way down this path.

"I will not hate the entire Elrubaf just because we have become enemies." After saying this, Lockes turned and left. His philosophy was simple: one thing at a time.

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After a long while. The underworld.

The cold wind howled, swirling up snowflakes that filled the sky, leaving only a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth.

Ron and his group wandered around and returned to the area where they first met Loki.

This damn underworld is so barren. As far as the eye can see, there is only snow and frozen soil. The only thing that can be called "valuable" is the legendary treasure tree "Adam". The bad news is that he has no need for it.

What made Ron even more uncomfortable was that Loki was practically a tagalong, following behind them ever since they started strolling around, silently stepping in their footprints.

Ron turned around and asked him why he was following him. He said he was afraid that Rocks would run away.

Ron suggested he wait on the Sword of Gibbeck, but Loki said that would be boring.

"Hey, big guy," Silver Axe said to Loki after walking for a while, "Does your land of giants have any treasures?"

Loki didn't even acknowledge Silver Axe. I'm just young, not stupid. Besides, you look like you're full of bad intentions.

Silver Axe wasn't angry. He chuckled twice and slowly added, "I remember your name is Loki, right? Don't worry, if Rocks were to decide whether to accept you by vote, I'd definitely be the first to object to you joining the crew, hahaha!"

Loki's expression changed slightly. Okay, he retracted his previous thought; this guy wasn't just scheming, he was downright cunning.

"What treasures could the land of giants possibly have?" Loki replied irritably. "Nothing more than what you see right in front of you."

"Hahahaha," Silver Axe laughed even harder, "I still prefer your arrogant attitude from just now!"

suddenly.

A noise came from not far away.

What followed was a thick snowstorm.

White snowflakes were thrown high into the air, like a moving curtain, and then a familiar figure rushed out from the snowstorm.

"Newgate?" Ron and the others exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Silver Axe frowned as well: "Didn't this guy go with Rocks to see Harald?"

Before he could finish speaking, the white-bearded man's voice came from ahead.

"Ron, get out of here! There's an emergency!"

Ron, always one to take advice, turned and ran towards the Sword of Gibbe without a word.

Kaido, who was stunned for less than a second, didn't ask why; he just followed along.

Silver Axe didn't run. He stood there, his expression slightly hardening, and asked in the direction of the white-bearded man, "Newgate, what happened?"

"Go ask him yourself and you'll find out." The white-bearded man's figure swept past Silver Axe without even turning his head.

Silver Axe followed him, cursing under his breath, "Newgate, you bastard, you're telling me you'll die?!"

Should I go ask?

What the hell am I asking?

The Rocks Pirates always put the slowest runner in the front row; he wouldn't do something so foolish.

Stussy, who had been perched on the white-bearded man's back, slowly lowered his voice: "Lox and Harald's negotiations have broken down, and he's going to kill Ron."

Silver Axe glanced at Stussy with some surprise. When did this woman become so good? Uh... never mind, just run.

But after taking only two steps, he suddenly realized what he was doing and abruptly stopped: "Wait, why am I running to kill Ron? It's none of my business!"

Ron, who was running in the lead, stopped, turned around, and looked back with a puzzled expression: "The talks broke down? They want to kill me? No, fucking, what does this have to do with me?!"

"Sizzle!"

Kaido suddenly braked, the snow exploding beneath his feet, sending shards of snow flying high into the air.

He turned his head and cursed angrily at the white-bearded man and Stussy, "I knew those bastards were no good!"

Indeed, when he first came to Elrubaf a long time ago, he was kicked by Lox for suggesting that Harald be taken down by force.

He didn't have a good impression of these giants at that time.

While he was still angry, Kaido caught sight of a huge figure slowly getting up not far away.

That was the giant who was knocked down by Ron's punch earlier.

Without hesitation, Kaido charged towards him, swinging his spiked club. As the distance closed, he leaped up and slammed down with a furious roar: "I've been wanting to get rid of you, you bastard!"

(Something came up today, so the update is late.)