One Piece: True Several Thousand Hands, rampaging across Marineford!

Earl Red, his spirits soaring, replied, "I have never been inferior to anyone in my life! I will become an existence that no one has surpassed in the past seven hundred years! Even if there are successors, they will only deserve to live in my shadow!!!"

"..."

Kahn understood that Ryder had long been prepared to die.

Once this bastard's plan comes to fruition, the ocean is likely to erupt in a massive upheaval and all-out war.

This battle.

It could very well shake the true order and undermine the very foundation of world government.

"Are you...are you insane?!"

"You are a hero."

Ryder laughed, "So I know you'll clean up the mess I might make, and I just want to do what I want to do."

"In this world, in this era, heroes never have a good ending. Take Barrett and Kaido, for example. Weren't they both people who once aspired to be heroes? If it weren't for you, what path would they have taken?"

"Freedom? Pirates? War?"

"Heroes never have a good ending. You're saying the choice of the Navy is to be a hero? I can only say that's ridiculous. The Navy is the maintainer of the World Government. Trying to be a hero in the Navy is the end result of being a hero."

"Being a pirate is far more tragic than pursuing freedom!"

"Heroes never have a good ending."

"People consider it a tragedy."

"It is actually a tragedy of the times."

"Freedom is what Roger wanted, what the D. clan pursued throughout their lives, and what the World Government wanted to see."

"It is precisely in this kind of era that heroes appear pathetic."

"Isn't it ridiculous?"

"I can't see your future, but I've already guessed your fate from Dracula."

"Lena is a good girl."

“If it really has to be a sacrifice, I hope you can be a little selfish and choose to sacrifice others, or even more people, instead of letting her sacrifice herself.”

"And... at least my plan is beneficial to you, isn't it? You don't need to stop it, just watch quietly. You're a sentimental person, and the comrades you care about won't all have an easy time surviving next time. I've found my own path, and I don't want to waste my time on you, nor on that little girl Lena."

"..."

Ryder met Brooke.

To fulfill my final regret.

He wants to live for himself.

"You haven't answered my question yet."

Kahn asked again, "With your pride, why would you do such a boring thing on a nameless island?"

"I've already answered that above."

Ryder laughed, "What she said on that island was meant to provoke your anger. I wanted to see if the person that girl favored could even control her reason. You are better than I thought."

"hehe."

Kahn sneered, "At that time, I wanted to tear you to pieces. It was only with great difficulty that I managed to calm down."

"Maintain this mindset."

Ryder didn't care at all.

"This medicine can prolong a person's life."

Kahn tossed out all the potions he had obtained from Kureha, saying, "I don't want Lena to owe anyone anything. These will help you better control the Pirate Alliance."

"Your companions are all alright."

Ryder replied, "But next time we won't be so lucky. All the World Government wants is Newgate. The Whitebeard Pirates should be wiped out, just like the Roger Pirates."

"I don't want you to follow in their footsteps; luck won't always be on your side."

"..."

Kahn glanced at Ryder and said, "You're not concerned about me."

"The Whitebeard Pirates were not destroyed. Most of them did not die, unlike the Flying Pirates who followed Shiki. Unless they stayed at headquarters, the members scattered in various places were all wiped out."

"..."

"Keep this thing."

Ryder accepted Kahn's things, saying, "I have to give them an explanation."

Kahn exclaimed, "It's simply beyond the reach of this world to have a monster like you, with such extraordinary wisdom and almost omnipotence."

"Hahaha!"

Ryder laughed loudly: "I was once alone and didn't want to do these things. With talent at my level, you can only guess a part of our thoughts at most. Ordinary people can't even imagine how smart someone like me is."

"I retract my previous statement."

Kahn said, "You're really narcissistic."

“You should be glad you restrained yourself and stopped their foolish behavior, otherwise not only Dengol Island, Alabasta, and the Kingdom of Drum, but also Shiki and Whitebeard’s territory would have been plundered.”

Ryder explained, "If it weren't for Lena, I wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to stop those pirates. They've been eyeing you for a long time."

"..."

"You should be glad you did it."

Kahn retorted, "Otherwise, you will unleash an immortal monster that will relentlessly hunt you down and relentlessly kill members of the pirate alliance."

"..."

This time.

Instead of the long paragraph above, explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly.

They were arguing with each other.

In the standoff.

They both laughed at the same time.

“You didn’t need to do that, and neither did I. Such behavior would only benefit the World Government. I had various reasons for taking action against Whitebeard. If the Pirate Alliance hadn’t intervened, the Whitebeard Pirates would have suffered even greater casualties, and Whitebeard himself might have even died on the spot.”

“You are a smart person, unlike those fools who have a narrow vision and limited understanding.”

“I didn’t ask Lena to do anything for me. She just guided me down a different path. I learned a lot from her, which enabled someone as aloof as me to learn how to manage the pirate alliance.”

“I have taught her everything I can. She is the best successor. But it is not a good choice for you to change the world. With your abilities, you can live a fulfilling life without trying to change it.”

"..."

Ryder's subtle persuasion.

"Would you give up your current path?"

Kahn shut down Ryder's persuasion with a single sentence.

"In terms of spirit, you are no less than Lox."

"Even if most people on the high seas don't believe you can defeat the undefeated Navy legend, Steel Bone Kong, I absolutely believe you're stronger than that dog!"

"I will bring you pure gold to fulfill the agreement."

"When the agreement is fulfilled, we'll meet on the battlefield."

"I look forward to our next meeting. I will personally defeat and kill you, ending the legend! Your pirate alliance will be destroyed by my hand!"

"..."

Ryder chuckled to himself, "This is exactly what I've been hoping for!"

"Kahn, becoming a hero doesn't necessarily mean walking the path of a hero. This path is for me to walk. This is what I want: to forge glory."

"But you've taken a different path, stepping on the pirate alliance to change the world—that's what you all want."

"I deceived everyone on the sea, and gave what I wanted to those I valued. The Blood King got the liberation he wanted, Lena got what she wanted, the turmoil on the sea disappeared, and those ambitious people in the pirate alliance gained fame and fortune."

"But I pursue my own things."

"Only I could devise a scheme of this caliber."

"Those who offer advice and strategies."

"Isn't it worthy of narcissism to reach my level?"

Don't you think so?

"..."

Once a monster like 'Red Earl' Red finds the path he truly wants to take, he will steadfastly pursue it. He is the solitary Red, and the strongest pirate of this era, second to none.

Kahn did not answer.

They disappeared from the spot.

"I'm doing this for myself."

Ryder remained where he was and chuckled, "Let others create that kind of world. Pirate King? Sea Overlord? I no longer care about any of that."

As the strongest on the leaderboard.

His vision and ambition are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Taking Lena away back then was less a matter of coercion and more a result of mutual choice.

"It's a pity his IQ is a little low."

In Ryder's eyes.

There are very few people in this world who are worthy of communicating with him; that last sentence was a comment on Kahn.

…………

"Those ambitious guys in the pirate alliance probably never realized they were just pawns. Crocodile thought he was incredibly cunning, but in reality, this was all the result that Red wanted."

“Ryder needs them to grow, to grow in the direction he expects, so that there will be enough top-tier combat power to do what he wants to do.”