Super Card System

When the Red Hair Pirates arrived in the city, they were immediately met by the guards of the Kingdom of Castorm, who led them to the auction house.

Originally, the King of Castorm had considered confiscating the Soul-Soul Fruit from the auction house, but then he thought better of it, fearing that having this Devil Fruit might cause the battle to take place within his royal palace. So he had no choice but to let the auction house continue safeguarding the fruit.

At this time, the King of Castorm also brought a small contingent of troops to surround the auction house. When he saw Shanks arrive, he visibly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered people to retrieve the Devil Fruit from the auction house's treasury.

No one could have imagined that a single Devil Fruit would lead to such consequences. Originally, if someone had just eaten the Devil Fruit, perhaps none of this would have happened. But the problem was that after it attracted the attention of so many big shots, no one dared to eat it.

Because whoever ate the fruit might be killed directly by Kaido. If he couldn't obtain it here, he would prefer the fruit to be reborn elsewhere.

Therefore, even if someone wanted to eat it, only those qualified could do so. Ordinary people no longer had the courage to think about this Devil Fruit. This was why the King of Castorm was waiting for Red-Haired Shanks to come.

The Devil Fruit was stored in a small box, carefully carried out by a kingdom soldier. However, before the soldier could hand the box to Shanks, a white string suddenly shot out from a distance, piercing through the soldier's chest. The soldier died instantly, and the box in his hand rolled to the ground.

Doflamingo had arrived! Without thinking, Shanks drew his sword single-handedly and slashed toward the direction from which the white string had attacked.

However, what his sword energy sliced through was a puppet decoy created by Doflamingo using his Shadow Clone String. His real body appeared from another direction, and the threads in his hand wrapped toward the Devil Fruit box on the ground!

Doflamingo appeared, landing on the ground. Between him and the members of the Red Hair Pirates was the box containing the Devil Fruit.

Shanks's expression was cold. At the moment he saw Doflamingo, his powerful aura began to emanate. Under the pressure of this aura, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Castorm around them could barely breathe. They hurriedly escorted their king away from the scene; the situation was now beyond their ability to handle.

"Fuffuffuffuffu!" Doflamingo spread his arms and let out his signature laugh. "Red Hair, your aura is as terrifying as ever!"

"Get off this island, Doflamingo!" Shanks pointed his Western sword at the ground and said coldly, "Don't force me to act!"

"That won't do!" Doflamingo laughed, spreading his hands. "At any other time, I would naturally retreat, but not this time. The Soul-Soul Fruit is something the Beasts Pirates are determined to obtain!"

"Hmph, from the World Government's lapdog to Kaido's lapdog, is it?" Hearing this, Benn Beckman couldn't help but mock from the side, "Doflamingo, you're becoming more and more useless!"

Doflamingo put one hand on his hip, raised a finger on the other hand, and waved it repeatedly. "No, no, no! On the contrary, I'm quite proud because the world will be moved by us. This feeling is truly wonderful! You people can't understand it…"

"What exactly are you planning?" Shanks asked coldly. "If I remember correctly, Kaido has always collected only Zoan-type Devil Fruits and ability users. Why is he making such a big fuss over the Soul-Soul Fruit this time? Did that lunatic change his entire philosophy after taking you, a Paramecia-type ability user, under his wing?"

"Fuffuffuffuffu, don't get it wrong. Kaido and I have always been merely collaborators!" Doflamingo said frivolously. "Kaido's original intention has never changed. The reason he's targeting this Paramecia-type Devil Fruit is, first, to prevent the World Government from getting it, and second, it's related to our plan. As for what the plan is, I can't tell you!"

"…" Shanks stared coldly at Doflamingo, who was talking eloquently, but in his mind, he was rapidly thinking about what plan he was referring to.

However, Shanks had too little information and had no clues or ideas, so he could only say, "No matter what your plan is, since I'm here, sorry, but your plan can only fail! I won't let you get this fruit!"

"Fuffuffuffuffu, don't be so unreasonable!" Doflamingo laughed. "Red Hair, I know this island is your territory, so both Kaido and I will give you this face. I promise to take the Devil Fruit and leave immediately; we won't linger!"

"Don't even think about it!" Shanks refused without hesitation.

"Really, what do you want this fruit for?" Doflamingo spread his hands. "You're not going to let your crew eat it, are you?"

He pointed to the fat man, Lucky Roux, in the Red Hair Pirates, who was still eating meat in big bites, and said, "Or are you planning to cultivate this chubby guy into the next Big Mom?"

Lucky Roux glared at him, "None of your business!"

But at this moment, Benn Beckman realized something was wrong and whispered to Shanks, "He seems to be stalling for time!"

As soon as Shanks heard this, he immediately reacted. Without delay, he launched an attack, holding his sword single-handedly, unleashing an unparalleled and sharp momentum, and slashed toward Doflamingo!

Facing Shanks's incoming sword, Doflamingo grabbed the fingers of his left hand with his right hand and pulled. Four threads infused with Armament Haki were pulled out, and he used these threads to block Shanks's sword edge.

The toughness of the threads provided a huge buffering effect, but even so, the sword of a Yonko was not something Doflamingo could completely withstand. He was directly sent flying by this slash.

But as Shanks sent him flying, he realized that at some point, threads had extended from under Doflamingo's feet, passing through the ground and appearing beneath the Devil Fruit box. They had quietly wrapped around the box. As Doflamingo was slashed away, the threads on his feet were pulled up from the ground, taking the Devil Fruit box with them!

"Damn it!" Shanks realized he had been careless; he should have picked up the box first.

However, there was still a chance to recover. Shanks, wearing flip-flops, stomped hard on the ground and thrust his sword toward the airborne Doflamingo!

But unexpectedly, Doflamingo, for some reason, didn't dodge Shanks's incoming sword. Instead, he fiercely kicked his leg, throwing the Devil Fruit box attached to his foot far away, landing on the street behind them.

The sword imbued with Haki naturally pierced Doflamingo's body. Shanks's Armament Haki was irresistible, and Doflamingo couldn't defend against it. Blood spurted from his shoulder.

But in the next second, he twisted desperately, freeing his shoulder from Shanks's sword, then landed on the ground, clutching his shoulder.

Just as Shanks was about to rush forward, Doflamingo suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Fuffuffuffuffu! Red Hair! I'm not your opponent!" Doflamingo shouted, pointing upward.

Shanks was startled and looked up, only to see a black shadow rapidly descending from the sky, pouncing toward him. Before he could see clearly who it was, the opponent's attack had already arrived!

Clang! Clang! Two loud clashes resounded as Shanks instantly exchanged two blows with the black shadow. His sword had met the opponent's weapon in two consecutive strikes.

Holding his sword in front of him, Shanks saw the black shadow land and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise! He exclaimed, "It's… it's you!?"

He saw that the newcomer had wild golden hair, messily draped over his back. Strangely, half of a ship's helm was embedded in the top of his head, creating a mohawk-like style. His legs were not normal human legs but were replaced by two sharp swords. When he stood, the sword tips stabbed into the ground.

There was only one person in the world with such a unique appearance—the legendary Flying Pirate, Golden Lion Shiki!

"Jihahahahaha! The little brat from Roger's ship, where's the hat you used to wear!?"

Golden Lion Shiki crossed his arms, a cigar emitting blue smoke in his mouth, and laughed loudly. His laughter was full of momentum as he looked teasingly at Red-Haired Shanks.

"How… how can it be you!?" Shanks's astonishment at this moment was beyond description. A legendary pirate who had been missing for more than twenty years suddenly appeared before him at this time!?

And most importantly, how could he appear together with Doflamingo and the Beasts Pirates!?

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