One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

After the Roger Pirates disbanded, Shanks didn't immediately embark on his pirate journey.

Instead, he took time to reflect before choosing to start a new journey across the four seas.

Beyond gradually assembling his own crew, he didn't rush to make a name for himself on the seas.

Because his extraordinary intuition told him...

Something was deeply wrong with the current state of the sea.

The Marines' numerous actions defied all of his expectations.

Particularly the "Sabaody Purge" six months prior and the subsequent formation of the 'Fish-Man Island and New World Gateway Joint Front'.

The Marines collaborating with the Whitebeard Pirates to jointly protect Fish-Man Island while establishing a neutral trade zone there is completely weird!

Who in their right mind could have imagined such a thing before?

At the time, he'd heard it wasn't Marine Hero Garp who facilitated this, but rather a Marine Rear Admiral named Michael working alongside him.

Later, to verify things, he ventured alone into the Grand Line seeking traces of the Cross Guild...

His goal was to find the Roger Pirates' former First Mate, one of the men he respected most, to seek answers and guidance.

After tremendous effort locating the Cross Guild's mobile sea base, Rayleigh left him with those very words.

This left Shanks utterly perplexed.

Why should he flee from a man named Michael?

Rayleigh remained silent at the time, simply handing Shanks a Video Transponder Snail.

After watching the recorded footage, Shanks' normally composed and confident expression completely shattered.

What had he just witnessed!?

A mere Rear Admiral engaging in a fierce battle with Whitebeard... to a standstill!?

Although Whitebeard didn't use his Devil Fruit powers, who would dare claim they could fight him evenly just because the prime Whitebeard wasn't using his abilities!?

Would anyone dare guarantee that!?

At that moment, Shanks understood completely.

Rayleigh's words, seemingly unrelated to him at first glance, were actually invaluable advice.

And now...

He was hearing that name again from the kids he'd picked up.

How could this not shock him?

Most importantly, these five kids were calling him uncle!

Shanks suddenly felt that what started as an uncharacteristically good deed for a pirate might end up backfiring spectacularly.

"Hey, Shanks, that name..."

As the only one who knew about Shanks' conversation with Rayleigh, Ben Beckman couldn't help but step forward to whisper a reminder.

"Yeah, I know... Tch, I really wish I'd misheard it." Shanks sighed, "But we can't just abandon them halfway... We promised to take these kids home. Can't go back on our word now, can we?"

"You're probably the most promise-keeping pirate out there."

"If I can't even keep a small promise... what kind of Pirate would I be?"

Shanks stood up and took a deep breath.

"Besides, no one said we'd definitely run into their uncle, right?"

....

The rising sea currents of Reverse Mountain soon reached their peak, then merged into a completely unfamiliar sea.

"This is the Grand Line."

"Our adventure begins now."

As Shanks spoke, all the pirates aboard the Red Force turned their gaze to the unfamiliar waters.

Most of them came from the four seas.

"The Eternal Pose to Alabasta is ready... Time to set sail."

Their navigator Building Snake raised his hand and shouted.

Then all crew members returned to their positions as the ship began its journey.

*****

"Seriously, why are you either looking for kids or on your way to look for kids?"

Crocodile swept through the sky as a sandstorm, casually complaining to Michael beside her.

Stella remained silent, but her eyes clearly showed agreement.

"What can I do? Got too many kids at home, not like I planned it." Michael shrugged, "But since they're my family now, I've got to take responsibility, right?"

"Tch, don't you think you're becoming more and more like that old bastard Whitebeard?"

"Don't talk nonsense! We're completely different!" Michael rolled his eyes, "I'm just being responsible... That old man Whitebeard is just starved for affection!"

"I hope you can keep that same energy when you see Whitebeard again."

"Hmph! I won't just complain about him - I'll curse him out too!"

Just mentioning Whitebeard made him angry.

Every month they exchanged letters, sharing intelligence and trade information to prevent any foul play.

After discussing business, Whitebeard would inevitably ask Michael to become his son!

And every time, Michael would respond with cursing him.

Yet that old bastard Whitebeard never got angry, just happily listened to Michael's curses.

It always made Michael feel like he was punching cotton.

"Honestly, if I didn't know the Cross Guild couldn't handle Whitebeard, I'd put a bounty on him myself!" Michael sighed.

"Thankfully Marco is at least reasonable enough to talk to, otherwise I'd really be fuming!"

But complaints aside, it had to be admitted that the Whitebeard Pirates operated with genuine integrity.

Not a single underhanded move!

This made Michael too embarrassed to even consider poaching from their crew.

"Michael! There's a pirate ship ahead..."

"A pirate ship? No time to deal with them. Our people will handle it if they cross paths."

"But... I think I hear Reiju's voice?"

Stella frowned as she spoke.

Perhaps due to her former career as a singer, her Observation Haki was particularly sensitive to sounds.

She could even discern a person's physical condition by analyzing the frequencies in their voice.

Recognizing someone's voice was naturally effortless for her.

"What!? Pirates!?"

Michael whipped his head around and immediately flew towards the ship below.

"Even when fighting Whitebeard, he wasn't this worked up, was he?"

"As his comrade, don't you know Michael by now? He's always prioritized emotions above all else."

Crocodile and Stella watched the fiery trail Michael left in the air before following after him.

*****

"So the legendary Vinsmoke Family no longer exists."

"That's right. Our surname is now Angel—Angel D."

"D... So you're part of that lineage too."

Shanks couldn't help but give them another glance as he listened to Reiju's explanation.

That single letter...

Had truly stirred countless major events across the seas.

And now...

Was it time for the Marine's 'D' to make their move?

"Hey! You red-haired creep down there!"

"Stay away from my kids!"

"Or I'll summon the Lord of the Coast!"

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