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Chapter 285: Shiki: "Being Kneaded into a Ball by That Person is My Honor!"
In the sky, Golden Lion Shiki's face changed color instantly! First from arrogant gold to angry crimson! Then to a shameful purple! Finally, it turned iron-blue like the bottom of a pot!
Colorful! Spectacular! It was like opening a dye shop!
"NEWGATE!!!"
Shiki gritted his teeth. Every word seemed to be popped out from between them! On his forehead, a vein that was already prominent now throbbed violently, looking like it would burst at any second!
Terrifying killing intent!
It exploded from his body once again! Even more violent and chaotic than before! It was the madness of humiliation turning into anger after a sore spot was poked!
Buzz—!!!
The surrounding space twisted with a tooth-aching sound under the influence of this killing intent. The sea below surged without wind, whipping up monstrous waves tens of meters high!
"Angry?" Red-Haired Shanks narrowed his eyes, his right hand slowly resting on the Gryphon at his waist. "It seems... what the newspaper said is true. This insufferably arrogant old lion really got sorted out by someone?"
Benn Beckman spat out his cigarette butt, his eyes becoming incredibly grave. If the newspaper was true, didn't that mean... the shop owner named "Blake" possessed strength that could crush the Golden Lion?! That was too absurd!
Two peak Emperor-level auras collided fiercely in mid-air!
Crack! Crack!
The sound of the atmosphere cracking! Just when everyone thought these two monsters of the old era were about to sink the island in the next second, an accident happened.
That Golden Lion, who looked like he was about to explode with rage... That Golden Lion wrapped in a golden Susanoo phantom, wishing he could tear Whitebeard to shreds...
Suddenly.
As if a basin of cold water had been poured over him.
All the anger. All the killing intent. All the violence.
vanished without a trace in an instant!
Silence!
This sudden shift stunned everyone present. Even Whitebeard, who was ready for battle, couldn't help but be slightly taken aback. A trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
Has this old madman... changed his nature?
"Newgate. Do you think... this matter is funny?"
Shiki slowly descended from the sky until he was eye-level with Whitebeard. He just floated there quietly, arms crossed. That posture was no longer arrogance, but a kind of... eerie solemnity.
"Being kneaded into a ball. Being hung in the sky. Being humiliated in front of the whole world. It looks... indeed like a huge joke."
The corners of Shiki's mouth turned up slightly, sketching an arc of self-mockery. But the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter. More and more fanatical!
"But... Newgate. You don't understand at all."
Shiki suddenly extended a finger, pointing in the direction of Foosha Village. Pointing at that seemingly ordinary tavern.
His voice began to tremble slightly! Not from fear! But from... awe! It was the awe of a believer seeing a true god!
"You haven't seen that kind of power. You haven't seen that kind of... power that freezes your soul just by looking at you! You have never felt... that despair as if the whole world is rejecting you, the whole universe is squeezing you!"
"In front of that power... whether it's you, or me, or that dead ghost Roger! We are all just ants!!!"
BOOM!!!
These words exploded in everyone's minds like a nuclear bomb!
Ants?!
A dignified Four Emperor tier. The legendary Pirate Admiral. Actually said he was an ant?! And he dragged Whitebeard and Roger into it too?!
Did... did he get beaten stupid?!
"You..." Whitebeard frowned, his grip on the Murakumogiri tightening a few notches. He could tell Shiki wasn't joking. This man, who once cut off his own legs for dignity, was now... admitting his insignificance?!
"Giving it away to that person... becoming a plaything for that person... even being kneaded into a decoration by that person..."
Shiki took a deep breath. A morbid flush actually appeared on his face. That was the manifestation of fanaticism to the extreme.
"This is not a humiliation at all! Newgate! Listen to me clearly! This... is my, Golden Lion Shiki's, HONOR!!!"
Crazy! Completely crazy!
Everyone looked at Shiki's fanatical appearance and felt a chill rush from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads! Is this still the insufferably arrogant Golden Lion?! This looks exactly like being brainwashed by some cult!
"Only those who have truly seen God... understand what awe is!"
Shiki scanned the crowd below coldly. His eyes were full of pity. Like looking at a group of ignorant frogs in a well.
The entire desert island, thousands of pirates and Marines, stood frozen in place as if cast with a mass immobilization spell. Only the sound of the sea wind rolling up sand echoed in their ears. Everyone's brains were trembling. Even crashing!
They suspected there was something wrong with their ears. That Golden Lion. That legend who once charged into Marineford alone and destroyed half of it. That madman who would rather cut off his legs than be captured.
Now... actually admitted in public that he was an ant?! And even treated being kneaded into a ball and hung in the sky as a supreme glory?!
"It seems we overestimated him." Beckman spat out the cigarette butt, his eyes cold. "A man who has even lost his self-esteem... no matter how strong he is, he doesn't deserve to be called an Emperor."
The surrounding pirates also revealed looks of disdain. Although they feared Golden Lion's power, in their hearts, the image of that unreachable legend had completely collapsed. Many even started cursing secretly in their hearts. Spineless! Old bootlicker! Simply disgracing pirates!
"Jihahahaha!"
Facing everyone's disdain, disappointment, and even mockery, Golden Lion did not refute. He just laughed. Laughed until he leaned back and forth. Laughed until tears were about to flow!
It was mockery! Extreme mockery of these ignorant fools!
"Self-esteem? A powerhouse's heart? Jihahahaha!"
"Newgate, oh Newgate! And you brats who haven't even been weaned yet!"
"If you haven't entered the dungeon, looking at him is like a frog in a well gazing at the moon; but if you have entered the dungeon, looking at him is like a mayfly gazing at the azure sky!"
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