Chapter 499: The Golden Lion's Stupidity! Rouge's Obsession.
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"Billy, You okay?"
The fierce battle between Luffy and Shiki continued, but Luffy was worried that Billy would be hurt by the intensity of the fight.
Billy nodded earnestly.
"It's time to end this," said Shiki before using the sword in his leg to perform a sword skill.
"Slashing Wave!"
With a single slash, a large part of the sea was cut off as if it were floating.
Shiki used the severed part of the floating sea to trap Luffy and Billy inside it, which he successfully did.
"Jihahahaha! The battle's over, kid," declared Shiki with a triumphant expression on his face.
Suddenly, the den den mushi in his pocket began to ring.
"Navigation team calling Shiki-sama!"
"Navigation team calling Shiki-sama!"
"What is it?" replied Shiki.
"Please turn the island to the east! A storm is coming!" said the navigator.
"A storm?" Shiki wondered and felt a foreboding in his heart.
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In the navigation team's section dedicated to Shiki:
"I-Is that what you wanted?" said the navigator who had just called Shiki, sweating profusely.
It turned out he was being threatened by Chopper and Usopp.
"Nami, this is what you wanted, right?" asked Usopp.
"Yeah, it is."
"But are you sure? Is it safe to fly into a storm?" this time Chopper asked the question.
"Of course it's not safe."
"Whaaat!?" exclaimed Usopp and Chopper.
"But there's no other way," said Nami after tearing off a long part of her dress, fully prepared to brave the storm and help Luffy win his battle.
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Boom!
Shiki was sent flying by a strike from Kaido's dragon tail!
He flew at bullet speed and collided with a small island below, destroying half of it in the process.
"Wororororo!" Kaido returned to his human form after teaching Shiki a lesson.
They were currently outside the art store on one of Shiki's islands, participating in a mock battle.
"This battle with you is too boring, I'd rather read manga!" As soon as he said that, he pulled out the volume he had been hiding under his clothes and began reading where he left off.
The "Bringing Attention Back to Art" feature was already activated, so even in the midst of the battle, the combatants would occasionally pull out their volumes.
"Wororororo! What a pathetic crew you have, Chopper and Usopp were able to threaten you and turn you against me."
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Shiki, who had just emerged from a massive crater, pulled out his own volume and began reading where he left off.
"Damn you! Did you send me towards the storm!" The anger that this volume caused Shiki could not be contained in one or two instances.
He even managed to partially resist the Bringing Attention Back to Art feature in his state of anger and chose to fight Kaido, who was enjoying rubbing salt in his wounds.
"Damn you, Kaido! Who do you think you are mocking me? Have you forgotten that you were like my son on Captain Rocks' ship?" As soon as he said that, he immediately sent two intersecting sword slashes towards Kaido, who didn't bother to transform back into his dragon form to avoid them but instead blocked them with his kanabo.
"Hehe~ Your attacks are getting weaker~ Anyway, why are you so dumb in the manga? You could have let Luffy drown but you chose to save him from his suffering and free him from that water prison... Are you seriously that stupid?" This time, Kaido didn't say that mockingly, but rather wanted clarification.
Even he found the scene in the manga to be full of flaws... Shiki wouldn't be in front of him if he were that stupid.
"What!?" Shiki looked at the manga page that contained the scene Kaido mentioned with a perplexed expression.
"Seriously, that's a huge mistake!" "Oh my god! These little bastards are planning to blow up the research lab!"
"Are they even preparing to flee after my defeat?"
"Do these allies also flee after sensing a slight climate change?"
"Well, I'm sure I will benefit a lot from this volume... I will never make the same mistakes again!"
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Marigoa:
"Luffy will win this battle..."
"Of course he will, everything has been prepared for this moment so far..."
Inside the government hall, the five elders were licking their wounds and discussing the events of the volume that was nearing its end.
They had already paid the price for their mistakes, as they were previously punished by Rob, but under the influence of refocusing on the art, they were still far from diving into the troubles they currently faced.
The most important thing is the manga!
"Is Shiki so foolish? He could have left Luffy to die drowning without lifting a finger, why did he send sword slashes and cut through the water prison?" said the mustachiod Gorosei with a gloomy expression.
"It seems the effect of the steering wheel on his head is not small," replied the long-bearded Gorosei expressionlessly.
"What about his subordinates? They seem pitifully loose, even Usopp, Chopper, and Nami can defeat them... even if they were just a group of weather scientists, they should have received proper training, shouldn't they?" This time Saturn said with disdain.
"Ever since Shiki lost his own Armada fleet in Edd War and retreated backward... Roger hit him to death," said the bald Gorosei.
"Do you think Roger was really the cause of that miserable storm?" asked the blonde Gorosei seriously.
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On the sea of the New World:
"It seems like the end of the Golden Lion in the manga is approaching..." Rayleigh drank from his small silver flask, the scenes of the manga reflected on his glasses as he laughed from time to time.
"This time, Luffy really did it big... Will his bounty rise even more after this?" Shanks wondered with a smile, his straw hat was the same one on Luffy's head in the manga, so he was one of his biggest fans and had expressed it more than once on the world forum.
"Many pirates will witness this, so it's not strange for the news to reach the Marines, which means his bounty will rise again... Anyway, that doesn't matter, his current bounty is high enough for the first half of the Grand Line..." Gaban clarified some important points for Shanks, Buggy, and the others who were listening seriously.
On the side, Rouge held Roger's hand and looked at a little boy running on all fours in the manga.
It was what caught Rouge's attention the most in this volume.
"My dear, are you still looking at little Ace? Wahahaha! The volume is almost over."
"Roger... The upcoming events in the manga will be harsh on us, you need to be mentally prepared for that..."
As she said that, a small tear fell on the face of the baby Ace in the manga.
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Chapter 491: The Golden Lion's End. (End of the arc)
Chapter 492: There are no limits to the madness of the golden lion.
Chapter 493: The Fall of the Golden Lion! Naruto's Return to the Screen Once Again!
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