Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

Chapter 315 The Red Earl

In the deep pit, Luffy was not lying there peacefully. His eyes were white and spread out in a starfish shape, indicating that he had lost consciousness.

Of the three, Luffy, the captain of the pirate crew, was the first to be defeated.

"Luffy!!"

Sanji instinctively called out.

There was no response.

Oh, wait! There was a response!!

"Stop yelling. Instead of worrying about others, worry about yourself first!"

A soft voice came from behind him, and before Sanji could react, he felt as if he were flying.

No, it wasn't a feeling, I really flew up, and at the same time, I experienced severe abdominal pain.

The powerful force invaded his body, causing Sanji to vomit blood.

Then came a wave of dizziness, and unsurprisingly, Sanji also passed out.

A few seconds ago, from a third-person perspective.

After speaking, Sanji did not hesitate for a moment and kicked Sanji, who was kneeling on one knee.

He kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying. Sanji even used Armament Haki.

With Sanji's current strength, there's no way he could possibly stop him.

For a time, only Zoro remained conscious among the Straw Hat Pirates' three main fighters.

Unlike the other two, he didn't suffer a humiliating defeat. He simply staggered to his feet, panting heavily.

Blood continued to seep from the bloodstains behind him, but even so, his eyes remained incredibly resolute.

He stared intently at Zoro before sheathing the unbroken sword in his hand.

Then open your arms wide.

"What do you mean by that?"

Zoro narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zoro smiled slightly and looked at Zoro, speaking calmly:

"A swordsman's shame is a scar on his back!!"

"Um?!!"

Upon hearing this, Zoro's expression froze for a moment. In a flash, he seemed to see a certain boy who had said the same thing.

But in an instant, that fleeting realization vanished.

Zoro also smiled.

"interesting!!"

"A long-lost 'strongman,' I acknowledge you!"

"Since that's the case..."

Zoro raised his hand, and the Wado Ichimonji gleamed coldly in the sunlight. Zoro then slightly bent his knees.

boom--

A crater instantly appeared in the ground, and Zoro's figure disappeared.

Tear it apart!!

The sound of flesh tearing apart rang out, and a line of blood exploded.

Then, a figure slowly fell backward, its body hitting the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

Thus, Zoro was defeated!

The three looked at the three lying on the ground, and after a moment of silence, Sanji spoke first:

"For some reason, I always feel like this guy is connected to me somewhere, there's this strange sense of familiarity about him!"

"Huh? You have one too?" * 2

Two voices rang out simultaneously, and in an instant, the three fell silent again, their faces showing surprise.

After a short while, the three of them spoke in unison:

"You all feel this way?!?" * 3

As soon as they finished speaking, the three fell silent again, but at this point they no longer needed to get a definite answer from the other two.

Based on what was just said and the three people's behavior, the outcome is already very clear.

After some time, Sanji frowned slightly and spoke softly:

"What exactly is going on?"

If it were just him having this feeling, it could be loosely attributed to some unknown factor, and could be considered a coincidence.

But the fact that all three of them had this feeling clearly cannot be explained by mere coincidence.

For a moment, all three of them couldn't help but become very interested in Luffy and his companions. They wanted to find out what kind of relationship existed between them that made them feel so inexplicably familiar with each other.

Subconsciously, the three exchanged a glance, and then spoke in unison again:

"How about... we let them go?"

The same words came out of the mouths of the three of them again, and then all three of them smiled at the same time.

Since they were of one mind, they had nothing to hesitate about.

However, we still need to come up with a reason, since Luffy and his two companions are pirates and they are marines.

Although they don't particularly care about this, ever since the last Celestial Dragon incident, they've found a reason for everything that seems unreasonable in order to put themselves in an invincible position.

So it's become a habit.

So, what kind of reason should we come up with?

Sanji was deep in thought.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a 'bright' figure, and Sanji instinctively looked in that direction.

The next second, Sanji's pupils widened suddenly, as if he had seen something unbelievable, and he exclaimed:

"That...that is?!?"

"Um?!"

Sanji's surprised voice immediately drew the attention of the other two.

"You perverted kappa, what are you yelling about?"

Zoro spoke dismissively, then followed Sanji's gaze and looked in that direction as well.

The next moment, Zoro's pupils also contracted slightly, and his eyes revealed an extremely solemn expression.

"Hey! What's wrong with you two?"

Luffy, still looking curious, couldn't help but glance in that direction.

There was a ship sailing out from the direction of Water Seven, heading into the distance.

The ship was mostly blood red, with the crimson vampire skull flag standing out prominently.

Clearly, this is a pirate crew, and...

The Crimson Vampire Skull Flag is the pirate flag of the Red Earl Pirates, one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews.

In other words, this pirate ship belongs to the Red Earl Pirates, one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews.

Of course, if that were all there was to it, Sanji and Sanji wouldn't have acted this way at all.

Given their current strength and status, encountering a ship belonging to one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews is not a big deal for them at all; in fact, it's quite insignificant.

They've captured countless members of the Four Emperors' pirate crews and imprisoned them in Impel Down.

The reason they are behaving this way is all because of the figure standing at the bow of this ship.

He was extremely tall and thin, with a straight frame, like a sturdy old redwood pillar, and his aura made the air feel heavy.

Dressed in dark red, he looked like a cloud of congealed blood mist from afar, gleaming eerily in the sunlight.

From a distance, he didn't look like a living person, but more like a blood-red statue from the old era.

His features are so distinctive that anyone with a modicum of knowledge in the world today can recognize him.

It is none other than one of the Four Emperors of the New World, the Red Earl—Barolorick Redfield!!!

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