Chapter 417

fortress

The fortress set up by Rhodes when he occupied Sharp Island a year ago is also the place where the White Luo Alliance later fought against Blackbeard. Now this time it is even more desolate and has been abandoned for a long time. There is no trace of it on it, but there are still traces of the great war.

Collapsed, shattered fortifications, and a large number of corpses that were not collected at all after the war, and are now reduced to bones.

The island is not like the hell it is now, but like the hell it once was.

When the ROZ big ship group sailed over, everyone in the Rhodes Pirates felt a lot of emotion for a while.

The other affiliated pirates have always been in high spirits and dry on the road. But now, it seems that everyone can perceive and feel the indelible, still fiery scar on the body of everyone who belongs to the Rhodes Pirates. So they were quiet, they had no one to talk to.

In fact, since the retreat of the White Luo Alliance a year ago, and the three people who survived the death squad formed by Rhodes left, there have been no living people here, and some are just the corpses that were sucked into the black hole by Titch and spit out, and finally washed away by the waves on the beach.

"Do you remember again?" Rhodes locked himself in the cabin, with Chloe with him, "There will always be failures, right, and it's been so long." ”

"Ah, it's fine. Rhodes picked up a cigarette, "I didn't want to cry, I just remembered what I said when I miraculously survived." ”

"What's that?" Chloe asked.

"I said I wouldn't let you get hurt again, I was going to take you to the end, I was going to be the strongest in the world. Lighting the cigarette and taking a puff and squinting his eyes, Rhodes said slowly, "Now is the time to make good on your promise." ”

Chloe sat on the sofa opposite Rhodes: "I believe in you, everyone believes in you, that's why we have been following you, and now we are all determined to kill you without hesitation." Surely you will arrive at Ralph Drew with us in the end and accomplish that miraculous thing!"

"I'm just ......" Rhodes leaned back, tilted his head, his hand holding the cigarette trembled a little, "I ......"

"Are you scared?"

"How is that possible!"

"So you're worried about not being able to protect us?"

"A man's promise will never be broken!"

"That ......"

"I just...... It's just ......" Rhodes' hands trembled, and finally he snuffed out his cigarette in the ashtray and clenched his fists, "Damn! I can't cry...... I'm a man...... Is it heinous and bastard...... It's the hero in their eyes...... I'm not going to lose, I'm going to beat Titch, I'm going to be One Piece, I'm going to protect you. ”

Chloe knew that there was a shadow left over from the aftermath of the Great War in Rhodes' heart now, after all, the impact of that incident was so great that the entire pirate group was almost defeated.

Especially in places where something like that had happened before, there was a big war, and Rhodes was worried about the repetition of the old things.

"Don't be cowardly, you guy. Chloe grabbed Rhodes by the collar, "This is not what you should be, what about a king? You should be at the front of us now, with a confident smile on your face, leading us and destroying all the forces that want to stop us!"

"I'm not afraid. Rhodes sniffled, his slightly red eyes meeting Chloe's, "You see, I've been on this road for eight years, and I've gambled everything I have." I just want to fulfill my dream and die without regrets, I just want to move forward, conquer all the disobedient, stand at the top with you, I just want to live the most comfortable and comfortable life without worrying about everything. For what I want, I have to kill Titch now, the last one to go!

"Okay, then land on the island now and actively prepare for war. Chloe patted Rhodes on the shoulder.

"Hah......" Rhodes smiled, "Wait a minute, I haven't finished this half cigarette yet, I don't have a bad habit of wasting things." ”

"You bastard!" Chloe laughed and punched Rhodes.

……

"Ah, Rhodes, they're here one step ahead of us. "About half a day after the arrival of the ROZ team, the Roger Pirates arrived.

"Hey, Rhodes, we haven't seen each other in a year!" shouted the red-haired Shanks as he stepped off the Red Foss and shouted at the Rhodes and his gang waiting on the shore.

"Yes! The last time we met was at Daddy Whitebeard's funeral. Rhodes and Shanks shook hands, in fact the two of them didn't have much to deal with, but they were the kind of friends who appreciated each other.

Next to disembark are Hades Reilly, Bucky, Beckman, Jesusbu, Rakki Lu, and others.

The red-haired pirates and the older crew of the original Roger Pirates are almost all here.

"Your lineup ......," Shanks exclaimed, "it's terrifying, and we're really going to have what it takes to fight Titch." ”

Rhodes's Tyton, Chloe, X, Kidd, Rowe, Kira, Hawkins, Cavendis, Bartolomeo, etc. are all hot pirates, and this strength is not inferior to the Roger Pirates, and now that the two forces are twisted together, they do have the strength to shake the axis of Titch, Shiki, and Boin's evil.

"Not bad. Leaning to the side, Bucky said with his arms around his chest and a sneer.

"We actually have a couple of key trump cards with that guy from Teach. Rhodes still smiled his trademark confident smile, "I'll show you around next." ”

"Huh...... Is this the person you like? Shanks. Sure enough, there is a trace of potential...... He has more leadership skills than Luffy, and maybe he is the one who can carry history. "Hades King Reilly has always been very accurate in looking at people, and now giving Rhodes such a high evaluation has also made everyone in Roger's Pirates look down on Rhodes.

"Captain. "Anyway, we're so close to Sharp Island, Titch must know we're here, right?

Bucky gave Rakki Lu a blank look: "It's better for the Heavenly King to deal with Kaido and Big Mom, who are both defeated, if it is used to solve us, with the heyday of so many of us, it is not a problem to stop it." He wouldn't be so stupid as to waste a Heavenly King to provoke us, and now that we're all in the light, if he attacks us, we're bound to get out of here, do you think he'll let us go into the shadows?"

"Bucky has a point, Titch wishes we could stay here and the next big fight will take place here. Beckman bit his cigar and said lightly, "He doesn't dare to bet on whether the king of heaven can succeed in us." ”

"Ah...... Then it shouldn't be a problem, we'll just wait here for Titch and his gang to come, maybe we can have a party before then. Shanks laughed, "By the way, Rhodes, do you have confidence, do you have the confidence to defeat Titch?"

"If I hadn't had faith, I wouldn't be standing here. Rhodes glanced at Chloe and Tyton left and right, "I'm not just going to defeat him, I'm going to take out the World Government."

Originally, I wasn't interested in carrying any history, but now it seems like I'm going to follow the way, so I'll do it...... Let's do it!"