"Here we are."

Nearly five thousand meters above the sea, the golden lion Shiki held Moria in one hand and looked at the archipelago slowly floating among the clouds.

It's fine when he lives on it, but every time he looks at the floating islands from below, he always thinks of the conversation he had with Whitebeard in the New World Sea after he first came out of Advance City.

"It seems to be your time now, Whitebeard."

At that time, he carried the 'Sakura Ten' and 'Deadwood' that he had just attached to his lap, and floated in the air in the air. In front of Newgate, so greeted.

At that time, all the crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates retreated to the bow of the ship and looked at him with a wary look, how ridiculous, it was the eyes of a group of weak people who did not understand the gap between the two sides.

"If you come to me and gossip, I can sink you to the bottom of the sea now, Golden Lion." Whitebeard gulped down his drink and was unceremonious towards him.

But I didn't get angry at the time, but felt a little lucky, he was the only one left in the same era as me, still intact.

"You're still a hot guy, so I'll rest assured."

"Smack!"

Whitebeard casually put down the big wine bowl, "Why, did you break your brain after staying in the Advance City for a while?" ”

"I want to disappear for a while, so that in this warm era, I can see the power of real pirates!"

Over the next decade or so, he found many men and things that could help him accomplish his goals, such as Dr. Indigo, and a plant called 'IQ'.

'IQ' is truly an amazing thing, derived from a tree called 'daft green', which is inherently toxic and emits a smell that causes deterioration of human function.

But as a result of Dr. Indiago's research, he found that the DNA of 'IQ' seemed to be improving, although its effects were not yet fully understood.

However, in vivo experiments have shown that this improved ingredient will make animals become berserk, and at the same time, their aggression will be greatly increased.

This immediately made him think that he could use this ingredient to create an army of enhanced animals, and then destroy everything he wanted to destroy.

For example, the East China Sea, for example, Marlene Vando, the Deep Sea Prison or something, and even destroying Marijoya is not impossible.

Of course, he would prefer that these 'enhanced animals' would obey people's orders, and although the current berserk is good, he still likes the feeling of being completely under his control.

As a result, he has been wandering around the skies of various seas with floating islands lately, and in addition to finding various animals suitable for combat, he also hopes to find a way to control them.

Today, the floating island just floated to the sky above the Devil's Triangle region, and when he watched Moria's battle for a while, he suddenly found that the ability of the Shadow Fruit seemed to be exactly the ability he needed!

If living animals don't listen to orders, why not use dead animals? Kill the animal, then pour the shadow of the human into the carcass, and you'll have the best of both worlds!

With this hope, the golden lion Shiki carried Moria into his palace, and the blade of the sword under his feet stepped on the specially treated ground, and there was a crisp collision sound.

The hall was empty, for he had made it a rule that no one was allowed to enter without permission except on special occasions, oh, Dr. Indigo did not count, this was his most capable and trusted deputy.

"Get up for Lao Tzu, don't sleep!!"

The golden lion casually threw Moria out, and then roared at him, I have to say that his voice is indeed very lion king-like, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the invisible momentum scattered.

"Uh-huh....."

Moria, who fell into a coma, was thrown like this, roared, and lay on the ground and struggled to open his eyelids, but as soon as he woke up, he was stimulated by the pain all over his body.

"Ah, it hurts, it's bad, that smoker is so ruthless!"

"Hmph."

Seeing that Moria completely ignored his existence, the Golden Lion Shiki was talking nonsense to himself, and snorted coldly, "Boy, since you've woken up, let's talk." ”

"What?"

At this time, Moria realized that there was another person present, and in desperation, he had to stand up with the pain, he had no interest in lying on the ground and talking to people.

"Who are you and where are you? And that smoker! By the way, what about the Abu Saloma! ”

Let's come to the moonlight. Moria unceremoniously launched a series of questions, completely ignoring the golden lion's darkening expression, and began to look at the hall at the same time.

"Yes, it seems that this old thing is a rich man."

"Hahahahaha"

The golden lion finally endured it, after all, the other party was likely to be his right-hand man in the future, so he tried to suppress his anger, "You should remember the defeat before, right?" It was the old man who saved you from the white-haired imp, otherwise you would be a headless ghost by now. ”

"Hey-hee-hee-hee"

In fact, Moria had thought of this a long time ago, but he didn't think that the other party was strong now, because he believed that Smoker had also reached the point of running out of oil at that time.

"Thank you so much, but what about Absalom?"

"Absalom?"

Seeing the puzzled look in the golden lion's eyes, Moria added, "It's a man with a lion's head and gorgeously dressed. ”

"Lion's head? Gorgeously dressed? ”

Golden Lion Shiki looked down at himself, how could he have the feeling that the other party was talking about himself, but he was not called Absalom.

"Lao Tzu's name is Shiji, not Absalom!"

"Huh?"

Moria looked like an idiot, and mocked: "It's strange from just now, you have a rudder on your head, why is there nothing wrong, now it seems that there is something wrong with your brain~"

"Shadow Imp, do you know who you're talking to?"

The golden lion Shiji showed anger on his face, but he was not angry, he still had great expectations for Moria, "Lao Tzu is a golden lion!" Shiki!! ”

After speaking, the overlord-colored domineering aura surged out from his body like pale golden waves, and instantly slapped on Moria's body, not to mention Moria's surprised look, the golden lion's eyes were actually congested with blood at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“......”

Feel the domineering moonlight. Moria, to be honest, he has some faith, if under normal circumstances, he might still take into account the prestige of the other party, and the golden lion is false or something, but now.... Whatever it is!

"So Shiki, the Golden Lion, have you seen Absalom? It was a man with long blond hair, gorgeous clothes, and lion's skin on his face. ”

Moria accentuated the last sentence.

"Hmph."

The Golden Lion Shiki saw that Moriah had such a reaction when he heard his name, which made him, who boasted of being a legend of the sea, very dissatisfied.

However, he was dissatisfied, and he still subconsciously recalled the scene at that time, and sure enough, he found someone who matched Moria's narrative very well.

"Ah, I think I saw it."

"How's he doing?" Moria asked urgently, as if he had changed at this point, and all his attention was on Absalom.

"Dead."

The golden lion said lightly, he had guessed that this Absalom should be a very important person to Moria, but for him, a man who only has subordinates and no partners, it is really not a sad thing to die of a subordinate.

"What did you say!!"

Moria, who was covered with large and small injuries, didn't know what kind of strength made him overcome all the pain in this moment, and instantly appeared in front of the golden lion, and at the same time grabbed the golden lion's collar with both hands extremely quickly.

"Bang-"

But in the next second, Moria flew back backwards at a faster speed, and the golden lion gently put down the punch he had made, and said indifferently: "Don't be too arrogant, little ghost." ”

"Absalom... Dead ....."

Ignoring the blood spitting out of her mouth, Moria quietly looked at the luxurious ceiling and muttered, "I've been... Lost all your partners. ”

"Partner?"

Hearing his words, the golden lion was a little disdainful, "I originally thought you were moonlight. Moriah is a character, but I didn't expect you to believe these ridiculous things. ”

"Remember, the so-called partners and dreams are just a burden for pirates, if you want to become a real pirate, throw away these useless things as soon as possible!"

But at this time the moonlight. Moria suddenly stood up and slowly raised her head, "You just said, your name is Golden Lion Shiki?" Is it the former leader of the Flying Pirates? ”

"Hahahahaha!"

Golden Lion Shiji laughed and said: "It seems that you finally remembered, that's right, Lao Tzu is Golden Lion Shiji!" ”

"How about joining me? I can give you the strength and the opportunity to seek revenge on those navies! ”

Of course, he is pure foolishness, and he does not say the specific time in this paragraph.

"Revenge...."

Moria lowered her head and pondered for a moment, but still shook her head, "It's too late, he shouldn't be too far away, I'm going to find him quickly." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Golden Lion Shiki was stunned, he didn't understand what this meant, but in the next second, the shadow behind Moria suddenly moved, and then turned into a 'shadow mage' and stood beside Moria.

"Hey-hee-hee-hee"

Moria grinned, "Originally, I wanted to solve it myself, but since I have you, the legendary pirate golden lion, then I have a better choice." ”

Golden Lion Shiji frowned, "What choice?" ”

But Moria ignored him, and continued to mutter, "And they should also hope that their captain died in battle, not by suicide." “

"It's not too embarrassing to die in the battle with the Golden Lion Shiki-"

"Are you crazy? Don't you want to seek revenge on the navy who killed your 'partner'!! "Golden Lion Shiki is angry, he is not afraid of Moria, he is just holding a pity idea.

"Yes, very much."

Moria nodded, but there was no remorse on his face, instead there was a look of anticipation in his eyes, "But I would rather meet them sooner than revenge." After all... I haven't seen you in years. ”

At the same time, he sighed in his heart.

"It's just... I didn't make it to One Piece as promised, they should be disappointed, right? But without you, even if you become One Piece, who will show it! ”

The anger in the heart of the golden lion Shi Ji became stronger and stronger, and the killing intent in his eyes was even more undisguised, he could hear that this guy was now bent on death.

"Then I will fulfill you! It's a big deal, Lao Tzu will go to find a new Shadow Fruit!! ”

But before he finished speaking, Moria on the other side took the lead and directly turned the 'Shadow Mage' into a large number of bats, and at the same time used the big scissors that he didn't know where to go, and attacked with the bats.

"Wait for me, Absalom! Let's go to Huangquan together and find them!! Hey-hee-"

"Boom!!"

At this moment, a dazzling thunder suddenly lit up from the higher sky, followed by a deafening thunderclap, and it looked like the sky was moonlight. Moria's send-off was average.

"You're so tired!!"

The golden lion roared angrily, kicked his legs at overspeed, and in an instant, he slashed out more than a dozen wide golden sword qi.

"Lion. Senkiri Valley! ”

"Scattered bats!"