Wano Island.

The capital of flowers under the blue sky and white clouds.

The breath of spring always fills the whole city.

The pink and white fragrance of cherry blossoms permeates every corner of the air.

Men, women, old and young, who are passing by on the street, can smell the rich fragrance of flowers when they take a deep breath.

The majestic General Tower stands on a giant tree, with the majestic Fuji Mountain behind it as the background.

In the banquet hall on the top floor of General City, Mihawk was receiving Shanks.

Gion, wearing a pink kimono, sat quietly next to the former and listened to their conversation, adding wine and food to her husband from time to time.

Sitting next to Shanks were Qin Su and Susano'o who had just participated in the Top 100 Tournament.

As for the 'Eight-Tailed' Niugui, he went to Nine-Tailed Island to meet the Nine-Tailed Lama to reminisce about old times.

"I'm glad you figured it out."

After listening to Shanks' inner thoughts, Mihawk had a joyful smile on his face.

The most important thing is to protect everything in the present, rather than pursuing the truth of history and overly demanding absolute freedom. The current world government is worthy of my service.

As for my dream about Captain Roger, let me forgive him in the underworld after my death!

Listen, this is what Shanks just said to him.

This is really figured out!

"Yeah, I understand, I don't want to be a bystander anymore." Shanks nodded, then smiled bitterly and said: "I just don't know if Lord Im allows me to come back, and if he is willing to use me."

Mihawk remained silent because he couldn't guarantee what Im's attitude would be.

After all, Shanks broke into the 'Land of the Gods' privately before.

but

"Master Im must know about you in the Adventurers Association. Since you are safe and sound now, it means that he doesn't have much dislike for you, and didn't Doflamingo say that Lord Im is willing to see you.

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Mihawk's words seemed comforting, but they actually made sense.

Shanks didn't know it, but Mihawk continued: "I'll go with you this time. It just so happens that I haven't seen Lord Im for a long time."

This moved Shanks greatly. Mihawk really regarded him as a friend.

"Can I come with you? I also want to meet Stussy," Gion asked softly.

Mihawk nodded and agreed: "Okay."

"Who is Master Im?" Qin Su, who was beside Shanks, asked curiously.

Mihawk and Shanks looked at each other, and finally the former shook his head and said: "You are not suitable to know now."

After hearing this, Qin Su behaved very politely and stopped asking further questions.

The next day, morning.

Mihawk, Shanks, Gion, Qinsu, and Susanoo.

In front of the medium-sized star gate guarded by many ninjas, I saw the 'Eight-Tailed' Ushiki who came back in time.

"Hey, how are you? Are you happy to see your old friend?" Shanks greeted.

"It's okay. It's just that he told me that he doesn't want to continue being a tailed beast. He wants to be a human and have children with a white fox."

The 'Eight-Tailed' Ushiki who had shrunk his size to three meters said in a low voice with a strange expression.

"Uh" Shanks opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

"Has the Kyuubi of the ninja world decided to eat the Renren Fruit?" Mihawk said.

"Do you know about this?" Shanks turned his eyes and saw Mihawk nodding: "Mr. Shenhe occasionally comes to me for tea, and during this time he mentioned the matter of Honglian and Nine Lamas."

"Okay." Shanks didn't know Kamiwa, nor Guren, nor Kyuubi, so he just looked at Gyuuki again: "What about you, do you want to be a human too?"

Niu Gui shook his head repeatedly: "No, it's good now, and I like swimming in the sea."

Since he said so, Shanks naturally had no objection.

Then five people and one beast walked into the star gate under the watchful eyes of the ninjas.

Originally, as Mihawk, there should be a large number of Holy Land garrison, CIPHER POL, and even swordsmen from Mitōsai following him.

But he didn't like such a fuss, so he refused these arrogances directly.

Everyone passed through the star gate and instantly arrived at Loulan, the ninja world.

Soon I saw a large number of knights from the Holy Land Guard wearing armor and holding spears at the exit.

Not far away, you can also see a white spaceship floating in mid-air with the golden hooves of the Sky Dragon printed on the side, which means that it specifically serves the Tianlong people.

"Welcome the distinguished Saint Mihawk and Saint Shanks to the ninja world!"

Stusi stepped forward with a smile on her high heels, and then looked at Gion: "Long time no see. To be honest, I didn't expect you to marry Mihawk Saint. What a blessing!"

Although Gion's cheeks were red, he still faced Stussy's admiration openly.

"Your Highness Qin Su, Master Yimu has asked people to place the 'Supreme Imperial Instrument' in the Kingdom of Ghosts. Next, you only need to follow them to the place, and you can try to control the 'Supreme Imperial Instrument' and test its power to your heart's content.

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Stusi finally looked at Qin Su and Susano'o and smiled.

At the same time, a man in black in a suit and leather shoes walked over from behind her.

"You two, please come with me." After saying this, the man didn't care whether they agreed or not.

Then he turned around and walked towards another spaceship that was much smaller and less ornately decorated.

Qin Su didn't mind either. After greeting Mihawk and Shanks, he followed quickly with Susano'o.

He only has the 'Supreme Imperial Instrument' in his heart now.

A moment later, Mihawk and others followed Stussy onto the 'Dragon Spaceship' and flew quickly towards the airspace where Noah's Ark was.

"Hey, have we left the mainland?"

Gion was a little surprised when he noticed the sea gradually appearing below the spacecraft.

Stussi smiled: "Yes, there is another continent in this ninja world, named Regel Continent. Now Loulan and the Ninja Sect are developing it."

"I see." Gion nodded and then changed the subject: "Tell me how your life has been on Noah's Ark these past few years?"

Time just passed by in the wind between the two women's chatting and Shanks' anxious mood, like gravel sliding through the fingers.

A few hours later, the spacecraft that had entered the Regel continent finally arrived somewhere high in the sky.

Mihawk, Shanks, and Gion, who came to the deck again, discovered that a huge invisible door was formed out of thin air not far away, and at the same time revealed a green and alien space inside.

When the white spacecraft passed smoothly, the air door quickly closed, returning to the original blue sky and white clouds.

"This is"

Shanks, who came to the front deck of Noah's Ark, was stunned when he saw the unusually majestic and unbelievably spectacular ship and pavilions in front of him.

Especially the huge golden bell tower was extremely familiar to him.

Isn't that what I saw on Sky Island when I was in the Roger Pirates?

At this time, a white-haired man about three meters tall, with a strong build, green facial skin and dark blue horizontal stripes, exuding an astonishing aura, strode up to the crowd and stared at the incense.

kes.

"Kukulkan, what's the matter?" Stussi asked in surprise.

"Sir Im has ordered that Saint Mihawk and Lady Gion can go directly to the fifth floor, but Saint Shanks needs to survive my attack for one day."

Kukulkan said in a deep voice: "If he cannot do this, send him back to Mariejoia and he will not be allowed to step out of the 'Land of the Gods' for the rest of his life, otherwise all members of the Knights of God will be executed!"

Mihawk and Shanks' hearts sank. They did not expect to encounter such a test again.

At the same time, he began to take a serious look at Kukulkan. Judging from his breath alone, he definitely had the combat power of a lieutenant general.

But now Shanks has wasted many years and has not experienced any fierce battles, so his strength has stagnated for a long time.

He can barely defeat the 'Eight-Tailed' Niugui now, which can be said to be a long way behind Mihawk.

And Stussi knew Kukulkan well.

This is a giant python with a body length of several kilometers and is known as the 'Lord of the Sky'.

Such a huge volume has been reduced to the size in front of you under the influence of the Renren Fruit. You can imagine how terrifying the physical strength is!

In addition, because he has a human form, he can practice domineering.

In the past few years, through countless sparring sessions with the Titan Soldiers, his domineering power has been tempered to an extremely high level.

And also in physical arts.

Although Kukulkan could not go to the Star Pressure Palace, Im still had a small gravity training room specially set up in the golden bell tower.
To be continued...