Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 587: Chapter 587: The Concert Flyer That Arrived Late

"What are you trying to do, Teach~"

The entire battlefield seemed to fall silent for a moment. As this voice descended, Blackbeard’s expression began to change drastically.

His pupils trembled constantly, and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his face.

"This voice is..."

Black and red thunderstorm energy spread out from the large mirror inside the building. Lightning struck the ground, causing waves of tremors.

Perhaps the Conqueror’s Haki was too terrifying. Its suppressive effect on Devil Fruit abilities reached the extreme. Even the stone statues on the scene began to gradually crack, and the petrification effect started to fade.

Those who exited the petrified state hadn’t even had time to understand what was happening before they were directly knocked unconscious by the overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki.

Among the remaining people, only the Marine Vice Admirals and the Seraphim could barely remain composed, though their faces were pale and weak.

The Marine officers recognized the voice and the identifying features on the Den Den Mushi. They couldn’t help but shout in shock.

"This is...!!!"

"[Black Gun]Orin!!!!"

Blackbeard’s figure was now locked in place by the spreading black-red lightning storm. At this moment, even making a single movement was extremely difficult for him.

This was the difference between a monster who had reached Admiral/Yonko level through Conqueror’s Haki and someone who had reached that level through Devil Fruit abilities.

Kaido had not been wrong. In most cases between opponents of the same level, the one with stronger Haki had the greater chance of victory.

Haki stood above everything.

Unless the opponent was a mechanism-type ability user.

In Orin’s view, the current Teach most likely couldn’t defeat Shanks. Unless this guy was an extremely patient and scheming bastard hiding some trump card he hadn’t revealed.

"What are you trying to do to my adorable Shichibukai?"

The small Den Den Mushi hung from the railing, smiling as it faced Blackbeard’s direction.

At this moment, the latter was already restrained by the lightning of Conqueror’s Haki, his face filled with shock.

"How can something like this exist?!"

"Your Conqueror’s Haki... can already cover the entire world?!"

"Even something like this—"

The blood vessels in Blackbeard’s eyes looked like they were about to burst.

What terrified him first was not that Orin was paying attention to what was happening here, but the utterly unreasonable range of this Conqueror’s Haki. How could such a ridiculous thing exist in this world?!

Even his two fathers couldn’t accomplish something like covering the entire world with Conqueror’s Haki...

"Even Rocks couldn’t do it, right?"

Orin on the Den Den Mushi smiled as he finished his sentence, while also pointing out Blackbeard’s greatest hidden secret.

"To be honest, Teach, I don’t really want to kill you—but that’s only if you don’t challenge my patience~"

Because of his connection with Rocks, and out of recognition and respect for that man, even though strictly speaking they weren’t from the same timeline, Orin still didn’t want to kill the son of an old friend.

At this moment, Teach didn’t know that because he had acted a little slower, he had managed to keep one of his arms.

In other words, his big black hand hadn’t yet grabbed the Empress’s neck. Otherwise, it would probably already be broken by now.

A severed hand or arm—

Wasn’t that practically commonplace for pirates?

"Sadgeo caused you some trouble before, right? You could say that was partly due to my poor discipline..."

Orin felt there was no real need to kill this little black fat guy. After all, he was the typical type—ambitious but lacking the courage to act.

"If it weren’t for the fact that your attempt at violence failed, I’d at least leave your hand here. Rocks’s reputation can’t protect you forever."

Blackbeard gritted his teeth, his expression somewhat unpleasant.

"Even if you say that..."

He was undeniably extremely wary of Orin’s strength. He even firmly believed the other could easily remove one of his arms from across such a distance. But the problem now was that he also wanted to leave.

In front of him was the Empress, who could turn people to stone with the slightest mistake. Behind him were the Seraphim monsters that couldn’t be injured no matter how they were attacked.

"If I want to retreat with my whole body intact now... that’s already pretty difficult, isn’t it?"

In his original plan, he intended to capture the Empress, seize the Love-Love Fruit, and then escape while being pursued by the Seraphim.

But now that Orin had spoken, not only could he not make a move, he might even be counter-killed.

"...Seraphim."

Looking at this extremely nervous little black fat guy, Orin couldn’t help but complain inwardly. Was this really the child of the peerless and loyal Rocks and the bold and courageous Alice?

He looked like a life-cherishing warlord through and through.

Meanwhile, after seeing the situation clearly, the Marine officers were already preparing to retreat.

After all, dealing with just the Yonko Blackbeard was manageable—they could grit their teeth and target him if necessary.

But now that [Black Gun] had personally intervened, the matter was no longer something the Marines could decide.

The World Government had long issued an order.

Any matter involving Orin must be decided by the World Government. Even the Fleet Admiral had no authority to engage him in battle without permission.

So the Marine officer prepared to issue an order to the Seraphim to withdraw first.

However, before he could speak, Orin on the Den Den Mushi spoke first.

"Little Seraphim, withdraw for now~"

"Yes."

"Yes~ Lord Orin~"

"Eh??? Wait, wait! There hasn’t been an order to retreat yet!!!"

The Marines were instantly dumbfounded.

They hadn’t issued any retreat command, so how had the Pacifista suddenly switched sides and obeyed the enemy’s orders?!

Orin hadn’t even appeared in person. With nothing more than a phone call, he had resolved a war before it even began.

By the time Rayleigh received the news and arrived, the incident had already ended.

"That’s really exaggerated... Even the terrain of the Island of Women has changed..."

Rayleigh said with a smile.

"Conqueror’s Haki intimidation from such a distance—Roger himself couldn’t do something like that back then."

After arriving at the Island of Women with Shakky and learning the full story, Rayleigh couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.

"But it’s fortunate that Orin called. With my current strength, I’m afraid it would’ve been difficult for me to defeat Blackbeard on a frontal battlefield."

Shakky stood beside him, smoking a cigarette. Though the glory of being the world’s most beautiful woman had long passed, she still maintained a free-spirited demeanor.

At this moment, she revealed a relaxed smile.

"After all, you’re already getting old."

"The sea now belongs to the era of little Orin and little Shanks~"

...

What they didn’t know was that the Orin and Shanks they spoke of—the symbols of the new era—were about to gather together.

All because of a certain little girl.

At a banquet, a flyer held by one of Buggy’s underlings caught Orin’s attention.

On it was clearly a young girl in the bloom of youth. Her red-and-white hair and fashionable style announced the arrival of a concert.

"Hey... the one in your hand. Bring it over so I can take a look."

Orin waved at the underling. The man froze for a moment and pointed at himself.

After receiving confirmation, he excitedly hurried over and handed the flyer to Lord Orin.

It was clearly—

A flyer.

A concert flyer.