While Loki continued to take Fang Huo to visit the ruins of the ancient robot.
Harald was rushing back to Elbaf at top speed.
Even as the king, he was personally rowing, fearing that returning even a moment late would lead to a tragedy.
"Rocks! If you dare harm Ida, Loki, or Hajrudin, I will never let you off!"
Harald's thick arms rowed so fast they became afterimages; his horns, a mark of his ancient giant lineage, flashed with a sharp metallic luster as his thick black hair billowed in the wind.
The other giants were all rowing desperately, cold sweat covering their foreheads.
An enraged king was truly terrifying!
In a certain sea area of the New World, Redfield was rushing toward Paradise Island.
He didn't know when those Celestial Dragons would take action against Red Line Island.
He didn't know that the Celestial Dragons' [Human Clearing Contest] was actually held every three years.
When Shepherd Ten Somaz Saint of the Gods Knights suggested including Red Line Island on the list of target islands for clearing.
The islands for that year's Human Clearing Contest had already been determined.
Red Line Island was "lucky" enough to become a target island for the next contest, gaining three years of survival time.
In fact, the year Rocks invaded the Holy Land Mary Geoise and killed the Marine Admiral—56 years before the original plot—was a year the Human Clearing Contest was held.
Then, the year before Brook entered the Grand Line (53 years before the original plot)... the year of Charlotte Linlin's 18th birthday (50 years before the original plot)... the year the Rocks Pirates occupied Hachinosu Island and Kaido joined them (44 years before the original plot)... these were all years when the Celestial Dragons held the Human Clearing Contest.
—Redfield's strength grew rapidly during his solo voyage.
However, because he was a lone wolf, his navigation skills were still in the learning stage, making his journey not so smooth.
He was always forced to stay longer on certain islands.
This made him increasingly urgent!
He was even a bit despairing, thinking that perhaps Red Line Island had already been silently cleared while he was wasting time.
He had tried to spread the news that the Celestial Dragons were going to massacre Red Line Island.
But those intelligence agents and pirates didn't dare spread any information concerning the Celestial Dragons once they heard it.
The newspapers of this era were even less daring to report any negative news or rumors about the Celestial Dragons.
For spreading negative news about the Celestial Dragons, he was even hunted and wanted by those intelligence agents, who sought to capture him and hand him over to the World Government for a reward.
This caused Redfield's location to be exposed multiple times, and he felt increasingly powerless against the might of the Celestial Dragons.
He realized once again that indeed, only the Rocks Pirates had a slight chance of dealing with the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
To make his name catch the attention of the Rocks Pirates, he no longer hid himself.
He directly used his identity as the pirate Patrick Redfield to make a name for himself in the New World, wanting to get on a bounty poster as soon as possible.
To this end, he attacked a Marine warship and powerfully killed a Rear Admiral!
Thus, Patrick Redfield, dressed in red noble attire, finally appeared on a bounty poster, known as The Lone Red.
After much hardship, Redfield finally arrived at Paradise Island!
Only to find that the Rocks Pirates had already left Paradise Island, which left him both angry and annoyed.
A somewhat crazed Redfield held back his desire to go on a rampage.
He broke into Skull Castle, hoping to find a transponder snail to contact the Rocks Pirates.
Inside Skull Castle, he defeated the Guyue Club and the Ganzi Smuggling Team that were guarding Paradise Island.
These Rocks-affiliated forces hadn't expected that some reckless fool would actually dare to cause trouble on Paradise Island.
Didn't this guy fear the retaliation of the Rocks Pirates?
Or perhaps Fang Huo's Luck-Luck Fruit ability had taken effect.
Or maybe Barlow, the boss of the Guyue Club, had heard the name Patrick Redfield while on the gibecks sword.
Facing the powerful Patrick Redfield, and combined with Redfield's special Observation Haki, Barlow and he actually managed to complete a conversation and negotiation.
"Kozuki Fang Huo! He really does have the power of prophecy!!"
Through Barlow's explanation and the information read by his own soul-reading Observation Haki, Patrick Redfield officially confirmed the Rocks Pirates' prophetic ability.
The death of his family was indeed inextricably linked to Kozuki Fang Huo.
But there was no use saying that now.
He still needed to rely on the power of the Rocks Pirates to protect Red Line Island.
From Barlow, Redfield obtained a transponder snail to contact Fang Huo.
Suppressing his emotions, Redfield dialed Fang Huo's transponder snail for the first time.
He wanted to have a proper talk with the one who held him in such high regard, yet was also the culprit who caused the destruction of his family.
—In front of a super-giant robot, the transponder snail in Fang Huo's arms suddenly rang.
Few people had Fang Huo's contact information, so he thought it was those Rocks Executives from the Sunny World looking for him and answered directly.
"Hello, what's the matter?"
While answering the phone, Fang Huo touched the ancient robot, which was over 3,000 years old, using his Gulp-Gulp Fruit Ability to fuse with this powerful metal.
Having been exposed to the air for 3,000 years without being completely corroded, the quality of this metal must be incredibly high.
"Kozuki Fang Huo!!!"
A somewhat gnashing, unfamiliar voice spoke, and the transponder snail mimicked some unfamiliar decorations.
"My name is Patrick Redfield!! You, the great Prophet, should be very familiar with it!!"
As the transponder snail spoke again, Fang Huo instantly understood who was on the other side.
This tone... he really hates me.
It seems it will be difficult for the Rocks Pirates to recruit Count Red, and he might even seek revenge against me.
However, if Redfield were to become an enemy of the Rocks Pirates, Fang Huo would not show mercy.
He would kill if he had to!
He would turn him into a Blood Servant if he had to!
He merely appreciated Count Red; it wasn't a necessity to recruit him.
With the Gold, Silver, and Copper trio of the Roger Pirates as candidates, Count Red was a "bonus if I get him, no loss if I don't" situation.
"I am sorry about what happened to you."
Fang Huo was silent for a moment before choosing to apologize; he hadn't expected his "prophecy" to lead to the destruction of the Barlorick Family.
He indeed bore a significant responsibility.
But the greatest responsibility still lay with the World Government; they were the ones who struck so ruthlessly.
"If you want to seek revenge against me, I'll be waiting."
"If you want to seek revenge against the World Government, I will provide you with Devil Fruits and cultivation methods for the Three Types of Haki to make you stronger, and even provide combat support..."
Fang Huo didn't complicate things; whatever Redfield chose to do, he would take it seriously.
There isn't that much fairness in this world.
Things have already happened, and the outcome cannot be changed.
If Redfield chose to seek revenge against Fang Huo, he would have to be prepared for death.
Fang Huo was never merciful to his enemies!
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