New Era...

Silence...

Silence.

The East Blue and New World were silent, without saying anything; everyone looked at their TV with wide eyes. And even the world government and the new three admirals had no words for the event that just occurred...

But then...

"WOAH!"

"OOOOOH"

"HAHA!"

Pirates worldwide began to cheer as several marine forces made their move.

Meanwhile, at Wano...

"We shouldn't just wait here while Straw Hat is experiencing new seas, or am I wrong ?" A man in a coat said, as his red hair was bounded backward due to his glasses. He lifted his metal arm as he looked at hundreds of Pirates, and all of them began to cheer.

"WOAH!"

"KID!!!"

"CAPTAIN!"

At the same time, everywhere from East Blue to New World...

Thousands of Pirates made their way to the New World, and that just to come to Laugh Tale... No, to the Zyklon (New Seas)! The world was truly in an uproar, and a New Era of Pirates was ushered in.

The marine had more to do while several silhouettes finally made their moves. The new Era of Pirates shall change the world that everyone knew, new powerhouses will be born and released in the seas, and old powerhouses shall descend from their thrones. The old vs. new era of Pirates the start of a new Era!

But as soon the King of the Pirates left the New World for New Seas, four new emperors of the sea shall soon be known, even though it's more a story of the future...

Meanwhile, at Sphinx... (Yes, Justus is living on the island where Edward Newgate was born- Whitebeard.)

A 5-year-old with dark red hair looked at his grandpa as he said six simple words that shall change his life.

"I want to be a pirate ."

Saying those words, his father and grandpa looked at each other and smiled.

"Haha! Well, father, so will you finally train someone?" Eating his cherry pie, Lucca looked at Shanks as he chuckled.

"Sigh. So are you sure you want to be a Pirate? Justus D. Xavier ?" Shanks asked in a serious tone as a powerful aura surrounded him, making the whole bar cracking as everyone fell unconscious except for Lucca and Justus.

'What... What is that pressure...' Justus thought as he looked at his non-stop trembling hands. Cold sweat was streaming down like a river as it became heavier to breathe... Just what kind of monster was his Grandfather?

Looking at his Grandchild, he stood up as he opened his mouth and talked while walking slowly over him.

"Justus, do you know what it means to be a Pirate? No... To be a captain? The consequences, the responsibilities, and the pressure? It is far worse than what you are right now feeling."

"Tell me, Justus D. Xavier can you bear such pressure?"

Shanks, who now stood in front of his Grandson Justus, looked down on him as his Haki became slowly stronger.

Justus looked down at his still trembling hands as he drew himself together and balled his hands into a fist. Looking up to his Grandfather, he climbed up the seat at the bar to look at Shanks, face to face!

As he climbed up and looked into his Grandfather's face, he just noticed what kind of monster Shanks was. However, he slowly opened his mouth and shouted out:

"I-I can! I will! And I will show you that I even surpass you and the Pirate King himself!" As he shouted out, he released a power that even clashed with the Haki of Shanks! But not even a second after, he fell on his knees. And before he landed on the ground, Shanks quickly caught him.

Smiling, he turned to Lucca and said:

"Justus's will is impressive, and he even has the Supreme Ruler Haki. He sure has some talent for the Haki and probably even more than me. He could stand my Haki for 10 seconds and even clashed it for 1 second."

"He's a special child father, even though you went easy on him."

"Tch, of course, I went easy on him, or do you want me to kill my own Grandson?"

"However, father, bring Justus tomorrow to the harbor; from then on, you can start with the training. And don't forget to give him the present his mother had for him before she died... you know."

"No worries, Lucca."

As Lucca was about to leave the bar, he looked at Justus the last time as he left.

Shaking his head, Shanks lifted Justus and left the bar to go to a well-hidden place...

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That's a shorter chapter :) Hope you like it, guys!