## One Piece Chapter 434, pages 3-5: Whitebeard and Red Hair - Chapter: 434 - Pages: 3-5 - Characters: Shanks, Marco, Joz, Edward Newgate ### Summary Page 3: Shanks steps onto the ship, and the weaker pirates begin to fold before he even says anything. Some do not understand the warning and ask, "EH...? WE WON'T SURVIVE THIS...? WHAT DO YOU MEAN...?" Marco only says, "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS AND JUST STAY BACK." It is already too late. Bodies hit the deck with dull "THUD" sounds, and confused crewmen cry, "EH!? HEY, GUYS, WHAT'S WRONG?" and "WHAT'S GOING ON?" Marco tells them, "DON'T PANIC. THEY JUST LOST CONSCIOUSNESS." Joz explains the scale of the presence moving toward them: "WITHOUT ANY DETERMINATION, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN STAY CONSCIOUS IN FRONT OF THAT MAN...!!" Shanks' arrival is treated like a force of nature. Page 4: Shanks walks through the fallen men as if the deck itself has become a test of will. Whitebeard watches from his seat and recognizes the pressure at once: "AMAZING HAKI... AS ALWAYS." Around Shanks, pirates collapse with more "THUD" sounds, and even the ship creaks under the strain, marked by sharp "SQUEAK" noises and split wood. Shanks continues forward without theatrics, while the survivors stare in silence. By the time he reaches Whitebeard, the greeting has already made its point: only the strong can remain standing in the presence of an emperor. Page 5: Shanks apologizes first: "EXCUSE ME." He admits, "SINCE THIS IS AN ENEMY'S SHIP... I KINDA MADE A BIT OF A THREAT." Whitebeard glares at him and says the wound from that man aches whenever he looks at Shanks' face. Shanks has brought a huge gourd of sake, not a weapon, and says, "I BROUGHT THE HEALING WATER, I HAVE NO INTENTION TO FIGHT." His reason is simple: "I'M HERE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING WITH YOU." Whitebeard laughs, "GURARARARA...!!" but calls him a "BASTARD" and asks whether such words really come from a man whose haki is in full force. Even before the conversation begins, peace feels fragile.