## One Piece Chapter 434, pages 1-3: Whitebeard and Red Hair - Chapter: 434 - Pages: 1-3 - Characters: Shanks, Edward Newgate, Marco, Joz ### Summary Page 1: At Marine Headquarters, the alarm spreads before anyone can pretend the situation is under control. Reports come in one after another: "THE FLEET HAS BEEN DEFEATED!!" and "RED HAIR AND WHITEBEARD ARE ABOUT TO MAKE CONTACT!!" The officers understand how dangerous that meeting could become and shout, "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN!!" The order is immediate: "STAY ALERT AT ALL COSTS!" and the reply comes back, "YES, SIR!!" Far out at sea, Shanks' ship reaches the massive vessel of Whitebeard, where someone calls up to the deck, "CAPTAIN, WE'LL GO WELCOME RED HAIR!!" The world is already bracing for a meeting between two emperors. Page 2: On Whitebeard's ship, the flags of the two great pirate crews face each other in the wind. Marco calmly states, "RED HAIR IS COMING." The younger pirates are eager, but Joz stops them with a warning that sounds less like advice and more like survival instinct: "STAY BACK, YOUNGSTERS, YOU WON'T SURVIVE THIS." The page names the men standing guard around Whitebeard: Whitebeard Pirates First Division Captain Marco and Whitebeard Pirates Third Division Captain Joz. They are not preparing for an ordinary visitor. They are preparing for the pressure of Shanks himself. 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.