## One Piece Chapter 434: Whitebeard and Red Hair - Chapter: 434 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Enel, Shanks, Edward Newgate, Marco, Joz, Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Garp, Sengoku, Buggy, Dracule Mihawk, Monkey D. Luffy, Marshall D. Teach, Portgas D. Ace, Thatch, Laffitte, Van Augur, Jesus Burgess, Doc Q ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 434 opens with the title page, "WHITEBEARD AND RED HAIR." Enel's Great Space Mission continues with Vol. 5, "ATTACK FIRST, THINK LATER." On the moon, Enel reacts to the strange figure emerging near the crater by immediately swinging his staff instead of trying to talk. It is cover-story material and not part of the main confrontation at sea. 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. 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. Page 6: Whitebeard's crew cannot help reacting to the damage Shanks has caused. Someone shouts, "HEY, RED HAIR, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO US!!" and Shanks casually tries to recruit Marco: "OH! YOU'RE MARCO FROM THE FIRST DIVISION, RIGHT? DO YOU WANT TO JOIN MY CREW?" Marco snaps back, "SHUT UP!!" Whitebeard tells his men, "YEAH... THERE'S NO WAR AS HE SAYS... LEAVE US ALONE FOR NOW." Once the deck clears, the two emperors drink. Whitebeard sniffs the sake and says, "BOOZE FROM WEST BLUE, HUH...?" and "THE QUALITY ISN'T VERY GOOD, IS IT?" Shanks smiles and answers, "I'VE TRAVELED THROUGH THE SEAS OF THE WORLD... BUT NOTHING IS SUPERIOR TO THE BOOZE MADE WITH THE WATER FROM MY PLACE. IT'S THE BOOZE FROM MY HOME-TOWN. DRINK UP!!" Page 7: Whitebeard drinks deep, and the sake earns a grudging approval: "YEAH... NOT BAD..." The drink pulls the old emperor backward in time. "... ROGER... GARP... SENGOKU..." he says, naming the men from the age before this one. "THERE AREN'T VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT THE SEA BACK THEN." He tells Shanks, "IT'S BEEN 22 YEARS... IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING...!!" and then measures how far the red-haired pirate has come: "YOU'VE CLIMBED PRETTY FAR UP THE LADDER, TOO... BEFORE, YOU WERE JUST A PUNY APPRENT...