One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 166: Father and Son Clash!

"Old man, we haven't seen each other for so long, why are you still the same?"

Rocks' voice was cynical.

The teasing was like a spark that landed precisely on a pile of dry wood.

"What kind of person I am is none of your business, you unfilial son!"

The old man, David D. Axe, Locke's father, was trembling with rage.

His face, which had just turned deathly pale from the corruption of evil energy, was now flushed red with blood.

The finger pointing at Rocks trembled violently, almost poking into Rocks' nostril.

"You actually know how to come back?! Do you even care about us, your people?! What did you say when you left?!"

Aks's voice was hoarse and shrill, each word forced out of his throat.

"You said the name of the David family was your shackles! You said this land buried your ambitions! And now?! What are you doing back?! Back to laugh at us?!"

A barrage of questions rained down on Lox.

The tribespeople who had just woken up instinctively took a half step back.

No one dared to intervene in the argument between the father and son.

That sense of tension was suffocating.

The way they looked at Rocks was one of distance, fear, and resentment.

This man is the pride of his tribe.

It is also taboo.

"joke?"

The arrogance on Lockes' face remained undiminished.

His father's anger only fueled his smile, which grew even wider.

But that smile was chillingly cold.

"Aren't you all ridiculous enough now? You've been kept like pigs and dogs by the World Government, turned into inhuman monsters by that guy named Im, and now I, your unfilial son, have to come back and clean up your mess!"

"you!"

Aks was so angry that his vision went black and he swayed.

He stared intently at Lockes, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

Yes.

What Lockes said was true.

It's bloody, there's no denying it.

This humiliation was even more painful than when he was being chased by the Knights of God.

"What? You're speechless?"

Rocks took a step forward.

His tall figure cast a shadow that completely enveloped his father.

He leaned down, his ambitious eyes meeting his father's eyes, which were filled with anger and disappointment.

"Old man, put away your pathetic pride. If it weren't for your stubbornness and weakness, would the David clan have fallen to this state? You think you can earn the Celestial Dragons' pity by guarding this broken Valley of the Gods? How naive!"

"shut up!"

Akex finally erupted, roaring with all his might.

"Everything I did was to protect my people! Unlike you! You put the entire clan in danger for your own ridiculous ambition! You have no idea what responsibility is!"

"responsibility?"

Rocks threw his head back and laughed wildly.

"Guhahahaha!"

"My responsibility is to overturn this corrupt world! To drag the high and mighty god down from his throne! Not to hide on this damned island and beg for mercy like you!"

The father and son were a pair: one was furious, the other arrogant and unruly.

Tit for tat.

Chen Ye watched with great interest.

He leaned against the rock, his pure white mask tilted slightly, enjoying the spectacle.

He found the argument between the father and son far more interesting than the one-sided massacre that had just taken place.

A conservative king.

A rebellious tyrant.

Just moments before the father and son were about to take action.

"alright."

A gentle yet powerful female voice came from behind the crowd.

The sound wasn't loud.

But it instantly extinguished the raging anger between father and son.

Rocks and Ax froze, both falling silent.

The anger and arrogance on their faces vanished instantly.

The two of them looked in the direction from which the sound came.

The crowd automatically parted to make way.

A woman slowly walked out.

She was not tall, and the years had left their mark on her face.

But those eyes were exactly like Rocks'—deep and bright.

Her skin tone, hair color, and even the heroic air between her brows were seven or eight parts similar to Lox.

She just stood there quietly.

Her gaze swept calmly over her husband and son.

He exuded an aura that caused everyone present, including Rocks, to instinctively hold their breath.

She is the true core of this family.

A woman who can keep two men in check at the same time.

She was clearly Rocks' mother.

"Both of you, shut up."

Lox's mother spoke in a flat tone.

Aks snorted heavily and turned his head away, but his tense body clearly relaxed.

And Rocks, the lawless sea tyrant who had just been so domineering, now unusually sheathed all his sharpness.

He lowered his head slightly, completely losing the arrogance he had displayed earlier.

"Mother."

He called out softly.

Chen Ye watched in amazement.

Good guy.

It turns out that even this madman, Rocks, had a nemesis.

Lox's mother's gaze swept over the ravaged battlefield.

The knight's corpse, cut in half at the waist.

In the distance, Garin Sei is crushed into a pulp.

Finally, her gaze fell on Chen Ye and lingered for a moment.

She didn't ask who Chen Ye was.

He simply looked at Lox again.

"What... happened here?"

Silence fell over the scene once again.

Locke suppressed all his emotions, his expression more serious than ever before.

"Mother."

His voice was both steady and urgent.

"We can't stay in God Valley any longer."

"This time, the World Government is targeting our David clan. Their goal is to completely wipe us out. Those people just now were merely the vanguard, the Knights of God."

Upon hearing this, the David family members were clearly panicked!

He paused.

"I sent Alice and Teach away before you woke up. They are safe now."

Alice!

Teach!

Upon hearing these two names, both of Lox's parents' expressions changed simultaneously.

Those were Rox's wife and their newborn grandson.

"You must leave here immediately!"

Lockes' tone left no room for argument.

This is an order.

"The World Government's reinforcements will arrive soon. And then it won't just be the Knights of God coming! A Marine Admiral, or even something more troublesome, could appear at any moment!"

These words struck a deep chord in the hearts of every member of the tribe.

They had just woken up from a nightmare, and before they could even catch their breath, they had to face the reality of their homes being destroyed and them being forced to flee.

Aks opened his mouth, wanting to refute.

But looking into Lockes's unwavering eyes, and then at the mountains of corpses and seas of blood around him, he swallowed his words.

He knew that Lox was right.

Rocks' mother, on the other hand, was more composed.

She nodded, accepting this cruel reality.

"Where...are we going?"

She asked the most crucial question.

"I've made all the arrangements."

Lockes answered quickly.

"But there's no time to explain now, we must act immediately!"

As he spoke, he ignored his father, mother, and clansmen behind him.

He turned around abruptly and strode towards Chen Ye, who was still watching the show.

That domineering aura of a tyrant returned to him.

He looked at Chen Ye with a smile full of trust and apology.

"brother."

Rocks' voice was deep and powerful.

"I'll have to trouble you one more time."