The fight between Roger and Barrett in the East Sea quickly shocked the whole world.
Even though the battle had ended, their fight seemed to permanently change the weather and sea area there. A huge power tore apart several surrounding islands.
Countless people came to visit, including Marines and pirates.
No matter who they were, no matter which side they belonged to, they could only deeply admire the chaos of that sea.
It was too strong, a power that no human could possess.
Although people had already known about Roger's strength since the fight against Aatrox, they deeply felt his horror only after really seeing his battlefield.
However, just as the world was amazed, news from the Marine headquarters shocked the world again!
The whole world went crazy because of this. Some people couldn't believe it, some were overjoyed, and some were filled with anger. This was because the news released by the Marines was too terrifying.
"The famous Pirate King has been caught by the Marine hero in the Grand Line!"
Roger was caught by the Marines?!
This news spread throughout the world in a very short time. At first, almost no one dared to believe it was true.
Although An was Roger's rival at sea and often went to arrest him, after seeing Roger and Barrett's battlefield, people felt that Roger was like a monster.
And now, this monster was caught by the Marines?
"No way..."
These three words were what everyone thought at the moment they saw the news on the paper, but soon they knew it was true.
Because the World Government would hold Roger's execution ceremony in a week. That was Roger, the only Pirate King right now. If Roger's execution was completed in front of people all over the world, it would be a huge blow to the pirates and a boost to the World Government's prestige...
Was also huge!
One explosive piece of news after another shocked the world, and the mastermind behind all of this, Gol D. Roger, was living freely in prison.
"I took your wife to a remote island, and there shouldn't be any problems in the short term."
Roger leaned against a corner of the prison, holding a jar of wine in his hand.
In front of the prison, An sat on the ground, also with a jar of wine in her hand.
"Thank you." Roger took a big gulp and said, "I probably won't see how this world develops after this. I hope it will be as magnificent as we imagined."
"I am you, I will watch it for you." An said slowly, "Besides, we may not be able to see each other again."
Is hell really inescapable?
Of course not. If it really couldn't be left, then why could demons show up in the world?
If demons can leave hell, then why can't people?
"Okay, another old friend is coming." Roger chuckled, "Speaking of which, Garp also has a grandson, right? I wonder if that guy will inherit the 'D' will."
"Maybe." An slowly stood up. As a Marine Admiral, she couldn't spend too much time with Roger.
"Here, take this." Roger slowly stood up, walked to the front of the prison, and crystal fragments and a black badge came out of his body.
Four Shikon Jewel shards and...
A Soul Reaper badge!
An sighed and reached out to take the two items.
Roger used the Soul Reaper badge to split himself. Could he continue to split himself again?
An wondered for no reason.
"I gave the treasure box containing the demon information to Mumei for safekeeping. You can go to him if there are corresponding clues in the future," Roger said.
An didn't respond, just carefully put these things away.
After standing up, she picked up the wine jar, poured all the remaining wine into her mouth, and then let go.
The wine jar fell to the ground and shattered. An sighed again and then turned and left.
When she walked to the prison door, she saw Garp who was about to come in.
She didn't say anything. After all, it wasn't a glorious thing for a Marine to come and take care of Roger. This was an unspoken understanding between her and Garp.
After Garp came in, he looked at the wine jar on the ground and couldn't help saying, "You guy is really living freely. The Marine Admiral brings you wine. Even I don't have this treatment."
"Even the Marine Admiral knows to bring wine. You old guy came empty-handed. No wonder she's the Marine Admiral," Roger laughed.
"Tsk, you guy doesn't seem to know that you're about to die." Garp shook his head, "It's a pity that I didn't arrest you."
"I heard that you're also very strong after transplanting your arm, but it's a pity we haven't fought since then," Roger said also with regret.
He was talking about the Jaltzburg Kingdom incident. After that, Roger strengthened greatly, but Garp lost his right arm and had to withdraw from the operation to capture him.
After that, they rarely even met.
It wasn't until Garp reattached the Red Dragon arm that he became active again in the New World.
However, not long after that, Roger began to find the final island on purpose and didn't interact much with Garp.
After all, with both him and An, An had been chasing him, which saved a lot of effort.
"A person like you was consumed to that extent by Barrett. Is that guy dead?"
In the information they got, An was able to catch Roger because her observation Haki told her that a big battle had taken place in the East Sea.
So An immediately applied to Kong to go to the East Sea. When An arrived in the East Sea, Roger had passed out because of the battle with Barrett, so she caught Roger almost without any effort.
The Marine executives still believed this because An's observation Haki was indeed very strong.
From the moment she joined the Marines, they knew that An's observation Haki was the strongest, so they had no doubts about An going to the East Sea.
However, the Marines definitely couldn't say this in public. In the World Government's propaganda, Roger fought with Barrett first, and after defeating Barrett, An arrived and fought with An in a battle of the century before being captured due to exhaustion.
This could both promote the power of the Marines and be more logical.
Because everyone knew that Roger was very strong, and it was unlikely that he would be arrested by An alone, so they mentioned Barrett's existence. Otherwise, according to their style, they would have directly said that An fought a big battle with Roger, defeated the Pirate King, and arrested him.
However, as a Marine executive, Garp definitely knew the truth.
"Ah, that kid... is really strong." Roger said softly, "Maybe you'll meet him in the future too."
"He's really not dead." Garp said with a headache, "You really are a troublesome guy."
"Hahaha, the future world always needs strong people to add color to it, so you won't feel lonely then, right?"
After Roger and Garp's conversation, this world would enter a new era.
Perhaps the whole world was waiting for this man's death.
Roger's execution was set in Loguetown, which was Roger's hometown.
Soon...
That day was coming.
"Roger's execution will definitely attract a large number of pirates, but we don't need to deal with them. This is an execution to deter them."
After An gave the order, she gradually came to a remote cave in Loguetown.
"An..."
There was a woman in the cave. The woman had long golden wavy hair and a slightly big belly. Undoubtedly, she was pregnant.
Portgas D. Rouge, Roger's wife.
After she saw An walk in, her eyes showed some hatred and some gratitude.
An had captured Roger, but An had also helped her escape the Marine's capture. She couldn't see what this woman An was thinking.
An didn't know when she learned to smoke. She took a deep breath and threw the rest away because she couldn't smoke in front of pregnant women.
"Sorry, I can't let you see him one last time." An said softly, "It's too dangerous there. If I do that, I may not be able to protect you."
"No, please, I want to see him!" Rouge pleaded, with tears in her eyes, "Even if I only see him on the execution platform!"
"No one knows about my relationship with Roger, please, let me... see him one more time."
"...Sigh." An sighed, she looked up slightly, and said slowly, "You don't understand, there's a very dangerous person in Loguetown."
"...A dangerous person?"
"Yes, in front of her, there's no such thing as 'hiding'. She has extremely strong surveillance ability. As long as there are animals around, she can hear the voices."
This was also the information that Roger analyzed in the process of fighting with Makima. When she knew about Makima's ability, she was really surprised.
This meant that in front of Makima, there was almost no such thing as secrets!
She took Rouge to act, and also deliberately chose places where there were no animals.
Of course, Makima couldn't maintain worldwide surveillance at any time, and couldn't listen to everyone's words all the time. However, she would rather not reveal any flaws.
"But...!"
"Sorry, Rouge." An closed her eyes slowly, "Just fall asleep gently, and everything will be over after you wake up."
In fact, she didn't even want to bring Rouge here.
But there was no way. Rouge wanted to return to Loguetown no matter what. At least in the last moments of Roger's life, she wanted to stay in the same place with him.
An finally decided to bring her to Loguetown, but after Roger's execution, she would take Rouge back to the place she had chosen before.
"Shadow Cut..."
An grasped the short sword around her waist, gently placed it on the ground, and said, "I'm relying on you, help me take care of Rouge."
"~!"
A response came from Shadow Cut. It seemed like it also wanted to see Roger's execution. An said helplessly, "What's so good about seeing people being killed? If you help me take care of Rouge, I'll feed you delicious poison when we get back."
Yes, poison!
An didn't know how it happened, but Shadow Cut especially liked to eat poison and other things after it had self-awareness.
Under her comfort, Shadow Cut finally stopped. She said to Rouge again, "I know this is cruel, but... please don't leave here. Roger's real cause of death... is very likely related to that woman. If she knows that Roger has a wife, she will never let you go."
"...What?!" Rouge was shocked. She knew that Roger actually had a terminal illness, but now Ann was saying that Roger's real cause of death was related to a woman?
"Sorry, I can't say more, but please believe me."
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Because, I am also Roger...
An didn't say this, just turned around and walked towards the execution ground.
At this moment, the execution ground was already full of people from all over the world.
They all wanted to see the Pirate King Roger for the last time no matter what.
At this moment, it was raining.
The sky was slightly dim, and drizzle fell from the dim sky. Although it was not heavy, it was enough to wet everyone.
It was as if the sky knew that a king was about to die, and it was crying for him.
Himura Kenshin stood in the crowd. At this moment, he was wearing a bamboo hat, a brown kimono, and the cross scar on his left face was clearly visible. He looked up at Roger on the execution platform.
Not far behind him, there was a red-haired boy who was holding back his tears. It was Shanks.
Shanks saw Kenshin through the crowd.
Although it was a memory from when he was very young, he also knew that Kenshin had a good relationship with the captain when he was in Wano Country. He didn't expect that he had now left Wano Country and came here on the day the captain was executed.
However, Kenshin at that time had a chilling killing intent, as if he was an executioner, but Kenshin now seemed to have a kind of decadent exuberance.
Shanks didn't go to greet Kenshin because this was not a time for catching up.
This was a day that should be sad, and meeting old friends was a happy thing. Joy and sadness were too conflicting, so it was not something that should happen at the same moment.
"Water in the Rear is also here. Roger's face is really big enough."
From the official perspective, Zephyr saw Water in the Rear in the crowd at a glance. His face was still so firm, and the rain falling from the sky seemed to avoid his body.
The Marines stood on a building, looking at the people below.
"Not only Water in the Rear? Didn't Toguro also come?" An slowly walked over from behind. She was finally not late.
Toguro crossed his arms and did not stand in the crowd, but stood on a house in the far distance. He was also looking at Roger.
"How are the preparations on The Black Order's side?" An asked again.
In order to prevent problems with the execution, this was a cooperation between The Black Order and the Marines to prevent any problems with the execution.
"Makima has come in person, how can there be any more problems?"
Then, next is...
Roger's death!
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