The Rocks Pirates, who took only half a day to finish their preparations, left Hachinosu on the same day they decided to head for God Valley.
Only one pirate ship set sail, the gibecks sword.
There weren't many people on board, only a few hundred.
But they were all the elites of the Rocks Pirates.
Except for Maron, who remained on the island due to his heavy injuries.
Rocks, the four Division Captains, and over a dozen Senior Combatants were all present.
However, the gibecks sword hadn't traveled far from Hachinosu before an uninvited guest appeared ahead.
A super-giant ship, as massive as a mountain, blocked everyone's path like a giant Sea King surfacing from the ocean.
Kaido gritted his teeth. "It's a ship of the Giant Race!"
Golden Lion Shiki sneered and waved his hand. "It doesn't matter! Sink it!"
Ever since he had visited Elbaf a few years ago with Rocks, Whitebeard, and Carlo, he hadn't cared for the Giant Race at all.
Instead, he felt annoyed, even disgusted, by those pedantic big guys.
Especially that big guy, King Harald.
He was an utterly unreasonable fellow.
Even though Rocks had personally gone there that time to invite Harald to do great things together.
In the end, that stupid big guy refused Rocks' invitation, clinging to the naive idea that joining the World Government as an Affiliated Nations would bring his country a better life.
Because of that, he even had a fight with Rocks.
What kind of character did the Celestial Dragons and the World Government have?
Anyone with eyes could see it clearly.
But that big guy just couldn't see it.
Despite possessing such formidable strength, even power not inferior to Rocks, his mind was still filled with such naive fantasies.
What a fool!!
So at this moment, even knowing that his acquaintance Harald might be on the giant ship opposite them, Golden Lion Shiki didn't hesitate to order the pirates on board to fire the cannons.
But his order was interrupted by Rocks.
"Wait!"
Golden Lion Shiki was annoyed. "What are you doing, Rocks? These unreasonable big guys are no longer our friends. Why are you stopping me? Didn't you already break off your friendship with that idiot Harald?"
Rocks ignored him, crossed his arms, walked to the bow, and looked up at the mountain-like giant ship across from them.
At the bow of the giant ship stood dozens of Giant Race warriors wearing leather armor and holding giant weapons, with an average height of over fifteen meters.
An unusually massive figure, at least three times taller than these Giant Race warriors, stood behind them, looking down at the scene.
A voice as loud as thunder echoed from afar, making the eardrums of the pirates on the gibecks sword buzz.
"We have been ordered to stop you, a pirate group that has gone mad for a woman!"
"Rocks! You should know that if we wanted to sink your small ship, it would be effortless!"
Harald pointed his thumb backward. "See that ship over there? It was sent by the World Government to monitor us. Their purpose is simple: to supervise our actions."
Rocks looked up and laughed loudly.
"How much merit do you think you can accumulate for joining the World Government by doing this?"
"Also, aren't you looking down on us too much?! Harald!"
"Isn't the World Government sitting back and watching the tigers fight exactly what you've permitted?"
"No matter what you do, in the end, you're still that madman who wants to change Elbaf!!"
As the two finished speaking.
Two vast auras radiated from their bodies.
Infinite black and red lightning simultaneously erupted from Harald and Rocks, surging violently toward each other.
The thick black and red lightning collided in the sky between the two ships.
"Rumble!!"
The previously calm sea suddenly surged with towering waves.
Ten thousand meters above, the thick clouds were blasted open, forming a funnel-like hole as if a giant gap had been pierced through.
On the monitoring ship in the distance, the intelligence agents who felt the terrifying aura turned pale with fear, looking at the horrifying phenomenon in the sky in terror.
"Are... are they going to fight? Harald and Rocks! What terrifying power! Before the fight even starts, heaven and earth change color, it's just like gods and demons! Move the ship further away! Be careful not to be caught in the aftershocks of the battle!"
From their respective bows, Rocks and Harald looked at each other.
The terrifying auras continued to be released.
The atmosphere between the Giant Race and the Rocks Pirates became increasingly tense.
Suddenly, Rocks grinned and said softly, "Can we talk privately for a moment? Harald."
Harald didn't answer, but he didn't refuse either.
Seeing this, Rocks turned back and scanned the pirates behind him, his gaze landing on Carlo. "Carlo, you come too."
Carlo raised an eyebrow slightly.
He was somewhat surprised that Rocks would actually call him along.
He remembered that in the original manga, he didn't have any part in this.
However, he didn't refuse and followed Rocks onto the ship of the Giant Kingdom.
Leaving Golden Lion Shiki behind, who snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Bastard! At a time like this, they still have the leisure to reminisce! My Shakky is still waiting for me to rescue her! Bastard Rocks! Bastard Carlo!"
On the giant ship of Elbaf.
Harald had the surrounding Giant Race warriors retreat to a distance.
Leaving him, Rocks, and Carlo alone.
He brought over a small wine barrel over two meters high and poured a bowl of wine for Rocks and Carlo each.
Rocks picked up the wine bowl, sat cross-legged on the corridor-wide gunwale, and looked at Harald.
"Where we are going and what we plan to do, you should have heard by now, Harald?"
Harald nodded. "Yes, I saw it all in the newspapers."
Rocks grinned. "Indeed. But... listen carefully, I'm only telling the two of you this. I haven't even revealed it to Newgate or anyone else on Hachinosu..."
He looked at Harald, then at Carlo beside him.
"I have a hidden name, it's Davy D. Jones."
Harald was puzzled. "Isn't your surname Rocks?"
"Don't interrupt me, let me finish!" Rocks waved his hand.
Rocks continued, "The legendary pirate, Davy D. Jones, is my ancestor! The Davy Clan is likely the family the World Government has always wanted to eradicate. But we have managed to survive in the underworld until now."
"I don't know whether to say the current timing is good or bad."
"Two years ago, I had a child."
"I was worried that my life as a pirate would affect my wife and child, so I sent them back to my hometown and told them they could seek refuge with the Davy Clan there..."
"Davy Clan..." Harald chewed on the term, feeling as if he had seen it on the murals of the Harley Sacred Scripture in Elbaf.
"I see, so you left your wife and child with your clansmen in your hometown? But that should be your weakness, right? Why are you telling... us?"
He glanced at Carlo.
Carlo drank his wine silently, acting as a background character and being transparent, not interrupting Rocks' narration.
Rocks put down his wine bowl.
"It is indeed my weakness. Actually, at first, I only planned to tell you, Harald."
He also looked at Carlo, his gaze containing an expression that Carlo couldn't quite decipher.
"But for some reason, at this moment, I intend to share it with you too, Carlo. Perhaps it's my intuition, but I have a feeling you will be a very important character in future history."