The eyes of the pirates surrounding the square slowly grew dull and wide.
Because Katakuri was standing right there.
"Th-that's Katakuri! Charlotte Katakuri, the White Tyrant!!"
"Why is a Pirate Emperor here!"
"Bonney, the Ruin Queen, is here too! Are you kidding me? Is the Charlotte Family going to attack Hachinosu!"
"How is that possible? Are they going to break the ceasefire agreement?"
"They're insane! Silver Axe and Captain John would never stand by and let this happen! The World Government will definitely mobilize! Do they want the entire New World to be engulfed in war!"
The pirates cried out in fear and panic.
"Heh—"
Roa turned his head slowly, looking at his good friend. "Katakuri, you've really made something of yourself. Now everyone recognizes only you and not me."
"What does that matter?" Katakuri shrugged, completely unconcerned. "The fear or respect of others is meaningless."
"But it matters a lot to me!"
Roa felt Katakuri was being a bit smug.
Twenty-five years ago, he was greeted by a thick black aura wherever he went.
Now that he's a nameless stray dog on the roadside, who's going to make up for this deficit of black aura?!
With that thought, Roa suddenly looked up at a window in the Skull Dome building.
Uncle Wang Zhi, you bastard, you're one of the culprits too!
While Roa was sulking, the surrounding pirates also noticed him.
"Who is that guy? Why does he seem to be in charge of the three of them!"
"Did you hear what he just said? He said he was here to take revenge on Admiral Wang Zhi!"
"A new Charlotte Family officer? He's just a brat!"
However, the pirates were not all young men.
Though the pirating industry had a high turnover rate, it didn't mean that all pirates from decades ago were completely dead.
A few very old pirates' eyes were gradually glazing over.
"No way? Did I see wrong!"
"I-is that HIM!!"
"How is that possible? He's still alive?"
Let's go back about thirty seconds.
Inside an office on the top floor of the Skull Dome.
"Has the government still found nothing?" Wang Zhi was talking to a man dressed all in white.
"It shouldn't be the Golden Lion," the white-suited man, a member of the Celestial Dragon's direct intelligence agency, CP0, calmly shook his head. "The timeline doesn't match. Our people checked carefully; he was busy feasting during that time."
"Then who else could it be?" Wang Zhi's brows furrowed deeply. "It couldn't be that little brat Kaido, could it?"
The three strongest pirates in the New World were the Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Kaido.
The Golden Lion was cleared, and Whitebeard wouldn't proactively attack a Warlord. So, was it Kaido?
Come to think of it, with Kaido's ability, uprooting an island wasn't impossible.
"That remains to be investigated," the CP0 agent said calmly. "However, no matter who did this, it won't end here."
"The order from above is that no person who possesses the power to sever immortality is allowed to exist."
Wang Zhi agreed deeply.
Immortality was the greatest reliance of the God's Knights . How could they allow someone with the power to break that ability to live?
Just then, a loud crash, as if something heavy had fallen from the sky, echoed outside the window.
Wang Zhi frowned.
As he was about to use Observation Haki to see what happened, a voice came from outside the window:
"Uncle Wang Zhi! I'm back for revenge!"
Wang Zhi's body instantly shuddered, and his already aging face slowly turned pale.
That voice—
How! How is this possible!
How could such a thing happen?
"Revenge? Did the person who killed Silver Axe come looking for trouble himself?" The white-suited CP0 agent was startled. "In that case, his timing is per—huh?"
Before he could finish, he saw Wang Zhi stand up in a panic, practically stumbling as he rushed to the window, leaned half his body out, and looked down.
"Wang Zhi?" The CP0 agent frowned.
What's wrong with this guy?
Why does he look completely terrified?
Wang Zhi was breathing heavily, his heart pounding so violently it felt like it would burst out of his chest.
No, it can't be, I must have misheard!
It's an illusion! It must be an illusion!
You can't trick me, you definitely can't trick me—
Wang Zhi saw the young man in the square below.
The young man was also looking up at him.
Upon seeing him, a look of joyful excitement blossomed on the face that hadn't changed at all in twenty-five years.
The handsome, cheerful young man waved his right hand happily at him.
"Yo! Uncle Wang Zhi, I'm here to kill you. Are you ready?"
"Ro... Ro... Roa..."
Wang Zhi's lips trembled, and then, in the next instant, his voice rose out of control. "ROA!!!"
It's him!!
It really is him!
That monster is truly back, and he's returned for revenge!
There's no mistake, Silver Axe was killed by him!
In these twenty-five years, he has mastered the power to nullify immortality!
And now he's coming to kill me!
Roa?
The CP0 agent, who was about to move closer, froze instantly upon hearing Wang Zhi's words.
His pupils rapidly contracted.
As a top agent of the World Government, he was naturally familiar with that name.
The monster that had once plagued the World Government twenty-five years ago!
That monster who disappeared for over two decades is back on the sea now?
No, I must report this to the government immediately!
At the same time, Wang Zhi suddenly turned back.
Call for help!
I must call for help right now!
Even if Roa was only as strong as he was twenty-five years ago, he was completely beyond Wang Zhi's ability to counter!
Moreover, after all this time, Roa must be even stronger, and he has even mastered the power to sever immortality!
I must get that person over here!
He rushed directly toward the nearby magical array.
Meanwhile, in the square.
Bonney glanced at Roa, who was cheerfully waving his hand upward, then leaned closer to her respected second older brother and whispered,
"Is he always like this?"
Katakuri had a look of deep amusement on his face. "When Roa truly intends to kill, he usually looks like this."
"Conversely, I've never seen genuine anger or fury on his face."
"Isn't it nice to face the world with a smile?" Roa turned back with a smile. "Besides, killing people—isn't that a joyful thing?"
"Oho." Bonney let out an inarticulate gasp.
Is he truly the madman that Brother Peros and the others talked about?
"However, Roa," Katakuri's eyes flickered with red light. "Wang Zhi seems to be calling for help."
"He's underestimating us, isn't he?" Roa's eyes flickered with the same red light.
He gently snapped his fingers.
If Wang Zhi actually managed to call the God's Knights or even Imu, that would be quite troublesome.
RUMBLE!
A bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky.
It was a completely black bolt, at least ten meters wide!
The black lightning, like a sharp sword piercing heaven and earth, instantly struck through the entire Skull Dome building.
Then.
BOOM!!
A violent explosion from the inside out instantly engulfed the entire Skull Dome.
The entire island trembled, and a fierce wind swept out, nearly knocking the surrounding pirates off their feet.
In that instant, the pirates were simply dumbfounded.
The building was instantly blown up!
So, did this really mean they were going to war?
"Oho!" Bonney's eyes were shining. "Is it finally starting?"
"Hmm?" Katakuri raised an eyebrow. He noticed a bird-man on the roof of a nearby house, frantically taking photos with a Transponder Snail.
Morgans...
Right, Roa was talking to him that night.
That kid Roa—what he showed the world over twenty years ago was already terrifying enough.
In reality, he hides even more incredible things.
"ROA!!"
The smoky ruins ahead suddenly parted, and a figure slowly emerged from the rubble.
Wang Zhi's clothes were ripped, and his skin had several scorched marks.
He stared intently at the smiling Roa, his teeth almost grinding to dust, causing the muscles in his face to twitch. "Why did you come back! How dare you come back!"
Wang Zhi clenched his fists, veins bulging on his arms, and he yelled hoarsely, "Roa! The era has changed! The world where you ran rampant is long gone! There is no place for you on this sea! Why didn't you just die quietly in some unknown corner!"
His roar stunned the surrounding pirates.
"Boss Wang Zhi knows that brat?"
"It's more than just knowing him, isn't it? Admiral Wang Zhi's attitude... is he afraid?"
"Roa? Where did this guy pop up from! I've never even heard the name!"
The pirates were confused.
The classic background character debut.
"There's no mistake! That guy is Roa, Disaster Roa!!"
"Disaster Roa? Who?"
"You brats born in the new era wouldn't know, because he was active over twenty years ago!"
"Twenty-five years ago? How old is he!"
"Though I don't know what happened, it's definitely him! A remnant of the Rocks Pirates, just like Admiral Wang Zhi, the Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin! One of the seven who carved up the New World over two decades ago! He was called the Most Evil Man in History!"
"What? The Most Evil in History? Is he really that exaggerated?"
"Exaggerated? Even though his wanted poster is impossible to find now, I'll never forget the shock the Navy's last wanted poster for him caused the world twenty-five years ago! At that time, his bounty had already reached six billion Berries!"
"WHAT? Six billion? Roger was only 5.5 billion, and the Golden Lion and Whitebeard are barely over 5 billion! Just what kind of monster is this guy!!!"
The pirates' gasps rose and fell.
Roa, however, acted as if he hadn't heard them, his smile deepening as he looked at Wang Zhi. He even took a deep, intoxicated breath. "I came back for moments like this, Uncle Wang Zhi. Like now. Your fear is truly delicious."
"You said... fear?" Wang Zhi's face changed drastically, his eyes even turning a bloodshot red. "Are you saying I'm afraid of you?"
"Trash! What are you waiting for!!"
The rage in the man's chest erupted like a volcano. "KILL THEM!!!"
"He's already terrified out of his mind, isn't he?" Bonney folded her arms, her expression disdainful.
"Because he knows he's going to die," Katakuri chuckled softly.
Roa, who could see the future, naturally wouldn't give him a chance to call for help or teleport away.
And Wang Zhi probably already guessed that Roa possessed the ability to nullify immortality.
Therefore, he was naturally going to die.
Precisely because he knew he was doomed, he was now desperately flailing.
Behind Wang Zhi, the ruins exploded continuously, and several figures shot out.
They were Wang Zhi's top officers, all with considerable strength.
"Attack together!" they roared. "Whether it's Roa or Katakuri, all we can do now is fight!"
The officers were well aware of the current situation. Roa alone was terrifying enough, let alone having the Pirate Emperor Katakuri and the Charlotte Family's greatest masterpiece, Charlotte Bonney!
But, apart from fighting, did they have any other choice now?
"Charge!"
The pirates who had gathered after the repeated explosions also roared, charging toward Roa and the others.
Even now, only a minority of the pirates knew Roa's true identity.
And even if they knew, so what?
Having not personally lived through that era, they couldn't truly comprehend what the title Disaster Roa meant.
In the eyes of the pirates of this generation, he was not even worth a single Pirate Emperor.
Thus, the pirates surged forward like a tide.
Even some Navy personnel were mixed in with the crowd.
Meanwhile, on the outer perimeter.
A Navy officer was frantically dialing his superior on a Transponder Snail, sweat pouring down his face.
Major incident!
A super major incident!
The demon that should have vanished into history has returned to the sea!
"They're coming, they're coming, they're coming!" Bonney eagerly reached for the hilt of the greatsword on her back. "This is what I've been waiting for!"
Finally, a chance to raise some hell!
But then.
"Since we're playing, let's make it a blast!"
Roa grinned widely, the colors in his eyes reversing to black and white. "How about we play a War Game!"
An invisible force instantly swept across the field.
In a single instant, the eyes of about half of the pirates suddenly turned pitch black, and then, white pupils suddenly emerged within the darkness.
Without exception, they all wore a strange smile.
"Oh, and you guys too."
Roa looked up at Wang Zhi's officers who were charging at him.
He fixed them with a serious glare.
Immediately, the eyes of half of those officers began to change in the same way.
Then, those officers unhesitatingly pulled the trigger and swung their blades at the pirates they had called comrades just seconds ago.
"Waaah!!"
The remaining half of the officers, suddenly attacked, looked bewildered and terrified. "What are you doing!"
"Hehehe! For Lord Roa!!"
"I'm going to kill you all!!"
The converted officers laughed eerily.
Not only them, but all the converted pirates simultaneously attacked the unconverted pirates next to them.
In a single instant, the island descended into utter chaos.
"You... what are you doing!"
"Waaah! My guts are spilling out, save me, please save me!"
"They're insane! They've gone completely mad!"
Cries of alarm, screams of agony, and roars of fury filled the air incessantly.
A large number of pirates were instantly severely wounded or killed.
And it wasn't just pirates.
"Admiral! Hachinosu is under attack! It's Disaster Roa—"
The Navy officer, who was anxiously reporting to his superior, suddenly went rigid.
He looked back in disbelief.
"Sorry, Commander!"
His loyal subordinate, whose eye whites were now black and pupils pale, told him with a strange smile, "Lord Roa says he wants to play a game!"
Of course, not all the pirates were killed in that instant. Most of them barely survived, and predictably, they began to fight back for survival.
The island instantly became a battlefield.
The pirates, who were supposed to be united against a common enemy, split into two factions and engaged in a deadly struggle.
However, the tide of the battle was completely one-sided.
Because.
"Hehehe! For Lord Roa! It's worth dying for!"
"It hurts! It hurts so much! Lord Roa! Does this pain please you!"
"Offer everything you have for Lord Roa!"
The people transformed into Ghosts were no longer truly human; they would execute Roa's will at any cost.
Even if their hearts were pierced, they would laugh and swing their swords back.
Even if all their limbs were broken, they would crawl, still shouting for Lord Roa, trying to tear at their enemies with their teeth.
"Lunatics! They're all lunatics!!"
The pirates not chosen by Roa began to break down.
"This—" Bonney watched everything, her eyes wide with shock. "Katakuri-nii, was it like this back then?"
Katakuri smiled. "Just not this exaggerated."
Wang Zhi's teeth were grinding audibly. "ROA!!!"
He's truly become even stronger, that monster Roa!!
Even his own officers are starting to kill each other!
Roa slowly stepped forward, a pair of huge horns extending from his forehead, and his broad wings slowly spread open.
In his current, still largely human form, he looked like a demon descended from hell.
"It's just you left, Uncle Wang Zhi. How about I find you an opponent? If you can defeat it, I'll let you go."
Roa stomped his foot. "Come forth, Beast of Disaster! Its name is Typhon!"
RUMBLE!
The ground beneath his feet instantly cracked, and a huge chasm suddenly appeared.
The chasm was bottomless and pitch-black, as if it led straight to the depths of hell.
BOOM!
A gigantic hand suddenly reached up from the bottom of the chasm, heavily grabbing the edge of the cliff.
The next moment, the monster crawled out of hell!
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