New World, one of Whitebeard's territorial islands.
"Pops, Crassien was killed."
Jozu, Commander of the Third Division, grit his teeth as he spoke to Whitebeard, who sat on his throne aboard the ship. "Although that guy was selfish, I still acknowledge him as one of our crew. Now that he's been killed, I don't think we can stand by and do nothing."
"My son... regardless of personality, they are still my children. But as men of the sea, those who dare to kill must have the resolve to be killed." At this time, Whitebeard had golden hair and was in his prime. He slapped the armrest of his throne firmly. "Since that kid killed my son, it means he has the resolve to be killed himself."
"That reckless boy, Drew, has already gone. You'll be too late if you go now," Whitebeard said, tilting his head back.
"Drew, huh? In that case, it should be fine." Joz nodded.
Drew, the Commander of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, a Devil Fruit user! He was one of the Whitebeard Pirates' main combatants, with a bounty of 360 million Berries!
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Meanwhile, far away in New Kaba town, a pirate crew docked near the town. They had stopped mainly because they saw a ship near the pier.
"That iron ship, that's that brat Alucard's, right?" Gaban said, looking at the relatively small steel ship next to the Jackson.
"We meet again! Looks like we're quite fated to cross paths." Shanks leaned against the ship's railing, looking at Alucard's ship with a hint of excitement.
Beside him, Buggy looked green. "You're kidding, right? We have to run into that immortal bastard again?"
Immediately, Buggy jumped to Roger's side, grabbing his arm. "Captain, I don't want to meet that freak. Can't we just go to the next island? And besides, this is Whitebeard's territory!" After speaking, Buggy pointed at the flagpole on the shore, where the Whitebeard Pirates' flag was flying.
"Shut up, Buggy." Rayleigh lowered the gangplank, then turned his gaze. "We lost a lot of supplies in Sabaody Archipelago due to Borsalino and their attack. We have to buy more here. If you're really scared, stay on the ship as a lookout."
Shanks teased from the side, "Well, Captain and Whitebeard are mortal enemies. If his men see our flag, it's possible they might come attacking."
As good friends, Shanks already knew how to tease Buggy. As expected, upon hearing Shanks's words, Buggy immediately changed his tune. "Eh? Is that so? Please, Captain, you must let me come ashore with you!"
Buggy was calculating in his mind, 'Compared to guarding the ship, it's definitely safer to follow the Captain.'
The Roger Pirates had a total of just over fifty members. A few, including main combatant Gaban, stayed behind. Roger and Rayleigh took the majority of the remaining crew, including Buggy and Shanks, onto the island.
There were no Marines on this island, so what Shanks said was just to trick Buggy; in reality, the possibility of it happening was extremely low.
"Huh? This island is too quiet, isn't it?"
Looking at the desolate streets, Buggy turned to glance down the street, noticing a woman who had been looking at them through a window immediately closing it after realizing she'd been seen, as if she had seen pirates... Ehm, cough, cough, although they were pirates.
"Excuse me." Rayleigh finally found a passerby and stopped him. "Can you tell us what happened here?"
New Kaba, as Whitebeard's territory, should have been peaceful, with no pirates daring to attack it. But why did it look like it had just gone through a disaster?
The passerby originally didn't want to answer anything and just wanted to leave, but seeing the weapons Rayleigh and the others carried, he could only obediently explain, "It's... it's a pirate who killed one of Whitebeard's men a few days ago. Now everyone is afraid of Whitebeard's wrath and are only daring to hide at home. I... I'm only risking coming out to buy some food because my family literally has nothing to eat."
"Did that person escape?"
"N-no, he's been at Zinn's bar in the west of town for the past few days."
"Thank you." Rayleigh released the man, letting him leave, then walked to Roger's side and said, "I think I can guess who that person is."
"Hahahaha!" Roger threw his head back and laughed a few times. "He just arrived in the New World and dares to kill one of Whitebeard's men? He's not a quiet kid. Interesting, interesting, hahahaha!"
'What an incorrigible idiot!' Buggy was too astonished to speak. That immortal bastard actually attacked the Whitebeard Pirates right after arriving in the New World. Did he want to die? He really wanted to die!
"Then let's go see. What a coincidence, this is already our third meeting in two months." Roger said, walking towards the west of town. "I feel like a drink anyway."
"Here it is."
Rayleigh and the others quickly arrived at the entrance of a bar in the west of town called "Zinn's Bar," and pushed the door open.
Inside the large bar hall, it was completely empty except for one person. What was striking was that even so, dancers were still performing on stage. In the middle seat closest to the stage, a man sat with his back to them. Around him, three beautiful women were serving him, massaging his legs, pouring drinks.
Upon hearing the sound of the door opening behind him, the serving women beside Alucard all turned their heads in unison.
Alucard's attention had been focused on the dancers performing on stage, but after a few seconds, he slowly stood up, turned around, and said, "I was expecting Whitebeard to arrive. Why is it you all?"
Through the all-seeing observation of Thermal Vision, Alucard knew it was the Roger Pirates the moment they entered the door.
Seeing the boldly dressed women beside Alucard, Roger chuckled, "You certainly know how to enjoy yourself, kid!"
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TN: Oden being a crew member of Whitebeard Pirates might not have been revealed yet when the author wrote this fic.
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