"Roger! The Rocks Pirates have pulled off another big feat!"
Rayleigh scurried over, holding a newspaper, and approached Roger, who was standing or sitting at the bow of the ship.
"Oh? What has that guy Rocks done this time?"
Roger, wearing a straw hat, took the newspaper and glanced at it.
"Holy cow! This Rocks is trying to wipe out the Navy in the second half of the Grand Line completely!"
Roger looked at the newspaper in surprise, especially the photo of the destroyed G-8 branch, looking at it again and again.
"Hey! There's another newspaper! A new cadre of the Rocks Pirates, Charlotte Rockefeller, the captain of the 8th division, has a bounty of 300 million berries! Has the Rocks Pirates recruited new members?"
Roger stared at the photo of Charlotte Rockefeller in shock.
The photo was taken at an angle. It captured the moment when Charlotte clashed with the other cadres of the Rocks Pirates using their Conqueror's Haki.
You could easily see the sky being torn apart in the photo.
"What a monster! These young people these days!"
Rayleigh walked up next to Roger and also saw the photo of Charlotte Rockefeller.
"Haha! We don't need to worry about him. Let's continue our adventure. We're the men who are going to explore the entire sea!"
Roger flicked his wrist and threw the newspapers out, saying cheerfully.
"Uh! Even if you're on an adventure, why throw the newspapers away? They cost fifty berries!"
Rayleigh put his hand on his forehead and said helplessly.
"Don't worry about such details. Let's have a banquet to celebrate the Navy taking another big hit!"
Roger put his arm around Rayleigh's shoulder and said.
"Okay!"
Hearing this, the others all raised their hands and cheered.
"Can't you come up with a better excuse for a banquet?"
Rayleigh looked at everyone with a helpless expression.
As the vice-captain of the Roger Pirates, Rayleigh was in charge of the finances.
Don't be deceived by the Roger Pirates' strength. They're actually dirt-poor.
Since the Roger Pirates never plundered, their money was obtained from battles with pirates or the Navy, which could only barely cover their daily expenses.
...
The sea was in an uproar because of the destruction of the Navy's G-8 branch.
As a result, Charlotte's joining the crew was overlooked.
Only those with a keen eye remembered his name.
"Ugh..."
Charlotte opened his eyes slightly under the sunlight, feeling a bit dazed.
At last night's banquet, Charlotte had been forced to drink a lot of alcohol.
Not being able to hold his liquor well, he passed out soon.
That's why he woke up with a splitting headache this morning.
He sat up and looked around. He was still at the port, and there were pirates sleeping soundly everywhere.
Charlotte propped himself up with his hands and stood up, his body swaying a bit.
"Boss?"
Ivan had been guarding next to Charlotte. When he saw Charlotte wake up, his drowsiness immediately disappeared.
Charlotte also saw Ivan beside him.
Charlotte shook his head and looked around again.
He saw that Rocks and Shiki were still sleeping soundly.
Thinking about what had happened yesterday,
Charlotte couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.
He never thought he would become a pirate, and in such a way.
He had fantasized countless times about how he would become a pirate, like slaying a Celestial Dragon, liberating slaves, or killing a navy officer.
He never thought he'd be forced by Rocks to become a pirate.
He looked back at the village. It wasn't damaged at all.
Those pirates didn't loot and burn the place while he was unconscious. It seemed the massacre yesterday had successfully intimidated these pirates.
"Are the villagers okay?"
Charlotte asked with concern.
This was his hometown in the pirate world. He didn't want it to be destroyed.
"Don't worry, boss! Some pirates wanted to enter the town yesterday, but they were stopped by that giant with a golden crescent beard!"
Ivan shook his head and replied.
"Golden crescent beard? Edward Newgate?"
Charlotte didn't expect the guy to help him.
"Yeah!"
Ivan nodded and pointed in a direction.
Charlotte looked over.
It was indeed Edward Newgate.
At the moment, he was on the deck of a large ship, drinking and watching the sunrise.
Charlotte walked over.
"Kid, don't bother with the thanks!"
Edward Newgate glanced at him and said casually.
Those words made the words Charlotte was about to say get stuck in his throat, leaving him extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing Charlotte's pained expression, Edward Newgate couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Guhahaha!"
The huge laughter actually made the sea vibrate. It was incredibly loud.
The sleeping pirates were all awakened by the laughter.
"Damn it! Who's making so much noise and ruining my sleep!"
A pirate with a serious case of bed - qi suddenly looked up and shouted angrily in the direction of the laughter.
When he saw Edward Newgate, he stammered, "C - Captain!"
The pirate was instantly drenched in cold sweat.
"S - Sorry, Captain!"
Edward Newgate ignored him.
This made the pirate breathe a sigh of relief.
This large ship was Edward Newgate's vessel!
These crew members were also his subordinates.
"Gehehehe! Newgate, what are you laughing about so early in the morning? Share it and let me have a good laugh too!"
Shiki the Golden Lion floated over.
Bang!
"Don't touch my ship!"
Edward Newgate punched in the direction where Shiki the Golden Lion was flying.
Shiki the Golden Lion immediately drew his sword, Oroshi Kuroki, and held it horizontally in front of his chest to block the shockwave.
"Gehehehe! So fired up so early in the morning. Do you want me to cool you down?"
Shiki the Golden Lion uttered his provocative words calmly.
"Run! They're gonna fight! They're gonna fight!"
The pirates on the ship saw the two on the verge of a fight and fled the ship, shouting.
"What's going on? Who's fighting?"
The pirates in the port woke up groggily and instinctively asked.
"The captain of the 1st Squad and the captain of the 2nd Squad are gonna fight!"
Hearing this, the pirates who were originally still half - asleep instantly woke up.
"What? Run!"
As members of the Rocks Pirates, how could they not know how powerful these two were? They quickly got up and ran.
Even Charlotte grabbed Ivan and jumped off the ship, reaching the port.
Rocks had already woken up at this time and was sitting in a daze in front of the campfire that had burned out last night.
"Ship! Captain, aren't you going to stop them?"
Charlotte looked at Rocks and said.
Charlotte still felt a bit awkward calling Rocks 'captain'.
Hearing Charlotte's words, Rocks looked up at him with a big smile on his face.
"Let 'em fight! There ain't no rule on my ship sayin' crew members can't fight each other! On my ship, strength rules!"
Rocks said domineeringly.
Hearing this, Charlotte was speechless.
Although Charlotte had heard of the deeds of this pirate crew in his previous life, the Rocks Pirates had used Rocks' power to subdue all the pirates and make them submit to him.
They had the ambition to become the kings of the world. They failed at God Valley in the end. However, they were undoubtedly the overlords of these seas.
There was no pirate crew that could rival them now.
Even Roger avoided him and sailed in other areas, not daring to provoke the Rocks Pirates.