Chapter 1: I Resurrected Gol D. Roger!
East Blue
Loguetown
The streets were crowded with people, and there were many shops.
"Sure enough, after the end of the war, although the New World is getting more and more chaotic, the situation in the first half of the Grand Line has stabilized a lot," a young man in his twenties mused as he walked briskly through the streets of Loguetown, looking curiously at everything around him.
His figure was covered by a wide black coat, the hood concealing his face, revealing only a profile with clear, sharp features. An ordinary long sword hung from his waist.
"I arrived in this world too late; I missed a lot of major events," he thought. His profile, illuminated by the setting sun, broke into a confident smile—the kind of confidence that comes from the heart of a truly strong individual.
His name was Liu Feng, and he was a transmigrator.
As dusk fell, Liu Feng arrived at a huge execution platform. Like countless tourists from all over the world, he slowly raised his head, looking up at this structure that held such special significance for the seas. Compared to the towering skyscrapers of his former world, this ten-meter-high platform was nothing. Yet, it was the few seconds that transpired on this very stand that drastically changed the course of this world's history. The man who smiled as he faced his death, with just a few words, created a new era, setting off the Great Pirate Era.
Liu Feng slowly raised his hand and took off his hood, revealing a handsome face. His eyes were bright and clear, with sharp eyebrows and a mesmerizing gaze.
"Roger, do you see it? This is the era you started," he said, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into a mocking arc, his tone filled with sarcasm and disdain. "It's a pity that the era you created has completely spiraled out of your control."
Standing in front of the execution platform, Liu Feng's strange muttering gradually attracted the attention of the surrounding people. Roger's execution platform had always been a magnet for "accidents" in Loguetown, especially for ambitious pirates heading out to sea in search of the great treasure, who were filled with a desire to destroy it. The cruelty and wildness of pirates could not be tamed; notoriety was a measure of their strength and a target for their ambition.
A crowd of onlookers grew, and among them, several murderous-looking individuals appeared—pirates hiding among the people of Loguetown. In just a few minutes, the sound of neat steps echoed from the far end of the street, and a tide of blue and white quickly surrounded the execution platform. The Navy garrison in Loguetown had arrived.
"Hey, kid! What are you doing there!?" a low roar came from the Navy crowd. "No one is allowed to touch the execution platform!"
Hundreds of marines automatically parted like a tide, and an officer in a Colonel's coat of justice stepped forward. "I am Colonel Das, the commander of the Loguetown base. I order you to leave the execution platform now!"
Since the Straw Hat boy, Luffy, and Buggy the Clown caused a scene in Loguetown more than half a year ago, Roger's execution platform had been under stricter surveillance and protection by the Navy. From the perspective of the Navy and the World Government, this platform was a symbol of justice's victory and the end of Roger's sinful life, holding great symbolic importance.
Liu Feng shook his head, turning a deaf ear to the insignificant Colonel. He ignored the roars and orders, simply muttering to himself, "The one who knows all truths and secrets… Let me see what kind of existence you will be in the storm of this new era. Are you just a remnant of the old times, as Whitebeard said? Or…"
He didn't finish his sentence, just smiled coldly. Then, he took a few quick steps, hopped over the railing, and went straight to the execution stand.
"What is he doing!?" "Is that kid looking for death!?"
The crowd below erupted. The Navy had already raised their guns at their commander's order. If he made another move, he would be shot down.
But Liu Feng, who had one foot on the execution platform, was indifferent. A blunt, icy voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Successfully signed in at Gol D. Roger's execution platform in Loguetown. Do you want the character 'Gol D. Roger' to be resurrected?"
"Yes," Liu Feng replied without hesitation. "Start the resurrection!"
The next moment, a grand, distant, and heroic laughter gradually echoed around the entire execution platform and even the whole of Loguetown.
"Want my treasure? If you want it, you can have it. Go find it! I left all of it there!"
Everyone's face changed dramatically. The faces of the Navy were pale with disbelief. This voice, this voice that seemed to exist only in historical recordings, was playing out in real life! Something was terribly wrong.
Then, their vision was obscured. Endless white light rose from the execution platform. A magnificent figure became clear in the dim, dazzling light.
That was… the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger!
Chapter 2: A Boring Sea
The light was bright and noisy, as if it was trying to consume the sky. In a ray of light, Liu Feng on the execution platform stared at the figure that gradually became clear beside him, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
This was his system's ability. This system could revive a dead character in the place where they died and grant him one of their abilities. Pirate King Gol D. Roger was rumored to have various abilities, and Liu Feng coveted every single one of them: top-tier Armament Haki, majestic Conqueror's Haki, Observation Haki that could hear the Voice of All Things, and unpredictable swordsmanship!
"Congratulations, Host, on your successful resurrection of the legendary character, Gol D. Roger. The character's abilities are being randomly selected." "Character ability extraction is successful!" "Congratulations on successfully obtaining the sword skills of the character 'Gol D. Roger' and mastering the profound meaning of swordsmanship, 'Divine Departure'!" "[Divine Departure] Use the sword to swing a domineering flying slash at high speed to attack the target. The attack will avoid the opponent's weapon and hit the body directly!"
As the system's prompt faded, Liu Feng could clearly feel an unprecedentedly powerful force pouring into his body, rushing and whistling through every muscle and blood vessel. A violent wind surged, blowing towards his face. At the same time, countless images, like dusty memories, flooded his mind, flashing alternately in his brain. One after another, figures holding long swords and fighting in bloody battles appeared with extreme clarity in the depths of his mind, imprinted onto the deepest part of his soul. That was the memory of swordsmanship training and the fighting experience belonging to Gol D. Roger!
In half a minute, the bright white light gradually disappeared. The scene atop the execution platform slowly came into everyone's view. There was a short silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Liu Feng could even hear the terrified hearts of those around the execution platform beating wildly and the sound of their nearly suffocated breathing. He knew this was because his physique had been enhanced, and his hearing had been greatly increased.
"Hiss!!"
With the sound of someone gasping for air, endless screams and noises erupted. The entire execution platform area exploded in an instant.
"That is…" "That's the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger!" "That man actually resurrected the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger!" "How can that be!?"
Not only the onlookers and the pirates, but even the Navy, who had raised their guns to shoot at Liu Feng, took a step back with pale faces, their hands holding their guns trembling uncontrollably.
The Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, was the legendary pirate who held power, fame, and wealth! That was the man who once overpowered the "Flying Pirate," Golden Lion Shiki, and "Whitebeard," Edward Newgate! That was a legendary figure regarded as an extremely dangerous enemy by both the Navy and the World Government, with a bounty as high as 5,564,800,000 Berries! Roger had died on this execution platform many years ago, and now this man, who was publicly executed by the Navy, had returned to this world!
How could this be!?
Just when everyone was terrified and shocked, Roger, whose figure had become clear, suddenly spoke. He was still wearing the red captain's coat, the golden epaulets fluttering in the breeze under the setting sun, with a sword and a pistol pinned to his waist.
"Where am I?" his voice was hoarse and weak.
Roger slowly raised his head, looking down at his surroundings, turning a blind eye to the hundreds of Navy soldiers below. And when he saw the execution platform and Loguetown's square beneath him, a touch of nostalgia flashed in the depths of his eyes and then disappeared.
"Loguetown? I didn't expect that I would come to this place again," he mused. "Young man…"
Roger turned around, looked at Liu Feng, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you resurrect me?"
Liu Feng shrugged and smiled lightly. "That's right."
Roger frowned, was silent for a moment, and then continued, "I'm already a dead man. My will has been passed down. Although I don't know what kind of weird ability you have that can actually resurrect the dead, this sea already has its destination and direction. Why do you need me?"
Liu Feng narrowed his eyes. The icy sea breeze blew head-on, as if to tear a person apart. The strong wind blew the black cloak behind him wantonly, making it billow. He stared at the legendary man in front of him, the great pirate who was admired and hated by countless people, and suddenly smiled.
"Because I have come to this sea," he declared. "And for me, this sea without you is really boring."
As this statement left his mouth, everyone in the entire square was shocked and dumbfounded. That young man was actually provoking Roger, the Pirate King!?
The world suddenly became quiet. Only the wind whistled, as if iron and blood were roaring mightily.
Roger stared blankly at the young face in front of him. Suddenly, he felt a familiar connection from the depths of his soul in the latter. His expression suddenly flashed with shock.
"I see… You don't care about my inheritance at all. You just want to conquer!"
Liu Feng laughed wantonly. "That's right! I came, I saw, I conquered! Those things you couldn't do… those things you didn't dare to do… leave them to me!"
The moment his voice fell, Liu Feng abruptly pulled out the long sword from his waist. The blade was ordinary, but the sound of the sword hummed like a dragon's scream. He then swung his sword in the air. A dragon-like sword qi roared across the square.
Then, the ground fissured! A crack thousands of meters long appeared before everyone!
The realm of a master swordsman!!
Chapter 3: Shocked Navy!
New World
New Marine Headquarters
The War of the Best at Marineford destroyed more than half of the original Marine Headquarters, rendering it inoperable. After the battle for the position of Fleet Admiral, the new Fleet Admiral, Akainu Sakazuki, who defeated Aokiji, relocated the naval headquarters to the G-1 branch in the New World to demonstrate his determination to fight against the New World pirates. The new naval headquarters imitated the military configuration of Marineford, establishing a huge oval naval port as a defensive barrier. Countless military forts stood within it, and countless warships cruised back and forth in the surrounding sea area, swallowing everything like a giant beast.
In the highest military conference room, a group of senior Navy leaders headed by Akainu had already taken their seats. As the messenger placed a top-secret intelligence document in front of everyone, a strange silence fell upon them. The atmosphere was icy and chilling, more piercing than the sea breeze outside the window, making people terrified.
"I believe you have all seen this intelligence document, right?" the new Fleet Admiral Akainu said, sitting on his throne like a silent volcano, a flaming cigar tucked in his gloved right hand. The brim of his military cap covered his eyes, and the shadows it cast made it difficult to see his expression. But the seriousness in his tone already showed the unease of this new Navy leader.
No one spoke. No one dared to speak. Whether it was the almost-retired former Fleet Admiral Sengoku or the new Admiral Fujitora, who was exceptionally selected through the World Military Draft and possessed "monster-level" strength, they all frowned and said nothing. After all, the news in front of them was too terrifying to even think about deeply. If this information was true, then that man had really returned to this sea, and no one knew how much turmoil and dispute it would cause.
"Is this information true?" Finally, someone spoke up. It was the now-Inspector General Sengoku, who was sitting in the gallery. Originally, he had already stepped down from the position of Fleet Admiral and had no command power over the naval forces, and thus relatively no say. But this information was truly important, and that man was his old rival, so he couldn't just sit still.
Staff Officer Tsuru said solemnly, "This is the information personally transmitted by Colonel Das of the naval base in Loguetown. He is an excellent graduate of the military academy; otherwise, he would not have been allowed to take up such an important position as the head of the Loguetown base. With his military literacy, there should be no mistake."
"That man… is back." Speaking the last sentence, Tsuru, a staff officer who had experienced countless storms, couldn't help but swallow, her throat feeling dry.
The people present were all high-ranking naval officers. They naturally understood that the situation with Roger was far from being as simple as political propaganda. That man was not arrested by the Navy at all, but had surrendered himself! At that time, the Navy had exhausted its manpower and material resources; Garp, Sengoku, and other top officers were all deployed, but they were still unable to arrest Roger and his pirate crew.
And now, Roger had come back to life!
The most terrifying thing was that the Navy had just experienced the war at Marineford against the Whitebeard Pirates, one of the Four Emperors in the New World. Although they had barely won in the end, the loss to the forces of justice was immeasurable. With the current strength of the Navy, they were already stretched thin dealing with the Four Emperors of the New World. If you added Roger to the mix, the situation was not optimistic. This was the biggest headache and shock for many high-ranking naval officers.
"This old guy was dead; why is he coming back?" Garp grumbled from the side, frowning.
Sengoku shook his head and said, "Just one Roger is not that scary. What I am most afraid of now is that those guys hiding in the darkness will probably start another war over the treasure, the One Piece." His eyebrows were twisted into a knot, and his gray hair looked extraordinarily old.
Fujitora said slowly, "If this old man remembers correctly, Roger's Vice-Captain… that 'Dark King' Rayleigh is still alive…"
This sudden remark almost made everyone present break into a cold sweat. Yes. According to the classified information collected by the Navy and the government, Roger had taken the initiative to disband his pirates. But over the years, the Dark King Rayleigh had been living in seclusion in the Sabaody Archipelago. This was just the tip of the iceberg of the incomparably powerful Roger Pirates!
In case Roger raised his arms again at this time and the news spread that the Roger Pirates, who had turned the whole world upside down, were "resurrected" again, that would be the biggest problem for the Navy and the World Government! Needless to say, Buggy the Clown and the "Red-Haired" Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, were once crew members on Roger's ship! With the current strength of the Navy, they were already struggling to contend with the Four Emperors of the New World. If the Roger Pirates were resurrected again, the situation would be unimaginable.
"Compared to these, what I care more about is that kid named Liu Feng," Akainu suddenly spoke up. He gritted his teeth, his face full of hatred. With one hand, he snuffed out the cigar on the back of his hand, which was covered in bulging veins. "If Roger is not the only one he can resurrect, what if he can bring back other dead people?" His voice was filled with worry.
All the high-ranking naval officers trembled. Names that should have been buried, names like demons, names that meant war and blood… began to pour into their minds, uncontrollably.
Chapter 4: Shadows of the Old Times!
The history of this sea is too long. Although it is said that since Roger opened the era of the great pirates, the number of rookie pirates from all over the world has continued to rise, showing terrifying exponential growth. But to these big figures of the righteous forces of the Marines, these so-called pirate rookies, and even those so-called supernovas with a bounty of over 100 million, are just a bunch of young, yellow-haired brats. No matter how many there are, they are just a group of ants that are insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
In this sea, what is truly terrifying are those extremely evil legends with famous names. Especially the name with the D.
Thinking of the taboo name, everyone in the highest military conference room felt a chill run from the bottom of their feet up their spines to the top of their heads. Each of them subconsciously looked at Garp.
"Why are you looking at this old man? My task has been completed, and now is the time for your younger generation to take responsibility," Garp said with a deadpan expression, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Everyone was speechless, but they didn't dare to say anything. Especially Sengoku, whose heart was full of bitterness. In the war at Marineford, although the Navy won the final victory and defended justice, Sengoku was deeply aware that the Navy had chilled Garp's heart. This old fellow, from the same era as him and former Fleet Admiral Kong, possessed strength that reached the ceiling of this sea, but he could only watch his grandson be killed in front of him. The so-called "Hero of the Marines" title, praised by thousands of people, and the word "justice" behind it had overwhelmed him. He was caught between a rock and a hard place.
Sengoku shook his head secretly. The losses at Marineford were severe.
Within the Navy, the two admirals fought for the position of Fleet Admiral, which eventually led to Aokiji leaving. Zephyr, the former admiral and chief instructor of the military academy, was killed by Kizaru in the New World, and the word "justice" was almost discredited. The ambitious Blackbeard annexed Whitebeard's territories and became one of the new Four Emperors.
Coupled with the latest battle report from Punk Hazard, the Straw Hat Pirates, who made a big scene at Marineford two years ago, had publicly declared war on the Warlord of the Sea, Doflamingo, and there was a faint trend of them challenging the Emperor, Kaido. The Emperor, BIG MOM, and her pirates planned to form an alliance through marriage with the most powerful military nation in the North Blue, Germa 66, and the struggle for hegemony in the New World was inevitable.
In such a sinister situation, there was now another person, Liu Feng, who had come to disrupt the situation and resurrected the dead Roger. Although the Navy had received the additions of Ryokugyu and Fujitora, and their high-end combat power had been supplemented, they were still stretched thin.
Just in case… what if the group of guys from the God Valley Incident reappeared? Sengoku did not dare to think about it any longer.
"About this Liu Feng, apart from what we know inside the naval system, what intelligence does the government have?" he asked worriedly.
Akainu lit another cigar and said hoarsely, "In the past few days, the CP organization has not found any information about this Liu Feng. It's as if this man never existed on this sea." His sturdy fingers tapped the table lightly. "As far as the current intelligence knows, we only know that he resurrected Roger. It is not clear whether he has the ability to resurrect other people. In terms of combat power, this guy cut the execution platform square in Loguetown in half with a single sword strike, and the sword mark is thousands of meters long." Having said that, Akainu did not continue talking. The cigar smoke clouded his face again.
"A master swordsman…" Fujitora murmured with a smile and a frown.
On the other side of the conference table, the Admiral candidate, Momousagi, also couldn't help but clench the famous sword at her side. These two are the master swordsmen in the naval system, and naturally, they know what it means to cleave the waves with a sword. The realm of a master swordsman! The highest realm pursued by countless swordsmen in this sea! This guy named Liu Feng had the strange ability to resurrect the dead, and he was a master swordsman himself! This threat was self-evident.
"Where did they go?" Staff Officer Tsuru seemed to remember something at this time and asked. "Where did Liu Feng and Roger go after they left Loguetown?"
Akainu's adjutant said slowly, "They seized a navy ship. The navy stationed in Loguetown tried to pursue them, but they were all intercepted. We've lost their whereabouts."
At this time, Kizaru, who had been keeping his ears open, suddenly grinned and said, "What you're saying is really scary. Would you like me to go and see for myself? Gol D. Roger… it's been a long time since I fought against him."
Akainu said coldly, "Borsalino, haven't the lessons from back then been enough?"
Hearing this, Kizaru's eyelids twitched. Back then, he, Aokiji, and Akainu had once followed Vice-Admiral Garp to try and exterminate the Roger Pirates, and they had suffered a great deal.
Akainu ignored Kizaru, waved his hand, and gave an order. "We can put Liu Feng and Roger aside for a while. The political situation in Dressrosa is getting more and more chaotic. Fujitora, investigate the artificial Devil Fruits, the SMILEs."
Fujitora nodded and said, "No problem."
Akainu continued, "As for Roger and Liu Feng, since they have gone to sea, their destination is very clear. People like them won't waste time in the East Blue or Paradise."
When everyone heard his words, their eyes lit up. Sengoku also nodded secretly. Although this guy Akainu had a tough personality, his military literacy and commanding ability were indeed beyond reproach. Liu Feng and Roger will definitely go to the New World! That sea area known as the pirate graveyard is the stage where heroes compete for hegemony!
"Issue a bounty; all branches in the New World should be vigilant," Akainu declared, slamming his fist on the conference table in front of him. "Everyone, everything is for the sake of justice!"
Justice was boiling.
Chapter 5: A Dead Son?
"Your swordsmanship…"
On the vast sea, Roger asked Liu Feng, who was comfortably enjoying the sea breeze on the bow of the ship. His expression was puzzled.
The cool sea breeze ruffled the ends of Liu Feng's hair, and under his messy hair, his eyes narrowed into two slits. He smiled and said simply, "It's your swordsmanship."
Now Roger was even more confused. He had obviously not passed on his swordsmanship to anyone. Except for Rayleigh, who had learned a little from him, he had not taught it to anyone else.
Liu Feng stood up from the deck with a smile and stretched his waist greatly. "Let me explain it this way: this is one of my abilities. After resurrecting you, I can gain one of your abilities."
Roger's eyes suddenly widened. "How can that be!?" He couldn't help but be surprised. If it was about resurrecting the dead, he could barely understand that it might be Liu Feng's Devil Fruit ability. After all, the strange abilities of Devil Fruits in this sea were endless, and even he, the Pirate King who had traveled the entire Grand Line, could not fully understand them. But this was the first time he had seen a Devil Fruit that could obtain the power of others.
Liu Feng laughed secretly when he saw Roger's ghostly expression. The bug-like power of his system was still not easy for others to accept.
"But…" Roger suddenly raised his eyebrows and said maliciously, "You told me your secret just like that. Aren't you afraid that I will leak it? Although, in my perception, I can't harm you, I still have complete autonomy. You know, I'm not a person who is willing to be subordinate to others. With my status and reputation, I can form a pirate crew to gallop across the sea."
Liu Feng 'tsk tsk'd and smiled, "I have no control over you. Well, you need to know something. As you are now, you probably haven't regained your full strength yet, so you may not be my opponent. Also, this sea is no longer your era. It's the year 1522 of the Pirate Calendar, which means…"
Roger froze. It had been 22 years!? He suddenly jumped up and grabbed Liu Feng's shoulders tightly with both hands, his expression like that of a madman. "Do you know a man named Ace?"
If anyone who knew Roger saw him like this, they would probably be shocked. The current Roger was not the domineering and mighty Pirate King. He was just an ordinary person who was worried to the extreme.
Seeing his appearance, Liu Feng sighed inwardly. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world; even a heroic character like Roger could not resist the connection of blood. Without the slightest hesitation, he quietly lit a cigarette and handed it to Roger.
"Your son, Portgas D. Ace, is dead."
Snap!
The burning cigarette fell to the ground, and sparks splashed. Roger's hands trembled. His expression was very complex, a mixture of guilt, pain, and sadness.
Liu Feng took a deep drag from his smoke, didn't speak for a while, and just waited quietly, looking into the distance. The sorrow of an old man outliving his child… Roger needed some time to recover.
"What!!!" Suddenly, Roger raised his head and cried out, a hoarse roar resounding through the sky.
Boom!!
Liu Feng's eyes narrowed. He felt the sturdy warship under his feet suddenly shake violently. The deck was lifted and shattered piece by piece from under Roger's feet, and even the hull of the ship let out an overwhelmed groan. The sky, at some point, had changed color. Black lightning flickered, and the wind howled. The sea beneath his feet also roared furiously, causing the entire warship to lurch. A force of impact that was almost visible to the naked eye rushed towards him, nearly causing Liu Feng to lose his footing. He gritted his teeth, clenched the mast subconsciously with both hands, and stared at the wailing Roger.
"What strong Haki!"
Roger hadn't regained his full strength—maybe not even a third of what he was in his heyday. But his Conqueror's Haki, which was innate and could dominate the world, could not be changed. It broke out uncontrollably when his emotions were in turmoil, which made Liu Feng, who had not yet awakened his own Haki, feel extremely uncomfortable. It was a crushing force from the depths of the soul, a shock on a spiritual level. The strength of the body and swordsmanship could not compare.
The Pirate King! Truly domineering!
"Enough!" Liu Feng couldn't help shouting loudly. "Why are you crying? So what if your son is dead? Don't forget my abilities! Besides, you can take revenge, can't you!?"
The crying stopped abruptly. The visions in the sky and on the sea also suddenly disappeared. Roger looked at Liu Feng with tears in his eyes and said eagerly, "Can you resurrect Ace?"
Being stared at by the legendary Pirate King, a grown man who was crying his eyes out, made Liu Feng feel uncomfortable. These two, father and son, were exactly like Luffy.
He said angrily, "Of course. I can resurrect not only your son but also your wife! It's time to reunite your family! A proper, neat and tidy family reunion!"
Chapter 6: Someone Else's Father?
"A neat and tidy family reunion?" Roger muttered these words blankly and looked at Liu Feng with tears in his eyes. As tempting as the suggestion sounded, he always felt something wasn't quite right. Perhaps it was Liu Feng's slightly raised mouth and half-squinted, fox-like eyes that had successfully betrayed him.
Roger suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Did you hide something, you brat!?" He grabbed Liu Feng's collar with one hand, a vicious look on his face.
From the scenes on the execution platform and the interception of the Navy's pursuit, Roger already knew that this young man's mind was incredibly sharp. He looked like he wasn't afraid of anything and acted casually, but in fact, everything he did was full of scheming and careful consideration. After reviving him, he immediately cleared the scene without hesitation and left Loguetown, a place full of naval intelligence networks, with a weakened Roger. Facing the pursuit of the Navy, he simply sank the opponent's battleship neatly to avoid leaving any traces.
Roger was deeply aware of how much risk Liu Feng had taken by choosing to resurrect him at this time. He didn't know what the state of the Grand Line had been over the past twenty years, but as the Pirate King, once he reappeared in this sea, it would inevitably lead to all kinds of disputes. The Navy and the World Government, who regarded him as their mortal enemy, would undoubtedly pursue him and Liu Feng. Otherwise, the public execution that shocked the world twenty-two years ago would have no meaning. The Pirate King had to die at the hands of the Navy, and the ultimate sin had to end in absolute justice, which was the "best" ending. But now that he had reappeared in the eyes of the world, this was equivalent to giving the justice of the World Government and Navy, which had ruled the world for 800 years, a resounding slap in the face! And Liu Feng, who was with him, would inevitably face all kinds of dangers! But he didn't show any fear or cowardice; instead, he looked eager for the challenge. If it weren't for such meticulous thinking, resolute behavior, and such a free-spirited mentality, Roger reckoned he wouldn't have been foolish enough to go along with him and would have parted ways long ago.
"You don't have to be in such a hurry," Liu Feng shrugged casually, raised his hand, and knocked Roger's hand off his collar. "Too many things have happened in the past twenty-two years; let me tell you slowly. But before that, I advise you to smoke a cigarette to calm down, or I'm afraid you'll hit me." He half-smiled, then handed Roger another cigarette.
This stuff filled the cabins of the warships, and it was one of the most stored items besides wine, meat, and gunpowder. It seemed that no matter where in the world you were, smoking was a good way to decompress.
Roger looked at the cigarette that Liu Feng handed him, shook his head, then trotted into the cabin and ran back with a pot of wine in a blink of an eye. He sat down on the deck, unscrewed the jug, raised his head, and started pouring it down his throat. He clearly looked like he was ready for a long drinking session.
Liu Feng smiled inwardly. Roger was really just like the rumors; he was a super drunkard. But to be honest, whether it was his own resurrection or his son's death, this series of news was undoubtedly a series of bombshells. This bad news was nerve-racking even for a man of iron like Roger, and he couldn't accept it all at once.
As the spirits poured into his stomach, Roger's face flushed red, and he asked angrily, "Tell me, now I can accept any bad news!"
The moment he finished speaking, he raised the jug to drink again.
Liu Feng blew out a cloud of smoke and said slowly, "How much can you accept when your son calls someone else his father?"
"Pfft—!" The spirits flew out and sprayed all over Liu Feng's face.
Liu Feng wiped the wine from his face expressionlessly, only to see Roger's figure loom over him. A pair of red and bloodshot eyes stared at him, as if to swallow him alive.
"What did you just say, you bastard!?" a hoarse voice came from between Roger's clenched teeth.
At this moment, Liu Feng seemed to see a strong green light emanating from the top of Roger's head. He laughed, "You heard right. Your son, Ace, is calling someone else father, not you."
Roger was taken aback. Immediately, he slammed the jug in his hand onto the deck with a loud crash and roared up to the sky, "I'll kill you, Garp! How dare you betray me like this!?" He gritted his teeth, the veins on his forehead throbbing violently. "I trusted you back then and entrusted my wife and son to you! You really took good care of them!"
"Wait a minute!" The incompetent and furious uncle suddenly seemed to realize something and turned his head. "What did you just say? The whole family is in order? My wife died too!?"
Liu Feng's face was covered with black lines. The reflex arc on this guy was too long. 'God, how did this idiot find the One Piece and start the pirate era?' So many ambitious conspirators had failed, but this buffoon had actually managed to do it!? Liu Feng felt that Golden Lion Shiki and the others were probably crying in the toilets of Impel Down.
He sighed deeply. "Correct. But don't worry, it's not Garp. The one Ace called 'father' was Whitebeard."
Roger was startled. Immediately, he was furious again. "I'll kill you, Whitebeard! How dare you betray me like this!? I'm going to fight you!"
Chapter 7: Roger: Don't Stop Me!!
"That damn Whitebeard!" Roger cried out with a grief-stricken heart. "And to think I was drinking with you under the cherry tree, I almost became brothers with you! I didn't expect you, you old bastard, to do such a thing!" He raised his hand to wipe the two lines of snot flowing from his nostrils and took another deep breath, sucking the remaining snot back up. He had, at some point, unscrewed another pot of strong wine and was drinking it loudly.
This strange scene made Liu Feng feel a chill in his heart. 'This old man is too unhygienic. I clearly saw his throat roll as he sniffed. He couldn't have just swallowed it, could he?' The Pirate King, in this state, was no different from a drunkard uncle!
Here, Roger was crying and howling, drinking wine like water. After a while, Liu Feng shook his head and decided not to play tricks on this guy anymore. God have mercy. His wife and child were gone, and his son was calling his rival 'father'. It was too cruel for him. Seeing the legendary Pirate King looking like he was about to die, Liu Feng flicked the ash from his cigarette and said lightly, "Roger, you don't have to worry. Whitebeard didn't betray you. You don't have to cry here; it's too noisy!"
Roger was stunned, the jug stopping in mid-air. His snot was hanging from his beard, and the scene was quite funny. "He didn't betray me?"
Liu Feng nodded and said, "Although you entrusted your wife and son to Garp for protection, Garp doesn't have complete control over the Navy. And not just the Navy, but the World Government was also looking for your son. Your wife, Portgas D. Rouge, used various methods to greatly delay Ace's birth date in order to prevent the World Government from discovering that Ace was your son. And for this reason, after giving birth to Ace, she died of exhaustion."
Speaking of which, Liu Feng couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, anyone with a 'D.' in their name was a monster. She was able to carry a baby for twenty months. Ace was also a monster for not suffocating to death. He subconsciously looked up at Roger, who was crying confusedly. This family of three were all powerful but foolish.
Roger fell silent. He raised his hand to wipe away the snot and tears and put the jug beside him, his expression gradually showing a touch of loneliness. "Then…"
A gentle shadow slowly emerged in his mind. He remembered that year. After disbanding his pirate crew, he met the young, gentle girl on Baterilla Island. She was not the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, but she was the most considerate. That year, there was no fighting, only tranquility and comfort, and the couple were immersed in each other's company. "It was a good time…" Roger murmured, a mellow smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, he raised his head, his expression solemn and serious.
Boom!
With a crisp sound, the hull of the warship trembled suddenly. Liu Feng was taken aback, thinking that Roger was about to have another breakdown. He turned around but was stunned. He saw Roger's knees sink into the deck, his head on the ground.
"Please! Liu Feng!" he begged. "Please help me resurrect my wife and son! As long as you fulfill my wish, I will do my best to help you achieve your goal!"
Liu Feng quietly looked at Roger, who had suddenly knelt down, and did not speak for a while.
"I beg you!" Roger said it again.
Boom!
The sound of his head hitting the ground echoed.
Liu Feng shook his head and said softly, "Roger, didn't we talk about this? I'll make sure your family is reunited. I promised you, and I will never break my promise." His tone was also serious, full of sincerity.
Liu Feng was actually very clear. For Roger at this moment, the pursuit of the sea and freedom was no longer his most important purpose. What he wanted to do had been completed as early as twenty years ago in that turbulent era. He had accomplished what no one else could. But because of this, he lost his lover and his son. He had "harmed" the young woman, Rouge, even when he knew he was terminally ill, leaving the orphans and mother to be frightened. Looking back now, he naturally felt very guilty and wanted to make up for it.
"Really?" When Roger heard Liu Feng agree, he raised his head with gratitude.
Liu Feng nodded and immediately joked, "But you have to be mentally prepared. When I resurrect Ace, he may not recognize you as his father."
Roger gritted his teeth; the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. "If he doesn't recognize me, I'll beat him until he does! And that old bastard Whitebeard! How dare he take my son for free? I'm going to hammer him to death! Where the hell is he now? I'm going to beat him up!"
Liu Feng said, "Whitebeard is dead."
Roger: "???"
Chapter 8: Whitebeard!
"Whitebeard is dead?" Roger was inexplicably stunned, as if he was a little overwhelmed, and sat there motionless.
Liu Feng just wanted to raise his hand and pat his shoulder to comfort him. He knew very well how deep the feelings were between those great men of that mighty era. Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard Edward Newgate, Marine Hero Monkey D. Garp, the Flying Pirate Golden Lion Shiki, the Buddha Sengoku… In the wave swept by the times and the journey for sea hegemony, although each of these men regarded the others as their mortal enemies, and they had launched countless bloody battles against each other, it was this mutual affirmation that confirmed their profound "revolutionary" friendship. Both enemies and friends were synonymous with the best relationship between them. It was not false to say that these men knew each other better than they knew themselves. It was precisely for this reason that Roger dared to entrust his wife and children to Garp, his old rival, before his death, without the slightest doubt. And Whitebeard felt the same way about Roger.
Back then, these two guys were old brothers who were so close they would even wear each other's underwear (jokingly, of course), and they had even bragged to each other under a cherry blossom tree. Roger had also wanted to reveal the location of Laugh Tale at the end of the New World to Whitebeard at the time, but the latter had scoffed and refused. Now that the news of Whitebeard's death had come out, Roger must have been very emotional, right?
Liu Feng was just thinking this in his heart, but the scene that appeared the next moment made him nearly fall over.
"Whitebeard is dead?" Roger, who had been motionless as if he had suffered a great blow, suddenly burst into incomparable laughter.
"Hahahahahaha!" he roared. "Died beautifully! Died beautifully!"
A black line appeared on Liu Feng's forehead. 'What kind of brain does this guy have? Is he that petty?'
As if he didn't feel it was enough, Roger raised his head and took a sip of strong wine, then danced with his hands in the air. The way he was gnashing his teeth, it was as if he were fighting against Whitebeard.
"You old bastard! I wanted to tell you the location of Laugh Tale! I was dying; I was so kind; I wanted you to become the new Pirate King! But you told me that you just wanted a family, not fame or wealth!?"
Boom! Roger slammed his fist into the air, making a violent sonic boom. He looked as if he had come to a realization, and his teeth were chattering. "It turned out you had the idea from that time! You had been eyeing my son for a long time!"
Liu Feng was stunned from the side. 'Brother, when you were drinking with Whitebeard, you hadn't even conceived Ace yet. How could Whitebeard have known that you were going to die young?'
Roger ignored him and continued to talk "furiously." "Whitebeard, you bastard, you wanted my son instead of the One Piece! Didn't that fat woman, Charlotte Linlin, have her eye on you for a long time? No, no, that fat woman wasn't a fat woman back then; she still looked pretty." He shook his head. "Right! I understand!"
Roger suddenly clenched a fist in one hand and hammered it into the palm of the other, and a light bulb seemed to light up beside his head with a 'ding' sound. "That guy Whitebeard must not be able to have a son himself, so he adopts sons all over the world! Exactly! It must be so! I'm so smart! Hahahaha!"
As if shocked by his own ingenuity, Roger laughed. Liu Feng, on the side, had lit another cigarette silently. Although it sounded like there was a lot of shocking gossip, it was really difficult to communicate with the mentally retarded Roger. He was now beginning to understand how helpless and desperate the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates must have felt with Luffy as their captain.
"Liu Feng!" After a low growl, Roger's figure appeared in front of Liu Feng again, staring at him with burning eyes. This intense gaze was too much.
Liu Feng sighed and said, "Tell me, what do you want?"
Roger smiled, "That… you… can you resurrect another person?"
Liu Feng wondered, "Who? Apart from your son, your wife, and your parents, you don't seem to have any relatives who have died."
Roger shook his head. "No, no, no, I want you to help me resurrect Whitebeard! Can't you gain power from a resurrected person?" He said sneakily, "I'll tell you quietly, Whitebeard has the Gura Gura no Mi; his Paramecia Devil Fruit is the strongest. I don't know how strong it is; anyway, it can't beat me, but it would be easy for him to win most fights! And his Haki! You haven't mastered Haki yet! His Haki is not inferior to mine! His Conqueror's Haki is not bad. Although he is a little worse than me, he can still crush most of the people on this sea. How about it? Do you want it? Just take any of his abilities and combine it with my swordsmanship; even Garp wouldn't be a match for you!" At the end, Roger gave Liu Feng a wink, as if to say, 'As an old man, I understand you.'
Looking at Roger, the Pirate King in front of him, with his face full of cunning, Liu Feng, who was already numb to his antics, unscrupulously blew a cloud of smoke in his face. He saw through his scheme and said slowly, "You're just angry, and you want me to resurrect him so you can beat him up."
Chapter 9: Devil Fruit!
"Uh… this is…" Roger blushed as if Liu Feng had spoken the truth of his heart. Originally, with his shamelessness, he didn't care about other people's ridicule at all. But he couldn't help it with Liu Feng; this guy had sharp eyes, he knew he had too many troubles, and he held the lives of his wife and son in his hands. Now, even the cheeky Roger was embarrassed.
But this embarrassment was only fleeting. Roger gritted his teeth and forced a flattering smile onto his face. "I'm not just thinking about your grand plans. Now, you can't leave me alone; just waiting for the World Government and the Navy to put a bounty on us, plus the troubles I caused back then; you need enough combat power, right?" He looked as if he would die for Liu Feng's sake, and he carefully persuaded him, "As long as you resurrect Whitebeard, maybe you will be able to get his Devil Fruit ability. That's amazing!"
Liu Feng smiled bitterly and said, "How amazing is it?"
Roger was stunned for a while, and then his hands drew a large circle in mid-air. "It's so powerful, so powerful, so powerful."
Liu Feng covered his head. This was the extent of this guy's adjectives. Drawing a circle with both hands; was that it?
Roger laughed and said, "It's hard to say who would win one-on-one; I gave that old man a few beatings back then. But if you're fighting in groups, his Devil Fruit strength is stronger than mine. Several of Golden Lion's fleets were sunk into the sea by him." After saying this, he seemed to be afraid that Liu Feng would not be tempted enough, so he waved his hands again to simulate the picture. "One punch! Do you know how powerful Whitebeard's punch is? It directly shattered the atmosphere and triggered a tsunami that was thousands of meters high. That water, that sea, that waterfall… It's just roaring! What kind of naval fleet? What kind of Buster Call? They don't hold a candle to Whitebeard! Back then, the Navy didn't dare to go looking for trouble with Whitebeard and could only watch him adopt sons all over the world. Although he's a little worse than me, he's also worth seeing."
Here, Roger was still dancing and bragging, trying to impress Liu Feng, but he didn't notice that the corners of Liu Feng's mouth were twitching. What a language genius! The strongest Paramecia, the Gura Gura no Mi, that could cause a thousand-meter tsunami with one punch… he had even described it as "that water rushing through"! What a "crashing flow" of a description!
"Alright, alright, I will consider the matter of Whitebeard, so don't get too excited," Liu Feng waved his hand helplessly to interrupt Roger's... performance.
"Why?" Roger asked suspiciously. He didn't understand. This was obviously a good thing. Wasn't Liu Feng tempted by the Gura Gura no Mi? It didn't make sense. Although Devil Fruits were a bit tasteless in the eyes of their generation—if you ate one, you would become a hammer in the water. Since then, you would never have a relationship with the sea, and you would become weak even after taking a bath. For this reason, Roger, as the king of bathing—no, the King of the Pirates—had never even looked at a Devil Fruit. Could a Pirate King who couldn't swim still be called the King of the Sea?
Liu Feng explained, "It's not that. It's because of your son." So, Liu Feng simply told Roger the whole story of the outbreak of the war at Marineford, which left him stunned.
"Yes, that's how it was. Whitebeard led his own pirate crew, and in order to save Ace, he put his own life on the line. But in the end, he didn't forget to promote the One Piece for you. 'THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!'"
"Well, what are you doing? Roger, why are you crying again?" Liu Feng was talking, but when he saw Roger in front of him, he was crying again, with tears in his eyes.
Roger cried and said, "He is so miserable. Good brother Whitebeard, I was wrong to blame you! You also helped me raise my son for so many years and finally took your own life for my son. When you're resurrected, I'll be gentler and not slap you in the face. No, wait. Your face was blown off by that Navy magma kid." Roger started crying like a kid. "Bastard Garp, you just watched my son die like this? After all, I trusted the wrong person."
Liu Feng's head was covered with black lines, and he silently snuffed out his cigarette. He secretly swore that he would never chat with this idiot again. It was life-threatening! He took a deep breath. Then, towards the blubbering uncle, he gave him a hard kick!
Boom! Roger flew out and smashed into the cabin, leaving a human-shaped indent.
"Set off!" Liu Feng gritted his teeth.
Roger held back his tears, his face full of confusion. "Where to?"
Liu Feng scolded, "Let's go and resurrect your wife!"
Chapter 10: Roger Is Real!!
Unbridled waves and a refreshing sea breeze.
"Liu Feng, aren't we going to resurrect my wife? Why did we come here?" on the deck of the dilapidated warship, Roger, who was in a hurry to control the rudder, shouted to Liu Feng, who was sitting at the top of the mast, sweating profusely.
When escaping from Loguetown and intercepting the naval pursuit, the captured warship had already suffered a lot of shelling and was heavily scarred. Coupled with Roger's nervousness a few times and his unscrupulous venting of his Conqueror's Haki, the already overwhelmed warship was now completely falling apart. Every time the huge waves hit, it made a creaking sound, which made Liu Feng's heart tremble.
He shook his head, looked down at Roger, who was a little overwhelmed, and sighed in his heart that this guy was really unreliable. Sure enough, Luffy and Roger were the same kind of idiots. Their sailing skills were probably much worse than a random recruit in the Navy. Fortunately, this was the East Blue, Roger's hometown; otherwise, the two of them would probably have been spinning in the same place for the rest of their lives.
"Your wife, Portgas D. Rouge, was from Baterilla Island in the South Blue, so to revive her, we must go to the South Blue," Liu Feng explained slowly. "But with the current state of our warship and your poor sailing skills, let alone crossing the Grand Line to the South Blue, I'm afraid we won't even be able to get out of the East Blue. Besides, we also need supplies, and you've almost finished all the food on board." Having said that, he rolled his eyes.
Roger smiled, but he didn't care. He knew that his sailing skills were really bad, and his appetite was terrifying. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been scolded so many times by Rayleigh when he first went to sea with him.
"So your plan is to get a boat and money first?" Roger scratched his head and asked. "Where are we going to get it!?"
'Get it?'
Liu Feng was speechless. "There are some things for which we don't need violence, and it's better for us to try to be careful now. Your strength has not been fully restored. If you attract the attention of the World Government and the Navy, you will be in trouble."
Roger touched his head and said, for unknown reasons, "Don't steal it? How can we get money then? By working?" He shook his head carelessly and said, "As for part-time work… part-time work is impossible, and it's impossible to work part-time in this life. I don't know how to do business; just stealing this kind of thing is how I can maintain my life."
As soon as this statement came out, Liu Feng was stunned. 'That… makes sense.' How can the Pirate King make money by working? He is a pirate, so he will just take money. If anyone has a problem, they can talk to his fist.
He subconsciously covered his head. After staying with this idiot Roger for so long these days, he had really forgotten the true identity of this bastard. This was the most evil man in the eyes of the World Government and the Navy, and he was the Pirate King! Don't forget, the real sea is not as glamorous as Oda's pen makes it out to be. Any big pirate who could make a name for himself in this sea was a guy with blood and human lives on his hands, full of evil. If nothing else, Roger, a guy who looked "innocent," had once destroyed a country's army because they had spoken ill of his partner! A nation's army! How many lives were there!? Nobody knows. But after all, pirates are pirates.
He was a little bit like Luffy, who was more of a traveler, and like Rayleigh, who would sell himself into slavery when he had no money. Or, he could just be like the unlucky uncle in front of him, who had fallen into the devil's way.
Seeing Liu Feng's dull eyes and even a little admiring expression, Roger wondered, "What? We are pirates, aren't we? I'm not like Whitebeard, who was poor, romantic, hungry, and happy every day. He wanted money but had no money, and raising his sons required a lot. But raising children doesn't guarantee your old age. That bastard Whitebeard was stabbed by his own son before he died. As for me, I'm just as good; I won't raise my own when I'm born; I'll let others raise them. Hahahaha! Whitebeard likes to be a father! He is indeed a good man!" In the end, he was still complacent.
Liu Feng was completely shocked now. With his idiotic mentality and feelings, this guy could joke about anything except his nakama.
Liu Feng's mouth twitched and he said, "Then do you think it's fine in prison?"
Roger paused, thought for a moment, and said, "You seem to be right when you say that. I spent some time in Impel Down. I was about to be executed soon, but all the prisoners were good to me. And the jail was also comfortable. I ate and slept well; all the pirates in there called me 'boss.' In prison, everyone is talented and speaks nicely. I liked it there so much!" Roger concluded happily at last.
Liu Feng: "…"
"Roger, do you know something?"
Roger: "??"
"What?"
Liu Feng (with a serious face): "You should join the Revolutionary Army."