On a huge floating piece of ice, they found a nearly frozen Charlotte Linlin. Prometheus and Zeus above her head had shrunk to the size of a fist and were on the verge of dying. After drinking the soup, her massive body began to radiate heat again, and the two Homies were revitalized. She looked at Ren. For the first time, she did not cry out for cake, but just said sullenly, "Those giants were tough."
In a pile of twisted steel wreckage, they found Gatz, who was pinned underneath. This iron-tower-like man was covered in blood, his giant anchor broken into three pieces. When he saw Ren, he looked as aggrieved as a child. "Head Chef... my anchor... it's broken..."
Further out at sea, they found the floating Silver and Dolum. Silver's injuries were the most severe. His shoulder had been pierced by Rayleigh's sword, and half of his body was nearly disabled. After drinking the soup, he just silently closed his eyes and directed the energy in his body to repair his injuries, not saying a word.
Dolum was hugging a piece of the Azure Dragon's keel, crying his heart out. "My ship... my Azure Dragon... it's sunk!" Ren did not comfort him, just silently handed him a bowl of soup.
When the remaining core members of the Rocks Pirates had gathered again on the half-sunk wreckage of the Azure Dragon, the sky was already beginning to turn a fish-belly white. They had lost. Utterly. The ship was gone, their comrades were dead or injured, and their captain was missing. But they had survived. They had survived this tragic battle that would go down in the annals of history. The embers of this future group of hegemons who would divide the seas had been pulled back from the brink of hell by this eleven-year-old Head Chef in the most incredible way.
Soon after, the newspapers of the World Economic News spread throughout the world. The front page headline, written in the most eye-catching and emotional font, was—[HERO OF THE MARINES! MONKEY D. GARP DEFEATS THE ROCKS PIRATES SINGLE-HANDEDLY AT GOD VALLEY!] On the newspaper was a photo of Garp standing on the flagship of the Marines, raising his arm in a cheer, with countless cheering marine soldiers in the background. The report made no mention of the Roger Pirates' appearance or role, giving all the credit to Garp alone. The title "Hero of the Marines" resounded throughout the world.
And behind this truth that had been buried by history, on that battered and broken black behemoth's wreckage, Ren was handing the last bowl of soup to Gloriosa. The proud former empress had also been seriously injured in the battle, but her gaze was still cold. She took the soup, looked at the new sun slowly rising in the distance, then at the group of monsters beside her who, although in a sorry state, still had an unextinguished fire in their eyes. In the end, she drank it down silently.
The era of Rocks was over. But their era, or rather, the brand-new era with him, the "God's Chef," at the helm, had only just begun...
The dust of the God Valley incident did not bring peace to this sea. Instead, like the aftershock of a violent earthquake, it triggered an even more turbulent undercurrent. The World Government promoted the Marines' victory with unprecedented force. Garp's name was placed on a pedestal, becoming an idol for countless young people and the personification of justice. The Rocks Pirates became synonymous with evil. Heavenly bounties were placed on their remnants, and Marine warships, like sharks that had smelled blood, began a frantic search in the Four Seas.
All of this was both distant and personal to the people on the wreckage floating in an unknown sea. It had been three days. Three days had passed since that great battle. Nourished by Ren's miraculous cooking, everyone's injuries had mostly recovered. Newgate had regained the power to shatter space. Linlin's Homies had recovered their former vitality. Gatz's brute strength was even greater than before. Silver's wound had also scabbed over, although he could not engage in high-intensity combat for the time being.
However, physical recovery could not mend the cracks in their hearts. A ship could be rebuilt. Comrades who had died could be replaced. But without a captain, this pirate crew, which had been united by Rocks's absolute dominance and ambition, had lost its one and only soul. An oppressive atmosphere hung over the wreckage, heavier than the smoke of God Valley. No one spoke. Everyone was lost in their own thoughts.
Gatz held a huge steel pipe he had found in the wreckage, trying to fashion it into a new weapon, but his mind was always wandering. Dolum dived into the sea every day, salvaging the wreckage of the Azure Dragon, trying to find a trace of its former glory in those cold steel fragments. Gloriosa still sat proudly at the edge of the wreckage, looking into the distance, but there was a hint of confusion in her cold eyes. Silver was wiping his spear. There was a new scratch on it, left by Rayleigh. He wiped it over and over again, as if trying to wipe away the shame of that defeat as well.
Newgate and Linlin, the two most powerful beings after Rocks, each occupied a corner of the wreckage, silently facing off, like two dormant beasts, sizing each other up, and also sizing up the shaky future of this pirate crew.
Finally, on the evening of the fourth day, this oppressive silence was broken by a sharp, ear-piercing laugh. "Mamamama..." Charlotte Linlin stood up. Her massive body cast a huge shadow, enveloping everyone. "That idiot Rocks is dead. This pirate crew can't be without a captain." Her gaze swept over everyone present, finally landing on Newgate, her eyes filled with undisguised ambition and greed. "From today on, I am the new captain of this ship! You all have to listen to me!"
Linlin's declaration was like a spark thrown into a pot of oil, instantly igniting the tense atmosphere. "Are you kidding me!" Gatz was the first to jump up. Although he was also afraid of Linlin, his admiration for Rocks made it impossible for him to accept this. "There is only one captain, and that is Lord Rocks! He's just missing. He will definitely come back!"
"Missing? Wahahaha!" Linlin laughed loudly. "Stop deceiving yourselves. He was blown to pieces in that explosion! Now, I am the strongest here. The captain's position is naturally mine!"
"You're the strongest?" a low voice sounded. Newgate slowly stood up, his mountain-like body equally full of pressure. "Gurararara... Linlin, have you forgotten who gave you back your Prometheus and Zeus from my hands?" Newgate's words carried a dangerous warning.
Linlin's face instantly darkened. She remembered that after the battle at God Valley, when she was on the verge of dying, it was Newgate who had returned the cores of her two Homies to her. "So what?!" Linlin said angrily. "You owed me that! If it weren't for you useless men, how could we have lost so badly!"
"A loss is a loss," Newgate's voice turned cold. "Now is not the time to argue about who should be the captain, but to think about how we remnants are going to survive."
"Survive? Mamamama! What a cowardly thought!" A crazy light shone in Linlin's eyes.
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