For a moment, Roger's laughter seemed to resound throughout the world through the Visual Den-Den Mushi.
All the people watching this execution felt confused at this moment.
Ordinary people fought to the death to stay alive.
Death was a great fear for life.
No matter how powerful a person was, they might burst into tears or fall silent when facing death, but they had never seen anyone laugh so unrestrainedly.
"My treasure? If you want it, I'll let you have it! Go look for it! I left everything at that place..."
At this moment, Sengoku's roar echoed simultaneously: "Execute!!"
The moment Roger had spoken those words, his sin value had begun soaring in Kano's special perspective.
The original value of only 1,635 became 125,000 after just a few seconds.
When the man on the opposite side raised his spear to execute, Roger's sin value was still increasing sharply, but Kano couldn't wait.
There was no way to wait any longer.
The next moment, Roger's body was pierced from front to back without any resistance.
Kano, who had been prepared and stood on Roger's left, immediately stabbed his spear into Roger's heart.
Soul imprisoned.
"Whoosh..."
A violent gust of wind suddenly swept through, and the originally clear sky above was covered by dark clouds.
The next second brought lightning and thunder.
As if celebrating the opening of a new era, dense raindrops fell from the sky, baptizing the entire town of Loguetown.
Then, the noise began.
Roger's words before his death, transmitted through the Visual Den-Den Mushi and broadcast from this small execution platform, made the whole world begin to boil.
At the same time, it transformed the Marines' originally confident plans into empty talk.
Sengoku had been known as a wise strategist since his days as an admiral. At this moment, he looked at the execution platform with a gloomy expression, his breathing heavy.
Just as he'd known that Roger's execution would severely impact the future of piracy, he also understood that because of Roger's final words, all ordinary people in this world, or those born in the next ten or twenty years, would go to sea with dreams of great treasure and become pirates.
"Damn it!"
Sengoku waved his hand suddenly. "All the pirates on this island, act immediately and catch them. If they don't surrender, then kill them."
The communications officer immediately began mobilizing the Navy's combat power. Vice admirals from the Headquarters and a large number of Navy soldiers began to act.
But it was already too late.
Ordinary people and pirates were mixed together, and the entire square descended into chaos.
The pirates who had come to Loguetown weren't nobodies either.
Gecko Moria, who had just set sail and hadn't yet lost his spirit.
Crocodile, who hadn't yet fixated all his thoughts on Pluton.
The soon-to-be world's greatest swordsman, Dracule Mihawk. Navy hunter...
There were too many.
Roger had opened a chaotic era, and in such times, ordinary people would suffer far more misfortune over the next twenty years.
But there had never been a peaceful revolution.
Kano looked toward the port of Loguetown.
Kuzan, who possessed the Ice-Ice Fruit ability, had been stationed at the port by Sengoku from the beginning.
But now he'd been intercepted.
The twenty-five-year-old Kuzan hadn't yet reached the top tier of power.
However, this moment was also an opportunity for Kano.
"Swish!"
The spear was thrown directly after being pulled free, instantly breaking through the air and piercing a guy with a sin value of 900, embedding itself beneath the execution platform.
Sengoku glanced at it but said nothing.
Kano jumped down from the execution platform and pulled out the spear.
"For a guy like you, I think the One Piece shouldn't have much to do with you."
As soon as the words fell, Kano appeared behind another man with a sin value of 600.
"Hahaha! Set sail! Find the great treasure. That's the Pirate King's treasure; whoever grabs it will be the Pirate King."
As soon as those words left his mouth, Kano's spear went straight through the back of his head.
When the spear was pulled out, red and white matter scattered across the ground, shocking the people around him and making them retreat.
"What king do you want to be?"
Kano didn't stop, searching for targets with sin values from his special perspective.
One hundred and three, one hundred and eighty, ninety, three hundred and two, ninety-five...
Soon, Kano was recognized.
"He's Kano, the Executioner from Ridgemouth Town in the West Blue. This bastard actually came to Loguetown to execute the Pirate King?"
"He's a Navy dog. Kill him."
"He's been hunting us relentlessly. Let's kill him first."
In an instant, a pirate turned and fired.
However, Kano easily dodged such an attack and threw the crimson spear in his hand, piercing the shooter's chest.
'I opened so many treasure chests, but not just to collect props…'
Whether it was the [Shadow Clone Technique] or other abilities and skills he might obtain later, they all consumed physical stamina as their foundation.
Enhanced physical fitness, coupled with one's own mental will, allowed for perfect control of physical strength.
Physical attribute cards and mental attribute cards were his goal and the foundation of his power.
With his increased reaction speed, he'd already stepped over the threshold of Observation Haki.
"Swish!"
The spear broke through the air, but this time, there was no blood spilled.
The part pierced by the spear crumbled like soil, then recovered immediately.
Logia-type Devil Fruit user.
Elemental transformation made physical attacks ineffective.
"Hahahaha! Kano, you Navy lapdog executioner. Your attacks have no effect on me."
While laughing proudly, the man ahead didn't stop running toward the port.
However, with a sin value of 1,600, and with fewer and fewer pirates remaining in the square, Kano had no intention of letting such a catch escape.
"Logia, huh?"
Kano smiled, ignored the spear embedded in the ground, and chased after his opponent again.
"Damn Marine… I already told you that your attacks have no effect on me, you bastard!"
Amid the curses, Kano closed the distance and threw a punch.
"Boom!"
With one blow, the Logia-type Devil Fruit user flew backward, his shoulder blade shattered.
"Ahem..."
The now bloodied man looked on in disbelief.
"How is this possible?! How could you hit me?"
Kano didn't answer, instead surveying his surroundings.
The square had emptied considerably.
"A Logia-type ability user who hasn't mastered Observation Haki is just like a regular devil fruit user."
As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his fist toward the man's face again.
"Boom!"
Once more, his opponent flew backward.