Time returned to the present!
After receiving Rocks's notice, Luo Han and Cole said goodbye to everyone the next morning, then flew toward Hachinosu Island together.
By then, the various pirate crews under the Rocks Pirates had basically learned that the Great Treasure had been found. This gathering at Hachinosu Island was to discuss retrieving it together.
At Luo Han and Cole's speed, they could have reached Hachinosu Island in three days. However, on the afternoon of the first day, Luo Han spotted Whitebeard on a ship sailing below while they were flying at high speed.
"Cole, Brother Newgate is down there. Let's go take a look," Luo Han said, stopping beside Cole.
"Okay, Brother Han," Cole replied.
The two then flew down toward Whitebeard's ship.
"Those are... Lord Blue Demon and Lord Beastman Cole!!!"
As Luo Han and Cole descended, the low-ranking pirates on the ship spotted them and began shouting excitedly, their faces filled with admiration as though they had just seen their idols.
In fact, that was pretty much the case. Especially over the past half year, the three-way melee between Luo Han, Garp, and Roger had not been reported by the World Government's news outlets and had not reached the Four Seas, but it had already spread throughout the New World.
Luo Han actually had plenty of rabid fans now. If he raised an arm and called out, he could immediately gather a pirate fleet.
However, there seemed to be one exception on the ship!
Ever since Luo Han and Cole landed on the ship, one little brat had been pouting and glaring at the two of them with an unhappy expression... No, he was probably glaring at Cole.
"This guy! Snff...! He's actually taller and bigger than Pops. Damn it."
As the little brat spoke,