New World!
On the endless sea!
Having crossed the Calm Belt into the New World, the Roger Pirates were racing toward Whitebeard's territory.
Roger stood at the bow, gazing into the distance.
Yet his mind was on the anomaly they had encountered while crossing the Calm Belt.
Footsteps approached!
Rayleigh walked over, his brow slightly furrowed.
"Roger, you felt it too, didn't you? When we crossed the Calm Belt this time, those Sea Kings seemed unusually quiet!"
Roger withdrew from his thoughts and said gravely, "Not just this time. I started sensing something strange years ago!"
He turned to Rayleigh. "Don't you think that over the past few years, we've encountered far fewer Sea King attacks in the Four Blues?"
"Now that you mention it, that's true!"
Rayleigh reviewed their journeys over the past few years and quickly noticed the anomaly as well.
In recent years, as they sailed through the Four Blues, aside from some sea beasts still being active, they had rarely seen Sea Kings leap from the water to attack ships.
It was as though they had all been restrained!
"Why do you think that is...?" The strange phenomenon made Rayleigh curious.
"No idea!"
Roger shook his head, then smiled. "Who cares? It's a good thing those Sea Kings aren't attacking ships. Didn't that let us reach the New World much faster this time?"
True enough!
Rayleigh chuckled, no longer dwelling on the Sea Kings, and stood at the bow with Roger as they gazed into the distance.
Roger and the others knew the way ahead would not be peaceful.
Thanks to Rayleigh, the person now providing intelligence to the Roger Pirates was Sister Shaku.
And through Eternal City's channels, Sister Shaku kept track of a great deal of information at all times.
Over the past year,