The Thespian! The Golden Lion's Daoist Heart Shattered!

Let's rewind a few seconds.

Roa flapped his wings, accelerating his descent, the wind whistling past his ears.

His sharp eyes were fixed on Roger on the ground below. Because of his excellent eyesight, he clearly saw the surprise on Roger's face.

Hmph, it's that time of year again when the top-tier (T0) units of this patch shine!

Roger! Future Sight!

Roa laughed loudly as he spoke.

Roger paused, then a red light flashed in his eyes unconsciously.

Then, his expression became somewhat blank, but in the blink of an eye, that blankness turned into ecstasy.

"Then let's end this war!"

Crimson Inazuma crackled on the blade in Roa's hand.

Come on, young man!

Roger burst into laughter and spoke.

The next instant, Roa landed and slashed Roger in the chest with his sword.

This might be the World's Strongest pirate, who was sent flying with a single slash, blood splattering everywhere.

"What?"

In the distance, Rayleigh and Gaban, who were chasing and beating up Golden Lion while keeping an eye on the battle, suddenly changed their expressions.

"Hey, what's Roger up to?!"

Gaban gritted his teeth and cursed angrily.

Even with both of them going all out, they couldn't do anything to Roger, so how come he was cleaved in two by that brat with a single strike!

Without any hesitation, the two abandoned the Golden Lion and turned to head in Roger's direction.

They weren't the only ones terrified; Buggy, who had been secretly watching from afar, instantly clutched his head and screamed, "Captain!!"

Shanks has always been more mature and composed than his best friend, couldn't help but grip his sword tighter at this moment.

Captain!

However, they were clearly overthinking it.

Because Roger quickly returned, clutching his wound.

There was a deep, slanted wound on his chest, and blood was flowing down.

But Roger didn't care at all. He just looked excited, but forced himself to lower his voice and whisper, "Kid, you're not lying to me, are you?"

Looking at Roger's wound, Roa sighed. Roger hadn't even resisted, only using basic Haki defense. And this was the worst injury he'd suffered from a full-force strike?

They're still quite a distance from being truly top-tier experts.

Despite his admiration, Roa still spoke furtively, as if they were on a secret meeting, "Ohara is the holy land of history. If we're talking about who on the high seas has the ability to decipher the Poneglyph, it's definitely only them, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's right! Absolutely right!!"

Roger nodded repeatedly, his face beaming with excitement. "Why didn't I think of that sooner! It turns out my ship was missing a historian!"

Go, Roger, to Ohara.

Roa nodded in satisfaction.

Then wait two more years, until you are diagnosed with a terminal illness, and then I can give you the rubbing of the stone in my hand, so that you can become the Pirate King.

Hmm, if a historian from Ohara were to join Roger Pirates, they might even be able to issue Buster Call to Ohara ahead of time.

"Roa! What have you done?"

Kaido crashed down beside Roa, looked at Roa, then at the wound on Roger's chest, and turned back to Roa in disbelief, "How did you do that?"

When he attacked Roger just now, he was sent flying by a long-awaited Divine Departure!

Why is it that when it comes to Roa, Roger gets struck by lightning?

Roa looked enigmatic. "Because of the wind, the wind of fate blew by, and I simply rode on it."

"Ah?"

Kaido bewildered.

What is this kid saying?

Meanwhile.

"Roger! Are you alright?"

Rayleigh and Gaban arrived together.

The two men couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Roger still alive and kicking.

"It's good that you're alright!" "I can't take it anymore!"

Roger suddenly clutched his wound, his face contorted in pain, and said, "I'm badly injured, let's retreat!"

What are you doing?

Gaban's forehead veins throbbed. "Did that ghost knock my brains out? We're going to win!"

Where is the injury serious?

The bleeding should stop on its own in a few more minutes.

"I'm going to die if I don't get treatment soon!"

Roger shouted with booming voice, "The fight is over! Time to go, guys!"

He suppressed his excitement, forcing a pained expression on his face. "Rayleigh, Gaban, quickly inform everyone, we're setting sail!"

It must be said that Roger tried his best to act, but acting requires talent.

I feel -- he's not as good as Kun Ge in terms of acting skills.

Rayleigh instinctively looked at Roa.

He was 100% certain that Roa was behind it.

What exactly did that brat say to Roger?

However, since this is Roger's decision...

"Good,"

Rayleigh nodded. "But you'll have to convince this guy first."

"Roger! Where do you think you're going?!"

Just then, the Golden Lion descended from the sky, its voice filled with resentment.

Just by glancing up at him, Roa couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, Uncle Shiki, you're quite trendy!"

The Golden Lion was in a sorry state, his clothes were torn all over and had several wounds, he looked like he had been badly beaten up.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened.

"Get out of my way, Shiki!"

Roger, who had been clutching his chest and feigning weakness just a second ago, instantly turned fierce, his Haki Inazuma from him. "I have something extremely urgent to do right now—"

As if remembering something, Roger coughed twice more, "If I hadn't been injured by Roa, I definitely wouldn't have let you off the hook—cough cough."

The Golden Lion's gaze froze.

He looked at Roger blankly, then suddenly turned to look at Roa, his eyes practically spitting fire.

What did you do to Roger?

Roa coughed, "Let's stop here, Uncle Shiki. Continuing to fight won't get us anywhere."

That's already bragging; continuing would only lead to defeat.

"What a joke! How could it possibly end here!"

The Golden Lion roared angrily, "I didn't send you here just to back out!"

"That's enough, Uncle Shiki,"

Roa Ya sighed softly, "Roger has already been very accommodating. Isn't the current situation, where both sides are severely injured, already quite good? If we continue to be ungrateful, it will be undignified."

"That's right!"

Roger chimed in with agreement, "I'm already injured, you Shiki, don't push your luck!"

The Golden Lion's forehead veins bulged.

Those two bastards, what do they take him for!

"Hmph, in the end,"

Kaido crossed his arms and sneered, "Wasn't it you who held us back during our fierce battle with Roger? If you could have taken care of Rayleigh and Gaban, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

If that Golden Lion hadn't been unable to withstand Rayleigh and Gaban, they could have enjoyed themselves for a long, long time!

Of course, he couldn't beat Roger either.

"--you!!"

The Golden Lion's eyes trembled, and the muscles on its face twitched, clearly indicating that its Dao heart had been injured.

They've reversed the Heavenly Gang!

I called you two bastards over here to hold off Rayleigh and Gaban! Not only did you steal my opponent, but you're also trying to pin the blame on me?

"Alright, it's okay, Uncle Shiki, we'll come again next time,"

Roa couldn't bear to see the man who treated him as a disciple truly shatter his Dao heart, so he comforted him, "Once I become strong enough to rival you and Roger, find me another Mythical Zoan, and we'll try again. If it doesn't work the next time, we can try several more times. Just prepare a few more fruits."

"Hey, don't come here!"

Roger said irritably, "I've already told you I'm very busy!"

Rayleigh shook his head helplessly. Although he didn't know what agreement Roa and Roger had reached, it was clear that Roger was keeping his promise and didn't want to continue fighting.

"That's enough for now, Roger. Gaban, go treat the wounded."

"What a disappointment!"

Gaban snorted unhappily, but that's what the captain and first mate had said.

"Hahaha! We're setting sail!"

Roger burst into laughter, and he even turned back to wink at Roa, giving her a "see, I'm pretty good to you" look.

Roa quietly gave him a thumbs up.

Luo is really feeling good today.

"What exactly did you say to Roger?"

Watching Roger and his two companions leave without hesitation, Kaido asked Roa with great curiosity.

With a straight face, Roa said seriously, "I'll ask Roger to give me face and let me cut him once."

Kaido sneered.

"You bastard!!"

The Golden Lion trembled with rage.

But no matter how unwilling he was, with Roa and Kaido now slacking off, the battle was already over.

"Look more at your own shortcomings, Uncle Shiki. Ask yourself honestly if you haven't tried hard enough."

Roa over and patted Golden Lion on the shoulder, "If you put in two hundred times the effort of an ordinary person, you might have won today."

In any case, this long-planned hunt by the Golden Lion ultimately ended in failure.

Roa and Kaido took off first, followed by Bullet and the others who had been watching over Roa from the sky.

With a gloomy expression, Golden Lion took his subordinates, who had been badly beaten by Roger Pirates, and then reluctantly flew into the sky.

Throughout the journey, he kept his eyes fixed on the large ship that was rapidly disappearing into the distance on the sea.

Roger!!

As the large ship gradually moved away from the isolated island, Buggy nervously peered at the sky through his binoculars.

"It's okay, Buggy, they won't catch up."

Beside him, Xiang Gou Si comforted him, "You're such a coward!" "Who's a coward! The captain's injured!"

Buggy yelled angrily, "What if the enemy takes advantage of the situation and launches a sneak attack?"

Xiang Gou Si smiled, a smile that said, "How adorable!"

Is the wound on the captain's chest considered an injury?

"Hahaha! Next, my little ones, let's go to the West Blue!"

On the deck not far away, Roger, full of energy, laughed loudly.

A wound on the chest?

Where did this injury come from? It's just a scratch, nothing to worry about.

"So Roger,"

Levi finally asked the question that mattered most to him, "What exactly did that kid tell you?"

Did you say anything?

Roger smiled broadly, recalling what he had heard Roa say in the foreseen future, "Do you know Ohara?"

"That archaeological mecca in the West Blue?"

Levi immediately replied.

"I've heard about it too, Roger. Are we going there?"

Gaban chuckled, "Could the archaeologist's beauty also possess a certain allure?"

"Anything about that is fine."

Roger glanced at Gaban with a hint of disdain, then grinned excitedly, "Roa told me that the archaeologists in Ohara are researching historical fact, and they probably possess the ability to decipher ancient scripts!"

"What!"

Levi and Gaban's expressions changed drastically in an instant.

"Hahaha, tell me, isn't it worth it to trade this kind of intelligence for him cutting my knife?"

Roger burst into laughter.

"A fake one? Roger, I'm not being scammed, am I?"

Gaban still looked incredulous. "Could it just be something that kid made up to get away with?"

"They can all fly; if they want to run, we can't stop them."

Levi, however, remained remarkably rational. "And, when I fought him before, he said he was looking forward to the moment Roger found the Great Treasure!"

"Oh! Could it be that you're one of my fans?"

Roger, hands on his hips with a smug look, exclaimed, "Wow, I'm that charming!"

"More likely,"

Levi pushed up his glasses. "Is that kid plotting something famous?"

"Haha, maybe."

Roger scratched the back of his head.

He possesses an ability called the ability to Voice of All Things, which gives him a keen intuition.

It was this intuition that made him believe that Roa was not lying, and it was this intuition that made him feel that Roa had a strong expectation of him.

Anyway, let's go check out Ohara first!

Roger waved triumphantly, "The Roger Pirates, set sail!"

"Oh!!"

Let's turn to this.

Back on the floating Sky Island in the sky, the atmosphere became very oppressive.

The Golden Lion remained silent, his face grim, his eyes filled with malice as he stared at the three officials before him.

"Sorry, Admiral, it's us who are utterly useless--"

Skullcrusher Hyde, was alright. Thanks to his abilities, his injuries had mostly healed, and he was even able to hang his head apologetically.

The other two were in a much worse state, covered in deep wounds, and still unconscious on the ground.

"It's good that you admit your mistake!"

Roa said regretfully, "If you could have held off Levi for just one more minute, my plan would have succeeded! If we could have captured Roger's men, none of this would have happened. But seeing how badly you've been injured, I'll give you three cups of wine as a penalty."

The Golden Lion turned and glared fiercely at Roa. "Kid, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

"I'm the one who should be saying that! I've been fooled!"

Roa sighed, "Why did you lie to us, Uncle Shiki? You said that if we could hold off Levi and Gaban, you could take care of Roger, but you failed completely, didn't you?"

"I don't need an explanation from you, but you should at least thank me. Now you can at least go out and say that you and Roger fought to the death, and it was a lose-lose situation. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing to be beaten to a pulp by Roger and his men."

"He just doesn't know his own limitations."

Kaido sat to the side, a mocking smile on his face.

You think you can handle Roger?

Let's wait until Laozi and Roa come later!

"Don't talk nonsense! If you hadn't interfered, I would have killed Roger long ago!" Shiki roared in anger, feeling utterly looked down upon.

Roa paused slightly, then said with a hint of pity, "Uncle Shiki, you can fool me, but don't fool yourself. Can Yuan win? If they can, will you follow us while you're filled with anger?"

The anger on Shiki's face froze.

Can he handle Roger?

Can Yuan really kill Roger as he claims?

He couldn't find the answer to that question.

The arrogant lion, unusually, showed some signs of dejection.

"In the end, it's because you're too arrogant, Uncle Shiki, and you look down on the Roger Pirates."

Roa flew up again and patted Shiki on the shoulder, "But this failure may not be a bad thing; it can be used to your advantage next time!"

"Next time, I'll wait until I'm stronger, or maybe I'll find a few more powerful helpers, Whitebeard or Aunt Linlin, how about that?"

He was just spouting nonsense; how could Whitebeard and Aunt Linlin possibly help?

"If they don't work, we can still confront them directly. If all else fails, aren't there plenty of other experts in the New World? Red is quite strong, isn't he?"

"Um?"

Golden Lion paused, "You mean, Red?"

"Ah?"