Who Keeps a Diary, Seriously?

When Stussy pushed Shaya along and used her powerful Observation Haki to track the scent and Haki Garp had left in the air, they arrived at a corner of a village on Baterilla Island!

Two burly men were facing off around a beauty with long pale-pink hair...

"Roger, what kind of man hides behind a woman?"

"If you've got the guts, come out and fight me!"

Garp glared at the burly man hiding behind the woman and roared.

"Garp, you damned persistent ghost! Why did you follow me all the way here?"

The scruffy middle-aged man hiding behind the pink-haired woman, with short black hair and a long beard, showed no intention of stepping out from behind her after hearing Garp's words. He snapped at Garp.

"Enough nonsense! Let's fight!"

Garp could not be bothered wasting words on the scruffy brute and moved to attack him as he spoke.

"Fight my ass! I promised Rouge that as long as she's here, I'll never draw my blade! So give up on making me fight you to the death!"

That slovenly-looking brute was none other than the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, the legendary man who had sailed around the world and the most vicious criminal of this era...

Upon hearing Garp's words, Roger immediately bristled, practically roaring at him.

"It would've been better if you hadn't brought that up, because now I'm pissed!"

"You shameless bastard, forcing a young girl to marry you..."

"Damn it, you're worse than an animal! If I don't arrest you today, then my name isn't Garp!"

Garp's gaze swept over Roger and the beauty standing before him, and rage immediately surged within him. The woman looked to be only in her twenties. Standing beside Roger, she looked more like his daughter than his wife. This old bastard was robbing the cradle. It was absolutely intolerable.

"Forcing her, my ass! Rouge and I fell in love freely!"

Roger roared back at Garp.

"Free love, my ass! You're a pirate, and the most evil kind of pirate at that! What decent person would date a pirate? Much less the legendary Pirate King, the most vicious pirate of all?!"

"Even if you really did fall in love with this young lady freely, you must have hidden your identity from her, you asshole! You didn't honestly tell her your name or occupation!"

Garp first shot back at Roger, then looked toward the young woman Roger had "kidnapped" and said gently, "Miss, don't be afraid. Tell me the truth. Did that bastard Roger force you? Don't worry. Today, I, Monkey D. Garp, will get justice for you! I'll make that bastard Roger kneel and beg for your forgiveness..."

"No. I knew Roger's identity from the beginning, and I know everything about him. I truly love Roger!"

To Garp's surprise, the young woman gently shook her head before declaring that she sincerely loved Roger and had not been forced by anyone.

"Huh?!"

This time, Garp was utterly stunned.

"Hahaha! Did you hear that, Garp?!"

Roger smugly said to Garp.

After speaking, Roger did not forget to gently take the young woman's hand, flaunting their affection right in front of Garp.

"You bastard..."

Garp's eye twitched as he watched Roger tightly hold Rouge's hand.

"This is really something else."

"Who would have thought that the legendary Pirate King Roger was living in seclusion on some nameless island, married to an utterly ordinary woman, and even planning to have a child..."

"If other people found out about this..."

"They'd probably be shocked out of their minds!"

"Wouldn't you agree, Gol D. Roger..."

Just as Garp's temples began throbbing from the shock of Roger and Rouge's lovey-dovey display...

Accompanied by the soft scrape of tires against the ground, Stussy pushed Shaya's four-wheeled chair straight up before Roger, Rouge, and Garp.

"You? You are..."

When Roger saw Shaya sitting in the four-wheeled chair, his pupils suddenly contracted. After staring at Shaya in shock for a long while, his brows furrowed tightly. A fierce aura rose within him, yet he looked at Shaya with concern and asked, "Shanks! What happened to your legs? Did that bastard Garp break them?!"

"Garp! If you've got a problem, take it out on me!"

"What kind of man bullies a child?!"

"Sorry, Rouge. Today, I have to break my vow and draw my sword..."

As Roger spoke, he moved to go inside and retrieve his sword, looking ready to avenge Shaya.

"Pirate King Roger..."

"There's something I must tell you, though I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"Perhaps you'll be disappointed, but I'm not Shanks. My name is Shaya."

"My full name is Shaya Saint Figarland! As for the Shanks you mentioned, he is most likely the brother I have never met."

Shaya looked at Roger and introduced himself.

"Shaya Saint Figarland..."

"So you really are Shanks's brother?"

"No wonder the two of you look so alike, almost identical!"

Roger was slightly stunned by this, then spoke softly.

"I'm the younger brother. Shanks should be my elder brother."

Shaya nodded lightly and explained.

"Then, Shanks's younger brother..."

"You went so far as to bring Garp to find me. What exactly do you want?!"

After confirming Shaya's identity, Roger walked up to him with a smile. The moment he bent down to look at Shaya, he brought an endless pressure with him.

"Heh..."

Shaya's lips curled slightly as he looked at Roger standing so close.

So this was the man Teacher Kaido had spoken of...

The man who conquered the entire sea with Haki alone?

His Haki was truly overflowing...

"Roger, you're about to die!"

Shaya was not intimidated by Roger's overwhelming pressure. He calmly looked at Roger and quietly revealed the truth: Roger had only a few years left to live, perhaps not even a few months.

"Hm?"

Roger was slightly stunned by Shaya's words.

Although Roger's severe illness was not exactly a secret, it should not have come from the mouth of a Celestial Dragon.

"At this rate, you might not even live to see your child born."

Before Roger could speak, Shaya continued.

"You..."

Roger wanted to question Shaya. He wanted to know how Shaya knew such things.

Could there be some kind of connection between Shaya and Shanks?

Thinking of this, Roger could only conclude that Shaya had some connection with Shanks.

"After you die, what will happen to your wife and child?"

While Roger was thinking, Shaya continued to ask him.

"..."

Roger answered Shaya with silence.

Before Roger could speak, Shaya seemed to have seen through his thoughts and continued, "I know. You're probably planning to entrust your wife and child to Garp, aren't you?!"

"Huh? Entrust them to me?"

This time, Garp was the confused one.

Garp had thought Roger would entrust his wife and child to the other members of the Roger Pirates! Who would have thought Roger would entrust his wife and child to him...

"Roger, you've underestimated your importance in the eyes of the World Government!"

"And besides, Garp is unreliable! He can barely handle his own affairs..."

After saying that, Shaya did not forget to take a jab at Garp.

"You managed to drag me into this too?"

Garp's brows immediately furrowed upon hearing Shaya's words.

"If Garp is unreliable, then who can I rely on?"

"Rayleigh? Or Gaban?"

As Roger mentioned Rayleigh and Gaban, his brows knitted tightly together.

As his companions, Rayleigh and Gaban were beyond reproach. But as teachers or fathers to his unborn child? Please spare them. No one understood Rayleigh and Gaban better than Roger did.

"Could I rely on Oden?"

Roger rubbed his chin, seeming to have truly taken Shaya's words to heart.

"Oden? He's even less reliable. He can barely handle his own affairs right now..."

"Besides, can you rely on someone who keeps a diary?"

"Who keeps a diary, seriously? Roger, do you keep a diary?"

The moment Shaya heard Roger mention Oden, he rolled his eyes.

"I'm not a navigator. I don't keep a diary..."

Roger immediately shook his head.

Even if he had kept one before, he absolutely could not admit it now...

It concerned the dignity of the Pirate King.

"Garp, do you keep a diary?"

Shaya then looked at Garp beside him.

"Me? I definitely don't keep a diary."

"Forget diaries. I've never even written a work report!"

"It's always the higher-ups begging me to accept promotions and raises!"

Garp answered truthfully.

"See? Who keeps a diary, seriously?"

"If you write down what's in your heart, can it still be called what's in your heart?!"

"Oden?! He's nothing but a lowly brain-dead fool."

A trace of contempt flashed through Shaya's eyes as he spoke.

If Roger had not brought up Oden, Shaya would not even have deigned to comment on the one written as Oden, but read as a brain-dead, effeminate idiot.

Even with a dragon rider bearing down on his face, he could still lose. Seriously, Oden, if you can't do it, start over!

Your son Momonosuke, I'll help you kill him.

Your wife and daughter, I'll take care of them.

Oden? Just go dance naked in a vat of boiling oil in peace!

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