"No wonder the World Government considered Roger to possess the most dangerous power in the world. After all, it was an Ancient Weapon, an existence the government had always hoped to erase from this world," Apophis muttered silently.
"But why didn't Roger bring Pluton out? Was it because he knew he didn't have long to live? By initiating the Great Pirate Era, did he hope that this brilliant age would give birth to a strong individual more powerful than him, who would then have the true Pirate King take the Ancient Weapon?"
"Ha! He really was carefree, completely unconcerned that an ambitious man like Kaido or Big Mom might take the Ancient Weapon and destroy the world." Apophis muttered to himself, then actually laughed. "But isn't the most ambitious man in the world me?"
"Forget it. None of that matters anymore. The key is to shift my target to the fourth coordinate Poneglyph!"
Big Mom and Kaido each possessed a Poneglyph, and he had obtained the third one from the giant elephant of Zou. Yet he had never found the slightest clue about this final one.
Could I rely on the so-called guidance of fate, just as I did with this one a few days ago...? Apophis's expression shifted unpredictably as he pondered this. He then rubbed his palms together. "Still, the information about Pluton I obtained today should help me leave fewer flaws in my upcoming probing."
Two months later, Gold City.
Longinus stood aboard the warship, gazing at the magnificent city of gold ahead.
There was no denying that Tesoro's talent for business was truly astonishing.
With two of the Five Emperors backing him, he had built a Gold City in that Neutral Zone in just seven years—one even larger than the one in the original historical