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So, in truth, the Roger Pirates were somewhat grateful to Bai Ye.

Back then, they had known it themselves.

Roger had already prepared himself for death.

Naturally, when it came to this matter, if Bai Ye had not killed him, then the World Government would have.

So in that regard, they really did have to thank Bai Ye.

Though it felt somewhat awkward to think that their captain had died at Bai Ye's hands.

Still, dying at Bai Ye's hands was far better than dying at the hands of those Marines.

In order to humiliate Roger.

The World Government had even arranged for two weak Marines to carry out the execution.

But in the end, Roger's death at Bai Ye's hands truly showed that, with Bai Ye, he had received the respect he deserved.

Looking at it that way, what they felt toward Bai Ye was more gratitude than anything else.

"Well, I didn't have any other thoughts at the time."

Back then, he had merely wanted to collect the corpse and alter the course of the story.

While earning some rewards, he had also wanted to see whether he could later arrange an Impure World Reincarnation for Roger.

That was why he had gone there.

As for giving Roger one final measure of respect.

That was probably the smallest, most insignificant reason.

If he had truly gone there for that reason, then there really would have been a ghost.

He had only gone because he thought he could receive rewards.

Looking at it that way, of course he had gone.

It was just that he had never ended up using that thing afterward.

On one hand, his strength had improved, and he simply no longer needed the so-called Impure World Reincarnation to boost his power.

On the other hand,