A Chance Encounter with Roger (Seeking Flowers, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Five billion Berry for you once it's done," Rocks said flatly.

The total reward for Whitebeard and Patri Vic came to fifteen billion Berry—no small sum. Rocks was being quite generous this time.

Rocks had sent the two of them to kill Byrnndi World precisely to establish his authority.

He was the captain of the Rocks Pirates. The dignity of that position brooked no challenge.

As for money, he didn't place much weight on it. What he wanted was the supreme power of this world—to become its ruler.

Fifteen billion Berry meant little next to his wealth.

If spending fifteen billion Berry could make Patri Vic and Whitebeard more loyal, then it was all worth it.

"Captain Rocks, let me go. I'll do it for six billion Berry, and I'll bring back Byrnndi World's corpse," Charlotte Linlin chimed in.

After all, if the Rocks Pirates ever disbanded, Berry would be crucial.

Only with enough Berry could one build up their own crew on a large scale.

They had joined the Rocks Pirates with ulterior motives, but their ultimate goal was still to make money.

She wouldn't let any chance to earn big slip by.

"I've already decided. Say no more." Rocks swept his gaze calmly over the few of them and spoke flatly.

"Let's go, Vic."

Whitebeard smiled and patted Patri Vic on the shoulder.

Rocks gave them a sub-ship and assigned them a navigator.

The many officers on the ship watched Patri Vic and Whitebeard's retreating backs with envy and jealousy.

In their eyes, fifteen billion Berry was already as good as theirs.

Patri Vic and the others first went to the coating area in the New World, then sailed their ship down to Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters beneath the sea.

"Fish-men living ten thousand meters down are worth a lot," the navigator said, licking his lips greedily as he gazed at Fish-Man Island.

"We're not after fish-men," Whitebeard said coldly, shooting him a glance.

"Yes, yes." The navigator gave an awkward laugh and steered the ship upward.

Soon they left Fish-Man Island and arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.

It was just as described in the records—vast and bustling.

"Let's scout for news on Byrnndi World first," Patri Vic suggested.

They only knew that Byrnndi World had come to the first half of the Grand Line; where exactly, they had no idea.

"I'm a bit hungry too."

Whitebeard agreed, then turned to the navigator behind him and said, "Keep an eye on our ship."

"Yes, yes." Though the navigator was also hungry, he didn't dare defy an officer like Whitebeard.

Sabaody Archipelago was enormous.

They arrived at a certain area, which mainly had sightseeing spots and souvenir shops.

There were also quite a few taverns.

They headed to a relatively upscale tavern on Sabaody Archipelago.

They didn't care about spending—because they hadn't brought any money at all.

The tavern was doing good business, with plenty of people. Inside, Patri Vic thought he spotted a familiar back.

He walked over and sat down next to that pirate. Taking a closer look, his pupils contracted sharply.

Well, well—it was Roger!

He wore a straw hat and a red coat, with two curled mustaches. (Don't nitpick about nose hairs; the author knows.)

"Hahaha..."

Roger was chatting with his crewmates when he turned and saw Patri Vic sitting beside him.

Roger paused for a moment, then, as if realizing something, said with slight surprise, "Patri Vic of the Rocks Pirates?"

As an officer of the Rocks Pirates, Patri Vic's bounty had risen to five hundred million over the past year.

Roger, a famous pirate in the first half of the Grand Line, naturally knew quite a bit about the Rocks Pirates in the New World.

He had clearly seen the wanted posters of every officer in the Rocks Pirates.

So he couldn't be mistaken.

Sitting next to him was none other than Rocks Pirates officer Patri Vic.

"R-Rocks?" The tavern patrons shuddered at the name.

Though Rocks was a pirate from the New World, his reputation was thunderous.

Even pirates in the first half of the Grand Line knew that name.

After all, he dared to openly defy the World Government, attack its member nations, and even kill a Navy Admiral during a Marine siege.

All signs pointed to the Rocks Pirates being terrifyingly powerful.

With the Rocks Pirates being so fearsome, any pirate who could board their ship was naturally no simple character.

"Is he an officer of the Rocks Pirates?"

Rayleigh and Gaban, seated beside Roger, instantly drew their weapons, rising to their feet with solemn expressions as they fixed their gazes on Patri Vic, ready to fight at any moment.

"Put your weapons down. You're still far from his level," Roger warned them.

Roger didn't want their actions to provoke Patri Vic.

Because as far as he remembered, the officers of the Rocks Pirates were all lawless, vicious, and overwhelmingly strong pirates.

Rayleigh and Gaban were no pushovers, but compared to the officers of the Rocks Pirates, they likely still fell short.

"Do you know them, Vic?"

Whitebeard walked over to Patri Vic's side, casting a casual glance at Roger as he asked.

Whitebeard didn't pay attention to news from the first half of the Grand Line, so he didn't recognize Roger.

As for why Patri Vic recognized Roger, it was because he was the Pirate King in the original story.

"No," Patri Vic replied with a slight shake of his head.

This was his first time meeting Roger in this world. If he claimed to know him, wouldn't that be strange?

"Edward, an officer of the Rocks Pirates!" Gaban exclaimed in surprise, staring at the tall man beside him.

Whitebeard's bounty had now reached over a billion Berry, nearly three times higher than Patri Vic's.

When the tavern's patrons learned that two officers of the Rocks Pirates had arrived, they all fled, and even the owner dared not linger.

In an instant, the entire tavern was left with only the Roger Pirates, Whitebeard, and Patri Vic.

"Is there something the Rocks Pirates want with me?" Roger asked with a calm smile.

"We're not here to fight. We just want to ask about something," Patri Vic said, his expression composed as he rested his chin on his hand.

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