No Second Chance, Robin

The Corleone Family was a crime family that had risen to power only recently.

In just over a decade, it had become the largest underground power in the West Blue. Its founder, Corleone Vito, deserved much of the credit.

Now in his thirties, the blond man was ambitious and far-sighted. He had tried every means he could to put Bako in command of the West Blue First Branch.

With the underworld and the Marines working together, the Corleone Family's position in the West Blue would be secure for years to come.

So I'm part of the reason this happened?

Noah puzzled over it.

The Corleone Family had become a giant of the West Blue underworld only half a year ago. Before that, the formidable Capone Family had kept it down for years.

That was right.

It was the same Capone Family Noah had encountered during his first trip to the West Blue, when he took part in the practical assessment.

In that battle, the West Blue Underground Alliance organized by the Capone Family had suffered a devastating blow. Several pirate captains with bounties in the tens of millions had been captured or killed.

Its strongest fighter, "Giant Bear" Sano, had fallen to Noah's sword on the spot.

The Corleone Family had seized the opening, destroyed the Capone Family, and taken its place.

Only one member of the Capone Family's main bloodline had survived: the family head's nephew. He had escaped the encirclement and vanished.

His name was Capone Bege.

If I hadn't come to the West Blue, would the next decade or so of underworld history have been some wild tale of revenge?

That might have happened if Noah had never arrived. But now that he was here, Capone Bege would have no part in it.

As soon as he