Rogue Town, the starting town of the East Blue. Pirates from the East Blue who wanted to enter the Grand Line would stock up in Rogue Town before setting sail.
The weakest sea, a symbol of peace—those were all names for the East Blue.
Yet this sea was strange. Among the Four Seas, it had the lowest average bounties, but the people who rose from the East Blue always caused the greatest upheavals.
Since the announcement that Roger would be executed here, traffic to and from Rogue Town had increased. People from the Grand Line and the other three seas were all making their way here, hoping to witness Roger's final moment.
Roger was being held in the Marine base at Rogue Town.
The other cells had already been emptied. Compared to Roger, those prisoners were insignificant.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
A series of footsteps approached. Garp carried an oil lamp to Roger's cell.
On the day of the execution, Marines like him and Sengoku would hide in the shadows. If anyone tried to rescue Roger, that was when they would strike and capture them all.
Garp had come now to see Roger one last time.
"Garp, I can trust you, can't I?"
Seeing Garp, Roger began talking as though to himself.
"My child will be born soon, but unfortunately, I won't live to see that day. By then, I won't be in this world anymore."
"Why are you telling me, a Marine, this? His mother, and any woman connected to you, will definitely be executed."
Garp knew exactly what the World Government would do. It was because he disagreed with some of the World Government's actions that he had always refused promotion to admiral, avoiding the possibility of having to shoulder certain duties.
"That is precisely why I'm telling you.