"Roger... was this... your plan?"
Inside a building near the execution platform, Garp clenched his fists. He had known that Roger did not have long to live; after all, it had been strange enough that the rival he had chased for most of his life had chosen to turn himself in.
But Garp had never expected Roger to use his own death to spread such news.
The Pirate King's treasure, the legendary Great Treasure—he could no longer imagine the impact those words would have.
"That bastard... so this was his goal."
If Garp felt shaken, then Sengoku was simply furious.
With that single sentence, Roger had turned all the Navy's efforts over the past few months into nothing.
The boiling atmosphere in Rogue Town was enough to reveal everything. Under Roger's provocation, how many people would set foot on the path of piracy?
Whoosh~
Lyliana pulled a huge umbrella from her Book of Life, shielding herself from the rain above.
She was long past the age of frolicking wildly in the rain. To her, using an umbrella when it rained was simply common sense, though this umbrella was even larger than the sunshades found on beaches.
"He smiled from beginning to end. Was all of this part of his plan?"
"Perhaps. He used his life to open the door to an era of chaos.
Get ready to go home, everyone. We need to prepare for the impact to come.
Before long, pirates will start appearing near our borders."
As part of the Grand Line, Firefly Island could not remain detached from the world in this era. Preparing for battle was the only option.
As for why Roger had kept smiling, Oran could not say for certain.
Perhaps, like Lyliana thought, Roger was happy because all of this had gone according