Crazy Speculation

Amid the vast ruins, an inexplicably oppressive aura spread through the air.

The monk slowly tightened his right hand around the First Generation Kitetsu.

Faced with this sudden outburst, Akainu and Kizaru's expressions immediately darkened.

"Stop it, Monk. Don't joke around with them!" Eir, dressed in a black suit and sporting a long white beard, stepped out from the ruins.

The inexplicably oppressive atmosphere shrouding the area instantly dissipated.

The monk's stern old face eased slightly. As he loosened his grip on the First Generation Kitetsu, he let out an irritated snort.

"Enough. Monk and I will handle things here. There's no point in you staying any longer," Eir instructed calmly.

"Go back and have Sengoku investigate the relationship between Escanor and the Skeleton Archfiend."

"Those two seem as though they sprang out of thin air. There's no background to trace."

"If they are working together, then whether there is some organization behind them remains unknown."

At this point, Eir's expression sank slightly. "Judging from their performances in these battles, whether it is the Skeleton Archfiend or Escanor, who possesses the Paramecia-type Sun Fruit, both possess strength no less than that of a Marine Admiral."

"If there truly is some organization or pirate crew behind them, then the threat they pose may be no less than that of the Rocks Pirates fifty years ago..."

The Rocks Pirates?

Kizaru and Akainu's expressions changed at once.

More than fifty years ago, when the Rocks Pirates had rampaged across the seas and ruled supreme, the two of them had still been fooling around in some unknown corner.

However, even they had heard of that crew's notorious record at sea.

Aside from their captain, Rocks, among the Four Emperors of the present era—Whitebeard, Kaido of the Beasts, and Charlotte Linlin—all had made their fearsome