King!

"I'm truly sorry that you had to travel all the way from the New World to the Grand Line because of me!"

Aboard the Immortal, Vivi stood before Li with her head lowered, nervously twisting the hem of her clothes. The Kingdom of Alabasta was very far from the New World; the voyage alone would take at least one or two months. That was why Vivi felt so apologetic. Li was a pirate, inherently opposed to kingdoms and governments like hers. Yet when things came to a critical point, the World Government had not stepped in, and it was Li, a pirate, who had to help. It was a huge irony.

"It's fine. We haven't gone to sea in ten years, so we'll treat this as a little trip!" Li smiled, though he had other thoughts in mind. Judging by the timeline, Luffy and the others had already set sail, gathered crewmates, and formed the Straw Hat Pirates. Not long ago, Shanks had received a new wanted poster for Luffy. Supposedly, he had defeated Arlong, the overlord of the East Blue, and the government had placed a bounty of thirty million Beli on his head. The Straw Hat Pirates had begun to make a name for themselves.

Luffy had set sail, and based on the original timeline, he should have already crossed Reverse Mountain and entered the Grand Line. He should also be somewhere near the Kingdom of Alabasta by now. If things continued like this, it would not be long before the War of the Best broke out. The cause would be Ace. Not long ago, Blackbeard had killed one of Whitebeard's commanders, seized the Dark-Dark Fruit, and formed the Blackbeard Pirates. Ace was currently hunting Blackbeard down. Although Li had spent the past ten years in seclusion, that