Seeing Some Old Friends

Rochi did not look back, letting the gale whip through his black hair. His voice was calm, without the slightest ripple.

Boa Hancock took a deep breath. Beneath her cloak, her long, fair hands clenched tightly as though she had made an enormous decision.

"I want you to help Luffy save his brother, Fire Fist Ace!"

For an instant, the air seemed to freeze.

Rochi slowly turned around and looked the renowned Pirate Empress up and down as if she were an idiot—a woman who had completely lost her mind over love.

"Can't do it."

Rochi refused without hesitation, his voice carrying undisguised mockery.

"Have you been stuck on this island so long that your brain rusted over too?"

"At the level of a meat grinder like the Summit War, it'll be an all-out war between Whitebeard and the entire Marine Headquarters."

Rochi rose to his feet.

"Not even counting those two old monsters, Sengoku and Garp."

"Any one of the three Admirals could pin me down and beat me senseless."

"You want me to protect some burden with no self-awareness who jumped straight into the fire? Do you really think I'm a god?"

Hearing his merciless disparagement, Boa Hancock's expression instantly turned ugly, her pale face tinged with humiliated gray.

"Are you trying to break our agreement?!"

Boa Hancock gritted her teeth.

"I'm not planning to break it."

With both hands in his pockets, Rochi stepped before Boa Hancock and stared down at her furious eyes.

"On the day of the execution, I'll make a trip to Marine Headquarters."

A chilling glint of deep blue flashed through Rochi's eyes. "When the time comes, I'll hold off one Marine Admiral for that Straw Hat brat."

"As for whether he can save the man in the end, or whether he'll die