World said nothing. He gazed deep into the sky, then turned and followed Ren. Their final act would be an offering to the New Era.
Tears streamed down Red-Hair's face as he shouted, "Why? Why did it have to happen this way?"
Sengoku pressed a hand to his forehead. "As the times change, our time comes to an end."
Garp had returned. His dim eyes were full of longing. "An era is fading, and we've grown old. Yet people from the last generation are still here. I wonder if that's something to laugh at."
His gaze remained sharp, but it could not hide the sadness beneath it.
In the sky, Roger seemed to become a golden star, blazing with light.
Rayleigh raised Tiger Kitetsu and became a silver moon!
Kalpo seized Heaven, controlled the air currents, and gathered them into a bronze comet.
Three men from the last era. They shone in the sky like three stars.
The dark clouds had dispersed, revealing a sky that had already begun to dim. New light poured down, answering the three shining stars from afar!
Whitebeard watched them. "In that era, those three shone like suns. Now they're falling stars. Is my own light still shining?"
He looked at the sons under his command and smiled faintly.
The whole world fell silent. Everyone watched the thunderous clash in the sky, each asking themselves the same question.
The Pol Island War had become the Roger Pirates' final act. Everyone was watching the former Pirate King's end.
Roger might have ushered in the Great Pirate Era by turning himself in, but that had hardly been an ending worthy of the Pirate King. This clash of falling stars was his true final act!
"Kalpo! Rayleigh!" Roger called.
"Roger! Kalpo!" Rayleigh answered.
"Roger! Rayleigh!" Kalpo called back.