The Painful Past

"Who let you into my home? How dare you touch my things?" Cook made no attempt to hide the fury in his eyes. Even Rogge was shocked by the killing intent radiating from him.

This was only the second time he had shown such murderous intent. The first seemed to have been in the West Blue. Cook had not yet joined them then. When he went after the Heavenly Tribute, Cook had attacked the World Government's transport ships, and that was when he had revealed his killing intent.

Because he had believed Rogge was not a good person for daring to attack the World Government, Cook had joined the Asura Pirates. As he gradually came to understand what Rogge and the others were like, he knew that even after Rogge accepted the Shichibukai's invitation, Rogge was absolutely not the kind of person who would submit to others. The Shichibukai title was merely a temporary arrangement.

The killing intent radiating from Cook made the fury in his heart obvious. What concerned Rogge most was Cook's surname.

Fisher—the name of the Fish-Man Tribe hero Fisher Tiger. If Cook really was related to Fisher Tiger, that would also explain why Cook had once been a captain in the Neptune King's Army.

First of all, the Neptune King's Army was the strongest force under the Merfolk King's family. Jinbe had once been its captain, but after joining Fisher Tiger's Sun Pirates, he had followed Fisher Tiger out to sea. The person who inherited Jinbe's position might have been Cook.

Perhaps something had happened during that time, causing Cook to resign as captain and leave his homeland for the West Blue.

Hyouzou had sobered up considerably as well. He said with a smile, "No one has lived here for about seven or eight years, so