Two Men Doomed to Die Young (Part Three)

Kan Shu Wang LA—read the latest chapters of Pirate's Conquest of the World first!

Rogge stopped and looked at the shattered mochi scattered across the ground. The killing intent around him gradually faded. He was in no hurry to attack.

Katakuri's body recovered, and before long he stood facing Rogge again. Their eyes met.

"So that's your Devil Fruit power. Cracker and the others knew it well, and now I see why. Anyone who didn't know better might think you were Whitebeard," Katakuri said.

Katakuri was hardly alone in thinking that. Anyone who had seen Whitebeard fight would understand why the moment they saw Rogge in action.

Queen clapped his hands. "So it was true! When that idiot Jack came back, Kaido and the rest of us didn't believe him. I never thought it would actually be true. The Chop-Chop Fruit, right? It can hold its own against the Tremor-Tremor Fruit."

"His power is just like Pops'," said a young man with freckles.

"It's not the same Devil Fruit. His power might produce a similar effect, but it can't match Pops' in strength," said a man beside him with a pompadour.

"They're both seriously strong. I'm not confident I could beat Katakuri. I'd probably lose," the freckled young man said.

"That's only normal! Hahaha. Anyway, Ace, it looks like they aren't going to keep fighting," the man with the pompadour said.

"Really?" Ace looked over.

The two were members of the Whitebeard Pirates: Fire Fist Ace, the Second Division Commander, and Thatch, the 4th Division Commander.

Katakuri and Rogge had indeed stopped fighting. They watched each other, neither showing any intention of making another move.

"What's that supposed to mean? You don't plan to continue?" Rogge asked.

Katakuri glanced around. "I'm not in the habit of being gawked at like