The wish they once had

The East Blue had been known as the Weakest Sea for a very long time. That reputation could even be traced back eight hundred years, to before the World Government was founded.

It was not because of Garp. The East Blue had been branded the weakest long before him.

Yet the East Blue had produced a Pirate King, which gave it a different kind of fame. Even when people called them the weakest, its people would lift their chins and declare that Pirate King Roger had come from the East Blue.

Of course, Roger was also the reason the World Government paid so much special attention to the East Blue. Since it had produced one Pirate King, the World Government feared it might produce another, so they purged it again and again, making it even weaker. Now, the biggest bounty belonged to the Arlong Pirates, who had come from the Grand Line.

"Do you remember what we said back in the West Blue, before we crossed Reverse Mountain?" Rogge asked Ham and the other three with a smile.

Jelly and Ares tilted their heads, trying to remember, while Ham and Cook smiled.

"We said that if we'd set out from the East Blue, we probably would've started in Loguetown, right?" Ham said with a smile.

"Now that we're in the East Blue, how could we not visit Loguetown?" Rogge smiled.

"A town named after you?" Enel asked, looking puzzled.

Rogge and the others all laughed. Only Enel, Gavin, and Taishan had no idea what they were talking about.

"Loguetown has nothing to do with Rogge. It's a world-famous town. When its name first spread around the world, Rogge was probably still a little brat," Ham said with a laugh.

"Then why are we going to Loguetown?" Enel asked.

Rogge smiled.