Golden Ship, Part Four

After settling Caesar in and leaving him supplies, Rogge completely took control of him. Once the man realized there was something wrong with him, he would definitely try to undo the virus, so Rogge also arranged for a pirate crew to stay by his side and monitor him for a year.

Rogge was not exactly famous in the New World now, and there were plenty of trash pirates who wanted to follow him. Rogge had money, too, so he naturally put these pirates to use, assigning them tasks in various places.

By relying on Rogge for a year, they would have plenty of money to make. Although they were staying on Punk Hazard, they could still go to Dressrosa for fun. It was not far away.

Rogge and the others arrived at the distribution center. They mainly wanted to have a look around before finding somewhere to vacation. In the end, Rogge chose not an island, but that fellow Tesoro's Gran Tesoro.

Rogge looked down on Tesoro, but he could not deny that Tesoro had used the Gold-Gold Fruit to create the greatest gold scam in the world. Even pawnshops across the globe had instituted a rule requiring all gold they received to be washed with seawater first.

Tesoro's rise had been simple, much like Rogge's. The difference was that Rogge had taken things from the Celestial Dragons, stealing three Devil Fruits outright.

Tesoro, meanwhile, had stolen something from Donquixote Doflamingo. Taking advantage of the chaos, he stole Doflamingo's Gold-Gold Fruit. He then used the gold created by the Gold-Gold Fruit to sell goods around the world, exchanging the gold produced by the fruit's ability for vast amounts of cash.

Finally, he converted all that cash into genuine gold. Through this back-and-forth buying and selling, Tesoro accumulated enormous wealth in