It was a foregone, irrevocable conclusion, and killing Billy was out of the question.
Give me some time, I am bound to train this dog into shape, Rogge thought with bloodshot eyes.
Everyone wore an expression of extreme difficulty and utter disgust.
Lassoo was a possibility, but Billy?
Even if Nirvana from Enel's subordinates came over, the dog would still be the same—wanting to tame it?
He would probably go mad first.
Taming Billy to be obedient and fight was, in their view, no less difficult than Rogge becoming the King of the People.
So be it, Rogge was going to complete this immensely difficult task.
Enel and the others could only look upon Rogge with deep respect, hoping he could hang in there... and persevere.
Half a month after the Marineford War.
The world had plunged into chaos. First, Marine Headquarters was destroyed, and a large number of escapees broke out of Impel Down. Although the World Government wanted to cover it up, too many people had escaped; while it could be hidden from ordinary people, for the pirates of the New World, this was a bad sign.
Also, because of Whitebeard's death, a massive number of ordinary people became pirates. Without Whitebeard as a towering mountain, coupled with Whitebeard's dying words, countless people boarded pirate ships, became pirates, and set sail for the Grand Line.
The Supernovas of Luffy's generation also entered the New World, and Luffy made newspaper headlines for going to Marine Headquarters to ring the bell, escorted as he was by Rayleigh and Jinbe.
Aside from these events, the pirate crews under Rogge's command all dispersed. Everyone headed to various parts of the New World to recruit subordinates. These were figures of legend who had once been imprisoned in Level Six of Impel Down; their