Fox Savage

Rogge had already fought his way into the city. Clearly, he had encountered an opponent—a Sea pirate tamed by the World Government.

This man had once been a somewhat famous Sea pirate on the Grand Line. Later, he was defeated by the Sea Marines, but instead of being sent to Impel Down, he was imprisoned on this island and made into a serf here. To put it bluntly, he was just farm labor.

He had become a Sea pirate because he could not get enough to eat. Now that he was fed, he had gradually lost his wildness. He even took the initiative to work. Since he was strong, he quickly integrated into the city. To put it bluntly, he had developed a slave mentality and no longer thought like a normal person.

Rogge knew none of this. He only knew that the man was an enemy who intended to stop him. The man had some strength, but not much. After ten exchanges, Rogge knocked him down. Rogge did not know whether he was dead or alive.

"This should be the place." Rogge arrived before the largest building, where a World Government flag hung at the entrance.

He pressed his hand against the large iron gate, and a transparent glow covered in cracks enveloped it.

"Bang!"

With a slight exertion of force, the gate became nothing before Rogge. Even though it was made of iron, it could only shatter under his Devil Fruit ability.

Rogge walked inside. There were quite a few people beyond the gate, but they had not expected it to fail at stopping him and be smashed so easily.

"Y-you, don't come any closer." The leading official with a black-and-white beard pointed a submachine gun at Rogge.

"Sure." Rogge stopped walking.

"Ah?!!"

The official froze and stared blankly at Rogge. Were his words really that effective?

"Y-you, don't move," the official said nervously.

"Fine, I won't move," Rogge said.

"It really works? I can command him?" The official could hardly believe it.

"Don't move. Did you hear me? Don't move. Tell your companions to stop too. Nobody is allowed to move," the official hurriedly said.

"Pfft!" Rogge could not hold it in any longer. He snickered. "This isn't fun."

"What are you laughing at? You're not allowed to laugh. Swallow it back!" the official shouted, pointing his gun at Rogge.

"All right, I'm done playing. I have things to do." Rogge raised his fist.

"Sky-Shattering Fist."

"Boom!"

Like a bulldozer sweeping through everything in its path, the attack flattened the dozens of World Government personnel before him. Not one of them was intact. Blood dripped from their wounds, though they were not dead yet.

"Hey, where's the treasury?" Rogge grabbed the black-and-white-bearded leader by the neck.

"I... even if I die, I..." The official stiffened his neck, speaking while coughing up blood.

"Is that so? Then I can only kill you." Rogge extended a finger toward his eye.

Watching the finger inch closer and closer to his eye, he finally could not endure it any longer and screamed, "Underground! It's underground! Go in from here, and there's an iron door. As long as you open it, you can get underground!"

"See? Why make things so difficult?" Rogge squeezed his hand shut, snapping the man's neck and giving him a quick death.

Further inside, he indeed found a large door. It was tightly sealed and had both a password lock and a keyhole. Rogge had neither, but before his ability, the door was no different from paper.

"Shatter!"

Rogge pressed his hand against the iron door. Fortunately, even this twenty-centimeter-thick iron door was broken open by his ability.

A staircase leading downward appeared before him. Lights lined the way. Rogge walked down and finally reached the treasury. It did not disappoint him; there were quite a few valuable things inside.

Gold. Beli.

Because Earthfire Island produced grain, its trade was conducted in cash. Gold was hard currency, while Beli were coins. Only those two could truly be called money.

"There should be over a billion Beli here." Rogge grinned, thoroughly satisfied. He really needed to consider what Ham and the others had said. A Sea pirate crew could not consist of just a few people. Perhaps he should recruit more hands.

"There's too much. I'll have to call Jelly over." Rogge looked at the mountain of money before him. This world did not have banks. It would not be easy for him alone to move all this money. Once Jelly arrived, it might be possible. Jelly's ability was very convenient.

"The smell of blood." Just as Rogge returned to the main hall to wait for Jelly and the others, a man who looked like a savage walked in, a whip in his hand.

"Who are you?" Rogge asked, glancing over while drinking.

"It's you, isn't it? The enemy. So much blood... they're all excited. They can't wait to drink blood." The savage ignored Rogge and muttered under his breath.

"Is he an idiot?" Rogge picked up his bottle again.

"Whoosh!"

A whip suddenly lashed out, heading straight for Rogge's throat. Rogge merely tilted aside, and it brushed past the front of his neck.

"Hey, if you don't give me an explanation, someone's going to die." Rogge stopped what he was doing and looked at the savage.

"Go on. Kill him." The savage pulled back his whip.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!!"

Countless shadows appeared behind the man. They moved so quickly that their actions could not be seen clearly. Their bodies were snow-white, blending into the surroundings until their shapes were nearly impossible to make out.

Using Observation Haki, Rogge caught sight of what they were—white foxes. What was most distinctive were their black paws, blood-red eyes, and sharp claws beneath all four feet, allowing them to grip the snow and move swiftly.

"Whoosh!"

One fox pounced. Rogge immediately dodged, but the wine flask in his hand was cut open. Three sharp claw marks appeared on the metal flask, and wine spilled out.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

The foxes moved incredibly fast. Dozens of them kept pouncing at Rogge, launching assassination attacks. Rogge continued to evade. Before today, he might have been injured, but his fight with Hina yesterday had allowed his Observation Haki to break through. Now, he could completely grasp the foxes' movements.

His Observation Haki could not foresee too far ahead. Instead, it slowed things down, just like Sanji's. In his eyes, every movement became extremely slow. No matter how fast the foxes were, Rogge could still catch them.

"Looks like you've got some skill. Die for me." After seeing the foxes' repeated attacks fail, the savage decided to act himself. He flicked his whip, lashing it fiercely toward Rogge.

"Crack!"

Rogge reached out and caught the whip. The foxes seemed to see an opening and swarmed him. In an instant, dozens of claw marks appeared across Rogge's body.

"Come here." Rogge suddenly yanked the whip. The savage apparently had not expected Rogge to be so strong. Before he could react, Rogge dragged him over, then raised his fist and swung it at the approaching savage.

"Die." The power of the Chop-Chop Fruit appeared around Rogge's fist.