They reached Laugh Tale again with ease, since Rogge had already recorded its location with an Eternal Pose.
After they arrived, Rogge spotted the Straw Hats on the island. They had actually stayed here instead of leaving, waiting for him. He also saw the Red Hair Pirates.
"You came looking for this, didn't you?" Red-Hair asked Rogge.
Rogge looked past him at what lay behind him.
"That's right. This is what Joy Boy left behind all those years ago, the thing Roger found," Rogge said with a nod.
"Unfortunately, it's no good anymore." Red-Hair shook his head.
"Hm?" Rogge frowned.
Behind Red-Hair stood an egg, a giant egg covered in red spots. It was enormous. Some people might not remember this egg, but anyone who had seen the Strong World Arc would have some vague recollection of it. There had been just such a giant egg aboard Roger's ship.
The egg had been placed here alongside the Poneglyph back then. Rogge had already found the answer to its origins in the Poneglyph: it was the offspring of the creature atop the Red Line. In plain terms, a second King could hatch from this egg.
"This egg lost all signs of life long ago," Chopper said.
"No signs of life? You're joking, right?" Rogge refused to believe that explanation and strode forward.
Red-Hair, Luffy, and the others stepped forward to stop him. But Rogge was no longer the man he had been before. He took his first step forward.
Boom!
A wave of Conqueror's Haki erupted. In an instant, everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates except the Monster Trio and Jinbe was blasted away. The same happened to the Red Hair Pirates. Red-Haired Shanks, Benn Beckman, and a few others were unharmed, but their subordinates could not withstand it and were