Identity Exposed

Garp's orders to Bogard regarding Loguetown contained two absolutes in a row, enough to show just how seriously he took the matter. Bogard did not think his vice admiral was making a fuss, because he knew better than anyone how terrifying the man in the photograph was. And that had been thirty-six years ago—who knew how powerful he had become after thirty-six more years?

That man was the same age as Kaido and was now at the absolute peak of his life. Moreover, judging from the photograph, he had remained youthful all this time. That only made him more terrifying.

After Bogard left, Garp continued staring fixedly at the man in the photograph.

"How is this possible? How could he still be alive? Thirty-six years ago, he clearly..."

He muttered in disbelief, his eyes turning bloodshot.

Kuzan stood beside him, his brow tightly furrowed.

"Who exactly is this man, to make Vice Admiral Garp take him so seriously?"

Looking at the man standing beside Nico Robin in the photograph, Kuzan turned his gaze to Garp, waiting for an answer.

Only after a moment did Garp recover from his shock, a complicated look flashing through his eyes.

"You've heard of the Rocks Pirates, haven't you?"

He spoke slowly to Kuzan. Kuzan nodded. Although the Rocks Pirates had long since disbanded by the time he joined the Navy, and even every scrap of information concerning them had been thoroughly erased by the World Government, as a Navy man who had climbed step by step to the position of admiral, he had still heard a thing or two about them.

He knew they had been the rulers of the New World in an era even earlier than the Three Legendary Pirates—Pirate King Roger, Whitebeard Edward Newgate, and Golden Lion Shiki. It also seemed