Shiki's Condition

Oak had been invited by Shiki into the largest antique building on Floating Island. Because he had been carelessly unleashing his Conqueror's Haki, no one else remained in the building now. There were only him, Shiki, Nami, and Robin.

"How are you alive?"

Shiki sat at the head of the room and curiously questioned Oak below him.

Decades ago, the World Government had publicly announced this man's death, and the monster deep within the Holy Land had personally acted. Shiki had learned that later from Sengoku, Garp, and the others.

Yet now, Oak was standing perfectly well before him again.

"What kind of question is that!"

Oak shot him an annoyed look.

"I wasn't dead in the first place, alright!"

So, he briefly told Golden Lion what had happened back then.

"I see!"

Shiki suddenly understood after hearing it.

Oak looked at him.

"But you, after all these years, how have you ended up worse off than before!"

"Even trash like Roger became the Pirate King. Newgate at least took a seat among the Four Emperors and was hailed as the world's strongest man. But look at you. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

The disdain in Oak's gaze toward Shiki was unmistakable.

Being looked down on so openly, Shiki could not sit still any longer.

"Newgate is the world's strongest my ass. Forget that monster in the Holy Land—during the period when he started being called the strongest, could he have beaten me, Roger, and Garp?"

Shiki did not acknowledge Newgate's title as the strongest. In his view, to be called the strongest, Newgate would at least have had to surpass him, Roger, and Garp in their prime.

"As for Roger..."

When Roger was mentioned, Golden Lion's eyes grew somewhat gloomy, as though he did not know what to say.

"I heard