MAX

"What a magnificent spirit!"

At this moment, even though their positions were different, Baroba couldn't help praising him aloud.

"But don't expect me to show you any mercy because of that. I hate pirates more than anything..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air around Baroba began to sear, and his skin started turning bright red.

"Muscle Enhancement · MAX!"

"Arm Strength Enhancement · MAX!"

"Leg Strength Enhancement · MAX!"

"Skin Enhancement · MAX!"

"Skeletal Enhancement · MAX!"

Thirty years earlier, when Baroba was still a child.

His hometown was a small island called Baroba in the New World.

That's right—Baroba wasn't his real name. It was the name of his hometown.

As for what his real name had been, he had long since forgotten.

As a member of CP0, he had no need for a name. A codename was enough.

No one would have guessed that Baroba, who had now become a member of CP0, a spy for the World Government, and someone who hated pirates so deeply, had dreamed of becoming a pirate as a child. His idol was the man whose existence had been concealed by the World Government: Rocks D. Zebek.

That was only natural.

"What could stop a man from going out to sea?"

Those words applied not only to the present, but also to the past—or rather, to every era.

Otherwise, why had so many outstanding men gone out to sea and become pirates over the centuries?

And if the current era belonged to Roger...

Then thirty years ago, the Grand Line had belonged to Rocks.

In fact, Rocks had been even more terrifying than Roger in that era. He had truly ruled the Grand Line, forcing even the World Government to avoid his edge, until he was finally defeated at