"Wait... Rayleigh? Could it be..."
"My god, even Dark King Rayleigh is entering? If a legendary figure like him is competing, wouldn't whoever got matched against him be doomed?"
"How terrifying. On our side, I'm afraid only Pops could beat Rayleigh..."
"I think if Captain Marco got serious, he might have a chance of winning."
While everyone was discussing this, Marco continued announcing, "Next is the list of participants from the Whitebeard Pirates. Representing us will be Ace, myself, Marco, and Pops, Edward Newgate!"
After Marco finished, the entire arena was shocked again.
"No way! Pops is competing too?"
"My god, I haven't seen Pops make a move since I came aboard."
"This is getting huge. On Lin Mo's side, the only one who can be Pops's opponent is probably Dark King Rayleigh."
"This is interesting. I'm really looking forward to these matches."
"Hey, don't get ahead of yourselves. The match order and opponents will be decided by drawing lots. Pops's opponent might not be Rayleigh."
Everyone continued discussing it.
Ace, standing beside Whitebeard, shifted his gaze toward Rayleigh when he heard the name Dark King Rayleigh.
Earlier, on the Inkman, Whitebeard had mentioned Rayleigh's name, but Ace had not taken it to heart at the time. Or rather, he had not thought much of it at all.
But now, when Rayleigh's epithet was revealed, he was certain. This Rayleigh was the vice-captain of the crew led by Roger, the father he had always refused to acknowledge.
Although Ace had always denied that Roger was his father and had even hated Roger, he still knew something about people like Rayleigh, Gaban, and Bullet, former members of the Roger Pirates.
He hated Roger, but when faced with the former members of the Roger Pirates—especially Rayleigh, who had fought alongside Roger all