Meeting Law again (continued)

After a pause, Rayleigh's voice grew distant and dazed.

"That was Roger's assessment of that man!"

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the others grew solemn. Even the former Pirate King had spoken of that Marine in such terms?

"As for me!"

"I consider Xia Le an absolute monster!"

Rayleigh spoke slowly, his voice grave and low.

"A monster?"

A startled expression appeared on Brook's skeletal face.

"Yes!"

"He's a monster through and through. You could say he doesn't possess a single human trait!"

Rayleigh sighed.

His tone was wistful, and memories of the past resurfaced in his mind.

"More than twenty years have slipped by before we knew it!"

"So most people only know that this man is immensely powerful, practically invincible!"

"That monstrous innate gift of his has gradually faded from public view, forgotten by the world!"

Rayleigh continued slowly, his voice heavy.

"Beyond his tremendous strength, he possesses a gift that most people have already forgotten!"

"It was precisely because of this gift that Roger and I once questioned whether he was human!"

By this point, the Straw Hat Pirates looked utterly solemn. Usopp and Chopper exchanged a glance, trembling from head to toe.

"What gift?"

"Is he some demon wearing human skin?"

Rayleigh laughed at that question, but his smile soon faded, replaced by the same shock he had felt twenty years ago, when he first fought that man.

"He can never be killed!"

That simple statement plunged the bar into silence.

Luffy blinked, Zoro looked bewildered, and Sanji stared blankly. None of them seemed to have processed it yet.

"What do you mean, he can't be killed?"

Robin asked in confusion.

She hadn't known this secret.

"Exactly what it sounds like."

Rayleigh smiled faintly.

"Whether his head is cut off with a sword, his heart is struck