Pirate: Immortal, I Maxed Out Conqueror's Haki First

Burning Ambition

South Blue, Baterilla Island.

Pink petals, lilting music, glasses of crimson wine, a white wedding dress, and a green lawn mingled with laughter to make up a modest wedding celebration.

In this little town, hardly known even across South Blue, a couple walked arm in arm toward their new life together, happiness written across their faces.

Today, Baterilla Island was hosting a joyous wedding.

On the stage, a mustached man stood beside a young woman in a wedding dress. Smiling, they followed the master of ceremonies through a few simple exchanges.

Everyone was caught up in the celebration. No one noticed three men in casual clothes quietly take seats at a round table in the corner.

Xia Le watched the couple onstage, his eyes narrowing slightly.

They had reached South Blue seven days earlier. After making a series of inquiries, they had finally arrived on this island today.

By coincidence, they had arrived during a wedding.

The atmosphere was lively, but Xia Le kept his eyes on the couple.

No one would have imagined that the world-famous Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, stood on that wedding stage now, holding a woman's hand and entering a new life of happiness like any ordinary man.

Across from Xia Le, Crocodile stared at Roger's face in astonishment.

"How did you know?"

The question came from Bullet, seated on Xia Le's other side. His voice was grave.

No one in the world would have thought the Pirate King was hiding on an obscure island in South Blue, in a town of only a few hundred people—much less that he would be getting married right in front of them.

Yet the moment Xia Le entered South Blue, he had headed straight for this island.

How had he known?

"A little guidance from fate,