"Captain Roger?"
"Rocks... Captain Rocks?"
At the sight of those two familiar figures, Roger and Rocks, Golden Lion and Gaban's jaws dropped!
Was... was I seeing ghosts?
"Hahaha, you brainless, stinking lion! Lord Rono has already brought Roger and Captain Rocks back to life! Look at you, acting like you've never seen anything!"
"Exactly. You're still the same hopeless idiot you always were, you stinking lion."
"Gurararara! Golden Lion, you're such a fool!"
The Rocks Pirates immediately began mocking Golden Lion without mercy.
"Damn it, you bastards are just as infuriating as ever!" Golden Lion snapped.
"What's wrong, you stinking lion? Want a fight?"
"I'm fired up right now, and my fists are itching, you stinking lion!"
"Let's throw this stinking lion into the sea!"
"Good idea. I'm in!"
"Let's get him!"
Soon, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, Silver Axe, and even Whitebeard and the other old members of the Rocks Pirates advanced on Golden Lion, itching for action and wearing wicked grins.
"You... stay away from me!"
Golden Lion retreated in a panic, showing none of the grandeur he had possessed when competing with Roger and Whitebeard for supremacy.
After all... ever since escaping from Impel Down by cutting off his own feet, Golden Lion's strength had fallen far below what it once was.
Without his former strength, Golden Lion was like a lion that had lost its teeth. Knowing that age had weakened him, he could no longer spar with these old comrades who were still in their prime.
In his prime, Golden Lion would not have feared even the combined might of Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, and Silver Axe.
So what if I took a beating? It's not like I've never been beaten before!
Give my wounds three days to heal, and I'd be a tough-as-nails man again!