Watching Roger's Execution at the Start of My Life as a Pirate

Young Soccer Star

Sabaody Archipelago, Grove 21, a bar.

"There sure are a lot of people here. Say... could you buy me a drink?"

"You... sea trash!"

Whoosh!

A cold voice cut through the crowd. Heads turned toward its source as a tall Marine of about twenty stepped forward. He had rugged features and a piercing gaze.

"A Marine Vice Admiral? Could it be that man...?"

"Must be. He's the only one on Sabaody with that kind of presence!"

Gellman, seated at the bar, had noticed the commotion Atlas caused. He brushed aside his disheveled long hair and smiled at her through hazy eyes. "Is this... a drink to buy my life?"

"What a fierce stare. No wonder you're a Supernova with a bounty of 220 million Beli." Atlas looked Gellman up and down, then her expression abruptly turned cold.

"But... what gave you the nerve to act tough in front of me?"

Whoosh!

The moment she finished speaking, Atlas's hand blurred toward Gellman's face.

Smack!

Her palm struck his cheek with a piercing whistle. A dull, heavy thud followed.

"So you're a Logia user."

"How..."

"Interesting!"

Atlas looked at the puddle of muck on the floor. Bubbles rose from it now and then, and the bar's floor was rapidly breaking down. A strong stench of rot filled the room.

"That guy has a rare Logia Devil Fruit!"

"No wonder his bounty is so much higher than the other Supernovas'. That young Marine Vice Admiral is in trouble now."

"Heh! It's just a Logia Devil Fruit. Don't underestimate our Vice Admiral!"

"I heard Vice Admiral Atlas beat a pirate on the level of a Shichibukai back when she was still a recruit."

"Seriously? She's that strong?"

A Logia Devil Fruit, said to be the strongest of the three types, had