The Third Time-This Is the Current [Scholar] Advancement Quest (Continued)

The bald member of the Five Elders adjusted his glasses and spoke calmly.

"Ever since Shanks formed that so-called 'Red Hair Pirates,' I've had a rough idea in mind."

The Five Elders stood at the pinnacle of the World Government's power and held secrets about the seas that few others knew.

One of those secrets was the God Valley Incident, more than twenty years ago!

In Sea Circle Calendar 1484, the Rocks Pirates, led by Rocks D. Zebek, attacked the forbidden land of God Valley. Their crew included such renowned powerhouses as Edward Newgate, Golden Lion Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin. They intended to slaughter every Celestial Dragon living on that sacred ground and use the victory to rule the seas.

But "the unstoppable army of evil" was "stopped by a Marine Vice Admiral named Garp"!! Those were Sengoku the Buddha's own words.

From then on, Garp was known as the Hero of the Marines.

What the world did not know was that the Roger Pirates, led by the future Pirate King Gol D. Roger, had also played a crucial part in the God Valley Incident!

Even fewer knew that, after the battle at God Valley, two infant crew members had joined the Roger Pirates!

"Shanks... Roger..."

The black-hatted Elder, whose hair was braided all over, unconsciously touched the scar beside his forehead. Memory flickered in his eyes.

This Elder, who oversaw the World Government's legal affairs, had been at the God Valley Incident himself!

A member of the Rocks Pirates had left that scar during the battle!

And that was not all.

Unlike the other Elders, who were in good health, the black-hatted Elder needed a cane even to walk!

That, too, was an indelible injury left by the God Valley Incident.

How else could a man at the very