"Hahaha! That's Roger for you!"
"He survived even that."
Shiki laughed with delight.
He had been ready to accept that his old rival was dead. Then came word that the Roger Pirates had not been wiped out.
One member after another was found or came forward on his own.
Once Shiki knew for certain that Roger was alive, even his meals tasted better.
Roger had little time left. He could no longer compete with Shiki, nor would he try.
But what fun was the sea without Roger?
"What a pain."
"Why couldn't he just stay dead? Now he has to make trouble for me."
On Dragon Island, Zack, the "Overlord Dragon," stared at Kozuki Oden's picture in the newspaper and spoke irritably.
To him, Oden was trouble. The man could threaten his rule over Dragon Island.
Besides, Wano Country had been destroyed. Only a small number of its people still clung to life.
The Kurozumi Clan and the World Government had been behind it.
But no matter how Oden looked at it, Zack was implicated.
Would Oden believe any explanation?
Zack had no intention of explaining himself anyway.
Wano Country had all but fallen. Even with Oden, its diminished strength was not enough to make Zack wary.
In the past, what had threatened the Overlord Dragon Pirates was Wano Country's combined might and its many powerful fighters.
Over the years, Wano Country had grown weaker while the Overlord Dragon Pirates had grown stronger.
The Overlord Dragon Pirates had known what was happening there all along.
They had even helped it along from the shadows.
They sealed the borders and strictly forbade the transport of supplies.
They left Wano Country's people to fend for themselves.
To the Overlord Dragon Pirates, the people native to Wano Country were a thorn in their