Gordon looked at the resolute Shanks.
"I understand..."
"I'll pass on the legacy of every music-loving resident of Elegia to Uta."
"I'll make sure Uta becomes the greatest singer in the world."
He raised his right hand as though taking an oath and shouted after the departing Red Hair Pirates.
Already aboard their ship, they all took one last look at the island.
Reluctance lingered in everyone's eyes. Shanks gazed at the island in silence.
Then he turned to face the several warships approaching them.
A wisp of red energy flowed around the long blade in his hand.
"Yarudamo!"
"We're setting sail!!!!"
The next day.
Countless News Coos flew in every direction, and the world was shocked by the Red Hair Pirates' destruction of an entire kingdom.
East Blue, Shimotsuki Village.
Shimotsuki Koshiro sipped his tea with a gentle expression, watching the two children spar in the courtyard.
Smack-
With a sharp crack, a little girl struck down a green-haired boy shorter than her, ending the fight.
The green-haired boy looked frustrated.
"Damn it!!!"
Shimotsuki Koshiro smiled, took a sip of tea, and set down his cup.
He picked up the latest newspaper and leafed through it, then suddenly frowned.
"Elegia..."
"Every resident wiped out... this is truly terrible."
In the kitchen of the Baratie, a restaurant staffed by pirates.
Apart from Sanji, Judge's fourth son, who had appeared there at some unknown point, everyone was shocked by that day's newspaper.
Patty, the fat chef chopping meat, spoke as he cooked.
"They actually wiped out a kingdom."
"What a lunatic."
Beside him, a thin chef whose knife moved fast enough to leave afterimages remarked casually.
"What a hopeless monster."
"But he is a pirate, after all."
Zeff, the head chef and owner, walked in.
He picked up the