The heights bred false supporters, twilight revealed the faithful: sworn to follow Lord Roy to the death

"If you want to stay, just follow me."

"We'll slaughter the Red Hair Pirates, force our way into the New World, drag down one of the Five Emperors in the most ruthless way, and claim a seat among them once and for all!"

"That would be a tale worth telling."

After those words, the atmosphere grew even colder.

Even Loya, Mel, and the others felt a biting chill.

Whether it was Roy telling them to leave or those invincible declarations of sweeping everything aside,

or even the fact that he had secretly killed members under the Red Hair Pirates, all of it was enough to shake them.

As expected of Roy, he had calculated everything long ago.

Even alone, he had the invincible spirit to fight his way out of an encirclement.

Bullet still fell far short.

However, the perceptive ones, such as Brook and Siro, realized something.

Roy seemed to have military forces hidden away.

Otherwise, he would not have said he was secretly attacking the Red Hair Pirates.

And Brook already had a guess.

Back on Thriller Bark, Roy had revealed several terrifying presences.

The Shadow General in particular had used his formidable combat strength to work with Roy and overwhelmingly subdue Kuma of the Shichibukai.

But tonight, he did not seem to have appeared.

Those figures had not appeared either.

Otherwise, Roy's battle tonight could not have been so miserable.

In other words, those forces were attacking the Red Hair Pirates.

At that thought, Brook let out a strange laugh.

"Yohoho! Ever since Lord Roy saved me on Thriller Bark, I resolved to follow him, solely to witness him reach the summit."

"Now that we're just half a step away, how could I give up halfway?"

"The heights breed false supporters, twilight reveals the faithful. I, Brook,