Soon, Roy met with Bullet.
Meeting again after a month and a half, both felt that things were no longer the same.
Bullet felt it most deeply.
After they parted, he had been through many things.
He had formed a pirate crew and even fought a major battle with Red-Haired Shanks.
In the end, he had lost.
Even his ranking had fallen to twentieth place.
Yet Roy seemed to have changed even more.
That restrained pressure reminded Bullet of how it had felt to fight Roger back then.
Ever proud and arrogant, Bullet felt deeply unwilling to accept it.
But in the end, he spoke first.
"Roy, it's been nearly a month and a half. Have you already surpassed me completely and become a king like Roger?"
Roy remained calm, however, paying it no mind.
He changed the subject.
"Indeed, it's been nearly two months. Bullet, you've really changed a lot in these two months."
"At least your temper seems much more restrained. You're no longer so impulsive."
"I can tell you've been through quite a lot."
Bitterness washed over Bullet.
But he still put aside his resentment.
"People think differently at different ages. It's time for the young and reckless man I was to change."
Roy nodded in agreement.
Indeed, people's thoughts changed at every stage of life.
If someone never changed, it could only mean they had experienced too little.
Next, the two recounted what they had each experienced during this time.
Once the atmosphere grew cordial, they finally turned to business.
"Roy, I'm sure you understand that Red-Haired Shanks is a hypocrite."
"Right now, he's blocking the port in Area 55, one of the two coastlines leading to the New World."
"And that happens to be the best route to the Red Line."
"Actually, if we head