Everyone saw Shane as the hero who could save Wano Country.
Whether it was the Mink Tribe or the exterminated Kozuki Clan.
In their eyes, Shane was a wise ruler whose claim to power could not have been more legitimate.
For Wano Country.
Once a few years had passed, or once the Flying Pirate Crew had been dealt with.
Then.
With the Kozuki Clan destroyed and the Kurozumi Clan slaughtered.
This kingdom would have only one true master: Shane.
The old king had to die; a new king had to rise.
Powers rose and fell in the blink of an eye.
Even becoming the ruler of an era was no easy feat.
"You just want to lure me into a trap. We'll see whether you're tough enough to survive it, Golden Lion."
Shane rose and took to the air.
He had known there would be trouble.
Golden Lion had no Shane whatsoever; for him, opponents against whom he would fight all-out, without schemes or tricks, in a straight battle, had always been few and far between.
That had been true of the Battle of Waldo against Roger, and of the battle at Marineford against Garp and Sengoku.
Only opponents Shiki acknowledged could make him fight at any cost.
He was an extremely complex, contradictory powerhouse.
He did not care whether he used schemes or bullied the weak.
Otherwise, after spending years in seclusion, the place he most wanted to destroy would not have been the Weakest Sea.
Did he care about his reputation?
He wanted everyone to tremble at the mere sound of his name.
It was precisely this complicated personality that made it impossible for Roger to get along with him, and meant that even if Whitebeard got drunk with him, he would never cooperate with him.
He was