"Come on, Shane! You're the one opponent I've been looking forward to fighting!"
Roger's eyes gleamed, but the Haki surrounding him vanished.
Anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was a somewhat handsome middle-aged man.
Yet the instant Shane took his first step, Roger disappeared.
A sharp swish rang out.
Both vanished into thin air at the same time, appearing only at the center of the sky directly above the battlefield.
Only when Haki met did good and evil become distinct.
But Shane and Roger were different. One followed the domineering way, the other the kingly way!
Previously, Roger had followed the domineering way, but upon meeting Shane, he abruptly shifted to the kingly way.
It was simply because their circumstances differed, and each had his own peculiar mindset.
Roger had already weathered many trials. His past opponents had been Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and Garp.
Fighting them had required an imposing, domineering Haki.
But upon meeting Shane, especially after Golden Lion's defeat, only he, Whitebeard, and the boy before him remained in a three-way balance.
And because his own Pirate Crew was the strongest, a kingly aura suddenly arose within him for no apparent reason.
His strength actually increased another notch!
Such was the kingly way, utterly different from the domineering way, yet encompassing it.
"Why have I suddenly changed?"
Even Roger didn't understand what change had come over him.
The closer he came to the truth, the more his mindset changed. His many past struggles for supremacy and survival, his adventures across the Four Blues, all seemed to have been for this moment of transformation.
"Who knows!"
At that moment, Shane followed the domineering way, decisive in battle and brimming with power.
The two were in completely different states of mind.
Roger had already walked the path