"I challenge you!"
Roger decisively drew his Supreme Grade blade, Ace.
"Agreed."
Shane turned and headed toward the beach on the opposite side of Hachinosu from Rocky Port.
A door opened.
With a single step, the entire Roger Pirates passed through.
Several officers of the Dragon Emperor Pirates were also there to watch the battle.
Waves washed against the fine sand, bringing a host of doubts with them.
With no ordinary pirates or crew members around.
Roger's expression turned serious as he asked.
"Did you kill Garp?"
He had guessed right.
Shane looked at Roger without a word.
"You know the answer. The people who killed me were the ones Garp was forced to protect."
Roger did not deny it when he heard that answer.
"Is he dead? I know that with your Devil Fruit ability, if you defeated Garp and weren't too far apart, both of you could definitely survive."
Roger released his Conqueror's Haki, keeping others from observing or eavesdropping.
"What do you think?"
"What does being both enemies and friends matter? You ultimately stand on different sides."
"If he's dead, you have no right to avenge him. If he's alive, that can only mean justice has crumbled."
Shane's words could not have been clearer.
Life and death no longer mattered. What identity could a Marine hero erased by the Celestial Dragons continue to live under?
"This world is full of too many tragedies. The Celestial Dragons deserve to die."
Roger had his answer.
He moved on to the second subject that interested him.
"You reached that place first, and you've been called the Pirate King too. I want to know whether the Joy Boy of the prophecy is-!"
Roger held a photograph of Shane fighting on Elbaf.
The Marines were unwilling to use this one for his