"What's with this kid?"
Shane glanced at the sea. Were those a few broken planks?
The setup looked pretty shabby, and there was a pirate flag. A rookie?
Only a little over a year had passed. Were rookies this weak now?
They couldn't even make it across Reverse Mountain.
He looked at the people before him again. They were all crewmates he had known for ages, along with the Pirate Alliance.
But people no longer called them that.
The King of the World who could single-handedly rival the Five Elders, Sun God Nika who could stand alongside Imu, the god of the Celestial Dragons, and so on.
In short, in most people's eyes, Shane had long since ceased to be human. He was more like a legend.
It was only because he had still been active in the public eye a year ago. Otherwise, he would have become a myth long ago.
There really were many people here he hadn't seen in ages, but Shane also knew this wasn't the time for a feast.
He immediately tossed out the large wooden crate in his hands.
"There are plenty of Devil Fruits. Divide them up. Anyone who wants to become an ability user can choose one. See how your luck holds."
Shane had already seized plenty of Devil Fruits over the past year, not to mention the huge haul from this trip to Impel Down.
"Use the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and take all the Zoans."
With a wave of Kaido's large hand, his crewmates immediately picked out a great many Devil Fruits.
Only then did he walk over to Shane, drinking and laughing heartily.
"The Five Elders have gotten stronger. Somehow, they've turned themselves middle-aged, and their strength has increased quite a bit. Almost all of us have run into at