The Flower Capital, Wano Country.
Inside a house.
"?! Am I dead? Hee hee~" An old man felt his body all over.
Several figures sat across from him.
"Gramps, you're not dead!"
Only then did the old man notice the people before him. Puzzled, he asked, "Who are you? Did you save me? Hee hee~"
There was still a hint of wariness in his voice.
He remembered that he should have died at gunpoint at the hands of Kurozumi Orochi's soldiers.
Yet here he was, sitting unharmed inside a house. Presumably, this impressive-looking group before him had saved him.
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy, the man who's going to become the Pirate King!"
Seeing how openly Luffy said it, everyone could only facepalm.
The old man searched his memory, then shook his head and said, "Monkey D. Luffy? Don't know you. Never heard of you. But thank you for saving me all the same. Hee hee hee~"
Luffy was not upset. Instead, he repeated with great solemnity, "That's okay. One day, that name will resound throughout the world!
"By the way, Gramps, why were those people trying to arrest you?"
At Luffy's question, the old man lowered his head and slowly began to speak:
"I had a daughter. At the last garden festival, Kurozumi Orochi saw her and said he wanted to take her back to marry him. Hahahaha.
"But my daughter refused, and I didn't agree either. Hahaha.
"But Kurozumi Orochi ignored our objections and forcibly separated us, taking my daughter to the Shogun's Residence. Hahaha.
"I knew that once someone was taken into the Shogun's Residence, there was almost no chance of ever coming back.
"This time, I only wanted to see my daughter, but they wouldn't let me. Hahaha."
Luffy asked another question. "Then what did you mean