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"Many countries' resistance organizations are now rising up under his banner."
Of course, he did not know-Sabo had suffered a bombardment from Uranus's sixteen pillars of light in the Lulusia Kingdom. The entire island had been reduced to dust, and no one could yet say for certain whether the Flame Emperor was alive or dead.
"If it's Dragon,"
the man in the suit suddenly said, tapping the tabletop lightly with a finger, "I'm confident I can persuade him."
A finger pushed his sunglasses up.
Their differences in ideology had never erased another fact: in that world, Dragon had once been their teacher.
Without his instruction in Haki and Life Return, the Family might have taken much longer to reach the top.
The subject turned to the powers at sea.
The subtle familiarity between the otherworldly Doffy and the ** Army prompted Luo to steer the conversation elsewhere.
"Of those now called the Four Emperors, besides Blackbeard, whom you've fought, and this island's owner, the Joker Emperor, there's also Red-Haired."
He paused briefly. "And... Straw Hat."
At the mention of that name, the corner of Luo's mouth tightened almost imperceptibly.
Once certain encounters happened, the course of fate could never return to its former peace.
The Heart Pirates had once come close to being put through so much turmoil that they developed permanent arrhythmia.
"Garp's grandson, Dragon's son, the one who ate the Sun God Fruit."
The voice behind the sunglasses listed these facts evenly. "Wherever he goes, he can always quickly find his opponent's weakest point and dismantle seemingly impregnable fortresses from within.
"Methods, brains, strength-all are top-tier."
This solemn assessment left Luo unsure what expression to make.
"That's true... but..."
But those were merely appearances.
At heart, he was simply someone who did whatever he wanted to an