"Hmm? Is there a problem?"
Gaban was a little confused.
Xia Chen stared at Gaban and said calmly:
Do you think a predetermined future will still be a future?
"Telling you about the future doesn't bother me, but it could very well affect your subsequent judgments!"
"Once you make a different choice, then the 'future' will no longer apply!"
"So... even so, you still want to know?"
"Um..."
Upon hearing this, Gaban fell silent, and his earlier excitement subsided.
Xia Chen's words reminded him that if he told them about the future, and if they made different choices as a result, would that future still be the same?
"Hahaha... just kidding!"
"What's there to worry about! Wouldn't it be better for you if I told you about the future?"
"I just said a few casual words, how did they actually intimidate you?"
Xia Chen suddenly burst into laughter, and the laughter lasted for a long time.
Gaban:...
"You're making it sound like something terrible will happen if I find out about the future!"
Gaban looked helpless. He had genuinely been intimidated by Xia Chen and was seriously considering whether he shouldn't have known about the future.
"If your future ending is very happy, then whether you know it or not doesn't really matter!"
"But as far as my timeline is concerned, your future... I don't know how to evaluate it! But I feel I can tell you!"
With that, Xia Chen waved his hand, and a golden shield enveloped him, Gaban, and Rayleigh, isolating them from the others.
He'll only reveal the future to a select few; others aren't qualified to do so!
And this was all for the good of the Roger Pirates; he knew he didn't care about the future!
If the Navy and the World Government are so capable, let them come and cause him trouble!
However, if the Roger Pirates found out, it wouldn't be a good thing for them; on the contrary, it would be very dangerous.
After all, their strength is not enough to rival the World Government!
Xia Chen glanced at the two of them and said:
"Gol D. Roger will become the Pirate King in the future!"
"What?!!"
Xia Chen's first words shocked the two of them, but soon Rayleigh burst out laughing.
"That Roger guy... I thought he was just trying to trick me into joining his crew when he invited me to sail the seas and told me he was going to become the Pirate King. I didn't expect him to actually succeed!"
"But he died not long after becoming the Pirate King!"
Xia Chen uttered another sentence, sending a chill down their spines.
"What... what did you say?" Gaban stammered.
Rayleigh, however, had calmed down considerably. After recovering from the shock of the news, he asked:
"Who killed him? The World Government? Or the Navy?"
"None of those!"
Xia Chen shook his head and continued:
It was him!
"Although he was indeed executed by the navy after surrendering himself, that was because he had a terminal illness and wanted to die!"
"A terminal illness? How could he have that?"
Gaban asked hurriedly.
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? He died when I was born!"
Xia Chen was speechless. How was he supposed to know how someone got a terminal illness?
This stupid question is like when he was teaching a female classmate a problem in his past life and she asked him how the theorem came about!
He just wanted to ask one question.
If he knew how he got here, would he still need to be sitting in the classroom?
Xia Chen then told the two about some things that would happen in the future, and finally his gaze fell on Gaban.
I never saw you in the future! So I don't know if you're dead or what happened to you!
"Alright, I've told you about the future. Now it's up to you to decide what to do!"
Oh! That's right!
"To be honest, I don't really approve of Roger!"
At this point, Xia Chen paused, then said sarcastically:
"A good-for-nothing who can't even protect his own wife and children! He's not a good husband, much less a good father!"
"Furthermore... I don't know what you learned in Laugh Tale, perhaps it's about the hidden truth of this world!"
"However, it is an undeniable fact that Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era, inspiring countless people to set sail and become pirates, causing immense turmoil to the world!"
"He simply chose death, without ever considering what he would become in the afterlife!"
"So... I'm going to teach him a lesson!"
As he spoke, Xia Chen slowly stood up and looked toward the battlefield between Whitebeard and Roger.
Although Whitebeard's strength had increased somewhat during this period, Roger was no pushover either.
The two continued their back-and-forth battle!
The next moment, Xia Chen's figure vanished from the Oro Jackson.
Meanwhile, Roger and Whitebeard exchanged another blow, after which both retreated a distance.
"Phew~"
"Phew~"
Both of them were panting. Roger looked at the Whitebeard and asked curiously:
" Whitebeard! You've gotten much stronger!"
"You're not bad either, Roger!"
Whitebeard also said.
He had initially thought that his improved strength over the past two weeks would allow him to easily surpass Roger, but he was surprised to find that he was only slightly stronger than Roger.
The difference is extremely small!
"By the way, what's the deal with your new captain?"
Roger suddenly asked the Whitebeard a question.
"Him! He..."
Before Whitebeard could finish speaking, a figure appeared in front of Roger.
Roger was startled when he saw the figure suddenly appear in front of him. Before he could react, a fist loomed large in his vision.
"Bang!"
A dull thud followed as Xia Chen's punch landed squarely on Roger's face.
He was blasted away instantly!
Roger's body was swept away by the immense force, skimming across the ice at an incredible speed and disappearing from everyone's sight.
Whitebeard was also completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events, and looked at Xia Chen curiously, asking:
Xia Chen, what's wrong with you?
"It's nothing! Giving him a punch is a way to vent my anger and also to help Ace get revenge!"
" Ace? Isn't Ace Roger's sword?"
Whitebeard was even more confused. Take revenge on a sword? What does that mean?
You'll find out later!
Xia Chen gave the bewildered Whitebeard a mysterious smile and then said:
"Alright, have you had enough? If not, I'll play with you some more?"
"That was awesome! Absolutely awesome! There's absolutely no need to play anymore!"
Whitebeard immediately spoke, swallowing the words "not satisfied" that were still in his throat.
Are you kidding me!
He had the upper hand against Roger, but if he were to fight Xia Chen...
Then it's not a question of whether or not one has the upper hand.
As a normal person, he felt he did not have masochistic tendencies.
Xia Chen nodded, then turned and walked in a certain direction.
Whitebeard glanced in the direction Roger had flown off to, then looked at the Jackson.
An idea suddenly popped into his head, and a 'wicked' smile appeared on his face.
" Rayleigh! I can't let you watch the show from there!"
As he spoke, Whitebeard conjured a white sphere in his hand and slammed it down hard towards the Jackson.
In an instant, a shockwave shot out and hurtled toward the Jackson.
Upon seeing this, Rayleigh's eyes widened immediately, and he burst into a tirade of curses:
" Whitebeard, you bastard!"