One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

Perhaps, this accidental capture is actually a turning point in my life?

Chapter 94 Brook and Raab

"Its name is Labu."

After injecting the agitated island whale with a special sedative, Crocus gently stroked Labuna's massive head, which was covered with both old and new scars, and introduced it as follows:

"...After learning that the Rumbar Pirates had disappeared, Laboon began to ram the Red Line day after day, trying to create a tunnel to cross the Red Line and search for the Rumbar Pirates in the New World."

"How pitiful~ No wonder it has so many scars on its head."

Violet, Sunny, and Bonnie were instantly struck by this loyalty and waiting that spanned half a century.

Even the usually carefree Ace and Zoro fell silent at this moment, reluctantly averting their gazes.

Sanji took a deep drag of his cigarette, letting the pungent smoke linger in his lungs for a long time before slowly exhaling, as if trying to release all his sorrows.

"I'll help you!"

Yamato rolled up his sleeves, rushed to the shore, and shouted energetically at Laboon's huge eyes, "I'll teach you Armament Haki! Once you learn this, you won't get hurt when you crash into the Red Line! You can even crash into it faster!"

As expected of you.

Instead of trying to take Laboon over the Reverse Mountain, they actually planned to let it break through the mountain by itself.

Kane's expression froze, and the slight sadness that had just welled up was instantly swept away.

"hold head high--"

Unexpectedly, Labu seemed to understand, its huge tail slapping the water's surface forcefully, creating a spray of water everywhere, and its massive head nodding repeatedly, emitting expectant cries.

Upon seeing this, Yamato became extremely excited and began gesturing wildly to Laboon, demonstrating his method of learning Haki.

Kane was so shocked his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Wow, one dares to speak out, and the other dares to learn.

"Well, this young lady is quite unconventional."

Even Crocus, who was used to seeing all sorts of things, couldn't help but twitch at this moment.

He seemed to see Roger's shadow in Yamato; both of them were so unreliable.

Kane shook his head: "Actually, what I wanted to say was that the Rumbar Pirates were not completely wiped out."

"Huh?!" Crocus turned his head sharply: "Really?"

The last time he heard news of the Rumbar Pirates was when they entered the Calm Belt, and then they disappeared without a trace.

When he told Laboon that the Rumbar Pirates were "gone," it was more of a well-intentioned consolation; in his heart, he had already accepted that they had perished in that deadly sea.

"it is true."

Kane nodded and revealed the long-buried truth: "As far as I know, shortly after the Rumbar Pirates entered the Grand Line, Captain Yogi and a considerable number of the crew members contracted an extremely dangerous plague."

To avoid implicating his crew, Yogi entrusted the pirate crew to Brook and then led his plague-infected companions to the Calm Belt to fend for themselves.

Upon hearing Brook's name, Crocus immediately believed it to be true.

If they didn't really know about the Rumbar Pirates, how could anyone still remember that name in this day and age?

Crocus quickly pressed, "Where did Brook and the others go?"

Kane didn't hide anything and said directly, "The Devil's Triangle."

Crocus gasped, "No wonder..."

The Devil's Triangle is shrouded in dense fog year-round, and ships entering it are extremely prone to losing their way. Every year, hundreds of ships mysteriously disappear there.

He finally understood why Brooke had completely disappeared.

"And what about them now?" Crocus's voice trembled slightly as he pressed on urgently.

"Almost the entire army was wiped out, but Brooke survived."

Kane shrugged and chuckled, "He's probably doing quite well. He's a user of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), and due to special circumstances, he's currently living as a skeleton."

"If I'm not mistaken, he may have achieved something that many ambitious people haven't: immortality."

By a twist of fate, Brook accomplished something that other users of the Revive-Revive Fruit could not: when he was resurrected for the only time after his death, he did not revive immediately, but waited for his body to decompose into a skeleton before reviving.

As long as his skeleton doesn't break, he will never die.

Furthermore, there is a well-known fact in the One Piece world that milk can supplement calcium and repair bones.

It was a minor bug that was exploited.

"I see."

After hearing this, Crocus was both amused and exasperated: "I don't know if this is good or bad. Immortality is also a curse."

But in any case, this is absolutely fantastic news for Raab, who has been waiting for decades.

Crocus was starting to think he was going to regret it for the rest of his life, just like Laboon.

"Labu! Labu!"

Crocus rushed excitedly to the shore and shouted, "Did you hear that? Brook isn't dead! You'll be reunited one day!"

Labour stared wide-eyed at Crocus, as if trying to confirm whether he was joking.

After a few seconds of silence, it finally realized that the old man was not joking with it.

"hold head high--"

A whale's roar, brimming with decades of longing, grievances, despair, and now bursting forth with immense ecstasy, exploded like thunder.

Laboon excitedly flipped over in the sea, his massive body creating towering waves that instantly drenched Crocus on the shore from head to toe.

"Woo-hoo—"

It let out a series of rapid and cheerful cries, its huge tail slapping the water's surface, and turned to plunge into the deep sea, swimming towards the Devil's Triangle.

Crocus wiped the seawater off his face and shouted, half-laughing and half-crying, "Wait, Laboon! Don't rush! Do you know where the Devil's Triangle is? Wait for me! I'll go with you!"

Most importantly, that place is now the territory of Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"Woo~"

Labu resurfaced, letting out a pitiful and urgent whimper like a puppy, its huge eyes gazing longingly at the old man.

Crocus patted its head reassuringly, "Don't worry, old man, I'll definitely find a way to get you there! Let's go find that Brook guy together!"

"and many more."

Kane quickly spoke up to remind him, "There's one more thing. Brook's shadow was cut off by Moria. If you can't defeat him and get his shadow back, Brook won't be able to survive in the sunlight. Even if you find him, you won't be able to take him away from there."

This is indeed a big problem.

Crocus stroked his beard with a troubled expression.

His old bones are fine for dealing with small-time pirates, but to defeat a pirate of the Seven Warlords level, he should just give up and go to sleep.

Those who lived ten or twenty years earlier might still have had a chance.

"Need any help?" The kind-hearted Yamato leaned in again, patting his chest, "I'm the best at fighting!"

"Thank you for your kindness, young lady." Crocus shook his head, declining her offer.

Kane and his group had only just met, and it was really inappropriate for them to offend a Shichibukai for their own personal matters.

"Don't worry, although I am no longer useful."

Kurokas gave a meaningful smile. "But during those years at sea, I also made quite a few old friends. With them helping out, there won't be any problems."

Chapter 95 Ace and Crocus

Crocus turned and walked quickly back to the small lighthouse.

A moment later, he came out carrying a stack of white scraps of paper.

The shredded paper was still trembling slightly.

"A Vivre Card?" Robin suddenly realized.

This old man was a member of the Pirate King's crew. Those once-famous pirates are just old now, but they're not dead yet.

When the Vivre Cards came into view, Ace, who had been silent all along, suddenly strode forward.

"Since you're all alive and well, why didn't you save him back then?" His voice was low, as if he were suppressing something.

He had assumed that with Roger captured by the Navy, the crew members would have suffered heavy losses, with some killed and others wounded.

But now it seems that things are not as he thought.

“You could have saved all of this.”

Ace's voice trembled slightly, filled with unspeakable pain, "If he hadn't been arrested, he wouldn't have said those words! This era... wouldn't have become this wretched place!"

Crocus stared at Ace's face with surprise and disbelief. The features that bore a slight resemblance to Roger's made his heart sink.

"You...you?!" He shook his head in disbelief. "No, it's impossible, it shouldn't be like this!"

He vividly remembered the Navy's brutal year-long manhunt targeting Roger's bloodline.

Logically speaking, there should be no way any fish could escape the net.

Kane stepped forward: "That's right, just as you think, Ace is Roger's son."

He spoke with respect: "Back then, Ace's mother did everything she could to delay childbirth for a full twenty months. That's how she managed to save him right under the Navy's nose."

Kurokas sighed deeply, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "I see, you have a great mother."

"Answer my question," Ace growled. "Why didn't you save him? Did you all betray him?"

"It's not betrayal, child."

Crocus sighed again, his gaze lost in distant memories: "Your father, our captain, surrendered himself."

"what?!"

Everyone except Kane was shocked and incredulous.

For a long time, the Navy's propaganda has been that hero Garp personally arrested Pirate King Roger.