Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

In this space that no instrument could detect, Osi's inhumane screams continued...

……

"I still remember you said that home is the only castle, keep running along the rice-scented river"

In the real world, La hums a song from her hometown while hanging the Millennium Brick on Ossi's body so that she can stay in the spiritual room.

Then she continued to work barefoot, bending over, tending to the seedlings.

"The ballads of the countryside are always there. Come home, and return to the original beauty."

……

Somewhere in the New World, an elegant pirate ship is sailing on the sea.

No, it would be more appropriate to call it a work of art rather than a pirate ship.

The rare burgundy paint combined with the gold exterior makes the boat look low-key yet noble.

A pair of exquisite mermaid statues under the bow mast add a lot of artistic atmosphere.

Oro Jackson...or rather, the Golden Jackson.

This pirate ship, which is made of Adam's Treasure Tree and is the best in every aspect, was built by Tom, the famous shipbuilder of the Seven Water City. It seems to have just experienced a battle.

The smell of gunpowder on the ship had not yet dissipated, but there was no obvious damage to the hull, so it seemed that the opponent was not a strong enemy.

"Captain Roger, look, what is this?"

A little boy with blue hair staggered and lifted up an exquisite box from a pile of treasures as if offering a treasure.

This is one of their spoils this time.

The boy looks to be only about five or six years old, but he has a very conspicuous red nose, which looks round and very cute.

"Hey, Bucky, I saw that first."

Another little red-haired boy of about the same age shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Shut up, Shanks."

"I got it first, so it's mine."

The red-nosed boy retorted with a pout.

"But this was clearly stolen by Captain Roger and his men."

"That's why I'm showing it to Captain Roger now~"

"Hahahaha! Okay, Buggy, Shanks, you two, stop arguing."

"let me see."

A very capable-looking man wearing a captain's coat and with splayed nose hair took the box with a laugh.

Seeing their captain open the box directly, the two little ones with red noses and red hair put aside their quarrel and gathered over curiously.

Seeing this, the other people on the boat also tilted their heads, wanting to see what was in the box.

After all, someone once said that 90% of the value of a treasure chest is concentrated in the moment it is opened.

“Oh~oh~oh!”

“Wow, wow, wow, wow~”

The moment the box was opened, a pink light flashed and everyone held their breath.

"This is……"

"Uh-huh?"

PS: Roger’s nose hair must be real.

Chapter 168 Roger Pirates

"What? It's just a piece of paper."

The little red-haired boy turned his head away in boredom, having completely lost interest.

"Wait, Shanks. Maybe this is some rare treasure map."

The little boy with the red nose is not going to give up yet.

"That's impossible, Bucky. No treasure map looks like that."

"This is clearly just an ordinary card."

Hearing his friend say this, the red-nosed boy looked at his captain as if for help.

"Captain Roger..."

"Ah... I didn't expect it to be this thing."

The man named Roger picked up the pink card, opened it and took a look, then scratched his head and handed it to his deputy.

"Rayleigh, what do you think?"

A handsome middle-aged man with neatly combed golden hair and rimless glasses took the card and found the content on it boring.

"Well~"

"This thing is of no use to us, just throw it away."

"What? Let me see..."

Just as the blond man was about to throw the invitation back onto the pile of treasure, a black-haired man with a ponytail stopped him.

"Hmm? An invitation to the founding ceremony of the Wan Guo?"

"It really has nothing to do with us, but it's a pity to just throw it away like this."

"After all, it was not easy to get it."

Unlike the one Kaido received, this invitation did not include the name of the inviter.

Generally speaking, Big Mom distributes two types of invitations. In addition to special invitations that clearly mark the invitees, she also distributes some ordinary invitations without names marked on them.

These ordinary invitations will be circulated through auctions and other means and will reach those forces that have the power to obtain them.

It’s also a way to expand your network.

"Why? Jabba you want to go?"

Rayleigh teased.

"That's right, that Big Mom woman is really good-looking."

"But I heard that she changes husbands as often as she changes clothes, and she even has a lot of children already."

"Haha! Rayleigh, you think I'm some kind of starving person who won't be picky about food."

"Oh? Don't you like women who are older than you?"

"That's not the case. I respect all women equally."

"That, that..."

"Mr. Rayleigh, Mr. Jabba, what on earth is this..."

Bucky, who had been looking up at them, raised his hand weakly.

"Ah~ This is an invitation to the founding ceremony of a country called 'Wan Guo'."

"Ten Thousand Nations?"*2

Shanks, who had been watching this sideways, also raised the same question.

"Yes, you must have heard of Big Mom, right? It's the country founded by that woman."

"Oh~"

"How amazing! You can actually build your own country!"

Baki said enviously, imagining himself wearing a crown and becoming a king sitting on a pile of treasures.

Shanks, who was standing beside him, seemed a little disapproving. He said while chewing a piece of chocolate he had taken out from somewhere:

"What the hell~ You're a pirate, yet you still want to be king? The sea is where pirates belong."

"Haha, everyone has their own aspirations."

Roger smiled and patted their heads when he heard this.

"But we're not familiar with that woman. How about taking you to have a look? I heard that she always hosts a lot of delicious desserts at every banquet she holds."

“Beautiful, delicious dessert.”*2

"Really? Captain Roger."

Shanks and Buggy are still children after all, and they were attracted when they heard about delicious food.

"Yes, I heard that woman particularly likes desserts and often travels around the world to collect famous desserts and dessert chefs."

Jabba, who often got news from various newspapers, replied.

"Then, can we join in too?"

"Hey? You two want to go? Is that okay, Captain?"

Jabba asked Roger, turning back to him.

"Well, if these two brats want to go, then let them go."

"But you have to send someone to watch them."

After all, this was also a ceremony held by a great pirate. The participants were either pirates who were also famous in the sea, or ruthless bosses of the underworld. In short, there were no good people among them.

Kids like Buggy and Shanks, who are only five or six years old, might get into danger.

"Then I'll take them there."

In contrast, Rayleigh, who is more mature and steady, said.

"Well, let's do it."

"But looking at the date on it, there's still half a year left, so there's no need to rush."

Jabba casually tossed the invitation to the two little ones, then leaned against the fence and started talking about business.

"Speaking of which, Captain, where are those so-called 'Red Historical Texts'?"

"We've been searching for so long and haven't found a single one."

Seven years ago, they arrived at the last island pointed by the record pointer, which was the island called "Shuixianxing".

They had thought that this was the end of their journey, that they had successfully circumnavigated the Grand Line as planned...

But after they landed on the island, they found out that this was not the end. There was a "final island" ahead of them.

The so-called "Final Island" seems to be intentionally hidden, and there is currently no pointer to get there.

The only clue is the 'Red Historical Text', which is said to be four in total, or the 'Signpost Historical Text'.

But in the seven years that followed, Roger and his team searched the New World but couldn't find even a single piece, as if the historical texts were deliberately hiding from them.

"Maybe it's not the right time yet. Maybe one day when the time comes, we can find them all at once."

"What is this? Fate? Captain Roger, do you still believe in this?"

"Then how about we name that island 'Destiny Island'? After all, we were the first to discover it, so it makes sense for us to have the naming rights, right?"

Jabba said half jokingly.

"Hahahaha! That's a pretty good idea."

Roger laughed, unfazed.

"Speaking of which, where should we go next?"

"do not know."

"Then let's follow the old rules. Spin the bottle and go in whichever direction it turns."

"Hey, hey, hey! Isn't this too casual?"

"Well~ I guess this is just leaving it to fate. Hahaha!"