One Piece: Chronos of the God Valley

Roger Pirates' Media Frenzy and a New Bounty

Shocking! Roger Pirates wreak havoc on the Grand Line!

Shocking! The Roger Pirates consecutively decimate dozens of pirate crews!

Rising up or falling? The Roger Pirates begin targeting rookie pirate crews.

These past few days, the Roger Pirates have frequently occupied the front pages of world news, but no one can guess what Roger truly intends to do.

Marine Headquarters' Concern

At Marine Headquarters, in the Fleet Admiral's office, Sengoku (Steelbone Kong) was idly running his hand through his upward-combed hair. Roger, that scoundrel, appearing in the Grand Line wasn't a big deal. Those rascals used to just wander the world, and they rarely attacked Marine branches, so the Navy mostly left them alone.

But this time, they've consecutively wiped out several pirate crews, even many Supernovas with bounties in the hundreds of millions...

"Borsalino is the fastest; send him to see what Roger and his gang are up to. But just observe; wait until Garp arrives before making a move!" Fleet Admiral Sengoku tapped the table, speaking to Sengoku. The Navy's main focus is currently on that "Golden Lion"; as long as Roger remains as unambitious as before, he won't bother with him.

Chronos's Soaring Bounty

"Chrono, your bounty has increased again!" Chronos's new boss, Jabba, held up a new bounty poster.

"No way? It hasn't been that long..." Buggy craned his neck, his red nose almost touching the bounty poster.

"The Navy's nose is like a dog's. Didn't Chronos use his Devil Fruit ability to shatter that Marine's ice last time? I bet it was because of that." Rayleigh, feigning erudition, adjusted his glasses.

"Four-Eyed Kid: Marshall D. Chronos"

Age: Twelve

Suspected Zoan-type Mythical Zoan user

Bounty: 30,000,000 Berries

This time, the accompanying picture was quite dashing: a close-up of him shattering the ice with his Devil Fruit-transformed right arm.

"Hahahahahahaha! 30 million! Shanks, my bounty is now tens of millions of times higher than yours! Ah hahahahaha~" Although Chronos was brimming with arrogance in front of the Roger Pirates, inwardly he was having a very intimate and friendly interaction with Fleet Admiral Sengoku's entire female family.

"Four-Eyed Kid," my foot! These glasses were a gift from Chronos's father on his deathbed. His father's original words were, Their family hadn't produced any educated people, and Chrono wearing glasses would make him seem more cultured...

Shanks seemed to ignore Chronos's gloating, continuing to practice the sword moves Rayleigh taught him.

"Excellent, not being distracted by external factors. You're a good candidate for swordsmanship!" Rayleigh praised Shanks, watching him constantly swing his blade.

"Alright! To celebrate Chronos's bounty increase, let's have a feast!" Roger's eyes began to gleam with gold. In truth, he didn't care at all about Chronos's bounty increase; finding an excuse to hold a feast was the real point. Rayleigh hadn't allowed him to drink while they rushed to Water 7. Seriously, that old ship broke, so what's the big rush?

Oro Jackson: Damn it! I was ridden by you for so many years for nothing!

"Oh!!!"

"Long live the Captain!"

Hearing about the feast, the group of old rascals also got excited; they'd been cooped up for too long these past few days.

Rayleigh and Tom's "Reunion"

"You're here?"

"I am."

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I came anyway!"

The above dialogue was between their vice-captain, Rayleigh, and the world's greatest shipwright, Tom.

But seeing Master Tom's bloodshot eyes and the giant hammer in his hand, everyone felt that his relationship with the vice-captain wasn't as simple as just "old friends." There was some "engine" (a secret past/drama) here! Could it be that Rayleigh, that scoundrel, once stole Tom's girlfriend?

Thinking this, everyone's hearts turned cold. With this kind of tension, Rayleigh still said he could get a discount? It'd be good if they didn't get their bones broken!

"Uh, well, our pirate crew's ship broke, and we want to build another one using a Treasure Tree branch. You're the world's greatest shipwright, so we came to you. We hope you can help!" Rayleigh said with three parts flattery, three parts guilt, and four parts admiration.

"Definitely not old friends!" Chronos could guarantee, based on his experience watching several idol dramas in his past life, that this was absolutely a scene where the male lead and male second lead met as love rivals.

It made sense. Even though Rayleigh was middle-aged, he was definitely a handsome heartthrob in his youth, and powerful too—absolutely a Prince Charming in the hearts of young girls! Now look at Tom the Fish-Man: dirty and strangely shaped.

If you were a woman, who would you choose?

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