One Piece: So What If I Sin, Lie, and Lust? I'm Still a Good Marine

One minute ago.

On the Oro Jackson.

"Captain Roger! This information is obviously fake!"

Buggy jumped up and down on the deck, his head separated from his body, circling around Roger, who was picking his nose, looking frantic, with a large bump on his head.

"If there really was a Poneglyph on this desert island, we wouldn't have had to suffer so much in Totto Land!"

Hearing Buggy's words, the other members of Roger's pirate crew couldn't help but recall their experiences in Totto Land, and the corners of their mouths twitched slightly.

Ever since they entered Totto Land, they had been harassed by all kinds of soul monsters.

The soul monsters created by Big Mom, that madwoman, were like an endless tide, impossible to eliminate, chasing them across the vast ocean.

What was most terrifying was that these soul monsters were everywhere, seeming to exist in every corner. Every one of their movements was under surveillance, leaving them with no place to hide, forced to flee desperately.

After finally breaking into the Totto Land headquarters on Whole Cake Island, the exhausted crew fought a fierce battle with the Big Mom Pirates, nearly destroying half of Whole Cake Island.

Buggy took advantage of the chaos to steal the Road Poneglyph from inside Cake Castle.

After successfully obtaining it, they naturally retreated.

However, the Poneglyph had been stolen, and the crazy woman Big Mom went berserk, using the power of the Soru Soru no Mi to give the sea a soul... creating a terrifying tsunami that was enough to destroy an island.

In the end, it was only with the help of the Oro Jackson's air cannon that they managed to escape.

Unexpectedly, just as they escaped from Totto Land, Captain Roger got news of the Poneglyph from somewhere and insisted on coming to this deserted island!

But it was obviously fake!

If there really was a Poneglyph on that deserted island in the distance, Big Mom and Kaidou would have taken it long ago!

"Wahahaha, Buggy, there are four Road Poneglyphs in total, and we need to get all of them to obtain the coordinates of the final island."

Roger laughed dismissively.

"But... but what if this is fake news!?"

Buggy was so anxious that he was about to cry, clutching his head in despair.

"What if this is fake news released by the Marines... They may have already set up traps, waiting for us to fall into them!"

Roger was taken aback by what he heard, and immediately frowned, rubbing his two nose hairs with one hand and saying suspiciously,

"You mean, there's a possibility that the Marines are ambushing us on that island?"

"Yes!"

Buggy was so excited that his face turned red. Captain Roger had finally listened to his opinion!

"That's indeed a problem..."

Roger muttered, then suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up.

"Buggy, you mean... Garp might be there too?"

Buggy's expression suddenly froze.

He twitched the corner of his mouth, but before he could say anything, Roger stood up suddenly and laughed with a fiery look in his eyes.

"Then I have to go even more! Last time on Fish-Man Island, because the pirate ship was damaged, I didn't get to have a good fight with Garp!"

"..."

The members of Roger's pirate crew immediately covered their faces.

"It's over..."

Buggy turned away with a mournful expression and silently shed tears.

"Forget it, Buggy,"

Shanks shook his head helplessly, walked over, patted Buggy on the shoulder, and comforted him,

"If it's Garp, it's not a big deal. Let the captain fight to his heart's content..."

He looked relatively relaxed. After all, Garp was their old rival. He smiled slightly and said,

"As long as we don't run into that Marine—"

Boom!

Before he could finish, a terrifying aura enveloped the area, bringing with it a sense of oppression as powerful as a prison, spreading from the island approaching from ahead.

Black and red lightning bolts visible to the naked eye continuously flashed in the sky, changing the color of the heavens and earth, shattering the clouds, and causing huge waves to rise from the sea.

The Oro Jackson rocked violently, and the others seemed to sense something, their expressions changing drastically.

Shanks and Buggy's faces turned pale.

It wasn't just because the impact of the Conqueror's Haki made them weak and almost unable to stand.

It was more because they recognized this suffocating aura!

"It's all your fault, Shanks!"

Buggy's eyes were bloodshot as he grabbed Shanks by the collar. Shanks had already covered his mouth, staring at the domineering figure on the island with fear and shock in his eyes.

"Daren, you brat!"

Roger stamped his foot on the bow of the ship, his eyes bursting with endless rage and fighting spirit, his red captain's coat fluttering wildly in the stormy Haki.

"It's you!"

Rayleigh, Gaban, and the others also turned pale, no longer relaxed as they had been, their gazes wary as they locked onto the figure of the Vice Admiral. A heavy gloom settled over their hearts.

They hadn't forgotten the bitter defeat they had suffered at the hands of this cunning Marine brat on Fish-Man Island!

Even after so much time had passed, the shadow of that black giant sword, which had nearly cleaved the Oro Jackson in two, still haunted them.

Just a single graze had dealt the Oro Jackson the worst damage it had ever suffered, and they had to sell off almost all their belongings and treasures just to scrape together enough money for repairs.

It was because of that incident that they had been forced to survive on Sea Kings for a week straight, to the point where just seeing a Sea King now made them want to vomit.

"Hey, Roger... Looks like your ship is repaired."

On the coast of the deserted island, the Vice Admiral grinned.

His figure slowly rose into the air under Doflamingo's stunned gaze.

The unrestrained release of Haki sent his short black hair and white cape whipping in the air, and his deep, dark eyes carried a fierce arrogance that looked down on the world.

"Kill me, and the Poneglyph on this island is yours."

He spread his arms wide, strands of blue lightning crackling and weaving between his fingers.

Then, every member of Roger's pirate crew suddenly felt a chill race down their spines, like invisible blades pressed against their backs.

One, two, three, four—

Four chilling auras, each sharp enough to split the seas, slowly emerged behind the airborne Vice Admiral.

Their blades pointed downward, hanging vertically in a line.

Meito, Kogarashi!

Meito, Oto!

Meito, Ame no Habakiri!

Meito, Enma!

Blades that any ordinary warrior would boast of possessing now bowed in submission under the black-haired Marine's fierce Haki.

They gleamed coldly, like the fangs of a terrifying beast ready to devour its prey.

The sword tips slowly lifted... aiming straight at the Oro Jackson rushing toward the island!

In an instant...

The pupils of everyone aboard Roger's pirate crew shrank to pinpricks, and every hair on their bodies stood on end.

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