One Piece: Starting in God Valley as a Slave

Linlin's face showed a flash of anger as she complained,

"Important business? What could be more important than having children?"

At this moment, Roger could only feel exasperation. Newgate was busy adopting sons everywhere, while Linlin was always thinking about having more children. What was this world coming to? Was the end goal of a pirate to play house?

He sighed and said,

"Linlin, the Navy is expanding too fast. If this continues, there'll be no place left in the sea for us."

Linlin frowned, straightened up, and said in a low voice,

"Roger, is a man like you really giving up hope?"

Roger paused, then said,

"No, I'm just worried about the future of this world."

Linlin rolled her eyes and mocked,

"Here we go again. I remember when you helped the Navy defeat Rocks, you were practically best friends with Garp."

"Garp has been assigned to Impel Down, who knows if I'll ever see him again."

"Oh, sounds like you're disappointed."

"Indeed. Garp is a formidable opponent. Honestly, if the Navy were all like him, the world might not be in the state it is now."

"Mamama... imagine, then, our paradise!"

Roger's expression stiffened. That wasn't exactly what he meant. Truth be told, he knew the nature of most of his fellow pirates, if the world turned into Linlin's so-called "paradise," it would be utterly doomed. But for now, he played along.

"Linlin, we need to do something. At the very least, we have to let those Celestial Dragons know that these seas don't belong to them!"

"Oh?"

Linlin looked at Roger with interest and asked,

"So, what's your plan?"

Roger took a deep breath and said,

"You were part of the Rocks Pirates. Surely you've heard of the 'Laugh Tale,' haven't you?"

Linlin's expression changed drastically, and a powerful aura surged from her. She stared at Roger and asked,

"That place... does it really exist?"

Roger nodded slowly.

"You believe it exists, too, otherwise, you wouldn't be holding on to that red stone."

Boom! Linlin suddenly attacked. She removed the hat from her head, revealing the blade that extended from its top—her advanced Homie, Napoleon, created with her powers. She gripped Napoleon and slammed it down on Roger, but Roger's Observation Haki was honed to perfection. He reacted swiftly, drawing his sword to parry in a single, fluid motion.

Red and black lightning burst between them, and the castle behind Linlin began to shake violently, as if it would collapse any second. Linlin shrieked,

"Zeus! Prometheus!"

"Yes, Mama!"

A white cloud and a fireball shot out from the castle behind Linlin, taking their positions beside her. Zeus turned into a dark thundercloud, and Prometheus transformed into a blazing sun, both covering the Roger Pirates in a dangerous aura.

While blocking Linlin's assault, Roger gritted his teeth and said,

"Linlin, calm down. I don't want to fight you!"

"Shut up! That thing belongs to me! I won't give it to you!"

"Relax, I'm not taking it. I just need to see it."

"Dream on!"

At this point, Linlin's children gathered around, all casting hostile looks at the Roger Pirates. Seeing this, Rayleigh, Bullet, and the others no longer held back and prepared to face off against the Big Mom Pirates.

Meanwhile, on Totto Land's Nuts Island, Charlotte Oven noticed the red lightning over Cake Island and was ordering his men to prepare a ship to go support his mother.

Oven was just about to board the ship when a loud rumbling came from the sea. He paused, squinted towards the horizon, and saw a dark spot rapidly approaching—a small boat, moving incredibly fast, seemingly aimed directly at him.

Seeing the approaching figure, Oven sneered and said,

"Anyone thinks they can come here now? Do they think they're Roger?"

He laughed, his eyes igniting with flames as his body glowed red-hot, the ground around him melting from the intense heat. The nearby underlings scattered in fear, not daring to approach him.

As a Heat-Heat Fruit user, Oven's powers produced such extreme heat that few could withstand it. Placing his hands in the seawater, he caused it to boil instantly, bubbles rising as he tried to melt the approaching boat and its passenger.

But as he waited, the boat remained unscathed, only adjusting its course slightly to continue straight toward him.

Annoyed, Oven stood up and scoffed,

"Reinforced for heat resistance? So, they came prepared to face me. Ha! They think that's enough?"

With a smirk, he widened his stance, extended his hands, and shouted,

"Come on! Let's see if you survive this!"

In the next moment, the boat skidded to a stop at the shore. A tall young man stood on board and casually remarked,

"Is it a trend now to use people as speed bumps?"

Someone in the crowd gasped in fear,

"It's Black Dragon! The Navy Admiral Black Dragon!"

It was Carl. Halfway there, he had felt drowsy and decided to summon his personal marine vessel to nap for a bit, only to be awakened by Oven's little "greeting."

Carl looked around, then raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers snapping to attention.

Boom! A series of explosions rang out, and a circle of bloody fireworks burst on the shore, covering the area in a thick, red mist.

Stepping off his boat, Carl flexed his neck slightly before storing his boat away in the Black Bible. He looked down at Oven, who was embedded in the ground.

Oven hadn't lost consciousness and was trying to push the boat off him. But Carl held him down firmly, preventing him from moving.

Now that the boat was gone, Oven quickly leapt out of the pit but promptly stumbled back down with a loud crash.

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