Rayleigh: It's a shame, Roger, that we didn't stop at Goa Kingdom back then.
Rayleigh had a good memory, and he was particularly impressed by that year, twenty-eight years ago.
It was in that year that Roger was diagnosed with an incurable disease.
They decided to complete their journey through the Grand Line in its entirety during Roger's last days.
Speaking of which, if they had been going from the first island of the Grand Line to the last island, their voyage would have been completed over thirty years ago.
But the true Laugh Tale was the island where the four coordinates recorded in the Poneglyphs intersected.
To search for the Poneglyphs, they set sail again from the East Blue, and near the Twin Cape they encountered Crocus, who helped Roger complete his journey through the Grand Line.
【Early the next morning, when Roya woke up and finished washing up, a comrade told him that they had rescued an old man from the sea at the port this morning.】
【“He was completely unconscious when we found him, with a broken wooden plank under him. He had a serious knife wound on his chest, it seems he encountered pirates.”】
【Hearing the report, Roya's eyes moved slightly: “Where is he? Take me to see him.”】
【Moments later, Roya saw the elderly man, simply bandaged, at the home of a doctor in the camp.】
【He was a small, thin old man, with long eyebrows that covered his eyes, white hair, his exact age was unclear, probably in his sixties or seventies.】
【The wound on his chest was still oozing blood under the gauze. According to the doctor who treated the wound, it went from his right shoulder all the way to his waist.】
【The wound was deep, if it had been an ordinary person, they would have already died, but this old man's vitality was obviously very strong.】
【“Treat him well, tell me as soon as he wakes up.” Roya nodded, he had already guessed the old man's identity.】
【Looking at the door, Fujitora had arrived at some point. Roya walked out.】
【“Is it the person who fought Roger yesterday?” Fujitora asked.】
【The time matched up, and this extraordinary vitality was also in line with the characteristics of a strong person, otherwise, with this kind of injury, an ordinary sixty or seventy-year-old man who had been soaked in seawater overnight, would have died long ago.】
【“Yeah,” Roya nodded first, then added, “It’s very likely.”】
【“Can you sense this person’s strength?” Roya asked.】
【“No, the person is in a coma, the perception of the Haki will be weaker, plus he is now severely injured and dying, his life energy is too low.” Fujitora said.】
【“But judging from the Conqueror’s Haki I sensed yesterday, and his current state, he might be slightly weaker than me, but not by much.” Fujitora gave a fair assessment.】
【Roya nodded, Fujitora's current fighting power was definitely at the Great Pirate level, he just didn't know how much weaker he was compared to an Admiral. To receive such praise from him, the small old man lying on the bed, must be a Great Pirate as well.】
【“I'll trouble you to stay here and keep an eye on him for the next two days, Mr. Ichiro.” Roya said.】
【“Don't worry.” Fujitora nodded.】
Unlike Roya and Fujitora, who weren't sure about the old man’s identity, the chatroom had already confirmed his identity and strength.
Luffy: Isn’t this Master?
Ace: It's Hammer indeed.
Sabo: It's true that Hammer said he was defeated by Roger when he was younger, I always thought he was bragging.
Sabo was a bit emotional.
He met Hammer when he was ten years old. Hammer was a kind old man who lived at the Uncertain Things End Station.
He claimed that he was defeated by Roger and then ended up at the Uncertain Things End Station.
At that time, Sabo naturally didn’t believe it. At that time, Roger was already the famous Pirate King of the seas.
Hammer, on the other hand, was an old man living in a garbage dump, it was hard to imagine them having fought.
Kid: Who the hell is this old man? He fought the Pirate King?
Luffy: This grandpa is called Nagri, I met him in the mountains when I was little, hee hee, Grandpa Nagri is really strong, he had already mastered Conqueror's Haki back then, scared away a huge bear.
Kaido: A Conqueror's Haki user ended up in a garbage dump in the East Blue? Hey, Roger, you're the one involved, say something.
Roger: Sorry, I don't really remember. There were so many pirate crews I defeated back then.
Rayleigh: I think there was someone like that. We met him by chance when we returned to the East Blue, a small pirate crew, but the captain was very strong. It’s hard to imagine someone with that strength in the East Blue.
Sparky Jabba: I seem to remember him too, but he was defeated by Captain Roger with a single Shunpo, right?
Shanks: It can’t be helped, that was Roger at his peak.
Yeah, it can’t be helped.
Roger at his peak, the man standing at the top of the seas, his strength was terrifying beyond imagination.
This unremarkable old man, who could make Roger use Shunpo, must be fairly strong.
Koala: Do you guys think this grandpa will be absorbed into Mr. Roya’s Revolutionary Army? If so, that’s great news.
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Five Elders in Mary Geoise turned black.
How is this good news?
He already had a Fujitora, and now another Conqueror’s Haki user, a great pirate who fought Roger.
That kind of strength was about to surpass Dragon’s Revolutionary Army during their time, how could this be good news?
However, despite being a million miles away from wanting to see this, they could only watch quietly as the situation unfolded.
【The injured old man's physique was incredibly good, he woke up just an hour after being bandaged.】
【He introduced himself as Nagri, a small merchant, who encountered pirates and hoped to recuperate here for a few days.】
【Neither Fujitora nor Roya saw through him.】
【Within a day, Nagri could already get out of bed.】
【As he walked out of the medical room, leaning on a crutch, he couldn’t help but be shocked.】
【He saw the mountains of garbage in the distance and the huge wall that separated everything, he saw the Kolber mountain range in the distance.】
【“Is this the Uncertain Things End Station in Goa Kingdom?” Nagri asked in disbelief.】
【After getting confirmation from Fujitora, Nagri was still a bit incredulous.】
【“Wasn't this place covered in mountains of garbage? Why is there only a little bit left? Also, the fields and houses here.”】