But surviving from the catastrophic explosion, where all vital signs had disappeared and he was about to be buried, couldn’t be explained with common sense!
If it weren’t for Rowen’s reputation as the “Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder Thunder Fruit) ability user” and being too prominent, others might have thought that he had consumed some other fruit that gave him this unreasonable recovery ability.
Naturally, at this moment, the understanding of the people in the sea was still limited to the notion that “a person can only eat one Devil Fruit,” which is equivalent to “a person can only have one type of fruit ability.”
In the future, the infamous member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Teach, will break people’s preconceptions for the first time in the aftermath of the War of The Best.
But let’s get back to the topic at hand.
After hearing Rowen’s response, Kizaru sat up, looking astonished.
“You really don’t know?!”
Rowen: “…Is there something I need to know?”
“Well, it seems like you really don’t know…”
Kizaru clicked his tongue in amazement and lay back down. After a moment, he picked up his teacup and said in a low voice.
“Compared to your other titles, people outside refer to you as the ‘Shichibukai Hitman,’ ‘Shichibukai Exterminator,’ ‘Shichibukai Executioner’…”
Pffft!
Rowen sprayed the tea he was drinking out of his mouth and stared wide-eyed at the Amiral beside him with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
‘Shichibukai Hitman? Exterminator? Executioner?’
‘What kind of ridiculous titles are these?!’
‘So, it’s all part of the same “Series,” huh?’
‘Just because I took down two Shichibukai doesn’t mean that I am going after them! What kind of crap is that? I am not killing them for fun, you know?’
‘For heaven’s sake!’
‘Crocodile wanted to kill me, and it was self-defense!’
‘Doflamingo came to cause trouble for me at my own Marine Branch, and it was a justifiable defense!’
‘Moreover, these two incidents can actually be considered as one.’
Rowen silently thought and complained in his heart!!!!!
After all, Crocodile went to the Flower Capital to dig up the Poneglyph, but it was Doflamingo who orchestrated it from behind the scene!
He was the one holding his hand, stabbing himself in the abdomen. He underestimated Rowen’s strength and overestimated his own importance.
Especially Doflamingo…
He probably never imagined that everything Rowen did afterward was not only his own judgment but also something that the Great Characters above him, including the Celestial Dragons, silently approved of.
‘So why is it that I am the one shouldering all the blame in the end?’
‘And I become the “Shichibukai Hitman”?’
‘The targets I seriously wanted to take action against… are they still Shichibukai for now?!’
Rowen continued to complain!!!!
Kizaru didn’t know what Rowen was thinking; he just kept exclaiming, “Fortunately, you went to Kano Country, and they had already expressed their willingness to join the Shichibukai. Otherwise, with your current reputation, people might have thought we were going to war with Kano Country…”
As a top-level force and an Admiral, Kizaru was well aware of the mission that Sengoku had given Rowen, even though most other Vice Admirals were unaware of it.
Regarding this, Rowen just chuckled and thought to himself.
‘Go to war… Against the Kano Country!’
‘Yeah, no…’
‘I’m not taking the blame for that!’
…
The next day, Sengoku called and highly praised Rowen’s actions of using his “Thunderous Means” in killing the troublesome pirates.
The Gorosei (Five Elder Stars) had received feedback from the Celestial Dragons, and they strongly condemned the pirate attack on Mjosgard while praising the swift action of the Marines.
The Gorosei (Five Elder Stars) and Kong were delighted, and they allocated more military funds for the next year.
Therefore, Sengoku decided that Rowen should take a tour of Sabaody… as long as he didn’t take any action unless necessary. After all, it’s Sabaody.
But if he discovers anyone plotting against the Celestial Dragons, he should swiftly deal with it!
The Marine’s large-scale reforms over the past two years have yielded significant results, but they have also come at a cost. The financial deficit has been persistent…
Regarding this… Rowen continued to chuckle with a smirk on his face as he thought about this.
‘Please tell me where the illegal funds confiscated from Dressrosa are!’
‘Do you know that King Riku is personally working on rebuilding his homeland?!’
Naturally, due to this incident, a significant portion of the people in the sea began to resent him.
Those were the unfortunate ones who had suffered at the hands of the Celestial Dragons and eagerly wished for their demise. But because they were being protected so well, they vented their anger on him.
Rowen didn’t pay any attention to these people.
Hatred is the most useless emotion because it represents weakness. It is the helpless wailing of the oppressed. The strong don’t hold grudges overnight… If they have a grudge, they settle it on the spot!
The Revolutionary Army has remained hidden for so long for the same reason— hatred, or rather, “weakness.” Even with Dragon as their inexperienced leader, it’s not enough to overthrow the World Government. They still need to gather strength.
Three days later, as the coating on the Battleship was nearing completion, in a quiet corner of Area 15’s junkyard, Rayleigh carried a bottle of alcohol and found a clean spot to sit down.
The Information that Shakky had spent three days collecting was now serving as a cushion for his buttocks.
“Ah, this Shakky’s sake is really good! *Belch*…”
Gulping down a mouthful, Rayleigh’s cheeks turned pink, and he wiped his mouth with his sleeve. He looked messy, wearing foam sandals, and reeked of alcohol, no different from a scavenger in the adjacent garbage mountain!
But this guy… he’s really Roger’s former Vice Captain, can you believe it?!
Zi Zi…
“Hey, don’t tell me that the thing under your butt is the Information I need…”
At this moment, a blue humanoid appeared beside Rayleigh, its featureless face staring at him. After a while, it made a sound that, despite lacking tone, conveyed a great sense of speechlessness.
(End of this chapter)
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