Chapter 18

Ray glanced at Ragna and Law as he went to sit in the chair.

"You want me to coat your ship?" Ray asked after sitting in the chair.

Ragna nodded.

"What is the size of your ship?" Ray got straight to the point.

"Small-sized. I can take you there later, but there's something else I want to talk to you about." Ragna said.

Ray took a sip of the drink that Shakky had given him a short time ago and said, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"You must have learned a lot during your journey, right? Silvers Rayleigh-san." Ragna said.

Rayleigh took another sip of his drink and said with a smile, "I think you mistook me for someone. I'm just an old man who's a coating technician."

Shakky tried to hide it, but she frowned after hearing what Ragna had said.

"Don't worry, We didn't come here for a bad reason. There's something I just want to know, and I think the Dark King, the former pirate king's right-hand man, might know." Ragna said.

Law couldn't help but be surprised to learn the identity of the old man. Next to them stood one of the living legends!

"As I said, I'm just an old man. You must be confusing me with someone else." Rayleigh continued to deny it.

That's when Shakky said sharply, "Get out of my bar. I don't want to see you here."

She felt positive towards them at first, but the current situation made her angry.

Ragna slowly got up from the chair and said, "Okay, We will go, but I came here just to talk to you." Then, as looked at Rayleigh, he continued, "There's something about world government. If you're curious, I'd like to talk privately. Frankly, I think it's something that will affect the world."

As Ragna and Law were about to leave the bar, Rayleigh said, "I'll give you some time. Let's see what you have to say."

Shakky said hastily, "Ray, what do you think you're doing? It's dangerous, what if they're setting you up?"

Rayleigh stand up from his chair and walked towards Ragna, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Although I am old, I am still the Dark King."

"Law, you stay here. I'll be back shortly." Ragna said.

Law reluctantly nodded. He wanted to go with him, but he knew Ragna wouldn't let him.

After Rayleigh and Ragna left the bar, they went to a place nearby. There was no one else in that area but them.

"Speak, let's see what you have to say." Rayleigh said.

"Rayleigh-san, have you seen a very rare race during your journey? Or an endangered race?" Ragna said.

"A rare race that is near extinction? How does this have to do with the World Government?" Rayleigh said.

"Because the World Government is after me just because of my race. Unfortunately, I couldn't find what race I was. I searched many places but couldn't find even the slightest information. I don't even know the name of my race." Ragna said.

"Your race? You seem like a normal human to me. Besides, why do you think they're after you?" Rayleigh said.

After a short pause, Ragna said with a sigh, "Sigh* I was a prisoner in Mary Geoise until a few years ago. A lot of experiments were done on me until I escaped from there. As I understand it, their purpose was to understand how my race's traits work and to copy them for themselves."

This subject intrigued Rayleigh. What features could he possibly have that would interest the World Government?

"And what are the features of your race?" Rayleigh said.

"I don't know exactly what features I have yet. As far as I've learned so far if I get enough training, my immunity to seastone and water increases although I eat devil fruit. For example, when I am in the water, I can swim even though I am weaker." Ragna said.

Rayleigh was surprised to hear. A devil fruit user who is immune to water?

Ragna added, "Also, although I'm not a fishman, I can use Fish-Man Jujutsu. But still not as effective as they are."

Ragna had learned Fish-Man Karate while on the Sun Pirates and realized at the time that he could also use Jujutsu. Of course, Tiger and Jimbei when saw him, directly told him that he should hide this feature. Because as far as they know, no human has ever been able to use Fish-Man Jujutsu.

Rayleigh was even more shocked because he had never heard anything like it before.

"Have you ever heard of a race with these abilities?" Ragna asked.

Rayleigh began to think and at that moment remembered what his captain, Gol D. Roger, had said to him.

"I've heard a story like that before, but I don't know if it's true. The story I heard was about what happened in the Void Century." Rayleigh said.

Ragna was excited to finally find the answer he was looking for, "Can you tell me that story?"

Rayleigh looked deeply at Ragna for a moment, then said, "What will you do after you find out?"

Ragna was stunned by this question. How could he answer that?

"Anyway, I don't know that much about it. The captain told me that a very powerful race lived in the void century. In fact, Roger wanted very much to fight one of them before he died. But unfortunately, they became extinct centuries ago." Rayleigh said.

"Is that all? Don't you know anything else?" Ragna asked hastily. He wanted to learn more.

"Roger told me all this after he learned what was written in that poneglyph. I didn't ask because I wasn't too curious, after all, we are just pirates." Rayleigh said.

"And where is that poneglyph?" Ragna asked.

Rayleigh said with a smile, "Laugh Tale. Good luck finding it."