322- Roger

Years passed.

Although it had been twenty five years now, only a few months had passed inside the Time Island.

From time to time Emma would step out of the Time Island from time to time to carry out the tasks assigned to her by the system.

Also, Ethan himself goes out for a very short time to spend time with Tsuru, then returns to the island and only goes out once a year. Ethan has not shown himself to anyone other than Tsuru.

Tsuru was shocked for the first time when Ethan appeared because she thought he wouldn't appear until fifty years later.

Although she only sees Ethan once a year now and only for a few hours, she is very happy about it. After all, this is better than waiting fifty years.

During these years the Mercenaries Guild was disbanded and ceased to exist. This was due to internal conflicts in the guild after the death of their leader, Arthur.

The world government and pirates were happy with this news, but the common people who were receiving protection from the guild became sad.

But this is not the truth, but rather another lie that Ethan fabricated and spread in the world. The Mercenary Guild was not dismantled, but rather pretended to be divided and began to spread around the world and set up other organizations. But all of these organizations work under the Mercenaries Guild and they help Emma in her missions.

...

In skypiea.

The Roger Pirates finally arrived here, and Oden was with them.

But as soon as they arrived, they saw an army of 3,000 people waiting for them.

One of them walked forward and it was a man with a long beard who seemed to be about thirty years old although his real age is much older than that, "My name is Gan Fall and I am the leader of this island at the moment, normally we do not welcome guests on this island but you will be the only exception."

In the anime, Gan Fall looked old when he met Roger and his crew, but now because of the elixir given by the guild, he looks much younger than his real age.

"What? What do you mean?!" Roger looked at Gan Fall suspiciously.

Gan Fall looked at one of the men standing behind Roger, "Krucas is a member of the guild, since he is with you, it means that you are allies or at least will not pose a threat to our island."

Roger and the crew were confused, "Crocas, what guild is he talking about?"

"No wonder you don't know anything about the guild, after all, the guild disbanded more than twenty four years ago." Crocas sighed.

"What is a guild? Why did the guild disband?" A little red-haired girl asked Crocas curiously.

"It's a guild that excels at capturing evil pirates and handing them over to the marines, but they don't capture pirates whose goal is only adventure." The girl was about to call the guild evil, but when she heard that they didn't target all pirates, she felt impressed.

Crocas continued to answer the little girl's questions, "The reason for the guild's dissolution is the death of Arthur, the guild leader."

Silvers Rayleigh felt that he had heard Arthur's name before and after digging into his memories more, he finally remembered, "I remember now! You mean Arthur, the strongest man in the world."

"How did he become the strongest man in the world? How did he die if he was the strongest man in the world?" The little girl began to feel more and more curious about the man named Arthur, even though he was already dead, according to Crooks' words.

"More than twenty five years ago, there were five very powerful pirates named the Five Emperors. Arthur killed one of these five emperors very easily and destroyed an entire island in the process." Rayleigh begins to recall the information he remembers. "Because of this he has been called the strongest man in the world."

"Cool!!" The little girl's eyes sparkled in admiration.

"After a certain period, it was announced that Arthur had a disease, and one of the five emperors, who is called the strongest swordsman in the world, tried to take advantage of the opportunity to kill Arthur during his illness, so he sent a challenge." Members of Roger's crew start telling Arthur's story. Everyone seems to know who he is except Roger. "Even though he was sick, he managed to defeat the strongest swordsman in the world using a sword he borrowed from a bystander."

"Also, right after that, the strongest swordsman in the world allied with two emperors and tried to overthrow him, but he defeated all of them very easily."

The little girl was amazed at Arthur's strength and her blood boiled when she heard of his accomplishments. "How could someone with such powers die? Did he die of old age?"

Crocas sighed, "Although Arthur always wore a mask, I only saw his face once and he looked about 25 years old, and the cause of his death was an incurable disease."

Roger started laughing out loud, "Was there really such a man? What a pity if he was alive it would be fun to meet him and fight him."

"Roger, you're lucky you didn't meet him!" Crocas smiled sarcastically, "You couldn't even defeat Arthur's disciple."

"Arthur's disciple?"

"It is confidential information within the guild that not many people in the world know about, but I will tell you about it." Crocas waited for a moment to ignite the curiosity and excitement within them and then finally told them, "Charlotte Linlin and Edward Newgate are Arthur's disciple."

"What!!!" The entire crew cried out in shock at this information.

"Old Whitebeard is Arthur's disciple?" The little red-haired girl could hardly believe what she had heard.

"Yes, he is! This is reliable information from the Guild."

As everyone was shocked by this information, Gan Fall approached Roger, "Hmm, so you're Roger."

"Do you know me?" Roger asked confused.

Gan Fall: "Yes, I know your name and all the people of Sky Island know it too."

"Cool!! The captain's name is known even in the sky." The red-haired girl and the red-nosed boy cried out in excitement at the same time.

Roger was somewhat proud of this but asked, "What have you heard of me?"

Gan Fall showed a bright smile as he spoke of this, "Twenty-five years ago, The Kami (God) made a prophecy that after twenty-five years a man named Roger would come and try to find the Poneglyph on sky Island."

"Kami?!" The shock on Roger and his crew's faces was indescribable at this moment.

After coming out of the shock, the little girl asked the question. "Is there a Kami in this world?"

Gan Fall: "Yes!"

"What does he look like? Is he strong?" The girl's curiosity was boundless.

Gan Fall chuckled as he pointed at her, "Everyone here knows about him and his strength, including you."

"No, I do not know him." The girl shook her head in denial.

"No, you know him." Gan Fall patted the girl's head, "The Arthur you were talking about is Kami!"

" "NANI!!!!" "