Pirate: I'm about to do something big!

Three days later, at Naval Base Area 60 in the Sabaody Archipelago.

The world's navies typically have two routes for traveling between their headquarters, Marineford, and the four seas.

The first choice is basically the first one: warships with seastone installed on their hulls depart directly from Marineford, cross the calm belts on both sides of the Grand Line, and sail directly to the four seas. Under normal circumstances, this is only done when launching an attack to capture pirates.

The other route is more politically oriented, starting from Marineford, passing through the Sabaody Archipelago, then through the Upside-Down Mountains, and finally to the Four Seas.

Since Alyosha was in charge of recruiting students from all over the world for the Military Academy, which was an administrative action, the second option was chosen.

"Wow, this is the Sabaody Archipelago! How amazing!"

Little Luffy lay on the bow of the ship, gazing at the unique Yarchiman mangrove scenery of the Sabaody Archipelago. With his limited education, including prenatal education, all he could utter were these words.

Of course, the other crew members who had never been to sea before didn't perform much better than Luffy.

Alyosha stood next to the group of children, smiling as he explained the origin of the Sabaody Archipelago to them.

"Isn't it beautiful? This is a unique landscape that can only be seen on the Grand Line. It's an island made up of the world's largest collection of 79 Yarchman mangroves. If you three go on an adventure after you turn 17, this is a place you will inevitably pass through."

"Can I go downstairs to play now, teacher?"

"Of course, but you can only play in this area of ​​number 60. Sabo, as the older brother, you have to keep a close eye on Luffy. Law, you don't need to worry about us here, right?"

"I'll stay on the ship and wait for you to come back, teacher. But what about them?"

Trafalgar Law did not object to Alyosha's arrangements. Compared to the three brothers Luffy, Sabo, and Ace, Law was not very enthusiastic about going to sea. Even after leaving the Donquixote Family, he simply chose to hide away in Pleasure Town.

Later, through a series of coincidences, they formed the Heart Pirates and set sail, making a name for themselves as Supernovas. Their greatest wish was to avenge their savior, Donquixote Rosinante.

For him, there was no difference between being a pirate and being a marine.

Luo looked at the four new crew members on the warship with a look of disdain.

"Damn the Navy! Our young master will come to our rescue! Just you wait, he will avenge Mr. Diamante! And you, Law, our young master will not forgive those who betray the family, including you!"

The fat man shouting on the deck is Buffalo, one of the four members of the Donquixote Family that Alyosha brought back after defeating Diamante in one move. Buffalo ate the Spin-Spin Fruit.

At the young age of 15, Baffaro was already as tall as Alyosha, and twice as wide.

He was also the most loyal to Doflamingo among the four members. Even after being captured by Alyosa and handcuffed with seastone handcuffs, he still kept saying that Doflamingo would come to save him.

As for the other three, the sisters Monet and Sugar were quite sensible.

Perhaps because Monet had only been a member of the Donquixote Family for a short time, Doflamingo had not yet fully won her loyalty. Therefore, when Monet saw Alyosha kill Diamante in one move without even drawing his sword, she decisively chose to submit.

They cooperated well along the way and didn't cause Alyosha any trouble.

Seeing that her older sister had backed down, Sugar, as the younger sister, was naturally not foolish enough to attack Alyosha, and had remained well-behaved all the way until now.

Of the four Don Quixote family executives, Alyosha first won over Baby-5, a little girl who had been living a life of wandering since childhood and longed to be needed.

With a simple statement that I need baby-5 to become my student, I successfully turned her to my side.

Alyosha walked slowly up to the shouting Buffalo and delivered a sharp, educational chop to the forehead, silencing him.

He turned around, unlocked the sea stone handcuffs on Monet and Sugar's hands, and picked up Baby-5 in one swift motion.

"Miss Monet, I'm planning to buy some nice outfits for Baby and Sugar. Could you please come with me and give me some suggestions?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll run away?"

Monet was surprised that Alyosha had unlocked his sea stone handcuffs, and as soon as he voiced his doubts, he realized he had asked a stupid question.

Would a commodore who could kill Diamanti in one blow be afraid to run away? Monet immediately realized.

"Baby is?"

Alyosha turned to look at the equally bewildered Baby-5 and said softly:

"This is her name, baby-5. I need you to remember this name. From now on, you'll be called this name. Only your best friends and family can call you baby, understand?"

"Yes, baby-5 remembers, I'll be called Baby from now on."

Baby-5 had tears in her eyes. Even after being recruited by Doflamingo, no one in the Donquixote Family gave her a real name; they all called her by the code name Baby-5.

Even a twisted guy like Doflamingo only used Baby-5 as a tool to carry out his will.

During the three days that Alyosha brought her to the warship, neither the sailors nor her peers asked her to do anything. All she had to do was sit quietly in her chair and attend academic classes with Luffy and the others.

"Okay, let's go buy clothes for Baby and Sugar now. Smoker, Tina, and Dol, I'll leave things here to you. Ace, Mr. Arlong, you come along too."

"Why do I have to go shopping with girls just because you take them?"

"Because the teacher needs to ask you for a favor, is that alright?"

Hearing Alyosha's polite inquiry, Ace clicked his tongue in annoyance, but still obediently followed Alyosha down the deck. The teacher and student stepped onto the soft ground, and then turned to look at Monet, who was holding her younger sister Sugar's hand on the stairs.

"Monet, come quick!"

Baby-5 smiled radiantly, waving to Monet and the Sugar Sisters on the deck.

The two sisters watched as Baby-5 kept waving at them, unsure whether they should follow.

"Sister Monet, this is probably the first time I've ever seen Baby-5 smile so happily."

Sugar gripped her sister Monet's hand tightly and whispered.

She is a childlike person who ate the Childlike Fruit. The moment Sugar ate the fruit, her age, height, and appearance were frozen at that moment, and she stopped growing.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will forever remain this little girl who never grows up, truly a precocious child.

But precisely because of this, she is also better able to distinguish between good and bad, right and wrong.

Therefore, Sugar could sense that Alyosha did not see her as an outsider, nor did the other marines on the ship; they simply saw her as a child, a child who had gone astray.

Monet could feel the strength from Sugar's little hand, and he could see the envy in Sugar's eyes, the same envy that Alyosha showed towards Baby-5.

This attitude and gaze that treated the two sisters as normal people, not as outcasts, was something they had never received before, even within the Don Quixote family.

Seeing her younger sister Sugar like this, Monet, as the older sister, also smiled slightly.

The sea breeze blew, lifting Monet's long, wavy, grass-green hair.

"A navy person who would name Baby-5? That's quite unusual. Come on, Sugar, I'll take you shopping for clothes."

Monet picked up his sister Sugar and then followed her down the deck.

The two men each carried a girl, with Ace walking between them. From behind, one might mistake them for a family of five on vacation.

The fishman Arlong was the bodyguard who accompanied them.

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Sabaody Archipelago, District 13, bar street, bar with bamboo bars.

In the Sabaody Archipelago, areas numbered 1 through 29 are considered lawless zones, frequented by slave ships, pirates, and black market merchants, creating a diverse and chaotic environment.

Even the navy stationed in Area 60 was unable to eliminate this scourge of a region.

Moreover, these guys are never still. Because the islands of Sabaody Archipelago are connected by bridges, they often wander to other areas to find suitable targets, knock them unconscious, put collars on them, and sell them to human auctions located in this area.

If the price is right, they even dare to kidnap people in Area 60, which is guarded by the Navy.

It can be said that once someone is kidnapped by these criminals and sold as a slave at a human auction, that person will never be found again in their lifetime.

Therefore, no one in this area is easy to get along with; everyone's conversations are tinged with calculation.

Knock on Bamboo Bar is a bar that has been operating in this area for nearly 40 years.

The proprietress is named Xia Qi, a beautiful proprietress whose true age cannot be determined from her appearance; she is 58 years old.

The fact that a woman could run a bar in this lawless area for so many years without ever facing any danger speaks volumes about her strength and background.

On this day, Xiaqi opened her business early as usual, just to receive the only customer who came every morning.

A handsome, white-haired old man sitting at the bar, taking drinks from the liquor cabinet and drinking them without a care in the world.

This is an old man who is handsome at first glance. He has a head of silver hair that falls over his shoulders, wears frameless glasses, and has a vertical scar on his right eye. However, it does not ruin the beauty of his face. Instead, it gives this handsome old man a bit of sharpness and majesty.

His beard was neatly trimmed, and despite his advanced age, he remained tall and strong, with well-defined and even muscle lines on his arms.

She wore a yellow sleeveless top with a white cape, paired with leopard-print shorts and sandals.

With a long sword at his waist, he was the kind of super handsome white-haired old man who looked like he had experienced many storms in his youth.

He certainly went through many storms, because this handsome old man's name was Silvers Rayleigh, also known as Hades Rayleigh.

He was the right-hand man of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.

He is Xia Qi's lover and friend.

No one would have imagined that Roger, the Pirate King who ushered in the Great Pirate Era, would live in seclusion in the lawless Sabaody Archipelago.

Or perhaps someone knew, but due to Rayleigh's abilities, the World Government, including the high-ranking officers of the Marine Headquarters, did not want to provoke this retired vice-captain of the Roger Pirates.

"Mr. Raleigh, please don't drink all my wine. This is for my guests tonight."

Rayleigh ignored Shakky's monotonous rambling. He simply leaned back in his chair, swirling the empty glass in his hand, closed his eyes, and, with the slight intoxication brought on by the wine, recalled the past when he met his friend Roger.

"Hey, this boat is awesome!"

"I stole it. My house burned down, and now I live on a boat."

"Really? What's your name?"

"Rayle, Silbaz Rayle."

"My name is Roger, Goel D. Roger. Our meeting was destined, Roger."

"Destined?"

"Want to come with me and turn this world upside down, Rayleigh?"

"Huh? Turn the world upside down? Who do you think you are, kid? Go play somewhere else."

"Although your boat is a bit small, with good navigation, it can still withstand ordinary storms. Isn't it perfect for our departure? Let's raise the sails and set sail!"

"Us? Set sail? Stop making decisions on your own. Why should I do this kind of thing with you?"

"I told you we're going to overturn the world! Let's go, let's set sail, Rayleigh!"

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"We're still too early, Rayleigh,"

"Yeah, ONE PIECE, I wonder who will find it."

"Of course it's my son."

"You don't have a son."

"It will be available later~"

Rayleigh's recollection of his adventures with Roger was interrupted by the sound of conversation coming from the doorway.

"Knock-on-the-bar? Why would a bar be called that? And is it really appropriate for you, as my teacher, to bring your student to a bar?! I'm not even 17 yet!"

"Oh, who said the teacher brought you here to drink? I'm showing you around, let's go!"

The bar door was pushed open, and Rayleigh looked in the direction of the sound and saw Alyosha leading Ace in with a reluctant expression.

Upon seeing Ace beside Alyosha, Rayleigh recognized his old friend's appearance and blurted out.

"Roger?"