Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 525: The Only Overlord Left of the Old Era

"This really is a pretty good memory..."

Thinking about it carefully, that was already something from forty years ago.

Orin sat above the sky, looking at this album of photos sent to an old man in another world. This could also be considered his youth.

In his twenties, young and hot-blooded, after his strength caught up to the first captain, Roger, he encountered the second captain, Rocks, whose strength surpassed his.

And now...

They had all already passed away.

Orin looked into the distance.

Had the old era really already ended?

The Rocks Pirates, the group most symbolic of the old era—by today, most of those captains had already passed away.

Rocks died at God Valley, Newgate died in battle, Shiki died in battle, John died, Ochoku died...

The only two who could still be said to be alive were Linlin and Kaido.

Even those two would, in the not-too-distant future, be defeated by brats of the new era.

And what about the Roger Pirates?

Captain Roger was publicly executed, the official crew either retired or had already passed away. Only three former young apprentices were still active on the seas.

Two of them could hardly be counted as remnants of the old era.

Shanks and Buggy were still popular contenders of the new era for the great treasure.

Counting it up like this...

Orin looked at the photo album in his hands—young Orin and Roger with arms around each other drinking, Rocks taking Orin off to God Valley...

"Gulp gulp—"

"Am I about to become the only remnant among the overlords of the old era?"

"Well then..."

Orin patted the Seagull King on the back.

"Let’s go see some old friends."

...

New World, Totto Land waters

"What, what is this, what’s with such a huge scene!!!?"

"I remember now, it’s for a wedding!!!"

"A wedding for a newlywed couple, yo~~~"

Flowers and plants kept swaying, their anthropomorphic faces full of smiles, continuously reciting or singing.

The heated atmosphere on Cake Island recently—even these most basic flower-and-grass Homies could feel it, which showed just how happy their Mom really was.

And it wasn’t just them. Even the officers of the Big Mom Pirates were discussing this matter.

Some of them were Big Mom’s children, some were pirates who joined from outside. Among them, some non-core officers were obviously not clear about the inside story of this event.

"This is really strange~"

"In the past there were times when they recruited pirates as sons-in-law, but it was never this grand!!!"

"I heard it’s from the Vinsmoke family of the North Blue, and he’s a big pirate with a pretty high bounty, but it doesn’t need to be this grand, right?"

He still remembered that when Capone Bege, once called a supernova of the Worst Generation, held his wedding, it wasn’t this grand either.

"Your info is already outdated~"

Another officer, who seemed to be a child of the Charlotte Family, had a smile on his face.

""Black Leg" Vinsmoke Sanji—although he isn’t one of the supernovas, his strength is not inferior to the other supernovas at all, and the other side also has a very key identity..."

The Charlotte Family officer revealed a strange, sweet smile and was just about to say something, when at this moment they heard a crisp sound of footsteps. Along with the footsteps, there also seemed to be a faint metallic clashing sound.

"What are you dawdling around here for?"

Hearing this voice, the former stiffened all over in an instant and suddenly turned his head.

"Katakuri!!!"

They saw a very tall, short-haired figure, wrapped in a thick scarf, wearing leather clothes, looking at him with cold eyes.

"Hurry and prepare. Mr. Orin is about to arrive."

"Y-yes!!!"

The two officers hurried off to prepare the reception.

That officer who was not a Charlotte child, while rushing away, still couldn’t quite believe it.

The "Mr. Orin" Katakuri had just mentioned—could it be...

His eyes widened, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

At the same time, above the Totto Land waters, a violent storm swept in. Looking up from the ground, it was like a tornado connecting heaven and earth.

Some ministers at the port raised their hands to shield their eyes, staring in shock at the shredded sky.

"This weather..."

"The navigator didn’t say there would be a storm today!!!"

Only Katakuri stood calmly in place, staring into the distant sky, his eyes slightly narrowing.

"No... that is..."

As if he had seen the future, Katakuri turned his head and ordered everyone to retreat to a thousand meters outside the port.

Even afraid it wouldn’t be in time, Katakuri even used his ability to stick many brothers and sisters together and dragged them backward.

"This nap was really comfortable..."

Ten thousand meters up in the sky, a figure slept comfortably and stretched.

He saw the colorful islands in the distance and knew he had arrived.

Without thinking, he headed straight toward Cake Island.

He didn’t take the storm staircase, and he didn’t take the space elevator either.

"Whoosh——!!!"

A body arrived at the port of Cake Island by the fastest method other than teleportation.

The enormous impact, like a cannonball, plunged straight into the ground.

Half the port was smashed through!!!!

"..."

Everyone stared dumbfounded at the destroyed port in front of them, and even Katakuri let a drop of cold sweat fall.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw the ruins in front of him turning into gray smoke and disappearing.

A figure whose clothes weren’t even dirty walked out of the billowing dust, with a seagull standing on his shoulder.

"Oh my, isn’t this Katakuri?"

"You’ve already grown this big, huh~"

Now nearly forty, Orin, compared to when he was in his twenties, just had a bit more maturity on his face, without any sign of old age.

After looking through those photos, it felt as if all those memories were still from yesterday.

And since he didn’t come to Cake Island very often, seeing that little figurine Katakuri who used to be lured away by donuts had now turned into a five-meter-tall mature man was still rather sigh-inducing.

"???"

Katakuri was momentarily confused. He didn’t understand what Orin meant by saying that.

By age, Orin should be several years younger than him.

But after all, it was Orin, and also the most honored guest of the Big Mom Pirates, so Katakuri couldn’t really refute anything.

He could only politely lead the way.

And Orin also felt like chatting a bit. After all, this was a real man who cherished his family, and, like him, had considerable talent in Observation Haki.

"Hey, Katakuri, how many seconds can your future sight see now..."

"I’ll teach you..."

Orin looked at this Katakuri who clearly loved eating donuts yet put on the act of a cold male god, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

After all, if you really think about it, this was also an old veteran pirate who had lived in the Rocks Pirates, you know~

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