Chapter 016: Roger: Isn't It Just Conning Crew Members? I'm Used to This!
Warm sunlight spilled onto the earth.
The dappled sunlight interwoven under the shade of the trees was like scattered starlight.
A cool breeze blew, waking Roger, who had been sleeping soundly, with its chill.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked at Liu Feng, who was leaning against the tree beside him, smoking and enjoying the cool air. He smiled and asked:
"Did that guy agree?"
Liu Feng narrowed his attractive eyes and smiled:
"You knew my purpose in coming here?"
Roger rolled his eyes grumpily.
"Aren't you looking for crew members? I'm familiar with this kind of thing!"
"To conquer this sea, relying on me alone isn't enough."
"Back then, I also spent a lot of effort to trick... oh wait, to invite those crew members on board."
Black lines appeared over Liu Feng's head.
This guy really knows it was trickery.
Kozuki Oden, who was originally doing just fine as the 2nd Division Commander on Whitebeard's ship, was tricked onto the ship by this guy and stayed in the pirate crew, never returning to the Whitebeard Pirates.
Truly like Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou—borrowing without returning.
Seeing Liu Feng not speaking, Roger thought he was worried that Koushirou wouldn't agree to join.
He said mysteriously:
"It doesn't matter, I have a way to make him join."
"When conning crew members, you have to be fast, accurate, and ruthless!"
"If all else fails, beat him up first, knock him out, then tie him up and bring him on board to set sail."
Hearing Roger's shameless words, Liu Feng secretly regretted reviving the wrong person.
It seems reviving Whitebeard from the start would have been much more reliable.
Just then, the sound of wooden clogs stepping on the ground approached.
Koushirou, wearing a long robe and looking solemn, walked out from indoors and arrived in front of Liu Feng.
"Thought it through?"
Liu Feng smiled.
Koushirou said in a deep voice:
"I can agree to follow you, but besides Kuina, you must fulfill the promise you just made."
"—Resurrect Lord Kozuki Oden and open the borders of Wano Country!"
Before Liu Feng could speak, Roger beside him interrupted carelessly:
"What are you worried about, Four? Isn't it just resurrecting one more person?"
"What a simple matter..."
"—What!?"
Suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he jumped up from the ground.
"Oden is dead!?"
Koushirou sighed, his face full of regret:
"Yes, a few years after you were publicly executed, Lord Oden was killed by the combined forces of the Shogun of Wano Country, Kurozumi Orochi, and Kaido."
Suddenly.
Crack!
Boom!!
The ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked apart, like a gigantic spider web.
Dust and rocks flew, and a violent gale spread out madly with Roger as the center, blowing the large trees crooked.
"That little brat Kaido!! He dared to lay a hand on Oden!"
"If I had known earlier, I should have skinned that little reptile in that battle back then!"
Roger growled low, his eyes bursting with unprecedented killing intent.
Under the terrifying airwaves and killing intent, Liu Feng and Koushirou both took a few steps back, exchanging glances and seeing the shock and horror in each other's eyes.
This is Roger!
This is the Pirate King!!
The great demon king who once destroyed a country's army just because his partner was insulted!
At this moment, Roger, whose body was venting killing intent and Haki, had none of the earlier relaxation and goofiness from when he was eating roast meat; he was clearly a fierce beast that devoured humans.
That unscrupulously erupting killing intent seemed to lower the temperature of the surrounding air by several degrees, chilling people to the bone.
"He clearly hasn't recovered his strength, yet this momentum and killing intent..."
"Just what kind of freak is this guy?"
Liu Feng thought to himself with a shocked expression.
As the person who resurrected Roger, he knew Roger's current strength better than anyone.
Roger with one-third of his strength, even with the boost of Conqueror's Haki and swordsmanship, could at most barely reach the threshold of an Admiral; he couldn't compare to his peak period at all.
But the momentum and killing intent hidden in his aura, forged from thousands of battles, was genuinely terrifying.
"Liu Feng, we should set off for Wano Country!"
Roger suddenly turned his head and said seriously to Liu Feng.
Liu Feng frowned and said in a deep voice:
"Calm down. Wano Country is currently closed off, and Kaido has also become one of the Four Emperors of the New World with massive influence. Wano Country is not something we can intervene in right now."
"I will naturally resurrect Kozuki Oden, and Wano Country will inevitably open its borders, but not now."
"Without sufficient strength, rashly stepping into the territory of an Emperor is tantamount to seeking death."
"Don't forget that your strength hasn't recovered yet!"
Roger gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness, but in the end, he could only give up resentfully and withdraw his explosive aura.
Having experienced death once, although he acted recklessly, he wasn't stupid enough to commit suicide.
"Anyway, you have to promise me to resurrect Oden!"
"That bastard shouldn't have refused my help back then. If I had personally intervened, Wano Country would have opened its borders long ago!"
Liu Feng shook his head and said:
"Everyone has their time to appear, their own mission."
"Roger, this matter is not something an outsider can intervene in."
Roger was slightly stunned upon hearing this.
Liu Feng ignored him, turning to Koushirou and continuing:
"Let's go, I'll go resurrect your daughter first."
"Shimotsuki... Koushirou."
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