In reality, the Roger Pirates' proactive attack on the Rocks Pirates was a combination of coincidence and helplessness.
After the Fiore Sea Battle, the Roger Pirates learned about the related information from the news.
Roger made a snap decision, planning to head to the trading sea area—the Desolate Sea—to join the excitement.
They didn't aim to participate directly, but if a good opportunity arose to strike at the Rocks Pirates' members,
Roger would not hesitate in the slightest.
One word: fight!
Anyone who opposed the Rocks Pirates was a friend of Roger's.
It must be said that Roger was quite the "legend" of his generation.
He was a pirate himself, yet he actually considered teaming up with the Navy to fight another pirate crew.
While it might seem like "the enemy of my enemy is my friend,"
if they actually went through with it, the Roger Pirates would be cutting themselves off from the pirate world.
As pirates, they were mortal enemies with the Navy—how could they do such a thing?
Even if they were also enemies with the Rocks Pirates,
that was absolutely no excuse for the Roger Pirates to join forces with the Navy.
If they really did it, just watch how public opinion would tear the Roger Pirates apart.
In the original storyline, during the God Valley Battle, Roger was lucky.
His absurd move of teaming up with Garp to defeat Rocks
happened to coincide with the World Government deliberately controlling the narrative due to the large amount of Celestial Dragon intelligence at God Valley.
The entire world was forbidden from spreading any news related to God Valley.
This allowed him to narrowly escape disaster, avoiding complete disgrace in the pirate world.
The Navy and pirates were irreconcilable enemies who could never coexist.
This was this world's alternative form of political correctness, after all.
It must be said, Roger was truly blessed by fate.
Otherwise, even if Roger eventually became the Pirate King,
this massive stain would forever nail him to the pillar of shame, never to come down.
But let's return to the Roger Pirates' journey to the Desolate Sea.
Who knows what kind of celestial being their navigator was,
or perhaps it was the World Will intentionally manipulating events.
On their way to the Desolate Sea, the Roger Pirates encountered a massive whirlpool—something they hadn't seen in a long time.
Unfortunately, their entire ship got sucked into the whirlpool.
After finally managing to escape from the whirlpool in a sorry state,
they took a brief rest, regained their spirits, and set sail again toward the Desolate Sea.
Then they encountered a rare island-sized beast blocking their path.
Although they eventually dealt with the giant creature, they suffered a wave attack as a result.
To make matters worse, their pirate ship broke down and couldn't move.
So they had to repair it.
After spending a day on repairs, they set off once more.
Along the way, they encountered nothing but hailstorms and torrential rains—it was truly arduous.
When they finally had the Desolate Sea in sight,
several massive tsunami waves struck them one after another.
Caught off guard, their pirate ship was swept off course again.
These enormous tsunamis were caused by the conflict between Brian and the Navy.
By the time the Roger Pirates finally managed to reach the Desolate Sea,
it was even more unfortunate—the battle had long since ended.
All they could see were countless severed limbs and wreckage, along with numerous corpses.
Alongside these was the massive crater that hadn't yet been completely refilled with seawater.
At this moment, Roger spotted a Sea King carcass and thought about casually taking it to roast.
A foolish decision triggered a violent upheaval in the seawater-filled crater.
After barely managing to escape, they found themselves in the Lyra Sea, near the desolate ocean waters.
The Rocks Pirates' black market in the Lyra Sea was now right before their eyes.
Originally, the Roger Pirates had planned to briefly dock at the island to replenish supplies before leaving.
After all, this was the territory of the Rocks Pirates.
They weren't yet ready to clash with them.
But then, another problem arose.
A recently recruited low-level crew member on their ship caused trouble.
In a panic, he discovered that his wife, who had remained in their hometown, had been taken by slavers.
Coincidentally, she was being auctioned on the very island they were on.
With his wife's tearful eyes vividly before him, the crew member momentarily lost his senses.
He stormed the black market auction, inciting a riot.
As the "good guy" among pirates, Roger naturally wouldn't stand by and do nothing.
He immediately stepped in to block their opponents.
This, in turn, escalated into a larger mutual assault.
In the end, the Roger Pirates nearly wiped out all the defensive forces on the island.
Having come this far, Roger didn't hesitate.
He decisively chose to plunder the entire black market.
They took all the treasures and freed all the people who had been abducted by the slavers.
After it was over.
The Roger Pirates quickly fled, planning to lay low in the first half of the Grand Line.
Only places like the first half of the Grand Line or even the Four Seas could offer some refuge from the pursuit of the Rocks Pirates.
After all, these were the territories of the Navy and the World Government—those in the know, know.
That was the evolution of this incident.
To be honest, it was truly absurd.
But when attributed to the Roger Pirates, it somehow didn't feel absurd at all.
If Brian could learn the full story, he could only sigh helplessly and remark.
Truly worthy of being the next era's chosen one, the first Pirate King.
Living in this bizarre world as a transmigrator.
Brian still held some belief in the influence of the World Will.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain how carefree troublemakers like Roger and even Luffy.
Ultimately ended up becoming the Pirate King.
Especially Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates.
The entire crew of about ten people was practically a gathering of the pirate world's second-generation elites.
...
Ever since Rocks issued the order regarding the Roger Pirates on Hachinosu.
All the pirates and ambitious figures in the New World suddenly noticed that the winds had changed.
The tentacles of the Rocks Pirates, the reigning overlords, which had somewhat retracted, were now fully extended.
They even openly declared throughout the New World that they would investigate every single member of the Roger Pirates.
Including all family members and relatives of the Roger Pirates' crew.
For a time, panic spread everywhere.
Every island began conducting self-inspections, terrified that their island or organization.
Might be unlucky enough to have any connection with the Roger Pirates.
This was a declaration from the Rocks Pirates, the overlords of the New World.
Essentially, it was the highest-level manhunt order.
In a short time, a consensus emerged among everyone in the New World.
The Roger Pirates were filthier than dog shit and must not be associated with.
Once associated, it meant certain death!
Shakuyaku's intelligence network was exceptionally powerful, further aided by the dark forces of the New World.
Soon, Rocks obtained intelligence about the origins of several Roger Pirates crew members.
Although the entire Roger Pirates crew had fled, their family members remained.
Within a single day, Rocks personally took action and obliterated four related islands in the New World.
Entire islands were reduced to scorched earth, leaving no survivors.
Among these four islands, one was even a member nation of the World Government.
Yet its fate was the same - with the island destroyed, how could the nation continue to exist?
Every single person from the highest to the lowest in the entire nation was wiped out, with no survivors.
The New World was once again thrown into uproar and terror.
This was complete annihilation.
And this intelligence, amplified by Morgans' influence,
spread throughout the entire world within just one day.
Countless people quietly hoped that the Roger Pirates would rise up directly and confront the Rocks Pirates.
No one knew that the Roger Pirates were about to pull off something massive!