"Do you know the location of the Final Island?" Roger walked out and looked at Oden and Rayleigh, who were still researching.
"It's confirmed. When do we depart?"
"Now!" Roger's mouth stretched to his ears as he said without hesitation.
"Oh!" xN
Everyone wore the same smile; the moment to make history had arrived.
But Buggy collapsed at this time, his whole body red with a high fever.
Even in a coma, Buggy kept mumbling about going to the Final Island.
However, he clearly needed to rest on land, so Shanks ultimately decided to stay behind and look after Buggy.
"Hmm! Shanks, are you sure? You've come so far, and now you're just one step away." Nero looked at Shanks and asked with a frown.
"It's fine, Big Sister! I've decided that in the future, I'll go with my own crew." Shanks said with a smile, without any hint of reluctance in his words.
"A spirited fellow!" Roger placed his hand on the straw hat on Shanks's head, giving him a knowing smile.
Shanks returned the same smile, as if a legacy was being passed on through the straw hat.
As Nero looked at the straw hat, the image of the young man she had seen through Observation Haki resurfaced in her mind, and she always had a bad premonition, her brows unconsciously knitting into a knot.
"Hmm, Hathaway! You stay here and take care of Buggy with Shanks. I'm not at ease with him alone."
"Your Majesty? I..."
"Hmm, no problem! There's only a little bit of the journey left. Or are you, Hathaway, also interested in the Final Island?"
"This..." Hathaway pondered. To be honest, she wasn't really interested in the Final Island. The reason she joined the Roger Pirates was only to look after Nero.
Looking at Buggy and Shanks, she truly couldn't feel at ease leaving these two young men, who always called Nero Big Sister, behind.
So, Hathaway finally lowered her head and nodded: "As you command, Your Majesty! Then I shall wait here for your return."
"Hmm!" Nero nodded and then looked at Shanks: "Don't give Hathaway too much trouble, okay!"
"Big Sister..." Shanks looked at Nero with gratitude. For Nero, who taught him Kamisari, his address of Big Sister was truly heartfelt... The next day,
After bidding farewell to Shanks and Hathaway on shore, the oro jackson continued its journey towards the Final Island.
"Hahahaha, is this the Final Island? Hey! What are you doing, you guy?" Roger's face fell halfway through his laugh, and he glared at one of the crew members.
"Huh? I, I'm going to record the location here, so when we come again next time..."
Before he could finish, Roger loudly interrupted: "Idiot! Coming to a place like this once is enough!"
Grabbing the compass that recorded the island, Roger angrily threw it into the sea.
"Hmm, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. It's a place we finally reached; keeping the compass would allow us to reminisce in the future." Nero said indifferently.
"It's not the same, idiot! Girls really don't understand!" Pulling down his lower eyelid, Roger made a face at Nero.
"What did you say?" Nero's face darkened, and she rolled up her sleeves, ready to show Roger a thing or two.
Roger, who usually backed down quickly in such situations, was uncharacteristically persistent this time, and he made another face at Nero.
"Hmm! You guy!" Nero's eye twitched, and she prepared to teach Roger a good lesson.
Within a year, Nero's combat power was no weaker than that of top-tier powerhouses like Roger and Whitebeard, though they had never seriously dueled.
"Alright! Now that we're here, don't argue. All the final treasures are waiting ahead!"
Rayleigh and Jabba pulled the two apart respectively; these two really were always the same.
"Hmph!" x2
Even after being pulled apart, the two still had no intention of acknowledging each other, snorting coldly and turning their faces away.
Their cold war didn't affect the others; everyone continued walking forward, chatting and laughing.
Then, they finally saw the final treasure.
Roger was the first to burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face, and everyone else also roared with laughter, except for Nero.
On this day, we understood everything: the truth of the world, the Void Century, the ancient weapons, and the secret of the D. clan.
"Ya hahahaha! It seems we arrived too early!" Roger clutched his Captain's hat, laughing so hard he couldn't straighten his back.
"Joy Boy! I truly wish I had been born in the same era as you. You really left behind an incredible treasure; it's a huge joke."
Roger said with emotion, still smiling in his words. He suddenly turned to the crowd: "Hey! Everyone, the Final Island, which no one has reached for eight hundred years, how about we call it this—Raftel!"
"That's good! Let's do that!"
"The Final Island named by us, the starting point of a new era begins here."
...Everyone was chattering, laughing, and celebrating, with arms around each other's shoulders.
And Nero, who hadn't spoken since earlier, kept her head down, her golden bangs obscuring her eyes, making her expression unreadable.
"Is this enough?" There was no trace of a smile, only a rage suppressed to its limit.
Her crimson pupils opened, blood-like demonic patterns spread across her face, and an unparalleled Conqueror's Haki erupted.
Nero was clearly on the verge of losing control: "I ask you! Is this enough? Answer me! Roger!!!"
The earth let out a mournful cry, as if responding to Nero's anger; even the air began to tremble.
"Came too early? Such an absurd reason, I will not accept it! What Joy Boy? What Nika? Are you all the same?"
Red and white Haki flashed around Nero like lightning. Nero looked at everyone, trying to find someone who felt as unwilling as she did.
But she failed; everyone had accepted this outcome, without any regret or unwillingness.
Roger met Nero's gaze with eyes as calm as the sea, as if saying, this is the end I've reached; the rest is up to the next era.
"Idiot!"
"Bastard!"
"Slob!"
Nero panted as she cursed at Roger, her fists clenching and unclenching.
"Die! You idiotic bastard slob with nose hair growing into a beard!!!"
Finally, Nero couldn't hold back and punched Roger hard in the face, sending him flying.
"A bunch of useless idiots! I will not accept such a result! I... I! I'm breaking up with you! I'm breaking up with you idiots!!!" Nero's veins bulged on her forehead, and she turned and left in a huff after speaking.
Leaving Roger shouting behind her: "Hey! My nose hair isn't growing into a beard!"
"Hahaha, you got sent flying, Roger!"
"Captain looks so lame!"
The others mercilessly mocked Roger.
'However, if Nero is leaving at this time, it should be the best time.'
Looking at Nero's retreating figure, Rayleigh, Jabba, and Oden thought silently in their hearts.