Chapter 139
"I want to invite the Roger Pirates to join our alliance — that way our strength will also increase." "We can also have more manpower to fight against the Rocks Pirates and the Navy."
Hearing Ubel's words, Blite also fell into thought.
"Will Roger join?"
Hearing Blite's question, Ubel confidently patted his round belly.
"I brought quite a bit of sincerity — I believe he'll agree!"
At the same time, Roger once again escaped the Navy's encirclement and entered Fish-Man Island.
Here Roger also saw those two stone tablets inscribed with ancient writing.
Roger, who could hear the voice of all things, was quickly drawn to these two stone tablets.
On several islands he had passed through before, Roger had also discovered some stone tablets inscribed with ancient writing.
This sparked a strong interest in Roger.
"Hahahahaha! I want to unravel these mysteries!"
With Roger's hearty laughter, a seed of exploring these secrets was planted in his heart.
From this moment on, the Roger Pirates also embarked on the path to find Laugh Tale.
Just as the Roger Pirates were preparing to leave here to search for the lost Rio Poneglyphs, Golden Pirates executive Geze Solari found the Roger Pirates.
When Solari saw all the members of the Roger Pirates, he was quickly shocked by the aura emanating from them.
He realized the Roger Pirates were truly very strong.
He even felt danger from Roger, Rayleigh, and Jabba.
Solari walked toward the Roger Pirates who were drinking.
Seeing everyone's eyes turn to him, Solari immediately introduced himself.
"My name is Geze Solari, an executive of the Golden Pirates."
"I represent the Golden Pirates and Iron Wall Pirates in inviting you to join our alliance!"
After hearing the other party's purpose, Roger also lost interest.
He became a pirate just to become the freest man on the sea — how could he possibly join another pirate crew's alliance?
Moreover, he was already prepared to search for those scattered Rio Poneglyphs.
"Hahahahaha!"
"I'm not interested in your alliance at all, Solari."
"We are free pirates — how could we possibly be bound by you!"
Hearing Roger's words, all the Roger Pirates showed happy expressions.
They had all joined the Roger Pirates because they were attracted by Roger's charisma and naturally followed his will.
Seeing Roger actually refuse his invitation, Solari's face instantly darkened.
He hadn't expected Roger to be so disrespectful and directly reject the invitation from the Golden Pirates.
After all, they were one of the three great overlords of the New World — the Golden Pirates.
But thinking of Ubel's request, he could only suppress his temper and said in a deep voice:
"I hope you can reconsider!"
"If you agree, these 1 billion Berries will be our captain's gift for meeting!"
Solari directly opened the black suitcase he was carrying.
Seeing a box full of Berries appear before them, even Roger's eyes lit up.
Although he didn't care too much about treasure, they had been constantly pursued by the Navy in the first half of the Grand Line, making their funds extremely tight.
Moreover, their pirate crew never plundered civilians, which left them truly poor.
Rayleigh looked at the money and also became excited — he hadn't gambled in a long time.
This was also because the money they plundered from other pirates could only barely cover their daily expenses.
Although they never plundered civilians, they still plundered other pirates.
Soon Roger, Rayleigh, and Jabba's gazes met.
After nodding, Roger directly stood up, drew the sword at his waist, and pointed it at Solari:
"Hand over your treasure."
Solari was stunned when he saw Roger directly draw his sword.
But he quickly came back to his senses, his eyes full of humiliation.
He was a great pirate with a 700 million berry bounty — being rejected while inviting on behalf of his captain was one thing.
But the other side actually wanted to rob the Golden Pirates' treasure — simply outrageous.
"Are you trying to start a war with the Golden Pirates?"
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!"
"So what if we are? So what if we aren't?"
With that, a red slash flew toward Solari.
Solari's Observation Haki quickly caught Roger's slash.
He immediately let go of the suitcase and dodged to the side.
The moment the money box left his hand, Rayleigh snatched the black suitcase full of Berries.
The Roger Pirates crew all showed excited expressions when they saw this scene.
This time they had finally escaped poverty.
At this moment, they were already imagining how to spend this money.
Seeing his money robbed by the other side, Solari's face became extremely ugly.
He could already imagine Ubel's furious appearance.
Thinking of Ubel's punishment, Solari immediately charged toward the Roger Pirates, raising a fist wrapped in Armament Haki and smashing it straight toward Roger.
Explosive Fist!
Seeing the opponent attacking him, Roger unyieldingly drew the sword at his waist and directly blocked the strike.
Just as Roger caught the blow, the corners of Solari's mouth instantly curled into an almost imperceptible smile.
"Explode!"
With a single word uttered.
Roger's Observation Haki immediately detected something wrong.
Just as Roger was about to retreat, he was blasted away by the explosion from Solari's fist,
his entire captain's coat was blown to pieces, revealing Roger's lean, muscular body.
"Hahahahaha!"
"This old man ate the Bomb-Bomb Fruit — I'm a walking bomb!"
Seeing Roger take the hit, Solari also showed a happy smile.
The Roger Pirates crew became somewhat angry when they saw Roger take the hit.
Just as they were preparing to kill this bastard, Roger reached out and stopped them.
Regarding Solari's sneak attack, Roger wasn't angry; instead, he raised the corners of his mouth and let out bursts of laughter.
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!"
"I was really too careless."
"But this time, I'm going to get serious."
With that, Roger's expression also became serious.
Feeling the oppressive aura radiating from Roger's body, Solari instantly felt a chill run down his spine.
After he came back to his senses, Roger's figure had already disappeared from his sight.
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