Chapter 447: Gray King

Golden Lion joined the Morning Star Crew for many years, and alongside the captain overthrew the World Government to establish the United Kingdom, and now holds the rank of Air Marshal.

But no matter what, his time in the Rocks Pirates was a memorable chapter.

Captain Rocks, though tyrannical, was one of the few men Golden Lion truly respected.

Only Rocks’ son, Blackbeard, made Golden Lion feel sorry for Rocks—Blackbeard dared to marry Luffy, all for some unrealistic dream…

This isn’t just madness.

This is outright brain damage.

The other attendees sighed in unison; if the former tyrant Rocks knew his son had married Luffy, he might crawl right out of the God Valley ruins.

Remember, during the Rocks Pirates era, Luffy was always surrounded by sons like Perospero and Katakuri.

Who else could possibly be the fathers of these children?

There’s even a chance some are Rocks’ own sons.

Even if not, Rocks and Luffy must have had some intimate relationship.

Blackbeard is truly carrying on his father’s legacy.

After the minor incident, the meeting resumed; only after it ended did Seven privately invite Garp to his office.

“Garp Sen-sei,

I’ve wanted to ask you for years—where exactly did you bury Roger’s body?”

Many years ago, Garp, as the Marine representative, personally escorted Roger to Loguetown; Seven was standing beneath the execution platform then.

But back then, he was too weak to do anything but watch Roger being publicly executed, unable even to collect his corpse.

Fortunately, after all these years, Seven has finally prepared to resurrect Roger.

The reason? The little demon Ace has grown increasingly unruly, constantly shouting that he wants to sail out and explore.

And that old lecher Kaido keeps yelling about how elderly love is free—that you two can’t stop this lonely old man from pursuing happiness!

After repeated attempts to dissuade them failed, Seven resorted to his ultimate tactic: resurrecting the other party, Roger.

Then sit back and watch the show.

In fact, the trading platform offers many items capable of bringing the dead back to life.

Such as the Seven Dragon Balls that grant wishes, the All-Powerful Holy Grail, or reality-altering causality items that erase the fact of Roger’s death itself, thereby resurrecting him.

But most of these are one-time-use items.

And they’re extremely expensive—the Seven Dragon Balls cost 100 million points; Seven still needs to save for about five more years.

Seven has always been greedy, so he chose a reusable method—the Rinnegan and the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

That is: locate Roger’s corpse, use the Impure World Reincarnation technique, then use the Rinnegan’s Samsara of Heavenly Life to resurrect Roger.

Normally, using Samsara of Heavenly Life drains the user’s life force, but Seven has Senzu Beans—plenty of them.

He has zero concern over the side effects of Samsara of Heavenly Life.

Besides, the Rinnegan isn’t expensive either.

After all, users from the Naruto world mass-produce Rinnegan, Byakugan, and other special items on the trading platform for sale.

They’ve really turned the platform into an art form.

Seven has already prepared all the prerequisites—he only needs to find Roger’s corpse.

“This…” Garp suddenly looked troubled.

“Back then, following Roger’s last wish, I cremated his body and scattered the ashes over the East Blue.”

Hearing this, Seven’s head throbbed—Roger’s body was long gone; in short, even Impure World Reincarnation couldn’t be used.

Seeing this, Garp scratched his head.

“Seven, did I do something wrong?”

Seven slowly shook his head: “It’s fine. I’ll think of another way.”

At this point, Garp realized exactly what Seven intended—to resurrect Roger, who had been dead for years.

Good heavens—bringing the dead back to life.

Is this kid really a god?!

Even though he had once witnessed Seven casually summoning the Sky City, Garp never believed Seven was a deity—but now he had no choice but to believe.

Bringing the dead back to life? Only a god could do that.

Seeing Seven fall into deep thought, Garp dared not ask further and bowed awkwardly before taking his leave, burdened with worry.

Seven then opened the trading platform and inquired among the other big spenders.

【Pure Gold Ring: 100 million points. Seller’s note: Huge reward for any item that can resurrect the dead. @DragonBallUser @NarutoUser @GreenGrassUser】

【Seven Dragon Balls: 100 million points (one-time use). Seller’s note: Look here】

【Harem Technique: 100 million points. Seller’s note: Merchant Wang, isn’t the Rinnegan good enough?】

【Time Kun: 10 million points. Seller’s note: Latest masterpiece by Gray King, can traverse time—use with caution…】

The moment he saw the time machine, Seven made his decision—10 million points? Pocket change.

Roger was his old brother; 10 million points? Buy it. Absolutely buy it.

The only possible issue: if Seven traveled back to the past and saved Roger from execution, the system might never activate.

Without the system, could his naturally weak physique have ever reached this point?

“System Brother?”

The system remained silent, as it always had, seemingly waiting for Seven’s choice.

After a moment, Seven spent 10 million points to purchase the Gray King’s Time Machine—but did not use it immediately.

The Time Machine is his final backup, but before activating it, Seven must first deal with Yimu and explore other options.

If all else fails, he can always spend 100 million points to buy the Seven Dragon Balls later.

Moreover, the Time Machine can be used elsewhere and serve as a reliable safeguard for future travels to other worlds.

He could even travel back to an earlier timeline—say, to God Valley—and take something from Roger himself.

As essential material for future Impure World Reincarnation.

Resurrecting Roger can wait a little longer.

Having made his decision, Seven rose and headed for Kaido’s mansion to have a chat with his cheap father-in-law.

Soon after, Kaido’s mansion.

When Seven arrived, Kaido was drinking with his adopted son Doflamingo; upon seeing him, Kaido grinned widely.

“My precious son-in-law has arrived! Join us for a drink?”

Doflamingo, ever perceptive, immediately stood to take his leave.

“Lord Seven, Father, you two chat—I’ll go get some fresh air.”

The once defiant little flamingo now only wanted to cling to Kaido’s leg for promotion and advancement in the United Kingdom.

Seven cut straight to the point.

“I’m going to resurrect Roger.”

“Nani?!” Kaido’s pupils dilated in shock.

So that’s it. So that’s why.

Kaido finally understood why every time he tried to pursue Luffy, a terrifying sense of impending death would descend upon him.

At first, he thought it was Seven’s anger.

He never imagined it was Roger—and that Roger, dead for so many years, could be resurrected?

“Son-in-law, is this really necessary?”

Facing the former Pirate King—the man who once fought Garp to a standstill—Kaido chose to submit.

“From now on, I’ll be obedient. I’ll never pursue Luffy again.”

If Kaido had any chance of defeating Roger, he’d have challenged him for the sake of love.

But he couldn’t beat him—not even close.