Chapter 460: The Nonexistent Person

Unlike Barzab Seven’s great surprise, the entire Rocks Pirates seemed utterly accustomed to Luffy and Kaido’s little secrets.

After all, by this time, Luffy already had children with her, including Perospero and Katakuri.

As for who the fathers were?

Aside from the clearly established father-son bond between Longbread and Perospero, the paternity of the rest remained unverifiable.

Moreover, as pirates, no one cared who the biological fathers were.

In this cruel world of survival of the fittest, only living well and seizing pleasure mattered to pirates.

As Barzab Seven silently grumbled, the rest of the Rocks Pirates concealed their expressions, occasionally glancing at the Sixth Division Captain.

Strong, handsome, mysterious, and annoying—that was Barzab Seven’s first impression on Golden Lion.

Golden Lion had roamed the seas for years, yet had never heard of such a figure before, as if he had suddenly emerged from some corner, yet possessed strength rivaling even Rocks’.

Not only was he the reputed strongest Logia user with the Gura Gura no Mi, he also wielded Conqueror’s Haki.

Logically, such a top-tier expert should not have been unknown.

And for some reason, Golden Lion always felt this kid was his nemesis.

Annoying.

Compared to Golden Lion’s complex feelings toward Barzab Seven, Whitebeard felt only regret: the Thunder Boy was too powerful—he couldn’t bring himself to claim him as his son.

As for the others, though dissatisfied, they swallowed their resentment out of fear of Barzab Seven’s strength.

That was the Rocks Pirates.

Or rather, in this era, strength ruled all—if someone was strong, what could you do even if you resented them?

Meanwhile, Rocks sat alone in the captain’s cabin, his eyes flickering as he unconsciously recalled the secrets left by the Davis clan.

“Could he be a descendant of another god?”

Had he not seen it with his own eyes, Rocks could never have imagined why this mysterious Thunder Boy, so young, possessed strength equal to his own.

Even surpassing his.

Aside from the descendants of the four ancient gods—the Sun God, Rain God, Earth God, and Forest God—Rocks could think of no other possibility.

“Fascinating. More fascinating by the moment.”

No matter what purpose the Thunder Boy had for joining the Rocks Pirates, it gave Rocks greater confidence in rescuing his wife.

Amid this atmosphere, the Rocks Pirates arrived at the Valley of the Gods.

West Blue, the Valley of the Gods.

As the Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and the Marines led by Karp all appeared, the sky was torn apart by multiple waves of Conqueror’s Haki, the violent black-red aura suffocating all who felt it.

The vast majority of Celestial Dragons, Marines, and pirates fainted at just a single glance.

Those within the Valley of the Gods who still retained consciousness were all renowned figures, and most were old acquaintances of Barzab Seven.

Such as—

Rayleigh, clutching the ultimate prize of the Valley of the Gods Hunt, Shachi, while Roger, Jia Ba, Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and others covered their retreat.

The relationships among the elder generation of strong ones were truly entangled.

The prestige of the world’s most beautiful woman was such that rivals like Roger and Golden Lion willingly set aside their enmity to let Rayleigh win her heart.

Roger’s tearful figure as he shielded Rayleigh and Shachi’s retreat made Barzab Seven sigh: “The power of love truly is great.”

Among this group of pure-love warriors, Kaido and Luffy, searching for someone, stood out as conspicuously out of place.

“Where’s the Thunder Boy?”

Luffy grunted: “Kaido, forget him—let’s go grab the Devil Fruit first.”

“Fine.” Kaido sighed regretfully.

Though he had only just met the Thunder Boy, Kaido felt an inexplicable sense of kinship.

Most importantly, the Thunder Boy wasn’t just strong—he respected Kaido’s face. Truly, he was Kaido’s good brother.

Where else could you find such a brother?!

Yet before the Devil Fruit he was about to claim, Kaido decided to temporarily forget his good brother, raised his spiked club, and smashed through Marines blocking his path, pounded Pirates standing in his way.

As Barzab Seven expected, no surprises occurred—Luffy obtained the Blue Dragon Fruit, and the young bear with a monk’s haircut swallowed the Meat-Meat Fruit.

Kaido… gained nothing.

Watching the Blue Dragon Fruit in Luffy’s hand, Kaido clenched his lips, as if making a decision: possessing it isn’t winning—consuming it is.

As for Barzab Seven, he had already sat atop the Valley of the Gods peak, waiting for the battle to end.

When he bought the Time Machine, the Qingqing Grass user had specifically warned him: use the Time Machine cautiously, or it might cause irreversible changes.

Precisely because of this.

Barzab Seven’s sole purpose in coming here was to obtain something from Captain Roger, to revive him in the future—he intended to interfere with no part of the timeline.

After all, to this timeline, Barzab Seven was a non-existent person; the more he did, the greater the impact on the future.

Better to do nothing at all.

His joining the Rocks Pirates had been accidental—he had met Old Man Kaido while traveling.

Old Man Kaido, imitating Whitebeard’s manner, invited Barzab Seven to join the Rocks Pirates.

Barzab Seven had intended to refuse, but when he saw Old Man Kaido’s hopeful little eyes, he changed his mind on the spot.

He had to give Old Man Kaido his face.

Afterwards, Barzab Seven fought Rocks, and with his unleashed strength, became the Sixth Division Captain of the Rocks Pirates.

To speak bluntly, in this regard, Rocks was remarkably similar to Blackbeard.

Whether the Rocks Pirates or the Blackbeard Pirates, their crews were extremely complex.

The only possible difference was that Rocks possessed the charisma and strength to make Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Luffy, and Kaido bow to him.

Even surrounded by enemies and cornered, Whitebeard and the others still chose to stand with Rocks, joining Karp and Roger in a six-strong alliance to assault Im, who had possessed Satan.

Blackbeard lacked this.

On the peak, Barzab Seven observed the various battlefields of the Valley of the Gods, pulling out his Photo-Phone Worm.

He aimed it at: Garin, cut in half by Rocks’ two slashes; the six strong ones surrounding Im; Golden Lion clutching a treasure chest—and snapped away furiously.

Especially Golden Lion’s triumphant, laughing face—Barzab Seven immediately decided that next year, for Golden Lion’s birthday, he’d give him this photo as a gift.

Captain Roger’s gift… would be the photo of him crying while shielding Rayleigh and Shachi’s retreat.

Looking at the old generation’s black history in his hands, Barzab Seven laughed heartily.

Especially the selfie he took beside Im, next to the black-robed Im.

Without the Time Machine, where else could Barzab Seven have obtained the black history of the elder generation of strong ones—and Captain Roger’s black history?

“Truly worth the trip.”