One Piece: Starting with the Immortal Rocks Pirates

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"Am I too early?"

"No, I was earlier."

A familiar voice sounded from behind him, startling Roger, who turned around abruptly.

"Don't speak suddenly, you'll scare people to death, you know? My Observation Haki didn't even detect you."

"Stop talking nonsense, where's the Devil Fruit you owe me?"

Dimon noticed Roger's empty hands and narrowed his eyes. "A year has passed, and you haven't found a single one?"

"Of course we found it! I was so anxious!"

Roger laughed and took a Devil Fruit from his pocket, tossing it to Damon.

"This one is worth ten of them. Do you know what kind of fruit it is?"

Dimon caught the fruit and looked it over with his eyes down.

It has a dark purple appearance and is spherical in shape, resembling a purple cantaloupe.

The fruit's skin is covered with curls, and these patterns are not ordinary swirls, but rather "S" shapes formed by two swirling swirls connected together.

Fruits not recorded in the illustrated guide.

However, Dimon recognized it.

Paramecia-type Devil Fruit: Gum-Gum Fruit!

To be precise, it's a Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nikka form!

"Looks like you know him too," Roger grinned. "Do you know where I found him?"

"Where?" Dimon asked, somewhat curious.

“Elbaf!” Roger sighed. “Honestly, they even fought the King of Giants. That Harald guy…”

Can you defeat the Giant King?

Dimon raised an eyebrow, about to ask the question, when he realized that Roger was now an immortal.

Whether they can win or not is another matter; grabbing a fruit and escaping is not a problem.

"So, you've been searching for rubber fruit all year?"

"No need for riddles with me, you've been there before, haven't you, Laugh Tale!"

Roger plopped down and chuckled, "I was originally planning to save these for my son, but then I remembered I still owe you 10... no, I owe you my life, so I'll give them to you."

"Do you even have a son?" Dimon retorted. "You'll never even get to lick Shakky's toes in your entire life."

"Don't insult someone by bringing up their weaknesses, you bastard!" Roger said with a sneer. "I don't like Shakky anymore. I met a woman in the South China Sea."

Dimon was shocked.

Roger, the simp, has stopped simping Shakky?

Wait, the South China Sea... could it be Ace's mother?

Before he could ask any questions, Roger took the initiative to talk about his experiences over the past year.

“A year ago, after we parted ways, I first disbanded the Roger Pirates, but the Navy obviously wouldn’t let me go…”

I've started reminiscing without permission!

Dimon immediately prepared to cast a spell: "I have no interest in hearing your story."

“If I had a bottle of wine, I could talk even better,” Roger laughed.

"One Rubber Fruit, consider it as you finding 10. Our debt is now even." Dimon carefully put away the Rubber Fruit, then drew Enma from his waist.

"Before I hear your story, let me test your skills!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swept his sword horizontally.

A black and red sword aura, wreathed in a domineering blue, suddenly shot towards Roger.

"God avoids!!"

Chapter 120 Dimon vs. Roger, the Battle Above the Sea of ​​Clouds

"My move...?!"

Roger, his face filled with astonishment, drew his sword from his waist and swiftly blocked the sword's attack.

In an instant, black and red lightning flashed everywhere.

Dimon lunged forward and unleashed the same sword strike once more. The second black and red sword aura formed a cross with the first, and the combined power of the two sword auras amplified their strength.

"How many times do you think I've seen this? I've mastered this move long ago!"

"I was very surprised that someone stole my skills!"

Roger was sent flying backward, crashing through the temple walls one after another, flying straight for over a hundred meters before being deflected by the sword energy.

He landed steadily in the center of the ruins, his feet resting on a soft, white sea of ​​clouds, his gaze fixed on the direction of the temple.

But a voice came from behind!

"What are you looking at?"

Behind me? When?!

Roger was shocked and turned around to block.

The two sword blades collided in mid-air, and a crimson energy ball was born between them.

The two forces clashed and clashed, causing the earth to shake and mountains to tremble.

The entire ruins were shaking violently, as if they were about to collapse at any moment and fall from the sky into Qinghai.

"Haha, that reminds me of the first time I met you." Roger laughed heartily.

"This place has historical significance, it would be a shame to destroy it carelessly, let's find another battlefield."

With a thought, Dimon instantly transformed into Nika's form.

A white figure appeared, accompanied by a cloud of flames swirling around it.

Roger couldn't help but ask, "Is this what the awakened fruit looks like? You've never eaten it, so how can you use it? Before in Loguetown..."

Halfway through his sentence, Dimon's left hand suddenly swelled up, grabbed him, and then abruptly threw him into the sky.

Roger headed straight for the top of the towering vines.

"What incredible strength... It's like that of a giant king. The surrounding wind pressure is making me unable to move."

He covered his back with Armament Haki, broke through a thick layer of clouds, and finally crashed into the golden bell at the top of the vines.

The Golden Bell emits a distant sound that can be heard as far as Qinghai, thousands of meters below.

This sound startled Gan Fall of the temple.

Similarly, the residents of the floating island also looked up, gazing at the higher sky with puzzlement.

Below the Qinghai Lake, the people of Gaya Island listen intently.

"what sound?"

"It's that legend, the ancient legend, that the sound of a golden bell will ring in the sky."

"Sky islands exist!"

Roger clutched the back of his head, wincing in pain.

"Ouch, thankfully my head is harder."

He turned to look at the golden bell behind him. There was a distinct indentation on the surface of the bell, which was his head.

A dark shadow pursued them, and Dimon flapped his demon wings, calmly gazing at Roger.

"Compared to Harald the Giant King, whom you fought, who is stronger?"

"That's hard to say. At least in terms of arm strength, you two are about the same."

Roger grinned and charged at Damon, holding Ace high above his head with both hands before suddenly bringing him down.

The clash between the two forces occurred again. Before the melodious chimes of the Golden Bell had faded, a thunderous roar resounded throughout the Sky Island and reached Qinghai.

To the unsuspecting residents of Gaya Island, the sound from the sky was like two thunder gods fighting, with thunderous roars echoing in all directions.

One sound, then another.

boom! boom! boom!

Every attack from Damon and Roger was imbued with Conqueror's Haki.

During the fight, Roger even became distracted by recounting his own experiences.

"After I disbanded the Roger Pirates, I was pursued by the Navy. Then I went into the Calm Belt alone and shook off the Navy."

"When I came to my senses, I had already drifted to an island in the South China Sea."

"A woman saved me when I was unconscious on the beach."

Dimon blocked a sword and asked, "So, you've fallen for this woman?"

They exchanged a sword strike, sending each other flying backward a short distance before closing in on each other with lightning speed.

The movements were so fast that the naked eye of an ordinary person could not even capture their trajectory.

Even highly skilled users of Observation Haki would be unable to accurately locate the two due to their overwhelming Haki.

"I stayed on that island for more than a month, and then I started looking for Devil Fruits."

Roger didn't answer the woman's question, but instead started talking about Devil Fruits.

"Initially, we did plan to find ten, but after searching the South China Sea for half a year, we didn't find a single one."

"Sometimes it's just that strange. You might stumble upon a tree when you don't want to look for it, but if you deliberately try to look for one, you won't find a single one."

Dimon seized on the slip of his tongue and punched Roger in the face, sending him flying.

Roger was punched so hard he coughed up blood and flew backward, but he continued to speak.

"However, it wasn't without its gains. I obtained some information that the fruit whose name was erased by the World Government may exist in Elbaf."

"Then, I went to Elbaf, and sure enough, I found it!"

"No... 'found' isn't quite accurate. It's as if the fruit appeared right in front of me on its own initiative."

When he regained his footing, the injuries on his face had healed.

Dimon didn't give chase, and unusually stopped to listen to him: "The Nika fruit harbors self-awareness and will find its own master. Maybe it has chosen you."

“Yes, that’s what I thought too,” Roger said, a smirk playing on his lips. “We did consider eating it. But Harald discovered…”

Then came the fight against Harald.

To be honest, Roger didn't think he could beat the Giant King if he didn't have immortality.

Even with immortality, he still couldn't defeat his opponent.

Finally, I took the fruit and fled the giant kingdom.

"So, why aren't you eating?" Dimon asked, slightly curious.

It's understandable that Roger didn't want to eat a Devil Fruit, since it would make him unable to swim. He was already powerful enough and didn't need a Devil Fruit to enhance him.

But the Nika fruit is different; it's related to the One Piece.

“I’m a remnant of the old era; there’s no place for me in the new era.” Roger laughed. “I planned to leave it to my son, but unfortunately, I don’t have a son yet, so I can only give it to you.”

He paused, then, as if remembering something, suddenly said:

"By the way, before coming here, I went to the East Blue and met Shanks."

"Is he still in Loguetown?" Dimon asked, somewhat surprised.

“It’s not Loguetown…it doesn’t matter where it is. After I met him, I told him about my background.”

Roger held his sword in one hand and pinched his chin with the other. "I had considered giving him the Gum-Gum Fruit, but after learning about his origins, the boy seemed a bit dazed. In any case, the fruit ended up in your hands."

Does Shanks know he's a Celestial Dragon?

Dimon raised an eyebrow. "He'll probably go back to the Holy Land."