boyutpedia Chapter 62 The Essence of Roger's "Hearing"
Chapter 62 The Essence of Roger's "Hearing"
The Beasts Pirates are gone, leaving behind only the dilapidated 16th Street.
Rayleigh slowly sat down, leaning on his sword, his eyes still fixed on King's back.
To be precise, it was watching Bazel being carried away by Jhin.
"It seems you've found your destined rival, Rayleigh."
Roger plopped down, ignoring Rayleigh's injured right shoulder, and slapped it hard.
"Just like Garp and I, you two are destined to be rivals in your own lives!"
"Get out of here."
Rayleigh slapped Roger's hand away impatiently and laughed, "..."
"Didn't you know I injured my right shoulder, you idiot captain!"
"If you can't even handle Rocks's mere apprenticeship, then I might as well be the captain!"
Roger: (ÒωÓױ)!
"What nonsense are you spouting, you idiot? I'm the captain!!"
Jabba ran over to join the fun: "What nonsense are you two idiots spouting? Even if we're choosing a captain, it should be me!"
"Alright, this is Captain Jabba's first order!!"
"From now on, Captain Jabba will be the first to engage in any battle!"
"Get out!!" Roger and Rayleigh shouted in unison.
"Alright, it seems you two have ulterior motives. I, the captain, will teach you a lesson today."
Roger rolled up his sleeves, a forced smile on his face:
"Rayle, don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're injured. If I don't beat you to tears this time, I'm not going to be captain anymore!"
Rayleigh was stunned at first, then looked at Roger incredulously:
"You bastard, even if you want to take advantage of the chaos, can't you at least put on an act? Do you think anyone other than that idiot Jabba would want that damn captain's position?"
Jabba rolled up his sleeves, his smile equally stern: "Oh~ you've got quite the nerve. Don't think that just because you're injured I'll let you spout nonsense."
The three of them started fighting in an instant.
Rayleigh's screams caused the other members of Roger's pirate crew to secretly gasp in astonishment.
"As expected of Captain Roger, his thick skin is as thick as his Conqueror's Haki."
"Who says otherwise? It's just that he was beaten up by Rayleigh a few times before, and he's using such a lame excuse."
"Jabbar too, all he did was let Rayleigh steal a few of his fights, tsk tsk tsk~"
Half an hour later, Roger and Jabba, feeling refreshed, left side by side.
"That feels good, Jabba. I think I can drink two more bottles this time."
"Me too, Roger! Let's go back and have a banquet then!"
"You...two...bastards, remember this..."
Rayleigh rolled his eyes, and he could vaguely see a legless ghost floating out of its mouth.
"Rayleigh!!!!"
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[The Roger Pirates' Ship - The Oro Jackson]
The celebratory sounds of the banquet echoed throughout the entire ship.
But Roger, the captain, did not participate. He stood alone at the stern, occasionally flipping through the intelligence documents in his hand.
"Roger, what happened?"
Rayleigh, his body wrapped in bandages, slowly walked over, holding a bottle of wine in his hand.
"You shouldn't be able to drink, right?" Roger asked without looking up.
Why didn't you ask me this when you hit me before?
After kicking Roger and tossing him the bottle, Rayleigh snatched the intelligence reports.
"Information about Lox? He's dead, why would you care about that stuff?"
Glug~ Glug~ Glug~~
He downed half a bottle of wine in one gulp, and the empty bottle spun and flew into the sea.
"Rayleigh, don't you think that man you're fighting looks somewhat familiar?"
"Although their hair color, facial features, and overall demeanor are different, that aura..."
The conversation ended abruptly there.
Although Roger didn't finish his sentence, Rayleigh astutely noticed the problem.
He lowered his head and quickly glanced at the intelligence in his hand.
"...Roger, you don't suspect that kid is Rocks' son, do you?!"
Roger remained silent.
"But the timing doesn't match up at all. Even if the intelligence says that someone saw Rocks in the South China Sea twenty years ago."
"That doesn't necessarily mean Bazel is Lox's son, does it?!"
Roger shook his head, leaned against the railing, and gazed at the starry sky:
"I didn't say it was definitely true, I just had this feeling."
After pondering for a few moments, Rayleigh suddenly asked, "I remember you have the ability to hear the voice of all things, right? What did you hear?"
Roger licked his lips, his eyes strange. "That ability isn't mind reading. I can only hear the sounds of objects or the essence of living beings."
"That's what I mean. You heard Bazel's voice, right? What was his voice like?"
Let me put it another way.
Rayleigh pointed to his heart:
"What you can hear is the essence of things and some sounds that we cannot hear or understand."
"Including the historical text, didn't you say before that you 'heard' a very powerful force from that stone tablet?"
"So, what is the essence of Bazel's soul, and what is the voice that represents his consciousness?"
"...It's justice," Roger sighed.
"It's a sense of justice and obsession to accomplish something no matter what. It's ridiculous, isn't it? I actually heard 'pure justice' from a notorious pirate who killed thousands of people."
justice?
Rayleigh looked completely bewildered.
Can a pirate have justice?
"Are you kidding me? You're saying Bazel's essence is justice?!"
"You're telling me that Rocks, who killed a former Marine Admiral, stormed Pangaea, fought Harald in the Holy Land, and nearly ruled the seas, has descendants who are righteous pirates?!"
"What if he weren't a pirate?"
Roger's piercing gaze fell upon Rayleigh.
"What if he wasn't a pirate in the first place, but an agent of the Navy or the World Government?!"
Rayleigh fell silent; he suddenly felt a dryness in his throat.
He waved the documents in his hand.
"So Roger, you're saying someone who might be a descendant of Rocks is a Marine?"
"Listen to yourself, is what you're saying reasonable?"
"Don't tell me you don't know what Rocks is planning to do on the Isle of the Gods in the West Sea. The reason he and his companions broke in wasn't to retrieve the treasure stolen by World Government agents at all!"
What he wants to do is something that none of us, including you and me, have ever considered doing on this vast ocean!
Do you think the World Government and the Navy would still allow him to join the Navy after knowing he is a descendant of Rocks?
"Are you kidding me?!"
Rayleigh said in a deep voice, "Even speculation should have a bottom line!"
Roger ruffled his hair.
"That's why I wasn't in the mood to attend the banquet. Damn it, I should never have let Spencer organize this data!"
"The situation is getting increasingly chaotic!!"
"So..."
Clutching the intelligence, Rayleigh suddenly asked:
"If you're having a hard time, let's go to the South China Sea and find out what's going on. Anyway, we can't translate ancient texts now."
"Why not go somewhere else to relax? You might find something unexpected."
Roger's eyes lit up, and he quickly grabbed Rayleigh's shoulder:
"Haha, you really know me, Rayleigh. Let's change course then, let's head to the South China Sea!"
"I'm fine with it, but Roger..."
Rayleigh's gaze at his captain held a meaningful look:
"If he really is a descendant of Lox, he might want to become the new King of the World."
"If that's the case, what will you do? Kill him beforehand?"
Roger did not answer immediately; his deep gaze seemed to reach the end of the sea.
"No!"
"I won't kill him, Rayleigh. That young man might just be the man who changes this sea."
"He is different from Rocks. All I heard from Rocks was ambition and conquest."
"But the only voice emanating from Bazel was justice—the purest and most unwavering justice!"
"That kind of justice is different from Garp's and Sengoku's..."
"That kind of justice..."
"That kind of justice..."
After muttering to himself for a long time, Roger still couldn't think of a suitable adjective.
Until a newsboy landed and handed over a newspaper.
Seeing that Roger was still in a daze, Rayleigh simply took out Bailey from Roger's wallet to pay.
"It's news from Beihai, a comic strip? When did the World Journal start publishing comics? Hero Sora fights against an evil organization..."
"Wait, Raleigh, let me see the newspaper!"
Roger snatched the newspaper like a madman, his eyes fixed on the word "hero".
"Yes, that's it!!"
Rayleigh was puzzled.
"Rayleigh, I understand!!!"
"I finally understand what words to use to describe Bazel's voice!"
"A hero who fights against evil and darkness!"
"The voice emanating from that guy's soul... is the justice of a hero!!!"