Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

Just look at the Navy's bounty poster for this kid; he doesn't even have a name, only the title "Black-haired Swordsman."

This is enough to show that the Navy doesn't know much about this kid either.

Such a person is either unknown or someone who likes to hide themselves and is unwilling to expose themselves, so it makes perfect sense for them to find a scapegoat...

The reason they're being put up with a bounty now is probably because the Navy provoked them.

Crocus felt he had guessed the truth!

Crocus didn't dwell on it: "Let's just say that's how it is..."

Whether Bucky was framed or not is irrelevant to this retired old man...

This is a matter for the young people themselves.

Crocus smiled, narrowing his eyes: "But young man, aren't you going to introduce yourself? I'm quite curious about you."

After thinking for a moment, Rocks didn't hide anything and said his name: "Rocks".

"Ok?"

Crocus was taken aback and asked again, "Rocks?"

"Yes, Rocks."

"Now I understand why bounty posters only have titles and no names. It seems you also know the meaning of this name..."

Crocus gave Locus a deep look and slowly exhaled: "That's quite a name, but it also signifies danger, especially on this vast sea."

As a veteran, he naturally understood what this name meant.

No wonder the other party would hide themselves.

This name means danger!

Locke shrugged, his tone helpless: "I had no choice. My elders in the family insisted on giving me this name, so I had no choice but to accept it."

Crocus said, "It's just a name, it's not like you can't change it. I used to be called Icarus for a while, which was also to hide my identity."

"Are you also an entertainment-use angel?"

"what?"

"Isn't changing my name a sign that I'm scared? It's just a name, what's there to be afraid of?"

Lox stopped rambling and calmly said, "If I'm so timid because of a name, then I'm nothing special."

Looking out at the sea, Lockes grinned and said, "No one in this world can make me change my name, and there's no danger I can't bear."

"Hahaha, what a grand spirit!"

Crocus laughed: "So your goal is to surpass 'Rocks'? Currently, only Roger has achieved that."

"Only by becoming the Pirate King can I surpass that sea lord!"

"One Piece? I'm not interested in that kind of thing, nor am I interested in surpassing Rocks."

Lox counted on his fingers and said calmly, "I just want to do what I want to do."

One Piece?

ONE PIECE?

It was just a gimmick Roger used to guide others to find the truth.

He wasn't really interested in that thing that caused chaos in the sea.

Even if there is one, it's just curiosity about this "foreshadowing" that Oda has buried for many years.

If Rocks were to make it his goal, he wouldn't even consider it. He had absolutely no interest in becoming that bullshit Pirate King.

As for surpassing Rocks, that's utter nonsense.

He never considered "Lox" as his goal, nor would he be Lox II; he was simply himself!

"Only do what you want to do?"

Crocus paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is absolute freedom!"

"Some people on the high seas understand 'Pirate King' as absolute freedom, and the freest person is the Pirate King!"

"Roger told you?"

Rocks turned his head and said, "You've been brainwashed by Roger too?"

"You know quite a lot, kid..."

Hearing this, Crocus realized that Rocks knew he had been a member of Roger's pirate crew...

His eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "At your age, you shouldn't know these things. I suppose many of these things were told to you by your elders?"

Whether it's the sea tyrant Rocks or his past as a member of Roger's pirate crew, these are things that ordinary people wouldn't know.

Only an old man like him knows some of the buried things.

Perhaps he knows the person behind this kid...

"almost."

Rocks nodded, using old Duke as a scapegoat: "An elder in my family was a member of the Rocks Pirates, and I heard he had a good relationship with Whitebeard..."

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

It's perfectly reasonable for the old man to know these things; there's nothing wrong with him at all.

Don't ask! The answer is always the same: senior experience!

Chapter 66 Crocus: It all makes sense, everything makes sense!

"A member of the Rocks Pirates? That shouldn't be someone I know."

After listening, Crocus nodded, then hesitated and said, "But how did he know I was the ship's doctor for the Roger Pirates?"

'Because I'm a time traveler.'

Lockes muttered to himself.

He shrugged and said, "Perhaps because the Rocks Pirates were destroyed by Roger and Garp working together, he paid more attention to the Roger Pirates."

"..."

Crocus suddenly realized something, and his lips twitched: "Your elders... don't have any grudges against the members of Roger's Pirates, do they?"

"Let's make this clear first, I wasn't a member of the Roger Pirates during the 'God Valley Battle,' so if there's any grudge, it doesn't apply to me..."

Naming a younger generation member "Lox" speaks volumes.

This kid's elders haven't forgotten the Rocks Pirates, and they're also paying close attention to the Roger Pirates. That reveals quite a bit...

Could it be that he's planning to take revenge on the members of Roger's pirate crew?

"No, that's not the case..."

Lox was speechless.

This old guy actually made that connection; he certainly has a wild imagination.

Rocks casually remarked, "That old man was only focused on having me inherit Rocks' will; he didn't have much interest in your Roger Pirates."

Old Duke truly only had the idea of ​​having him inherit Rocks' will and making the name Rocks famous again.

They didn't care about the person who destroyed the Rocks Pirates.

"That's good……"

Crocus breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm afraid this kid came here to cause trouble.

Let alone now that I'm old and frail, even in my younger days, I might not be a match for this kid.

He was, after all, just a doctor...

"Ah, I almost forgot. We are guests, and I have been somewhat inadequate in our hospitality."

Crocus then remembered that he was the host and had somewhat neglected his guest.

So he smiled at the three of them and said, "Before the record pointer is full of magnetic force, come in and have a few cups of tea."

Lox nodded: "Then I'll gladly accept your offer. I also have some questions I'd like to ask you."

Nami and Kuina had no objections.

From their conversation, they also learned about the old man's identity.

Who would have thought that this seemingly unreliable person was actually the ship's doctor for the Roger Pirates?

This identity surprised them!

While drinking tea and eating snacks, Nami's curiosity was piqued, and she asked about Laboon.

If it weren't for Lox's intervention, this whale would have crashed headfirst into the Red Line, which is clearly not normal behavior...

"Labu, it..."

When Laboon was mentioned, Crocus looked somewhat lost and sad, and then recounted Laboon's story...

"Oh, I see."

Nami, a kind and sensitive person, was moved to tears by the touching story: "What a poor little...big guy..."

"For the sake of our comrades?"

Looking out the window at Labu, which floated on the sea like a mountain, Kuina pursed her lips and said, "Nearly fifty years of waiting, that's a really long time. Even humans would find it hard to endure fifty years..."

Crocus sighed, "So they've forgotten the agreement, broken their promise, and forgotten that a companion has been waiting for them here for nearly fifty years..."

The main reason he became Roger's ship's doctor was...

He wanted to find the Rumbar Pirates and find companions for Laboon.

Having spent many years with Labun, he watched Labun grow from a tiny baby to his current size.

He has come to regard Raab as family.

Seeing his family so grief-stricken, he naturally felt heartbroken.