Three days later, Loguetown Navy Branch.
"Everything from the prison to the execution platform in the center of the square has been put under martial law. The director of the Loguetown Navy Branch is in charge. The local gangs in Loguetown have been quiet over the past few days. The rats who came from the Grand Line to watch the execution have been very quiet, too."
Admiral Sengoku, wearing the cloak of justice, stood ready at this moment, his eyes constantly watching the street outside the office window.
From today on, this town in the East Blue would become the destination for pirates.
Executing the Pirate King, who had just arrived at Laugh Tale and completed his sailing around the world, would greatly improve the Navy's momentum. Failure, on the other hand, would be catastrophic.
Both the Navy and pirates originally came from ordinary people who had not yet gone to sea, just like Roger himself before he set sail from Loguetown.
After this execution, the pirates would disappear into the river of history due to their fear of the Navy.
Twenty years from now, the Navy would have fully crushing combat power.
And the legend of One Piece would remain only a legend!
"Has the executioner been confirmed?"
Sengoku's voice rang out.
The communications officer behind him immediately replied, "Yes, sir. Private Kano of the Navy Branch in Ridgemouth Town, West Blue. Recommended by Vice Admiral Kuzan. He's ready."
Sengoku turned back to look at Kuzan, who was also present.
"I remember that the base commander of the branch is that guy you know, right? Didn't you want to bring someone to the elite training class at Navy Headquarters?"
Kuzan covered his forehead with one hand.
If anyone else had asked him this, he really wouldn't have wanted to answer.
But the incident that had happened at the Headquarters had also made this West Blue branch commander firmly remembered by an admiral like Sengoku.
And this executioner, Kano...
Well, he seemed to only come to Loguetown for three things: drinking, watching shows, and sleeping.
Even though Kuzan had reminded him of the power of the Roger Pirates and the importance of being the Pirate King among pirates, this guy didn't seem to care at all.
Regardless of whether he was confident or not, his attitude was somewhat unpleasant.
Seeing Kuzan remain silent, Sengoku decided to stop the questions.
"It's almost time."
Sengoku looked at the wall clock, then turned to look at all the Navy personnel present.
"Everyone, today, in one hour, the era of pirates will come to an end."
"After today, the world will know that even Gold. Roger, who is called the King of Pirates, was arrested by the Navy and sentenced to death in his birthplace of Loguetown in the East Blue."
"We will erase pirates from this sea and end this era of chaos!"
After the words fell, everyone, including Kuzan, nodded seriously.
They all knew the significance of executing Pirate King Gol D. Roger.
This would mark the beginning of a huge increase in the Navy's reputation and the beginning of the pirates' decline.
An hour passed quickly.
In the central square of Loguetown in the East Blue, people from all over the world had gathered together.
Among them were pirates, merchants, and many ordinary citizens.
Visual Den-Den Mushi that could broadcast live feeds had already aimed at the execution platform from all directions.
The Navy had planned from the beginning to let the entire world watch this execution.
People from the World Economic News Agency had already found the best shooting locations very early and were just waiting for the execution to begin.
At this time, at the passage where the crowd in the square was separated, two men dressed as soldiers walked through with Gol D. Roger between them.
In an instant, the originally noisy crowd fell silent.
Everyone's eyes were on Roger, including Kano himself, who, at the moment, stood behind Roger holding a spear.
'The sin value is too low…'
After Kano opened the special perspective of the prison, the sin value of Gol D. Roger in his sight was only 1,635.
Although he'd known it wouldn't be too high from the beginning, it was still disappointingly low.
As a pirate whose combat power reached the top of the world, even though he'd ordered his subordinates never to attack ordinary people, considering his role in starting the Great Pirate Era, this shouldn't be all there was…
In addition... he'd actually forgotten that two executioners in Loguetown would execute Roger.
It seemed he needed to be quicker for a moment.
Roger's value to him wasn't just his sin value.
If the man next to him moved one step faster, then this trip to Loguetown, aside from meeting Dragon, would be a complete loss.
Wait…
The Great Pirate Era will begin...
But it hasn't started yet!
Why would he be held responsible for it now and thus show a high sin value?
Kano, who had been thinking rapidly, paused. The already nervous man next to him didn't notice, so their movements became slightly out of sync.
"Clang!"
The sound of chains colliding rang out, causing Kano to quickly follow.
Roger tilted his head slightly.
"Navy guy, you were distracted just now. Are you nervous? Relax. The execution will go smoothly."
Smoothly?
Kano's eyes held a complicated expression.
Matters of life and death could be spoken of so casually by this man.
The scene he'd witnessed in his previous life flashed through his memory.
It had been Roger's smile before execution.
He hadn't thought it was particularly powerful at the time, but now it seemed... this man truly never cared about death.
What he regretted was that he hadn't been born in the same era as Joy Boy, and was unable to be born twenty years later to participate in the opening of the next era as an active participant.
If the power called Haki in this world came from the heart, then the man before him was the most domineering man alive.
Soon, Gol D. Roger had walked onto the execution platform.
As an old rival of many years, Sengoku did not force him to kneel in humiliation during the execution.
Instead, he watched as Roger sat down with his head lowered, quiet and composed.
"Gold Roger, in the year..."
A series of crimes was announced by Sengoku, including destroying countries and obliterating countless warships.
However, Kano was well aware that these charges were nothing more than exaggerations and false accusations.
After all, two years from now, even eight-year-old Nico Robin would be charged with destroying six warships and various other stuff.
What couldn't they fabricate?
After the charges were announced one by one, Sengoku finally stopped after a long time.
In an instant, Kano became tense.
Is it coming?
Not yet?
On the other hand, an unknown person was about to truly open the Great Pirate Era.
However, from a future perspective, it seemed that Roger had arranged for this person himself...
"Hey, Pirate King!"
"Where did you hide all the treasures you found? Is it on the Grand Line? Did you get it? The legendary great treasure, the one and only great treasure… The One Piece!"
The shouting fell.
The next moment, Roger, on the execution platform, suddenly raised his head and laughed.
Then he looked down from the stage at all the Visual Den-Den Mushi facing him, as if he were looking at everyone in this world.