Orin was gradually blended into this era.

After all, in the future—when that man Rocks has already passed away—kings and emperors will pop up one after another.

But on the seas right now, this is still the era that belongs to Rocks. Rocks is synonymous with pirates.

Naturally, he also got a ship from the Rocks Pirates. And since Orin doesn’t often take part in group activities, every so often he brings some of the Rocks Pirates’ underlings out to sea to cruise around and mess about like street punks.

It was a calm day.

"Internship experience: one of the top officers of the Rocks Pirates..."

A tall young man with black long hair was lying on his lounge chair, holding a small notebook and scribbling.

Orin might really be too idle, to the point that he writes things from time to time—his own experiences and the like, including Oden, Zeff, and so on.

This has already become a shared hobby among many pirates on the sea.

That is, a voyage log.

Besides "Rocks Pirates captain," there were also things like "crew of the Pirate King," "renowned instructor at the Marine officers’ training camp," "attached member of the Knights of God," and so on...

For the last entry, Orin frowned, thought about it, and still crossed it out with his pen.

Originally, having your name on the list of Knights of God wasn’t a big deal—you could even hang around the Celestial Dragons for a couple of days and treat it like play.

But now, what has that so-called god group even become?

Knights of God? × God Boys Club? ? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Stuff that Rocks kicks down one by one—if Orin, as the next era’s overlord, wrote that in, wouldn’t it be kind of losing reputation?

Better not write this kind of roadside-trash thing.

Just as Orin was thinking about whether there was anything he had missed, the sound of hurried footsteps came. With a flash in his eyes, Orin already knew what he was going to say.

"Keek, fighter, don’t be so excited~"

Unhurriedly putting the voyage log away into his clothes, he sat up straight.

Keek, meanwhile, looked indignant.

"Captain Orin!!! We’ve discovered traces of the Roger Pirates!!!"

"This is a great opportunity!!!"

Keek’s "Orin fan" trait seemed to be inborn. After being shocked by Orin’s overwhelming strength, he held him in extremely high regard.

But even with the news coverage and the bounties issued by the Marines, because there are too few images and records of Orin, many people still doubt whether a guy like this really has the strength to match the captains as the legends claim.

In Keek’s eyes, Captain Orin defeating the other captains at such a young age means that in the future he will at least reach Captain Rocks’ level. He has always sneered at doubts—especially those who compare Orin with Roger, which makes him inexplicably furious.

A guy like Roger—can he even be considered a monster in front of Captain Orin?!!!

"..."

Seeing that Keek was even more anxious than he was, Orin felt a bit helpless. He insisted on dragging him along to go challenge Roger one-on-one.

Could it be that the old man’s grudge against Roger is already starting to show from now?

The ship sailed slowly and arrived at the sea area where Roger was said to have appeared.

But instead of Roger, they encountered a somewhat familiar ship.

Pulled by two giant snakes, a pirate ship with women walking all over the deck.

"Oh? It’s the Kuja Pirates~"

Orin leaned his arm on the side of the ship and looked at the Kuja Pirates from decades ago with some curiosity. Many people up there were familiar to him—basically the aunt generation.

Yet now they were all youthful and beautiful.

Some of the underlings even turned their eyes into hearts and collapsed on the deck when they saw the beauties, leaving Orin a bit speechless.

And among the Kuja Pirates, the current empress, Gloriosa—who would become the future "Elder"—was displaying her beautiful figure. She had not yet left the Kuja Pirates and was still the empress of Kuja Island.

"Is that the Rocks Pirates?!"

She saw Orin’s ship and, naturally, also saw that tall, relaxed figure looking over at them.

"That’s the newly appointed captain of the Rocks Pirates who’s been making waves lately—Orin!!!"

A crew member recognized Orin and observed with binoculars.

But when she saw that the other side could even sense her gaze and return a smile, she instantly felt her heart struck and collapsed with hearts in her eyes.

The other Kuja crew members hurriedly gathered around her in concern, while Gloriosa’s face was full of curiosity.

So that’s the guy who defeated her sweetheart Roger and was crowned with the name "monster"?

She also looked at the Rocks Pirates’ ship that was slowly approaching and clearly saw that handsome face with black long hair.

"So handsome!!!"

Her face immediately flushed, looking a bit shy.

As if it were an ironclad law,

Aside from Shakky, this special exception,

Every generation’s Kuja Pirates captain would, in the end, become a love-brained romantic.

...

By the time the Roger Pirates arrived, it was already an hour later.

They also discovered the Rocks Pirates’ ship, which was now docked beside the Kuja Pirates’ ship.

"This is bad!!! It’s the Rocks Pirates!!!"

Rayleigh (young) was holding binoculars, and his expression changed instantly.

"What?!! Did that guy Rocks come personally?!!!"

Roger, still young, impulsive, and not very smart, stood at the bow and shouted angrily.

He absolutely would not allow that guy Rocks to lay a hand on Shakky!!!

The future strongest man in the world, Gaban (young), looked a bit puzzled and said,

"It doesn’t seem to be the main ship..."

As long as Rocks himself hadn’t come, the Roger Pirates wouldn’t feel much pressure dealing with it.

But when they drew closer to the two ships and came face-to-face with Keek and the underlings on the Rocks Pirates’ ship, two figures walked out one after the other from the Kuja Pirates’ cabin.

"How about it? If it were those guys on Hachinosu Island, they would definitely welcome your arrival..."

"The life of pirates also needs a bit of relaxation and enjoyment, doesn’t it?"

There was a smile at the corner of Orin’s mouth, and there were no hearts in his eyes at all.

Orin considered himself a succubus of the seas; whether it was men’s or women’s feelings, he grasped the rules quite well.

The successive Kuja empresses always fall for those who do not adore their beauty.

Just like Roger wasn’t interested in Gloriosa, Rayleigh didn’t get hearts in his eyes for Shakky, and in the original story Luffy wasn’t turned to stone by Hancock’s beauty.

Shakky felt very comfortable getting to know and spend time with this calm and quite interesting man.

Looking at Orin’s (young) handsome face, she smiled knowingly.

"I’ll think about it, Orin."

And as soon as Orin walked out of the cabin, he received the death glares of a large group of people.

Along with that came the sound of hearts shattering one after another.

"Shakky... Shakky actually came out of a room with a man!!!"

"No!!!"