Chapter 255: One Piece's Last Voyage

"Rayleigh, did you take the rubbing of the historical text of Wano Country?"

Before setting out to sea, Roger confirmed with his second-in-command for the last time.

"Ah, Oden said that his diary has the translated version, so there is no need for rubbings."

“Ahahaha! What a reliable guy!”

More than half a month has passed since Kozuki Oden asked Roger to take him out to sea. During this half month, Oden hurriedly dealt with many affairs in the Kuri area, packed his bags, and prepared to go out to sea with Roger.

However, Oden's retainers are still trying their best to retain Kozuki Oden these days, as if Kozuki Oden's going to sea is an act of treason and betrayal of his country.

In fact, this is exactly the case. For Wano Country, those who choose to go to sea basically give up their Wano Country citizenship and become wandering samurai on the sea.

Hirakawa Toratsugu, who joined the Flying Pirates at the Pentles World Expo not long ago, is such a wandering samurai.

Kozuki Oden is the Daimyo of Kuri and the direct descendant of the Kozuki family. He is the future general of Wano Country. Others can betray Wano Country and go to sea, but Kozuki Oden must not.

"Lord Oden! If you are determined to go to sea, I will kneel here and die until you change your mind!"

The samurai of Wano Country, who have always prided themselves on being "loyal", regard loyalty to their master as more important than their own lives, so Kitsune Kin'emon came up with this desperate tactic and threatened to put his own life on the line in order to try his best to stop Kozuki Oden from going to sea.

Oden lowered his head, and his peach blossom eyes stared at Kin'emon who was kneeling on the ground, and the other retainers who came behind Kin'emon to stop Oden from going out to sea.

Oden rolled his eyes:

"Is that what you all mean?"

"Yes!~ Even if we have to die, we will stop Lord Oden from doing stupid things!"

"Lord Oden, if you insist on going out to sea, we will have to die with you, only then can we be worthy of the name of Kozuki!~"

Raizo, Kanjuro, Kappa and other Oden retainers spoke indignantly, and for a moment, Oden actually hesitated for a moment.

But the next moment——

Oden laughed:

"Ahahaha! ~ It's up to you guys. Anyway, before I return to Wano Country, I'll leave everything about Kuri in your hands~"

After saying that, Kozuki Oden disappeared in front of everyone as if he had teleported, leaving behind only a pile of dust and Oden's retainers looking at each other in bewilderment.

“Ah?!~”

"Where's Lord Oden?~"

"Lord Oden ran away!~"

"Hurry up and chase him!~"

Everyone was in chaos. If Kozuki Oden really succeeded in going to sea, then these retainers would never refuse to die.

"Hey! Roger, hurry up and set sail. If you don't, those annoying guys will come after us crying again!~"

Kozuki Oden ran towards the Oro Jackson parked on the Kuri River with his two thick, hairy legs, shouting Roger's name as he ran.

Roger stood on the bow of Oro Jackson, hands on his hips, and behind him stood the two mascots Shanks and Buggy.

"Hahaha! ~Jabba~! Our supplies are all replenished."

"Hmm!~"

"Hahahaha!~ Brothers! Let's set sail!~"

Roger laughed loudly. At the same time, Oden ran to the bottom of the Oro Jackson, jumped towards the deck, and came to Roger's side.

Roger looked at the new warrior with a smile.

He is the talent introduced by Lex who can understand the original text of history.

"Hey, Oden, it seems your retainers are coming after us."

Roger's observation Haki far surpassed Kozuki Oden's, allowing him to "see" Denjiro, Kin'emon, Kikunosuke and others who were hundreds of miles away.

Oden's observation Haki couldn't even "see" that far, but he believed Roger's words without a doubt.

"Ah?! Then set sail quickly, or else it will be troublesome if you are caught up~"

While talking——

Under the control of the navigator Jabba, the Oro Jackson has taken aim and is ready to set sail.

"By the way, Oden, are you really going to go with me to see the 'truth of this world'?"

"Of course! Unknown history! Magnificent journey! Dream island! The final end! The truth of the world~! The mission of the Kozuki clan! These reasons——are they not enough?!~"

Roger looked at the high-spirited Kozuki Oden with a burning gaze, and laughed heartily in the refreshing morning breeze of Wano Country:

“Ahahaha! ~ Well said! Then let’s go see this world together!”

Rayleigh behind him seemed to sense something. He stared at Roger and Oden on the bow of the ship, as if he thought this was a fateful meeting. Even without Rex's introduction, Roger would eventually find Kozuki Oden and embark on the last journey of his life.

Maybe other people don't know, but the careful Rayleigh has discovered that there has been something wrong with Roger's body recently, and he seems to have some disease. Although it is not very obvious yet, Rayleigh has a bad premonition deep in his heart.

But anyway——

Facing the first rays of morning light in Wano Country, the Oro Jackson sets sail and launches the final attack towards the destination called "the truth of the world"!

The rest of One Piece's life has ushered in the final glorious chapter!!! ~

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Lex, who is presiding over the World Conference in Marijoa, is now in the office exclusively for the Executive Prime Minister.

Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi on the desk rang.

Bilibili! ~——

Roy called from the New World, and Lex answered the Den Den Mushi.

"Second brother."

"Lex, the spies from Wano Country sent us information that Kozuki Oden followed Roger out to sea."

This one sentence made Lex silent for three minutes.

After a while, Lex spoke quietly -

"Remember, 'hide' some of the historical texts we have, making it more difficult for Roger to find them. If necessary, hide the three red road sign historical texts we have already obtained, and don't let Roger get them easily. Wait until he deserves them, and then give them to him."

Roy didn't quite understand, but combined with the prophecy of the "great era" that Lex had told him in the past, he began to understand it vaguely:

"Well, I will arrange it. When you think it's appropriate, I will release the historical text we have."

"Well, and, second brother, don't do this too deliberately. Don't let Roger know that I am preventing him from completing his final voyage."

"Okay, don't worry."

"By the way, I just passed the proposal of cross-sea trade chain at the World Conference. You can make arrangements with Uncle Gut and others in the New World, and start to expand the business scope and the underground world to Paradise."

Roy, who was on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, looked relieved:

"Great! We should have expanded long ago. With our current size, the New World Market simply cannot meet our needs."

After hanging up the phone, Lex leaned back in the high-back chair, squinting his eyes, his expression vague, as if he was thinking about something.

Gion beside him stared at the motionless Lex curiously, occasionally stretching out his white and smooth fingers and waving them in front of Lex's eyes to see if Lex was stupid.

"Oh, come on, honey, I'm awake."

Lex put his arms around Gion's waist and placed her on his lap. He buried his head in Gion's chest, inhaling the unique fragrance from Gion's body.

"Hey~ What were you thinking about just now?"

“…I’m wondering…whether I should turn the table over in advance.”

"Oh, so confident?"

"Uh-huh, what does that matter?"