Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 526: Do you want to take the world like Rocks did?

"So that’s how it is..."

When it came to Observation Haki, Katakuri believed he had already gone very far. He had even taught himself the skill of foreseeing the future, something only top-tier Haki users could master when they were young. But it wasn’t until Orin shared some of his own experiences and insights about Observation Haki that Katakuri truly felt how vast the world really was.

"Then... how far into the future can you see right now?"

No matter how calm he usually was, Katakuri couldn’t help but feel curious about this question related to Observation Haki. After all, the man before him could be said to have pushed Observation Haki to its extreme—there simply wouldn’t be anyone in the world who could see more clearly or farther than him.

"Me?"

Orin raised an eyebrow, seeming to think for a moment.

"These days, I don’t really need to look that far anymore~"

He didn’t answer directly, yet it was still an answer.

Katakuri’s pupils shrank.

Did that mean that on this sea, there were no longer any monsters worthy of him using the most extreme level of Observation Haki?

What an arrogant man...

"I see... Mom has already prepared the banquet. It won’t be long before the wedding begins. You can rest here for a few days."

Within the Big Mom Pirates, Katakuri played the role of a very reliable steward. He led Orin to see Linlin. Along the way, Orin’s eyes burst with a crimson glow as he stared at him, as if trying hard to see something clearly, yet it was still somewhat blurry.

"If Kaido hadn’t succeeded in ambushing Linlin back then, and the Azure Dragon Fruit had ended up in Katakuri’s hands, what would it have been like?"

A surge of crimson light flashed before Orin’s eyes, as if his gaze pierced through everything, leaving only a dense mass of chaotic shadows before him.

Katakuri had just asked him how far his Observation Haki had been developed after all these years.

Logically speaking, with Orin’s talent, even Conqueror’s Haki—something he wasn’t best at—had grown to a level capable of cracking seas. There was no way his other Haki would still be standing still. So Katakuri felt that Orin must have developed future sight to an extremely profound level, perhaps able to see several minutes or even dozens of minutes into the future.

But in fact, it wasn’t just that.

Actually, after Orin had developed future sight to a certain range, he discovered that it became more and more difficult. The farther into the future he looked, the more variables there were, and the greater the inaccuracy of what he foresaw.

So even though Orin’s foresight was more accurate than almost everyone else’s, he didn’t obsess over increasing the distance alone.

Instead, he turned to look at many more interesting things.

After all, the essence of foreseeing the future is seeing scenes that lie further along the timeline. So why not shift his focus away from just watching the future and place it on a broader time dimension instead?

For example, seeing every branching timeline, and every possible future that each action could lead to.

This was also based on the experience and direction he gained after traveling back to parallel worlds many times, which was why he drew the image of [Azure Dragon Orin].

But timelines were far too complex and far too vast. Even with Orin’s talent, he couldn’t see them with perfect clarity. He could only vaguely glimpse the different possible life paths Katakuri might take when he looked at him—including, if Kaido hadn’t taken the fruit away, the [Azure Dragon Katakuri] who transformed into an azure dragon.

The Azure Dragon Fruit user [Charlotte Katakuri]

Still kind of handsome~.

Orin and Katakuri headed together toward the interior of Cake Island. Inside the palace, a figure as massive as a small mountain was sitting at a tea table, tasting black tea.

"..."

Looking at Linlin, who had completely become a ball and was even fatter than the last time they met, Orin’s eyelids twitched violently.

"Mamamamama~ Orin, you’re here!!!"

Unlike Orin’s reaction, Linlin was extremely happy and invited him to have desserts and tea with her.

"Hey, hey, you’re happy too, right~ Our kids are getting married~"

Hearing that, Orin nearly coughed the tea in his mouth into his lungs—fortunately, he warped it into his stomach in time.

Our kids...

Although that wasn’t wrong, Orin still felt a bit awkward.

Because in his line of sight, he could also see the vague figures of Linlin from different timelines. Some of them were well-maintained, still youthful and beautiful.

As for here...

He could only sigh at having fate but not destiny.

Orin took a sip of the sweet black tea, feeling a bit wistful.

"It’s been a while, Linlin. I also have some good things to share with you."

Seeing how excited Linlin was about the upcoming wedding, Orin also thought of the photos Azure Orin had brought to this world some days ago. There weren’t many people he could share them with. Thinking it over, among the still-living officers of the Rocks Pirates, there were only a few he could show—and Linlin was, of course, one of the important ones.

"Photos?"

Linlin, who had been in high spirits, looked at the photos when Orin said that. But when she saw what was on them, her pupils suddenly contracted.

"Ro... Rocks?!"

"Why do you have these photos?!"

She kept flipping through them. The photos could be said to run through many events before and during God Valley. Some of them she remembered, while others were completely unfamiliar.

For example, why was Orin drinking with Rocks?!!!

"I naturally have my own way of going back to the past~"

Orin leaned back in his chair, recalling those days on Hachinosu.

"That really was... a wonderful memory~"

But Linlin clearly didn’t show much attachment to that experience. Even though she also felt that her time in the Rocks Pirates had left a deep impression on her, she still said:

"I never thought something like that would happen..."

Looking at the photo where she sat on the sofa with Orin, watching him tease little Katakuri, she put the photo back.

Linlin wasn’t a woman who cared about her looks.

On the contrary, she was a brutal pirate who also possessed maternal traits.

"No matter what, Rocks’ era has already passed. After him, the pirate world belonged to Roger’s era."

"And now, Orin, you’re making me see the shadow of Captain Rocks. He really was a man full of overwhelming presence!!!"

Then she looked at Orin again. Seeing the recognition and respect in his eyes as he looked at the photos of Rocks, she seemed to think of something and laughed.

"So, how about it, Orin..."

"It’s foreseeable that the future pirate world will be the era of [Black Gun] after Rocks. Do you want to take what Captain Rocks wanted to take?"

"Take what?"

"The world!!!"