The Arrival of Rayleigh!

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Chapter's Events:

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[The Calm Belt]

"Look! It's a gigantic Sea King!!"

"What's happening?! Is it fighting something?!"

Trafalgar Law's crew spotted a terrifying Sea King battling something unknown, which ended with the Sea King's death.

"It's dead! Something killed it!!"

"A monster that size...?!"

"I couldn't see what it was fighting..."

"This ocean is terrifying!!"

At that moment, a man emerged from the sea beneath the cliff, shocking Trafalgar Law's crew.

"Wha...?! A man?!!"

"Hey…!! Who are you?!!"

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"My, oh my…"

The man easily climbed the steep cliff, recognizing Trafalgar Law and his crew.

"Ah, I know you… We met at the Sabaody Archipelago."

"Whaaaa?!"

"Dark King Rayleigh!!"

The Heart Pirates were stunned when they recognized the man.

"Well, you see… I ran into a nasty storm at sea. My boat sank, so I had to swim the rest of the way. My body doesn't move like it used to… I'm really getting old."

Rayleigh had swum all the way here, without a boat or anything else, leaving Law's crew speechless.

"A storm?! But there are no storms in the Calm Belt…! Which means… your boat sank outside the Calm Belt, and you swam all this way?!!"

"So… the one fighting the Sea King…"

"Was that you as well?!!"

Rayleigh ignored Bepo and the others, staring intently at Law, "Mmmm… Now then."

"I'm guessing Luffy-kun is somewhere on this island?"

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Flevance Island:

Reading One Piece manga had become a monthly celebration in this beautiful country a long time ago. At this point, the passion of the people of Flevance, including the nation's ruler, was focused on keeping up with the latest developments in the story.

Where was it heading? No one knew for sure, but nothing was certain anymore.

However, the people of Flevance weren't as interested in where the story was headed or what would unfold after the epic events of the Great Summit War.

They were more concerned about Luffy's situation and whether he would continue his journey.

At that moment, readers inside the iconic art store were both shocked and excited.

"Oh my god! Is that Rayleigh? He swam all the way to the island?!"

"Impossible! How could that even be?!"

"Impossible? This is the Pirate King's right-hand man we're talking about…"

"Do you think he's just an ordinary character? Swimming across hundreds of kilometers isn't impossible for him."

"It's unbelievable! He even killed the Sea King on his way here."

"Haha! Your reactions match Bepo and the others perfectly."

"Just look at Trafalgar Law staying so calm in such a situation."

Most readers were stunned by the scene, realizing for the first time that there was someone in the world capable of swimming from one island to another—a feat typically reserved for fishmen. Yet here was a human doing it with nothing but physical strength.

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At home, the small Trafalgar family had just finished breakfast and returned to reading the latest manga chapters.

For them, the previous chapters were tragic, after all, Luffy had been suffering greatly.

Now, the spotlight was back on their son in the manga, bringing bright smiles to both the mother and father.

"It seems Law is confused about why Dark King Rayleigh is here looking for Luffy, don't you think, dear?" Mary asked curiously.

"That's true, but maybe he has some idea of what's going on." Chris nodded in response.

"So, what do you think, darling?" Mary asked lovingly as she nursed their baby since little Law hadn't had his breakfast yet.

Chris wiped his lips from the food crumbs before saying, "I think it's time for Luffy to get some real training from a true expert."

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Amazon Lily:

Gloriosa and Shakky smiled as they watched Rayleigh emerge from the sea onto the shores of the women's island.

"Fufufu~ Unbelievable, even after all these years, that man still prefers swimming all the way here," Shakky chuckled, silently praising her foolish but beloved old man.

"Rayleigh-san is truly unimaginably strong," Gloriosa also praised Rayleigh.

"So, Rayleigh-san is searching for Luffy… I wonder why," Little Hancock pondered curiously.

"Oh, what a silly fool woman!"

Her cute face suddenly turned bright red as she saw her counterpart's actions in the manga again.

In the following scene, after Rayleigh arrives where Law and his crew are, Hancock appears, leading a convoy of food to Luffy, continuing to argue with the old Gloriosa that doing all this for Luffy didn't mean they were married.

Hancock quickly tried to refute Gloriosa's words by questioning what more she had to do to make them married.

"That's really a tough question… Pfft… Haha!"

Gloriosa repeated the same response as her older counterpart before chuckling at Little Hancock's adorable reaction.

"Fufufu~ This amount of food is enough to make Luffy accept Hancock as his wife~" Shakky laughed, referring to the food convoy Hancock was delivering to Luffy at that moment. "He must be very hungry right now."

Hearing this, Little Hancock became even more embarrassed.

Luckily, Rob wasn't present, or he might have broken something out of anger.

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Baterilla Island:

"Oh, so the time has come?"

Rayleigh smiled as he watched his older counterpart reach the place where Luffy was.

"Wow, old Rayleigh is still so strong."

Shanks' eyes sparkled as he admired Rayleigh's strength.

"Ah! I'm so jealous! Why don't I get to appear in these events at all? I'm starting to get a bad feeling, my counterpart must have already died."

Gaban expressed his jealousy once again, as he always did whenever Rayleigh appeared without him.

"Oh~ look at the look in Luffy's eyes when he saw you… even after coming out of such an emotional breakdown."

Roger commented with a smile when he saw how Luffy welcomed Rayleigh.

"So, it's finally time? I suppose you already know why your counterpart is searching for Luffy, don't you, Rayleigh?" Roger added with a grin.

"Well, the boy can't keep crying and moping forever. It's time for some real training, don't you think?"

"The teenage boy will finally become a man under my guidance, strong enough to conquer the entire New World."

Rayleigh smiled, excited to see how he would train his counterpart, Luffy.

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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):

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Chapter 808: Usopp and Chopper's Reactions.

Chapter 809: Zoro and Nami's Reactions.

Chapter 810: Franky and Brook's Reactions.

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