After transmigrating into the world of One Piece, Karnes waited in vain for the System, only to plunge headfirst into the most chaotic maelstrom of the old era: the Rocks Pirates.
He fought his way to the position of first mate, believing that his foreknowledge would let him change everything. But at the Battle of God Valley, the crew turned on one another and the captain died. Gravely wounded, Karnes fled into hiding, spending decades with only wine for company.
Then, the year Luffy set sail, a full forty years late, the System finally arrived:
[Ding! The Grand Captain System is at your service!]
His body returned to its peak. His Haki and swordsmanship reached the pinnacle, and the supreme-grade blade Yelong hummed in its sheath.
The “Pirate King’s Right Hand” of the old era raised his own pirate flag once more.
In this life, he would never be anyone’s second-in-command again.
The truth behind Rocks’s death, the secrets of the D. family bloodline, the ancient legacy buried deep beneath God Valley: every answer buried by time would rise to the surface with his return.
“Don’t call me old man.” Karnes rested a hand on his sword hilt and faced the sea where he had once lost everything. “My pirate crew is only just getting started.”
A ghost of the old era was about to whip up a towering storm on the seas of the new.
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