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One Piece Chapter 1158: Better off without him
Chapter starts with Harald speaking with Ida, disclosing what Saint Marcus Mars said to him, “Kill Xebec and Elbaph will be granted WG-affiliate status! If you don’t the Marines will raze Elbaph and take you away in chains to await execution! Think it over Harald, don’t let Elbaph burn!!” Harald laments to Ida, “Xebec is a villain, no doubt, and the world would be better off without him”. Unbeknownst to him, Loki is listening in and is angry that Harald would be willing to stop to bring a Government dog.
He runs off and doesn’t hear the next part of what Harald says, “But he’s still my friend, I can’t - I won’t kill him!” Ida says Harald is sweet and Harald blushes.
The scene shifts to Hachinosu, Xebec is getting a call from his DenDen Mushi and it’s revealed to be Loki calling from the Aurust Palace. Loki tells Xebec that the government has tasked Harald with taking him out. Xebec dismisses it and says that Loki just wants an excuse to leave Elbaph and Harald. Xebec tells Loki to give it up, but Loki insists and repeats Harald’s words, “He’s undoubtedly a villain and the world would be better off without him”. Xebec is shocked and stays silent, but then bursts out laughing , telling Loki he nearly had him there. Loki calls him a dumb mule, and reiterates that the threat is real. Xebec laughs it off and tells him to quit bugging him; cutting the line.
Xebec tells John who is drinking there if he can believe what that little squirt said, but John retorts that it isn’t outside the teams of possibility. Xebec calls him a drunk and walks away in a huff, barely able to walk as he’s equally drunk.
Years pass by and Xebec continues his actions against the World Government. The narrator says that Xebec faced all the threats the World Government threw at him, we see a flashback of Xebec against Admiral Kong. (We gets a glimpse of Kong’s abilities, he transforms into a giant Ape-like beast with spikes gauntlets) Kong battles valiantly but after a day and night of intense combat succumbs to Xebec. Vice admirals Sengoku and Garp attempted to assassinate Xebec by infiltrating Hachinosu, but they were later found floating on driftwood barley clinging on to their lives. The narrator continues that in these desperate times, the World Goverment turned to using pirates, making their first inductee to the newly formed Shichibukai, Gold Roger Bounty frozen @ 3.59 Billion Berries.
We get a final double page of Xebec and the Rocks Pirates facing down Roger and his crew.
The narrator reveals that a year before the fateful encounter at god valley, the first inductee into the unprecedented Shichibukai, Gol D Roger and his crew, ambushed Xebec on the way to Elbaph in battle that became known as “Battle of Raging Seas”.
End of Chapter