The First Rule of One Piece is, “Never trust anything the World Government says”.
According to the WG, Garp and Roger teamed up and, defeated not only D. Xebec Rox but the entire Rocks Pirates, (Big Mom, Kaido, Edward Newgate, and Shiki,) causing them to disband after Rox was killed.
But that doesn’t make sense even in One Piece. Even if Rox is actually dead, none of the future Yonko were captured as they continued to thrive and prosper, so they weren’t captured, so it doesn’t seem that all of them were defeated at the raid by Garp and Roger at God Valley.
(Theory)
Part One
1) Rox ate the Germ-Germ Fruit, or a similar devil fruit where he can infect people with a deadly virus.
2) Roger either fought Rox as a youth and was infected, or Rox attacked a young Roger and infected him. Thus, making Rox Roger’s first and greatest enemy.
3) Whitebeard was also infected either during or right before the God Valley effect.
The scene where both Roger and Whitebeard were sitting surrounded by Cherry Blossoms, talking for one last time, and the fact in One Piece Cherry Blossoms have healing and soothing properties, could hint that both men at the time were sick, possibly because of Rox.
(This would mean that Roger didn’t get sick four years before his death, like Rayleigh said, but was sick for a long time before, and four years prior to his death he got worse to the point of needing to bring Crocus on the ship as a doctor)
Part Two
Roger and Garp defeated and killed Rox but, right before possibly allowing them to strike was the Rocks pirates disbanded or Big Mom, Kaido, and the others were defeated and left. So that Garp and Roger defeated Rox but not the Rocks pirates.
Whitebeard caused the Rocks Pirates to disband, possibly even beating Big Mom and Kaido.
Whitebeard was always held above the other Four Yonko in terms of status, Being the one who had the tittle of “Strongest Man in the World”, and “Closest to One Piece”. Even in his Old age and illness he was still the one of the Yonko, and in his prime he was on another level compared to the others.
Rox may not have actually been the strongest fighter in the Rocks Pirates, just the one with the most charisma and best leadership skills, and ambitions.
Whitebeard and Big Mom at least were pirates long before the Rocks Pirates, so the power structure of the crew may have been fundamentally different then the one we are use to of (Captain>YC1>YC2>YC3) more like an alliance with a common goal. With people joining with conditions for lending their strength.
And Rox did something either to Whitebeard or did something that Whitebeard didn’t approve of and double crossed him.
Causing Whitebeard to Attack Rox, and the crew. Leading the end of the Rocks Pirates. And Whitebeard being left infected.
According to the WG, Garp and Roger teamed up and, defeated not only D. Xebec Rox but the entire Rocks Pirates, (Big Mom, Kaido, Edward Newgate, and Shiki,) causing them to disband after Rox was killed.
But that doesn’t make sense even in One Piece. Even if Rox is actually dead, none of the future Yonko were captured as they continued to thrive and prosper, so they weren’t captured, so it doesn’t seem that all of them were defeated at the raid by Garp and Roger at God Valley.
(Theory)
Part One
1) Rox ate the Germ-Germ Fruit, or a similar devil fruit where he can infect people with a deadly virus.
2) Roger either fought Rox as a youth and was infected, or Rox attacked a young Roger and infected him. Thus, making Rox Roger’s first and greatest enemy.
3) Whitebeard was also infected either during or right before the God Valley effect.
The scene where both Roger and Whitebeard were sitting surrounded by Cherry Blossoms, talking for one last time, and the fact in One Piece Cherry Blossoms have healing and soothing properties, could hint that both men at the time were sick, possibly because of Rox.
(This would mean that Roger didn’t get sick four years before his death, like Rayleigh said, but was sick for a long time before, and four years prior to his death he got worse to the point of needing to bring Crocus on the ship as a doctor)
Part Two
Roger and Garp defeated and killed Rox but, right before possibly allowing them to strike was the Rocks pirates disbanded or Big Mom, Kaido, and the others were defeated and left. So that Garp and Roger defeated Rox but not the Rocks pirates.
Whitebeard caused the Rocks Pirates to disband, possibly even beating Big Mom and Kaido.
Whitebeard was always held above the other Four Yonko in terms of status, Being the one who had the tittle of “Strongest Man in the World”, and “Closest to One Piece”. Even in his Old age and illness he was still the one of the Yonko, and in his prime he was on another level compared to the others.
Rox may not have actually been the strongest fighter in the Rocks Pirates, just the one with the most charisma and best leadership skills, and ambitions.
Whitebeard and Big Mom at least were pirates long before the Rocks Pirates, so the power structure of the crew may have been fundamentally different then the one we are use to of (Captain>YC1>YC2>YC3) more like an alliance with a common goal. With people joining with conditions for lending their strength.
And Rox did something either to Whitebeard or did something that Whitebeard didn’t approve of and double crossed him.
Causing Whitebeard to Attack Rox, and the crew. Leading the end of the Rocks Pirates. And Whitebeard being left infected.
