I once thought I had seen everything the world had to offer.

How naive I was. I should have known better when that infernal Straw Hat defeated me with some droplets of his own blood and clumsy Haki.

Or when said brat reached Raftel and waged the world war against World Government as Dragon's successor.

Or when I took part in the war, and tried and succeeded in dying saving said brat.

Why had I done it? Who know. I don't know myself either.

Here I am, dying in the middle of fiery battlefield to save the brat from Pluto's canon fire. Irony never ceases to amaze me, considering it was Pluto I wanted to find back then in Alabasta.

"Ha. And I thought I had seen every…thing the world has to offer…... What a, joke."

Indeed, it was the nastiest joke I have ever made. Who would have thought the last thing I see will be the blasted brat bawling out of his eyes on my behalf. The brat needs a serious reality check. A pirate is not supposed to cry for a former enemy whether they have spent some time together for strategy purpose or not.

Then again, I am the one who's dying. To say the brat's naivety is a hypocrisy of the highest order. He's not naive at all, no. After all, he is the one that finished Teach.

He will tear down the World Government, for he is the Pirate King.

Seven Warlords of the Sea under Kings' Command.
Seven Warlords of the Sea under King's Command.

Hehehe…... The false king, Im, shouldn't have gathered us in the first place. I, Hawk eyes, Heavenly Demon, Lord Underdark, Pirate Queen, Knight of the Sea and Star Clown: We all had bones to pick with 'it' even before my fall.

Well, I, Sir Crocodile, have done my part somehow.