Super Card System

Ian was certain that during the time since they arrived in this open field, no one had come near.

In other words, this person who suddenly stood up from the ground must have been here all along. But the strange thing was that neither Ian's En field nor Uncle Fujitora's Observation Haki—which had been covering the surrounding area—had detected this person's presence!

This was why Ian and the others were so shocked. There was actually someone in this world whom Observation Haki couldn't sense!?

Under the dumbfounded gazes of everyone, the figure stood up from the ground. He was a tall man wearing a dull gray, Japanese-style long robe. The color of his robe was similar to the ground, which explained why Queen had tripped over him earlier while escaping—she simply didn't see him lying there.

The man looked quite old. In the moonlight, Ian noticed some wrinkles on his face and a head of long, graying hair tied into a fluffy bun at the back of his head, with strands almost reaching his back.

He held a straw hat commonly used by people in Wano Country. After getting up, the old man seemed confused and asked in surprise, "Huh? Why is it so dark? What happened? Why can't I see anything?"

Ian was speechless as he looked at the round sunglasses on the old man's face. Was there something wrong with him? Wearing such dark sunglasses in the middle of the night—no wonder he couldn't see!

However, the old man soon realized the issue himself. He scratched his messy hair and laughed heartily, "Aha! I forgot I was wearing sunglasses! Haha, how embarrassing…"

He said that, but he didn't seem embarrassed at all. Under the astonished gazes of everyone, he stretched lazily and, while rubbing his arm, grumbled, "Who kicked this old bag of bones just now? Really, doesn't anyone respect the elderly anymore?"

This made Ian pause for a moment. Did Queen know this old man? And she seemed to be quite afraid of him?

"Oh, it's you, little fox!" Hearing Queen's growls, the sunglasses-wearing old man turned around and said, "Finally caught you! Chasing you all the way from Kuri to the capital wasn't in vain…"

There was a lot of information in his words, but… although he was addressing Queen, he turned to face Marco's direction instead.

"…You're facing the wrong way; she's on your left!" Ian couldn't help but point out. "Can't you take off your sunglasses?"

He always felt that with the old man's attire, if he held a cane, he'd be indistinguishable from a blind man—just like Uncle Fujitora.

However, the sharp-chinned, hook-nosed old man replied righteously, "No! This old man's eyesight is poor!"

Pfft! Ian almost spat blood. What kind of logic was that? Your eyesight is poor, so you wear sunglasses!?

At that moment, Queen couldn't hold back any longer. She turned and tried to escape again, like a cornered animal making a desperate leap. Panic-stricken, she rushed straight toward Ian, attempting to jump over his head to break through the encirclement.

Ian was about to stop her, but before he could act, he saw Queen suddenly trip mid-air and crash face-first into the ground with a thud.

It was all because of her tail… Just as Queen leaped, her flowing fox tail was grabbed lightning-fast by the sunglasses-wearing old man. With a sharp tug, she was yanked back down, planting her face into the dirt.

"Let… let me go!!" Queen turned her head in terror, screaming at the old man holding her tail.

Simultaneously, a crackling sound erupted as a blue-white electric current surged from her body, conducting along her tail and zapping the old man directly.

All Minks can use this electro ability, and after transforming into their Sulong form, this electric power is greatly enhanced. But when the strong current coursed through the old man, it only made him shiver slightly. His hand still firmly grasped Queen's tail without any sign of letting go, and he didn't seem harmed at all.

This scene looked bizarre to Ian and the others. Queen was not in her full beast form; she was merely in her Sulong state. At this moment, she appeared as a stunning fox woman exuding mature charm. Although her vital parts were covered by fur, she was essentially naked. Yet, here she was, her tail being held by a lecherous old man wearing sunglasses…

Without knowing the context, just this scene alone could inspire hundreds of thousands of words of censored content…

"Heh heh!" The old man chuckled and said to Queen, "Little fox, your bit of electricity isn't enough for me!"

With that, he yanked her tail back. Queen yelped in pain as she was pulled toward him.

An arm as black and shiny as obsidian was raised, and with precise force, he struck Queen on the neck. In the next moment, she was knocked out cold.

Ian's expression turned serious. This old man possessed advanced Armament Haki!

Who exactly was he?

Just as Ian was silently pondering, Marco, standing not far away, suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed, "Mr. Gaban!?"

"Hmm? You know me?" The graying old man was startled and looked in Ian's direction. "Young man, who are you?"

He had the direction wrong again… Ian had to point out, "He's on your right…"

Before the old man could adjust, Marco said excitedly, "It's me! I'm Marco! Marco the Phoenix! Over twenty years ago, I met you when I was with Pops Whitebeard!"

Seeing Marco's excitement and recalling the name he just uttered, Ian immediately realized who the old man before them was!

Scopper Gaban! The Left Hand of the Pirate King!

He couldn't help but slap his forehead. That's right! Didn't Big Mom mention that the Pirate King's Left Hand was also in Wano Country? How could he have forgotten!?

He began to scrutinize Scopper Gaban carefully.

In fact, Gaban looked like an ordinary old man. If he hadn't just showcased his skills by capturing Queen, no one would have guessed he was a master of Haki.

But thinking of how Uncle Rayleigh looked on Sabaody Archipelago, Ian wasn't surprised. Even the famed Dark King Rayleigh now had such an appearance; Scopper Gaban looking like this wasn't strange at all.

After all, Roger had been dead for over twenty years. Like Uncle Rayleigh, Gaban was also getting on in years.

Upon hearing Marco's introduction, Scopper Gaban tilted his head and thought for a while before finally recalling. "Oh, you're that blond kid who was always around Newgate back then? How did you end up with a pineapple head? You didn't have so little hair before—did you go bald early?"

"Uh…" Marco was at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond.

Fujitora, Izou, and Bonney also realized who this "Gaban" was and looked utterly astonished.

"Never thought I'd meet a legendary figure here…" Fujitora chuckled softly.

"The Pirate King's Left Hand? Even I've never seen him…" Izou's eyes shone as he stared at Scopper Gaban. Being the last division commander to join the Whitebeard Pirates, he naturally hadn't met members of the Roger Pirates like Marco had.

"So he's not just some ordinary old man…" Bonney bit her fingernail, unsure how to feel.

After a while, Marco scratched his head and asked, "Mr. Gaban, why are you here?"

"For this little fox!" Scopper Gaban pointed to Queen lying on the ground, but unfortunately, he pointed in the wrong direction again. It seemed his sunglasses were even darker than Ian had imagined. Ian suspected that the Pirate King's Left Hand was practically blind at this point but just refused to admit it.

"I've been chasing her all the way from Kuri in Wano Country to the capital," Gaban scratched his head and said. "I suddenly felt sleepy earlier, so I lay down here to take a nap. Didn't expect that when I woke up, it was already dark…"

"…" Ian thought, For you, as long as you don't take off those sunglasses, it's always dark, isn't it?

Ian really hadn't expected that the Pirate King's Left Hand, who was on par with Uncle Rayleigh, would be such a comical old man. This was far from what he had imagined.

"Why are you chasing her?" Ian asked curiously.

"Actually, I just returned from visiting friends overseas," Scopper Gaban explained. "But when I got back, I found that the Kozuki family of Kuri had been wiped out by Kaido and the Shogun of Wano Country. I wanted to avenge them, but Kaido had already left Wano. The only remaining officer of the Beasts Pirates here was Queen the Plague. After I wiped out the Beasts Pirates entrenched in Kuri, I discovered she wasn't there but had come to the capital. So I chased her all the way here…"

"What!?" Everyone was stunned upon hearing this: The Beasts Pirates in Kuri had been wiped out by Scopper Gaban alone!?

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