In the first half of the Grand Line, on Plande Island, the island where the Roger Pirates temporarily stationed for rest, Rocks was sitting under a coconut tree, leaning against the tree, drinking coconut juice and reading a newspaper.
"The new member of the Whitebeard Pirates, a samurai from the mysterious samurai country? Kozuki Goten?"
After drifting on the sea for two months, Roger's pirate group finally found an island and landed there for replenishment and rest.
Rocks was sitting cross-legged under a coconut tree reading a newspaper. When he saw the news about the Whitebeard Pirates, he was a little surprised.
Hearing Rocks' low exclamation, Barrett, Shanks and Buggy walked over at the same time.
"Hmm? What samurai? Rocks."
"Hey, I heard Whitebeard!"
"Any news that interests you, Rocks?"
The three of them walked to Rocks' side at the same time and looked down at the newspaper in Rocks' hand.
When he saw the huge news about the Whitebeard Pirates, he was also surprised.
"The samurai of Wano Country????"
"That legendary country, Wano Country?"
"Wano Country? What is that place?"
Shanks and Buggy exclaimed, their surprised voices echoing over the camp.
"Oh? The latest news about the Whitebeard Pirates?"
Rayleigh walked up to Rocks with a smile and snatched the newspaper away.
"Hey, Rayleigh, if you want to read the newspaper, go buy it yourself. I bought it for a hundred Baileys."
Rocks complained slightly dissatisfied.
Rocks is well aware of Rayleigh's stinginess.
"Tsk, little Rocks, I'm your teacher after all. Go read a newspaper and stop being so petty."
Rayleigh teased Rocks and then concentrated on reading the contents of the newspaper.
"A new member of the Whitebeard Pirates, claiming to be a samurai from the Samurai Kingdom. He is very powerful. In just one year at sea, he has destroyed more than a dozen pirate groups by himself."
The first part of the newspaper simply described the brilliant battle record of the samurai from the samurai country, a man named Kozuki Oden, in the past year.
No matter what pirate group he encountered, Kozuki Oden was like a vanguard general, always leading the charge and easily destroying one powerful pirate group after another with his double-sword swordsmanship.
Moreover, as a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, he did not call Whitebeard "Dad" like other members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
They seemed to call each other brothers.
Rayleigh looked at the newspaper with a smile on his face.
"What an interesting man. And he comes from that mysterious warrior country."
Rayleigh threw the newspaper back to Rocks.
"I think Roger will be very interested in him."
Rayleigh muttered something with a smile, then left and went to find Roger.
After Rayleigh left, Rocks and the others sat together again.
"Hey, Rocks, do you know Wano Country?"
Shanks asked Rocks with a little curiosity.
In his reflection, Rocks seemed to know everything.
Barrett also looked at Rocks curiously.
He was also quite interested in that warrior kingdom.
"Hey, hey, that guy named Kozuki Oden is so strong! He destroyed so many pirate groups by himself, this is too scary!"
Buggy looked at the newspaper and became more and more shocked. After all, the information he learned from the newspaper was that the slash of that man named Kozuki Oden was so brilliant.
Ignoring Buggy's exclamation, Rocks recalled and briefly explained the information about Wano Country to Shanks and Barrett.
"That mysterious country of samurai is also called Wano Country."
"That country has a large number of warriors and is a very powerful country."
"Almost everyone in that country is proud to be a samurai, and they are all good with swords. Moreover, that country also has very rich sword-forging technology. Most of the cool swords and a small number of large swords in this ocean come from Wano Country."
"Oh? I heard that the famous sword Captain Roger gave you was also made by a samurai from Wano Country?"
Shanks glanced at the sword at Rocks' waist and asked curiously.
"Yes, that's right."
Rocks took An from his waist and gently drew out the blade.
The bright white sword looks extremely beautiful under the sunlight.
"By the way, I heard that Wano Country has rich mineral resources. The seastone that can restrain Devil Fruit users comes from Wano Country. If we conquer Wano Country in the future and use it as our base, we can monopolize the production of most seastones."
"Oh, that's great. Rocks, then take him down!"
Barrett was extremely moved when he heard what Rocks said.
As someone who grew up with Rocks, he knows his friend's ambitions very well.
If they can conquer the country of Shimowano, it will undoubtedly be very helpful for their future development.
"Well, we will conquer Wano Country later. But not now."
Rocks is also very optimistic about Wano Country.
Not only is the location of Wano Country very good, but Wano Country itself is like a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Such a place is undoubtedly a very good base camp.
However, there are too many interests involved in Wano Country now, and the mainland of Wano Country is in great chaos, so it is not suitable to attack it now.
Moreover, in addition to Rocks who has his eyes on Wano Country, there is also Kaido, the King of Beasts, who is also eyeing Wano Country.
However, Rocks didn't care too much about Kaido.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that decades later Kaido was called one of the Four Emperors, the strongest creature on land, sea and air, the strongest in single combat, and many other awesome titles.
Now, he is just a little-known pirate.
Although it has some strength, it is not overly strong.
To deal with him, Rocks felt that one Barrett would be enough.
Thinking of Kaido, Rocks suddenly thought of several of Kaido's subordinates in the original work.
Whether it is Jhin of the Three Calamities or Quinn of the Plague, they are both good subordinates.
"I heard that Jin is a resident of the red land. I wonder if he has been subdued by Kaido."
Rocks still admires Jhin very much.
He was of the best strength and wisdom, and was a very loyal subordinate.
Although he has the shortcoming of torturing his enemies, Rocks doesn't care.
"It seems that we should leave Roger's Pirates as soon as possible."
Having made up his mind, Rocks put away his sword and hung it around his waist, then stood up and walked towards Roger.
"Before you leave, go and ask Roger for some advice."
Barrett, Shanks and Buggy looked at Rocks in confusion as he suddenly stood up and left.
"Hey, Rocks, you haven't finished talking about Wano Country yet!"
Rocks didn't want to say anything about Shanks' words, and waved his hand to show that he understood.
"What did that Rocks guy do all of a sudden? He was talking fine, but suddenly he stopped talking."
Shanks muttered something unhappily, then stood up and prepared to leave.
Barrett looked at Rocks and seemed to understand something.