In the New World, in a certain tavern on a small island.
Levi decided to drink in this tavern, resting his leg for a bit on his way to Secon Island. After reporting in at Secon Island, he would head straight to Wano Country to join the rest of the Varia. After all, he was Varia's Lightning Guardian.
"Vongola Family is in the limelight now. Among the three major forces in the New World, I think Vongola Family stands at the top. I don't understand why they preferred to be a mafia than a pirate. With their strength, plus the fact that Vongola Primo was once the Gol D. Roger's crew, isn't it easy for him to become the next pirate King?"
A pirate said to his comrades. The three major forces in the New World became their main topic after meals. The so-called three major forces were actually Whitebeard Pirates, Vongola Family, and Big Mom Pirates. Among the three, some people thought that the strongest was Whitebeard, and some thought that the strongest was Vongola Family.
Since Big Mom failed to capture Secon Island before and was repelled, most people thought they were the weakest of the three.
"Who knows? Anyway, it just looks odd to me. Among the three major forces, Whitebeard seems to have no interest in becoming the Pirate King. Then Vongola Family is not a pirate. Could it be that Big Mom, the weakest of them, would become the next pirate King?" one of them shrugged and said with a puzzled face.
This was indeed something that many people found baffling. The two strongest forces in the New World were not interested in becoming the Pirate King and finding One Piece, which so many people out there coveted.
"That is impossible. I think even if Whitebeard and Vongola Primo are not interested in becoming the Pirate King, they will not let Big Mom become the Pirate King. Therefore, these three major forces probably will have a hard time defeating each other as the third party will not just sit idly as the two of them fought." The pirate who spoke at the beginning analyzed, but many people also came to such a conclusion. After all, recently, Whitebeard, Vongola Family, and Totto Land had been concentrating on their own expansion, and there was no conflict between them.
"Then who do you think is stronger between Whitebeard and Vongola Primo?" It was unknown whether this was intentional or not, but the thin pirate asked Levi.
"It goes without saying that Whitebeard is definitely stronger. He's not the strongest man in the world for nothing, but he is already old. In a few years, Vongola Primo will surpass him!" The other pirate answered.
Many people out there thought so, too. Whitebeard was indeed powerful, but his strength was declining, while Vongola Primo was constantly getting stronger!
Now was the era of Whitebeard, and the era of Vongola was likely to be upon them soon!
Some people even thought that it was already the era of Vongola!
After all, in the past few years, the Vongola Family had been at the center of attention compared to Whitebeard Pirates.
Suddenly, a man who was drinking at the side suddenly rushed toward the pirate who had just said that Vongola Primo would surpass Whitebeard soon and grabbed his collar. He then yelled with a red face due to being drunk, "What the hell are you talking about? Are you saying that Vongola guy can defeat Pops? He wouldn't even be able to catch up with Pops for another hundred years, understand?"
"Y-Yes, I understand!"
"You are… Maelstrom Spider, Squard!"
At this time, the two other pirates immediately reacted. It turned out that Squard was also drinking in this tavern. If they knew he was here, they would not have talked about Whitebeard.
After all, he and his men swore allegiance to Whitebeard!
"Hey, you bastard, were you insulting Vongola Family just now?" Levi put down the bottle in his hand with an irritated face.
Because of the system, Vongola Primo was as amazing as Xanxus, if not more.
"Why? Do you have any objections? What I said is just the truth. Vongola Primo is nothing but a kid who used to board Roger's ship!"
Roger once annihilated his crew, so he harbored a deep grudge against Roger and the people who were related to Roger. Giotto, who was once a member of Roger's crews, was naturally no exception.
"Clank!"
Levi crushed the wine bottle with force, and the green Lightning Flame enveloped his hand. He seemed completely annoyed.
Levi slowly stood up, and his cold eyes directly locked onto Squard. "Levi A Than, this is my name."
"What does your name have to do with me?" Squard sneered. He turned around, but he didn't realize that Levi was wearing Varia's attire because he was too drunk.
"It doesn't have anything to do with you since you'll die soon anyway. But at least you'll know that the person who killed you is a member of the Vongola Family, Varia's Lightning Guardian!"
Levi then immediately took out the umbrella-like sword on his back and thrust it toward Squard after enveloping it with Lightning Flame. His movements were extremely fast. Even though he was probably the weakest one among Varia, he was more than skilled enough against Squard, especially since he was drunk at this time. He did not have the time to protect himself from Levi's attack, and his chest was pierced through by the umbrella-like sword, robbing him of his life.