One Piece Chapter 964 – The World Beyond The Borders

The desire for the unknown

Oden’s desperation for adventure borderlines Luffy’s excitement for it. Despite the price of its admission, their obsession towards such an unfiltered experience overwhelms any sort of rationale surrounding the decision. Unconcerned of any consequence, the path forward for such individuals is one solely focused on the sight before them. If experiencing the world meant leaving the nation illegally, stowing aboard a ship uninterested in taking you and holding onto a chain dragged across the ocean for three days, an individual like Oden would wholeheartedly throw himself at such an opportunity which is exactly what Oden did. That is just how much the desire to adventure means to individuals like Oden.

One Piece Chapter 963 – Oden And Whitebeard

And so the two meet and share an electrifying greeting

And so the wheels of fate turn on the path called life towards a destination intertwined with adventure, realisation, misery, sorrow and death. The meeting that set in motion the events leading up to the current events where legends were created and the hungering arms of greed motioned towards its endless desire for what it perceives as satisfaction. A meeting longed for by Oden whom sought a bridge towards the world outside of Wano Kuni. And with his overwhelming joy conveyed through his welcoming strike, he proposes his intention to join the crew of the Whitebeard Pirates.

One Piece Chapter 957 – The Rocks Pirates

The Rocks Pirates

So the individual that captained two of the current Yonko – Big Mom and Kaido – was a man called Rocks. And not only that, he ended up catching the attention of Edward “Whitebeard” Newgate who also saw something within Rocks to accept him as his captain. For someone to have had captained three of the future Yonko, what is it that made such potential-laden pirates want to follow Rocks or is it a result of them following Rocks that led them to becoming such infamous names within the current age? For pirates with such strong personalities to come together and work together, a leader of tremendous presence and vision would be required. Merely banding together for fame and fortune wouldn’t be sufficient to maintain the groups direction. Who was Rocks D. Xebec and what led him to want to become King of the World?