Chapter 253: The Curse
Just before the sword touched Roger's neck, the time stopped. Alexander appeared in front of him out of nowhere and hit his head with a hammer, making him fall unconscious.
Roger saw it happening but couldn't react. Alexander instantly exchanged the body with a new fake one.
Soon the head rolled down the platform. Garp sighed in disappointment. Shanks and Buggy were crying in the crowd. Many young aspiring bad guys were among the crowd who came to see the execution of the legendary Gold Roger.
Alexander noticed Dragon as well. The boy had seemingly disappeared without a clue after joining the Marines for a year. He was stationed at Sabaody archipelago and probably saw the dark side of the world.
Alexander obviously knew what the kid was up to and he helped him secretly. How else could a young man like him start a world revolution army? Though it was still in its early phase.
He could have made people forget whatever Roger said, but he didn't. One, because it would create more trouble for the World Government, two, it was probably done by Roger because he knew something Alexander didn't.
"What did you do? Why are you smiling?" Garp asked him.
"Haha, I'm always smiling. What's so wrong with that?" Alexander shrugged and walked away.
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