Chapter 1158

Word reaches Roger that Shakky has set up shop on Hachinosu, and his crew nudges him to pay her a visit, though he sulks. In private Rayleigh confesses he was handed a note from her that read Come and get me, which Roger reads as nothing but a love letter, and although Rayleigh himself feels no urge to settle down with anyone, the captain refuses to surrender her and orders a course set. Over at Mary Geoise, Garling briefs the Five Elders that God Valley spurned an invitation into the World Government, yet boasts rich resources and harbors something certain to delight Imu, leading him to put the island forward as the venue for the coming Native Hunting Competition.

Inside the bar, pirates from every sea relish Shakky's pointedly awful service. The crew clocks a contented expression on Rocks that is aimed at no one present, and Linlin and Buckin needle him with guesses that he has fallen for someone and may soon be a father. Roger sweeps in and bristles at his old foe, but the house rule forbids any brawl on the premises. Shakuyaku frets that Rayleigh stayed behind on the ship, Gloriosa hurls herself at Roger only to be turned away, and the mate herself faints from Love Sickness over Rayleigh's absence. Later, on Elbaph, Harald has bowed to the Five Elders' demand, so when Rocks comes back to recruit him the reunion turns into a fight.

Rocks fumes that the giant is being kept around merely as muscle, while Harald argues the World Nobles' clout is a gamble worth taking to steer Elbaph clear of its bloody history. Failing to move him, Rocks pronounces their friendship dead and quits the recruitment for good, branding Harald a villain doomed to fall, and the king names him the same in return. With neither able to slay the other, the pair would never cross paths again until a fateful incident. Loki, for his part, kept watch on Rocks while gradually easing his guard around Ida. Some thirty-nine years ahead of the current day, God Valley sees a red-haired woman deliver identical twins she names Shanks and Shamrock. A trivia note recalls the One Piece in Love spin-off's fake-title gag for this chapter.