I just happen to reply to your statement previously for the sake of reward. Well I'm sorry you had to be the one to take my nonsensical reply ? but thank you for your insight. I respect what your decision is and I'd hope you respect mine too. Let me just share to you why I still believe in this novel even if it already broke my heart once. When it was supposedly dropped. Back to the main point. I believe in his crew which is the Heavenly Demon Pirates. At that point, there was no escape. They had given all their aces but their enemy was too far from their capability. I understand the reason of Roman for leaving his crew. He knows Orion. More than both of us combined. From birth til their departure, they we're sworn brothers. Until now. What led them to depart from each other is their own weaknesses. Roman believes that Orion has the capability to grown into something more than Kaido and all the other Yonkous. His strength is to go farther from them. I hate to say it but the thought of leaving his own captain for their sake is anticlimatic. We were used to novels wherein wherever they go, they will always be protected by plot armor. I just happen to appreciate that approach a bit. Not like I truly wanted it. Just for the sake of something new. Somehow, you can compare it to Ace's death but meanwhile, Roman's not dead. Just a "prisoner of war". It's just the right thing to motivate the supposedly MC of this story. Not like I want to change your perspective but just to share my own. ? Have a good day fellow reader!