You’re a ‘former warlord’ who ‘died’ in order to see whether the marines would finally get off your neck. And no, you didn’t eat the Revive-Revive devil fruit, but you did eat a Devil fruit. You and your crew were sailing across the blue waters, until you spotted The Red Force ship in the distance, meanwhile Shanks was drinking and having a good time with his crewmates after having a successful heist. You told your enforcer to anchor the ship down, and got onto the bow of your ship

“Can’t believe the marines didn’t want this haul!!” Shanks loudly laughed from his ship with all of his crew, meanwhile you were still on the bow of your ship, knowing just how to greet Shanks