"Completely?"
Faced with Cass's unorthodox words, Betty swallowed hard, her eyes filled with shock and fear.
The civilians behind her fared even worse. After hearing Cass's words, they retreated in fear, even dropping their weapons, leaving behind the sounds of wooden sticks and bricks hitting the ground.
These words are utterly outrageous!
These words erased the spirit and courage that had inspired them to believe in the fruit.
Seeing this, Wilbur shook his head and said, "It requires the indoctrination of a belief in justice."
The people of Dressrosa are not afraid of any evil. As for the level of exploitation by nobles, anyone in the entire Dressrosa sphere who has been taught by the "Faith of Justice" would definitely regard it as evil. However, they were afraid before. As for countries like Maturu, they have seen a lot of them. They can save them by using both the big stick and the sweet treat.
With a righteous faith in one hand and the slaughter of nobles in the other, these people will no longer be afraid in three days. In seven days, some of them will become steadfast believers. After a month, they will become a force that upholds the righteous faith, just like the other forces in Dressrosa.
However, the Faith of Justice does not teach that nobles are an exploitative class or that capital is evil. It only teaches correct values. But as they begin to kill, the 'evil' of nobles and capital will take root in people's hearts through their actions, without needing to be spoken.
If all else fails, execute them in public. Just pull the gallows up and people will immediately start to get angry and complain. That's when 'evil' will be born.
For Betty, these words were indeed outrageous!
The elimination of nobles and capitalists was not simply about forcing the king to abdicate.
"What are you saying!" Betty exclaimed. "How could you do something like that!"
She couldn't understand it, and neither could the common people behind her.
Cass shook his head: "Mr. Kuro was right to say he looked down on your Revolutionary Army. I used to think you were just a force that protected civilians, but now it seems you haven't even done that. What exactly is your Revolutionary Army's ideology? To overthrow the World Government?"
They specifically targeted member states, removing them from the World Government's sphere of influence; other than that, they didn't seem to do much else.
Although it also protects civilians, in terms of the extent, it is not much different from the Navy's fight against pirates, but in terms of the intensity, it is naturally not as great as the Navy's.
“No, we never intended to overthrow the World Government. We just wanted to overthrow the Celestial Dragons. We believe that the Celestial Dragons are evil and that the Celestial Dragons are unreasonable,” Betty said.
She was a revolutionary, so of course she could say such things, and the common people were used to it.
"Celestial Dragons?"
Cass chewed on those three words, a hint of contempt creeping into his eyes. "Those things are nothing to fear. The Celestial Dragons are nobles too, but they're ultimately just nobles gathered in one place, traceable and predictable, like a fixed anthill. If you want to overthrow the nobility, why don't you overthrow the nobility of all the countries?!"
Wilbur then said, "Revolution? Do you really deserve that name? You don't even dare to overthrow the nobles, yet you dare to call yourselves a revolutionary army? What are you afraid of! A revolution is about overthrowing the nobles! Stop focusing on the Celestial Dragons. You can't even reach Mary Geoise. Why not start from somewhere else and work your way up slowly? The real skill lies in the details, understand? Kill the nobles of the Kingdom of Maturu and stand firmly on the side of the common people! Let me tell you, this is what a revolution is all about. If you don't overthrow the nobles and capital, they will exploit you forever!"
The surroundings were completely silent, except for the sounds of many sailors rescuing the wounded.
The commoners all kept their heads down, seemingly unwilling to hear what Cass and Wilbur were saying.
Betty opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't utter a word.
How so?
As a cadre of the Revolutionary Army and the commander of the 'Eastern Army,' she, who controlled a great deal of power within the Revolutionary Army, never imagined this step, neither did Chief of Staff Sabo, nor did the leader Dragon.
This is absolutely amazing!
Is this really the navy?
She had dealt with pirates and criminals, but even the most wicked pirates and the most cruel criminals could not utter such words.
Even the most dangerous Doflamingo, as far as they knew, only wanted to throw the world into chaos and bring down the Celestial Dragons.
No one paid attention to the nobles of those kingdoms. They were expected to exist, just like people need to eat and drink. This was deeply ingrained in people's minds, and no one ever thought that people could live without food and water.
But now, two naval officers have told this to whom, and they can't refute it!
Because Betty thought that made perfect sense!
Cass stepped forward and finally stood in front of Betty, his three-meter-tall frame looking down at Bello Betty, who only reached his chest.
Betty looked up, met Cass's eyes, and then looked down again.
Was that look of disdain?
"Don't you dare?" Cass asked slowly.
Betty pursed her lips and remained silent.
Cass took off his cloak, put it on Betty, and fastened the buttons.
The navy cloak is essentially a coat with sleeves, but no one ever wears it.
"You're wearing too little clothing, button it up."
Cass's hand slid down to Betty's neck, chest, and waist, buttoning her up one button at a time. Then he turned his head to the side and whispered in her ear, "We dare."
Betty was startled and looked up in disbelief.
What did that navy guy say?!
"They're here! They're here!!"
Suddenly, another group of people rushed towards them from the front. They were soldiers from Matru's kingdom, armed with weapons, ready to charge.
"Arrest all those rioters who are here!" the leading soldier, the corps commander, shouted.
Cass turned his head and stared at him.
boom!!
The surrounding air seemed to freeze at that moment, as if a white torrent was surging out, mixed with a crimson color, directly washing over the soldiers.
The charging soldiers froze, their eyes rolled back, their weapons fell to the ground, and they all collapsed, none escaping unscathed.
"Conqueror's Haki!" Betty stared at Cass in horror.
This navy guy actually has Conqueror's Haki?!
Isn't that a bit too much?
Is he also a one-in-a-million overlord?
After stunning the soldiers with a single glare, Cass, still wielding the power of his Conqueror's Haki, turned to the civilians and said, "Alright, go back now. You're not suited to do this kind of thing."
The common people's initial enthusiasm had long been worn down by Cass and Wilbur's words. Now, when Cass looked at them with the lingering power of Conqueror's Haki, they had no intention of resisting. One by one, they lowered their heads and actually turned around and walked back.
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