The safest course of action is to get the largest maritime power, the navy, to completely side with them; this is the true core strength.
Their conversation was made entirely without any attempt to hide it from others. Behind them stood several navy personnel with strange expressions, including Smoker, Tina, Onigumo, and Issho...
But after their strange expressions, they had no time to pay attention to the two of them, because something even more shocking was waiting for them.
Yi Xiao was holding two books in her hands. One had a gold cover with the title "The Faith of Justice" written on it, while the other looked even more luxurious than the gold cover. It had a thick cover inlaid with gold and gemstones, but the inside was very thin and seemed to have almost no pages.
But when you open it, there's a piece of paper covering the cover.
The cover also has a line of text—
The Seven-Step Draft of Justice.
For these naval officers who hold important positions, or even serve as warlords, persuading them is not something that can be done with just a few words from Kuro.
They did remain silent based on Kuro's current combat strength and achievements, and were somewhat swayed by his words, which is why they boarded the ship. But it was only a sway; after the initial excitement subsided, they began to think.
Can Kuro really do what he's saying?
They wanted to confront Kuro and get an explanation, to ask him what he was really thinking, but Cass and Wilbur stopped them, leaving them two books to read.
Although Yixiao was blind, at least someone was reading the words aloud to him.
Then...
The shocking information in the book left them speechless for a long time.
Yi Xiao's five fingers were trembling slightly as he held the book. He was clearly using his knuckles to exert force and was in a state of excitement, but he seemed afraid that the car would damage the precious book, so he forcibly controlled himself, causing himself to tremble slightly.
He raised his head, opened his eyes which were mostly white, and opened his mouth as if to say something, but his mind was filled with the contents of the "Seven Steps to Justice," especially the final declaration.
"There will be no more exploitation, no more war, the young will no longer worry about being homeless, the old will no longer worry about being without support, the young will be free to choose their own path, and all races will live together in peace."
That declaration made Yixiao subconsciously think of the heroic spirit of that man when he joined the Navy and silently vowed to himself to fulfill this long-cherished wish.
It's really...
"It stirs my heart!"
With a smile, he sighed, "I really want to see it, that kind of world... If my eyes weren't blind, would I really be able to see it?"
Smoker stood there, his lips pursed, his hands clenched so tightly that the veins bulged, and his body was trembling.
He joined the navy in search of justice, but even now, he doesn't understand what justice is.
Straw Hat Boy... Back in Alabasta, he was a champion of justice, so Smoker didn't want to catch him.
But when they arrived at Impel Down...
The duality of human nature has made it impossible for Smoker to make a judgment.
But this sense of justice truly enlightened him.
Yes, isn't that what justice is all about? Isn't that what the Navy is constantly striving for?
loubiqu.
Capturing pirates is meant to prevent them from causing chaos and to protect the peace of the seas, which has that effect. But that's not enough, because there are still people above us. Eliminating this 'chaos' is what brings true justice and peace...
Is it about to happen?
Anyone in the navy who sees this thing is bound to be shocked.
Then, unconsciously, one immerses oneself in that world, imagining that even someone as cold-blooded as Onigumo would curl up the corners of his mouth and reveal a knowing smile.
Didn't they join the navy initially for the sake of justice?
If they don't have the will to eradicate evil, what's the point of being a navy officer? They might as well be pirates.
Even Onigumo, who is so extreme as to kill his subordinates, does so out of a desire to eliminate evil, and he will stop at nothing to achieve this.
But such a world...
Perhaps he can also lay down his butcher's knife.
Click.
Smoker took a snake cigar from the straps on his arm, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, took a deep drag, and then exhaled the smoke.
"Let's do it!"
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go with that bastard to Mary Geoise!"
“Tina…”
Tina chewed on her cigarette, muttered to herself for a while, and finally bit down so hard that she almost crushed the cigarette holder in her mouth.
"Tina wants to see her too!"
That kind of world was very attractive to them.
No, I should say it's extremely attractive!
That kind of world was almost the peaceful world that every one of them in the navy could imagine—no, it was countless times more peaceful than the peaceful world they could imagine.
If such a world existed...
Will pirates really stay on the high seas forever? Even if they still exist then, wouldn't things be much better than they are now? Wouldn't they be on a completely different level?
They are in the navy, and their duty is to catch pirates. They just need to catch pirates when the time comes. There is no interference from above, and they don't need to do anything against their conscience. They just need to catch pirates in the simplest way.
And the world can be transformed as Kuro envisions, even if it's just a small step...
For them, those were breathtakingly beautiful landscapes they had never seen before.
What are they doing?
On another ship, Bellumber asked with some curiosity.
As for Coby, he was still feeling down because Luffy had died.
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