"This old man..."
Kuro glanced at him, looking at the face that resembled Aquitaine's, then at Aquitaine, and said, "Your dad? Does he have dementia? He's so easily angered?"
"Father!"
Aquitaine stood up and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
"He's not going to die yet," the elderly man said coldly.
Aquitaine instinctively wanted to step aside, but he quickly realized his mistake, stood up straight, and said to him, "Father, I am now the king. I have the right to decide everything in the Kingdom of Korf. You are no longer the king."
"What kingship? Do you even deserve to be king? Do you know anything about this country? You know nothing. You're delusional to think the World Government will help you. They only care about their own interests. As for the Navy..."
The elderly man glanced at Kuro. "The navy is alright, but it's a matter for our kingdom. Your abrupt landing in my country—does the World Government intend to wage war against the Kingdom of Korf?! If war breaks out, we will not be afraid!"
"This old man..."
Kuro exhaled a puff of smoke and looked the man up and down. You have to admit, upon closer inspection, the old man's aura was quite strong.
Although he is very weak now, Kuro can sense his full strength in his prime even in this weakened state.
A very strong old man.
“Noadi?” Kuro asked, remembering the name.
“It’s Noadi.” Lucci nodded and looked at the elderly man. “The previous king of the Kingdom of Korf, who had a history of pirates. Although he wasn’t very famous, we still managed to find out about him.”
"That was in the past. I've been king for over twenty years now."
Noadi said, “I have no bounty. Your guesses are useless. Besides, this is the New World, not under the jurisdiction of your World Government. You don’t seem to have the right to start a war.”
“No one will start a war. We are just here to inspect the country at the invitation of the current king.” Lucci said coldly, “As King Aquitaine said, you are no longer the king and have no right to say anything. Besides, your people will not believe you for what you have done.”
"That's how it is!"
As if drawing courage from Lucci's words, Aquitaine looked directly at Noadi and said, "Father, you're old! What you did before was wrong to begin with, and the arrival of the Straw Hats only hastened it. If you continue like this, by the time you die, everything will be irreversible! Straw Hat, I will avenge you. I'm in charge now, so just watch!"
"You think you can make the decisions? Help me get revenge?! By your power?"
Noadi scoffed, "Monkey D. Luffy, that Straw Hat kid, is not someone you can deal with. Not now, and even less so in the future. That kid will become famous throughout the world, and it won't be too late."
“Straw Hat Boy…” Lucci paused, lowered his head, and remembered the tenacious boy from Enies Lobby.
I was defeated by him.
They shouldn't have lost, but they still lost...
"Another one..."
Kuro leaned back and said to Noadi, "Do you think that arrogant kid can become world-famous?"
It's not that Kuro looks down on Luffy, but as the Child of the World, if you let him live for ten or twenty years, Kuro has no objection to saying that he is famous throughout the world.
Right now, for him to become world-renowned, it would only mean defeating one of the Four Emperors. But for a mere kid to defeat one of the Four Emperors...
What do you take the Four Emperors for? And what do you take their Navy for?
Are you kidding me?
“You’re a thief, you have no right to say such things.” Noadi glared at Kuro.
These words made Kuro's eyes widen, and he said unhappily, "Old man, watch your mouth. How did I become a thief?"
"Hmph, you dare to do it but not admit it? You took the bomb rock vein from Bom Village, didn't you? You left nothing, you even ripped up the ground. I don't know how you did it, but that aura was definitely yours."
Noadi said, "On Kolf Island, no one can escape my eyes."
Kuro: "..."
This old man...
That's impressive!
Is Observation Haki really that powerful? Like a camera monitoring everything?
No, that's not right. Even if Observation Haki is possible, it's still beyond what this old man can do.
"Ability user?"
Kuro narrowed his eyes and explained, "How can you call that stealing? I did it to prevent pirates from eyeing it. If you were that capable, you could sense it, right? Your country is already riddled with holes. To prevent your country from suffering even greater destruction, I simply put it away in advance."
As he spoke, Kuro explained a bunch of incomprehensible terms, like "safekeeping" and "you wouldn't understand Navy matters," and the air suddenly filled with...
There is no possibility of joy.
No one dared to laugh.
"They are my citizens too."
Noadi was silent for a moment, then said, "Those who rebelled in the Kingdom of Korf are also my people. Aquitaine, how can you call yourself a king if you use external forces to slaughter your own people?"
“But if it weren’t for your enslavement, none of this would have happened!” Aquitaine cried. “It’s because of your enslavement, which has been going on for over twenty years, that this is what happened!”
"Slavery..."
Noadi smiled. "What do you know about my actions? If you call yourself king, then act like one. Pirates are gathering and heading this way. If you don't use external forces to conquer them, I'll acknowledge you as the new king of Kolf; otherwise..."
He glanced at Kuro and said, "I know you, Jinni. Don't think that killing a few old guys is anything special. Violence doesn't last. Of course you can deal with those who are coming, but so what? I don't acknowledge you."
"Do I need your acknowledgment?"
Kuro suddenly got excited, "Who the hell do you think you are? Just because you're old doesn't give you the right to talk back to me. Old man, don't mess with me, or I'll put a bounty on you and send you to Impel Down right now!"
For a seasoned pirate with a criminal record like this, even if CP's intelligence proves he was a pirate before, Kuro can still give him the title of pirate.
We can easily find an excuse to collect a bounty and arrest them.
In all his years of experience, when has he ever suffered a loss in front of someone like this?
oral?
Verbal communication won't work either!
Verbal communication is the most damn agonizing thing. Kuro has seen too many self-proclaimed masters of empty talk in his past life, people who think they own the world just by holding a keyboard.
What's the difference between this guy and them?
"Hmph, I'm a dying man, I'm not afraid of this!"
Noadi snorted at Kuro, then looked at Aquitaine, "Get ready, they're coming!"
Without waiting for Kuro and the others, he walked out again.
The food was left outside in a mess.
“My food…” Lida opened her mouth, looking aggrieved.
She did nothing but wait to cook, but she still hasn't cooked.
How wronged she was.
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