After Cass roared, the entire place fell silent. The marines who had been whispering among themselves because of Kuro's orders now stared wide-eyed at Kuro, their gazes shifting back and forth between him and Cass before finally settling on Kuro.
His eyes held extreme shock, confusion, and doubt, but then, as if he understood something, they turned into relief and excitement.
yes!
They can!
Smoker's arm veins bulged from the exertion, his teeth clenched, and he stared in shock at the scene.
His body was trembling.
There was fear, there was excitement, but more than anything, there was the trembling caused by extreme shock.
What are you trying to do?!
What are you trying to do?!
"You rascal..."
Smoker wanted to aim his weapon at Kuro on the platform, but as he raised his arm, the words the bearded man had said earlier echoed in his mind.
The people of Mary Geoise...
Even more pirate-like than One Piece!!
They are not just.
If... suppose...
Is it possible that, just as the bearded man said, once they storm Mary Geoise and deal with those parasites, the world... will truly become peaceful?
At that time, justice was justice, and nothing else could be mixed in.
As long as that group of people above is dealt with!
"Tina...I'm shocked." Tina murmured, her hands hanging limply at her sides.
Onigumo bit down hard on the cigar in his mouth, the smoke obscuring his face and making it impossible to see his expression, but he gripped the twin swords in his hands tightly.
The other naval personnel's expressions shifted from shock and confusion to understanding, revealing a look of eager anticipation.
"W-what's wrong?" Coby didn't quite understand. He thought what Cass said made sense. The pirates who had already attacked Mary Geoise were exactly like what Cass was talking about.
Of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, apart from Buggy who was somewhat stunned and didn't quite react, the others all had different expressions.
Rudolph clenched his fists, his face flushed, and looked at Cass with almost worshipful eyes, then looked at Kuro on the platform with even more worshipful eyes.
He understood it the most deeply!
Rudolph, from a half-fishman race that suffers discrimination and is not accepted by humans or fishmen, is the one who understands unfair treatment the most.
Why did he become a pirate? It's because if he didn't rebel, the half-fish people really wouldn't be able to survive.
Rudolph traveled to many places, always looking for a sanctuary, not necessarily a place where they, as half-fish, could live, but rather a place where they could integrate into other groups. As long as others could accept them, that would be enough.
But no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find that place. It wasn't until Kuro took over and the news of the selection of the Seven Warlords of the Sea came that he took the risk and gave it a try.
And it actually happened; it was a dream come true, fulfilling his long-cherished wish.
Now, half-fish people from all over the world are constantly gathering under his command. With the position of Shichibukai, he has given his race a place to live.
All of this was brought about by Kuro.
What impressed Rudolph the most was that Kuro showed no discrimination or prejudice against them at all; regardless of race, they all seemed to be the same in his eyes.
He stared blankly at the person on the platform, and a sentence Kuro had said to him during one of his visits involuntarily came to mind...
"Do you have a brain? Oh, yes, you can think, you can eat, and you can go home when it rains... No, you half-fish probably don't care about the rain either."
"But that's just how these things are. They have feelings, can talk, think independently, and communicate. Their habits are pretty much the same. So they're just human beings, right? You still need to eat, don't you? Can you photosynthesize or eat human flesh?"
Although such words were quite vulgar, to Rudolph at that time, Kuro, who was cursing, was practically shining!
ah...
Kuro, who treated them all equally and made no distinctions based on race, status, or bloodline, was his god back then!
And now!
Kuro wants to conquer Mary Geoise and spread this blessing across the sea; this is far more impactful than One Piece!
Freedom doesn't necessarily have to rely on that vague and uncertain "Pirate King." Now there's someone who will give them "freedom"!
Why not seize this opportunity!
Rudolf gritted his teeth and spat out the words: "The enemy is in Mary Geoise!"
William was momentarily lost in thought. He had always felt that something was wrong with Kuro. With such strength and influence, why was he so willing to obey the World Government's arrangements? All strong people have tempers. Former Admiral Aokiji could leave the Navy because of ideological differences. Why was Kuro like a puppet on a string?
Now he understands...
Faced with greater ambitions, power is indeed unimportant; now we've given him the opportunity!
"We lost..."
William shook his head and gave a self-deprecating smile.
He lost from childhood.
At seven years old, he was traumatized by two-year-old Kuro, and now at thirty-five, he is completely outclassed by Kuro, who is about to turn thirty, in terms of ambition.
A great pirate?
He may have already reached that point, especially now that all the Sea Emperors are dead; he is now the greatest pirate.
But how can a great pirate compare to the King of the World!
"interesting..."
Mihawk raised his head, his eagle-like eyes beneath the brim of his hat looking at Kuro, a slight smile playing on his lips:
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