Chapter 203 The Beginning of Conflict! (Two in One)
Roger's death is not the end of an era, but the beginning of an era.
The impact of Pirate King Roger's public execution by the Navy has only just begun.
As his boastful words before his death were spread to all parts of the world through various channels, countless people who dreamed of getting rich overnight rushed out to sea and poured into the great routes to chase the great secret treasure that Roger had mentioned.
The four seas, which had been relatively peaceful, began to become chaotic. Even in the East China Sea, known as the "symbol of peace", the people were filled with ambition and flocked into the sea.
Coincidentally, the place where Roger was executed happened to be in Rogue Town in the East China Sea. When Roger was executed, many pirates from all over the world gathered in Rogue Town.
These pirates also provided some conveniences to people who wanted to go out to sea. As a result, the East China Sea, which was the most peaceful and tranquil in the past, became the most chaotic place among the four seas.
Roger's death has an impact on the world's security environment on the one hand, and on Roger's former crew members on the other.
After the death of One Piece, the World Government began to "settle accounts". The CPs directly under the government went out together to search the world for people and things that were once related to Roger.
A crazy hunt also began for the crew members who had lived on Roger's pirate ship.
Not only these crew members, but even Tom, the fishman who once built the pirate ship for Roger and was known as the "world's number one shipbuilder", was also regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the World Government.
Building a ship for Roger became his "crime" and he was sentenced to death by the World Government.
However, because Tom needed to build the "Sea Train" for Water 7, the World Government made a concession and postponed Tom's execution. When Tom successfully built the Sea Train, he would be taken away for execution.
The day after Roger's death, the World Government reaped some rewards. They captured a crew member who had been on Roger's ship. This crew member had met Roger before he surrendered himself, and knew that Roger had a wife and that his wife was pregnant.
After this crew member was captured by the World Government, he was framed by a Devil Fruit user from CP9, and the news that Roger had a wife and children was also leaked.
Fortunately, Roger did not mention his wife's name and location in detail when talking to the crew member, so the World Government did not take action immediately.
However, the world government was also shocked when it received this news.
Pirate King Roger has a child? How could they accept such a thing?
Roger was already a huge headache for them, and he was also a member of the damned D clan. His son, the "Devil's Son," was something they absolutely could not allow to be born safely.
To this end, the World Government put aside all other matters and began to track down the whereabouts of Roger's wife and children.
It was precisely because the World Government learned of this news that the Patrilla Island in the South China Sea was increasingly valued by the World Government.
Originally, the World Government only found out that Roger had stayed on the island, but as the investigation deepened, they discovered that Roger had stayed on the island for a very long time.
In other words, since Roger went to Raftel, he spent most of his remaining time on Patrilla Island in the South China Sea.
This also deepened the suspicion of the World Government, which began to impose martial law on the entire island and began to search all women of childbearing age on the island, whether married or single, and all were subject to investigation.
Moreover, due to insufficient personnel, the naval branches closer to Patrilla Island received orders and were required to fully cooperate with the CP9 investigation.
A rear admiral, leading three or four nearby branches and nearly a thousand navy officers, arrived at Patrilla Island to be used by the World Government.
The island was placed under complete martial law.
During this time, Cyrus and the others who found Lu Jiu did not leave the island smoothly because they had planned to wait until the World Government left before taking Lu Jiu away.
At that time, Cyrus and his men had never expected that the fact that Roger had a wife and children would be leaked, and the people of the World Government had already become alert. If they wanted to leave by ship, they would need to be inspected by the World Government.
In this regard, Cyrus and his men had no way to take Luju away silently from under the nose of the World Government.
If they forced their way in, it would undoubtedly cause trouble to the Jiguoyuan area, which was something Cyrus did not want to see.
However, after the news that "Roger has a wife and children" was leaked, the World Government sealed off the entire island and no ship was allowed to leave the island. The situation of Cyrus and others became even more passive.
At noon, there was a lot of noise on the street.
When Cyrus and his companions opened the window, they saw teams of marines moving quickly through the streets.
In the past few days, the World Government has figured out the number of women on the entire island and the number of pregnant women. Today is the official day to arrest people.
In order to "never allow any accidents to happen", the World Government decided to execute all pregnant women on this island, along with their unborn children!
Although this order seems cruel and ruthless, it is the result of Navy Marshal Sora's efforts.
According to the original intention of the World Government, they planned to use the Demon Slaying Order.
Being able to persuade the World Government to give up this idea is enough to show that Sora still has some "face" in the eyes of the top leaders, and his status is completely different from that of the future Navy Marshal Sakaski.
But let alone using the Demon-Slaying Order, even the current decision is contrary to "justice".
Vice Admiral Garp was also upset when he heard the news. He had already left the Navy Headquarters and returned to his hometown in the East China Sea to relax. Under Garp's leadership, there were many voices of opposition within the Navy, but they were all suppressed by Steel Bone Kong.
What will happen if we don't suppress it? No matter how much the people below argue, it won't change the outcome!
On the street, team after team of marines passed by in front of Cyrus and his men. Looking at the chaotic street, Cyrus frowned slightly, not knowing what was going on.
They have very few ways to receive news on this island. So far, they don't know what has happened. They only know that the island is under martial law and all ships are not allowed to leave.
"I don't know what happened suddenly, but so many navy men came to this island."
"I'm afraid we won't be able to leave for a while."
"Do you need to report the situation here to Lieutenant General Jiguo?"
Yixiao stood by the windowsill, sensing the situation outside with his Observation Haki, and spoke to Cyrus worriedly. For some reason, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
In fact, Yixiao was not the only one who felt this way, Cyrus and Mihawk also had this feeling.
Even ordinary people could feel the tense atmosphere in the town, let alone strong people like them.
“Let’s wait and see.”
"Maybe it's just temporary, and martial law will be lifted soon."
"If we have to consult the Lieutenant General for such a 'small matter', we are really useless."
"I'll go down and ask what happened."
Cyrus said this and wanted to leave the room, intending to rely on his status as a navy to find someone to ask what happened.
Just as Cyrus was about to leave, a roar came from the street.
When they looked up, they happened to see a team of navy men dragging a young woman with a bulging belly out of a resident's house.
A thin man pulled the arm of the sailor wearing a cloak of "Justice", trying to snatch his wife from the hands of these sailors, while shouting at them:
"What are you going to do?!"
"Why are you arresting my wife?"
"My wife has done nothing wrong. You've got the wrong person. Let her go!"
Facing the man's pull, the Marine frowned, looked at the other party with some pity, and then quickly took out the gun without saying a word, and hit the man's chin hard with the butt of the gun.
The thin man felt pain and loosened his arms.
"This is an order from our superiors. We didn't arrest the wrong person!"
The Marine looked at the man lying on the ground, put away his sympathy and pity, and said indifferently.
The World Government's actions were quite methodical. The order to kill all pregnant women on the island came from the World Government, while the Navy Headquarters' order to the branch was to fully cooperate with CP9's actions.
CP9 also has their own plans. They are only responsible for the search, leaving matters such as arrest and execution to the "righteous" navy.
Even CP9, a scum whose hands are stained with the blood of ordinary people, does not want to be responsible for something that would provoke public outrage.
Although this so-called public outrage is of no use to them at all.
The indifferent sailors were like ruthless machines, escorting the pregnant woman and preparing to leave.
However, at this moment, a strong young man with a big sword on his back blocked their way. Behind the strong man were two other people.
A blind man and an eagle-eyed man.
"Can you still be considered a navy with actions like this?"
"Is it right for you to punish someone without teaching them?"
"What did she do wrong?"
The three people blocking the way of this navy team were Cyrus and his three companions.
Cyrus, the leader, spoke calmly to the sailors. Behind his composure, a seething rage filled him. He absolutely could not accept such a rude and insolent attitude towards the people if the sailors could not give him a reasonable explanation.
"Who are you?"
"We are the navy, carrying out a mission. Unrelated people, please leave!"
"Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"
A sergeant who was about thirty years old walked out of the line and drove towards Cyrus and others. As he spoke, the marines behind him raised their guns.
A row of gun muzzles were pointed at Cyrus and others.
"Um?!"
"you!"
"Is that how the Navy does things?"
Cyrus couldn't help but let out a light exclamation when he saw this scene, and then his eyes widened and he couldn't help but let out an angry growl from his throat.
"We in the navy don't need anyone else telling us what to do."
"You guys, hurry up and give it to me."
Just as the sergeant waved his hand to continue driving Cyrus and the others away, he suddenly felt someone tugging at his clothes. Looking back, he found that it was a young sailor in the team who had come to him, his face pale, pulling at his clothes.
"Sergeant."
"I think I've seen those two somewhere before."
Hearing his subordinates pointing at Mihawk and Yixiao and whispering, the sergeant simply glanced at them and said righteously:
"Whether you know him or not, we must follow the orders of our superiors."
"All of you, get out of the way immediately! If you don't, you will suffer the consequences!"
As he spoke, the sergeant raised his hand and signaled to his subordinates. At the same time, seeing his signal, the fingers of the navy also fell on the trigger, ready to shoot at any time.
"It's really violent!"
"I don't know whether it's my good fortune or misfortune not to see such filth."
Yixiao noticed the movement of the navy team, sighed, and slowly brought the cane to his chest, his right hand already grasping the hilt of the knife.
Seeing the other person like this, Mihawk stood behind Cyrus with his arms crossed over his chest. He looked at Cyrus's slightly trembling body for a few times and felt a little funny.
The righteous navy? If he hadn't seen this scene here today, he would have been brainwashed by Yuichiro Tsugakuin and joined the navy.
After all, his judgment was correct. After all, the navy is just ordinary people holding the banner of "justice", right?
Money, power, and influence.
Isn't the Navy chasing the same thing everyone else is chasing? Justice? What is that?
"Cyrus, now, what are we going to do?"
"Should we retreat? These 'righteous' marines are also carrying out their 'mission'."
Mihawk asked with a slight chuckle on his face.
He was not a navy, and looking at the scene happening in front of him, Mihawk's anger was far less intense than that of Cyrus and Yixiao.
He now wanted to see what choice Cyrus would make.
As a navy, would you attack another navy member?
When Cyrus heard this, his expression changed several times, as if he was considering what to do.
As for the sergeant, his face turned cold when he saw that Cyrus and the others were taking a long time to move aside, and he raised his hand and prepared to strike.
"Sergeant! Wait a minute!"
At this moment, the young Marine hurriedly grabbed the sergeant's arm, yelled, and then handed a newspaper that he had taken out from somewhere to the sergeant.
"He he. They are also navy!"
As he spoke, the young Marine pointed at the photo in the newspaper.
Looking at the location of the photo pointed by his subordinate, the sergeant couldn't help but shrink his pupils.
This is an old newspaper, and it reports a photo of Yoshiichi Tsugikuni just after he captured Roger and got off the ship back to Dressrosa.
In the photo, of course, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi and Roger have the largest space, but the faces of several navy officers following behind Tsugakuni Yoshiichi are also shown, including Ichisho, Mihawk and others.
"You are"
The sergeant looked up in surprise, comparing the appearance in the photo with the appearance of the people in front of him. His tone changed and his posture instantly became awe-inspiring.
The navy that participated in the operation to capture Roger!
To these local navymen from all over the world, he is an adult!
The sergeant instructed his men to put down their guns, and hurriedly trotted to Cyrus. After saluting, he didn't know how to address Cyrus and the others for a moment.
Facing the sergeant's humble attitude, Cyrus's brows were still furious, and he asked:
"Now, can you tell us what crime the woman you arrested committed?"
Cyrus asked in a deep voice. The woman being escorted by the marines in the distance also realized that some "big shot" seemed to be coming. She immediately cried out in protest: "No! I didn't do anything!"
"I'm innocent, I didn't do anything!"
The woman's shrill cries made Cyrus frown even more.
Hearing these words, the sergeant looked embarrassed. He looked at the crowd that was gathering around him and could only beckon to Cyrus. After Cyrus leaned in, he explained in a low voice:
"Sir, this is an order from your superiors."
"We are the navy of the South China Sea S-331 branch. The order given to us by the Navy Headquarters is to cooperate with the World Government's CP9 operations."
"This operation is to capture all pregnant women on this island and execute them secretly."
"I heard that Pirate King Roger stayed here for a long time before being executed. He had a wife, and his wife was pregnant."
The sergeant's words were partly official information, and partly information he had obtained through various channels. These things were supposed to be confidential, but facing Cyrus and the others, the sergeant had no intention of hiding them.
He just wanted to make things clear so that the other party would stop stopping him from carrying out his mission.
However, when Cyrus heard the news, his face was stunned at first, then his eyes widened, and the anger in his chest burst out.
"Execute all pregnant women on the island?!"
When he first heard that the navy was going to look for Roger's wife and children, he was not so angry, but when he heard that all the pregnant women on the island were going to be executed, Cyrus was so angry that his hair stood up.
Cyrus' roar also attracted the attention of everyone around him. When the people heard the news, their faces changed suddenly. Some people no longer cared about watching the excitement and left.
In fact, when Cyrus and his men were confronting this naval team, the capture of pregnant women was a common occurrence on the island.
Roars, pleas, and cries filled the island.
The peaceful and tranquil Patrilla Island was now in dire straits.
"asshole!!"
"Are you kidding me?"
Cyrus couldn't help but shout, grabbed the collar of the sergeant in front of him and lifted him up.
At the same time, he roared at the navy:
"Who is the leader of your operation this time? I want to see him!"
"I'm Cyrus from the New World Dawn branch, and I want to see him!"
Cyrus's roar echoed far away. Seeing the sergeant being caught by Cyrus, the Marines quickly pointed their guns at Cyrus. The sergeant being held by Cyrus also noticed his men's movements and hurriedly shouted, "Don't mess around! Notify Major General Cober!"
Hearing the sergeant's shout, the sailors under his command quickly called the signalman, took out their Den Den Mushi and began to report.
Seeing that the other party was cooperating, Cyrus snorted coldly, threw the sergeant away, took out his Den Den Mushi, and began to contact Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
Cyrus knew that the matter was serious.
The order came from the Naval Headquarters, and given his status, it was impossible for him to change the will of the Naval Headquarters.
Cyrus would never allow the navy to create such a brutal massacre under his nose. He had to stop it from happening. He reported to Yuichiro Tsugakuin, hoping to get Yuichiro Tsugakuin's support. Cyrus knew that if Yuichiro Tsugakuin knew about it, he would never let it go!
(End of this chapter)
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