Chapter 95 The world is filled with evil!
What Kuzan wanted to confirm was nothing more than the true relationship between Sharon Lily and Sharon Lawrence. He also wanted to confirm whether the other party was a real pirate.
After spending these days with Sharon Lily, it was impossible for the young Kuzan to say that he had no feelings for this beautiful girl. However, Kuzan's reason also told him that there was a big problem with Sharon Lily's identity.
Therefore, even though Kuzan heard Sharon Lily call Sharon Lawrence with his own ears, he still had some unrealistic expectations in his heart.
Kuzan even hoped that the attack on their navy was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding that could be explained.
After Sharon Lawrence was knocked away by Ji Guoyuan, his subordinates called Lawrence "King Sharon" and "Your Majesty", which gave Kuzan some hope.
"Are you okay? Kuzan."
"I saw that you were beaten away by him. I thought I would have to lead the team to carry out the next mission."
Ji Guoyuan glanced at Lawrence's men on the deck and slowly put the knife back into the sheath.
Everyone who jumped onto the deck with Sharon Lawrence was shocked by the terrifying strength of Jiguo Yuanyi. After seeing Sharon Lawrence's arm broken by Jiguo Yuanyi with one blow and knocked away with two blows, no one dared to act rashly.
Ji Guoyuan, who successfully controlled the situation, saw Kuzan return to the deck as if nothing had happened, and started joking with Kuzan, not taking these "opponents" seriously at all.
"Kuzan, as a leader, your behavior just now was really inappropriate!"
"As your subordinate, I am very worried about you!"
As Jiguo Yuanyi said this, there was a tone of teaching in his voice.
If others hadn't been able to clearly see that Tsugakuni Yoriichi's shoulder tassels were those of a colonel, while Kuzan's shoulder tassels were those of a general, just by listening to Tsugakuni Yoriichi's words, one would have thought that Tsugakuni Yoriichi was the leader.
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"I won't be happy if you say that, Yoriichi."
Kuzan walked back to the deck, took off his hat, dusted it off, put it back on, and replied with some helplessness. At the same time, Kuzan's eyes passed by Tsugakuin Yoriichi and looked at Sharon Lily at the bow.
The eyes behind the sunglasses contained complex emotions.
"Lily, can you tell me what's going on?"
Sharon Lily did not answer Kuzan's question immediately, but turned her head to look at the sea. At this time, Sharon Lawrence had been rescued by his subordinates and was swimming towards a submarine in front of the warship.
After Sharon Lawrence was dragged onto the submarine, she choked on a few mouthfuls of sea water and regained consciousness. She wanted to stand up, but felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She fell powerlessly on the deck of the submarine, breathing in large gulps of air.
Judging from Sharon Lawrence's appearance, she was obviously seriously injured, but at the moment her life is not in danger.
Sharon Lily breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene. She turned around, gave Kuzan a wry smile, and said:
"They are not pirates. They are the guards of the Sharon Kingdom."
"My father, Sharon Lawrence, is the current king of the Sharon Kingdom!"
"And I, Sharon Lily, am my father's second daughter."
Sharon Lily opened her mouth and immediately dropped a bombshell. Kuzan's expression grew serious upon hearing this, and he then looked at Tsugikoku Yoriichi.
Just now, it seemed that Tsugikoku Yoriichi directly cut off the arm of King Sharon?!
Kuzan felt that this seemed to be a misunderstanding.
But at this moment, Jiguo Yuanyi walked to the guardrail, looked at Sharon Lawrence who had been rescued on the submarine, and asked, "Miss Lily, I can hear from your father's previous words that he has a strong hatred for the navy."
"why is that?!"
After hearing Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's question, Kuzan became a little more sober and looked at Sharon Lily at the bow of the ship.
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"navy."
Sharon Lily fell silent for a moment when she heard Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's question.
She didn't answer. The Sharon Kingdom guards who had followed Sharon Lawrence onto the warship were now filled with righteous indignation and shouted at Tsugikoku Yoriichi and Kuzan:
"Navy! They're the Celestial Dragons' lackeys. Isn't it natural for them to hate the Navy?"
"It is because of you, the navy, and because you helped the Celestial Dragons that our Sharon Kingdom has become what it is now."
"King Sharon's goal is great. Only by destroying your navy's influence in the New World can the Celestial Dragons' claws not reach the Sharon Kingdom, and our citizens can live a normal life!"
Several guards were talking at once, and after just a few words, Kuzan and Ji Guoyuan fell silent at the same time.
Although the other party did not explain his words clearly, just by listening to the general idea, Yoriichi Tsugikuni was able to roughly guess what had happened in the Kingdom of Sharon.
When he heard the words "Celestial Dragons" and "Celestial Dragons' running dogs", Yoriichi Tsugikuni knew where the other party's hatred for the navy came from.
"A Celestial Dragon?" Ji Guoyuan sighed in his heart as he looked at Sharon Lawrence who slowly stood up from the submarine.
On the deck, Sharon Lily also told Kuzan about the Sharon Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Sharon, founded on the Yaga Archipelago, lies at the forefront of the New World. Sharon's survival hinges on its port's shipping industry. As a bridgehead for the early stages of the second half of the Grand Route, Sharon's port frequently welcomes merchants, travelers, and even pirates from around the world.
This large number of mobile population requires the Kingdom of Sharon to have sufficient military strength to suppress possible "unexpected" situations.
Therefore, a hundred years ago, the previous King Sharon joined the World Government and obtained the status of a member state of the World Government while also receiving the protection of the navy.
Of course, the "protection" of the World Government cannot be free. Providing heavenly gold to the Celestial Dragons is the price that the Kingdom of Sharon needs to pay!
A hundred years ago, the Sharon Kingdom had a prosperous trade and a developed economy, and the amount of Heavenly Gold that had to be paid was not that much.
But over the past few hundred years, the appetite of the Celestial Dragons has grown, and now the amount of Heavenly Gold that Sharon needs to pay is no longer the same as it was back then.
A huge burden fell on all the citizens of the Sharon Kingdom.
Moreover, over the past few hundred years, as more and more "free" pirates headed to the New World, the New World became more and more chaotic.
For a country that relies on shipping, a chaotic world environment is a nightmare for the national economy.
The supply of gold from heaven was cut off, which became inevitable.
The Navy, as a derivative of the World Government's power, will inevitably be involved in the World Government's collection of Heavenly Gold.
While the people of the Sharon Kingdom hate the Celestial Dragons, they will inevitably extend their hatred to the entire navy.
The Kingdom of Sharon, which intended to break free from the shackles of the Celestial Dragons, had already begun planning a rebellion against them. Sharon Lawrence had often gone out to sea for training when she was young, and had developed a strong martial power.
This time, the navy's act of sending a large number of warships into the New World made Sharon Lawrence smell the scent of war. Sharon Lawrence, being perceptive, realized that an opportunity had emerged, so she took the lead in "cleaning up" the navy in the kingdom.
As for why Sharon Lily appeared on the sea, it was because the Sharon Kingdom encountered resistance from the navy when it was clearing out the navy on the island.
In the chaos, someone from the Navy branch successfully kidnapped Sharon Lily and took her out to sea. However, they encountered a shipwreck after setting sail in a hurry. Fortunately, Sharon Lily grabbed the board and survived until she was rescued by Kuzan.
Sharon Lily and Kuzan's meeting was really just an accident.
As for what Lily had told Kuzan before, that she was the granddaughter of the contemporary King Sharon, it was actually a lie to Kuzan.
The sailors on the deck listened quietly to Sharon Lily's talk about the Kingdom of Sharon. The entire deck was surprisingly quiet.
Young Kuzan stood on the deck, his expression changing several times, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
And Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was also standing on the boat, his eyes moving towards the Yaga Islands in the distance, and he remained silent for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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