How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 223 Humanoid Succubus
"what?"

Gawain was stunned, and turned to look at Robin. Seeing the latter's expectant expression, he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"Women will only slow down my sword-drawing speed."

"Haha~"

Robin sat on the hospital bed, propped up his chin with one hand, and said jokingly:

"What a man who doesn't understand romance~"

"Without further ado."

Gao Wen's tone became a little colder:
"Give me a definite answer about the martial arts tournament."

"no problem."

Robin nodded:
"However, if the captain finds historical texts or anything related to history during the journey, please leave a copy for me."

"Ah."

Gawain nodded, feeling relieved for the moment, and chatted with Robin for a while before turning around and leaving.

"Hehehehe~"

inside the room.

Hearing Robin's chuckle, Gawain rubbed his brow and subconsciously quickened his pace.

This kind of straightforward player who does not hide his inner thoughts and has extremely high emotional intelligence and EQ is far from being as easy to deal with as Khalifa.

I'll have a headache later~
……

The other end.

In the temporary navy camp.

Kizaru returned to the office and skillfully brewed black tea, while his assistant beside him had a red face due to excitement.

"Master Borsalino, why?!"

"Why should we sit back and watch the evil slip away from our sight?"

Kizaru didn't say anything, but simply handed the teacup in his hand to his subordinate.

The latter took it subconsciously, glanced at the scalding hot tea in his hand, and then stopped paying attention to it and put it on the table.

The scene where he was speechless due to Cobra's questioning just now was like a sharp thorn that pierced his heart and hurt him.

At this moment, he even forgot about the posture of his subordinates.

"Gajeel, take a bite first. This is a high-quality product that I found with great difficulty~"

"But……"

"Not that much though."

Huang Yuan slowly sat down, leisurely picked up the nail clippers from the desk, and began to trim his nails, saying lazily:
"Na~"

"Gajeel, what do you think is a greater sin, to wrongly accuse an innocent person, or to let a criminal go?!"

"I……"

Gajeel was speechless for a moment:
"I do not know."

"I do not know either."

Kizaru's gaze fell on Gajeel:

"The power in our hands is too great, so great that a single word can determine the fate of an ordinary person, but we are not gods, and we do not have a pair of eyes that can see through all evil."

“Even if you have the ability to see the worst, the same thing can have completely different results if interpreted from different angles.”

"Please have the least respect for the power in your hands, and think carefully about what kind of justice you are carrying."

"Lord Borsalino...I was impulsive."

Gajeel came back to his senses and reached out to touch his shawl.

For the first time, he realized how heavy the word "justice" printed on the shawl was.

It was also the first time that I realized that this man, who was criticized within the navy for his overly conciliatory style, also adhered to his own justice in his heart.

Even compared to Akainu's excessive radicalism and Aokiji's inaction, he is the most sober one.

"Well~"

"Don't be so serious."

Kizaru smiled and put the teacup on the table in Gajeel's hand again. This time the latter did not refuse. After taking a sip, he put the cup down.

A few minutes later, Gajeel left.

Kizaru sat back in the recliner, his eyes passing over the windowsill and falling on the royal palace of Alabasta.

The sun is high in the sky and the sunshine is shining brightly.

Under the dazzling golden light, the Alabasta Palace appears exceptionally majestic and magnificent.

It has stood here for nearly a thousand years, and unless something unexpected happens, it will remain here.

“It’s really spectacular~”

"Not only Knight Gawain, but even Cobra is willing to take such a huge risk to protect that woman?!"

"Nicole-Robin..."

After hesitating for a moment, Kizaru picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed a familiar number.

……

……

……

On the sea.

The wind and waves gradually rose, but they could not shake the warships of the Navy Headquarters.

Aokiji stood on the deck, slowly put down the Den Den Mushi in his hand, his eyes fell on the screen in the distance, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

"Nicole Robin showed up in Alabasta, and was even involved with the Alabasta royal family and the knight Gawain."

"Are these two parties willing to confront Borsalino head-on in order to protect her?!"

Zefa overheard Aokiji's conversation with an extremely complicated look in his eyes.

What happened in O'Hara was never a secret to him, a former admiral of the navy.

Because of this incident, Sengoku got angry with Aokiji a lot.

But looking back at that history now, Zefa felt a surge of anger in his heart that was difficult to vent.

"She is innocent, and so is O'Hara." Aokiji did not respond. As a navy admiral, he was able to see the risks immediately.
"According to Borsalino, the three people who appeared in Alabasta, Shiki the Golden Lion, Gawain the Knight, and Crocodile who was captured, may all be coming for Nico Robin."

"She can decipher the historical text. Once she falls into Gawain's hands..."

Zefa said calmly:
"If that is truly a bright and just history, why would the World Government want to erase it?!"

"But the things hidden in it, once they fall into the hands of pirates, will still cause irreversible damage to the world."

Aokiji's eyes were cold, and he had murderous intent in his heart:
"Sure enough, my original decision was a mistake. This is my chance to make up for it."

"Kuzan."

Zefa raised his hand and patted Aokiji's shoulder:

"If Nico Robin really boarded Gawain's ship, you should be relieved. A man who can say such words is definitely not a wicked person."

"The fact that Nico Robin is valued by him just proves that your original decision was most likely correct."

Aokiji turned his head, with a look of surprise that was hard to conceal:
"What on earth did that guy do to you to deserve such recognition of him?!"

If Aokiji was originally just a little curious about Gawain because of Zefa, now this curiosity has turned into unspeakable shock.

Although Aokiji spends most of his time training with Garp, he is also a student trained by Zephyr, and one of the best among them.

Naturally, I have a very good understanding of Zefa's personality.

Among the veterans of Zefa's generation, he is the one with the strongest beliefs and has suffered the hardest blows, but he has never changed his beliefs.

In less than a month, Zefa's views have changed so much that he even trusts Gawain's character to this extent? !
Within the navy, the only people who can gain Zefa's unconditional trust are the few old men who fought together with him!

"When you meet him, you'll understand."

With a smile on his face, Zefa slowly took out a few biscuits from his arms and handed one to Aokiji.

"This is……"

"Taste it."

Aokiji took a light bite and felt a dry taste rushing into his mouth, and the taste was extremely rough.

He could see that the unpalatable taste was not due to the baking process, but to the ingredients themselves.

He turned his head in confusion, only to see Zefa also putting bites of biscuits into his mouth, chewing them a few times and then swallowing them.

Zefa then spoke:

"how do you feel?!"

"It tastes terrible."

Zefa sighed:

"But for those people, this kind of food is already a rare delicacy."

“Those people?!”

"Ah, this is a gift from the pirates who planted this wheat with me in Raven Harbor."

"Pirates?!"

Aokiji was stunned for a moment, as if he was recognizing Zephyr in front of him for the first time.

If there is someone in the navy who could do such a thing with the pirates, it could be Garp, Kizaru, or even Aokiji himself, but it couldn't be Zephyr.

Only those who know Zefa's life experience will understand that what the pirates had done to this man had reached a point that was outrageous to both humans and gods.

But now you tell me he grows wheat with pirates?!
"Teacher Zefa..."

now.

Aokiji now began to understand why Zephyr said at the top of the Naval Academy that he had never really understood pirates.

"What kind of existence is Raven Harbor and Knight Gawain?!"

He asked the question again, and got a similar answer from Zefa:

"A world that is different from others and can be called a paradise."

"A strange pirate."

Wow——!
There was a loud thunder in the sky and lightning streaked across the gloomy sky, almost tearing the clouds apart.

Aokiji looked at the smile on Zefa's lips and felt uneasy for a moment.

the first time.

This was the first time he was looking forward to meeting someone, a pirate, and even the fastest growing pirate since Red Hair!

"Does he believe in justice, too?"

"Quite the opposite."

Zefa shook his head:
"Even if he didn't say it, I could sense that he had equal contempt for the justice of all the people in the Navy."

"Justice that does not kill, justice that burns, absolute justice..."

"If you really ask him which one is right, he will probably tell you that it's all bullshit."

"There must be a correct answer, right?!"

Aokiji was puzzled and his brows were furrowed into the shape of a "川".

"Who knows?!"

"It would be better if you ask him this question in person."

"Qi..."

Aokiji curled his lips habitually, but the dissatisfaction on his face only lasted for a few seconds, then he turned and walked into the cabin.

A few minutes later.

The warship's sailing speed increased again. Even though the storm in the distance was getting more and more severe, it still couldn't stop Aokiji's urgent heart.

……

……

……

a few days later.

In a town near Arubana.

After assisting Ikalem and comforting the local refugees, the Gabra trio dragged their tired bodies and found a random place to lie down.

(End of this chapter)