One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 186 Justice Above the Bottom Line

"How can it be!"

Blood oozed from his gums, and Dold was deliberately spared his life as two experienced pirates forced him to his knees, watching helplessly as his own soldiers were slaughtered one-sidedly.

He thought this was a difficult battle that would be won narrowly, but he never expected that he would fall down without even seeing the opposing captain.

The combat effectiveness seems to be completely on a different level...

“Hey, hey, isn’t this too weak? So what exactly do we need these hostages for? To guard against a sudden outburst from these guys who are not even minions? Hahahaha!”

"Hehe, newbie, that's why we still call you a newbie even though you've been a pirate for two years. Those who can survive on the sea all have a sense of awe."

"Awe? I don't know what awe is. I only know that I can live a happy life on the sea following our captain!"

"Hehe, that's right. The sea is so calm now, so it's not a problem for you to have such an idea. Even in the war not long ago, you only played a logistical role."

"Old man, what do you mean?"

"No, you will understand in a while. What we fear is not the weak natives, but the two most violent organizations in the sea."

"The navy? Weren't they driven back to the new world? What's the other one? Don't be so mysterious, or I'll beat you up!"

The pirates were chatting.

The music paused with the demise of the kingdom's army. Inside the barrier, the crowd made way for the road. Bessbes walked out slowly with an arrogant step and stopped at the edge of the barrier.

The two old pirates who were guarding the bloody Dold understood, forcibly pulled him up and carried him to their captain.

"Boom!"

Dold was forced to kneel on the ground, his head lifted up, looking up at Beth who looked nonchalant, and heard him slowly say:

"Three hundred and one people. Since you are a king, I will round off the price and give you 10 million Bailey tickets per person, which is a discount of 3 billion Baileys. You are welcome to continue to support my concerts. Thank you."

After saying this, Beth bowed gracefully to the air in front of her, glanced at Dold, and turned to leave.

Before leaving, he symbolically shook his long hair, which sparkled in the sun and was very ostentatious.

His left hand turned into a bass guitar, and he hummed an unknown folk tune while playing it.

"Three billion Baileys?"

Dold murmured in despair.

Three billion Baileys, even if the country's treasury is emptied, there is still a shortfall of 500 million! Dressrosa Island is indeed a major tourist island in the New World, with considerable annual income, and because it is not a member country, it also has abundant storage.

But who can blame Dold for being a good king? He had already spent most of the taxes he collected on construction, aid, or the formation of guards, leaving only the necessary funds for emergencies.

He cannot come up with 3 billion, and the people who have been robbed and cheated can only come up with a limited amount, but maybe they can pay it together if they pool their money together.

But, what about the next time? What if these evil and greedy pirates come back to rob again?
This is not impossible, as Dord saw everything that happened before!
"I see!"

Dold lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and spoke silently, his eyes full of anger, but he didn't dare to look up and look at the figure that was getting farther and farther away.

The seeds of cowardice and compromise took root in his heart.

After seeing the true strength and power, even the bravest person will feel deeply powerless.

Failure broke their backbones, and survival made them bow down. Perhaps before this, they were all brave men who could sacrifice their lives for something.

"Dad, what's wrong with him!"

In the distance, hiding behind a house was Scarlett who had sneaked out. She originally wanted to see her father's heroic figure leading the guards to defeat the pirates.

Even though she didn't see the huge sonic barrier dissipate before she came, she just thought that her father had encountered a tough opponent and was still in the process of defeating him.

Unexpectedly...

"No, I have to do something!"

"Miss, don't move~"

"Ah—wooooooooooooo!"

Suddenly, a tall and thin black shadow appeared behind Scarlett and scared him. Fortunately, the person covered her mouth in time to avoid being exposed.

Borsalino was speechless. Why did he meet this girl everywhere?
Being a member of the royal family, he is running around aimlessly.

Knowing that there was a battle, he still insisted on charging to the front line.

I really don’t know what stupid things she will do in the future.

"It's you! Why are you here?"

Not long after, Scarlett calmed down and bravely turned her head to look, and found that it was the kind uncle who reminded her of safety several hours ago.

She didn't understand why the other party came here. It was obviously quite dangerous here. Even his father, King Dord III of Liku, suffered a humiliating defeat.

Logically speaking, shouldn't this uncle know the bottom line of that group of people and run away from them?
By the way, what are those two boxes in his hands?
Suddenly, Scarlett noticed that Borsalino was holding two small treasure chests in his other hand. It was unknown what was in them. They looked very mysterious and tempting. "Me? I'm a marine. Isn't it normal for me to not just sit there and wait for death when I meet pirates? Besides, these troublesome guys are still the targets of the mission.

Really, I wanted to come here early to take a break, but I ran into this right after I arrived. I really want to just leave!"

Borsalino released the hand that had covered Scarlett, and covered his face with a look of exhaustion and helplessness. His upright figure bent slightly, as if he was crushed by an invisible mountain. Then, he said:
"Leave this area as soon as possible. I can't fight that big pirate. I can only fight with him and delay time to wait for reinforcements. As for your father's life? Leave it to fate. I really can't do anything about it."

Ignoring Scarlett's expression of inexplicable grievance and accusation, Borsalino stated the truth mercilessly.

He didn't want to get involved in this matter in the first place, he just found an excuse to come out early to kill time, and wait for Teacher Zefa to come over and hand over the information he had obtained.

Or just take the target away when those guys aren't paying attention.

The facts were just as expected. While the Bess Pirates were busy robbing, Borsalino easily found the pirate ship hidden in the corner of the island. He easily dealt with the guards on it and took out two devil fruits, which were the two small treasure chests in his hands.

He originally wanted to just leave. After all, non-member countries were not under the protection of the navy, and even if all the people here died, it had nothing to do with him.

but………

[“Borsalino, I don’t care about any kind of justice, absolute justice, people’s justice, or even ambiguous justice.”

After finishing a day of training, Ross took the tired Borsalino to the corridor of the Navy Headquarters to chat. He said slowly:

"They are actually part of realizing your true inner ambitions. I have seen your usual performance.

You don’t lack a heart for justice, nor are you born lazy. You just care too much about the right and wrong of justice, but you find it troublesome and don’t want to get involved in the vortex called debate. "

"But you don't have to think like that. Justice doesn't lie in your thoughts, but in your actions and your bottom line.

Of course, these words are just a little bit of advice and persuasion I want to give you. It’s up to you whether to listen or not. Don’t take it to heart. I will be happy enough if you just do your best. ”】

Justice lies at the bottom line.

Borsalino did as Ross said, treating the rest of the conversation as a casual chat and didn't take it too seriously.

This is the only sentence he has always kept firmly in mind. It can't be shaken off, and it always comes to his mind even if he wants to forget it.

Borsalino knew that his bottom line would not allow him to watch those pirates do whatever they want, so he came.

It's not that he wants to stop Bess. He doesn't have that ability. Whether it's physical strength, fruit development, or domineering, he can't compare to Bess who has been with him since the Rocks era.

Don't be fooled by his young appearance, his actual age is between 40 and 50!

Beth is an experienced pirate. After the robbery, he did not party, but retreated immediately!

Now, the only thing Borsalino can do is to use the two fruits he seized as bait, and use his high mobility to play a game of hide-and-seek with this group of pirates that will last for a day and a night!
Before coming here, he had already gone to the CP agent's base, contacted Zephyr using Den Den Mushi, and informed the other party of his current situation.

It would have taken two days to reach the Dressrosa Island warship without any haste, but with full speed and the help of the dragon, it only took one day!
Teacher Zefa and his team will be able to land before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest.

What he has to do is to try his best to make Dressrosa the graveyard of the Bess Pirates and let them accept the end of death peacefully!

"Hey, Moshi Moshi~ Pirates over there, look over here, let's play a game. Guess what's in the two treasure chests in my hands~"

Borsalino's figure appeared not far from the pirates. He stood on the blood-stained street, holding the lock of the treasure chest with two fingers in each hand and lifting it up. He had a mean expression on his face and muttered something at the corner of his mouth, with a light and sarcastic tone.

His method proved to be very effective.

Not to mention Beth who turned back in surprise, the group of old pirates under his command had already become completely angry:

"Where did this yellow monkey come from who is so arrogant!"

"Moshi Moshi? I'll rub your *******!"

"He's such a jerk, I want to beat him up!"

"I'm playing your ***** game! F**K, go to hell you yellow monkey!"

They looked at Borsalino angrily, but did not act rashly. Instead, they all looked at their captain, whose face was full of uncertainty, eager to step forward and kill the arrogant guy.

Beth was also very confused at this moment. Why were the two boxes in his hands?
"Bass charges and rocks! Guys, tear him into pieces for me, bass!"

《See the Sea》Under the blue cherry blossom trees in New China

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Today is July 17th, and I was feeling something when I saw the sea.

Looking at the sea from the beach, I don’t know how deep it is, only my body size.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, I don’t know how high the peak is, the only thing I can do is climb up.

However, although the mountains are high, they are not as high as the sky, and the sea is not as deep as the earth.

Man is born free. He does not go too deep into the sea to watch the fish swimming freely in the water. He does not approach the shallows, but feels as if he is at the edge.

Man is born free. When you climb to a high place and look far away, you will see an eagle circling in the mountains. It is not as high as the sky, but higher than the mountains.

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(End of this chapter)