Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 216 Bad News

"You can't go."

Obe grabbed Osi's arm as she turned to run away, forcibly stopping her.

“HA NA SE!”

"Can't you just test something this dangerous by yourself somewhere deserted? Why do you have to drag me into this?"

"Are you a water ghost?!"

Osi tried desperately to pull her arm free, but like a kite entangled in a tree trunk, no matter how she moved her body she couldn't break free at all.

Was this girl Ou Bei so strong before?
"Don't worry, I will carry out all the specific test steps myself. You just need to take me to a safe area before the explosion."

"Predicting the future... you can do it, right?"

Even for Ober, this experiment requires all his concentration. He can't focus on explosions or escapes, so he needs Osi as a 'safety rope' to pull him up at the critical moment.

Although she was confident in her physical strength, she was even more confident in her pulling power.

"Huh? Is that so..."

"Hmm~↑"

"Hmm~↓"

Hearing that he didn't need to participate in the experiment directly, Osi stopped struggling and nodded after looking at his arm that had been pinched until it turned slightly red.

"it is good."

"but……"

Osi looked around. Apart from the big hole that had just been blown out, the rest was made of solid steel walls and a security door that was several meters thick.

"Where are we going later?"

Oubey: "..."

This laboratory was originally used to deal with unstable weapons that are extremely susceptible to explosions due to environmental influences, such as active bombs.

But judging by the power of the ping-pong ball-sized energy that Ossi had just thrown out, the small golden cube in Obe's hand would most likely blow up the entire laboratory if it exploded.

"Let's find an uninhabited island. Do you have any recommendations?"

"Um... half a year ago, there was, but now..."

Osi thought of the small island that he had blown up, and felt a little regretful.

People are like this, they only regret when they lose something.

Finally, after asking Burfat, who often went out on business, Osi and Obe got the coordinates of several uninhabited islands and reefs.

then……

boom!
boom!
boom!
……

"Look, Ivan-chan! It's truly a New World! Even islands can fly!"

A team of adventurers who had just entered the New World looked at the blown-up islands and reefs in the distance and said excitedly.

"Well, that's nothing."

"Nothing is new in the New World."

The person called 'Ivan-chan' replied, his hands on his hips.

This is a man wearing exaggerated heavy makeup, a purple afro, and sexy clothes?
"Speaking of which, Ivan-chan, where should we go next?"

"Hmm~ I heard that there seems to be some problems recently within the Kingdom of Kamabaka, which is located in the first half of the Grand Line. Let's make our next stop there."

The sexy dressed man thought for a moment and came up with the answer.

As a former slave, he gave up his hard-earned stable life and chose to go to sea in order to save more people in dire straits.

……

"Hmm? Are you daydreaming?"

"That's really rare."

In the small house next to the warehouse, Kaido's rough voice came from a room inside. He didn't know when he started to like squeezing in here.

However, given Kaido's height of over seven meters, he always had to bend over and turn sideways to enter the room. Fortunately, to cope with the increasing affairs within the pirate crew, Wright expanded the room several times, greatly increasing the interior space; otherwise, it really wouldn't be enough for Kaido's size to move around.

"I just saw some interesting things."

La handed the newspaper to Kaido and explained:

"There have been some major changes in the navy recently, so there may not be many opportunities to come to the New World in the near future."

"Hmm? Something unexpected happened..."

Kaido picked up the newspaper with his fingers and read the contents carefully - "The relatives of the Navy Admiral were killed in revenge by pirates!"

"Hmm? ... Is that Zephyr?"

Looking at the photo in the newspaper, Kaido thought of the tough man with short purple hair and strong fists.

"I didn't expect something like this to happen. The navy is really lax these days."

It has been a long time since the family of a senior naval officer was attacked.

After all, the families of naval officers who have reached the rank of generals are generally moved to live near the military port, and special personnel are arranged to protect them closely.

Even for generals at the level of generals and marshals, their family members and home addresses will be classified as military secrets, and people below a certain status will not be qualified to view them.

But this time, Zefa's family was easily killed by pirates whose names he had never heard of.

How did they know where Zefa's home was? And how did they get past the guards who were secretly protecting him?

[Was it an accident? Or...]
With all kinds of possibilities running through her mind, La could only hope that this man, whose heart was as bright as a diamond, would not become depressed and degenerate because of such a blow.

……

"Zefa, regarding your wife and son, I..."

"I know, Marshal Sora. I've already sent the criminal to prison... He's a pirate I once arrested."

In the Admiral's office of the Marine Headquarters, Zephyr sat on the sofa with his head bowed, responding to Sora's comfort with a hoarse voice.

The coat of justice, still stained with some blood, was taken off and put aside. The back of this man, who had been so broad and reliable in the eyes of countless naval soldiers, now revealed an unconcealable sadness and fatigue.

Fate played a huge joke on this man who always stuck to his beliefs.

Zephyr adheres to the principle of "not killing" pirates, but because of his "not killing", he "kills" his most cherished relatives.

The admiral who protected countless families ended up failing to protect even the people he was supposed to protect the most...

This is too cruel for a hero.

But even so, the man still did not cross his bottom line and just sent the murderer to prison again.

It's obvious that just killing the other person would be enough. There's no need to follow any procedural justice. It's obvious that no one would have any objections to this. Even the gods would nod in agreement...

But Zefa didn't. This man with a shining soul chose to continue to uphold the justice in his heart.

"Zefar..."

I wanted to offer some more words of comfort, but I didn't know how to begin. Someone who hadn't experienced the same pain wasn't qualified to comfort this resilient veteran.

The room fell into silence again.

"..."

"Marshal Kong, I want to resign from my position as admiral and leave the navy."

After a while, Zefa spoke, but he submitted his resignation to Kong.

"what?"

As if hoping he had heard wrongly, Sora asked again.

"I want to leave the Navy."

"I don't understand whether the justice I have always upheld is really meaningful, and whether everything I have done is really right..."

"I can no longer fight against pirates now."

This man, who believed in justice more than anyone else in the navy, now spoke with such confusion...

(End of this chapter)