Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 187 Sustainability: Draining the Pond to Harvest! (3rd update, 10,000 words, please subscribe!)

Cold, shivering.

The moment he regained consciousness, Rayleigh realized that the layer of clay covering his body had suddenly disappeared.

Before he even opened his eyes, a conversation reached his ears.

"Is this Rayleigh, the God of the Underworld?"

"This is Rayleigh, the King of Hades!"

"He looks like just an ordinary, decrepit old man!"

"Because he is an elderly man!"

"Why is there so much blood on him? And his arm is also a bit crooked."

"Of course I did it! Both of his arms are broken! Why are you looking at me like that? At least he's still alive!"

"No matter what, he's just an old man, right? Why did you hit him so hard..."

"I told you your personality is so awkward! If you want to help him, then go over there! Here! Take this bandage."

"Thank you... I'm not embarrassed at all!"

"That was a really awkward thing to say!"

Rayleigh recognized one of them—the white dragon who had just fought him.

But another unfamiliar voice came through, younger than usual, and seemingly quite rude...

Rayleigh opened his eyes and immediately saw two young men standing in front of him.

The one on the left is the White Dragon.

The one on the right is tall, muscular, and has black hair; he looks vaguely familiar.

When Ace saw Rayleigh wake up, he pursed his lips, but in the end he still took the rolled-up bandage and came forward.

rip - rip-

With a sound of bandages being wrapped around Rayleigh, Ace wrapped Rayleigh's arms and the rest of his body in bandages.

"Thank you, young man."

Rayleigh accepted Ace's offer, but looking at the face so close to his, he asked uncertainly.

"Have we met somewhere before? In the East China Sea? Or somewhere else?"

I've never seen you before!

Ace responded coldly.

He wrapped Rayleigh in the "Supreme Great Bandage" and then retreated directly.

It was as if he had simply wanted to bandage an old man he was meeting for the first time.

"Yeah?"

Rayleigh felt much better after his bandages were wrapped around his neck, and he nodded to Ace.

"Maybe I'm getting senile... I'm sorry."

Ace remained silent, not even glancing at Rayleigh.

Seeing this, Storm couldn't help but shake his head.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

In the quiet space, Storm's "tsk tsk" sounded so loud and jarring.

Ace turned around instantly, stared at Storm, and questioned him.

"What are you doing!?"

"That's Rayleigh! Dark King Rayleigh! The Pirate King's right arm!"

Storm waved his hand dramatically.

"Don't you have anything else you want to say to him?"

Ace glanced at Rayleigh over there and answered curtly.

"No!"

"OK."

Storm waved his hand, releasing a large mass of clay that enveloped Rayleigh once again.

"Hey! White Dragon! Who exactly is this young man—"

Rayleigh had some questions he wanted to ask, but Storm moved too fast, and he was immediately buried in clay, his voice muffled inside.

Until Rayleigh's voice was completely cut off.

Then Storm spoke.

"We've seen the person, and the bandages have been applied, so let's go!"

After saying that, Storm turned and left, and the surrounding clay instantly cleared a wide passage for him.

Ace glanced at Rayleigh, gritted his teeth, but still chose to follow Storm.

"Are you really going to hand Rayleigh over to the World Government?"

"Hmm! One Hades sold six Devil Fruits."

"That's really cheap! Um..."

"Speak your mind, don't be so hesitant and timid like a little girl."

"You're the one who acts like a little girl! Um... if the World Government captures Rayleigh, what will they do to him?"

"Public execution! Just like in One Piece. As for whether it will be broadcast live to the whole world... we don't know."

"Live stream? What does that mean?"

"It means broadcasting Rayleigh's execution entirely to the world via Den Den Mushi, so that the entire world will realize the World Government's attitude towards pirates!"

"That's what Storm said casually."

"However, I feel that this kind of operation is unlikely..."

"Because Roger's words 'One Piece' directly set off the Great Pirate Era."

"If Rayleigh were executed live right now, and he said, 'One Piece really exists'... wouldn't the World Government go crazy?"

The Great Pirate Era originated with Gol D. Roger.

Countless people choose to set sail and become pirates in search of the Pirate King's treasure.

However, the Great Pirate Era began nearly twenty years after Roger's execution.

But no one has ever found the Pirate King's treasure.

If at this point, the World Government were to broadcast Rayleigh's execution live again.

Rayleigh, at the cost of his life, once again ignites the second wave of the Great Pirate Era...

The pirates will definitely go crazy!

The World Government and the Navy Headquarters will definitely go crazy!

Ace didn't quite understand what Storm was saying, but he realized something.

If Rayleigh is really captured by the World Government, he will definitely die!

Thinking of this, Ace suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Um?"

Strom noticed the strange behavior of the person next to him, turned his head and glanced at them.

"What's wrong?"

"you……"

Ace gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.

"Could you please release Rayleigh?"

"Um?"

Storm became interested and looked at Ace with curiosity.

"Why are you suddenly saying this? Didn't you just say you were 'indifferent' about the fate of the Roger Pirates?"

"because……"

Ace opened his mouth, but didn't know how to explain, and finally just mumbled something unclear.

"Because I didn't know Rayleigh before!"

"You mean you just met Rayleigh, the King of the Underworld?"

Storm continued the conversation, following Ace's lead.

"So now you feel that the other person's life or death is meaningful to you, and you want to save their life, right?"

"No! Whether Rayleigh lives or dies has nothing to do with me!"

Ace said very stubbornly.

"But he's an old man now, isn't he? The World Government isn't a good person either! We can't let the World Government execute pirates!"

"What utter nonsense!"

Storm stared speechlessly at Ace, who was rambling on and on.

"Can't you just be honest and say, 'Because Rayleigh is your dad's best friend, you don't want him to die'?"

Since Storm intends to bring Ace to see Rayleigh.

He was already prepared in his heart to plead for Raleigh.

What he hadn't expected was that this guy's personality would be this twisted...

Ace's true thoughts were exposed by Storm, and his face flushed red instantly, but he still stubbornly insisted on his words.

"I don't even know Rayleigh! Why should I care whether he lives or dies!"

"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean."

Storm shook his head and said jokingly.

"You bandage Riley, heal his wounds, and plead for him, but you don't care whether he lives or dies."

"How could I have run into such an awkward person like you? And a guy at that!"

Ace's face flushed red, and the veins on his forehead bulged as he argued.

"Pleading for mercy doesn't necessarily show concern... pleading for mercy... how can matters of pirates be so complicated?"

What followed was a string of incomprehensible statements, such as "Rayleigh is an old man," "The Roger Pirates have nothing to do with me," and "Roger's brothers are not my uncles," and so on.

This caused Storm to burst into laughter.

The air inside and outside the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

After a while.

Storm wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. How come he hadn't noticed before that Ace's comedic talent was no less than his brother's?

Is this the allure of the "D Clan"?

"In short, releasing them is out of the question. Even pirates have their principles of 'loyalty'!"

"Stromb said seriously."

"Not to mention that I still have four Devil Fruits to get my hands on, I have already taken two Devil Fruits from the World Government, so I will definitely hand Rayleigh over to them!"

"In this business, you have to keep your word! What you say, you have to do!"

Upon hearing Storm's refusal, Ace's mood immediately plummeted.

"Hey, who are you trying to fool with that ugly face?"

Storm couldn't help but raise his right hand and slap Ace hard on the back, making a dull thud.

"Have you forgotten what we do?"

"Cough cough cough!!"

Ace was slapped so hard by Storm that his face turned red, and he coughed several times before he finally recovered.

"Aren't we pirates?"

"yes!"

Storm nodded generously.

"Since they're pirates, if they want something, they should just rob it!"

"If you want to save Rayleigh, just wait until the World Government takes him away, then you can bring him back!"

And this kind of operation?

Ace stared wide-eyed at Storm in disbelief.

"Didn't you just say that pirates should keep their word?"

"yes!"

"Stromb said in a very serious tone."

"I said I would hand Rayleigh over to the World Government, but I never said I wouldn't take him back."

"If you hadn't pleaded for Rayleigh, this 'Pluto' would have died anyway."

"But since you've pleaded for Rayleigh, I can't let my subordinates' feelings be hurt because of some old man from the old era, can I?"

of course.

Aside from that reason.

There was another reason that Storm didn't mention.

That is--

Rayleigh isn't someone who can only "sell" once!

Sell ​​first, then steal; sell again, then steal again...

Green, healthy, and sustainable development – ​​don't exploit resources to the point of exhaustion!

If the world government doesn't mind.

Storm didn't mind doing a few more pirate jobs.

He had no qualms about taking advantage of the World Government and Rayleigh, anyway.

"you……"

Ace inexplicably felt that he was coming into contact with the treacherous world of real pirates.

"If we do that, what will the World Government do?"

"World Government? Have you lost your mind?"

Storm looked at Ace strangely.

"You're actually worried that the world government will suffer losses because of this?"

Snapped!

Ace immediately covered his face.

Storm didn't look at Ace again. He manipulated the clay around him and took out a famous sword from it.

"I remember your 'ultimate water pipe' broke before, didn't it?"

Storm casually tossed the famous sword into Ace's arms.

"Try this knife! It's a 'black knife,' and it's incredibly durable, to say the least."

"A black knife?"

Ace weighed the heavy, famous sword in his hand, and instantly drew it from its sheath.

"It's a bit heavy! But it's easy to handle! Does this knife have a name?"

"One of the Twenty-One Great Swords—The Black Sword [Autumn Water]!"

Storm revealed the true name of the black knife.

"Oh right, I said I'd introduce some new guys to you guys, but I forgot to mention there's one more..."

"Weebull! Get up and eat!"

(End of this chapter)