From Pirate to Revolutionary Mentor

Chapter 106 The Second Clash

In the solemn atmosphere, not only Kevin remained silent, but even the people of Wano Country slowed their breathing, not daring to make the slightest disturbance.

At the same time, those names and ages struck their hearts directly.

Three days ago, these young names were vibrant lives, but now they've turned into ashes and a mere record.

The sacrifice of these young lives was indeed for the sake of these people, so that they would no longer be oppressed by the Beasts Pirates.

Over the years, countless families in Wano Country have lost members in the mines, and others have died in resistance.

Even among the courtesans of the red-light district, how many were thrown out of the general's mansion as corpses covered in wounds?

Five years ago, they were filled with hope when they learned that Prince Oden had returned, but they lost hope again under that disgusting dance. The foolish prince could not save them, even after five years of enduring humiliation.

Loved ones continue to die, and the forced labor in mines and weapons factories persists.

And their Lord Oden was still dancing.

Until... until the Revolutionary Army appeared, they descended like divine soldiers, helping Wano Country and driving away the pirates who oppressed them.

They were not related by blood or marriage, yet they were willing to risk their lives to help them.

For a moment, an impulsive thought swirled in their minds.

The impulse grew stronger with the atmosphere, and the urge to join the revolutionary army and its ranks became even more intense.

However, the fear of death also suppressed this impulse.

They were just ordinary people, untrained swordsmen, and utterly incapable of using the Ryuo form. They feared death and the prospect of fighting to the death.

But Kevin had already achieved his goal.

Once the seed is planted, it will take root and sprout under the influence of ideological education. After understanding that sacrifice is for one's own future and truly regarding it as an honor, the seed will blossom and bear fruit.

At that moment, a childish voice rang out from the outside.

"I! I want to join the revolutionary army!"

Kevin looked over and saw a little girl dressed in white clothes, wearing wooden clogs, and with bull horns on her head just like Kaido's, raising her hand.

The chanting of the martyrs' lives continued unabated. Kevin glanced at the little girl who was laughing loudly, then continued chanting.

However, some of the samurai in Wano Country had already recognized her.

"Devil horns just like Kaido's!"

"She's Kaido's daughter!"

"Such a wicked bloodline, kill her!"

……

Amid the commotion, Kevin frowned: "Silence!"

In an instant, everyone fell silent.

Kevin gestured to Big Bear, then continued reciting the names one by one.

Big Bear pulled out the little girl who had been pushed around in the crowd and was almost hacked to death, and placed her next to him.

"I want to join the revolutionary army!"

The little girl stubbornly raised her head and stared at the big bear.

Big Bear glanced at her and said in a low voice, "To join the revolutionary army, you must first respect those who sacrificed themselves for the revolution. Please remain quiet at this time."

The little girl blinked, then looked at Kevin in the center.

She recognized that figure; it was the person who had cut her father down from the sky, the flames that seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, completely illuminating the gray sky of Wano Country!

That was her idol, the man who fulfilled her long-held wish.

And then there's the revolutionary army. The ideas that person just mentioned—that life has no inherent value, the ideals they spoke of, and their determination to change the world—are all things she has always longed for.

Moreover, he must have just heard that she was Kaido's daughter, yet he spoke up to stop an ordinary person from attacking him in a fit of rage.

Sure enough, the gamble paid off!

……

The time stretched from dawn until nightfall, with each urn being held carefully in the arms of a revolutionary soldier, each bearing a record of the life of its owner.

The stories of each of the 485 people who sacrificed their lives were deeply heard by the people of Wano Country who were watching at the scene.

For the first time, they learned that those who sacrificed themselves for their future had once suffered just like them.

So... their inner conscience told them to do something.

"Sir, I...I want to join the revolutionary army."

This time, once someone started, more and more people wanted to join.

But that's not what Kevin wanted.

Most of these people are just acting on impulse; given the current situation, their bodies made their choices before their minds could.

Kevin looked at the people kneeling on one knee in front of him, including Yamato who was following suit.

Are you afraid of sacrifice?

"Fearless!" *123

Kevin shook his head slightly: "No, in fact, you are only fearless at this moment. When faced with a choice between life and death, those of you who haven't yet grasped the true meaning of the word 'revolution' will still be afraid."

The samurai, who was kneeling on one knee, raised his head: "Does the sir find my strength too weak?"

"No, that's not it."

Kevin: "The most important thing for the Revolutionary Army is ideology, not strength. Ideology can give people unprecedented strength, but a person with only strength and no ideology will not be a true warrior."

The samurai's gaze remained resolute: "Then I dare to ask you, sir, how can we develop the same mindset as the Revolutionary Army?"

Kevin replied, "Liberating Wano Country is never just about driving away the pirates; what we want to liberate is the minds of all the people of Wano Country. If you are interested, there will be five lecture and teaching venues in each region of Wano Country in a week."

One hundred and twenty-two and the samurai who had been kneeling on one knee stood up, bowed, and both indicated that they would attend the class.

Only one little girl remained, blinking her big eyes and staring intently at Kevin.

When the people of Wano Country saw this, they remembered her and began to reveal her identity. Most of them demanded that she be killed, simply because she was Kaido's daughter.

But Kevin walked over to Yamato, reached out and rubbed her little head, and then pinched her horns.

Yes, it's true.

It seems Kaido is also a special race.

"Gentlemen!"

Kevin looked at the people of Wano Country: "I would like to ask, has any of you witnessed her killing your relatives, or oppressing you in the mines and weapons factories?"

After he finished speaking, there was a murmur among the crowd, but no one stepped forward to answer.

After a long pause, Kevin continued, "So if she's sinful simply because of bloodline, then isn't the idea that all life is equal, a joke?"

"In the eyes of the revolutionary army, she was just a child. A child who never oppressed ordinary people, a child just like any other child."

Life has no inherent value or worth.

Life may be divided into strong and weak, but there should never be an inherent nobility or baseness; this is the fundamental principle of the revolutionary army.

Everyone fell silent.

Kevin reached out and ruffled Yamato's hair again: "If you haven't had any food these days, come find me in Daimyo Prefecture in Kuri. If you want to join the Revolutionary Army, you must truly understand its ideology. If you can become a revolutionary fighter, I will be waiting for you to become my companion."

After saying that, Kevin withdrew his hand and, along with Big Bear, Dragon, and the other captains, led the team away from there.

These urns need to be transported back to the Revolutionary Army headquarters. In addition, there are three special guys waiting for him in the Daming Prefecture of Jiuli.

Yamato was just a side story; anyway, the Revolutionary Army now has ten-year-old Robin, two-year-old Nami, and three-year-old Ace.

Whether it's one big or one small, the future has already been completely altered.

Yamato, who had been patted on the head twice, now had her eyes shining as she watched Kevin leave, the look of a fan seeing their idol.

She even ignored the complex gazes of the Wano Country people around her.

As for her father, Kaido, she had long since forgotten about him.

……

Bai Wu, Daming Mansion.

"My lord, Prince Oden said that there is an urgent matter in Kuri, so he must return as soon as possible."

After one of his subordinates reported this, Shimotsuki Yasuie frowned and dismissed him.

Hyogoro, standing to the side, chuckled softly and sipped his tea.

Clearly, he guessed correctly; that Prince Oden had no intention of continuing to serve as shogun and manage the entire Wano Country.

The ceremony that lasted from early morning until afternoon today truly showed him the power of the revolutionary army's ideology.

Such overwhelming momentum, coupled with the unwavering will it inspires, is enough to awaken a domineering power in an ordinary person.

By putting their spirit and will into action, even ordinary people can become strong; this is by no means a fantasy.

"Your Excellency Kang, shall we continue?"

The one who spoke was Suzuhime's daimyō: Shimotsuki Gyumaru.

Meanwhile, Shimotsuki Yasuie, representing the main branch of the family, rubbed his forehead, his gaze still resolute: "What I saw today was the aggressiveness of their ideology. If we don't take action, Wano Country will become a revolutionary army's country within a few years, and everyone will be like what you and I saw today, disregarding everything for that so-called revolution."

Hyogoro took a sip of tea: "So why oppose them? If it weren't for these reckless people, Wano Country would have become a complete wasteland for pirates! Judging by their own standards, I don't think we should fight against them..."

Shimotsuki Gyuumaru raised his hand and pressed down, signaling Hyogoro to stop.

"In any case, the reform of ideological education was agreed upon before the war. And we currently do not have the power to go back on our word, nor will His Highness Oden allow it."

Shimotsuki Yasuie raised his head: "There's no going back now, and the only weapon that can counter ideology is ideology itself. The spirit of the samurai, and the idea that vassals of the nation entrust their lives to their sovereign, have been passed down for centuries! This is our advantage."

"Bang."

The teacup was knocked onto the table.

Hyogoro stood up: "I shall take my leave now."

Before he could even leave, Shimotsuki Yasuie also stood up, his eyes bloodshot, and said, "Hyogoro Hana no Hyogoro, don't forget the oath Wano Country has always upheld that Kozuki is their shogun! You are a samurai too, have you forgotten the spirit of a samurai?"

Hyogoro Hana turned around and met Shimotsuki Yasuie's gaze.

Then a calm voice rang out: "I was just a thug in the Flower Capital at first, but because of my sense of justice and my strength, I became the boss of the Wano Country underworld."

"That is precisely why I understand that if the ordinary people of Wano Country were led by an incompetent and foolish lord, a natural disaster would make their lives difficult and they would be unable to survive."

"I have known Lord Oden for many years, and I trust him. But what about the future? Entrusting the lives of thousands of people in a country to one person is a choice that requires no choice at all."

"I couldn't change the past, nor did I know how to change it for the better. But now, I believe the path the Revolutionary Army is pointing the way will be a blessing for all ordinary people."

"Goodbye!"

Hyogoro Hana turned and left.

Shimotsuki Yasuie clenched his fists, staring intently at his retreating figure.

From their very origins, the daimyo and the thugs of the Flower Capital have different stances.

Nobles and commoners are inherently opposed.

At first, he thought that Hyogoro had been famous for many years and was also a member of the upper class in Wano Country. With shared interests, he could share the same stance as them.

But it seems that the other party has not forgotten their past life and stance at the bottom of society.

"We can't attack him now, if he tells the Revolutionary Army..."

"He won't."

Shimotsuki Yasuie sat down again: "He is a yakuza boss in the Flower Capital, but he is also a subject of the Kozuki clan. He will not agree with it, but he will not interfere either."

"Let our people get moving; in a week, the ideological war will begin."

……

Ita Port in Kuri.

Ten large, two-masted sailing ships, carrying over two thousand revolutionaries, boarded the ships with four hundred and eighty-five urns and boxes containing ashes.

Eight hundred people remained in Wano Country, while the rest were on other missions.

This time, Dragon and Kuma will leave together, and upon arrival, they will need to transport a group of Revolutionary Army mentors to Wano Country to conduct ideological education classes.

Similarly, the floating power of the chicken talisman was used to make the ships float in the air, and then Uncle Xiong patted them one by one, creating a high-altitude flight.

The remaining 800 people will work in small teams to serve as guards for their mentors, giving lectures and classes in various regions of Wano Country.

Watching the ships disappear into the sky, Oden, standing beside Kevin, looked on with longing.

He also wanted to leave; after all, five years had passed, and the country had become too boring for his restless heart.

"You can't run away now. If you disappear, those samurai might think we killed you in an attempt to control Wano Country."

Rayleigh reached out and patted Oden on the shoulder.

Meanwhile, Roger was pleading with Kevin, "Sir, I haven't seen Ace for so many, many, many days! Please let me go back. I'm useless here!"

"I have to go back and keep an eye on things. That old bastard Garp actually tried to trick Ace into joining the Marines! How can I tolerate that? I have to go back as soon as possible and teach Ace to be a pirate, preferably the kind who's chasing Garp around!"

Kevin sighed helplessly, "You've got some deep resentment in you."

Rayleigh used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send Roger back to Windmill Village, while Rayleigh stayed behind to drink with Oden for a few days.

Clearly, Roger's escape was also partly due to his inability to drink, leaving him only able to watch enviously.

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