From Pirate to Revolutionary Mentor

Chapter 23 Baltimore's Dialogue

Baltimore's prison held a total of eight prisoners, three of whom were kings, while the rest were pirates and several generals.

Before Roger was executed, the tide of pirates had already surged. For those who couldn't survive or were full of ambition, going to sea became their best option.

But desires are uncontrollable in the human heart. At first, one just wants to survive, but once one gains power, one will taste the irresistible allure of power.

The desire to kill arises naturally when one possesses a sharp weapon.

Even Roger, who is now the warden, was, in Garp's memory, a pirate who would wipe out an entire nation's army just because his comrades were insulted.

Absolute freedom means having no constraints and doing whatever you want.

To risk one's life for a meal's kindness, to conquer a country in a fit of rage—this kind of capriciousness is what they consider true freedom.

But this kind of freedom is not what Kevin wants to bring to the world.

Roger's soul would be useful to him later, which is why he left it behind as the warden. However, Kevin did not agree with his so-called freedom.

"Bang."

The iron bars were rattled by the chains, and an old man with a full beard was clinging to them.

"You lowly people! Let me out! Let me out!"

"A bunch of lowly insects, wait for me to emerge! I will strangle you all!"

"I've already handed over the celestial gold for joining the alliance, and what you're doing now is imprisoning the king of a member state! You'll all be hanged!"

……

Amidst the roar, Kevin looked over.

From this special perspective, the sin value reaches 3200.

Therefore, only when the sin value, as Roger said, affects the future of the entire ocean and causes the deaths of many innocent people, can it reach a level of more than 100,000.

If his spear had hesitated any longer at that time, and if he had discussed it with Yan Yi beforehand, Roger's sin value might have been 200,000.

"So you think that if you pay protection money, the World Government will send the Navy to rescue you?"

After so many days, he finally met someone who was willing to answer him, but the king in the cell still had a threatening look on his face.

"You know that much! Without our rule, how could lowly people like you possibly pay your dues?"

"The navy should be here by now! They will rescue me, and you will die! No, imprisoning your monarch as commoners, death is too lenient for you."

The king, gripping the iron bars with both hands, gradually hardened his gaze: "I will make everyone understand what the consequences of resistance are! I will let you see with your own eyes what will happen to your own family members. How about selling young women into slavery?"

"You mean... you must be their leader, right? Don't worry, I'll make sure you die a very uncomfortable death. I know a lot of the kind of torture that makes people die slowly."

……

Despite his incessant chatter, Kevin's expression remained unchanged.

But as he gasped for breath, she asked, "In this situation, whether or not anyone comes to save you, I can kill you instantly. Why are you still so reckless under these circumstances?"

The disheveled middle-aged man sneered, "But do you dare? If I die, you will all die! Do you dare to bet? You lowly people, right now you're probably just thinking about who will die, isn't that right?"

"Hahaha! How laughable! It's precisely because of your weak character that you can only be lowly commoners!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a short knife pierced his throat.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

Air seeped in, and blood spread downwards.

His hands, which were gripping the iron bars, gradually lost their strength. He wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

His final gaze was still filled with disbelief, an inability to believe that Kevin would kill him so decisively.

He had long understood the character of these lowly people. There was a distinction between good and bad people, and most good people were lowly people who would be swayed by their ignorant conscience.

From the moment he was arrested, he felt certain that he wouldn't die, he definitely wouldn't!

but now……

"Although it's the same to tell you later, I still want to tell you now that the navy isn't here, and your existence is insignificant to them as well."

After Kevin finished speaking, he looked at Dragon, who had been silent just moments before.

"In the eyes of the Mary Geoise people, everyone in this world except themselves is a slave, whom they can plunder at will. The constituent republics are no exception."

"They... take themselves too seriously."

Next, Kevin seized the remaining seven souls and imprisoned them in the last three passageway cells.

Having dealt with the Revolutionary Army's stockpile, the Sin Value slowly increased from 74,000. Black flames burned away the Sin Value, constantly drawing upon it.

It is estimated that, including storage, the total capacity will reach 112,000.

Emerging from the Revolutionary Army's prison, on the desolate White Earth Island, Dragon looked at Kevin: "Seventeen years ago, that island called God Valley vanished completely overnight, and all records were sealed and destroyed. At that time, you and Kuma escaped."

Dragon frowned: "If you continue to kill more and more heinous criminals like you are today, will you be able to withstand a single blow that destroys an island?"

After thinking for a moment, Kevin replied, "That's not just destroying an island in one blow, but the entire island, along with its underground and underwater connections, disappearing completely."

"With that kind of power, neither Rocks, who led the pirate crew to attack God Valley at that time, nor Roger, who has already died, could survive such an attack, no matter how strong their Armament Haki was."

"And if we don't have a way to counter this force, then all our efforts will be in vain. So from the beginning, I had two plans in mind."

Dragon asked in surprise, "So you really can gain the ability to fight against this force?"

Kevin replied, "This is just one way, because I can't even predict what kind of abilities I'll acquire. It might be in two days, or it might be ten years, or it might be some unknown future."

"However, a year from now, someone will appear in the West Sea who will become the key to our fight against this force."

The Western Sea? A year later?

Dorrag recalled the famous figures in the West Sea, but without exception, none of them were on the list.

Even Ohara's old friend was merely researching some history that was forbidden by the World Government.

Dr. Clover wasn't particularly strong when he was young, so who else in the West Sea could be so powerful as to be able to contend with such a force?

Barrier Fruit? This fruit hasn't appeared on the sea for a long time.

At this point in time, the user of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit is in Wano Country, which is under lockdown.

……

I'm begging you to read this! I'm begging you all to read this!

(End of this chapter)