One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

Qiba habitually let out a loud laugh, and was about to reply magnanimously, but the smile on his face was instantly replaced by a painful grimacing.

"Ouch! It hurts! My back is killing me..."

He quickly supported his lower back with both hands and sighed helplessly; his earlier laughter had caused him to strain his back.

"I can't deny that I'm getting old. Now, if I move around even slightly, my back starts acting up."

Seeing this, Kane took out a transparent glass tube from his pocket, inside which were a few drops of crystal-clear liquid, the panacea—the Healing Tears.

"Principal Qiba, why don't you try this? It might help relieve your back pain."

"Really?"

Without asking where the thing came from, Qiba took the glass tube and threw it into the walrus-like mouth without even looking at it.

With two crisp "crunch" sounds, he actually chewed the glass tube to pieces and swallowed it along with the liquid.

The next second, a look of obvious surprise appeared on his face.

He could clearly feel a gentle yet powerful warm current reaching the area of ​​his aching back.

Wherever it went, the pain vanished without a trace.

"That feels so good. It's like I'm young again!"

Chiba breathed a sigh of relief, overjoyed. "Thank you so much, little Kane!"

"It's nothing, don't mention it. However, this only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause, so you should still pay more attention in the future."

Kane waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.

"Haha, it doesn't matter. At my age, I'll enjoy every day as long as I can."

Qiba smiled and said, "You really are just like what Dongli and the others said, a generous and warm-hearted man."

Perhaps because of this well-timed help and his appreciation for Kane's character, Chiba's attitude towards Kane visibly became much closer and warmer.

Looking at the children playing by the Warrior's Spring, Kane frowned slightly: "Principal Chiba, please forgive my bluntness, but is the education method you are currently promoting really intended to completely deprive the next generation of Elbaf of their proud warrior qualities and the power to defend their homeland?"

Chiba explained, “You may not know this, but this is a national policy personally decided by King Harald with great foresight. We abandon the barbarity and violence of the past in order to seek a longer and more peaceful path for the giant race. After all, Elbaf has a terrible reputation in the human world.”

Behind the title of "the world's strongest nation" lies a history of blood and fire, built upon countless towns plundered and destroyed by the Giant Warrior Pirates.

Without completely severing ties with this past, Elbaf will find it difficult to truly win the trust of most human nations and establish equal diplomatic relations.

Kane slowly shook his head, his gaze sharp: "I fully understand King Harald's good intentions in wanting to integrate into the world and seek peaceful development. However, to completely abandon the use of force, or even to downplay the will to fight, is tantamount to gambling one's own life and death on the possible goodwill of others."

"With your generation of battle-hardened giant warriors, perhaps you can protect Elbaf for another hundred years, or even two hundred. But what about after two hundred years? Are you going to..."

Kane pointed to the little girl who was crying after falling off the swing and sighed: "Do you expect these children, who have grown up in a greenhouse and can hardly bear pain, to face the cruel world outside, where the strong prey on the weak and dangers lurk everywhere?"

“You should understand just how greedy and ruthless the pirates on the high seas really are. If you willingly remove your armor and sharpen your claws, it will only make them think that Elbaf is no longer an invincible warrior nation, but a fertile treasure land that they can plunder at will.”

My neighbor hoards grain, I hoard guns; my neighbor is my granary.

This principle applies everywhere.

Unbridled violence is unacceptable, but unbridled appeasement is even more unacceptable.

We must grasp both the gun and the pen, and make sure both are strong; that is the way to go.

The other teachers, who had also been to sea and witnessed the cruelty of the ocean, fell into deep thought.

They had to admit that Kane was right.

Some, no, most pirates are truly without any moral compass.

but……

The wrinkles on Chiba's face seemed to deepen, and he sighed heavily, "This is a policy set by the king, and we have no right to change it. Moreover, there is no king in Elbaf now, so no one can touch this policy."

Physical education teacher Wolf said in a deep voice, "All I can do is add more combat training to the children's physical education classes. But to be honest, it's difficult. The children have already adapted to the current Elbaf without violence."

Hearing this, Kane temporarily suppressed his desire to continue arguing.

As Chiba said, this country has no king, so there is no way to change it.

and many more……

A thought he had never considered before flashed through Kane's mind like lightning, giving him a jolt.

Perhaps... I could be the king?

Meanwhile, Saul, along with Robin, Hiyori, Reiju, Kuma and his daughter, arrived at the Owl Library.

The library's interior space is extremely spacious and high, with countless solid wood bookshelves that reach the dome on all four walls and in the center, densely packed with all kinds of huge books.

"This is the largest library in all of Elbaf. All the books I brought from Ohara are stored here."

Sauro's voice was filled with undisguised pride.

Wow...so many books!

"The book is huge!"

Everyone was stunned.

"Sauro, you mean the Book of Ohara wasn't completely destroyed by the World Government?!" Robin was overwhelmed with excitement.

"Hehehe... They're all here, not a single one is missing."

Sauro nodded vigorously and slowly recounted what happened after that.

After he was frozen by Kuzan, the raging flames on Ohara Island accidentally melted the ice, causing him to fall into the sea, where he miraculously survived.

Several months later, he secretly returned to Ohara with the giants.

They retrieved, one by one, the numerous precious books that the scholars of Ohara had risked their lives to sink into the icy lake at the last moment to preserve the flame of revolution.

"Looking back now, it was Kuzan who let me go back then."

Saul's face showed a complex emotion: "That guy, deep down he's a man who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

"Alright, let's not talk about those unhappy things. Let's talk about you, Robin."

Saul shook his head, as if trying to dispel the painful memories, and refocused his gaze on Robin: "In the first few years, I was terrified every day, afraid that I would suddenly see the devastating news of your murder in the corner of the newspaper..."

His voice lowered, tinged with lingering fear, but then brightened again: "When the news came that you had joined the Beasts Pirates, it really gave me a huge shock! That's the Emperor Pirates, the powerful pirate crew that dominates the New World!"

"Back then, I started to worry again that you were being exploited and enslaved by Kaido, and that you had lost your freedom. But now..."

His gaze swept over Hiyori, Reiju, and the others around Robin, his voice filled with relief: "Seeing you, and seeing these companions around you, I feel completely at ease."

"Robin, you've really found them! You've found incredibly precious companions who are willing to truly accept you and protect you!"

"Ok!"

Robin nodded emphatically, a bright, sunny smile spreading across his face.

It all started when I met that man.

Saul turned to Hiyori and the others, his massive body leaning forward slightly as he made a solemn request: "Everyone, I entrust Robin to your care from now on."

A gentle and reliable smile appeared on Big Bear's face, and his voice was steady: "Of course, Mr. Saul. Robin is an indispensable and important partner to us."

Bonnie waved her little fist and said in a childish but very serious voice, "Bonnie will protect Robin too!"

Reiju nodded gracefully and comforted him, "Mr. Saul, please don't worry too much. Robin herself has become strong and resilient enough to take good care of herself."

"That's wonderful." Sauro wiped away tears of emotion.

Next, Sauro introduced the group to the library's director, Bibro.

It was an old owl, a user of the Nurturing Fruit, which allowed it to magnify inorganic objects within its field of vision.

It is precisely because of its existence that the giants were able to read the human newspapers from the outside world and the books of Ohara.

While the group was still reeling from the shock of the Library of Giants, Kane also met the current leader of Elbaf.

Aruru, the former captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates, the world's oldest warrior, and a hero elder.

Chapter 169 The Murals of Elbaf! The King's Arena!

"Wow, it's huge! It's almost as tall as a Barbarian!"

Yamato tilted his head back and let out an undisguised exclamation.

Then, she pointed a slender, white finger at her chin in confusion and asked, "Strange, why is there a sword stuck in your head?"

"Wait! Shouldn't the point be why he's still alive with a sword stuck in his head?!"

Violet felt her common sense being challenged, and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Oh, you mean this?"

Upon hearing this, Yaya Lulu raised his hand and poked the hilt of the sword that was firmly embedded in the helmet above his brow bone, and calmly said, "Thanks to this helmet, I barely escaped with my life."

"But the sword is already stuck in there!!!"

Violet loudly complained.

In this situation, what exactly does the helmet protect against?

"Hmm...that makes sense." Aruru blinked belatedly, as if only now realizing the problem.

Violet's eyes twitched a few times. She leaned close to Kane's ear and whispered, "Could this old giant have had his brain damaged by that sword and become senile? In this state, can he really still rule Elbaf?"

"Perhaps, it's just that I'm too old."

Kane shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

Yaru is now 401 years old, which is equivalent to a human lifespan of over 130 years. It's already a miracle that she can communicate so smoothly now.

At this moment, Redding stepped forward and respectfully explained to Aruru the purpose of Kane and his group's visit.

"Capture Loki?"

Aruru stroked his long, snow-white beard that reached the ground, and pondered for a moment: "Then I'll have to trouble you. Although it's a little embarrassing, I have to admit that there really isn't a warrior stronger than Loki in Elbaf right now."

"However," he changed the subject, his tone becoming earnest, "could you please try your best to capture him alive? I don't know why, but I always feel that there might be another hidden story behind what happened back then."

“Of course.” Kane nodded readily.

He knew perfectly well that Loki was absolutely innocent; he was just really unlucky.

The only one who could prove his innocence, Aruru, unfortunately lost all his memories of that incident due to a severe head injury.