One Piece: Starting to read the file from the dragon-footed man

Chapter 56 55 Sacrifice or Murder
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In a circle with a radius of three meters centered on Schmidt, a vacuum zone without flames was formed, while the cold frost spread conspicuously under his feet.

The suit on his upper body had been burned in the sea of ​​fire just now, revealing his strong muscles.

The original Frost armor was probably already melted by the heat, so he is now re-mobilizing his abilities to recondense his Frost armor, even if it doesn't go well for him.

Although the flames have decreased somewhat, the high temperature in the air has not faded at all.

This seems to be one of the factors that can affect Schmidt's ability to use, so even if he walked out of the range where the flames were burning, but because of the high temperature in the surrounding air, he only condensed the gauntlets with frost. and shoulder armor.

"It seems that this is the limit." Schmidt put away the gloomy expression just now, regained his gentlemanly expression, and smiled slowly at Ji Ye: "I forgot to tell you before, I am The ability user of Frost Devil Fruit."

Ji Ye: "..."

Ji Ye returned a polite smile. Although she didn't really want to have such meaningless conversations with the enemy during a fight, the politeness that Schmidt showed from the beginning to the end really couldn't make her Completely ignore him and ignore him.

"It's an amazing super power..." Ji Ye nodded, and replied seriously: "At least as your enemy, this is a very difficult thing for us."

"Thank you for the compliment, but I only ate the Devil Fruit last week, so I'm not very proficient in using my abilities."

Schmidt replied with a smile. At this time, he still had no plans to end the topic and fight Ji Ye to the death before continuing. Instead, he appeared to be thinking about how to continue the conversation.

After a short pause, he said: "Actually, I'm still very curious, how do you know about [platinum lead disease]. As I said before, the world government has very strict controls on this aspect. At least, in Vladimir As the locals in Levans don't know anything about it, I don't think you, as outsiders, can easily know this kind of news."

"...Because paper can't contain fire."

Ji Ye sighed from the bottom of his heart, knowing that this topic was probably inevitable, so even though he really hoped that everyone would continue the previous battle instead of stopping to talk nonsense, he still opened his mouth to explain.

"If you want people to not know, unless you do nothing."

Ji Ye would not tell the truth to Schmidt, so he began to tell him the facts that had been put in front of him in a serious manner: "Mining [platinum lead] will poison people, but the world government and nobles are for their own interests. Hiding it from the people is wrong in itself."

"Wrong? But what if the world government can save more people by doing this?" Schmidt shook his head, "Since you know that [platinum lead] is poisonous, then you know that [platinum lead] is also a Is it a mineral metal that is very practical in industry? For example, it is used to make radioactive protection, chemicals, batteries and so on."

"I know, I have learned this knowledge in school before." Ji Ye paused, thoughtfully, "We didn't think about it at first, but now it seems that your technological development is not far behind. , can study this kind of field... You have at least one scientific department with a very high level."

"Yes, you guessed it right. I like to talk to smart people. So it seems that you also know the benefits of this mineral metal [platinum lead]?" Schmidt smiled: "Compared with human science all over the world Come to think of it, this is just a small part of the sacrifice, it's not..."

"But that's not sacrifice, it's murder."

The unfinished words were interrupted by Ji Ye, Schmidt put away the smile on his face, and looked into Ji Ye's eyes silently and dangerously.

And Ji Ye had long ago restrained the smile on his face, showed an extremely rare expression of anger, and looked directly at the darkness in front of him without fear.

If we say that Ji Ye's eyes before were like a pool of calm water, clear and translucent, reflecting the most real appearance of this world.

Now Ji Ye's eyes are like a burning flame, enthusiastic, fearless, not afraid of any monsters and ghosts in this world.

"People can be sacrificed, but they cannot be sacrificed." Ji Ye raised his knife and pointed at the enemy in front of him, "This is not the reason why you can hide [Platinum Lead Disease] from the people of Frevans."

"We are here for the development of all mankind." Schmidt said with a sneer, "The world government represents justice!"

Ji Ye looked into Schmidt's eyes calmly, and said in a more determined tone: "Then what we represent is the truth."

"Truth... a naive joke." Schmidt's face was gloomy: "It seems that you are determined to be an enemy of the world government?"

"That's right, if murdering people is what the world government calls justice." Ji Ye said without hesitation, "Then I hate the world government!"

The flames burned in the night, dispelling all the cold in the air.

After saying this, Ji Ye stopped talking to Schmidt, who seemed to want to continue talking, and took the lead in killing Schmidt with a knife.

Originally, she thought it was a "just do it" fight, but she didn't expect that the opponent was a chatterbox, and she had to talk about life philosophy during the fight.

Just chat, anyway, it's the same as calling after chatting, Ji Ye has never paid much attention to such details.

But the more Schmidt talks, the less human he talks.

It's obviously for profit, but it has to be flagged with justice.

He is obviously doing bad things, but he has to say that he is a good person.

Standing in a high position, moving your fingers casually, you want to say that black is white.

It really confirms Karl Pope's famous saying——

[Those who promised us heaven on earth, they have created nothing but hell! 】

As a very typical teenager.

Ji Ye wants to fight with anger, but also to speak with reason.

Innocent, simple, brave, plus a youthful spirit.

Throwing your head full of enthusiasm, the last thing you want is to bow your head to the powerful, and the thing you hate the most is to compromise with injustice.

Schmidt's arrogant and hypocritical appearance, and his self-proclaimed justice but indifferent behavior philosophy, are undoubtedly the most despicable existence in the eyes of young people like Ji Ye.

People like them can't see the blood and scars in this country!
All their interests and selfish desires are built on the bones of the people of this country!
For the development of all mankind?

Pooh!Only two hundred and five people will believe this!
Ji Ye gritted his teeth, no longer suppressing the scorching anger in his soul, and changed his previous relatively conservative attack method to suddenly become deadly.

Even in the face of Schmidt's lingering finger gun, he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating!
Not only did he not hide, but he even moved forward. While keeping his feet on the ground, he raised his hand and slashed horizontally one after another. From top to bottom, the blade swam across his body like a dragon, turning himself into a violent little boy. spinning top.

Schmidt was startled by Ji Ye's ferocious aura, and while retreating repeatedly, he quickly raised his arm, using the frost to form gauntlets to block.

Ji Ye's combat strength is unknown, but when he meets the strong, he becomes strong.

The jingling sound of the blade colliding with the frost continued to resound.

The advantage that Schmidt had seized because of his fruit ability was once again forcibly snatched back by Ji Ye with his fast-hitting knife skills.

Although Schmidt's fruit ability could not be fully utilized due to the high temperature around him, Ji Ye's strength still exceeded his expectations.

Because compared to Ji Ye's Tai Chi, the saber techniques she uses now are some of the most basic ones such as flirting, blocking, chopping, chopping, leading...

There are no subtle changes, some are fast in speed and continuous in endurance.

The silver light constantly waving by the blade is like waves, layer upon layer.

And Schmidt's finger gun was blocked by a continuous "wave". No matter how his moves changed, Ji Ye turned a blind eye to it, and just waved one after another seriously and persistently. spray.

It was the first time Schmidt encountered this kind of alternative, simple and straightforward style of play, but he did not expect that it would make him feel such a strong pressure.

Because without techniques, it means that there are no tricks, which means absolute strength.

Ji Ye's behavior was nothing more than telling Schmidt clearly - you are wrong and I am right!So not only do I want to win you, I also want to beat you openly!
And this made Schmidt even more annoyed than the aggrieved Ji Ye felt when he used [Tai Chi] to deal with Schmidt before.

What are you kidding...

Obviously he represents justice!

Schmidt also angrily activated the fruit ability in his body. Although he still couldn't condense a full set of ice armor due to the high temperature in the surrounding environment, it made the gauntlets on his arms harder and further strengthened his body. Increased the speed at which he pointed the gun.

It made his already astonishing attack frequency further enhanced, making it completely uncertain about the speed of his attacks.

But even so, he still couldn't break through Ji Ye's defense, or even interrupt Ji Ye's attack.

Although Ji Ye is not yet in a position to suppress Schmidt, but now they have fallen into a strange stalemate.

Ji Ye's aura of swinging the knife weakened a bit because he was suppressed at the beginning.

This greatly increased Schmidt's confidence, but gradually, Ji Ye unknowingly relied on his amazing perseverance and perseverance to regain the disadvantage little by little.

Was Schmidt's attack slowed down?

No, but compared to the beginning, Ji Ye swung the knife faster.

So much so that Schmidt, who originally had a chance to withdraw, was completely entangled by the continuous but murderous waves.

The weird stalemate gradually changed as Ji Ye continued to swing the knife.

Schmidt: "..."

Schmidt now begins to sincerely regret his previous actions.

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Wow... Her old Ji is really strong!
Li Guanqi, who was watching the battle and was ready to attack at any time, couldn't believe his eyes.

In fact, she felt as if she was watching some fantasy-themed martial arts movie, and felt that the scene in front of her was sour and outrageous.

Originally, she planned to help, but who would have thought that...

Li Guanqi: "..."

I'm sorry, she's too good to delay your output!
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Ji Ye's true strength is an unsolved mystery, but that obviously doesn't matter to the audience.

After all, as long as the fighting looks cool enough, their tolerance has always been able to accommodate Hai Chuan, and even exaggeratedly said that they can accommodate the entire Milky Way.

"I thought it was a super double in mixed doubles, but I didn't expect it to be a practical teaching."

"This kid Li Guanqi is still a high climber after all! Hahahaha!"

"Miss Ji Ye's strength is too strong! She can fight a devil fruit ability user on par!"

"Look at Schmidt's expression, he was still able to handle it with ease, but now he has become visibly nervous."

"Hmm... Maybe you can win?"

"I can't be sure, but the medicinal bath for body training is too powerful, it's almost like a devil fruit!"

"Nonsense, it's as if you can beat Schmidt after soaking that thing."

"Hahaha, that is, the most important thing is strength! Strength!"

In the tavern far away from the great route, all the drinkers who were watching the screen were discussing noisily.

Some people were discussing Ji Ye's strength, some were discussing Li Guanqi's despicableness, and some were shocked and unbelievable by the conversation between Ji Ye and Schmidt.

"No way, it turns out that the demise of [Platinum Lead Disease] that Frevans said was really driven by the World Government?!"

"That can be false. That guy named Schmidt himself admitted it himself, saying that he represents the world government."

"But didn't he also say before that the reason why the world government does this is not for the future development of mankind? It can be regarded as benefiting mankind?"

"For the benefit? For the benefit of what?"

"Don't forget, this world is different from the world on the screen. Frevans in our world has been dead for more than ten years. If you really want to benefit, you will benefit!"

"That is to say, but after so many years, the world government has nothing to do with [Platinum Lead]. Not to mention it is for the benefit of mankind, but it is the so-called [Heavenly Gold] these years, but It just keeps increasing.”

Someone heard the words and immediately warned: "Hey... You have drunk too much... Be careful with what you say."

"Attention? Attention shit!" The man who spoke wiped the drink from his mouth, with an angry expression on his face, "This is not a great route, the world government's hand cannot reach here!"

"But we are not too far from the Navy Headquarters...not to mention that this is a tavern." The friend of the man tugged at the man's clothes and reminded him in a low voice: "The walls have ears, so be careful of being reported...Think of you Wife and children, you have family."

"... Tsk, then I'm not afraid either."

The man said so, but still lowered the volume from the bottom of his heart, looked around vigilantly, and found that no one noticed him, and then continued: "Forget it, let's not talk about that, let's continue drinking."

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[The sea area in the first half of the great route, a certain warship]

"Ah, ah, it's really... People can sacrifice, but can't they be sacrificed?"

Kuzan lay lazily on the cool chair placed on the deck, looked at the clouds in the sky, and thought of many past events in a daze.

Such as the justice of the navy, such as the orders above, such as the various things that the admiral of the navy has experienced over the years, and such as O'Hara who has disappeared from this world because of the "Devil Slaying Order".

Maybe...we really did something wrong...

Kuzan closed his eyes, and his mind once again returned to the day when O'Hara completely disappeared from this world.

The warship led by Sakalski came from a distance from the coastline with roaring artillery fire, which brought O'Hara's sea of ​​flames all over the sky, and the dense smoke that blocked the sky and the sun when the artillery fire hit the land.

The friend's questioning and the girl's crying kept echoing under the dark sky.

And the refugee ship that was destroyed by the gunfire of the warship... Since then, only Nicole Robin has survived in O'Hara.

Maybe...really, we're just doing it wrong.

"But that's not sacrifice, it's murder."

"The world government represents justice!"

"Then we represent the truth!"

"It seems that you have made up your mind to become an enemy of the world government?"

"If murdering people is what the world government calls justice...then I hate the world government!"

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It's nice to be young...

The resolute and immature face of the young man on Kuzan's screen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The sonorous and forceful words of the young man were too touching, too firm, and too ideal, so that Kuzan couldn't help but think of himself——

The same sincerity, the same enthusiasm, the same yearning for justice, looking forward to bringing peace to the people, and fighting for the ideals in their hearts.

From the past when he followed Lieutenant General Garp, gazed at the back figure that never compromised with the higher-ups with adoring eyes, and thought in his heart, vowing that he would also become such a handsome navy to enforce justice...

It wasn't until Kuzan himself became a general that he realized that he was becoming more and more confused about the justice of the navy, and began to doubt whether the path he chose was really correct.

The disappearance of O'Hara...

The Darkness of the World Government...

The tyranny of the Celestial Dragons...

The more cruel and profit-filled things he experienced, the more Kuzan became suspicious of the current development of the navy.

So much so that in the end, when the content played on the screen completely tore off the hypocritical mask on the face of the world government and exposed the bloody truth.

Kuzan couldn't help but think of more.

The salty sea breeze blew through his hair, bringing a rare coolness to the sweltering climate.

Kuzan was silent, looking at the calm sky above his head, calmly thinking about the past.

Perhaps, all along...

It's really us...

It was the Navy that did it wrong.

　I'm really bad at writing about fights, and conspiracy theories.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)