I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 516 Desire is the ladder of progress
The colorful light entered Sag's chest, and instantly appeared between his chest and abdomen, and then filled around his body and spread to the top of his head.

"Human desire is the most terrible thing."

Bode murmured in a low voice: "Too many desires will cause trouble. No matter who they are, the desires in their hearts are like beasts."

As he spoke, the faint colorful halo shone brighter and brighter inside Sag's body.

"Farmers want better harvests? No, they want more land, for someone else to farm it for them, and for mountains of food to come."

Colorful lights flickered on Sag's limbs.

"Merchants want to make more money? No, merchants want to monopolize the goods on the sea. With just one thought, they can make the country lack the supplies it needs."

The light flickered in Sager's abdomen.

"The nobles want a higher position? No! The nobles want to reach the top of the sea and rule over everyone!"

The light flickered in Sager's heart.

"Pirates don't want more robberies, but they don't need any order in the chaos that feeds the beast in their hearts, which can never be satisfied!"

The light flickered in Sag's head, turning him into a colorful light man.

"I want more, I want to get more. All the desires I have collected in the past two years are here. Experience them. Then feel despair!"

The light shrank and disappeared into Sag's body, as if it had never happened.

He twisted his neck, grinned, and looked down at Bode below. "That's it?"

Bode, who was originally like a candle in the wind, suddenly became more energetic under this gaze, perhaps because of a last burst of light or the last burning candle.

There was no madness or pain in those eyes, they were as calm as if someone had just taken a sip of water.

"you you"

Bode pursed his lips, with a look of disbelief, "Impossible! Why are you fine? That is the desire of thousands of people. That kind of thing is like a stinky rag covered with vomit and garbage. The smell of the soul alone is disgusting. Why?!"

The Fruit of Desire can not only absorb desires, but also use desires as an attack capability to attack people. Once a person is subjected to the desires, the mildest case will be unable to control the desires and take actions beyond their own understanding.

In severe cases, the person will go crazy and become a lunatic who only cares about pursuing his desires.

After coming out of Impel Down City, the first thing he did was absorb the desires of the inmates around him. After going out with these desires, within two years, he absorbed the desires of at least tens of thousands of people. The accumulation of desires was enough to turn a person into a crazy monster.

Normally, he wouldn't want to use these desires as attacks, but he was about to die, and was facing a completely helpless pirate like Sarge, so he released them.

For ordinary people, the desires of two or three people can drive that person crazy.

Even the Four Emperors cannot remain unscathed when tens of thousands of people gather together to seek their fortunes!
Where is the pain?

"Disgusting? I don't feel anything. Well, it's not good."

Sager sneered: "Isn't this human nature? No matter how many people gather, it's human nature. What's so hard to bear? If you can't even bear this."

He grinned and laughed, "Why would I be a landlord?! A so-called landlord is someone who owns everything, whether it's the wishes of others or everything on the land, he can own everything!"

"You regard these things as sins? I overestimated you. I thought you were strong-willed and a strong person, but it turns out you are a diode."

Even though half of his body was chopped off, he was still holding on with breath. Even though his whole body was broken and his throat was broken, he could still squeeze out the strength to speak.

Judging from his willpower, this is a guy that Sager deserves to take seriously.

But diodes are counted separately.
"Diode? Black or white?"

Bode, who roughly understood what Sager meant, suddenly turned red. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he pointed his arm at Sager and said angrily:

"What do you know! Desire is the most terrible thing. It is because of desire that there are so many tragedies in the sea. Like this island, before I came here, cough cough cough!"

The excitement caused him to spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and his originally flushed face faded and became paler.

"Before I came here, there were several conflicts over water sources and farmland between villages. Everyone's children and parents died because of these meaningless disputes!"

"After I came here, I eliminated the chaos here, and people no longer had unnecessary disputes, precisely because there were no desires!"

A group of people gradually gathered around. The residents of the island came here to see what was going on because they heard the noise of fighting.

Their eyes are full of indifference. They respond to everyone they meet with a smile and get along with each other in harmony.

only.
Sarge glanced at them and set his sights on Bode. He squatted down and pointed at Bode's robe. "Where did you get your clothes?"

"What?" Bode was stunned.

"I asked you where you got your clothes, no, where you got the fabric, this whole set of clothes."

He rubbed the material of the robe with his fingers. "Well, it's woven. The material is okay. It's medium-priced. Of course, it's a 'medium-priced' that ordinary people can hardly afford. If you don't have desires, why would you wear this?"

Sager smiled and said, "Are you trying to say that if you don't put on this dress, how will the people on the sea know that you are a saint with no desires?"

"It's just a piece of clothing!" Bode cried.

"Yeah, so I asked how this came about and why you need to put on clothes again?"

He shook his head and ignored Bode. Instead, he stood up and waved to a guy who was closer to the front, "Come here."

The resident was a middle-aged man, his clothes were washed white and full of patches.

Not only him, but everyone around here wears similar clothes and they haven't had new clothes for a long time.

"Want a new dress?" asked Sager.

The man shook his head, without any worldly desires at all. "As long as the clothes are wearable, that's all. I have no other requirements."

"That's it"

Sag nodded, raised his hand and swung out a gust of wind, which was like a sharp blade, cutting open his clothes, separating them, and was blown away by the wind and fell to the ground.

Then, he pointed at the white ruffled top on the ground that had been torn apart by the transformation and said:
"This one is mine, that one is yours, now you choose."

"It doesn't matter what you choose. You can wear it even if you mend it." The middle-aged man's expression remained calm.

Hearing this, Bode smiled.

"Really? That's not the case. Your clothes are made of ordinary fabric. Look at yourself. There are patches everywhere. The stitching is not done well. When the wind blows, air will leak in."

"My clothes are different. They are the most expensive fabric on the sea today. They are made from the hair of sea antelopes. This sea beast is fast and difficult to catch, and only a tuft of top hair on its back is the most valuable. My fabric is made from the top hair of a hundred sea antelopes."

Sager said, "I wonder how many pieces of clothes like this I can buy for you."

There was a flicker of fluctuation in the resident's eyes, but he was still ready to shake his head.

"Don't be so quick to refuse. This kind of fabric has another characteristic. Even if it is torn, if you use good needle and thread to mend it, you won't even be able to see the traces of the mending, and it will never get old."

"Think about it, the clothes will never get old, and if they get torn you won't even notice it if you just sew them up. They are breathable and warm, and they dry quickly. Once you put on this one, you won't have to change clothes anymore. You can just wear this one."

"Its only drawback is that it's expensive, but I'm giving it to you for free now. It doesn't cost you a penny. Just pick it up and wear it. Then, you can get a piece of clothing that can buy a thousand or ten thousand pieces of clothing for the people around you. Wearing it will not only save you trouble, but also make you stand out from the crowd."

"But."

The middle-aged man's eyes fluctuated more, but he seemed to be suppressed by something. He gritted his teeth and said, "I still" "Anyway, there is no desire, right?"

Sager's tone was as bewitching as that of a devil, "It doesn't matter which one you choose. They are all the same anyway."

The middle-aged man's eyes showed a hint of realization. He nodded, then asked uncertainly, "Are you really giving it to me?"

"I never lie when I speak." Sager bared his teeth.

"Thank you then!"

The middle-aged man quickly picked up Sager's clothes and draped them on the ground, revealing a smile that had completely lost its indifferent flavor in Bode's eyes, and was instead filled with a kind of...
joy?

"You are tempting me!" Bode said angrily.

"It's not the case if you use your abilities?"

Sager chuckled: "Moreover, from the very beginning, when he made the choice, the problem was already proven."

"If we are all the same and have no desire, then he should just pick up my clothes, because they are all the same. Just like me, because I am too rich, it doesn't matter what I wear. I think it's natural to wear good clothes, and I don't think it's wrong to wear bad clothes. Of course, if it's not necessary, I choose to wear good clothes."

He turned around and said to Bode:

"But I won't choose. Once a person has a choice, it means he has desires. Do you think that practicing asceticism is not a desire? Why do you have to wear tattered clothes? If you must choose simple clothes to show off yourself, that itself is a desire, so."

Sager's mouth curled up into an arc, "Human desires cannot be absorbed completely!"

"No, that's not it, no"

The color in Bode's face faded, and his eyes, which had been ready to face death, were now filled with panic and even some resentment. "That's not the case! Desire, desire is an ugly thing, desire."

“Desire is a good thing.”

Sager interrupted and stretched out his hand, creating a gust of wind that swept up all the broken rings from the transformation. With the lightning, they melted into tiny golden beans.

"You have a chance too!"

He shouted to the others, "There is only one piece of clothing made of this fabric, but don't you want to get it? Now is your chance. See the gold beans in my hand. There are ten in total. I am going to throw them out now. Whoever picks them up first can come to me to exchange for this fabric!"

His words gradually changed everyone's expressions, but no one took any action.

Sager added fuel to the fire, "This is gold! With this, you can buy a new piece of clothing, or buy some nice patches, add some new wool, and make your clothes warmer and more durable. After all, the weather is getting cold. Throw it out now, and it's yours if you grab it!"

There was a brief silence.

Finally, one person's eyes flashed wildly and he couldn't help but shout, "Can we change the fabric if we grab it? What if it's fake?"

Snapped.

Just as he finished speaking, a golden bean hit his forehead, falling from above, and he caught it subconsciously.

"Good question. Here's your reward. When the next ship comes, you can take this bean to exchange for it. I guarantee in the name of Natural Disaster that you will get it!"

Sarge laughed and said, "I am the [Four Emperors] Calamity, would I lie to you commoners?"

Having no desires does not mean having no brains or no vision.

The news bird does not distinguish between unknown islands and non-unknown islands. It will report indiscriminately when it encounters human habitation along the way. Few people in the New World are unfamiliar with the reputation of the Four Emperors.

This group of people is obviously not included.

"Only nine left."

Sager looked around and suddenly threw something, which splashed around like flowers. Then he suddenly shouted, "Grab it!"

The sudden shout made all those people with fluctuations in their eyes shudder. Almost instinctively, two of them took the first step forward, and this step was like opening a fuse.

"Do not!!"

Bode roared with bloodshot eyes, and at that moment, everyone took a step forward and stretched out their hands. Regardless of gender, age or status, they all scrambled for the shining golden beans that fell to the ground.

"Hahahahaha!"

Sager's mouth corners almost stretched to his cheeks as he laughed out loud.

"No, it's not like that, it's not." Bode's eyes were filled with despair, and his breath gradually weakened, like a balloon that had been deflated and slowly shrank.

"That's it!"

Sarge turned to him and said, "So, back to the question, how did you get your clothes?"

"It's because of desire! You wear clothes because you don't want to be naked, and you wear robes to show your monk status. Otherwise, why not other clothes?"

He pointed at Bode and said, "Your clothes are woven by others. Why are they woven? Because there is demand, and when there is demand, there is trade. When there is trade, there are people who want to make money, and there are people who want to exchange this thing for what they need."

"You have desires yourself, how can you force others to have no desires? Even if you suppress them by force, it's useless. Do you think I'm trying to deceive you? No, I'm just giving them the power to choose, a chance to live a better life."

"People have fire because they don't want to eat raw food, they have clothes because they are afraid of cold, they have weapons because they want to kill people, and they have all kinds of choices because their desires are insatiable."

"Save the world? Absorb 'sins'? Come on, a guy like you is not worthy of doing such a thing, because of human desires..."

……

"Bode, you are so weak, you deserve to be bullied. If you pay me today, I won't beat you."

I hate these people's bullying, their discriminatory looks and malicious ridicule.

"Bode, you are a famous boxer now. You need to bring more visual experience to others. I tell you, you must see blood!"

I hate the malicious shouts of the audience, and I also hate the greed of this businessman who is obsessed with money.

"Bode, we go out to sea for money! We are all going out to sea illegally. We will be regarded as pirates anyway, so we might as well go and rob for real!"

I hate the badness of my companions and the fierceness of the captain.

"Bode."

"Bode?"

"Bode!"

I hate the materialism of the common people, I hate the snobbery of my friends, I hate the arrogance of the nobles, and I hate the privilege of the Celestial Dragons who do not take human lives seriously.

Why can't humans coexist peacefully?

Why do they all have desires?
Desire is such a disgusting thing.

desire
“It’s a stepping stone to progress!!!”

The sound, like a loud bell, stimulated Bode's cloudy and blurry eyes to have a moment of clarity. What he could see was the residents on this island whom he had devoted himself to, and who had finally absorbed their desires and made them peaceful and docile.

At this time, they were scrambling for the golden beans on the ground like crazy. Those who got them showed greed and joy, and smiles from the bottom of their hearts.

And the wanton and arrogant smile on the white-haired man with his arms outstretched.

(End of this chapter)