From a Pirate to a Revolutionary Mentor

Chapter 162 The Struggle of Borsalino
When Sen Taomaru was very young, he almost starved to death due to lack of food. In the end, he was adopted by Vegapunk. Although he was not his adoptive father, he was still a favor to him.

Ever since Vegapunk disappeared several years ago, Sen Taomaru, who has joined the Science Defense Force, has never given up the search, and of course the World Government has not given up either.

Without comparison, you can't see the difference. After the North Sea Operation, Vinsmoke Judge has been here for several years, but the progress of the project is still slow. This is the result of Germa.

"Say..."

Borsalino swallowed the last mouthful of noodles. "Don't worry. That guy might be living a more comfortable life than you and me. He just disappeared. With that huge head of his, anyone would ask about it."

"Asking, Vegapunk! What does this name stand for? It has been widely circulated in the past few years. The technology that allows warships to cross the doldrums is very famous."

Zhan Taomaru snorted, "If you were held hostage by evil pirates, would you still be so leisurely, old man?"

Borsalino stood up and stretched. "Who knows? I'll just live one day at a time. If there's a mission, I'll have to leave."

As he was speaking, the Den Den Mushi in his arms started to ring.

After the call was connected, Sengoku's voice came from inside: "Lieutenant General Borsalino, the slaves of the Celestial Dragons on Marijoa were released more than a week ago. The World Government has already found out the information of the slaves, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Borsalino covered his forehead and replied, "I have to defend Punk Hazard and deal with the pirates in this sea area, Marshal. I really don't have time to help the Celestial Dragons find slaves."

Sengoku, who was sitting opposite Den Den Mushi, could feel Borsalino's resistance, and one of the main reasons for this was also mentioned: to help the Celestial Dragons find slaves.

Basically no sailor is willing to do this kind of thing, but someone has to do it.

The ability of the Pika Pika Nomi is more special than that of Kuzan and others, because the speed of light is very fast and it can achieve flight to a certain extent.

Therefore, Borsalino has a certain importance to the World Government.

Let him go, better than Sakaski.

"Many slaves escaped from Marijoa, and many of them found their homeland."

Zhan Guo said in a lower voice: "In addition, the World Government's request is that if they find the person who sent them back to their hometown, they do not need to arrest or capture the slaves. They only need to hand over the target to CP's agents for surveillance."

Borsalino's narrowed eyes slightly opened. "Is that so? This is indeed much simpler, and we don't have to arrest those poor slaves."

"Marshal, do you know who did this? They released all the slaves on Marijoa. Tsk, tsk, tsk... It's really scary."

Zhan Guo hesitated for a moment, but finally replied: "It's not specified, but it's most likely that guy, your old rival."

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Borsalino touched the back of his head. No wonder he felt a little cold there just now. It turned out to be related to this masked guy.

Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since we last met and talked.

"Let's go as soon as possible. With that number of slaves, it's very likely that a batch of them will be absorbed. We can identify them and then hand over the list to the World Government."

Borsalino sighed and agreed.

After all, he is the fastest, and by flying in elemental form, it won’t take him long to travel from Punk Hazard to the Four Seas.

And it is obvious that the World Government has taken into account that the Revolutionary Army’s way of sending people may not be by sailing, so if they want to distinguish the slaves returning home and those joining as soon as possible, they need to make a trip.

It’s just… the Revolutionary Army.

Borsalino's mind replayed the conversation with the cloaked man.

The world is sick, but no one can heal it...

It was like a huge poisonous insect lying on the tree trunk, capable of devouring all healers and destroying the tree.

"Is the old man leaving?"

Zhan Taowan interrupted his thoughts: "If you want to go out, remember to help keep an eye on the whereabouts of old man Vegapunk this time. If you have any clues, remember to bring him back."

Borsalino nodded casually, put on the cloak of justice and walked out.

That guy Vegapunk disappeared in O'Hara, and as an old friend, he had investigated after his disappearance.

How could he just ignore the relationship between a disciple and an old friend? And he also knew his old friend.

There is no doubt that the reason why Vegapunk went to O'Hara was for the books and knowledge there. However, all those books were burned by the Demon Killing Order, and the people of the World Government did not pay attention to these books afterwards.

But... he looked at some of the remaining scraps of paper.

All... are not knowledge, it would be more appropriate to call them novels and stories, and the quantity is far from enough.

Obviously, those books had probably been moved before the Demon-Slaying Order.

And if this is the case, then are those scholars who are willing to die without any resistance really the last scholars?
There are not many people in this world who are interested in O'Hara's knowledge and Vegapunk.

Just as Borsalino walked out of the institute, he saw a researcher walking along the periphery of the institute, tinkering with a square screen.

Without thinking too much, Borsalino headed towards the port.

However, after he left, Kevin looked back, thought about it, took back the detector that could not detect energy, and followed him directly.

The detectors on Punk Hazard's side did not detect any huge energy, so it is likely that the mechanical soldier has not been sent over yet.

In this situation, killing Vinsmoke Judge would disrupt the possibility of transporting giant mechanical soldiers to Punk Hazard.

And when I unexpectedly met Borsalino, and under such circumstances, it would be unreasonable not to communicate with him.

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Starting from Punk Hazard, the original order was for him to rush to the slaves' hometown as soon as possible and give a list of those who went back and those who did not.

But for this kind of thing, Borsalino, who has always been ambiguous about justice, thinks he can take a boat.

Anyway, he set off after receiving the notice, right?

In fact, if he really wanted to transform into an element and leave, Kevin would have no way of following him. After all, he didn't leave any spatial coordinates on his body, and the speed of his moon steps or kunai throwing would be too different.

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On the first day, the warship arrived at the first target island, an ordinary town at the beginning of the New World.

The warship stayed near the island. Borsalino did not allow the accompanying navy to go with him and went to the island alone.

But after he got off the ship, an ordinary sailor also got off the ship, and then he turned into an ordinary town resident.

“Ah la la…Is this the first point?”

Borsalino scratched his head, looked up and around, but found that many people in the town were stunned when they saw him, and then put down what they were doing and hurriedly avoided him.

Hate the Navy?
No, although this island is located in the New World, it is within the navy's advancement range, so its safety and security are protected by the navy.

The quality of the New World G1 branch is not bad. After all, it is adjacent to Marinford, so are they preparing to inform on others?

"call……"

Borsalino exhaled, so he had expected that this kind of work would be difficult.

Fortunately, it’s just a confirmation. If I really want to take these slaves back, I’m afraid... I won’t be able to sleep for many days.

After thinking for a moment, Borsalino headed in the direction where the men had just left and soon arrived in front of a yard.

They found this place without even asking, so those who came here to tip off might as well just stay where they are and keep silent.

"Excuse me……"

Before Borsalino could finish his words, he saw a middle-aged man holding a grass fork towards him, with an angry and determined look on his face.

"There is no one here you are looking for, get out of here, Navy!"

Uh……

"It's really scary."

Borsalino simply raised his hands, with a helpless look behind his sunglasses.

If you answer like this without asking, doesn't that mean you have already confirmed that the slave has returned here?
If he is an agent of the World Government, what is the difference between such an action and walking into a trap?
"Okay, I'm just checking. So the black-haired, about twenty-year-old girl didn't come back, right?"

The middle-aged man still held the steel fork: "Yes! He didn't come back!"

Borsalino made a note in the notebook in his hand, thought for a moment and said, "Next time if someone comes, you'd better not confess like you did just now. I recorded that you didn't come back, but someone may come back to investigate later. So... can you be smarter next time?"

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The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, his anger subsided, and he looked at the other person blankly.

So... this is a good guy?

"Thank you...thank you."

Borsalino sighed: "So how can you trust me so easily? If I was lying to you just now, wouldn't I have to come in and arrest your daughter now?" "Huh?!" (Д)

Forget it, it’s hopeless.

Borsalino turned and left, but the middle-aged man behind him knelt down directly.

The villagers who had tipped off him were also looking at his back.

Well, this feeling is not bad.

Soon, after the person who recorded the first location did not return, Borsalino went to the second point again.

A week later, after passing through a special channel, we headed to the first half of the Grand Route.

In fact, this time had passed the time agreed upon by Kevin and Tiger, but he was just going to Fishman Island to take a look. In comparison, he wanted to find a chance to drag Borsalino into the water.

In the past few days, the lieutenant general's notebook was filled with records of not meeting the people who delivered the slaves and the slaves did not come back.

Slowing down the process is to avoid collisions, and not recording them back is to prevent these people from being sent to Marijoa again.

Although the order was not to bring her back but only to monitor her, once it was confirmed that she was an escaped slave, it was not certain whether Marijoa would be recaptured in the future.

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Grand Line, Forchart Island.

Borsalino, who went to the island as usual, felt a different atmosphere. The people on this island seemed to have something to say.

Soon, he found out where the little girl lived.

He didn't enter the door, but just knocked outside the yard.

When the door opened, a man in his thirties knelt down.

"Sea... Admiral."

Borsalino pursed his lips: "No need for such a big ceremony, right? So is your daughter back?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then he fell to the ground: "Kerla...Kerla...Sir Navy, if we tell you about Kerla's return, can you let her go?"

"She wasn't sent back by someone, and a round bubble brought her directly down from the sky without causing any harm. If this information is useful to the Navy, can you let my daughter go?"

At this time, a sound came from the house in the yard.

Borsalino took a look and said, "Well, so no one sent him and he didn't come back, right? Note that this is the last time I asked, didn't he come back?"

The man was also stunned for a moment, but soon he was ecstatic: "Yes, yes, Admiral, he has not come back, he has never come back!"

Borsalino made a note of it, then looked at the house again. With his observation Haki and keen perception, he was able to tell what was happening in the house.

Sometimes, adults are not as good as children in terms of right and wrong, good and evil, just like him.

After leaving, Borsalino rubbed his forehead irritably. Today he had another new feeling, and it was connected to his body.

"Would you like a drink, Admiral?"

The sudden voice behind him made Borsalino stunned. He turned around and looked at Kevin, who looked like an ordinary person, with some confusion under his sunglasses.

Kevin continued, "This town may not be big, but I saw that you were upset, so I thought I could buy you a drink."

Borsalino frowned, his observation Haki already beginning to focus.

But the next moment, he reacted.

"With someone like you, I don't dare drink your wine."

Kevin spread his hands and said, "Don't say that. If I wasn't like this now, I wouldn't be able to drink, right?"

"Also... I think you might be interested in the condition of that child just now."

That child?

Borsalino's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately thought of the child who he thought could distinguish between good and evil.

After thinking about it, as long as you are always careful not to be attacked by the mark, you can erase the mark with your domineering power, so it won't be a big problem.

"Let's go. After working for so many days, it's okay for an ordinary citizen to get in touch with us and buy us a drink."

The nature of the conversation was confirmed in their words. Borsalino and Kevin kept a distance and walked towards the town.

However, things were not as he thought. The two of them did not go to the town's pub or anything like that. Instead, they bought two bottles of wine and went directly to the yard of the family they had just met, watching this side from the woods.

"Is this what you mean by treating me to a drink?"

"I don't know if there is a CP on this island. And drinking is just a small matter. The important thing is that I think you should be very confused and need facts to make you see clearly."

Borsalino curled his lips and said, "Because of you, I saw too much during the years I was stationed in the Sabaody Archipelago. But what does it matter? Are you right? And you don't understand those things at all..."

Kevin was embarrassed when he heard this.

This time, I got off to a bad start...

He forgot that the man in front of him had been stationed in the Sabaody Archipelago for many years to guard against him, and he had naturally seen a lot of misery among the slaves.

But...it's not right to say that you don't understand.

"I used my ability to go to Marijoa half a month ago. I know everything you know. Don't doubt it."

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Borsalino looked over and said, "So you still think you can change the world?"

Kevin replied: "The premise is that you want to change, right?"

At this time, in the yard not far away, a little girl took a broom and started sweeping the floor, cleaning every corner of the yard cleanly.

"A very hard-working little girl."

Borsalino affirmed, but then he realized something was wrong.

The child's parents tried to get her to rest, but she fell to her knees and shook, mumbling words of forgiveness, with a trembling smile and a look of fear.

It was not until a long time had passed that she started to cry, crying loudly.

After crying, I seemed to feel much better.

"It will take her a long time to heal herself. I told her how to vent before I left."

Kevin's voice sounded, and then he looked at Borsalino: "I remember when you first started, you used the power of the Flash Fruit to play with the children. How do you feel now when you see this situation?"

Borsalino frowned. "Since you know everything I know, you should understand that there are many things that cannot be helped! Do you think that there has never been a rebel in this world in the past eight hundred years?"

Kevin shook his head slightly: "There are many things I can't tell you what I rely on before I make your attitude clear."

"Rely on? That's really scary."

Borsalino pursed his lips and said, "You should know about the hole in Judicial Island, right? Do you think that a terrain that cannot be filled with seawater could be caused by an attack?"

The hole at Judicial Island is indeed very similar to the ruins of the Kingdom of Lulucia in my memory.

But, is it really because of this?
"I know, because my hometown was also wiped out in this way."

Speaking of this, Kevin thought of Kuzan in the past.

No matter how much you say in a temporary conversation, it is meaningless. The awakening of thought requires time.

I followed him all the way this time, and just need to confirm that Borsalino can fight for this, which is enough to take a gamble.

And it's easy to prove this, like now.

"You have a way to counter that kind of attack? How is that possible?!"

In his excitement, Borsalino even forgot his previous caution and got too close to Kevin.

"nothing now."

Kevin's words brought him back to his original state, but he immediately said, "Some things may not succeed unless you do them. At least in my current plan, I can fight against that kind of weapon. And, maybe I need your help."

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(End of this chapter)