After Xingtao's killing intent subsided, Shanks and Rayleigh were unable to speak for a long time.They are not too young, and it is impossible for them to be like a stubborn Luffy, rushing forward without knowing what to say.

Moreover, in terms of strength, at the level of Shanks, it is basically the peak. It is almost impossible for Shanks to continue to improve.As for Rayleigh, he is getting older and older, his strength will definitely continue to decline in the future, and he has no capital to fight against Xingtao.

In this silence, all the branches stretched out by the divine tree were retracted, and Xingtao clearly saw that there were nearly twenty more patterns on the fruit at the top of the divine tree.

For those who fainted, their Devil Fruits have all been extracted by the Divine Tree.Only Dorag and several captains of the Whitebeard Pirates ran out.

As for Quan, as early as when Kaido died, she received Xingtao's instructions and led the team to leave.

Chapter 167 The root cause of being a pirate

After taking back the sacred tree, Xingtao shouted loudly: "Dorag of the Revolutionary Army, please come over and talk!!"

Drago, who was about to run away before, frowned, stopped, and glanced at Xingtao hesitantly.He really didn't know if he should listen to Xingtao's words and run back.

When I fought with Hawkeye before, I couldn't see anything, but killing Kaido completely shocked everyone.Xingtao's strength was completely beyond Dorag's expectations. He asked himself that he would never be Xingtao's opponent. Even if he teamed up with Red-haired Shanks and Hades Rayleigh, he might not be able to surpass Xingtao. .

But these things went through a little in his mind, and then Drago turned around and flew towards Xingtao.

As the leader of the revolutionary army, since he has appeared, there is no need to hide, otherwise his reputation will not be good.Moreover, he is also the owner of the domineering and domineering, even if it is to die, it is unlikely that he will deliberately avoid anyone.

Soon, Dorag came to Xingtao and the others, and he stared at Xingtao: "What's the matter with me?"

Xingtao waved his hand, indicating that Drago should not worry.

Then Xingtao looked at Reilly and Shanks, and said with a chuckle, "Reilly, Shanks, what do you think a pirate is?"

The two were stunned for a moment, but Xingtao asked this question at this time.However, both of them adhered to Roger's thinking and replied at the same time: "Pirates are the freest people in the sea!!"

"Then what do you think freedom is?" Xingtao said lightly, "Is it not bound by the law, indulging one's own emotions and desires, or burning, killing and looting, or showing compassion for others; or wanting to run around and see Different characters, landscapes; or simply do not want to be bound by any constraints, simply let go of yourself?"

"Haha!!" Reilly smiled and said, "As an old man who has been in seclusion, I don't think about these things anymore, I just want to spend my old age peacefully and peacefully."

Shanks on the side said: "I don't know what others are like, but for me, the so-called freedom is to fulfill my dreams. My dream is to form my own pirate group and travel around world!!"

"Then after you formed a pirate group, you lived in the new world for more than ten years!?" Xingtao sneered, "In terms of area, the four seas are not smaller than the Great Route, not to mention the new ones that only account for half of the Great Route. world?"

"..." Red-haired Shanks fell silent.

His dream is indeed to travel around the world, but people can't help themselves in the arena.After forming the pirate group, he must think about the companions in his pirate group, as well as the forces that rely on him.He is no longer a person, no longer just the person who was simply chasing his dreams.

If it was himself, of course he would go around the world, but after having a vote of a younger brother, he would inevitably run around for the younger brother.

Speaking of which, the red-haired Shanks' own dreams are self-contradictory.Forming a pirate group and traveling around the world have inherent conflicts.A person can travel around the world freely, but with a large group of people, it is difficult for them to eat, drink, and live, and everyone has different dreams.

Seeing that Shanks was silent, Xingtao said lightly: "Speaking of which, since your dream is to travel around the world, why do you have to use the name of a pirate? It is called 'adventure team', 'exploration team', Isn't the 'tour group' bad? Why do you have to be a thief?"

Without waiting for Shanks to answer, Xingtao said leisurely: "Speaking of which, this is Roger's sin. He made the title pirate vigorous, making countless people yearn for it, which is also the endless emergence of pirates over the years. The reason. And I have to say that 99.9% of the pirates are the scum of the world, and their sins will never be atonement!!”

With that said, Xingtao turned his gaze to Shanks again, and said, "I killed Gilde Tezzolo. I heard that he often offers money to your pirates!?"

"Not bad!! Our Pirates took his money." Shanks nodded, he seemed to guess what Xingtao wanted to say, he continued, "It's not just him, our Pirates Various countries and families within the sphere of influence have offered money to our pirate group; as a price, we will protect them from harassment by other pirates and those government officials!!"

"Actually... in the end, the reason why you chose the name 'Pirate' is because you like these ill-gotten gains!!" Xingtao said lightly, "Thieves don't have their own property. , those who need to absorb the fat of the people from other places to survive, either steal, rob, or threaten..."

"If you use the banners of 'adventure team', 'exploration team', and 'tour group', wouldn't it be impossible to get the funds to enjoy justifiably at that time?" Xingtao said contemptuously, "Speaking of which, 'thief' This title, for honest people, has a natural deterrent power in itself. This also makes your efforts far less than the gains."

"Securely take the fruits of honest people's labor to pursue your dreams, this is the status quo of your pirates!!" Xingtao finally said, "And this is only a part of the more peaceful pirates, as for those who wantonly indulge themselves , burn and kill the pirates who loot..."

"Enough!!" Shanks shouted violently, interrupting Xingtao's words, and at the same time, his tyrannical arrogance also burst out with this violent drink.

Of course, for everyone present, this level of overlordism is just a breeze.

"You don't agree with my opinion?" Xingtao chuckled, "Then tell yourself, you insist on using the banner of 'Pirates', what is the specific reason? It's really not because of the high profits of pirates. What? Freedom, it's just an excuse for you..."

"If you use the titles of 'adventure team', 'exploration team', and 'tour group', without the sponsorship of the sponsor, it will be difficult to obtain the funds necessary for the operation!!" Xingtao sneered, "When the time comes, you will have to To get action funds by engaging in activities that you don't want to do every day, you will naturally be 'not free'."

Chapter 168 Pirates' "Freedom"

For most people, the so-called "freedom" is to do what they want to do.And things like work are exactly what most people don't want to do.This is even more true for Shanks et al.So the best way is to find a business that pays fast, and then use the money to support yourself in finding your dreams.

And "Pirates" is precisely this kind of business with quick money! !

There is no need to steal or rob, just show your strength and help others solve some problems.Then the other party can get a lot of money beyond work because of the name and strength of "Pirate"! !

This is Shanks and their way of making money.

This is still the way to make money for a pirate group like Shanks with a good style; as for Kidd in Supernova, it is directly burning, killing and looting.

To be practical, in Xingtao's eyes, Shanks and the others are not as good as Doflamingo! !

At least Doflamingo has his own business, such as arms trade, casinos, human traffickers and the like.

Apart from the taint of being a "human trafficker", Doflamingo is actually conducting legitimate business; rather than saying that Doflamingo is a pirate, it is better to say that he is a businessman! !

The people in the original book are also very funny. They attribute all the sins of the war to Doflamingo who sells weapons. It seems that without his weapons, the world will be peaceful?To be honest, they brought down Doflamingo, but they were temporarily without weapons. After finding new arms dealers in the future, they should fight!

In fact, there is a deep thing hidden in the original work of "One Piece", that is - money.

When Luffy first went to sea, he had no money, so he set out in a wooden barrel.But can you expect to conquer the sea and conquer the great sea route by relying on the barrel?

As for the later ship, the Golden Merry, it was a gift from others after he helped others.But it is basically the limit to send such a ship as a gift with a length of ten or twenty meters.

You know, even in the navy with the financial support of the world government, every warship is very precious.

Without a good ship, what will be used to conquer the sea?Not to mention dreams.

Later, the Wanli Sunshine number was completely acquired at a price lower than the cost price.You must know that the original Luffy and the others only paid for the material fee, and the design fee and labor fee were not paid at all; as well as the later maintenance fee, it was also because Franky was on the boat, so no money was taken.In fact, these are the bulk of the ship.

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