Listening to Crocodile's mildly enlightened statement, Gawain narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded.
"You are right, Crocodile. In some aspects, the East China Sea has special advantages that the other four seas do not have!"
I saw Gawain raising his right hand, and thunder and lightning continued to condense in his hand, and then evolved into the general appearance of the planet today.
That is, the New World and the Grand Line split the planet into two, and then the ocean currents cut it into four seas.
At the same time, Gawain's armed color quietly climbed onto the Thunder Planet, dyeing the Alabasta route, the grand route within it, a deep black.
Gawain continued in due course.
“What we are going to do is something new that has never been seen on the ocean before.
Although both you and I firmly believe that is right.
But for civilians around the world, a new life that they have never been exposed to and personally experienced may not be something worth looking forward to.
Many people in the world have a pessimistic attitude towards the unknown.
In particular, no matter what kind of dilemma we are in, there will be a comfort zone around us...
Even if we are thrown into a concentration camp, when we endure unbearable torture, when we face a life of starvation.
Maybe at night, even the little bits of moonlight coming from the small window of the prison can bring us short-term sweetness and at the same time become our comfort zone in hell.
At this time, if we are about to be transferred to a luxury single-person concentration camp, no matter how beautiful others describe the place we are about to arrive, we will tremble on the way out.
At that time, we will be afraid of the unknown future while painfully missing that glimmer of moonlight in hell.
Human beings are like this. We always find our own comfort zone in different environments!"
"Hiss...!"
"Ouch!"
"Well……."
Gawain's words not only made Crocodile tremble for a moment.
Big Bear and Robin behind him quickly took out pen and paper to record it after being distracted for a moment!
While Big Bear and the two were recording rapidly, Gawain did not stop speaking. He continued to speak softly to Crocodile with his eyes that were as clear as the bright moon.
"Now, we are bringing an unknown life to the world.
No matter what kind of life we claim to make people live, we are actually forcibly breaking their existing life rhythm and driving them out of their current comfort zone!
If we are going to face resistance and resistance from all over the world in the future, then we must not complain or even hate those who regard us as our enemies.
We can pity their ignorance, but we cannot laugh at their short-sightedness, because our vision and theirs are not at the same level from the beginning.
We cannot have bad feelings towards others just because they do not understand us.
What we have to do is to find a way for them to understand as much as possible!”
Gawain raised his hand and made a crisp, thunderous snap of his fingers.
“Remember, when people don’t agree with our depiction of the future, it’s the fault of superiors like you and me, because we failed to make them understand in a better way!
And if people don't recognize the changes we've made to them, it's still the fault of superiors like you and me, and this mistake is even more serious than the last one.
Because if we have changed their lives and they still don’t recognize us, it’s not that they don’t understand us, but that we don’t understand them.”
Having said this, Gawain gently patted Crocodile on the shoulder.
"We have to understand the world, at least sometimes, we have to think from their perspective.
For example, we have been planting our flags on the islands on the route.
Looking at the flying flag of Black Bird, if we are islanders who have not waited for our arrival, then we may not be looking forward to the arrival of Black Bird.
You and I who have walked this road, and the people who have been affected by you and me, are truly experiencing and about to welcome the changes we have brought about.
Only those who have experienced it personally understand that our behavior is not simply oppression and aggression.
So what should we do to get more countries to accept our existence?
The way to solve this problem is not to expand blindly to give more unknowns to others.
What we have to do is to create a future that has come to a conclusion and is no longer unknown before they even have time to realize the unknowns we have brought!
To put it simply, if we go to the North Sea or the West Sea, we will directly leave the unknown to a series of countries with super strong armed forces, such as the Kingdom of Flowers.
But when we go to the East China Sea, we will use the weakness of this sea area to prevent other countries from being extremely resistant to the fact that we are creating a new pattern in the East China Sea, and to create a future that has truly been changed by us!
By then, the East China Sea will be the most eye-catching sea of stars, and the pictures of the future we have created will spread to the four seas at the fastest speed and join the vision of other countries in the Great Sea and the New World.
There is only one outcome, nothing more than success or failure.
The processes are diverse, and it is the process that determines success or failure.
So, Crocodile, do you understand my purpose?"
After saying that, Gawain looked at Crocodile gently.
As for Crocodile, he opened his mouth slightly and kept moving his head up and down.
"I understand, sir!"
Crocodile's tone became much more enthusiastic, and that enthusiasm was even mixed with a little anxiety and excitement.
After listening to Gawain's judgment about the future and the way he decided to act based on it, Crocodile always felt that the possibility of Gawain's success was increasing infinitely!
From now on, Gawain's success is exactly the success of his Sand Crocodile!
As a result, Crocodile's torn face showed an increasingly excited smile!
Looking at Crocodile's knowing sneer...
Gawain couldn't help but pursed his lips.
Here we go again, here we go again, right?
After Xi Liu, there was another guy who kept giving him that fierce sneer!!!
Why…….
As an excellent captain, what can Gawain do? He can only accept his own crew.
Who told his crew that they were all so good that he couldn't bear to let them go?
Even Crocodile!
Looking at Lao Sha, Gawain took a deep breath. Countless data were spinning in his mind.
Although in the original plot, Crocodile was ruthlessly defeated by Luffy who had a bounty of 30 million...
That's right, when Luffy defeated Crocodile, the bounty was only 30 million!
And the most outrageous thing is that Luffy, who defeated Crocodile, only had a bounty of 100 million!
Because of this, Crocodile almost became a shame in the Shichibukai!
Everyone felt that Crocodile was too weak. He was so weak that he almost slandered the reputation of the Shichibukai!
And because of Crocodile's bounty, Whitebeard's strength has been underestimated by countless people.
After all, in the original plot of One Piece, even such a weak Crocodile was able to fight Whitebeard a few times in the battle on top!
Luffy defeated Lao Sha, and Lao Sha and Whitebeard were able to touch each other a little.
In this comparison, Whitebeard should not be much stronger than Luffy at that time, right?
But it turns out that many people were wrong.
Because two years after the War on the Top, that is, four and a half years after Gawain's current timeline.
When the World Government abolished the Shichibukai system and placed the Shichibukai on wanted orders again...
Crocodile's bounty has soared to 1.99 billion!
Infinitely close to two billion, this bounty surpasses almost every lieutenant of the Four Emperors!
Although this bounty does not prove that Crocodile is better than Marco and Katakuri, from a side perspective, Laosha is at least someone who can stand alongside Marco and Katakuri!
At the same time, in the Shichibukai system, Lao Sha's strength is barely enough to rank among the top three.
Big Bear is the second in command of the Revolutionary Army. If the Revolutionary Army is a pirate group, then Big Bear's identity can be equivalent to Dragon's deputy.
At least he is no worse than Sand Crocodile.
Again, Brother Ming, this guy has always been a tit-for-tat character with Lao Sha.
No matter whether they are at the top or behind, as long as they are in the same frame, he and Lao Sha will always be at odds with each other.
Therefore, if Brother Ming is not a Qibukai, then his reward will not be much worse than Lao Sha at least!
Next, let’s talk about Hawkeye, the world’s number one swordsman. After losing his identity as the Shichibukai, his bounty directly reached 3.59 billion!
Infinitely close to 3.6 billion!
This bounty is already nearly 1.4 billion higher than that of Blackbeard...
It is conceivable that the top spot in the Shichibukai, the legendary strongest swordsman, Hawkeye's strength is at least a monster-like general level!
Considering that Hawkeye doesn’t even have a force or a team, his personal bounty data of 3.6 billion is even more valuable than the Yonko’s bounty!
So let's see, Crocodile's bounty of 1.99 billion is actually not necessarily among the top three among the seven people in the first batch of Shichibukai...
There are only seven people in total. As a result, the pirates with a bounty of around 2 billion may not even be among the top three.
One can imagine how valuable the power of the Shichibukai is!!!
And apart from the four people mentioned above….
Although Moonlight Moria seems to have fallen a lot, his background is no different from that of Sand Crocodile!
Sand Crocodile challenged Whitebeard, but after failing, he went into seclusion and was eventually recruited by the World Government.
Moria challenged Kaido, but also failed and went into seclusion, and was then recruited by the World Government.
No matter how depraved Moria is, he won't be instantly killed by Crocodile, right?
Crocodile has a bounty of 1.9 billion, should Moria have a bounty of 1.4 billion to 1.5 billion?
And then there’s Empress Hancock!
You know, Empress Hancock is the same age as Gawain, she is a completely younger generation.
In addition, the empress has a unique domineering aura, which can add a lot of points to her combat effectiveness!
Even if Hancock may not be Lao Sha's opponent because of his youth, it's really hard to compare Hancock and Moriah as to who is stronger and who is weaker. At least they have to fight to find out!
Looking at it this way, the empress' reward should be over a billion dollars.
As for Jinbei, the last one left...
This animal who is always startled and has a very long reflex arc has all his abilities in the water.
On land, he may not be the opponent of any other former Shichibukai.
But in the sea, there is a saying.
Jinbe can beat six with one.
Because five of the other six Shichibukai will be destroyed as soon as they enter the sea water...
In short, this is the gold content of the older generation of Shichibukai. The first batch of Shichibukai selected by the five old stars in the sea are all elites with extremely high gold content!
And this has now become Gao Wen’s basic plan!
Thinking of this, Gawain's eyes gradually deepened. After he saw Luffy, he should also deal with the problems of the other three Shichibukai!
When I return, I will first go to the Devil's Triangle, take Rab to meet Brooke, and deal with Moonlight Moria at the same time.
Then, he went to attend the world conference.
After the World Congress in 1520, he went to the New World to meet the confused child of Don Quixote's family.
Then when he meets Kaido and Big Mom respectively, the real war will begin!
By then, he will block the Grand Line.
By the way, Hawkeye….
Thinking of Eagle Eye, Gawain's eyebrows twitched slightly.
If we say, what kind of person is the most helpless for the most powerful speaker in the world?
That kind of person must be someone who cannot be seduced by an orator!
Hawkeye's lifelong pursuit is the supreme swordsmanship!
But he is already the strongest swordsman in the pirate world...
Where else could I conjure up a stronger swordsman and send it to him?
There is no way he can achieve Hawkeye's goal, and Hawkeye is almost impossible to convince!
If he wants to convince Hawkeye with his words alone, unless Gawain can open the door to another world and find someone from other worlds who can bring excitement to Hawkeye.
But the door to another world...
Gawain couldn't help but think of the palace sleeping in his heart. On his first day in the pirate world, he saw the palace belonging to Great Qin!
Although the palace has disappeared since then, Gawain has been looking forward to it until now.
If that thing was more than just a dream, he wouldn't want himself, the "Emperor", to conquer just one planet under his feet, would he?
That is the palace of Da Qin!!!
But that palace was too far away from his current self. Gawain shook his head and shook it out of his mind.
He didn't expect to rely on things in his dreams to attract Hawkeye.
I saw him lightly clenching his fists.
Instead of looking forward to what he dreamed of, he should continue to improve his strength and swordsmanship.
He is one of the fastest men on the sea. With such an advantage, even if his swordsmanship is not as good as that of Hawkeye, he may still become the opponent that Hawkeye expects, right?
Is it possible?
Suddenly, Gawain laughed in relief, wondering what he was thinking.
His plan doesn’t require Hawkeye!
There is no shortage of monsters on the Black Bird. Although there are very few young monsters, the sunset is also red.
Besides, his crew has the potential to be some of the best on the sea!
Don't talk about young people like Ace.
Even Robin had a bounty of 960 million in five years.
Nearly one billion, this number is higher than Smoothie from the Three Dessert Stars of Auntie Group!
Some people may say that Robin's bounty is due to the knowledge in his mind.
Because she can interpret historical texts and find Raff Drew, that's why she is so high.
But if you think about it carefully, Robin as a child can still decipher historical texts and find Raff Drew, but as a child she only has a reward of 89 million.
Even if the ability to interpret historical text is worth 100 million, Robin's own strength has reached a level close to 900 million.
This can only mean that in the next five years, Robin may have developed Huahua Fruit to the point of awakening.
Otherwise, how could she have a bounty equivalent to that of General Star and Big Kanban?
Thinking of this, Gawain's pressure suddenly became much lighter.
It's just Eagle Eye. I'm lucky to get him, but I'm going to lose my life. Just deal with him according to the original plan.
And myself….
Looking at the vast sea in the distance and the flashing thunder ball in his hand.
Gawain sighed leisurely.
He has managed a group of quite outstanding subordinates.
If, with such power, he cannot defeat all ignorance and primitiveness to the greatest extent, and paint the world with a unified color, then he is a bit too bad!
While Gawain was thinking this, the sound of a phone bug suddenly rang from the big bear behind him.
The big bear nodded to Gawain, then picked up the phone and left.
Gawain's heart network noticed that the big bear was walking towards the distance at this time, and his fingers were trembling slightly!
Soon after, the big bear returned to Gawain.
He stayed in front of Gawain, hesitated for a long time and then whispered.