Until the Black Bird docked near Rogge Town, the third brother still had an enchanted smile on his face.
Looking at the ^-shaped pure steel welcome plaque at the port of Rogge Town, the third brother has already begun to fantasize about how he can enjoy life better in the future.
In the past, he was just Crocodile's subordinate, or in other words, he didn't know that his boss was Crocodile at that time.
Even so, he relied on his background and subordinates in the Baroque Works Company, as well as his own strength, to have an enviable life of red wine and swimming pools.
And now~.
I am a subordinate of the Tianlong people, so I am going to...
"Hey, what are you doing standing here? The adults have all disembarked!!!"
Next to the third brother, Kaku raised his foot and kicked his butt, causing him to calm down hard.
Until now, the third brother finally understood...
He may really have a bigger background, but there are also more people watching him, controlling him, monitoring and controlling him...
…
Gawain stepped off the Little Blackbird, which was used for landing. In front of him, the huge walkway of more than three kilometers at the port of Rogge Town was already filled with people kneeling to welcome him.
Gawain's eyes fell on the front of the crowd. Now there were more than two thousand sailors and more than twenty naval officers kneeling there, saluting Gawain respectfully.
This batch of navy made Gawain fully aware of the difference between the Four Seas Navy and the Great Route Navy.
The integrity in the hearts of the navy of the Grand Line made them simply salute Gawain even when they saw him.
But here in Sihai...
Well, once these people knelt down, they didn’t even want to get up again!
Looking at the kneeling navy, Gawain's eyes fell on one of the behemoths.
The man was kneeling at the front of the navy, but this was only one of the reasons why he stood out.
As for the rest, it's because this man has a huge physique that far exceeds that of ordinary people!
Not because he is a giant, but because he is as fat as a ball!
His swollen chest muscles hung disgustingly on his belly, and his plump belly was covered with thick body hair and hung limply on the ground.
The pure black body hair mixed with the dust on the ground made this person look particularly dirty, but other than that, this person's clothes and appearance made him look more like a businessman than a navy.
Behind Gawain, Smoker in the crowd looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help gritting his teeth.
"What the heck, eighteen branch base directors near Rogge Town came here at once, including the disgusting guy Admiral Nelson Roy.
Haha, the efficiency of these guys in hunting down pirates is terrible, but the speed at which they come here to flatter the Celestial Dragons is astonishingly fast!"
After the words fell, Smoker didn't care that his voice was heard by the kneeling navy soldiers. He puffed out the smoke disdainfully and turned his head to the side.
On the ground, the kneeling marines not only showed no dissatisfied expressions, but instead raised their heads and showed flattering smiles to Smoker.
Including that Admiral Nelson Roy!
Gawain glanced at the flattering smiles of the navy, and he probably understood what these navy were thinking, so he waved his hand.
"Everyone, please get up."
After the words fell, Gawain tapped his finger lightly, and fine lightning fell on the ground, causing all the people near him to stand up.
As they stood up, the crowd was like a wave, all of them straightened up from the ground.
Seeing people gradually getting up, Gawain nodded to Smoker.
"Smorg, go and hand over the work to your colleagues. In the next few months, you will perform security tasks on my ship.
Go ahead."
"I……?……."
After listening to Gawain's words, Smoker showed an expression of astonishment, and then he walked towards his colleagues feebly.
At the same time that Smoker was taking action, Gawain simply led the cadres through the crowd and walked towards the Rogge Town Square, about eight kilometers away.
Just after Gawain disappeared, the navy beside Smoker all chirped and approached Smoker.
Except for the extremely fat Admiral Nelson.
That guy obviously needed help from others to even walk, but he just tried his best to catch up with Gawain and chased him all the way in Gawain's direction.
Not to mention the desperate Admiral Nelson, we only talked about the navy near Smoker. Now they are laughing and chatting with Smoker.
One of the navy commanders patted Smoker's shoulder enthusiastically.
"Smorg, during the past period of time, neither I nor others, we all felt that you were out of place.
In other words, you guys are not willing to play with us at all, but you are just doing your own integrity and pursuing pirates, which makes us look stupid, corrupt and inactive.
Regarding this matter, haha, our group has been isolating you. Who knows if you are doing this to make others think that you are more worthy of being a navy than us?
Aloof, haha, that may be a compliment, but it will never be a way of life that will make you live a better life."
Having said this, the naval commander who spoke showed a bright smile. He turned back to look at his colleagues, and a group of navy officers suddenly laughed like prostitutes.
Immediately afterwards, the naval commander continued to speak.
"But now, hahaha, we finally understand you!
You are not as noble as you act. The reason why you are not gregarious is probably that you have something much stronger than us, that extreme spirit of desperately trying to climb up!
For those of us, when facing the arrival of the Celestial Dragons, we just want to welcome them and give them a good impression.
We don't even plan to break away from the navy camp and climb up to enjoy the power of the Celestial Dragons!
As a result, what we couldn't do yet, you, a navy man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually did it!
You guys are awesome!!!"
While giving a thumbs up, the naval commander excitedly patted Smoker on the shoulder.
"At the risk of not welcoming the Celestial Dragons on your back, you have to temporarily go to sea to hunt down pirates to show off in front of the Celestial Dragons.
Gee, why didn't we expect that? Although the pirates were hiding dozens of nautical miles away from the Tianlong route, with the strength of Gao Wensheng's men, how could they not notice such a distance!
You guys really performed well, you bastard really taught us a lot!
Smoker, from now on, you will be our role model, and we will definitely learn from you and strive to achieve more effective flattery!!!"
"I……!!!"
After listening to the naval commander's words and looking at the admiring expressions of other generals and commanders around him, Smoker was stunned.
He opened his eyes fiercely and said to everyone around him.
"I'm not who you think I am, you guys!
You guys collude with pirates, rob merchant ships, attack civilians, and collect bribes!
Do you think I will go along with you?"
"Haha, if we can't do it, we can't compare with you!"
After hearing Smoker's words, the naval commander laughed on the spot.
"The little bit of pediatrics we do is far behind you, and the things we do can't reach the heights of the Tianlong people!
Look at you now, tsk tsk, you are so enviable. Who are the people standing next to you?
Celestial Dragon, legendary pirate, former admiral, candidate for admiral, Shichibukai, natural fruit ability user!
Now you have joined the team!"
Having said this, the naval commander patted Smoker on the shoulder.
"Brother Smoker, we misunderstood you before. Brother, on behalf of everyone, I am here to solemnly apologize to you.
In the past, our group of people were ignorant of gold and jade, and regarded you, a guy who is far ahead of us, as a noble person who pretends to be reserved.
It's all my brothers' fault. Please bear with me, Smoker.
No matter what, we were once colleagues. Now that you have become successful, don’t forget us old colleagues.
If anything happens to us in the future, Smoker, you must extend your hand.
If you are willing, you can reach out and give us a hand when the time comes, and we will all remember your affection.
If you don't want to, then let you reach out and push us down. We won't be angry with you, but we will feel proud of you.
It’s better to let outsiders push me than to let you push me. At least we are our own people, right?
Ha ha!"
For a moment, the surrounding admirals were laughing very happily. After Smoker was recruited by Gawain to perform security tasks, they, the ordinary navy, could be considered as someone beside the Tianlong people!
As for the constant emphasis in Smoker's mouth, who would take it to heart?
Dirty people always look dirty to others.
You are powerful and noble, but how come you are so noble that you are beside the emperor and do the work that only eunuchs can do?
That obviously means that you are not ignorant, but that your means are higher than ours.
At least that's what the corrupted navy around them thought.
…
On the other hand, next to Gawain, Hancock moved forward while looking at the execution platform that was surrounded by crowds with his eyes that were rare for Gawain alone.
At this moment, Hancock's hair was flowing without any wind, and the domineering aura on her body was somewhat uncontrollable!
"Is this where the Pirate King died?"
Hancock murmured, and at the same time as she spoke, Sabo and Ace on the side also instinctively said at the same time.
"This is where he died."
"Is this where Ace's father died?"
After the words fell, Sabo and Ace looked at each other, and then Ace frowned and took a step forward.
"Uncle!" he called Gawain.
When Gawain looked towards him, Ace continued.
"I've already been here, and I'm not interested in continuing to see what's here. I don't understand why he made the decision to die on the execution platform, and I don't like such a decision even more!
This place makes me feel sick, so I plan to go somewhere else.
Uncle, I’m leaving.”
"Well, go ahead, have some fun, and bring Sabo, Iska and the others with you."
Gawain responded with a smile and patted Sabo on the shoulder.
"You brat, after arriving in Rogge Town, you will be one step closer to Luffy.
Don't worry, I will take you back to your hometown soon.
As for what you should do after you get home?
Before you go home, please take a time when you and I are both free, and I will come and have a good chat with you."
As he spoke, Gawain pushed Sabo on the back, pushing the nervous young man out of the crowd and letting him follow Ace.
While following Ace step by step, Sabo sighed quietly.
Hearing the sigh, Ace put his arm around Sabo's shoulders and asked with a smile.
"What's wrong, brother, what are you thinking about, sighing?"
"nothing."
Sabo shook his head.
"I was just thinking, what do you want to take me to play?"
"Why are you playing? How old are you to still play, haha!
The place I want to take you to is of course the largest tavern in Rogge Town!
We can’t spend all the salary our uncle gives us. If we don’t have a big drink in Rogge Town, we will have no choice but to continue drinking those free drinks on the Black Bird, boy!!!”
For a moment, Ace carried Sabo, Iska and Kella and headed straight to the largest tavern in Rogge Town.
Not long after, Ace's snoring could be heard in the tavern, and the occasional loud hiccup sounded.
…
After Ace left, Gawain raised his hand and pointed to the execution platform ahead.
"Everyone, don't you want to see the last scene Roger saw before he was alive?"
After the words fell, Gawain raised his feet and walked towards the execution platform.
Behind him, Rayleigh nodded slightly.
"Of course I do, haha. Although I have the strength of my arms, it is impossible for me to break through the many obstacles and get a good look at this execution platform.
Roger's decision really hurt a lot of people.
For us crew members, instead of obeying his order to disband the pirate group, we should risk our lives and have one last fight with the terminally ill Roger on the sea!
Whether it's attacking Mary Joa or Marlin Ford, instead of watching Roger being executed and us living alone, it's better for us to die vigorously with Roger!
In addition to us crew members, Ace, the kid, also had a lot of opinions on Roger.
Roger is obviously suffering from a terminal illness, but he still wants to leave Ace as his child before he dies.
In order to give birth to him, Ace's mother even tried her best to resist the instinct of giving birth and forced Ace to stay in her belly for a year.
This requires considerable strength to do. Ace's mother must be a person who is extremely proficient in returning life. Otherwise, ordinary women would not be able to do this.
But the price for doing this is that Ace has lost his parents since he was born..."
"not only that!"
Before Reilly finished speaking, Zefa couldn't help but spit.
"That guy Roger has done more than just harm to Ace and his mother.
Because of the information that Roger left a child, one year before Ace was born, that is, the year when Ace was supposed to be born normally.
All the children of school age who were born in Nanhai back then were executed under orders from the Five Old Stars!"
After finishing his words, Zefa gritted his teeth.
"That's hundreds of millions of children in the South China Sea, but not one of them was spared, and every one of them died!
Not to mention the great pirate era that started after this. Until now, thousands of pirates have robbed and ravaged every innocent island in the entire world!
This world has been exploited by the damn nobles for too long, and now, in addition to being exploited for money by the nobles and the Celestial Dragons, their lives are also threatened by pirates..."
Having said this, Zefa looked at Gawain, who had a heavy face in front of him.
"I'm talking about you, Gawain. Whether you like it or not, I have to let you know that you nobles and those pirates have really brought too many disasters to the sea!
Gawain, you must keep reality in mind and continue to walk bravely and diligently!
We, who carry so much responsibility, must give this sea a new look!!!"
At this moment, Mr. Zephyr's beard and hair were trembling, and he shouted to Gawain with passion.
Facing the old man's instructions, Gawain nodded lightly.
"I will do it.
Or rather, we will do it.”
After the words fell, Gawain walked past the nervous guards and climbed onto the execution platform.
The next moment, he was sitting on the execution platform, silently looking at the noisy and crowded crowd below.
"Is this what Roger saw before he died?
A group of people who wanted to watch the fun, but were inexplicably burned by the flames of the great secret treasure?"
After the words fell, Gawain sat on the execution platform and lit a cigarette.
"I see what you see, Roger.
But you can no longer see the pictures I brought to the sea.