Xia Qi on the side couldn't help laughing. After everyone looked at her, Xia Qi lit another cigarette and joked while smoking.
"You have already made an agreement, but you don't seem to have considered Hancock's ideas, right?"
After finishing her words, Xia Qi blew out a smoke ring and shook her head leisurely.
"It's a pity little Hancock, her hometown is going to be ruined by the two of you."
"Haha, it's not me who has the final say. The person who asked me to wait on that island is the highest level of the world government, the Celestial Dragons who are the world's nobles~"
Rayleigh pursed his lips, acting scared.
"Tsk tsk, that's an order from the Celestial Dragon. If I don't obey him, I will be captured and made a slave.
So I can only reluctantly go to Nine Snake Island and watch those young girls with pain."
After speaking, Rayleigh took a sip of the wine and let the wine roll around on his tongue twice. Then he asked Gawain.
"By the way, little brother Gao Wen, your choice won't be a whim, right?
Are you...are you interested in the Shichibukai, or are you interested in women?"
Having said this, Rayleigh raised his hand to wipe his long white hair and chuckled.
"Look what I'm talking about. How can a person who regards women as everything awaken his lust for dominance? Is your goal to collect all the women in the world? How is that possible!"
After the words fell, Rayleigh picked up the wine bottle and took another sip of wine.
"Ha~."
Breathing out the breath of alcohol, Rayleigh propped his elbows on the bar and his head on his palms.
"So, with the domineering aura burning in your chest and the ambition brewing in your mind, is the first force you set your sights on, the Shichibukai?
So regarding the Dragon Palace Royal City and his party, your purpose is not just to return those young mermaids as Musgarud thought, right?
That young man Jinbei has always been protecting his country, but when you leave, I’m afraid I’ll see Jinbei on Kuji Island, right?”
Rayleigh smiled meaningfully.
On the side, listening to Rayleigh's words, Gawain thought for a moment, and then nodded simply.
"You're right."
As soon as he said this, Lei Li laughed knowingly, while Xia Qi beside him took a long puff of cigarette thoughtfully.
As for Di Yuan, she took a bite of the marshmallow and frowned.
The next colleague will be the fat... strong fishman who is so loyal that even though he is a pirate, he has a good reputation even in the navy. Is the sea hero Jinbei?
Thinking of this, Di Yuan rubbed the handle of his knife with his left hand.
She had fought Jinbei more than once. On land, Jinbei was no match for her.
But if we were in Dragon Palace City, in that kingdom 10,000 meters under the sea...
Di Yuan gritted his teeth. If the war really started at the bottom of the sea, he might not be able to handle it!
For a moment, Di Yuan's movements of biting marshmallows were two points faster. She still needs to improve further. If she has the strength of Mr. Garp, let alone defeat a fishman ten thousand meters under the sea.
With Mr. Garp's strength, even in a fight in the lava, he can beat Mr. Sakaski to death!
Not mentioning Di Yuan's small frustration, Gawain took a sip of wine and continued to speak with a smile.
"Rayleigh, you pirates always like to talk about things like freedom, dreams, and ambitions.
But for me, none of the above-mentioned things are more important than realizing the value of my own life.
I think you can also guess that although I am a Celestial Dragon, I don't like the life of Mary Joa, and I don't think much of my boring compatriots.
So should I abandon my identity as a Celestial Dragon and join the navy, or occupy a certain kingdom and become the king?
Don't mention pirates to me, thieves are thieves after all, I'm not that depraved, haha.
In short, I won't do that. Giving up your identity may be free and free enough, but Don Quixote Huo Minggu has already proved how stupid that kind of thing is.
But I really don’t like today’s world. There are too many things in this world that I don’t like.
The world is in chaos, heroes are rising together, and people are pursuing and admiring the identity of the thief like a madman?
That captain of yours, Roger, haha.
A pirate king who brought trouble to the sea.
His actions caused civilians, the most basic building of all social structures, to completely lose their stable environment.
Isn't he the Pirate King? He should be called a poisonous person who brings chaos to the country."
Gawain swallowed a sip of wine and then waited silently for everyone's reaction. After a while, Rayleigh patted Gawain's arm.
"Although I don't agree with your views on my captain, this is a tavern and you and I are drinkers. I am willing to listen to your thoughts.
what you up to?"
"To rule the world, of course."
Gawain answered very easily.
"This is not a dream of mine, nor is it an ambition of mine. My identity as a Celestial Dragon has long been established at the highest point in the world. Although the highest position in the world government is the Five Old Stars, the Five Old Stars are also Celestial Dragons.
So for me, if I want something less great, it will always come to me, and that's it.
So my only pleasure is to realize the value of my life. My life should not be spent with countless things that make me dissatisfied.
If I don't like it, I don't have to destroy it.
I should master it!"
After the words fell, Gawain stretched out his hand towards Xia Qi.
"Let's have a cigarette, Xia Qi."
"uh-huh."
Xia Qi handed Gawain a cigarette and lit it.
After taking a puff of smoke, Gawain looked at everyone with a smile.
"I don't believe there is any destiny in this world. Since I am in this world, then I am destiny.
Rayleigh, you are right. I have indeed set my sights on the emerging force of the Shichibukai. If I were to build a force from scratch, it would not be impossible, but it would be too slow.
If you don't want to rule the world, forget about it. If you do, you should seize the day!
How many forces were there in this world?
Pirates, world government, more than one hundred and seventy alliance countries, that's all.
Triangle, what a stable relationship, but later the Revolutionary Army was added, and then the Shichibukai were added.
Those members of the King's Shichibukai are far from taking the World Government seriously. At best, they are just thorns in the side and do not listen to propaganda.
You see, they are not very obedient, but they have a considerable degree of strength and power. As long as they are truly twisted into a rope, the New World may not be able to defeat it, but the Grand Line can definitely be controlled very well.
In addition, I hope to bring a new voice to a world full of pirates through the Shichibukai.
Men and women wandering on the sea may not necessarily have to choose between pirates and navy.
They can sail across the sea under another name."
After the words fell, Gawain put down his cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke into the air.
Looking at the curling smoke and the silent crowd, Gawain said leisurely.
"Of course, everything is not as simple as I said. Conquest is not like playing chess. You can win by using the right chess pieces.
Political core, people's livelihood, science and technology, there are many other things that I need to consider.
But I don’t have to look that far ahead, I just need to take one step at a time and keep doing it in a suitable way.”
Gawain's left hand gently drew a circle on the bar.
"For now, I just need to see the current Shichibukai.
Recruit those who can be recruited, and those who cannot be recruited, kill him and replace him with one who can be recruited.
Integrate them together, take good control of the Grand Route, and then through the control of the Grand Route, recruit enough talents to carry out scientific research, culture and education, infrastructure, publicity and other matters.
If there weren't overlords and so many weird Devil Fruits in this world, I actually have a better way, such as making full use of every civilian in the world and planting red flags on every mountaintop.
I exchange stability and equality for their admiration and obedience. This is fair, isn't it?
But it is a pity that the transportation is too inconvenient, and the overlord color makes the civilians lose the opportunity to charge and resist. People with overlord color can stun tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands with just one exertion of strength and will.
Insufficient people.
So I don't need civilians to fight for me, I just need enough people's hearts!
I want them to know that when the emerging talents among them decide to excel, they don't have to just become pirates or join the navy.
I want them to know that they can still choose me, and I am their best choice!"
When the words fell, the cigarette in Gawain's mouth was almost burned out.
Putting down his cigarette butt, Gawain glanced at Leili who was listening intently and asked softly.
"how do you feel?"
"No, if you are not a Celestial Dragon, then this idea is really childish.
But you are, so I can hardly see the possibility of your failure.
There are so many points that you can take advantage of. For Jinbei, just a piece of paper that brings equality to the fishmen can almost buy him and the power of the entire Ryugu Kingdom.
That article is difficult for both the navy and the pirates to deal with, but it is easy for you!
And Hancock, the lives of the people on Nine Snake Island are her eternal weakness. In front of the Demon-Slaying Order, as the queen, she has no choice!
Bear, Crocodile, Moria, and Doflamingo, they are even simpler than the above two.
In the Shichibukai, the only one that is more difficult to deal with is Hawkeye, but you can replace him.
Relying on the Shichibukai's influence and rule over the Grand Line, although the number of people was slightly smaller in the early stage, after gradually being replenished, the young people who had traveled from all over the world simply could not resist it.
Talents and funds will be endless with you!
I have almost seen that the next era of the Grand Line will be called Gawain!"
As he spoke, Rayleigh rubbed his beard angrily.
"If those are your goals, then I can hardly find the possibility of your failure. So, are those your goals only?"
"Of course not, old man, I still have many ideas.
What I told you is only a small part that is the simplest and least likely to fail if revealed!"
"Next, you said seize the day, why are you anxious, and how can you speed up?"
"I can't tell you that now, Rayleigh!"
"If not now, then when?"
"I'll talk to you when you get on my boat."
"Absolutely impossible, I even want to kill you, because you really might make young pirates all over the world lose their dreams!"
"A pirate's dream will only bring more pain to non-pirates!
Besides, nothing is impossible in this world. One day, you will stand by my side.
