area51novel Chapter 66: Do you want to grasp the future?
Chapter 66: Do you want to grasp the future?
Chapter 67: Do you want to grasp the future?
With a gentle push, Oro closed the door to the sealed chamber. This specially made coral door was thick and heavy, and it closed without making a sound.
The room had no windows, and apart from the lights embedded in the ceiling, there were only two sofas and a door.
There wasn't even a coffee table between the sofas, and the transparent crystal sofa fixed to the floor couldn't be moved.
For a moment, Oro couldn't figure out what Neptune would normally do with this room.
The muscular man with purple hair was sitting on the sofa across the hall.
There was no sadness on the face of the man who had just lost his wife and child; his face was expressionless, surprisingly calm.
Seeing Oro enter, he stiffly stood up and nodded to Oro.
A soulless walking corpse, moving mechanically with only a breath left—that was Oro's first impression of this man.
If you disregard appearance, he is no longer the same naval vice admiral who upheld justice and rescued people in the Sabaody Archipelago five years ago.
"Black Arm Zephyr, I've long admired your name."
Oro walked to the sofa opposite Zefa and sat down casually.
Zefa also sat down with his back straight, but the posture was more like squatting in a horse stance than sitting.
Zephyr took a thick plan from his naval uniform and silently handed it to Oro without saying a word.
Auro glanced at Zephyr before taking the plan and flipping through it: "A pirate hunting team? Oh my, what an interesting idea."
"Hmm—the required investment isn't small either. Why did you think of me, Lieutenant General? Didn't the World Government allocate any funds to Marineford this year?"
Zephyr was silent for a while before stiffly speaking: "In the shared intelligence database of the World Government and CP, your assets are more than the king of loan sharks."
After that, there was another silence.
Auro quickly flipped through the plan, then held it up to Zephyr: "Why is there only a section about pirates in the plan?"
"Because the mastermind is too powerful to offend, they only dare to vent their anger by scapegoating?"
"Or have you already received forgiveness from the World Government and the Celestial Dragons?"
"The noble Celestial Dragons have forgiven you for interfering with their mermaid-catching amusement?"
"The price of forgiveness is a pregnant woman?"
"Boom! Buzz!"
Ouro's solidified Conqueror's Haki prevented his dark arms, which were swirling with thick Armament Haki, from advancing an inch further.
With just one sentence, Oro revitalized this colorless, decadent man, filling him with boundless energy, almost overflowing with it.
"Wow, you guessed it? How pitiful. Poor innocent mother who married an incompetent husband, poor unborn child with a cowardly father."
Auro delivered another fatal blow, perfectly breaking through the opponent's defense, and the true damage from the critical hit exploded!
The dark arms that were held in place by Oro's Conqueror's Haki began to slowly move forward again.
Oro snorted disdainfully, his dark arms once again frozen in place: "You think you can get close to me without Conqueror's Haki?"
"Oh, that makes sense. How could someone who hasn't mustered the courage to avenge the murder of their wife and the loss of their child possibly possess Conqueror's Haki?"
Zefa: "[Text content violates regulations and has been blocked]"
As dusk fell and another day drew to a close, King Neptune of Fishman Island paced anxiously in a corridor with only one entrance.
It's been several days! Why haven't these two reached an agreement yet? Are they stuck?
After asking Neptune on the first day, Gale and Lingling went to guard the door of the closed room at the deepest part of the corridor.
in the room.
Zephyr, who was tied to the wall with the golden earth-shaped frame, was panting heavily. His vice admiral uniform had been torn to shreds by Oro's Conqueror's Haki during their confrontation.
A pair of eyes stared unblinkingly at Oro, who sat leisurely on the crystal sofa from beginning to end.
"Good eyesight. What? Still have energy left to use? Come on, keep going."
Oro leaned back on the sofa, speaking with a relaxed and content tone.
Training a falcon is outdated; Oro is training himself to become a vice admiral! And a high-level one at that, with decent Armament Haki!
"The Golden Emperor! Orikum Oro!"
Zefa shouted hoarsely, causing Oro to nod his head at him: "That's me. What brings you here?"
"What exactly do you want to do!"
"I'll give you a chance for revenge."
As Auro finished speaking, the closed room fell silent once again.
Auro waited patiently for quite a while before hearing Zefa's hoarse voice ring out again.
"The Navy won't let you rebel against the World Government, and you—you want to fight against the Navy?"
Oro tilted his head and made an enlarging gesture with his hand: "My friend, can you broaden your perspective a bit?"
"Does rebelling against the World Government necessarily mean fighting against the Navy?"
"There are still quite a few people in the Navy who uphold their own sense of justice, and I admire them."
"If one day those naval forces that uphold justice see hope in practicing justice, even if they don't want to rebel against the World Government, why should they be my enemy?"
"The Kingdom of Jaya, under the rule of the Golden Emperor, is a paradise within this sea known as Paradise," these were said by your classmate, Vice Admiral Tsuru.
Zefa, bound high to the wall, looked at Oro's young face: "What if some people's sense of justice makes them turn against you?"
Oro suddenly stood up and shouted, "There hasn't been a large-scale conflict in the waters of the Kingdom of Jaya for five years! Five years! A full five years!"
"Has such a record ever been set in any sea area with a population exceeding one million?"
"What? Can justice that destroys peace be called justice?!"
"If one lacks a sense of justice, what does it matter to the navy that embodies it?"
Zephyr stared blankly at Oro: "You want to recruit me?"
He directly exposed Oro's purpose in spending so many days with him, seemingly trying to calm him down and tell him that Oro's words were an act, that he had ulterior motives.
Without a hint of guilt, Auro spread his arms wide and readily admitted, "Of course! My time is more precious than you think, and my wealth is far greater than you know."
"I can easily support you in building 100 pirate hunting teams!"
"Or, accept my suggestion, a suggestion with a broader perspective!"
"—What, what suggestion?"
Zefa, who was slowly lowered from the wall by Auro, stared blankly at Auro's tall, straight figure and asked a question.
"The Navy, a new Navy!"
"You will build a navy that not only wears justice on its body, but also carries justice in its heart!"
"A true navy! A true force of justice!"
Oro strode up to Zefa and stretched out his hand forcefully: "I completely covered this room with gold when I entered, so no one can get around me and hear our conversation."
"Even if you join me, you don't have to leave the Navy immediately. I will give you ample time to settle your subordinates and your friends."
"Now! All you need to do is follow the justice in your heart and make your choice!"
"Will you succumb to the corrupt world government, or will you avenge your loved ones and seize a future where justice prevails!"