Comic series: Starting from Pirates to Cultivate the True Self

"Mo Xingchen! When the meeting is over, write me a 10,000-word self-criticism!"

Zhan Guo watched Mo Xingchen slowly walk around from behind him to sit next to Xiao He, and he was so angry that he scolded him,

"Yes~General Sengoku."

Mo Xingchen spoke lazily, as if he was not the one who took action just now.

The sharp-eyed people saw that a drop of blood on Sakaski's forehead was evaporated by his fruit ability, but the cuts on the suits on his forearms could not evaporate, so Zhan Guo also comforted him:

"Sakaski, why do you have to keep staring at Mo Xingchen? His strength and military exploits are enough for him to be promoted to lieutenant general. It's just that he doesn't want to. You know that. Okay, sit down too, and let the meeting continue!"

Sakaski sat down dumbly, staring at the wound on his arm in a daze. Since the last fight with Mo Xingchen, he has been working hard to improve his physical skills over the past year or so, no longer relying on his devil fruit with pride. Unexpectedly, he was still easily suppressed this time. It seems that he was not fighting hard enough!

As the meeting progressed to the end, General Zhan Guo decided on the list of lieutenant generals for the Demon Slaying Order: Lieutenant General Sakaski, Lieutenant General Kuzan, Lieutenant General Gumir, Lieutenant General Sauro, and Lieutenant General Garp (to be executed by Colonel Mo Xingchen).

After the meeting, the lieutenant generals began to leave one after another. Mo Xingchen also wanted to slip away, but was stopped by Lieutenant General He next to him. Seeing this, Borsalino winked at Mo Xingchen for a while and walked out. Kuzan also said to Mo Xingchen at this time, let's have a drink together later.

Mo Xingchen saw that everyone had left, and only Zhan Guo and Lieutenant General He were left, so he asked with a puzzled look on his face:

"Sister He, why are you holding me? I have to prepare to set sail to execute the Demon Slayer Order."

"Xiao Mo, do you know where that old bastard Karp went?"

"Why are you all asking me? Marshal Kong also asked me just now, but I really don't know. Uncle Garp didn't tell me. I only found out that he sneaked out after I came back today."

Mo Xingchen spread his hands, shook his head and said helplessly. After Lieutenant General He and Zhan Guo looked at each other, Zhan Guo sighed and said,

"If you remember where he might have gone, please let us know. This bastard is a real worry. Xiao He and I are afraid that he might do something stupid."

"Hey~ Uncle Cap is very smart, what big thing can happen? Maybe he is hiding somewhere to break his record of eating donuts without sleeping!"

Hearing this, Lieutenant General He also burst out laughing and pointed a finger at Mo Xingchen's forehead.

"You~ Well, let's not talk about him anymore. During this year and a half of sailing, you forged the sword you wanted. It seems that you have made great progress."

"bass!"

Mo Xingchen drew out his sword, snapped his fingers and the sword made a continuous "ding~~" sound. A ball of light bloomed out, like a lotus emerging from water, graceful and clear. The carvings on the hilt flashed a deep light like stars. The sword body and the sunlight were integrated into one, like clear water flowing over a pond, calmly and slowly, and the blade was as tall and majestic as a thousand-foot cliff... It seemed to be happy with the interaction between its master and itself.

"The sword is called Chunjun, with a total length of 4 feet 1 inch, a width of 2 inches, and a net weight of 216 catties." (The measurement standard used here is the Spring and Autumn Period)

Vice Admiral Tsuru originally wanted to reach out to take it, but when he heard that the sword was so heavy, he gave up. He just looked at it carefully for a while before saying:

"It is indeed a precious sword. You spent so much material to forge it. It looks like it is at least as good as the Jinbi Luo in the Diyuan Garden. It can be regarded as a large sharp sword of the 21st level. The name is nice, and the sword is beautiful. It suits you very well."

"Looking at your swordsmanship skills when fighting with Sakaski just now, I guess you haven't been slacking off since you went out to sea. Okay, get ready for the mission."

Zhan Guo also waved to Mo Xingchen with a smile on his face. This is the future of the navy and the soldiers under his command in the future.

"Well, I'll be leaving first. You guys can chat slowly."

As soon as Mo Xingchen walked out of the headquarters building, he saw Kuzan walking towards him.

"I didn't expect you to become stronger after not seeing you for a year. Let's go for a drink together?"

Mo Xingchen rolled his eyes and curled his lips.

"Stop talking nonsense, Vice Admiral Monster! You sound like you're just standing still."

"Ah, aha~ If you wanted to, you would have become a lieutenant general a long time ago. I was thinking of sparring with you this time to avenge the kick I gave you last time, but it seems like there's no chance~"

"Oh, you little idiot, you still want to beat me up? You'd better practice for another hundred or eighty years."

The two of them walked towards the town while joking with each other. Unexpectedly, they found Dorager drinking alone in the tavern they often visited.

Mo Xingchen and Kuzan looked at each other, and then they came to Dorag's side. Mo Xingchen sat down, put his hand on Dorag's shoulder, and started to tease,

"What's wrong, little brother? Are you heartbroken?"

Dorag looked at the people who came and found that it was Mo Xingchen and Kuzan. His eyes seemed to be more focused. After drinking another glass of wine, he said decadently:

"Brother, you're back. It's not that I'm heartbroken, it's just that I'm very confused now."

"Oh~ You seem to be quite smart on weekdays. What happened to you that made you feel depressed? Tell me about it and let me enlighten you."

“It all started when I started cruising…”

Judging from Dragon's narration, a simple summary is that pirates massacred civilians, the scum in the navy bullied civilians, civilians became pirates and then turned around and bullied other civilians, nobles exploited civilians, and the Celestial Dragons treated humans as non-human beings.

Maybe he had only heard about it before, but now he had experienced it himself, so Drago's mentality was a little broken, and he began to doubt the justice in his heart and the correctness of the navy. He thought the navy existed to protect civilians, but he didn't expect that the truth was to protect the so-called world nobles - the Celestial Dragons.

Seeing Kuzan also lost in thought, Mo Xingchen patted Dorag on the shoulder to comfort him and said softly:

"This matter is actually quite simple. There are only two solutions."

Hearing Mo Xingchen say this, Dorag and Kuzan both looked up at him, waiting for his solution.

"The first is to compromise and then work hard to grow. When you become a naval hero like your father, and let the World Government or the Five Elders think that your presence in the navy is indispensable, then you can ignore the Celestial Dragons and try your best to realize the justice in your heart. Of course, you will still be subject to many restrictions, so this method is difficult.

The second way is to become the ruler of this world and build and change it according to the beautiful scenery in your heart. This path is more difficult.

Now that you have drunk so much, I hope you don't make hasty decisions. When you sober up, take the next few days to think slowly and understand what you really want.

Tomorrow I will go to execute the Demon Slayer Order. The round trip will take about 10 days. You can take this time off and calm down to think about it. How about we discuss it again when I come back?"