Weapon fruit is rubbish? Have you ever heard of Ryujin Jakka?

"Senior, please forgive me for being frank."

"If one day in the future, you find that the Navy has betrayed your justice, trampled on your life, and even wants to kill you."

"what will you do?"

Rosen stood on the deck and did not deliberately avoid Zhan Guo. Instead, he asked a rather sharp question in front of the Admiral of the Navy.

"Junior, how can you cheat me like this?"

"How do you want me to answer such a dangerous question?"

"If I say one wrong word, I, a candidate for admiral who is about to become an admiral, will be stuck as a candidate at best, or I will have to wait for the rest of my life at worst."

Borsalino glanced at Zhan Guo not far away, then spread his hands.

He pursues an ambiguous kind of justice, so how could he reveal his true feelings so easily?

Especially in front of the Admiral of the Navy.

"If there really is such a day."

"The Navy Headquarters has betrayed my justice, trampled on my life, and is trying to kill me."

"I don't think I made a better choice than Douglas Barrett did back then."

Different from Borsalino's ambiguous words, Rosen showed his heroic side for the first time in front of Sengoku.

"Rosen."

"Be careful what you say."

Zhan Guo's expression changed slightly.

It wouldn't be a big deal if these words reached his ears, but if they reached the Five Elder Stars, it would more or less bring some unnecessary trouble to Rosen.

"There's nothing to be cautious about."

"Teacher Sengoku."

"Whether it's the Five Elders or you, it's time to understand one thing."

Rosen chuckled, walked to the side of the boat, put his hand on the railing, and looked out at the rough sea ahead:

"It was not the Navy Headquarters that chose me, but I chose the Navy Headquarters."

"It's not because the headquarters is just that I became a marine, but because I became a marine, the headquarters is just."

"Do you understand? Sengoku-sensei."

He turned his head and glanced at Zhan Guo, his eyes faintly revealing a scarlet light that could make the sea tremble. The sky seemed to sense the changes in his will and emotions, and quietly gathered a large number of clouds to form a vortex-shaped sea of ​​clouds, hovering in the sky, like a huge lightning bolt like a ferocious black dragon, ravaging the world.

"This is for the Navy Headquarters."

"Do not."

"It's an ultimatum or a warning from the World Government."

The moment his eyes met Rosen's, even a powerful man like Zhan Guo couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

The man in front of him was no longer the freshman who had just joined the Naval Academy a few months ago and was at the mercy of others. Even though he had no military rank now, it did not affect the fact that he stood at the top of the Navy Headquarters.

He understood that Douglas Barrett's life experience made Rosen a little wary.

Since he was a teenager, he has fought for his country as a soldier, and has become a hero in a country where wars never end.

What he got in the end was being sentenced again and again.

From a national hero, to a wanted criminal of the world government, from a soldier, to a pirate.

Such a result obviously touched Rosen.

After all, similar things have happened in the Navy Headquarters before.

"It's not about betting on Douglas Barrett, but about trying to use the move of pulling Douglas Barrett back from a pirate to a soldier to sound a warning to the World Government."

"Is this your meeting gift to the Five Elders?"

"Junior."

Borsalino pushed up the sunglasses on his nose to hide the complicated look in his eyes.

He understood that he could no longer judge Rosen in the same way as he had judged him as a talented navy man.

At this moment, the man standing in front of him is already a king who has the power to stir up the sea and the world.

Rosen chose the navy, so he became the navy king.

Rosen chose the pirate, that is, One Piece.

In this regard.

Borsalino had no doubts.

And the Warring States period also had no doubts.

"Douglas Barrett's life must not be repeated in Rosen's life."

"Absolutely."

"Otherwise, once he chooses to leave the Navy Headquarters, even ten Devil's descendants will be far less terrifying than him alone."

Zhan Guo secretly decided in his heart that at all costs, he would prevent Douglas Barrett's tragic life from being repeated on Rosen.

He had originally wanted to subdue a rare combat force like Douglas Barrett, and now he felt that even if the devil's descendant did not have such combat power, it was necessary to subdue him.

Because doing so can calm Rosen's heart.

This was a reassurance to Rosen that a national hero should not have such a tragic ending.

patter

Just as the atmosphere on the warship was becoming increasingly depressing and heavy, Borsalino noticed from the corner of his eye that Douglas Barrett, who was lying on the ground, suddenly stood up in the video footage projected by the Den Den Mushi.

Not only him, but also Rosen and Sengoku also focused their attention on the devil's descendant's every move.

Tsk

Under the gaze of the three men, Douglas Barrett looked down at the navy uniform that Rosen had placed next to him before he left.

A uniform worn by an ordinary marine.

Any other king would only feel humiliated.

however.

Douglas Barrett didn't think so. He looked at the military uniform with a complicated look.

The young self in the past seemed to appear before his eyes.

"The chance to choose?"

"But when I was a soldier, all I got was betrayal!"

"How can I trust anyone again?"

Douglas Barrett murmured.

It is recorded by the video phone bug and then presented in the form of live video.

Rosen, Sengoku, and Borsalino all heard the whispers of the devil's descendant.

"Junior."

"It seems that he still failed your kindness."

"But this is not bad. At least, you don't have to bet on him anymore."

When Borsalino heard Douglas Barrett's voice, he turned to look at Rosen.

Upon hearing this, Rosen did not say anything. He just kept his eyes on the video screen, quietly waiting for Douglas Barrett to make the final decision.

Just like he said before he left, he would wait for the answer from the devil's descendant on the warship.

Tsk

Suddenly, a sound of tearing cloth was heard from the video screen.

Borsalno and Zhan Guo stared at each other, and saw Douglas Barrett in the picture reaching out and tearing apart the military uniform that he had never put down and always cherished since leaving the Country of Endless War. Then he left only the medal he had won during his military service and threw the tattered uniform aside.

Followed by.

He reached out and picked up the Marine uniform that Rosen had placed on the ground and put it on.

After doing all this.

Douglas Barrett turned and left.

"Is that your answer?"

"Barrett."

After watching the video footage of Douglas Barrett putting on the Marine uniform, a smile flashed across Rosen's eyes.