Self-Discipline! Have You Seen Marineford at Four o’clock in the Morning?

"No, you don't need to comfort me here..."

"After escaping from the Flower City these days, I have experienced a lot along the way and watched a lot..."

Kozuki Oden waved his hand to interrupt everyone, a bitter smile slowly appeared on his face.

"It is impossible for me to win the support of the people in this battle."

"Now all I have is you."

Everyone was speechless and his faces were full of sorrow.

Roy frowned and suddenly said:

"Your Excellency Oden, why don't you try to clarify the truth?"

Kozuki Oden's decadence,

His stupid act of dancing naked,

That act of sweeping dignity,

All are just to protect the civilians caught by Kurozumi Orochi.

Kozuki Oden was taken aback when he heard the words, and took a deep look at Roy. He seemed a little surprised why Roy knew this, but he shook his head without thinking too much, just sighed with a wry smile:

"clarify?"

"It's not that simple."

"No matter how I try to prove my innocence, in the eyes of Wanokuni citizens, I am nothing but a "His Royal Highness" who strips naked and dances naked in the country..."

"They don't need such a ruler without dignity and majesty."

"The most important thing is, what should I use to clarify?"

"Kurozumi Orochi will not give me such a chance. I don't have any evidence from the Master."

"My agreement with Kurozumi Orochi is made in private, and there is no trace of writing at all."

Roy was dumbfounded, speechless for a moment.

Can't say that Kozuki Oden is stupid, so stupid to believe the lies of Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido.

I can only say that he really values ​​and loves Wanokuni too much,

He loves this piece of land deeply,

And the people living on this narrow land,

Maybe these people don’t know what Kozuki Oden paid and sacrificed to protect them.

But he still did it willingly.

This feeling,

Roy has only seen it in one person,

His teacher,

That stubborn old man with purple hair.

"But I can't give orders to the people, it doesn't mean you can't!"

When Roy was silent, Kozuki Oden suddenly raised his head, staring at Roy in front of him with scorching eyes, and said solemnly.

"I?"

Roy was puzzled.

Kozuki Oden nodded and smiled meaningfully:

"Roy, in fact, you have far underestimated your influence on this sea nowadays..."

"The people of Wanokuni's longing for me is false, but their longing for you is very likely to be true."

"Don't forget who you are, you are a Marine."

"As long as you wave the banner of justice, I can believe that many people will definitely come and run!"

"Trust me, even if they don't desire justice in their hearts, they will definitely want to resist the rule of Kurozumi and Kaido!"

"──What about you?" Roy abruptly interrupted Kozuki Oden's increasingly excited voice, his expression suddenly serious.

"What's wrong with me?"

Kozuki Oden was taken aback, and smiled disapprovingly.

Roy said word by word, his eyes sharp:

"You are the general of Wanokuni, and you are the master of this country. The hero who really saves this country and the raging waters should be you."

Kozuki Oden shook his head and said:

"No, Roy, if you were me, you would do the same."

He picked up the flask again with one hand, raised his head to take the last bite, and stood up slowly.

The deep and vicissitudes of scarlet eyes looked out the window.

He saw the undulating mountains,

He saw the cooking smoke gradually rising from the houses in the distance in the evening,

He heard the footsteps of the shepherd boy returning late, the old man’s joyous laughter,

A smile of satisfaction and yearning gradually appeared on his face.

"My own dream has come true."

He whispered as if to himself,

"Go out to sea, travel around the world, have been to every place on this sea, and have seen some people whom other people can't see..."

"I have seen magnificent stars and experienced the ups and downs of life."

"I have drunk the strongest wine, fought the hardest fight, and be brothers with the strongest man on this sea..."

"I, Kozuki Oden, have lived wonderfully enough in this life."

"But when I came back here later, I realized that it turned out that such a wonderful thing is not enough for me alone."

"My hometown, my people, are still living in endless disasters and disasters, tortured and devastated..."

"Countless of them will probably not be able to step out of this Wanokuni for a lifetime."

"They can't see the vastness of the sea, the emptiness of the sky..."

"They need to be saved."

"Wanokuni, needs to change."

"As for the hero who saved Wanokuni in the end, whether I do it or not is important at all."

"As long as this last wish can be realized, it will be enough..."

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