The Pirate Garen

Jiuli Detention Center.

Kozuki Momonosuke, the culprit of the terrorist attack, has been in prison here for three days.

Although it was only three days, the former prince and grandson who had never had a hard time still felt a little unbearable, and it felt like years in this prison cell.

Because they don't want to waste public funds on criminals who are self-inflicted, the living conditions in the detention center have not always been very good.

Holding the steamed corn bread in his hand, there is not a drop of oil in the dish.

How shameful is the crime committed, how can I hold my head up

All right

Although the tears couldn't stop flowing down, Momonosuke didn't feel that he had committed any shameful crimes.

The people were all chopped down by Kin'emon and the others, and he just followed his retainers in a daze to escape for his life.

As for, later in the hotel.

Aren't those ladies maids?

The former Kuri daimyo is my father, and the current "Kuri daimyo" is my original retainer, what's wrong with me hugging and touching the maid sister?

From Momonosuke's point of view, this is indeed no problem.

He is the heir of an aristocratic lord, possessing the most noble bloodline in the Wano country. He usually does not raise slaves, occupy fields, kill slaves, and oppress goodness. With their own aristocratic privileges, they rob civilian women.

In the past, this was simply a moral model among nobles.

However, the conscience of such a nobleman was locked in a cold prison because of a little personal preference, and he was forced to eat the extremely rough and inferior food that his family's servants would not eat in the past.

"well"

Momonosuke was so moved that he swallowed all the cornbread in his hand.

It's quite fragrant.

If you are hungry, the young master's illness will be cured.

"Momonosuke Kozuki!"

Momonosuke had just finished eating when several guards with cold faces suddenly appeared:

"Let's go!"

"The leader from Mary Joya is about to start investigating your case."

"kindness?"

Momonosuke didn't realize the seriousness of the situation.

Because Shutianmaru's science popularization is not very detailed, Momonosuke still thinks that the center of "all the world" is the flower capital of Wano country, so naturally he doesn't know the weight of Marie Gioia's leadership.

In a daze, he followed the guards out of the cell, across the gray and cold corridor, and came to a small conference room in the detention center.

There is a rectangular table in the meeting room, and the table is already full of people.

Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Xiaoju were all present, as well as the director of the detention center, officials from the city bureau, and Mayor Kato.

However, even the "Kuri Daimyo" Kato, who was on the same level as his father in Momonosuke's impression, is now only sitting a little cautiously in the lower left position of the main seat, and has not been able to sit in the middle main seat.

Obviously, the person sitting on the main seat is the real speaker, that is, the so-called leader from Mary Gioia.

Momonosuke took a closer look, and his eyes were dazzled by the leader's appearance:

This leader, who is clearly above the "Kuri Daimyo" Kato, is not only not the old man that Momonosuke imagined, but a young and beautiful blond beauty.

She wears elegant gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her tall nose, and she has soft and bright long golden hair hanging from the temples. She is dressed in a capable business suit with two slender black silk legs exposed under the hip skirt, and the suit shirt on her chest is very conservative. The mouth was fastened tightly, but the plump ups and downs could still be clearly seen.

Momonosuke had been staying in Kuri before, and all the people he came into contact with were servants and commoners. Where had he seen such a stylishly dressed, cold-tempered exotic beauty?

Before he knew it, his old problem was repeated.

However, everyone present is not an ordinary person, so how could they fail to notice his almost undisguised obscene gaze?

"kindness?"

The blonde beauty sitting on the main seat frowned tightly, and the temperature in the meeting room suddenly dropped to freezing point.

On the side, Mayor Kato's face was even more livid.

If he hadn't paid attention to his image as a civil servant, he would have copied his samurai sword, which he hadn't used for two years, to give that brat a set of iron-slaying sword energy:

Could this leader be seen by anyone?

The Alliance National Security Council was originally an intelligence agency directly responsible to Galen.

And this Miss Khalifa, who came all the way from Mary Joya, is not only a senior director of the Alliance National Security Council, but also a close confidant with the leader Galen.

As for how close the relationship is.

According to some gossip tabloids, if it weren't for the strict control of the six wives in Galen's family, Miss Khalifa would have become Galen's seventh wife naturally.

Of course, Mayor Kato didn't quite believe some of the news.

For example:

How could a big man like Galen be afraid of his wife?

Hahaha.

In Wano country, where machismo is deeply rooted, this is simply a fantasy.

But in any case, the close relationship between Khalifa and Galen had been rumored before the alliance was established, and it is widely known today, which obviously has a certain degree of credibility.

Therefore, the investigator sent by Mary Joya is Galen's confidant Kalifa, which means that the leader Galen's eyes are likely to have turned to this side.

After seeing that Miss Kalifa got off the empty boat, Mayor Kato felt tons of pressure.

And now, Momonosuke, this brat, dares to cast his eyes randomly?

"Sit down!"

With a cold face, he scolded Momonosuke mercilessly:

"Your matter is very serious, give me seriousness!"

"Yes Yes"

Momonosuke reacted in a hurry, immediately lowered his head tremblingly, and sat obediently on the cold chair again.

Only then did Khalifa's brow ease slightly, and the atmosphere in the conference room gradually relaxed.

"The superior sent me here to deal with the Jiuli terrorist attack."

Kalifa glanced at everyone casually, and said straight to the point:

"This incident has caused a wave of public opinion and aroused public sentiment. We have to treat it with caution."

"yes"

Mayor Kato quickly nodded in agreement, and carefully probed:

"What does the superior mean?"

"Mayor Kato."

Khalifa pushed the mirror frame on the bridge of her nose, her voice became a little impersonal:

"As an alliance cadre who believes in morality, don't you have any self-consciousness as a public servant?"

"I ask you--"

"What is the fundamental guarantee for the people to be the masters of the country?"

"."

Mayor Kato's face changed slightly, and his expression was a little more ashamed:

"rule by law."

"That's right!"

Khalifa knocked on the table lightly, showing a majestic look on her cheeks that was enough to make people ignore the touching beauty:

"One hundred and twenty-three people were injured, and a digging chicken died, which caused panic among hundreds of thousands of citizens. This is an irrefutable criminal case and an outright terrorist activity."

"As the mayor, it's a violation of law and discipline for you to exceed your authority and intervene in criminal cases!"

"And the laws and regulations of the alliance are clearly written there, and you still need your superiors to teach you how to do it?"

"The five suspects involved in terrorist activities will be detained in the detention center. The Jiuli People's Supervision Office will file a public prosecution in the court, and finally the Jiuli People's Court will try and judge the case according to law."

"this"

Mayor Kato could no longer speak.

Hearing Kalifa's words, he knew that there might be no room for maneuver in this matter.

"What do you mean?"

Kin'emon and others who were watching could not understand what Kalifa said to deal with it, but subconsciously felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"that is."

Mayor Kato looked at the big brother Kin'emon with a helpless expression.

In the end, he could only explain their dangerous situation to them in a way that Kin'emon could understand:

"If you break the law, you will be sent to the 'Choice of the Town Office' in Kuri, and the 'samurai' who are in charge of the 'Scanning Office' will be judged according to the law."

"correct."

Realizing that the situation is different, Mayor Kato added:

"Your samurai status has now been completely abolished, and you can only be judged as ordinary 'town people'."

"What?"

The faces of Jin'emon and others changed drastically.

They understand.

The former Wano country also had laws, and it was common sense that people in ancient times understood that "the murderer will die, and the wounder will be punished".

However, this common sense is basically invalid for samurai.

In the old society of Wano Country, people were divided into three classes: samurai (privileged class), town people (ordinary citizens and government servants), and untouchables (lower laborers).

Townspeople kill untouchables, and they kill them for nothing.

The samurai killed the townspeople, and the killing was in vain.

In the former Wano country, some samurai might even find two unlucky townspeople and untouchables to slash at random just to test whether their new knives are sharp enough.

Therefore, although Kin'emon and others realized that they were not enemy samurai, they only thought that they were ordinary "townites" and "untouchables".

As noble warriors, they do not feel that they should be punished for this.

Of course, they are all decent people, they must feel guilty about this, and they will sincerely apologize to those who were injured.

But, at best, it was nothing more than an apology.

However, once the status of the samurai does not work

Kin'emon and others don't understand the current law, and only look at the law of Wano country before.

These criminals who beheaded more than a hundred people must be beheaded.

"Brother Kato"

Kin'emon looked bitterly, looked at his old friend Mayor Kato anxiously and said:

"You know, I didn't do these things intentionally."

"Can't you be lenient and let us go?"

"well"

"Brother Kin'emon, don't blame me for not helping."

Mayor Kato sighed lightly, and could only explain to Kin'emon in a bit of embarrassment:

"Regardless of your motives, you are truly hurting people."

"Injury by negligence is also injury, and you cannot escape the punishment of the law."

"And you killed and wounded more than a hundred people, attacked government officials, and created panic in Jiuli. What you committed was not only negligently causing serious injuries, but also suspected of committing a crime of endangering public security."

Kin'emon and the others were terrified by the series of charges, and Momonosuke was even more terrified.

Kin'emon looked at Momonosuke who had been frightened, and his loyalty was deeply hurt. He could only try his best to beg the now powerful Mayor Kato:

"Brother Kato, can't you really help me?"

"Our young master, he is the blood of Oda-sama, the last Patriarch of the Kozuki Clan"

"The future of the Guangyue clan cannot be buried in this prison!"

He grabbed Mayor Kato's hand and said sincerely:

"Brother Kato, you are also a retainer of the Kozuki clan, you can't"

"Stop!"

Mayor Kato's face turned green all of a sudden:

"I am now a cadre of the alliance, not a retainer of the Guangyue clan."

"this"

Kin'emon still wanted to ask again, but Kalifa said coldly:

"Stop messing around!"

"Now is the country of Xinhe, where the people are the masters of the country, not the old society where the Guangyue clan sits on the world!"

"Take the matter of the previous dynasty and drive the officials of this dynasty?"

"You are so brave!"

Khalifa yelled angrily, and the air in the conference room became quiet again.

Kinemon and the others were powerless to say anything, they could only sit on the table blankly, slowly accepting the cruel fact.

"That, that"

Kin'emon was silent for a while, and then asked with a gray face after being dazed for a long time:

"Then how will we be sentenced?"

"Kill, behead?"

"The specific sentence will have to be decided by the court."

Kalifa replied solemnly:

"However, according to your situation, I can roughly infer the verdict."

"Considering the subjective fault, decapitation is not enough."

"However, the crime of endangering public safety is a felony that cannot be forgiven, and the four of you are also responsible for the crime of injuring others. I'm afraid...you will be sentenced to ten years of labor reform."

"Ten, ten years of reform through labor."

Kin'emon and the others were stunned for a while.

"rest assured."

Kalifa, who has always been unsmiling, finally showed a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth:

"Our coalition is now very loose on the policy of commuting prison sentences for reeducation through labor."

"As long as you have a good attitude towards reform and serious self-reflection, you will have the opportunity to be released from prison early."

"Just like your Jiutianmaru comrade from Jiuli:"

"He was sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp, but he not only had a good attitude, but also performed major meritorious service, so he was released after staying in a labor camp for more than two years."

"In the past two days, Comrade Jiutianmaru has become a celebrity in the prison system all over the world."

"You remember to learn from this comrade, and strive to realize your mistakes as soon as possible, change your mind, and start a new life."

Although what Kalifa said was good news, it was unacceptable to Momonosuke's ears.

The three-day life in the detention center has already made Momozhisuke feel so miserable.

He couldn't imagine that such a day would last for ten years.

Moreover, he had to work as hard as those servants in order to gain a chance of relief as soon as possible.

"No, no!"

Momonosuke was a little overwhelmed.

He clenched his fists and asked Kalifa palely:

"I, I didn't hurt anyone!"

"Everyone was chopped up by Kin'emon and the others, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Why, why should I be sentenced to ten years?"

As soon as these words came out, Kinemon and the others felt a chill in their hearts.

Momonosuke is actually not such a cold-hearted and ignorant person, and he would never say such hurtful words that clean himself up on weekdays.

But now, Momonosuke has just spent three days in prison, and is frightened by Kalifa's 10-year sentence, so it is inevitable that he will be a little speechless.

But no matter what, as soon as the words came out, the cracks appeared.

Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Xiaoju changed their faces at the same time, and gradually there were turmoil in their hearts:

At this time, they all realized that Guangyue was dead.

Moreover, without the Kozuki clan, Wano Country can live well.

That being the case, why should they be so loyal to such a brat with no talent or morals?

Just relying on the kindness of Mi Tian-sama back then?

Kin'emon once believed that his loyalty to the Kozuki clan would never be shaken, but there is no such thing as "forever" in people's hearts, and "true fragrance" is the nature of human beings.

"well"

A faint sigh sounded, and the four retainers lowered their heads at the same time.

Seeing this scene, Kalifa smiled slightly.

Then, she cast her malicious eyes on Momonosuke, and said meaningfully:

"Momonosuke."

"You are indeed different from the four of them. You should not be sentenced to ten years in prison."

"That's good"

Momonosuke suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, not noticing the quietly complicated eyes of the four retainers.

However, before his expression relaxed, Kalifa said again:

"You are the young master of the Guangyue clan, and the four of them are just loyal servants to you."

"It's been 1522, and you are still using this kind of feudal attachment to drive others into slavery, which in itself is an illegal and criminal act."

"So, the sentences of the four accomplices are still negotiable, and you, the principal criminal"

Kalifa's voice became cold again:

"Starting in ten years, the maximum death penalty."

After the terrorist attack was dealt with, the main culprit, Momanosuke, was escorted back to his cell. Khalifa also left the detention center and returned to his hotel.

And as soon as she got back to the hotel room, she immediately took out her phone bug and made a call:

"Galen?"

Khalifa's voice is completely gone from the seriousness and rigidity of the previous role as the leader of Mary Gioia, replaced by an unrestrained laziness and casualness:

"I've already seen that kid named Momonosuke."

"This kid is really similar to what you said. When he sees a beautiful woman, his eyes will wander. He is not a good embryo."

"What?"

Galen's slightly dissatisfied voice came out:

"This bald brat, dare to look at you?"

"OK!"

"Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Hahaha"

Kalifa chuckled for a while, but asked a little puzzled:

"At the end of the day, Momonosuke is just a lecherous brat."

"Galen, why do you attach so much importance to him and still send me to deal with him?"

A terrorist attack in a place, no matter how small it is, or how big it is, should not alarm Galen.

Even if Galen was alarmed, according to the usual practice, he only needed to send a Mariejoya official to preside over the overall situation in a businesslike manner.

Galen was not only alarmed, but also specially dispatched Kalifa, who had an unusual personal relationship with him, to deal with the matter, and even clearly asked Kalifa to help him "arrange that brat".

This shows that Galen must have some grievances with Momonosuke personally.

But

Galen was only in his early twenties, how could he have a personal grievance with a kid who traveled over twenty years ago?

Ordinary alliance agents only need to obey orders, and naturally they would not ask their immediate superiors' motives so abruptly.

But Khalifa is not an ordinary alliance agent. Her relationship with Galen is roughly the same as that described in the gossip tabloids, so she asked Galen without hesitation.

"well"

"You don't understand, Kalifa."

Facing Kalifa's question, Galen could only answer without thinking:

"Let's put it this way:"

"One Piece can be wrong"