The Pirate Garen

The navy quickly arrived at the pier and escorted the prisoners to board the ship in an orderly manner.

The honest Colonel Smoker didn't accept any expensive gifts, but happily accepted the local oranges from Nami and Nokigo.

Smoker was rushing to clean up the legacy of the corrupt Colonel Mouse, so Galen, Nami, and Wallace naturally stayed in Cocoyasi Village for the time being.

Coupled with a crowd of cheering villagers, the two sides had a lively and touching farewell on the pier.

"Galen!"

Before leaving, Smoker specifically called Galen to stop him.

"What's the matter?"

Galen responded kindly to this naval friend who had been separated for a short time.

"I thought about it carefully."

Smoker took a deep breath of his cigar and said seriously:

"Although that sword light is very convincing"

"But I still don't believe in the 'power of justice' nonsense!"

"Power is power, how can there be good or bad?"

"You're right."

Galen didn't pretend too much, but replied frankly: "There is no good or evil in power, only people have it."

Smoker took a deep look at Galen:

"Even so, your behavior is still worthy of the word 'justice', although it is not as perfect as that reporter's writing."

"I hope you won't go astray in the future."

Galen didn't talk nonsense, but replied with two concise and powerful characters: "Definitely."

Smoker turned and boarded the boat, but Dashiqi stood in front of Galen full of admiration and bowed respectfully to him:

"Senior Galen!"

"Thank you for your guidance to me. I will never slacken my practice in the way of swordsmanship."

"come on!"

Galen also put on a gratified expression that can be taught by a child, and he did not hesitate to praise and encourage Da Siqi:

"My sword of justice, I feel a pure heart that I have never seen before in your body."

"kindness?"

Da Siqi was slightly startled, in a trance, she was actually a little shy by the praise of Senior Galen whom she respected.

"This is the heart of a child that is rare among thousands of people!"

The more Galen exaggerates, the more he is getting more and more far-fetched, but his expression looks extremely sincere:

"I see the future of Kendo in you!"

"Senior Galen!"

"I will live up to your expectations!"

Da Siqi bowed to Galen again with an excited expression, and finally finished his farewell with some reluctance and turned to leave.

"Lord Galen."

Wallace came over with a notebook, and asked curiously:

"What kind of swordsmanship did you teach Sergeant Dashiqi? Can you tell me about the concept?"

"this"

Galen said with a strange look:

"I don't have any specific kendo theory."

"It's because Da Siqi's comprehension is too high, and she comprehended it all by herself."

"oh"

Wallace nodded, and muttered to himself in his notebook:

"Eastern sea knight's esoteric art of swordsmanship made naval swordsmanship masters realize their epiphanies."

Seeing Wallace's usual brushwork, Galen was a little speechless.

Galen suddenly thought of something again, and asked Wallace:

"Wallace, aren't you going back to Rogue Town?"

"No."

Wallace stopped his pen and replied seriously:

"I carry a video phone bug and an external fax device with me, so I can remotely send press releases to the agency for publication without going back to Rogue Town."

"Also, I want to follow Lord Galen and report on your great achievements as a knight of justice."

"But."

Galen sighed slightly and said:

"You heard Smoker's words just now, and you have been by my side for so long."

"Whether I am a bright and flawless knight of justice, you should also see clearly, right?"

Wallace pondered for a moment, but smiled slightly:

"That's right, I did get a general idea of ​​who you are: not a high-ranking nobleman, nor a flawless knight."

"But none of that matters."

"I'm always looking for big news to report, and you're the one who makes it."

"As for your concerns."

"I wrote in the news that you are a knight of justice, and you are a knight of justice."

"Well"

Hearing Wallace's unscrupulous words, the way Galen looked at him changed.

Wallace said seriously:

"To put it bluntly, news figures are all artificially created, and the media has countless ways to manipulate public opinion."

"In this case, the truth is not important, what is important is the propaganda effect played by the news figures and their deeds."

Wallace paused, and then said with some emotion:

"This sea is filled with all kinds of legends and stories about big pirates roaming the world and acting recklessly."

"World governments and navies also go to great lengths to promote their legitimacy as rulers."

"However, there are no real 'heroes' in these stories."

Wallace looked at Galen with burning eyes:

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not."

"This sea is full of adventurers who pursue personal freedom, evil pirates who harm others and benefit themselves, and the navy held by the world government. There has never been a knight who preaches justice and practices justice everywhere."

"And what I want to do is to shape you, Lord Galen, into such a pure and righteous knight who is different from pirates and navy."

"I want those immature children to have an option of 'partner of justice' for them to choose when they open their mouths to yell out their dreams."

"I see."

Galen understood Wallace's thoughts, and nodded with emotion:

"I will continue to play the role of this knight of justice well."

Now that the words have been spoken, Galen simply and frankly expressed his inner thoughts:

"Then you don't have to talk to me respectfully all the time, I'm not used to it."

"No, Lord Galen!"

Wallace said solemnly:

"To convince others, you must first convince yourself."

Smoker and his party finally left by boat, and the sail shadows of the two tall warships gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

Nami turned around and prepared to go back to her home in Cocoyasi Village to rest.

Nami looked at Galen who was following closely behind her, feeling somewhat complicated emotions in her heart.

Smoker was right.

Her hometown can be saved, in fact, it all depends on Galen's strength.

Her own fate changed completely when she met Galen.

But because of the slightly ambiguous relationship between the two, Nami was embarrassed to say thank you frankly to Galen.

But Nami really kept this thank you in her heart.

She looked at the radiant and smiling relatives in her hometown in front of her, and then glanced at the evil dragon park over there that was pitted by the bombardment, and she couldn't help but be filled with joy and longing for a new life.

The evil dragon park still towering tenaciously in the field of vision is no longer the nightmare in Nami's mind.

"etc!"

Nami's footsteps froze suddenly, her eyes filled with unbelievable surprise.

"What's wrong?"

Galen asked curiously.

"Smog and the others didn't go to Dragon Park to clean up the battlefield, did they?"

Nami asked sternly.

"no"

Galen recalled a little:

"Those murlocs either died on the coast or died in the village. We didn't enter the Dragon Park at all."

"That is to say."

Bailey's light flickered in Nami's eyes:

"The money stolen by the dragon is still there!"

naval ship.

Smoker stood at the stern of the ship and looked at the Cocoyasi Village, which had disappeared from sight, quietly smoking a cigar.

Behind him, Da Siqi and a group of naval soldiers were happily sharing the special oranges given by Nami, with a peaceful atmosphere of returning from victory and gathering together.

"Colonel Smoker!"

A flattering voice suddenly rang in his ears.

The owner of the voice is Colonel Mouse's former adjutant and a tainted witness who is still in the state of "serving crime and making meritorious service".

He said to Smoker with a flattering face:

"I have big news to report to you!"

"Aaron's base still hides the stolen money he has accumulated over the years, we can make a lot of money right away when we go back!"

"kindness?"

Smoker frowned disapprovingly.

The adjutant shrank his neck, and immediately changed his rhetoric:

"I, we can confiscate these stolen goods"

The argument of confiscation and confiscation is very reasonable and well-founded.

According to the rules of the navy, confiscating their property after the elimination of the pirate group is a necessary procedure.

But Smoker became more and more displeased, and just spit out a smoke ring heavily:

"With so many oranges, can't you keep your mouth shut?!"

"Your little cleverness, let's wait until I go to the Sixteenth Branch to clean up the corrupt navy!"

A few drops of cold sweat immediately appeared on the adjutant's forehead, and he was even more trembling and didn't know how to answer.

"The money is not from the dragon, but from the villagers squeezed by the dragon."

Da Siqi walked over with the orange, and said with a smile:

"Colonel Smoker intended to leave the money to the villagers, right?"

"snort!"

Smoker snorted coldly and stopped talking.

"Do you want to eat oranges? It's very sweet."

"It is said that those orange trees were planted by the naval soldiers who died at the hands of the evil dragon."

Da Siqi didn't get angry because of his boss's cold-hearted temper, but just smiled and handed over a peeled orange.

"It's still good to smoke."

Smoker said grimly.

Then, he took the orange from Da Siqi.