Chapter 632 The Dead! (2 in 1)

"Island of Justice"

The Judicial Island is located in the first half of the Grand Line. The island is built on a sea cavity. Due to its sudden and special sea environment, Long recognized this island at a glance after getting the nautical chart.

Judicial Island is very famous throughout the world. Its existence not only symbolizes the highest power of the world government, but also the underwater prison that holds the world's most vicious criminals is located behind the Gate of Justice on Judicial Island.

Judicial Island symbolizes the absolute authority of the World Government, and its importance can even be compared to that of the Marine Headquarters, Marinford.

"How do you intend for our revolutionary army to prove their ability and worth?!"

At this time, Long actually had a bad guess in his mind, but before getting confirmation from Tsugakuni Yoriichi himself, he still patiently asked this question and did not jump to conclusions on his own.

At such a formal negotiation table, Tsugaru Yoshiichi was still wrapped in a black robe, and the hood on his head was not taken off. Although the commanders of the Revolutionary Army sitting face to face could see Tsugaru Yoshiichi's appearance clearly, they had no way to confirm Tsugaru Yoshiichi's identity.

Although they were curious, the new navy did not formally introduce the identity of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi, and Long did not ask about it either, as if they had tacitly acknowledged the identity of the man in black and his qualifications to speak, so the army captains did not say much.

When Long asked this question, everyone in the Revolutionary Army focused their attention on Yoriichi Tsugakuni, waiting for his answer.

"The way to prove it is very simple. You, the Revolutionary Army, will take action and destroy Judicial Island!"

Tsugikoku Yoshiichi slowly raised his head and his eyes fell on Long.

His premonition came true, and Long couldn't help but frown and think about the pros and cons.

Destroy the Judicial Island. Whether it is for their Revolutionary Army or for Tsugakuni Yoriichi and their new navy, it is hard to say whether destroying a place like the Judicial Island will bring any practical benefits to their forces.

The navy's garrison on Judicial Island is very strong, and behind the Gate of Justice is the Undersea Prison. If we attack Judicial Island, the garrison of the Undersea Prison can provide support in the first place.

Although there are no top-level warriors from the Naval Headquarters stationed on the Judicial Island, it would still cost a huge price for the Revolutionary Army to destroy the Judicial Island.

But there is nothing valuable on administrative islands like Judicial Island. Materials? People? Minerals? There is nothing here. It is meaningless to capture or destroy it.

Perhaps it would be possible to undermine the prestige of the World Government and the Navy Headquarters in this way. From this perspective, the political significance is greater than the practical significance.

However, at the current stage of development of their revolutionary army, such "political goals" are actually useless.

Because the foundation of their revolutionary army is ordinary people who have been oppressed by the domestic nobles. These people are against the nobles who oppress them. After completing the domestic changes, only a small number of them will join the ranks of resisting the world government.

He opposed the nobles but did not resist the rule of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.

These seem to be two very contradictory things, but in fact, this situation is extremely common.

The Celestial Dragons have ruled the world for eight hundred years, and many things have already been engraved in people's minds.

The new navy can expand rapidly because their background is actually "navy", the driving force is something called "justice", and they are in a new world where the world government has very little influence.

The Revolutionary Army is rooted in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line, which happen to be the areas most influenced by the World Government. It is not easy for them to expand their team.

Dragon's vision for the future development of his Revolutionary Army is merely to liberate some of the oppressed people. He himself still very much approves of the administrative system of the World Government. He believes that as long as the cancer of the Celestial Dragons is eradicated, the world will be able to move towards harmony.

It was with this idea in mind that Long was so angry when he learned that Sabo had killed King Cobra in the Holy Land, because in his mind Cobra was a "wise king" and was not on the list of those to be conquered by their revolutionary army.

On the contrary, when the lower class people heard that the king of a member country of the World Government was killed, they gave Sabo the title of "Emperor of the Flame". For ordinary people, it doesn't matter whether Cobra who died was a wise ruler or not, but it is very important that it was the king who died.

Because they were deeply oppressed by the "kings".

As the revolutionary army develops, the thinking of leader Long will inevitably become disconnected from the collective thinking of his troops.

If Long doesn't make changes by then, the team will collapse.

But these are all things of the future. Now, it is unknown whether a "Flame Emperor" will appear in the ranks of the revolutionary army.

Yoshiichi Tsugakuni asked Ryu and his men to attack the Judicial Island just to push the Revolutionary Army to the front line and attract the attention of the World Government.

It is true that the revolutionary army has grown rapidly in recent years, and with their help, many of its allies have launched a wave of resistance in their countries.

But in Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's opinion, Ryu's efforts may not really catch the attention of the World Government.

Because it is the interests of the member states that have always been harmed, the interests of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government have not been substantially damaged.

For the Celestial Dragons, having one more or one less member state is nothing more than the difference between having one more or one less option when choosing a location for the “slave hunting” activity.

In the past, one more country paying Tianshangjin or one less country paying Tianshangjin would not affect the lives of the Tianlong people at all.

In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, the new navy under the leadership of Yoshiichi Tsugumi was much more terrifying, because they were really attacking the Celestial Dragons and would kill them in the Holy Land!
When the New Navy really had the ability to threaten the Holy Land, both the World Government and the Navy Headquarters became extremely cautious when dealing with matters related to the New Navy.

Yoriichi needs a revolutionary army that can truly attract the attention of the World Government. Letting the Revolutionary Army attack the Judicial Island is actually a disguised way of tying Ryu and the others to his chariot.

Long could naturally understand what Jikuni Yoshiichi was thinking in this regard.

His ideas are somewhat similar to those of Yuichiro Tsuchikuni, but he also has many ideas that are to the left. In his opinion, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni sometimes acts more decisively than him.

Just like now, Long doesn't want to oppose the World Government so blatantly.

Although everyone knows what the Revolutionary Army does, and although Dragon has long been a wanted criminal on the Navy's wanted list, even so, Dragon still has hope for the World Government.

"We can't do this kind of thing."

After thinking for a long time, Long shook his head, let out a sigh, and decisively rejected Tsugaru Yoshiichi's request.

Their revolutionary army has their own path to follow and will not act according to the will of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

After he finished speaking, several other army commanders in the conference room looked at each other in surprise, but after a little thought, they immediately understood Long's decision.

"Can't do it, or don't want to do it?"

Tsugikoku Yoshiichi obviously didn't want to give up and asked.

“I don’t want to do it, but I can’t do it either.”

"We will suffer heavy losses regardless of success or failure in attacking Judicial Island."

"We still have many more important things to do, and there are still many people who are still living in dire straits and need our help."

"I can't waste precious time and energy on something like this."

When Long gave the answer, he had obviously thought about how to respond. The other army commanders nodded in agreement when they heard it.

As for the new navy, Mihawk and the others did not show any surprise on their faces. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi also nodded, then lowered his head slightly and stopped talking.

As they expected, the revolutionaries would not fight to the bitter end.

Of course, the New Navy will not stop negotiating with the other party just because the Revolutionary Army does not attack Judicial Island. Cooperation will continue, but the support and binding relationship between the New Navy and the Revolutionary Army will not be that deep. However, in the following negotiations, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi stopped talking, and the person in charge of leading the negotiations on the New Navy side was Mason.

In fact, Long also understood that when he rejected Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's request and Yoshiichi no longer participated in the negotiations, their cooperation with the new navy would not be able to be too in-depth.

The results of subsequent negotiations also confirmed Long's conjecture.

The new navy only agreed to sell them food and arms, but even so, it was a good thing for the revolutionary army that was under a complete blockade.

Moreover, the price the New Navy gave them was very good, much cheaper than purchasing in bulk privately on the black market.

This is also one of the unique abilities of the new navy. Xiong is now stationed at the headquarters of the World War II. Some military supplies transportation work does not actually require ships. Xiong only needs to use his meat ball fruit to easily transport things to the destination.

Without the naval costs, the price will naturally come down.

And this doesn't take Xiong much effort. Every day after breakfast, he just exercises like crazy, and it won't take long for all the goods at the dock to be delivered.

The speed at which manual workers pack and load goods cannot match the speed at which bears deliver goods out of the port. Often, hundreds of people take two or three days to pack, only enough time for the bears to do a few minutes of "morning exercise".

The bear's meat ball fruit is also one of the important supports for the rapid development of the new navy and its actual control over the subordinate islands.

into the night.

The revolutionary army arranged accommodation for the new navy at the headquarters.

After dinner, Jiguo Yuanyi also returned to his residence early to rest.

However, a knock on the door broke the quiet night.

Yuanyi stood up and opened the door. Standing outside the door was Long, holding a teapot in one hand and some snacks in the other.

"You haven't rested yet? We haven't seen each other for a long time. Want to chat?"

Long raised his hand, showing what he had in his hand, and asked.

Yunyi didn't know what the other party was up to, so he stepped aside and made way:
"It seems that you, the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, are not very busy."

"You still have time to drink tea?"

Jiguo Yuanyi led Long into the room and sat him down at the table.

The room prepared for them by the revolutionary army was very large. In addition to the bed and desk, there was also a small wooden table in the room, which could be considered a place to eat and drink tea.

"Today is actually the old man's birthday."

"I can't go back to see him, so I usually just drink tea by myself and celebrate his birthday in this way."

"I used to think that when the revolutionary army is completely successful, I would be able to meet the old man again, celebrate his birthday, and let him have a taste of old age with his children and grandchildren around him."

“But now this is completely impossible.”

Long placed the snacks he brought on the table, and while talking, he made tea for himself and Tsugakuin. It was only then that Tsugakuin noticed that the snacks Long brought were senbei specially supplied to the Navy Headquarters, which was one of Garp's favorite snacks when he was alive.

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Long's words also made Ji Guoyuan's expression stagnate. He looked at the teacup that was moved in front of him, stared at the tea in the cup, pursed his lips, and actually behaved a little unnaturally.

"I'm not here today to blame you or anything."

"I also inquired about what happened on the Island of Origin."

"Things like that happen, and there's no right or wrong."

"I can understand that."

Garp died tragically at the hands of Yoshiichi Tsugakuni. As Garp's son, it is impossible for Ryu to have no opinion about Yoshiichi Tsugakuni at all.

But Dragon and Garp's personalities are extremely similar in some ways, that is, people like them can often remain rational when faced with big things.

After Ace's death, Garp was able to suppress himself when facing Akainu, and after Garp's death, Ryu was able to control his emotions when facing Tsugakuni Yoriichi and the New Marines, just like him.

Even as their descendant, King Luffy can say "he has his adventures" when facing certain things.

The people of the Monkey family have always been extremely free in heart and will not be bound by hatred.

"I came to you just to drink tea and chat."

"No other meaning."

When Long said these words, Jikuni Yuichi had already adjusted his mentality. Facing Long, he did feel sorry, but he had a clear conscience after all, and his demeanor quickly returned to normal.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Mr. Karp."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you wanted to avenge him."

"He and I have made our choices. I have no regrets, and neither has Mr. Cap."

Yunyi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. The slightly bitter taste refreshed him.

"Ok, I know."

"I know."

"I know he never shows any regrets."

Long raised his head and looked at the bright moon outside the window, muttering absentmindedly.

He came to see Yuichiro Tsuchikuni not because he really had something to say to him, but simply because on a day like this, he wanted to have someone who could understand his longing to be by his side so that he wouldn't feel so lonely.

Long has no way of showing his vulnerable side in front of his subordinates, but in front of Tsugaru Yoshiichi, he can take off the mask.

The two of them didn't say much. They just stayed in the room, looking at the bright moon outside the window, drinking tea and eating Cap's favorite snacks.

It was not until the bright moon set in the west and the tea cooled down that Long said hello and stood up to leave Tsugumi Yoshiichi's room.

Inside the house, the lights went out.

Yuichiro Tsugikoku sat on the edge of the bed, a little dazed. He hadn't felt such sadness for a long, long time. The arrival of the dragon also made Yuichiro experience this emotion again.

(End of this chapter)