Chapter 5 Red Lotus Doomsday!

The deck of the warship became Arthur's training ground for his return trip these days.

He did not stand guard, was not assigned any work, and did not undergo the rigorous training and military discipline that ordinary soldiers and new recruits to the navy underwent.

Instead, they train endlessly and worry about the upcoming battle.

Time passed day by day, and with Dragon's ability, the warship returned to the Grand Line from the East China Sea in two days.

The Grand Line, the sea area not far from the Gate of Justice leading to the three major world organizations.

Arthur looked at the Gate of Justice standing on the top of the clouds in front of him, with no end in sight, and could hardly hide the shock in his heart.

"Who built a door like this?" Arthur asked, standing next to Dorag on the deck of the warship.

In front of the warship was a huge whirlpool of sea, with the ocean current surging like a wild horse running wildly.

The huge vortex appeared a deep blue, as if it was connected to the sky, like an abyss.

Ya was shocked. Looking ahead, he felt for the first time the endless vastness and power of the sea.

"Maybe it's a god." Dorag noticed the expression on Arthur's face, and a smile immediately appeared on his face as he said to him.

"I'm an atheist, Colonel." Arthur retracted the shock on his face and looked at Dorag:

"In my opinion, all gods are created by humans to worship and admire others. It is a belief created by people to worship the heroes in their hearts."

This belief and this theoretical speculation make sense no matter which world they are in.

Without faith, people will sooner or later live in nihilism, so people need to create faith and goals for themselves in order to make their lives fulfilled.

"Oh?" After hearing Arthur's profound words, Dorag suddenly asked him, "What is your belief?"

"Atheists have no faith." Arthur immediately replied to Dragon:

“If I have to say one thing, my faith is myself.”

Since coming to this world, Arthur has seen too many news newspapers.

Since 1484, when the "World Economic Journal" was founded by Morgans, Arthur would read the newspaper every day to learn about the outside world.

From the newspapers, we discovered that the true face of this world is a world where the strong prey on the weak.

Arthur believed that only by becoming strong could he live freely and make up for the many regrets in his heart.

He didn't know whether his choice to go to sea with Dorag at the age of 14 was the right one, and what kind of road was waiting for him in the future.

Because he was extremely unfamiliar with everything in this era and understood nothing.

"You can't do anything by yourself, Arthur." After Dorag said this to Arthur, he saw a door of justice in front of him slowly open.

The ocean current became more turbulent, and two warships sailed out from the waters of Marinford.

It was Sakaski and Colonel Borsalino whom they were waiting for.

The three naval monsters gathered together, and thousands of naval soldiers on the three warships cheered loudly.

"We are going to follow them to defeat the pirates!"

"It's still the famous Golden Lion Pirates. I might go down in history!"

"I heard that last time Colonel Brusalino followed General Sengoku to stop Edward Newgate from expanding his power, he ate a nature-type devil fruit!"

"And Colonel Sakaski, who followed Garp to hunt down the Roger Pirates, became a esper when he came back, also a natural-type!"

"They are all former admirals of the navy and disciples of Zephyr. We will definitely return victoriously from this mission. Oh oh oh!"

The soldiers cheered and were full of fighting spirit. They really hoped that one day they could be as outstanding as these monster colonels.

Sometimes, it is almost impossible for those who can stand out among them, and most of them will become cannon fodder and die on the front line of the lineup confrontation.

Arthur was also suddenly shocked and thought, "They have eaten devil fruits now? Doesn't that mean this team has four nature-types?"

Four nature-type devil fruits, three at disaster level, what does this mean?

This means that if the enemy does not have domineering power, he can only accept death.

Even if you have domineering power, you may not be able to defeat these geniuses.

Arthur felt that this mission was safe.

In his impression, although he had a strong prejudice against Sakaski, he did not think he was weak at all.

As soon as the three warships approached, Colonel Sakaski stood on the bow of his warship and asked Dorag, "Dorag, I heard that you have recruited a monster recruit during your patrol in the East China Sea?"

Dorag's warship was in the center, Sakaski's warship was on the left, and Brusalino's warship was on the right.

The three warships sailed side by side towards the destination of the Grand Route mission.

The strong sea breeze howled, blowing violently on the sails of the three warships, speeding up the ships' sailing speed.

Brusalino on the right saw Dragon activate his ability and said enviously, "What a great ability! I wish lasers could be like this."

"Lasers can only explode...Colonel Borsalino." The soldiers on the ship looked at him with dead eyes and said.

"Oh, I see. Looks like I can only move quickly on my own."

Arthur had been observing quietly and found that the relationship between Dorag, Borsalino and Sakaski did not seem to be very good now, and they all had their own rebelliousness and personality.

Dorag did not respond to Sakaski's words.

Just at this moment, Sakaski keenly noticed the strange look Arthur gave him on the Dorag warship, which made him turn his head and look at Arthur.

Arthur stared at Sakaski with a sharp look filled with hostility.

Sakaski wore a justice cape with a grey sweatshirt, trousers and casual shoes.

The navy cap was pulled down so high that the expressionless and cold face was almost invisible.

Sakaski was dissatisfied with his comrade's hostile look, thinking that he was provoking him. He said:

"What do you mean by that look, kid?"

Before he knew it, Arthur's fists had clenched tightly, still staring into his eyes.

Although he disliked Sakaski very much, now that he had joined the navy, it seemed that there was nothing he could do.

We must think rationally and think from both sides.

Sakaski is now his comrade-in-arms in the same camp, and we cannot be biased towards him or do irrational things because of personal feelings.

Arthur replied to Sakaski: "I was born like this. If you don't like it, you don't have to look at me."

Sakaski, who thought he had misunderstood, immediately withdrew his cold-blooded gaze from Arthur's face when he heard this.

"Arthur, don't look at Sakaski like that. He is different from me. He is a real iron-blooded soldier. If you want to spar with him, forget it. With your current combat experience, you will be seriously injured in an instant."

Dorag was observing Arthur's expression and gave a reminder.

Arthur was completely disdainful of this: "Even if my actual combat experience is inadequate, I have learned the Six Styles of Shaving, Moon Steps, and Storm Kicks. I shouldn't be seriously injured instantly, right?"

Rokushiki holds a very high status in Arthur's heart. He doesn't think that he will be knocked down by two punches after the two days of sparring and training with Dragon.

Borsalino, who had been observing Arthur, suddenly teased, "How scary! He is such an energetic young man. Has he learned how to be domineering?"

"No." Arthur shook his head.

"Then shut up, boy, or you will die," Borsalino advised.

He was wearing a yellow casual shirt, knee-length shorts and a navy cap, and his first impression was that of laziness.

It seemed that Arthur had become the focus of all naval soldiers at this moment.

The news that he had learned the Six Styles on the first day had been spread throughout the navy by Garp.

It is also said that he is Dorag's apprentice.

Upon learning of this, Arthur did not take it seriously. If someone taught him things and spent time practicing with him, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a master.

"Cooper..." Cooper hid behind Arthur and was frightened by the aura of Sakaski.

It was as if I felt that if I provoked him, I would be easily killed.

Arthur coaxed it: "Don't be afraid, Cooper, I won't let anyone hurt you."

Cooper is the only creature Arthur cares about. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a family member. Arthur will be furious at the first sign of harming anyone.

However, ordinary people cannot beat Cooper. Although he has not learned any of the six styles in these days, he is still not someone that ordinary people can defeat.

Sakaski spoke to everyone in a serious tone, "If we don't go to support the branch of the Grand Line that was attacked by the Flying Pirates, our navy's territory will be occupied by the pirates!"

Hearing this, Drago, who was using his ability to speed up the voyage, spoke with an unhappy look on his face:

"I'm speeding up now. We'll reach our destination in about half a day. Why are you panicking?"

"Since we haven't arrived yet, you're going to use your abilities to cause mass casualties, right? Shut up, bastard! Sakaski."

The relationship between the two seemed to be not very good, but after being sternly refuted by Dorag, Sakaski did not say another word and remained silent.

Curious Arthur suddenly asked, "What's going on between you two, Colonel?"

Dorag glared at Sakaski and responded to Arthur beside him: "I don't like that guy. He is extremely dark and cold-blooded, although it is undeniable that he is a soldier with absolute justice."

"I have been with him on many missions, and I have never had a single person survive under his control."

After hearing Dorag talk about the rift between them, Arthur quickly turned around and left the bow of the warship, sitting down on the deck and staying there quietly.

It is now 13: noon and the first battle will begin in about half a day.

Arthur has begun to fantasize about being able to fight the enemy with passion like in the anime.

As a time traveler without a system, he is more likely to think rationally.

Even if this mission is to suppress the pirate captains who are expanding their power under the Golden Lion, it can be regarded as a small-scale suppression war.

He felt that it was no joke, and he had no idea how strong the pirate captains under Golden Lion were.

Because what he knows is the era when the plot of One Piece begins, the era when Luffy set out to sea.

The current era is the time when Roger's pirate group is becoming famous and the remnants of Rocks are just beginning to rise, and he knows nothing about it.

Knowing that it would only take half a day to reach the mission destination, Arthur was nervous throughout the day.

He showed Cooper the gun in his hand and warned him, "Cooper, when you see this thing, don't fight it hard, okay?"

I don’t want Cooper to be shot because of his cognition. Even if he is very strong, he will not be able to withstand the damage caused by the bullet.

This was the first time Arthur felt so anxious since he traveled through time.

During the ten years in the East China Sea, I led a peaceful life.

Going to the battlefield? He had never done such a thing before. Before crossing over, he was just a gym-loving, lazy guy. How could he not be panicked?

"What's wrong with you? Arthur, you look very uneasy." Dorag noticed his abnormality, came to his side, squatted down, patted his shoulder, and asked.

Arthur said uncertainly: "I don't know. It seems that it's easy to die on my first mission, but I'm very durable. I'm fine."