Chapter 540 We've Already Lived Forever

Arthur walked alone into the familiar forest and heard the wind whistling through the thick tree trunks.

That familiar horizontal slashing shockwave, flat and less than half a meter long, was the power that Cooper unleashed with his wings.

"I could smell the resentment from a mile away! Why are you taking it out on the tree?"

Arthur walked toward where it was and began to tease it.

"She's like a child, do I have to coax her?"

"Cooper!" (That scoundrel who forgets his friends for a pretty face!)

A slicing wave rushed towards us from the lush forest a hundred meters away.

Feeling the impact, Arthur grinned. "What? I was just talking to her, how could I forget you?"

As the impact approached, Arthur tilted his neck slightly and instinctively dodged it.

The impact dissipated into the air after passing through several large trees behind him.

"Cooper!" (You hit me!)

Hearing this, Arthur suppressed a laugh, covered his face, and secretly chuckled.

It was just a kick to the butt, how did it become hitting it?

Thinking back, Arthur had even let it watch when he was being intimate with his servants, but when it came to his past life, he didn't want it to know anything.

Because many things are different in this life, perhaps it's another parallel world.

In his previous life, he possessed a knife containing an ice demon.

However, in this life, the Frost Demon has become his former self.

It's simply unfathomable.

Arthur laughed and apologized, "I'm sorry, it was my fault! I'll catch you a musk ox and roast it for you myself."

Upon hearing Arthur's apology, Cooper flew from the woods to his shoulder, stretched out his neck, and stared at his face with a questioning look.

"Cooper?" (Really?)

"When have I ever lied to you?" Arthur sighed. "Alright, don't be angry."

"Cooper!" (Don't think you can appease me like that!) Cooper hugged his wings tightly, placing them in front of his chest, looking both arrogant and unwilling.

"Cooper..." (Unless...both ends...)

"Then let's go both ways, and I'll take you out to sea for fun." Arthur readily agreed.

"But I have something even better than food to give you!"

He was already used to dealing with its little moods.

Cooper is the easiest to appease; Arthur knows him very well.

She can be a bit arrogant when she's angry, but she's easy to coax.

(Cooper!) (Hmph! That's more like it, otherwise I wouldn't let you off the hook!)

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. Come with me to have a meal, and then we'll get the boat ready!"

After appeasing Cooper, Arthur led him toward Leia's house.

The round trip takes about an hour.

When they arrived at Leia's house, Arthur and Cooper each had a blade of grass in their mouths, wriggling it around.

Lunchtime has arrived.

The sound of Leia stirring the wok could be heard from inside the house.

Gion stared at Shanks and Shamrock's faces from the living room.

He swaggered in as usual.

Upon entering the living room, Arthur grabbed Cooper's eagle by the foot, pinned it behind his neck, and stared at Gion without saying a word.

"Are you going out to sea?" Gion looked up at Arthur from in front of the stroller, her hands still inside the stroller, teasing the two brothers with her fingers, and asked calmly.

"Hmm, I'll fix the sword and then stop by the Goa Kingdom. Didn't Garp resign? That really surprises me."

Arthur maintained his image as a shy, sunny boy in front of Gion, responding to her as he did so.

"Can I come with you?" Gion suddenly asked. "I have some questions for you."

“It will take about a week. Of course you can go.” Arthur readily agreed.

Just then, Leia, who was carrying food in the kitchen, came out and heard what was said.

"Lord Arthur, please don't do anything strange to her!" Leia said to him as she placed the food on the living room table.

"Although she looks big and is taller than me, she is only 6 years old."

"I'm only 7 years old! And you're still making me feel uneasy!" Arthur bared his teeth and roared at her.

"Shut up! Take good care of the child!"

"..." Leia blushed, pouting and speechless.

Having experienced so many deaths at sea, the psychological pressure was immense. In that oppressive environment, one's courage naturally amplified, leading to breaking the rules.

“I have received the best education and ideological training, and in some theoretical terms, I am quite mature,” Gion suddenly said.

"Don't worry about me, I understand everything."

"You don't know anything!" Arthur muttered dismissively to her.

"I really understand!!!" Gion became competitive, her eyes widening as she stared at Arthur.

"Okay, okay! You understand, you understand!" Arthur picked up his bowl and started eating heartily, no longer arguing with her.

"By the way, did that bald guy leave?"

"They're gone. The government's ship set sail and left half an hour ago."

This surprised Arthur, as the other party hadn't mentioned any requests before leaving.

Did what happened at God Valley really leave such a deep shadow on them?

Arthur ate the delicious food while deep in thought.

Some people go too far.

In his previous life, how many navy personnel did he kill and how many naval bases did he destroy?

The world government not only refused to compromise, but also continued to send people to hunt him down.

Life was incredibly tough.

Now you've suddenly become obedient?

A few hundred Celestial Dragons' lives... doesn't seem like that many, does it?

The killings in the lower realms of God Valley were mostly carried out by the younger generation of Celestial Dragons as an extreme and distorted form of self-cultivation.

In other words, during the God Valley incident, the other Arthur, summoned by the Black Dragon, killed most of the next generation of Celestial Dragons in one blow.

The Holy Land of Mary Geoise is now only inhabited by the elderly, the infirm, and the disabled.

Another group consists of Celestial Dragon families located in economically developed overseas regions.

With just one move, he nearly wiped out the Celestial Dragons and defeated everyone else.

Even Arthur himself didn't realize how terrifying the power of his other self was.

He thought it was understated and bland, but all sorts of rumors and opinions had already begun to spread around the world.

A series of man-made disasters are spreading.

After the meal, Leia seemed to have something to say, licking her chopsticks and glancing at Arthur from time to time.

"Um, Lord Arthur! May I go out to sea with you?"

Seeing her somewhat evasive expression, Arthur glanced at Shanks and Stinks.

"Not this time."

"That's wonderful!" Leia exclaimed joyfully, her arms outstretched, but she suddenly stopped, staring at Arthur in astonishment.

"Is it not possible?!"

She had assumed Arthur wouldn't refuse, and was used to getting excited in advance.

"After the World Conference, I'll have Tom build me a ship, and then we can travel the world on adventures for decades."

Leia was even happier to receive such a message.

This means that you can escape an ordinary life and see more of the world's wonders.

Suddenly, time stood still.

Arthur was pulled into the mental space. Looking around, he found another version of himself standing not far in front of him with his back to him.

“That woman is very loyal. Go find the Op-Op Fruit for her to eat,” the other Arthur said to him.

"In the end, she'll just be a handful of dust. You should make full use of her value."

"You want her to eat the Operation Fruit and then perform the Immortality Operation on me?!" Arthur frowned, staring at that version of himself.

The other him suddenly turned around and appeared in front of him instantly without him noticing, his dynamic visual reflexes at full power, staring into his eyes.

"Are you mistaken about something?" The other Arthur gently pushed his forehead with his hand.

"We've already achieved immortality!"

The frozen time suddenly reversed, and Arthur's consciousness returned to Leia's dining table.

He put down his rice bowl, rubbing his forehead as if he felt uncomfortable.

"Lord Arthur, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Arthur covered his head, got up, and walked outside.

"Alright, we should head to the dock and pick out a boat to set off."

Before that, I need to take Cooper to eat a Devil Fruit.

Leia was surprised. How could someone with Arthur's constitution experience dizziness?

This is so weird.

Sitting opposite Arthur, Gion stared at him with a serious expression, thinking to herself,

"Could this be the sign he was talking about, the sign that consciousness will disappear?"

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