Chapter 57: Unleashing Self-restraint

Arthur, who had been sentenced to death, no longer cared about anything and spoke out all the truth and everything he knew at this moment.

Soon, Arthur was escorted out of Enies Hall, and the hall's door and reporters were all controlled by soldiers.

No one knows what will happen inside next.

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Judicial Island, Central Plaza.

To give the world justice and to appease the world's civilians.

Soldiers formed two lines, blocking the street, and civilians came in large numbers to watch the impending execution.

In full view of everyone, Arthur was shackled on his neck, hands, and even feet.

From the Enies Hall, he was escorted to the streets of the Judicial Island, and like a prisoner he was led to the execution platform, with heavy steps.

I never thought that just wanting to resign and leave the navy would end up like this.

He couldn't say anything as his body was completely isolated by the sound-isolating membrane of the Silence Fruit.

He was escorted to the execution platform and forced to kneel on it and look down at the millions of people throwing all kinds of objects and debris at him.

He didn't understand what he had done wrong to be hated so much by the world.

It seemed that those who hated and insulted him below the execution platform did not know the truth.

You are just following the public opinion and are just a puppet controlled by public opinion. You only remember that he committed the crime of "national treason" and completely forgot the news about you who was hailed as a genius boy a few months ago.

"For the sake of justice, absolute justice and the honor of the Navy, even if an officer of the Navy Headquarters committed a crime, we will give the world an explanation!"

Sengoku stepped onto the execution platform, stood in front of Arthur, holding the Den Den Mushi microphone, and spoke to the people below.

"Please rest assured, common people of the world, we will never favor anyone out of selfish motives."

"..."

Various responsibilities and imposed charges were continuously fabricated by Zhan Guo to the people of Judicial Island.

As the people listened to his speech, they became more and more angry.

"Bullshit! I will never favor anyone, damn it, Zhan Guo! I always thought you were a gentleman, but I never thought you were a gentleman, a hypocrite!" Arthur cursed.

But no matter how he shouted, his voice could not be heard.

Only the sound of him struggling to pull at the chains made the two knife-wielding executioners wary of him.

"This kind of scum deserves to be cut into pieces. Has he ever thought about other people's families?!"

"Why did he become like this at such a young age... It's better to let him die soon, he will be a nuisance when he grows up."

"How pitiful... The souls of those massacred civilians must be crying..."

No one noticed the innocent expression and resistance on Arthur's face, as they were all immersed in Zhan Guo's conversation.

"What am I doing in this world..." Arthur looked at the densely packed crowd below, listening to their words that they all hoped he would die soon.

The speech lasted more than twenty minutes, and Arthur was insulted for the entire twenty minutes.

He went from struggling at the beginning and trying to defend himself to looking completely relieved.

At this moment, he remembered what Kaido had said to him in Punk Hazard when they had just been at sea for a few days.

Kaido said: This world doesn't need weaklings...

At that time he just responded with a noncommittal comment, but now he realizes how true this statement is.

All the right to speak is in the hands of the strong.

No matter how much you say or explain, it is better to take action with strength.

An unprecedented extreme thought grew in his heart...

"I've finished speaking, and the public is in the right mood. Let's execute the execution." After speaking, Zhan Guo put down the microphone and retreated behind the execution platform.

The executioners stood on either side of Arthur, swords raised.

No one noticed that Arthur's eyes were empty, as if he had lost all the beautiful fantasies about the world.

"Execution!"

At a command from Zhan Guo, the executioner stabbed Arthur with both knives. At that moment, Arthur looked at Cooper who was crouching on a chimney in a nearby square.

Just a cold look of extreme disappointment was enough to make Cooper spread his more than one-meter-long wings, use his claws to crush the chimney bricks, and fly quickly to the execution platform.

It swung its wings in the air and blew them towards the two executioners, creating a strong gust of wind that blew the executioners off the execution platform.

"Eagle?!" Zhan Guo covered his face, resisting the sudden gust of wind that was like an impact: "Wait, you are...!"

When he came to his senses, he immediately recognized that the eagle with claw marks on its face was Arthur's pet.

Unexpectedly, Arthur's pet would appear at this critical moment.

"What happened? The execution was disrupted by an eagle?!"

"How could it be at such a critical moment..."

The people looked at the situation above the execution platform, completely unaware that the murderous aura that threatened their lives was spreading throughout the square.

"Cooper!" Cooper roared, and quickly handed the ice dragon on his back to Arthur and placed it on the wooden execution platform in front of Arthur.

"Don't try to disturb the execution!" Seeing Cooper put the blade on the wooden board in front of Arthur, Zhan Guo appeared in front of Cooper as fast as thunder and punched him.

Bang! Cooper, who was hit, tried to block with an iron block, but found that he could not resist the power of Warring States at all, and blood spurted out of his mouth.

Its body fell into the square below like a bullet, creating a big hole.

Smoke and dust rose, and people quickly dispersed when they saw it.

In the smoke, Cooper stood up quickly and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his wings.

This time, the severe pain and tearing sensation all over its body did not make it act up. It followed the warship and lived alone on the sea for more than a month, and came here with the determination to die.

It is the only escape route Arthur has left, how could he be afraid of death?

Arthur, with his emotions completely exploded, broke free from the shackles on his right wrist and immediately reached for the knife in front of him.

"Arthur, do you still want to resist me at this point? This is the fate you chose yourself!"

Zhan Guo had no intention of giving Arthur any chance, and the moment he punched him, his fist was suddenly deflected by a cutting wave from below the square.

The penetrating fist hit the wooden board of the execution platform, causing the entire platform to collapse.

"You old eagle, you actually learned the Storm Kick!" Zhan Guo's punch missed and he looked angrily at Cooper who was looking smug below.

"Cooper." (If he dies, I will have no soul.) Cooper grinned at Zhan Guo, posing with his feet, and blood slid from the corner of his mouth to the ground.

Like a real eagle, he stood firm in the center of the crowd and confronted the admiral.

Even though he didn't have the power to shake the admiral of the navy, he could still make him waver for a few seconds.

In just a few seconds, Zhan Guo's pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked at Arthur who had taken back the blade and had already cut the chains on his body.

He couldn't believe it, feeling the murderous intent in Arthur, which was completely different from the righteous Arthur before.

His aura was completely different from before, like a beast that had been freed from its shackles.

Arthur used his domineering aura to break the sound restraints of the Silence Fruit, and with a swift sword, he chopped Zhan Guo off the execution platform that was about to collapse.

The execution platform collapsed, and Arthur sheathed his sword in mid-air, his whole body suddenly sinking with all his strength.

The moment it landed, large cracks appeared on the ground of the entire square, and then it split open like a spider web, and the square continued to sway and shake.

"Get down, Cooper." Arthur said to Cooper who was beside the landing point.

After hearing this, Cooper quickly lay on the ground and covered the eagle's head with his wings. He knew what Arthur was going to do by drawing the sword.

Suddenly, Arthur's aura surged to an unprecedented level. He used all his strength to draw his sword and slash. A dazzling blade light instantly flashed through the middle of all the buildings in the town of Judicial Island and burst into life.

With a deafening bang, the entire town was instantly split in half.

Buildings collapsed, smoke and dust filled the air, people panicked and fled everywhere, the entire Judicial Island looked like the end of the world, many buildings flew up into the air and stopped in mid-air.

This scene frightened all the people so much that their eyes bulged out and they stared at the earth-shaking movement in the air and around them.

"We don't want self-restraint or anything like that."