Chapter 60 Awakening! Arthur was stabbed in the back by a civilian. (Volume 1, End.)

In the simple thatched hut, many villagers gathered together and formed a circle, with a newspaper on the table in the middle.

"Village Chief Nimir, that guy is a wanted criminal!"

"Oh my god, we thought he was just a young man who died in disaster, but he turned out to be a guy who committed the crime of genocide..."

The villagers were all shocked when they saw the contents of the newspaper on the table. If it weren't for the newspaper, no one would believe that Arthur was a wanted criminal.

Soon, a fisherman stood up and said to everyone: "4...4 million Baileys, this is enough for our village to prosper."

Everyone was startled and looked at him.

"What do you mean? The newspaper clearly wrote that the guy escaped from the Judicial Island and General Sengoku's hands. How can we catch him?"

The village chief, Nimir, was also tempted by the money.

As the saying goes: Birds die for food, and people die for money.

Isn't this what the current situation is? As long as Arthur can be captured, the village will develop, a trading port will be established, and goods will be imported from overseas.

The quality of life of the villagers will improve dramatically.

"But apart from looking a little cold, that guy doesn't seem to have any hostility towards us. He's not as cruel as what's written in the newspaper..."

"Don't be blinded by appearances. In this world, even children can be murderers!"

The villagers discussed and reached a consensus, deciding to use all means to bring Arthur to the navy.

"This is a weapon I bought on the black market to prevent any accidents."

"We have also notified the navy, and they should be arriving in a few hours."

Another fisherman took out a pistol and placed it on the table.

The appearance of the pistol surprised everyone again. No one expected such careful preparation.

"Prosperity or destruction depends on this time!"

"Let's make a plan. Who will shoot him? This guy won't die even if he gets shot, right?"

"Me!" A tall and thin man stood up and raised his hand to say to everyone: "Let me do it. After all, I'm a very accurate shooter."

"Sarion, are you sure?"

"Sure, I will hit him directly in the vitals and make him lose the ability to resist. You need to treat him warmly and let him let his guard down."

As a result of the plan, the villagers decided to give it a try for the future they longed for.

……

Returning to the village from the high plains, Arthur and Cooper walked the streets, counting the remaining Baileys.

"Give them 40 Baileys for medical expenses and the rest of the Baileys to buy a boat and leave."

Arthur Cooper said that now he felt extremely uneasy if he stayed in one place for a long time.

noon.

The sea breeze on the island is pleasant and the sun is bright and dazzling.

When the villagers saw Arthur coming back from the plains, they greeted him warmly.

He came to the village chief's office, turned the doorknob and walked in.

"Young man!" Nimir saw Arthur and immediately stood up from his chair, opened his arms and hugged him: "What's wrong? How are your injuries? Are you feeling better?"

The village chief's warm hospitality remained the same as always, with no flaws to be seen and no detectable hostility.

"Here is 10 baileys, village chief, and I plan to use the remaining 40 to buy a small boat filled with fresh water from you." Arthur presented all his belongings to him.

Looking at the money on the table, the village chief felt inexplicably disgusted, thinking that Arthur must have stolen it from somewhere else.

Now she pretends to be so nonchalant and comes to him to buy a boat...

The village chief developed a sense of justice and thought that if he could get rid of Arthur, he might also stand out in the news, which would be of great benefit to the village.

"Young man, are you planning to leave? Why not stay for a few more days?" Nimir invited warmly, trying to delay a little more time and wait for the arrival of the navy from the nearby sea.

"I have to leave, otherwise I will bring you unnecessary trouble." Arthur responded to the village chief with a smile: "No one can predict what will happen next, right?"

He tried not to look so downhearted.

He did not see everyone in the world as the same because of his tragic experience in one place.

"Well, if you want to sail in a small boat, it will take some time to prepare the supplies, but it can be done today." Nimir took Arthur's money and said to him.

"About how long?" Arthur asked again.

"Around this afternoon, we will prepare fresh water and supplies for you."

"Okay, thank you." Arthur agreed without hesitation and didn't notice anything unusual.

He also didn't know that there was a bounty of 4 million berries on his head.

This number is an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

……

Marinford, on top of the Admiralty building.

In the marshal's office.

"Some villagers reported that Arthur was found in a remote village not far from Judicial Island. I need you to go and arrest him." Cyborg clasped his hands together and said to all the officers in the room.

He hoped that these new officers would not be afraid of Arthur because of the content in the newspaper.

Kake and Gion, who had just completed their mission and returned from overseas for a few days of vacation, as well as the officers of this world conscription, all gathered here.

"We go arrest him? Marshal Kong, we can't beat him."

They knew very well that they were killed instantly by Arthur in the World Recruiting Tournament.

If they really went to arrest Arthur now, they would probably be doomed to die. After all, many marines and civilians reported in the newspapers were killed by Arthur.

"Oh my god, I can't believe he would do such a thing!"

In front of everyone, Gion accepted the task, put on his cloak of justice, turned around and walked out.

Seeing the person he liked take on this task and leave, Kaji hurriedly licked his face and followed Gion's footsteps: "Hey! I haven't spoken yet... Gion, just take this opportunity to ask him clearly!"

"Stop, Kaji." Gang Gukong stopped him and said, "Considering the casualties, only one person and 200 soldiers are allowed to go."

"Casualties? Marshal Kong, are you out of your mind? If we really fight, who among our soldiers can be his opponent except for Sakaski and Colonel Borsalino?"

"They are all carrying out missions overseas to fight against the expansion of the Golden Lion and Whitebeard Pirates." said Cyborg Sora.

He invited some lieutenant generals to join this mission, but they all refused to go.

Especially Garp, who simply ignored his orders.

Apparently, some high-ranking officials in the Navy Headquarters knew the truth about Arthur's betrayal and chose to remain silent.

……

The village pier where Arthur is.

In the afternoon, the dazzling sun began to slowly set, but the afterglow was still bright red and dazzling.

"The boat is ready, young man." Nimir brought some villagers to see Arthur off, and enthusiastically extended his hand to shake hands with Arthur to say goodbye.

boom.

At the moment of shaking hands to conclude the ship deal, a sudden gunshot broke the enthusiastic atmosphere around Arthur.

Without any signs or warnings, Arthur, who was mixed in the crowd, did not notice any hostility, but was shot in the back of the neck by a bullet in public.

"Ku?" Cooper looked at Arthur, whose body suddenly fell forward. His eyes suddenly widened and he immediately looked towards the roof of a nearby house.

A villager, holding a smoking pistol in his hand, looked at them below with an excited expression.

Arthur was shot while his whole body was relaxed, causing him to fall to the ground, lying on the ground looking at the man on the roof.

"The plan was successful. Hurry up and control this demon who committed the crime of genocide..." The enthusiastic villagers suddenly swarmed towards him with weapons in hand.

"It doesn't matter if he's killed. As long as we bring his body to the Navy, we can get 4 million Baileys!"

"The future of the village is in our hands. For justice, kill this devilish brat!"

At this moment, it seemed to Arthur that the huge sum of 4 million Baileys was waving at them and within their reach.

"Who fired the gun? I can't see clearly..." Arthur, who was shot in the neck, became conscious.

Tinnitus spread rapidly throughout the brain, fear, anger, hatred...

In an instant, his blurry eyes suddenly became sharp, and burst out like a burning flame.

The violent potential power awakened at this moment, and the red aura in Arthur's body gushed out like a tide, and all the creatures on the island lost consciousness in an instant.

He deflected the bullet that was stuck in his neck bone with his bare hands, and blood splattered.

Arthur looked at the bloody bullet in his hand and began to roar, accusing the world of injustice.

He used the power of the ice dragon to freeze the bullet wound on the back of his neck, then climbed up and squatted on his knees.

He held the wound tightly with one hand and his body trembled slightly.

"What did I do wrong?!" He roared to the sky, his voice like thunder, as if he wanted to release all the pain and dissatisfaction.

His eyes were filled with rage and he roared to his heart's content, venting his anger at this unfair world.

At this moment, Arthur's original heart was completely killed by reality.

"Cooper!" (Arthur, stop, I'm going to faint...) Cooper raised his wings in front of him, trying his best to resist the breath erupting from Arthur's body.

This aura is exactly the same as the one he had before in the Sphinx Sea and Punk Hazard, the domineering aura of the king.

"Ah!" However, Arthur, who couldn't hear anything at the moment, was like a wild beast that had lost itself and just wanted to vent all the dissatisfaction in his heart.

He grabbed the body of the village chief Nimir in front of him, and a newspaper fell out from the unconscious village chief.

"Die...die...I'll kill you..." The moment Arthur saw the newspaper, he immediately reached out to pick it up and opened it.

Only then did he understand why these villagers suddenly attacked him.

A genius who committed treason and genocide, Lieutenant Commander Arthur of the Navy Headquarters, bounty: 4 million berries, dead or alive.

After learning the contents of the newspaper, Arthur realized that he was wanted.

He was shocked by the high reward inside, and then looked at the village chief in his hand fiercely:

"I'm not a monster..."

Then he threw the village chief aside with force and hit him on a house, causing it to collapse on the spot.

He jumped onto the roof of the house where the man who shot him was, snatched the pistol from his hand, then aimed at his head and pulled the trigger decisively.

Bang, the bullet pierced the man's head until Arthur angrily emptied the magazine.

"No one can believe in this twisted world!" Arthur said, jumping off the house in one step, picking up Cooper who was lying on the ground and walking towards the small boat prepared at the dock.

As Cooper and Arthur prepared to set sail, his expression became extremely angry and painful, and he secretly swore in his heart that he would never let his guard down again no matter what the circumstances.

The domineering aura that awakened in despair spread overseas, causing a tsunami, and even the creatures in the sea quickly fled the sea area.

At this moment, warships from overseas that came to question Arthur slowly approached.

"Major Gion, many villagers are lying on the ground at the dock of the village ahead, and they seem to have fainted."

"There is a small boat setting sail, and standing at the front of the boat is...Major Arthur!"

After hearing the news about Arthur, Gion stepped forward and snatched the telescope from the soldier to confirm that it was really him. Then she picked up the loudspeaker on the warship and shouted to Arthur in the distance:

"Arthur, I'm Gion. I'm here to find out the truth. I don't believe you would do such a thing. I...Arthur?"

She wanted to know the truth about why Arthur betrayed her, but before she could finish her words, she saw Arthur slowly pulling out the blade at his waist across the hundred-meter sea, gathering strength and swinging a huge monster towards the sea in front of him.

An ice dragon hundreds of meters long, like an ice crystal, threw out the blade in Arthur's hand, pierced through the sea and sky, and rushed straight to the warship where Gion was.

“Arthur…!” Gion’s pupils suddenly contracted upon seeing this, and he shouted at Arthur, watching Arthur’s moves hit the bow of the warship.

With a loud bang, the entire warship exploded into countless pieces in an instant. The soldiers on the ship had almost no time to react before they were sunk into the sea.

“Go to hell…!” Arthur roared, looking at the warship that was shattered in an instant and yelled: “Don’t come near me!”

The boat sailed away from the sea, and Cooper was worried about Arthur's mental state.

It had never seen Arthur like this before. Its eyes gradually became firmer as it understood the ugliness of human beings.

"Damn it, why? I just want to leave the navy peacefully and learn six styles. Why?" Arthur received it and knelt on the deck of the boat with his hands covering his head.

The innocent abuse from the civilians on the Judicial Island, the conspiracy of the Warring States, and the fact that he was almost killed by civilians outside the island just now.

All of these made him extremely desperate and see through the true nature of this world.

It turns out that beautiful things only exist in a small number of people.

"It's all my fault for being too weak." Soon, Arthur came to the only conclusion based on everything he had experienced and the true appearance of this world.

Just get stronger, and keep getting stronger.

Just keep taking out the navy and everything will be fine.

As long as he becomes the existence that they fear, let’s see who dares not respect him.

Arthur, who originally just wanted to leave the navy peacefully, quit his position and yearn for a free life, at this moment developed a deep hatred for the navy.

The navy completely transformed a kind-hearted boy, a time-traveling boy who had many beautiful fantasies about this world, into a ferocious beast that was ruthless in killing.

……

That night, the Navy Headquarters received bad news.

The warship that went out to sea to arrest Arthur lost contact in the waters near its destination.

The life cards of two hundred soldiers were burned out in an instant, except for Gion Momotosa's life card which remained intact.

In the coming year...

Arthur was like a monster out of control, destroying the warships he encountered on the sea one after another.

Without exception.

The survival rate was extremely low, and almost no navy soldiers he encountered survived.

The news gradually spread to the ears of all major forces in the ocean.

Some people call him "the ultimate swordsman".

Some people call him "Navy Hunter".

Some people call him "the criminal who massacred the nation."