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Sanji grabbed the auctioneer, dressed as a clown, by the collar and angrily said, "What kind of business is this, you bastards!? Do you think you can get away with this kind of trade?"
"Hmph!! A criminal pirate like you has no right to question our way of life," the auctioneer replied with a logical fallacy.
"It's taboo to buy and sell people like property!! How much are you bribing the government?" Nami attempted another approach.
"How impolite of you to ask... But since you brought it up..."
"Whenever people from the government or the military come to see us,"
"The words 'slave trade' just never seem to come up. They appear to be completely unaware of our business." The auctioneer played with his words and spouted some comprehensible nonsense.
Upon hearing this, Sanji's anger only grew: "... You've got to be kidding me... so they're accomplices too..."
The same goes for Franky, who wanted to use more effective methods to retrieve Caimie: "What a pain in the ass!! If the mermaid really is here, then this'll do just fine!!!"
When Franky wanted to blow up the auction gate and forcefully invade, Hatchan stopped him: "NYUU~!! You can't! There are Tenryuubito inside!"
"And if Camie is being held in there, then they've already collared her."
"Ehh!? The ones that explode!? Then, we can't just take her back by force!?" exclaimed Chopper.
"Ufufufufu... Please, take her if you'd like..." the auctioneer laughed mockingly.
"Stop, Sanji!!" Chopper hastily intervened when Sanji intended to use violence to tear apart the auctioneer's face.
"Hey, girl! Where are you going?" Franky asked, noticing that Nami was leaving.
"We can't do this by force!!"
"So, we'll get Caimie back while playing by their rules!!!" Nami's response was completely unexpected. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveIꜰire.net
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"What do you think this young girl is going to do?"
"I have an idea... but is it possible for Nami to really do that?"
"Huh!? What do you mean? Do you think my daughter isn't kind-hearted enough to do what you were thinking about?"
"Although she loves money, she values friendship much more than money."
"Nami is exactly that kind of person. She has the kindest heart in the whole world."
"Who doesn't know this?"
"Fufufufu~" Gloriosa laughed in response to Bell-mère's angry words.
Then she started talking, "In the Cocoyashi Village incident, Nami collected 100 million beri over 8 years so that she could buy the village and the freedom of the villagers, to save them all from the clutches of Arlong."
"Everyone knows this... Nami's love for money stems from this experience in the first place, right, Bella?"
Hearing this, Bell-mère's wrinkled brow relaxed. "Yes, Nami has done a lot and will do much more for a just cause. Even if she loses every beri she owns right now, I bet she will give everything to buy Caimie's freedom."
The other Store Goddesses smiled upon hearing that. Yes, they were in complete agreement with Bell-mère and Gloriosa's words.
"This really bothers me... the World Government, Tenryuubito. If these people support this auction, who can stop their arrogance?"
"I hope Luffy will put an end to this when he becomes the Pirate King."
"Look... everyone is silent... none of them would have thought that their world contained such filth."
Olvia referred to the readers of all ages.
All of them, without exception, had desolate expressions on their faces, especially after seeing the people in the cage screaming for help, as they didn't want to become slaves.
Just imagining themselves in such a situation made them subconsciously sympathize with the person, even if they were a pirate!
"It seems that this arc will serve as a hot knife that cuts off any remaining attachment between the inhabitants of our world and the World Government."
"This is bad... our soldiers are dissatisfied with the World Government too."
Sengoku was looking out the window, able to see and hear everything happening in the square below, even if he closed his eyes. Signs of dissatisfaction, diminishing trust in the World Government, anger, sadness, and even sympathy for the slave pirate... all of this could be seen on the faces of ordinary Marines.
"Sigh~ things are getting worse with each volume already..."
"Sengoku... Do you truly believe that the World Government's past actions will go unpunished... that every debt incurred will have no consequences... What, in your opinion, is the reason for the emergence of pirates?"
"A pirate wouldn't appear in a pristine world... not even in a slightly pure world... No, even in a diseased world, pirates wouldn't exist... Only when a world reaches the stage of deadly cancer, where corruption has spread, will a pirate be born."
"The pirates' ultimate target was for freedom... a freedom denied to them by the very world itself."
Everyone turned their gaze to Garp, silently with complex emotions. Even Akainu listened with conflicting feelings.
Aokiji adjusted his glasses and calmly looked at Garp, unaware that his teacher was not merely a monstrous monkey using a warship as a punching bag, but rather a primate with a sound mind and logical reasoning.
Even Kizaru, Zephyr, and Tsuru were completely stunned by Garp's words.
"Pirates themselves are the cancer... Does anyone seeking freedom attack villages and cities and cause countless massacres!? Don't talk nonsense, Garp! If there were no Navy in this world, it would have perished long ago!" exclaimed Sengoku.
"That's precisely what I'm saying... Would such a disease emerge in a healthy world, to begin with?"
"Do you now understand what Roger did in the first chapter?" asked Garp.
"These kids, they think they can compete with the Celestial Dragons with just 200 million, Gurararara!"
"The Celestial Dragons have all the wealth of the world at their disposal. 200 million is just pocket change for them. If they see a mermaid, they'll buy it even if the price is in the billions, let alone millions."
"Well, at least Nami has good intentions... that's commendable. After this chapter, the Fish-Man race will surely like her."
"Since Rayleigh is also there, I assume they will finally meet. With just one glance, he can wipe out everyone at the auction... I can already imagine how this will end."
The Roger Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates enjoyed reading the chapters until a certain moment.
When the newspapers with shocking news started to arrive at the archipelago.
"Judging by people's reactions to the newspapers, it seems that a global event is about to unfold."
Both Roger and Newgate stared at each other, understanding the meaning behind their gazes.
"It seems that war is truly inevitable..."
Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
Chapter 536: It Will Be a War...!!! (Part 2)
Chapter 537: The Tenryuubito Incident. (Part 1)
Chapter 538: The Tenryuubito Incident. (Part 2)