65. Third Party

"It's really difficult, even the Observation haki can be blocked."

A figure fell from the sky.

Dylan glanced at Bell-mère, Ain, Law, and the 'hooligan Marines' who were carousing in the distance before sitting down.

"I thought I just heard that you wanted to see me?"

The old man did not immediately answer Dylan's words. He just looked at him and smiled: "Observation haki?"

Dylan frowned and then turned to look at Ain.

After receiving Dylan's signal, Ain restated the information she had obtained previously.

"You don't seem surprised by this information?"

The old man was a little confused, but the young man didn't show much surprise or solemn expression after hearing this.

"Some of the information in this... How should I put it, anyone with a brain can figure it out. Even about your so-called 'destructive power', there should be someone in the Marines who knows clearly what it is. So..."

Dylan glanced around: "There's nothing new about these things."

Bell-mère next to him took a drag on her cigarette. She had never thought about these things!

Ain and Law acted as if nothing had happened.

The old man nodded slowly: "I heard some of your deeds from them, how about it? Do you need our power?"

Hearing this, Law and Ain were a little surprised.

But Dylan did not give an answer, but looked at the old man: "I need strength, your strength is okay, but I don't want just any strength!"

The physique and vitality of these guys are indeed very good, and... they are also very disciplined.

Even on this isolated archipelago, they remained alert.

"Is it possible that you are also following some 'promise' or something like that? Are you waiting for someone to save you?"

"Promise?" The old man shook his head: "No, this is the main reason why our ancestors and Joyboy parted ways!"

"Oh?"

The old man looked directly at Dylan and said in a deep voice: "The sporadic records left to us by our ancestors once said that although Joyboy is a benevolent leader, he is not a qualified leader.

Peace definitely does not rely on laughter and happiness to bring about change, especially between races."

"The disparity in natural strength, the estrangement in living habits, and the ambitions of conspirators cannot be solved by holding a banquet!"

"I don't know much about what happened at the last moment of that war, but through some conversations and analysis just now... Just as the ancestors described, what kind of self-sacrifice did Joyboy choose at the last moment? Or 'Waiting for Dawn' or something like that."

"This kind of thing is exactly what we hate!"

"Nika... he tried to lead the oppressed people to break the old evil, but gave up at the last moment."

The old man shook his head: "Compromise and time cannot buy peace! Stupid banquets cannot maintain long-term peace!"

"Legal principles are the benchmark for maintaining peace."

The old man's eyes were filled with blazing fire: "The principle of treating everyone equally!"

After listening to the old man's words, Dylan clapped his hands.

"It's a bit interesting. Let's do this..."

Dylan glanced around: "Go and see the outside world first, and then make a decision!"

...

A young warrior followed Dylan out of the archipelago called Balchico.

"Do you have any racial characteristics or anything like that? For example, do you have any weird tattoos on your back?"

In the fog, a small warship sailed slowly.

Alex, a young warrior from Balchico, shook his head: "No, why would we have something like that?"

"Who knows? Some people have it anyway."

If the people here were indeed, as they said, a "third-party force" back then, then they would probably also be included in the records of the "World Government."

Now is not a good time to rebel...

"That old man... well... his name is..."

"Mr. Ephraim, he is our guide."

"Guide? Don't you have a royal family there?"

Alex shook his head: "It is said that before entering Balchiko, there was no such thing as a 'royal family' in our country. I don't know specifically..."

So smart? Parliamentary system was implemented 800 years ago?

As the ship emerged from the fog, the outer eddies had subsided, but the storm was still frightening.

"Tsk!"

Listening to the thunder roaring in the sky, Dylan looked upward. The clouds surged for a while and then gradually began to subside.

Um?

The thunderclouds that had just subsided immediately gathered together again after Dylan passed by. Looking at the clouds behind him, Dylan frowned.

No wonder this kind of place is classified as an unknown area by CP0. Sure enough, it's full of weirdness.

...

The other side of the New World sea area.

An island occupied by the original "Whitebeard Pirates".

Boom!

The pirate flag erected on the island was cut in half. Looking at the pirate flag lying on the ground, the people's eyes lit up a little, but then dimmed again.

So what? These pirates died today, and new pirates will come tomorrow.

"My lord... are you... Marine?"

The man who looked like a demon actually got off a warship with the G5 logo on it. Although he did not attack the people, his cruel method of massacring the pirates shocked the people quietly watching from a distance.

"Ah... I guess so. What's wrong?"

Shiryu replied nonchalantly while wiping the blood from his sword.

"Gu~"

The person who came up to ask swallowed his saliva and said: "Can... can we borrow your flag to help us deter pirates..."

When G5's ship approached the island, the pirates who were drinking and eating suddenly began to run away like crazy. Those with boats sailed, while those without boats found a plank and started jumping into the sea. Some people even plunged directly into the sea.

It should be the very powerful and famous Marine...

"No..."

Shiryu shook his head: "My mission is only to cleanse the pirates."

The look in the middle-aged eyes became even more gloomy. How many days can a stable life last?

Seeing Shiryu leaving, the middle-aged man looked at the "rogue Marine" on the other side. Although these people don't look like good people... but...

When he made his request again, the Marine showed a struggling look on his face. He is just the adjutant of Shiryu, the adjutant of the 04 combat unit, and does not have that much power to directly use the G5 flag... 

But the people here... Thinking of the food and supplies sent to them by the poor people just now, the adjutant gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

...

When he returned to the warship, the adjutant's legs were already trembling. Everyone in the G5 branch knows that in the base, apart from Rear Admiral Bell-mère who dares to talk back to Vice Admiral Dylan, only Miss Tama and Princess Mansherry can act coquettishly in front of the Vice Admiral. Others almost always carry out orders according to iron rules.

As Shiryu's adjutant, he certainly knows the current strategic direction.

"Only clean the pirates, don't occupy the territory!" This was an order given by Vice Admiral Dylan himself.

On the warship, Shiryu sat on a chair on the deck, chewing a cigar and looking at the trembling adjutant: "Tie him up and throw him into the prison."

Just when the adjutant was desperate, Shiryu turned around and walked towards the cabin: "Return."

Rear Admiral Shiryu...

The adjutant had tears in his eyes. He did not take back the G5 flag. This guilt... He took it for himself!

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