Put Up Your Flag

"So! I said, Mr. Moria, what are you talking about?"

Vlad squatted in front of Moria, smiling with interest, and suddenly became more interested in talking to this guy.

"Isn't it too early to think that you weep just after failing once?"

Vlad said so.

"Hehehehehe!"

Moria chuckled, "Kid, it's only natural that you would say such a thing now! What do you know if you have never experienced an unforgettable failure?"

"If you want to talk nonsense, let's do it now! Kid, the sea is never kind!"

The man named Moria suddenly became more open-minded than before at this time. Even in the face of Vlad's ridicule and the threat to his life, he could still smile, even if his face was ferocious, even if he had a smile on his face. His face was bruised and swollen, but just the courage to laugh even in such a situation was enough to make Vlad willing to talk nonsense with him.

"Gecko--"

Vlad smiled, "No, Mr. Moria, what you said is different from what you did! You don't look like a pathetic person who admits you have failed!"

"You have been working hard in this Devil's Triangle for nearly ten years, haven't you just to accumulate strength for Kaido's revenge?"

Vlad said, "Such behavior is not what a man who is willing to fail would do, right?"

"Hey, Mr. Moria, you still want to take revenge on Kaido, right? Although you are saying that you are a loser now, you are still unwilling to give up your hatred for Kaido. Am i wrong?"

"Hehehehehehe, who knows about such a thing!"

Moria smiled like this.

"Hey, Moria, do you want a drink?"

Vlad picked up a bottle of wine from the food tray on the floor and said, "It's been a long time since you had a drink with someone, right?"

"..."

Moria was stunned and didn't speak.

"Hey, it looks like you really want to!"

Vlad threw the wine bottle into Moriah's hand. Compared to Moriah and her tall body, such a bottle of wine was really petite.

"What on earth are you thinking about, kid?"

Moria subconsciously squeezed the small wine bottle in her palm. This man named Vlad was really unpredictable and had no idea what he was thinking. Moria had never seen such a man before. No.

"Well, isn't that a very simple reason?"

Vlad gently flicked the cork on the mouth of the bottle with his thumb, and a mellow fragrance came out, "Isn't it the most natural thing to meet a man who has the same appetite as you on the sea and drink a bottle of wine with him? "

"Right? Moria, do you think I'm not qualified to drink with you?"

"Hehehehehehe!!"

Moria laughed loudly, pulled off the cork of the wine bottle, which was extremely small for him, and poured the wine in the bottle into his mouth.

"Ha, that's quite generous, Mr. Moria!"

Vlad smiled like this and poured wine into his mouth, looking very happy.

Moriah drank all the wine in the bottle in one breath without any pressure. For some reason, a feeling suddenly surged in his heart that he had not experienced for a long, long time. It really had been a long, long time since he had experienced it, like that. The feeling is like a hot stream, starting to flow slowly in his heart.

"You kid, hehehehe!"

Moria smiled, "What are you thinking about? Fire Dragon——"

"Mr. Moria,"

Vlad lowered his head and smiled slightly, "What do you think of this sea?"

"The sea?"

Moria had no idea what Vlad was thinking, "What on earth do you want to say?"

"Well, I actually don't have anything to say!"

Vlad said, "I just feel that there may be some movement in this sea soon!"

"Movement? What do you mean?"

Moria asked.

"Don't you think so? Mr. Moria!"

Vlad said, "Twenty-one years have passed since One Piece started the Great Pirate Age. During these twenty-one years, the number of pirates has begun to increase unprecedentedly. The righteous navy is no longer able to maintain order on the sea. ,"

Vlad raised a finger, "The four invincible pirate emperors of the new world are sitting high on the throne. Ha, they are so arrogant, those guys!"

"But, the tide of the times has gradually begun to roll in! Have you felt it? Mr. Moria, the new pirates with extraordinary strength have begun to rush to the sea one after another!"

Vlad's eyes gradually became fanatical, "The calm sea has begun to gradually change! Those high-ranking four emperors will no longer be able to sit on their thrones!"

"..."

Moria was a little silent and didn't speak.

"Don't you feel a surge of emotion in your heart? Mr. Moria!"

Vlad said, "Don't you feel the passion in your chest has been ignited? Don't you want to leave your own voice in this magnificent era? Mr. Moria!"

"So,"

Moria licked his lips, "What on earth do you want to say!"

"Hey, I said, Moria!"

Vlad said, "Don't you want to continue taking risks? Don't you want to continue sailing freely on the sea?"

"You should feel nostalgic, right? Mr. Moria! Those days of freedom on the sea, do you really want to live your whole life in this dark place?"

"Hey, you kid, do you want to--"

Moria narrowed his eyes.

"Well, in short, Mr. Moria, I will accept your position as Shichibukai,"

Vlad smiled, "After all, I have put in a lot of effort. It would be too troublesome if it was all in vain!"

"But the question is, Mr. Moria, what do you want to do now? Are you going to voluntarily give up your position in the Shichibukai, or -"

"Are you still going to kill me? Hehehehehehe! Is there any other good choice?"

Moria smiled, "It seems like I have only one choice!"

"Really? Wouldn't that be awesome?"

Vlad was happy, "This way he looks a bit like the hero of the West Sea back then!"

Being able to bend and stretch is never an ugly thing. Learning to compromise is largely something a man on the sea should learn.

"So, Mr. Moria, what do you want to do next?"

Vlad said, "After losing your position in the Shichibukai, it wouldn't be strange to be chased by the navy, right? If the navy asks me to hand you over to them, I won't be able to refuse."

"Hehehehehehe!!"

Moriah giggled, "So? Kid? So what do you want to say?"

"Well, since I have become a Shichibukai, my name can naturally protect pirates, right?"

Vlad smiled,

"It's just like you thought, Mr. Moria, do you want to take a gamble?"

"A gamble?"

Moria licked his lips, "Hehehehe, What do you bet?"

"How about my flag?"