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"We need to report this to Commander Smoker immediately. I'll leave this to you."
As Tashigi spoke, she hurriedly ran in the direction Smoker had gone.
……
184. Ron: Unjust rules have no reason to exist!
Inside the tavern in Roguetown at this moment.
After hearing Ron's explanation, Smoker turned pale, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his heart was in turmoil.
"You...are you serious?"
“I told you I wasn’t joking.”
Ron took a sip of his drink.
Smoker stared intently at him: "Why are you telling me all this?! Aren't you afraid I'll report this to headquarters and have them deploy their highest-level forces to stop you?"
"It doesn't matter."
Ron put down his glass, faced him and smiled, "Smoker, I'm telling you this because I have high hopes for you. Someone like you deserves the word 'justice' in my heart, so I came to Loguetown today hoping you can come and assist me."
"impossible!"
Smoker immediately refused.
"I am a member of the Navy. Those two words represent my stance. If you really intend to carry out your insane plan, I will only be your enemy on the battlefield!"
"Smoker, don't be so sure of yourself."
Ron poured himself a glass of wine: "I used to think that as long as I became stronger, I could become a free traveler on this ocean, living whatever I wanted, but I later realized that I was too naive."
“Someone told me that this navy, which seems vast and boundless, is actually just a huge cage, bound by high and mighty rules. Anyone who challenges the rules is called a pirate or a criminal by those who make the rules, and then your navy is responsible for dealing with them.”
"Even if those people don't intend to become pirates or criminals, it's still the same; as long as they break those rules, they are unforgivable."
"If these rules are just, then I am willing to abide by them. But if these rules are designed to make it easier for those who make them to manage the world and to serve the high and mighty Celestial Dragons to enslave all living beings, then there is no true freedom on this sea. The so-called rules are nothing but chains and shackles, and even the justice you believe in has been distorted and has become utterly unjust."
Hearing his words, Smoker couldn't help but clench his glass, gritting his teeth as he squeezed out two words: "Shut...up."
Ron took a sip of his drink and continued, "During these past two years, besides training and getting stronger on Zou Island, I would occasionally sneak off to explore. I've traveled to many islands and countries in the New World. It's definitely more chaotic there than the Grand Line, but what surprised me was that in some countries controlled by the Four Emperors, there wasn't that awful class division. Nobles and commoners got along quite well. But in the countries on the Grand Line controlled by the World Government, the class division was incredibly severe."
"Ultimately, the World Nobles are something that this world simply doesn't need. Smoker, you probably think so too, right? There must be many people in the Navy who grovel before those World Nobles and Celestial Dragons, even betraying the very concept of justice they represent, right?"
Smoker gritted his teeth, but couldn't utter a word.
He couldn't argue.
"These past two years have made me think things through completely. Even if I can become a strong person who is not bound by anyone or any rules, if this world doesn't change, no matter where I travel, the scenery I see will still make me nauseous, just like the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue."
Ron put down his empty glass, stood up, and said calmly, "This world needs to change. Rather than waiting for others to do it, I'll do it myself."
"The World Government will still exist, but there will be no more Celestial Dragons."
"The navy will continue to exist, but it will be a new navy."
Smoker's grip on the glass made it crack and splinter.
"Smoker, wanna make a bet?"
Before leaving, Ron seemed to remember something, stopped, and spoke with his back to Smoker.
"What bet?"
"You and Aokiji are quite close, right? Let's bet on which side he'll take."
Smoker's eyes narrowed: "What do you mean?! Aokiji is a Marine Admiral, do you think he might side with you?!"
"So you're betting that he won't."
Ron's voice held a hint of amusement. "I bet he can. If I win, how about you join my side?"
Smoker downed the drink in one gulp, and the cracked glass crashed to the counter and shattered completely.
"What if I win?"
"Then when the fight breaks out, I can fight you with my eyes closed."
Ron smiled.
Before Smoker could even process the meaning of his words, Ron had already stepped out of the tavern.
He had just stepped out of the tavern when Tashigi ran towards him.
The moment the two brushed past each other.
She glanced at Ron's face, but only caught a glimpse of his profile.
It seems somewhat familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before...
Before she could think it through, she had already run into the tavern. Seeing Smoker at the counter, she immediately put the matter out of her mind.
"Commander Smoker, something big has happened!"
……
Outside the pub.
Ron walked along the bustling street with his hands in the pockets of his black coat.
Where is that Dragon now?
What he planned to do was to wage an unprecedented war, the likes of which had not been seen in eight hundred years. It would be a war that would determine the course of the world and be able to overturn everything.
It's impossible to rely solely on him and the Sky Calamity Journey.
What he is doing now is gathering fighting strength.
He already has some candidates in mind.
The blind old man smiled. Although he had made a promise with him after that match, he was still unsure of the old man's stance.
The world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, is uncertain.
Smoker, whatever.
Admiral Aokiji of the Navy Headquarters, uncertain.
Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress, is a possibility, but it's not certain yet.
Rayleigh, the god of the underworld, is a possibility, but it's not certain yet.
Former general, Zephyr, is a possibility.
There's no certainty about any of the Four Emperors; it's all uncertain.
If we were to choose the most likely candidate from the four Yonko-level powers to participate in this great battle, it would undoubtedly be Kaido of the Beasts, who has a grudge against Ron.
Besides these people and forces.
Of all the powerful figures and forces Ron knew, the most likely and capable of standing by his side now was... the Revolutionary Army.
Especially Luffy's father, Monkey D. Dragon, whom he met once when he was a child!
He is Ron's most suitable ally!
However, after searching Loguetown with Observation Haki, Ron still couldn't find Dragon.
In the original story, he saved Luffy in Loguetown, but it seems he hasn't arrived there yet.
Ron did not choose to wait there.
Instead, they left Loguetown and headed towards the Grand Line.
He was going directly to the headquarters of the revolutionary army.
Baldigo, the island of white soil.
185, if he's not here, I'll take over!
After Ron left.
Smoker considered whether to report the matter, but Ron's attitude at the time made him quite uneasy.
In addition, what Ron said was so outrageous and unbelievable that Smoker even worried whether anyone would believe him if he reported it.
If asked, it would be difficult to explain. Should I say that as a naval officer, I was an acquaintance of that guy, and that we had a long-awaited reunion, and that he said it when he was drunk while we were drinking together?
This is outrageous!
Who believes it!
Ten days passed quickly amidst Smoker's anxieties and struggles.
He still did not choose to report it.
……
It had been about two weeks since Ron left Loguetown.
The Straw Hat crew, now consisting of Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji, arrived in Loguetown.
Just like in the original story, Zoro obtained the "Yubashiri" and "Sandai Kitetsu" from the local weapon shop, along with the Mokuku that Ron lent him.