Chapter 201: If you were given a choice, what would you choose?
"Mary Geoise..." 2x
Nami and Chopper looked at the scenery from above the Red Line, the place where all the World Nobles resided, with a gulp, thinking as if they were about to face their strongest enemies.
Yet, how could they not?
After all, just because Luffy beat up the World Nobles, he was being targeted directly by two admirals and one devil.
If somehow Luffy beat up all the World Nobles, what would happen?
If that happened, Luffy would take over the World Government, Shinra thought, but he wouldn't say it out loud and just sat at the entrance of the Mary Geoise, waiting for the Seven Warlords of the Seas, who were invited to the meeting for the upcoming war.
"So, what are you doing here?" Nami asked curiously as she looked at Shinra, who started to read a book.
Similarly, Robin and Carina did the same. As for Baby 5, she was resting as she was exhausted.
"Guarding."
"Guarding?"
"You can say that I am a security guard."
"...." Nami and Chopper.
Someone so strong as Shinra was just a security guard?
Robin and Carina could only chuckle when they heard Shinra's words.
"...for what?"
"For the World Government."
"..." Nami blinked her eyes as she looked at the luxurious surroundings and the new dress that she had just bought on the Sabaody Archipelago. She didn't need to pay, so she bought the entire store, yet somehow, Shinra didn't even appear to be impatient, or even stop her, and let her buy as she wished, so—
"Did the World Government pay you a lot for this job?"
"Yup."
"H-How much?"
Shinra stared at Nami, who was staring at him curiously, then made a gesture of the amount of his salary from being a part-time security guard.
"..."
Only, Nami was in a daze as she blinked her eyes and asked expectantly, "Did the World Government hire more security guards?"
"They have no need for weaklings like you."
"....." Nami.
"Chopper, if you are free, there are many medical books over there. You can read as you wish."
"Thank you very much!"
When Shinra showed the collection of medical books that he had collected, Chopper thanked him with all his might!
The world of One Piece, while it was simple, still contained a lot of mysteries, including the medical, as there were many unique races, which could help him to improve his strength, so without a doubt, if Chopper grew smarter, it would help him.
As for the thought of Chopper returning to Luffy?
Hehehe.
"Do you have books about navigation?" Nami asked as she also felt the need to improve her skills as a navigator.
"There you go."
"Thank you."
By then, all of them were quiet, and only the sound of rustling from changing the page in the paper book was heard from the room. All of them were bookworms and the rare people who had a hobby to read, and had higher intelligence than most of the people in this world, so as long as there were books, they could spend their entire days without worry.
The soldiers outside were yawning, quite relaxed, feeling the gentle wind and warm weather.
Even if they were about to welcome the chosen pirates that had become part of the Seven Warlords of the Seas, all of them had a worry since in their minds, Kuroyagi, or Shinra Uchiha, were the strongest!
Still, as Nami read her book, she couldn't help but glance curiously at Shinra, who had Robin and Carina leaning on him as they read books together. The three of them fully enjoyed themselves, and it made her a little jealous, though.
Then again, Shinra, Robin, and Carina weren't the only ones who enjoyed themselves as Chopper was lying on his stomach, as he waved his little legs while reading books.
"...." Nami.
Did Chopper forget that their captain was put on Impel Down?!
While Nami was frustrated, she also decided to give up since there was nothing she could do. The journey to become the Pirate King stopped, and she had lost the direction she should aim for. After all, Luffy wasn't there.
As she let out a helpless sigh, she decided to ask the question that she was curious about. "By the way, you are about to welcome the Seven Warlords of the Seas, right?"
"Yup."
"...is it that legal pirates?"
"That's right."
Nami frowned and asked, "Why did the World Government allow for such an organization to happen?"
"It's cheap."
"....." Nami.
"Moreover, those pirates from the Shichibukai are only allowed to rob from those non-affiliated countries of the World Government."
"Does that make it fair to you? And, do you think that those pirates won't hurt those who are part of the World Government?"
Shinra only smiled at Nami's naivety. "Does it matter?"
"...." Nami.
"What the World Government needs is only stability, an ocean without many pirates, and that's why this organization was created. The question is..." Shinra looked at Nami and asked, "Why did you think the World Government needed to create this organization?"
"That's..."
"The King of Pirates, Gol D. Roger." Shinra didn't have much fluctuation in his emotions when he gave that answer. "This guy has caused the world to be even more hellish as the pirates have become more rampant."
So, who was at fault?
Naturally, Gold Roger, who used the lives of millions or more innocents as a sacrifice for the true king to emerge.
"But... do you think it is right? Do you think the World Government is right?"
"Don't question me about that." Shinra sipped his warm, bitter coffee calmly despite facing Nami's outburst. "All I want is a stable and peaceful life, especially when I am about to have a family. On this sea, my choice is only two. Either to become pirates and be hunted by the World Government, or be part of the World Government and have a good life."
Shinra looked at Nami and asked, "If you are given a choice, which will you choose?"
"That's..." Nami frowned, but Shinra was correct. If she had a choice, who would choose a lowly profession known as a pirate?
A pirate is a criminal.
Yet, in this world, did people even have a choice?
No.
Everyone had their own roles, and those innocents were simply living to become livestock for the nobles.
Still, instead of becoming livestock that had no worth to serve and were simply worthless, trash, parasites, wasn't it better to become part of his planet?
As he thought so, he looked at the distant castle that would be owned by him.