One Piece : From Slave to Fleet Admiral

"Damn it! Damn it! You bastard! It was all you?! You orchestrated everything?!"

Tuo was on the verge of collapse.

He gnashed his teeth against the cell bars, uncaring as they shattered, blood streaming from his mouth and staining half the floor crimson.

"No! It's all because of you! I told you, I merely opened the gates to hell for you all. If you'd stayed outside, none of this would have happened! But you—you walked in yourself, you followed me without permission, you created your own damnation!"

"Why didn't you stop after winning money? Why didn't you do what you promised when you first joined the marines—donate the extra funds to the town's orphanage? What did you do with the money instead? Dare you say it out loud?"

At the words of Slixus, Tuo finally stopped gnawing at the cell bars.

His mouth hung open as if he wanted to speak, but no words came out.

In response, Slixus sneered mockingly at him.

"Cat got your tongue? Hahaha, let me say it for you. You took that money to the most beautiful woman on the street, didn't you? And from her, you caught all sorts of diseases, didn't you? To pay for treatment, you gambled again, didn't you? After losing, you borrowed against your salary here and mooched off everyone around you, Even when you won, you didn't spend it on treatment—you went back to that woman, didn't you?"

"From start to finish, you were just a slave to your own desires. All I did was create a more enticing playground for you! Isn't that right? If you'd walked away after winning, my trap wouldn't have ruined you—it might've even solved all your problems. But did you do that? Were you ever satisfied with just winning?"

"No! You didn't. You stayed, arm around some woman's waist, grinning like a fool as you withdrew every last coin meant for treatment and debts. Remember what you said when you shoved it all onto the table? If you don't, let me remind you!"

"'My luck's hot today—if I don't go big now, I might never get another chance like this! All in! All in!'"

"Do you even remember how exhilarated you were spouting that nonsense? Want me to tell you? The woman you were clinging to was part of the setup. Withdrawing your money? Part of the setup. Your earlier wins? All part of the setup!"

As the Base commander keep speaking, Tuo was completely shattered.

Roaring with bloodshot eyes, he hurled himself headfirst into the wall.

Blood sprayed, casting a shadow of death over the entire cell.

Tuo's demise seemed to sever the last shred of human reason in the other marines.

They hurled the vilest insults at each other, spat the foulest curses, some descending into madness while others abandoned all restraint—biting, clawing at those nearby.

In an instant, laughter, weeping, screams, pleas for help, thuds, and roars filled the stench-choked prison.

Slixus stood in his cell, crimson gaze fixed on the slave traders behind him.

His lips were cracked and peeling, pupils unfocused, yet his voice carried an eerie clarity.

"Hehe, did you see that? This, this is hell!"

Although slave traders usually appeared fierce, that was only in front of defenseless slaves.

Faced with these nearly deranged marines, the slave traders were now too terrified to speak.

Just as the riot in the prison was about to spiral out of control, a deep and angry voice rang out, accompanied by an overwhelming wave of freezing cold.

"What the hell are you all doing?!"

At the sound of Aokiji's voice, the chaotic prison instantly fell silent.

The abrupt shift from extreme chaos to absolute stillness left everyone momentarily stunned.

Though most of the soldiers seemed to have lost their rationality on the surface, encountering a high-ranking marine officer still triggered their instinct for survival.

Under the weight of Aokiji's authority and power, they reverted to their senses and stared at him.

But Slixus was different.

He knew the crimes he had committed were unforgivable and that his fate was sealed—execution awaited him.

Thus, at this moment, he felt no fear towards Aokiji.

Clutching the bars of his cell, his face dark as he glared at Aokiji and sneered.

"Getting to see you lofty headquarters officers at the end of my life—even if I die now, it'll have been worth it, don't you think? Vice Admiral Aokiji? No, no, no—I should call you Admiral Aokiji, shouldn't I?!"

"I couldn't care less how you address me. I don't give a damn about your opinion of me. But I'll tell you this—the Marine's justice is heavy. When we bear those two words, we face countless trials and darkness. But no matter what, those words—justice—must never be betrayed."

"Justice? Hah. That's something I threw away long ago. You're different from us, Admiral Aokiji. You have the power to defy fate and darkness. You have the strength to change things. You're a genius, a powerhouse—you have everything. But we're not like you. We're just ordinary people who've seen too much darkness but can't change it—never had the ability to change it."

"If darkness can't be changed by us, if we can never live up to those two words on our backs—then what's the point of holding on?! You're just some lofty idealist spouting grand dreams. You have no idea what despair feels like for ordinary people like us!"

Aokiji fell silent, momentarily at a loss for words.

But the next moment, a figure rushed past him into the cell.

With a sharp slap, Jake grabbed Slixus by the collar and roared.

"What kind of ordinary person are you? A branch base commander?! The highest ruler of this island, the supreme authority of this Marine branch, someone who holds the rank of lieutenant even at Marine Headquarters! You call yourself ordinary?! Tell me, with that brain of yours filled with nothing but greed, how much self-awareness do you actually have left? If you're ordinary, then what does that make the slaves you took away?!"

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