Chapter 75
Nico Robin, having been refused boarding the ship, was crying her heart out at this moment. But right then, a tall figure appeared behind her.
"Nico Robin. Do you want to live?" Victor ignored CP9 and the evacuation ship, instead asking Nico Robin first.
"Wah wah wah, who are you?" "I want to live, I want to live~" Nico Robin said while crying.
"If you want to live, then say it loudly." Victor said expressionlessly.
"I want to live~ I want to live~" Nico Robin immediately shouted loudly.
"Good. Get up and stand behind me." Victor said, then turned to look at CP9 chief Spandine on the evacuation ship.
Spandine had long recognized Victor and was now trembling in fear.
As the head of an intelligence organization, he knew best the terrifying strength of the man before him.
Killing him would be as easy as waving a hand.
"Mr. Victor, I, I..." Spandine didn't even know what to say, just fearfully trying to explain.
"Considering you prepared evacuation ships for innocent civilians, I'll spare you this time." "Now, take the evacuation ship and leave here." Victor looked at Spandine and directly gave him the order.
"Yes yes, I'll leave now, I'll leave now." Hearing Victor's words, Spandine was overjoyed—he had thought he was done for.
He hurriedly shouted to set sail and quickly left the area.
He didn't care about the Navy side anymore; he just wanted to get away.
Anyway, their goal was more or less achieved—Ohara was essentially destroyed.
Meanwhile, Barrels and Sakazuki were fighting on even terms.
Victor ignored them—Barrels was more than enough to handle Sakazuki.
He took Nico Robin and walked toward Aokiji and Sauro.
Nico Robin followed Victor closely, not daring to fall a single step behind, even though she was still crying in fear.
Right now, Victor was her last lifeline—she had to hold on no matter what.
However, Victor was tall with long strides, so she could only wipe her tears while running to keep up.
Aokiji watched Victor approaching him, his brows immediately furrowing, cold aura instantly spreading around him.
Sauro, lying on the ground, had already been frozen by Aokiji but wasn't dead yet.
"Victor, what do you want?" Aokiji stared intently at Victor.
"Kuzan, we meet again." "How about it? When you saw Sakazuki order the bombardment of the evacuation ships, what did you feel or think?" Victor stood in front of Aokiji and said expressionlessly.
The moment they met, Victor went straight for Kuzan's weak spot.
"What are you trying to say?" Hearing Victor's words, confusion appeared in Kuzan's eyes, his brows furrowing even tighter.
"You saw it, didn't you? This is the true face of the World Government—using any means to achieve their goals." "Rule and power are the World Government's themes. You'll understand in time." Victor shook his head, not explaining further.
"What exactly do you want?" Kuzan still didn't understand what Victor was after.
"I don't want anything. I'm just showing a bit of kindness, saving some innocent people. You can think of it as me looking for something to do, or accumulating some good karma for myself."
Victor said, then walked toward Sauro.
He casually swung out lightning, generating high heat to melt the ice covering Sauro.
Seeing this, Kuzan immediately wanted to act, but his body paused and he stopped himself.
It was unclear whether it was because of Victor's overwhelming strength or the justice in his heart that made him halt.
"Alright, Sauro, you're saved." Victor zapped Sauro with electricity to wake him and said calmly.
"Thank you, Mr. Victor, for saving my life." Sauro immediately knelt and kowtowed in gratitude to Victor.
"Sauro, you can leave now. Or you can come with me—your choice." Victor said, then ignored him and turned to look at Kuzan.
Sauro kowtowed in thanks again to Victor, glanced at Nico Robin, and chose to leave on his own.
He knew in his heart that with Victor there, there was no need for Sauro to worry anymore.
"Kuzan, while they're fighting hot and heavy, let's have a chat." Victor turned to Kuzan and asked.
Today he intended to shake Kuzan's heart, to see what choices he might make in the future.
"You're a pirate. We have nothing to talk about." Kuzan didn't understand, paused for a moment, and spoke with clear resistance.
"Hm, pirate it is then. I don't care what others call me, especially the World Government's bounty posters." "I've been sailing for so many years and I believe I've never killed an innocent person." "I've even saved plenty of innocents from pirate criminals. Your instructor Admiral Zephyr—his family was saved by me." "Forget it. How about we fight first, or I just kill you outright? Want to choose one?"
One moment Victor was recounting his history, the next he was threatening to kill Kuzan.
"What? Teacher Zephyr's family was saved by you? How come he never mentioned it." "Keep talking."
Hearing that Zephyr's family was saved by Victor, Kuzan was instantly shocked and found it hard to believe.
"After you get back this time, you can ask your Teacher Zephyr yourself." Victor told Kuzan to ask himself, but from Kuzan's expression, it was clear he already believed Victor's words.
"Why? I don't understand." Kuzan now seemed lost or questioning his justice.
"There aren't that many whys. They were innocent, those pirates deserved to die." "And the Roger Pirates basically didn't randomly kill innocents, so what's strange about me saving people?" "So do you think there's justice in me?"
Victor still explained to Kuzan.
This made Kuzan's heart ache again.
But Kuzan's doubts grew even more, and he became increasingly lost.
"Victor, what exactly do you want?" Kuzan's mind was a bit chaotic now, and he suddenly roared in anger and embarrassment.
"My acts of chivalry and justice—does that count as justice too?"
Victor continued pressing Kuzan to confirm or acknowledge the justice in him.
Kuzan remained silent.
If it were Sakazuki, he would have immediately denied it and started fighting.
Only Kuzan's justice constantly clashed with reality.
"Killing has its purpose, saving has its premise." "You're soldiers—it's normal to follow orders." "I don't need to. I just judge based on my own sense of good and evil—if it's good, I can save; if it's evil, I can kill."
Victor continued pouring out his thoughts.
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