[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki":3,"chapter-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-454":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","If You Don't Try Hard, How Can I Become Pirate King?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340438,4574,"Chapter 454: Overthrow?","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-454",454,"\u003Cp>“To be honest, the Blade Unit was originally supposed to be handed over to Master Zefa, but Admiral Sengoku changed his mind at the last minute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is your fortune—and your misfortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake blinked slightly, confirmed the man before him held no hostility, then sat down on the spot and voiced the question he had carried for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did Master Zefa make such a decision?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never understood this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zefa had been the person he most respected—or rather, Zefa had been the most respected figure among the vast majority of Marines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Marine ranks, only Karp, known as the Hero, could surpass Zefa in prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zefa reached toward Mary Geoise and committed countless killings, he severed all ties with his past, burying his own creed of non-lethal justice beneath his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened to Zefa that forced that man to make such a choice?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake stared intently, seeking answers in Tenghu’s face, but found only a faint, almost imperceptible sorrow in the man’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenghu sipped his tea slowly and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think justice is?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Justice… justice is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake opened his mouth, then suddenly realized he could not give a precise answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two words—once the unwavering pillars of his will, even in darkness, the very words he and countless Marines had treated as faith—now felt utterly alien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eliminate pirates? Protect civilians? Maintain peace on the seas? Or uphold the World Government’s rule and defend the privileges of the Celestial Dragons?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whose justice is this, really?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you, who don’t even know what justice is, possibly be worthy of bearing it?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenghu’s words struck like a dagger into Drake’s heart, flushing his face red with fury yet leaving him without a single rebuttal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew—Tenghu was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what exactly is justice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had he been carrying all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake found no answer for himself. Unconsciously, he looked up at Tenghu—only to see the man’s retreating back, and Zefa’s final words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Zefa once said.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you become aware of this—when you begin to examine your past, your burdened justice, even the meaning behind every action you’ve taken—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your hand has already touched the essence of justice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps faded into distance; Tenghu’s silhouette vanished beyond sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake still gazed at the direction where Tenghu had disappeared, turning the man’s words over and over in his mind, yet all he saw before him remained only confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, he had seen much in Britannias.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frankly speaking, if one ignored the fact that it was a nation founded by pirates, Britannias might well be the most stable, most ideal nation on the entire sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had even transcended its era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its sound legal system, the gradually ingrained will of freedom and equality in its citizens’ very blood—these were unlike anything elsewhere in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even Drake, a Marine by origin, could feel: this was how the world ought to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the tragedies born of the World Government, of the Celestial Dragons—he had seen too many of them since becoming a pirate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he not clung to justice, to the belief that he had always done what was right, his stance would have crumbled long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tenghu’s words were like the whispers of demons, gnawing at Drake’s most fundamental beliefs—but he could not stop himself from thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because to believe in justice, one must first understand what justice truly is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the more clearly he understood justice’s essence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the more he compared what he had seen in Britannias with the kingdoms ruled by the World Government,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the more clearly he felt: the justice he bore might never have been justice at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drake sat motionless in the shipyard for a long time, leaving only after midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, Hawkins watched him, unconsciously pulling a fresh deck of Tarot cards from his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He no longer blindly trusted his divinations, but that didn’t stop him from using them to glimpse hidden truths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tarot cards fluttered in Hawkins’ hands; he drew three at random, glanced at their faces, and smiled faintly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shaken, shattered, then… renewal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What choice will you make?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marine Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of high-ranking Marines, led by Akainu, gathered in a conference room on the top floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recording Den Den Mushi, stationed at the door, was crushed underfoot by Green Bull Huangmu, leaving only shattered shells and sticky residue on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiana, seated at the back of the room, saw this and her pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That recording Den Den Mushi had been mandated by the World Government to document every internal Marine meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangmu’s action carried unmistakable meaning—and even more shocking was that no one in the room showed surprise or tried to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admiral Sakazuki…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly are you planning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiana’s heart reeled; she couldn’t help raising her eyes to look up at Akainu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, the Marine Corps had been in turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News of Akainu’s plan to reform the Marines had spread like wildfire, drawing attention from the World Government and the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All speculated: what brutal measures would this most radical Marine Admiral ever take to crush the seas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To their surprise, Akainu’s first target after taking office was not pirates—but the World Government itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone here is trustworthy, so I’ll skip the pleasantries.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akainu broke the silence; everyone instantly snapped to attention, focusing entirely on him. He continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For eight hundred years, since the Marines’ founding, justice has been nothing but empty words.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have never carried Marine justice—we have carried the World Government’s twisted justice, the Celestial Dragons’ justice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiana froze, suddenly realizing what Akainu intended: this man’s target had never been pirates—it was the World Government, the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this still the same man whose extremism had driven even his own colleagues to despair?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiana’s heart thundered; she glanced around—the others’ expressions were calm, as if they had long expected this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a premeditated coup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade forged by the Marine high command, aimed at the World Government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it had begun the moment Akainu assumed command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could such a smooth transition have occurred—how could he have swayed nearly the entire Marine high command?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiana understood now—she knew exactly what Akainu planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akainu continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Celestial Dragons’ power must be restrained!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will launch a reform—to create a new regime, led entirely by the Marines, built atop the existing World Government structure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Justice…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Must be defined by those who enact it—not as a tool serving any single group.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akainu slammed his palm hard on the table, then rose, calmly scanning the room:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve spoken. Who agrees?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who opposes?!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1124,"2026-06-20T23:03:54.258Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","11064b7b0f40ca00feccc8a2a9c1c7b524225ff2b53d1bc5fb3d88b28ba10a34","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-455","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-453",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]