[{"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-7":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},2339991,4574,"Chapter 7: Gao Wen","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>\"Monka is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen slashed upward with his sword, lifting Monka’s severed head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was not loud, yet it caused both sides engaged in combat to freeze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once fervent marines, upon seeing Monka’s headless corpse, felt as if plunged into ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desires ignited by Monka’s few words vanished in an instant—this scene was far too different from what they had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lieutenant Monka... is dead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One marine turned pale as death; had it not been for the cut on his arm, he would have thought himself trapped in a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of joke is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can we bow to pirates?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish speaking, his head was severed by Gao Wen’s sword; blood sprayed outward, splattering onto nearby marines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Warm. Salty. Tastes of iron...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn’t a dream—I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The marines who had been confident in taking Gao Wen’s head to earn glory now trembled uncontrollably from fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if even Monka couldn’t stand against Gao Wen, what meaning was there in their resistance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sound of metal hitting the ground, the marines dropped their weapons and knelt where they stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fighting on the island ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Gao Wen ordered his men to bind the marines did the pirates snap back to reality, staring at Monka’s corpse, then at Gao Wen—his clothes spotless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their pupils burned a flame they had never known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our captain... actually defeated Monka?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defeated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was an instant kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one wearing the hood stared at Monka’s corpse, touching his own neck, his eyes filled with awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, our captain will become legendary throughout the East Blue!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the monsters of the Grand Line may not be his match!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have this feeling—the East Blue can’t hold him. No, the East Blue can’t contain him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lan Se’s death completed his transformation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His mindset, his strength, his will—they’re all utterly different from before. It’s as if... as if he’s become someone else!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirates gazed at Gao Wen’s back, their eyes holding not only awe but a confidence never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Monka’s defeat, the situation on the island was quickly brought under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All marines who had accompanied Monka ashore were bound and gathered in one place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warship left at sea was easily seized by Gao Wen’s intervention; all marines aboard were captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the chaos on the island settled, a red sun rose on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen stood on the warship’s deck, facing the captured marines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, what should we do with these men?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helmsman in the hood stepped forward and asked respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Lan Se’s death, he had become Gao Wen’s temporary second-in-command, and his abilities were still among the best in the crew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen glanced at the captives, paused thoughtfully, then spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave them here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, these men have shed the blood of many of our brothers. Are we just letting them go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helmsman instinctively objected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you teaching me how to do my job?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helmsman dropped to his knees instantly, eyes wide with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize: this was no longer the merciful knight he once knew, but the true pirate Gao Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who had once chased them down couldn’t survive a single blow from Gao Wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And over the past month, Gao Wen had spent most of his time guiding their cultivation—proving he had concealed his true strength all along!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t weak—he simply had no desire to fight. It was us, and the Marines, who crushed his mercy and together forged this monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless speculations flashed through the helmsman’s mind; the more he thought, the more his fear of Gao Wen became impossible to suppress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. You understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen’s tone was cold. He glanced at the helmsman, then turned back to the captives on deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing marines in battle and torturing prisoners were two entirely different matters—the former still had room for compromise; the latter meant absolute, irreversible enmity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t ready to fully break with the Marines—not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking across the pirate world, aside from extreme cases like Mihawk, great pirates inevitably end up carving out kingdoms for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crocodile seized Alabasta, Doflamingo ruled Dressrosa; in the New World, the Four Emperors Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom were de facto kings ruling over territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Shanks commanded his own massive fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sole reason these great pirates all chose this model was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A life of pure plunder—eating one day, starving the next—was acceptable in the early days of a crew’s formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To keep doing so in the later stages meant either true stupidity, or a crew like the Straw Hats—more adventurers than pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even then, the Straw Hats had gathered a vast following.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Fish-Man Island to Wano, every place flying the Straw Hat flag—regardless of its own intentions—had effectively become their sphere of influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Gao Wen, who held the Captain System, the more stable his crew, the faster his underlings would grow—and the faster he himself would advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To build a stable power base, create a virtuous cycle, and avoid the Marines’ endless harassment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you must either be strong enough that even Marine Headquarters thinks twice before acting—like the Four Emperors—or gain the World Government’s official license as a Warlord of the Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having realized this, Gao Wen’s first goal became clear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebel first, then seek amnesty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for how to become a Warlord, Ace and Blackbeard had already provided two examples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either overpower a current Warlord and have powerful backers to protect you—and then you take their place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or wait for a vacancy and volunteer yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both paths had merits and flaws, but both required one thing above all: raw strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen, who hadn’t even left the East Blue, clearly lacked that strength—but that didn’t stop him from placing joining the Warlords on his agenda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his immediate priority remained boosting his own power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the captives on the island and performing basic repairs on the ship, confirming it was seaworthy, Gao Wen led his crew onward, following the map toward a nearby town for supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wen did not replace the Marine flag on the warship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, to enter ordinary towns for supplies or other purposes, this flag was far more useful than a pirate banner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marine East Blue Branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conference room was thick with smoke, heavy and solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marine officers from every East Blue branch base were gathered here, staring grimly at two bounty posters on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One wore an orange cap, freckled, smiling brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other wore sleek black leather armor, handsome and tall, his posture elegant as if stepped from a knightly tale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Blandeu stood before them, his tone grave:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The situation in the East Blue is graver than we imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Logia user, Fire Fist Ace, wreaked havoc on Marine Branch 151, causing massive casualties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knight Gao Wen killed Branch Commander Monka. According to the marines present, Gao Wen struck only once—from start to finish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The bounties for these two must be revised!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1196,"2026-06-20T23:03:52.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0728b844c55eb327b1bc23aa5ffd0f1955eec914b4ca0e426c003780c0f225a3","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-8","if-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-chapter-6",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fif-you-don-t-try-hard-how-can-i-become-pirate-ki-cover.jpg"]