Chapter 363

Coby's face stiffened and suddenly turned deathly pale.

"Th, this is all because..."

Smoker waved his hand: "No need to explain anymore. You say you want to become a righteous marine, but behind the scenes, you are involved with pirates. How do you expect other marine soldiers to trust you? How dare they safely entrust their backs to you?"

"Mr. Luffy is not a bad person!"

Karl smiled contemptuously: "You say he's not a bad person, so he's not a bad person. Fine, fine, then I'll treat him as a good person. Then I ask you, would a good person be a pirate?"

"No, it's not like that." Coby shook his head violently.

"Interesting. Then let me ask you again: if you joined the Navy and were ordered to arrest this kid with the straw hat, what would you do?"

Coby looked at Luffy and was suddenly unable to speak.

He identified with Luffy and worshipped Luffy, but Luffy was a pirate, and he wanted to become a righteous marine. The Navy's mission was to arrest pirates, which was very contradictory.

This also destined Coby to become a "traitor" when facing Luffy.

Perhaps Coby's original dream was to join the Navy to defeat bad guys. At the same time, in his own cognition, he thought pirates were bad guys and marines were good guys.

He was simple and thought "all pirates are bad guys," but he met Luffy, a guide, when he was just starting out. Luffy could spare no effort to protect his dream, making him realize that there were good people among pirates too.

At the same time, he, who believed that all marines were good people, also saw the scum of the Navy—Morgan—in this experience. It was precisely because of this experience that his dream had also changed to a certain extent.

Later, he also relied on his own "efforts" to gain the recognition of Luffy's grandfather, the Navy Hero Garp, and later wanted to become a Navy Admiral.

As everyone knows, in terms of Navy combat power, a Navy Admiral can be said to be the highest combat power. Wanting to become a Navy Admiral, in Karl's view, can also be understood as Coby wanting to become the strongest combat power in the Navy.

At the same time, perhaps in Coby's heart, a Navy Admiral is one of the best existences. He hopes to reach a certain height while also being able to uphold true justice.

And during the Summit War, Coby's character collapsed.

In Karl's view, every marine during the Summit War was sticking to their duties. Magellan fought to the death against the invaders, and Hannibal, a person who was usually slick, fought for the beliefs in his heart, not letting the pirates in the prison harm the people, blocking most of the pirates alone to buy time for Magellan.

Garp, as a grandfather, although conflicted, still chose to stand on the side of the Navy. All the marines were fighting desperately at the front, but at this time, Coby was hiding in a corner shivering.

It wasn't until the teammates were about to clear the field that Coby stood up and hoped there would be no unnecessary sacrifices. What the hell?

This behavior of Coby is the behavior of a deserter. Even if he is a coward who doesn't dare to go to the battlefield, when his teammates are fighting at the front, he hides in a corner and cries bitterly. When the teammates clear the field, he jumps out and stands on the moral high ground to nag.

Just like this, he also wants to become a Navy Admiral?

As a marine, on matters of right and wrong, the stance must be clear. Don't forget, in this world, there is only one Straw Hat Pirates.

Do your duty in your position!

As a marine, one should stand on the side of the Navy to think about how to reduce the losses of war to a minimum, resolutely obey orders, instead of being cowardly in front of pirates and bullying in front of colleagues!

This is the reason why Karl hates Coby.

Therefore, it is better for such a person not to join the Navy. The Navy is not short of your combat power. If you don't become a marine, there are plenty of people who want to.

Back to the topic.

Smoker was very dissatisfied with Coby's performance and shook his head in disappointment.

That faint gaze shot over, and Coby felt like a basin of cold water had been splashed on his face, but his whole body was chilled through.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense with this kid. Anyway, everything that happened today will be recorded. People who are clearly associated with the Navy cannot join the Navy."

Karl nodded faintly and looked at Luffy and Zoro, who were silent on the side.

"Now it's your turn. Are you pirates?"

Luffy raised his head, his gaze looking straight at Karl: "Yes, my name is Luffy, and I am the man who will become the Pirate King! Zoro is the companion I just found. What's wrong?"

"Luffy! Don't talk!"

Karl smiled slightly, walked to Luffy, and patted his shoulder: "Very good, very spirited."