Chapter 84: Sunglasses of a Deeper Color

Paradise, the Sabaody Archipelago seas.

On the luxury yacht, Kizaru stood on the deck with a blank expression; the enthusiasm shown by Celestial Dragon Saint Elain... perhaps it was enthusiasm, but it was more than he could handle.

Not only did he invite Kizaru aboard the yacht, but he also bestowed upon Kizaru his twelfth mermaid wife...

Bestowing a wife upon an Admiral of the Marines? Indeed, it was the kind of absurdity only a Celestial Dragon could commit.

To use Brother Barzab Seven's words to describe it: this is a piglet born of a great pig, and cannot be judged by human moral standards.

Kizaru understood that if he refused, there was a ninety-nine percent chance this mermaid Young Lady would be shot dead, but if he accepted, his reputation would certainly suffer.

Kuzan and Garp need not be mentioned.

Even his former superior, Sengoku, would likely look at him with strange eyes: What is your situation? Are there not so many excellent young women at Marine Headquarters? Not enough for you to choose from?

Must you become a kindred spirit with the Celestial Dragons?

I fear only that fellow Sakazuki would pat his shoulder and comfort him: The Marines' duty is obedience to orders, brother, you have suffered.

Just as Kizaru felt troubled, Saint Elain's guard narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Kizaru, this is Saint Elain's bestowal; why do you not quickly accept it and give thanks?"

At this moment, a question Barzab Seven had asked two and a half years ago strangely echoed in Kizaru's ears.

【Brother Borsalino, just how great a price can one person pay for justice?】

Having eaten the fastest Fruit, with his speed he should have been able to go wherever he pleased and live freely, yet he ended up living as the least free person.

What a terrifying world this is.

Humans do not live like humans, while beasts sit high above, not only enjoying supreme rights but also squandering wealth that requires no labor and is inexhaustible.

"Thank you." Kizaru accepted the maid.

Hearing this, the guard immediately curled his lips in triumph, his eyes filled with contempt—

So what if he is an Admiral of the Marines? He still has to obediently follow the orders of Saint Elain my lord, with not even a shred of room for defiance.

Learning that Admiral Yellow Yellow had accepted the bestowal, Saint Elain puckered his lips in satisfaction.

This fellow is not bad; pity he is only an Admiral of the Marines. If he were Fleet Admiral, wouldn't he have an Admiral accompanying him wherever he went in the future, and never again need worry about being kidnapped and extorted by those damn pirates?

However, thinking of losing his beloved mermaid wife to win over Admiral Yellow Yellow, Saint Elain beckoned to his family guard.

"Once we reach Sabaody, go coat the yacht; this Saint wishes to personally go to Fish-Man Island to select slaves."

"Yes, Saint Elain my lord."

As the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, were about to arrive, the Marines and CP agents had already cleared the first island of Sabaody and formed an impenetrable security net.

It was said that not even a fly could fly in.

Before long, the guard drove the yacht away to be coated.

Saint Elain, wearing a glass dome, sat on the back of a giant slave, casually surveying the commoner slaves kneeling on both sides of the street.

Whenever he encountered a slave that caught his eye, Saint Elain spared even the effort of speaking; with just a glance, the family guards and CP agents would pounce like hunting dogs, bundling up the target and dragging them away.

Witnessing such a scene, Kizaru silently put on a pair of sunglasses with a deeper color, as if doing so could completely shut out the filth before his eyes.

In the news published by the newspaper, regarding the introduction of Morning Star Pirates members, there was a sentence about why Master Tenghu blinded himself in his life that once made Marine Headquarters feel ashamed.

【Not seeing with one's eyes is also a blessing! In this human world, there are truly too many things one cannot bear to see.】

Kizaru suddenly understood Master Tenghu.

Not seeing with one's eyes, for this terrifying world, in a certain sense, is indeed a kind of luck.

Regarding such a great swordsman with a heart of justice becoming a pirate, Sengoku had complained more than once—

The Marines must expand their recruitment scope to recruit more people with a heart of justice into the Marine ranks; at the very least, that is better than having them recruited by pirates.

Pity, it was firmly rejected by the World Government.

【You were right again, little brother.】

Two and a half years ago, Kizaru and Barzab Seven had a soul-deep exchange on the Sky Island regarding why this world should not be this way.

Brother Barzab Seven said:

The Marines' primary duty has never been to uphold justice, but to maintain the order set by the World Government.

Within this order,

the privileges of the Celestial Dragons must not be infringed, and the authority of the World Government must not be questioned; even if the common people wail everywhere under the might of power, as long as the foundation of rule is not shaken, the Marines can turn a blind eye.

In the end, justice is merely a glamorous coat of arms attached to this order; when the coat is torn open, what is revealed is cold privilege rule.

Therefore, the World Government will absolutely not sit idly by while the Marines exceed their control; indeed, in essence, pirates are a product of the World Government maintaining balance.

Kizaru walked with a blank expression, a ridiculous thought strangely rising in his heart: Barzab Seven, a pirate, actually understands the Marines so well?

Before long, Saint Elain and his group entered a private room at the slave auction house, and the guard responsible for driving the yacht to be coated returned.

"Saint Elain my lord, your vehicle has been expedited for coating; it will take about two days."

Just as Saint Elain was about to speak, two CP agents burst into the room in a panic, not yet having the chance to report the emergency situation.

Boom~

Saint Elain blew on the smoking barrel of his gun, looking at the one CP agent who was still alive.

"You had better be able to tell me news that interests this Saint; otherwise, the next shot will be for you."

The CP agent's throat moved.

"Saint Elain my lord, Barzab Seven has boarded the Donghai Dihuang, leading the entire Morning Star Pirates crew, to Sabaody Archipelago for coating."

Boom~ The gunshot rang out again.

The CP agent's head exploded, and he fell dead on the spot.

Saint Elain's eyes turned crimson; panting heavily, he looked at Kizaru: "Admiral Yellow Yellow, go quickly and capture that fellow; this Saint wants him to wish for death but live."

As a member of the Neron family, Saint Elain was a Celestial Dragon among Celestial Dragons; since childhood, he had the awareness of being a descendant of the gods.

Before encountering Barzab Seven, he had never suffered the humiliating experience of being kidnapped or being used as a cushion to sit on; it was precisely because of that damn commoner that Saint Elain became the laughingstock of Holy Land Mary Geoise.

Though no one dared to mock him to his face, Elain Sheng knew that countless Celestial Dragons and members of the Neron family were secretly laughing at him behind his back.

Today, Elain Sheng was determined to wipe out his past humiliation.

However, Kizaru simply shrugged.

"I'm sorry, Elain Sheng. I alone, I'm afraid, am no match for the Morning Star Pirates."

Half a year ago, when the Navy executed the Ohara Buster Call, Sakazuki and Kuzan both failed to stop Barzab Seven and his group; how much more so now that only he, one Admiral, was present.

Elain Sheng, his eyes red and acting as if he had lost his mind, roared each word one by one.

"Then call all the Navy Admirals over."

"Go quickly!!!"