Kuzan sat on a rock on the coast, his eyes reflecting the blazing fire on the island. But the fire in his heart was slowly extinguished, turning into ashes and sinking into his heart.

What is justice?

Kuzan thought about this question very seriously. He knew that his heart was in chaos, and the burning justice he once believed in now seemed a bit ridiculous.

Just like his friend Sauro, he does not have a clear definition of his own justice, but he has his own bottom line of principles in his heart. Once this line is crossed, he can abandon his identity as a navy, and even sacrifice himself for it in the end.

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Another example is Allen, who often boasts that his justice is the justice of krypton gold. Kuzan doesn't quite understand the meaning of the word "krypton gold", but he also knows that Allen's way of acting is what he yearns for. He is exactly what he wants.

Because of this, I can become friends with Allen.

Like Sakaski, even if Kuzan doesn't want to judge others in his heart, he still feels that this person has the same idea as him and has completely entered a point of no return.

This road is full of thorns and blood - the blood of others and the blood of innocent people.

Maybe, he should change his mind. Kuzan thought to himself, and turned his eyes in another direction, where he heard the sound of footsteps and breathing.

A little girl ran out in the light of the fire. After seeing him, she stopped in place with wide eyes in shock.

"Complete justice sometimes turns people into weapons and loses their human form." Kuzan looked at her and said, "I decided to let you leave this island to see how the seeds that Sauro guarded with his life will grow into.

No matter what, you are free to hate anyone, including me and Allen. But you should also be happy that you have saved a life. This has nothing to do with charity, and you don’t need to be grateful. It’s just that you have to do your best in your future life.

Keep a low profile as much as possible so as not to attract the attention of the government and the navy."

He stood up and walked past Robin: "I formed an ice road on the sea. If you take that boat and keep going forward, you can reach another land. How you survive depends on you.

You're lucky." Kuzan stopped next to Robin and continued, "Also, you have to remember that I am not your companion, but an enemy who will appear to arrest you as soon as you commit a crime."

Kuzan continued to walk forward, leaving only a tall figure behind in the firelight.

Little Robin suddenly reacted. She turned to look at Kuzan and said loudly: "But my mother and the others are still on the island."

"On this island, no one can be saved, and no life will survive. If you want to stay and seek death, that is your freedom. I will not interfere in any way. You can choose your own path." Kuzan

The figure disappeared from Little Robin's sight.

Little Robin understood the importance of time. She wiped away her tears, ignored her fatigue, and walked to the small boat parked on the beach. She slid the oar and drove towards the outside of the island along a road frozen by Kuzan.

The originally lush O'Hara has turned into an island covered in flames and thick smoke. The overwhelming thick smoke almost obscured the entire island, and of course blocked the sight of naval ships.

The flame of the omniscient tree that had grown for thousands of years and seemed to be able to touch the clouds was so intense that it seemed to burn away all knowledge.

Recalling the flashes of scenes, little Robin suddenly let out Sauro's iconic laughter, mixed with tears and a face blackened by smoke, with an indescribable sadness: "Te La hee hee hee..."

From then on, she became a completely different person.

On the shore, Allen watched the little figure turn into a black dot and disappear from sight, and couldn't help but sigh. For a little girl of this age, today's experience would be an unforgettable nightmare for her life.

"Kuzan, I didn't expect you to do such a thing. Aren't you afraid that I would tell Warring States or Marshal Kong about this?"

"Would you do this? If it were someone else, I would be worried, but if it were you, I definitely wouldn't do this."

Kuzan was very sure. He took off his sunglasses from the bridge of his nose and put them in his pocket, and then said: "Only now do I understand some of your methods. No matter what those scholars are, she is only a 7 or 8-year-old little girl after all.

, I have never left this island and should not suffer the punishment of death. I am not that bastard Sakaski. Sometimes, our justice will... Anyway, there should be other considerations besides justice."

There are many unfinished meanings in Kuzan's words. He has already thought deeply about who will determine whether the navy is just or not?

By the Navy itself?

I am afraid that the scholars who died in O'Hara will not think so, and even Kuzan himself is a little shaken. I am afraid that not many people except himself will recognize Sakaski's behavior.

"This is normal. It's not that the world government and the navy don't make mistakes, but there is no punishment for making mistakes, so that some people think that these mistakes are also correct. The cost of their mistakes is too low, and there is nothing to check and balance, so they

There will be some crimes committed in the name of justice." Allen saw clearly that if power is not restricted, it will inevitably lose control and lead to an uncontrollable abyss.

Just like the aloof Celestial Dragons, the sins they have committed during these eight hundred years can even fill the entire Grand Line, but no one can judge them under any circumstances. How ridiculous this is!

Sometimes Allen shudders just thinking about it.

Kuzan asked: "How did you solve the issue of Sakaski shelling the asylum ship?"

"What else can we do to solve this problem? I can only stop his current operation and let him go back to Marineventor. I can't possibly teach him a lesson in front of the people of O'Hara." Allen said with a face full of Sakaski.

Disgusting and disgusting.

When he was typing keyboards online in his previous life, he was disgusted with Sakaski because of this incident. Some people were still whitewashing this person, but that was only from his own delusional standpoint. If such a person really

After traveling to this world and becoming the people of O'Hara, Allen believed that they would hate the red dog more than anyone else, and they would hate him to the core.

"You didn't take action?" Kuzan was a little surprised.

According to Allen's temper, he doesn't seem to be a tolerant person. This solution is normal for him, but a bit too conservative for Allen.

Allen's head was full of black threads: "What do you mean, do you think I am a reckless man? Is this the place to start now? But this is not over yet. After I return to the headquarters, I must let Sa

Kaski must pay the price. If I hadn't happened to be at the refuge ship, at least hundreds of civilians and dozens of our soldiers would have died. He wouldn't have thought of exposing this matter so easily."

This was originally decided by Allen. If he hadn't taken the overall situation into consideration, he would have definitely gotten into trouble with Hong Gouzi by now, and the impact would have been even worse.

"Fortunately, you are here. I never expected that Sakaski would do something so brilliant. He is too paranoid." Kuzan agreed with Allen's words, although from the beginning Kuzan had nothing to do with Sakaski because of different ideas.

Friendship, now Sakaski’s behavior can no longer be explained clearly because of differences of ideas, "I will also report this matter to you together. Some things cannot be treated as not happening just because they have not caused serious consequences.

Since you have done something like this, you must have the consciousness to bear the consequences."

"Good brother." Allen patted Kuzan on the shoulder and said.

A long time has passed since the demon-slaying order was first launched. O'Hara has completely changed his appearance. There are burning flames and billowing smoke everywhere, as well as floating dust and sparks. The seawater around the island has turned into

It looks black.

The omniscient tree, the symbol of this island, also collapsed to the ground amid the flames. The flames were still devouring this ancient tree, and the entire island had basically lost the breath of life.

On the coast, there is an ice sculpture that looks like a giant. There is a cold atmosphere around him. Even the heat from the burning trees on the entire island does not thaw the ice sculpture.

The fruit ability of the pants has been developed to a very advanced level, and it is much colder than the naturally formed ice.

Cold and heat merged together, and the aroused water vapor and thick smoke and dust obscured the place, making it difficult to see clearly.

Allen looked away. Giants usually have strong vitality and not weak strength. In layman's terms, the lower limit is very high. But compared to Kuzan, Sauro, who is also a lieutenant general, is still far behind.

After all, Daqingji is one of the three great generals in the future, one of the men who stand at the top of the world. There are only a dozen or so men like this among so many people in the world.

Kuzan followed Allen as they walked along the coast, and seemed to notice Allen's gaze. Kuzan sighed: "Sauro is a guy who is willing to sacrifice himself for a little girl. I just hope he did nothing wrong." Kuzan sighed.

He did not regret what he had done, but he also hoped that the little girl he let go would not disappoint Sauro.

Allen smiled. I don't know if Sauro did anything wrong. It must be a good thing for Kuzan to let Little Robin go. After all, there are not many people in the world who can interpret the text of history - if it is O'Hara's

Scholars live up to their original destiny.

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O'Hara has changed beyond recognition, and is no longer the green scene it once was. The tree of omniscience fell to the ground and turned into a ball of charcoal that has not been completely burned out.

In the darkness, there were still many traces of human figures, with all kinds of strange postures, and they died quietly in the sea of ​​fire.

Allen and Kuzan came here, and the soldiers were cleaning up the traces of the battlefield. It is actually not accurate to say that it was a battlefield, because this was a completely one-sided massacre, and the other side did not resist. They were still fighting hard in the last moments.

to save the books in the library.

For such a person, Allen could not respect him more.

Although they violated the ban of the world government without the ability to protect themselves, and studied historical texts without permission, and finally suffered such a misfortune, their devotion to knowledge is truly rare in the world.

At least Allen knew that he couldn't do this.

Allen waved and called a group of soldiers: "Come and collect their bodies." Most of these scholars have been charred, but they have not been completely burned to ashes. It does not take too much effort to sort them out.

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However, it is more difficult to identify who is who among them.

A large pit was dug, and Allen made a huge glass coffin to hold the bodies of these scholars.

All the navy soldiers fell into silence, especially when they looked at the lake next to the collapsed Tree of Omniscient, an indescribable feeling spread among all the soldiers.

The originally clear lake water became turbid, but under the surface of the lake, there were books lying quietly in it, filling the entire lake.

This is what all O'Hara scholars were doing before they died. They did not save themselves at the last moment of their lives, but devoted all their limited energy and time to saving books.

Corpses were exhumed one after another and placed in glass coffins, and finally the coffins sank into the dug pit.

Allen made a glass catalpa and sprinkled a handful of soil with a burning smell on the coffin. Then other soldiers repeated this action. Slowly, the coffin was covered with soil until there was no trace left.

The whole process was silent. Allen didn't speak, and the other soldiers were silent as well.

A grave mound appeared where the Tree of Omniscientity originally stood, and then in front of the grave mound, a stone tablet was erected, and Allen himself carved a line of words on the stone tablet.

Using Ace, the supreme sharp knife, lines of fonts quickly appeared on the tombstone: Nobility is the epitaph of the nobles, they are a group of historical seekers who truly dedicated their lives to knowledge.

After carving the words, Allen sheathed the sword and bowed deeply to the tombstone, not for anything else but for the spirit of these people who would fight to the death to preserve the books and their devotion to knowledge.

It is a pity that knowledge can only arm their minds, but not their bodies, and in this world, it is precisely those with strong bodies who sometimes dominate those with strong minds.

"Alan, if you do this, you will probably be reprimanded when you return to the headquarters." Kuzan said next to him.

Allen curled his lips: "Reprimand? Can you let me lose a dime? If anyone criticizes me, let him speak." Anyway, this is not the first time that he has been said. Allen is completely immune to this kind of thing, as long as he
To be continued...