Zangjing's sorrow and rage!

Zangjing is already fifty-seven years old this year. He is nine years older than Shiki the Golden Lion. Approaching sixty, his peak years have long passed, and his physical strength has begun to decline.

His life was very difficult, and the only time he could be considered happy was a short four years.

From the time he could remember, he had always been in a state of constant displacement, because he was being hunted down, or rather, being pursued.

At the time, he didn't understand why his family was being chased by a group of fierce, wicked people with mocking and greedy expressions, who looked completely different from him.

During his nearly ten years on the run, his parents died of exhaustion on the road, but he escaped by jumping into the sea under their desperate protection.

He is a very good swimmer, which seems to be an innate talent, but unfortunately he cannot breathe underwater.

So I've always thought of myself as a very strange 'Fish-Man Race', someone who can't breathe underwater but has the ability to release electricity that other Fish-Man Race don't have.

Unable to breathe underwater, he lost consciousness in the sea and drifted to a beautiful island called the Flower Country.

The people there were initially surprised and even frightened by his appearance, but an old man with waist-length hair and wearing a purple robe appeared in time and led him to his dwelling.

At that time, the people on the beach called him a 'master of Chinese studies'.

He learned a lot from the 'master of Chinese studies'.

For example, he learned that it was the Flower Country, that the sea that saved his life was called the West Blue, and that the people who captured them were called 'slave traders' who were going to sell his family to a slave auction house.

The idea that he might be a Fish-Man Race was also mentioned by the 'master of Chinese studies'.

At the same time, he also learned a lot from this famous master from the Flower Country, who had absolutely no prejudice.

Not only did he give himself the name 'The Library of Zangjing', but he also taught him to read and write, practice martial arts, and even taught him the texts and scriptures of the Flower Country and many common-sense facts about the world, just like his students.

That period was the happiest and most peaceful time of his life, although his poor aptitude and lack of understanding caused him great sadness and distress.

Later, the saying of the "master of Chinese studies," "Diligence can make up for lack of talent, and Heaven rewards diligence," became his motto and life creed.

In his youth, he firmly believed that even if there was a difference in talent, as long as he put in more effort and sweat than his opponent, he could definitely make up for the gap and even surpass his opponent!

Unfortunately, this good fortune didn't last long.

The "master of Chinese studies" fell ill and died four years later, and he was driven away by his disciples who had long disliked him.

He did not refuse at that time, but suggested that he kowtow three times to his teacher before leaving, to repay the kindness of the teacher for the past four years.

The disciples agreed.

After kowtowing three times to the portrait and coffin of the 'master of Chinese studies,' he immediately launched a violent attack as soon as he stood up.

His moves were ruthless. He had practiced the Flower Country Fist day and night for four years, and with the amplification and lethality of the electric current, he killed all thirty-two disciples in the courtyard in just over ten minutes. He then arranged their corpses in a kneeling position and laid them out one by one.

"I'm leaving now, but Master is lonely in the underworld. You should all go and keep him company!"

Faced with the kneeling corpses of his fellow disciples and the blood-soaked ground, the young Zangjing left only this sentence before brazenly departing from the Flower Country, thus becoming a heinous fugitive.

He then stayed in the West Blue for only a few months before entering the Grand Line. He had only one purpose: to go to Fish-Man Island to acknowledge his ancestors.

There he did indeed see many, many people who looked different from others.

However, he didn't see anyone similar to himself. He asked many locals, and they all said they had never seen a penguin like himself.

Regardless, he was definitely Fish-Man Race, after all, everyone looked so strange, and he did indeed have an extraordinary talent for swimming.

As for the issue of breathing underwater, it's simply a joke played by the Creator, who traded the ability to release electricity for the ability to breathe underwater.

Next, he learned Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Judo on Fish-Man Island, but the process was still very difficult. He felt like he was really that stupid and clumsy. Others could roughly master the moves after a few tries, but he had to put in one or two times the effort to achieve similar results.

The physical differences, in particular, are very strange, extremely strange.

He had to release the electricity to gain power comparable to his 'Fish-Man kin,' which forced him to accept the painful reality of his poor aptitude.

But it's okay!

The "master of Chinese studies" taught him the importance of "diligence," and he took it to the extreme, practicing again and again from morning till night. Sweat and fatigue became the best reward in his heart.

Because after exhaustion, you will inevitably go even further!

Four more years passed, and after defeating everyone in the dojo, including the dojo master, he set off again into the 'New World'.

But fate seemed to be against him. Just when he was at his most triumphant and ready to make his mark in this sea, he encountered several powerful pirates who wielded Haki.

He was defeated, utterly defeated, nearly dying, but the sea saved his life once again.

However, after learning about Haki, he had a new goal: to master Haki!

But in this stage, with no one else to guide him, he could only constantly provoke experts and use his body to experience the feeling of Haki.

It took him several years to even begin to master Armament Haki, and during those years he was almost constantly getting beaten up, injured, and running away.

However, simply learning Armament Haki is not enough; one must also hone it to achieve higher quality and greater reserves.

There's also Observation Haki.

Until he was forty years old, on a deserted winter island, he encountered a strange purple fruit.

He knew it was Devil Fruit, and he was excited, but he was also worried about the weakness of not being able to swim after becoming a Devil Fruit user.

After all these years, the only way he's survived being beaten up is by swimming in the sea.

A year later, he discovered that no matter how much he trained and practiced, his Armament Haki and Observation Haki did not improve at all. Helpless, he had no choice but to eat Devil Fruit and gain the Paramecia Slow-Slow Fruit ability!

At first, I was quite disgusted with this ability. It didn't increase any strength, speed, or endurance, and I had to make a strange gesture to release a small area of light.

As he used it, he discovered that he could use his abilities without making gestures, which greatly surprised him. He then began to devote himself to studying and developing it seriously.

Four years later, thanks to his wide-ranging Slow-Slow Beam, he earned the nickname "Old Man of Time" in the New World, and his bounty rose to 320 million Beli. He even received an invitation from the Rocks Pirates.

However, he refused.

The following year, his Slow-Slow Fruit powers Awakening, granting him terrifying abilities akin to a domain.

Three years later, the Battle of God Valley broke out, and Rocks was defeated and killed by the combined forces of Marine Garp and Roger.

In July of that year, he met Shiki the Golden Lion, who was preparing to form a pirate crew.

He still refused the invitation. At that time, he believed that he had already Awakening and his strength was already among the top.

Why should I let someone like you, whose pirate crew was just wiped out, be my subordinate, especially since you're so much younger than me!

Um?

On what grounds?

Shiki used the 'Oto' and 'Kogarashi' in his hands to tell himself why he had the right to do so.

He got beaten up again; the Slow-Slow Beam had no effect on Shiki, whose entire body was covered in Armament Haki.

In terms of physical combat, it was even worse. He was slashed all over by those two knives and was almost hacked to death.

He didn't understand, why?

What does all my decades of hard work and relentless effort amount to?

Now, eight years later, he has come to understand that in this world, there are people who can crush others' lifetime of hard work with their talent!

Only the resentment and anger in his heart remained locked away.

Being brutally beaten by a kid in his early twenties caused his grief to erupt into an uncontrollable rage.

"This world is so unfair!"

"Why?!"

Thank you Sang Moqing for the 4-point reward! Thank you, thank you!

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This chapter is actually written for those ordinary people in the Pirate King world who have worked hard their whole lives but can only ever be extras. Although this is an unchangeable reality, let the author of this book Zangjing, represent them and shout to the world, "Why?"