"Commodore T-Bone!"
At this moment, the marines who had retreated at the command of the man in the suit stepped forward again and stood behind T-Bone.
"You bunch of bastards! Do you even know who this is? The World Government must have mentioned how dangerous he is!"
"If we run out of Heavenly Gold, we can just go and collect more, right?"
The group of men in suits were all in a panic. If they angered this man, they would all be doomed!
"It's precisely because you have this kind of thinking that we absolutely cannot let him take the Heavenly Gold!"
T-Bone shouted, his eyes welling up with tears.
If Ulquiorra steals the Heavenly Gold, the World Government will definitely send people to those countries to collect it again.
In this distorted world, it's already difficult enough for ordinary people to just survive. If they were to be charged extra "Heavenly Gold" on top of that, what would become of the civilians in those countries?
If they don't hand over the Heavenly Gold, they might be expelled from the World Government Member States, and then they won't receive the Navy's protection.
If they were to pay again, how many people would be displaced, how many would bleed and weep, and how many would be forced to become pirates at sea?
Just thinking about these things makes T-Bone feel like his heart is being torn apart.
He would rather die here to protect the Heavenly Gold than watch helplessly as the other side takes away the people's hope of survival.
Even in this unequal world, he wanted to do everything in his power to protect the future of ordinary people!
He joined the navy to tell the world that even in a corrupt world, justice still exists!
Even if it costs me my life!
"No wonder that bastard had to take action himself."
Enel stopped laughing. The emotions he heard and felt were not something to be mocked.
"What a righteous and benevolent man!"
He sighed throughout his life.
"What what?"
Chopper, confused, pressed them for details about what they had heard.
The Kuma, known as the Tyrant, simply gazed silently at the ship where Cifer was located, seemingly lost in some kind of memory.
"You should know that I already showed mercy just now. If I wanted to, I could kill you and everyone here in an instant."
Cifer seemed not to care, and simply picked up a piece of gold and weighed it in his hand.
"I know, but that's not a reason for me to back down. As long as I'm not dead, even if my arms and legs are broken, I will never let you take these Heavenly Gold away!"
A gust of wind swept by, and the two characters for "Justice" on the back of his cloak seemed to shimmer in the sunlight.
"The justice you bear is heavy, but also useless."
Cifer casually tossed the gold in his hand into T-Bone's hand, who was somewhat surprised and hurriedly caught it.
"Even if I don't get the Heavenly Gold, people who can't afford to eat will still not be able to eat, and wars between countries will not end."
"To truly protect civilians, justice alone is not enough. If you rely on a corrupt World Government, your justice will never be realized."
Cifer sat atop the gold and silver treasures, his legs raised, looking down at the trembling T-Bone below.
"Even if the World Government has its flaws, the word 'justice' is absolutely not something a pirate like you can tarnish!"
T-Bone knew what he said was true, but as a naval officer, he couldn't accept it.
"Do you want to become the new navy? At the very least, you can give the people you're worried about a chance to have enough to eat."
Cifer rested his chin on his fist and said this, causing T-Bone, who had been clenching his teeth, to pause for a moment.
This man was indifferent to the World Government's denigration and T-Bone regret for his own sense of justice.
But when he said he could make life better for ordinary people, T-Bone was momentarily stunned, even though he didn't believe him.
He recalled the process of accompanying World Government officials to collect the Heavenly Gold.
Some kings treated them to delicacies, but they couldn't eat a single bite of the T-Bone, because they had seen commoners eating and sleeping in the open on the road.
He felt that if he ate even a single bite, it would be as if he were biting into the bodies of those homeless people.
Some kings were so hungry that they were emaciated and their T-Bone were so thin that they even considered not accepting their Heavenly Gold.
You now have two choices.
"First, I will directly steal the Heavenly Gold, and you will all bear the wrath of the World Government and hasten the destruction of those countries."
Second, take me to the country where you received the Heavenly Gold on this trip. You can then see if my words and reputation are more useful than those of the World Government Member States.
Cifer raised two fingers, giving T-Bone a chance.
Cifer liked this man's pure, almost foolish sense of justice even more than he admired Marine Admiral.
It may be foolish to be willing to sacrifice one's life to save civilians, but it is worthy of the name of justice.
"I... I..."
Upon hearing this, T-Bone hesitated, his thoughts seemingly divided into two camps at that moment.
One side says: That's a notorious Great Pirate!
If you take them to those Affiliated Nation of the World Government, you will be a traitor to the Navy and will kill the people of those countries!
Another side argues that although he was Great Pirate, he acted with integrity and uprightness.
Perhaps he really can keep those people away from war and the harassment of other pirates, and allow them to settle down and have food.
"While you are thinking, perhaps a few more ordinary people who cannot afford to eat will starve to death, or a few people will be forced to leave for distant places because they cannot afford to pay the Heavenly Gold."
"It's even possible that pirates will invade, and countless civilians will die at their hands..."
"Wait! I need to go!"
Cifer tempted T-Bone to keep thinking in the worst possible light, and those tragic scenes kept surfacing in his mind, finally breaking through his psychological bottom line.
For him, whether it's the navy or pirates, if it can make civilians live a good life, that's "justice"!
"Then lead the way, let's see your justice."
Cifer didn't touch the gold and silver jewelry on the ship; these things would be his later anyway, so there was no need to rush.
T-Bone and the marines returned to their respective warships, while Cifer ignored the men in suits from the World Government and returned to the Little Ul.
"Commodore T-Bone, is it really okay for us to take 'Black Winged Great Demon' and his group to Affiliated Nation of the World Government?"
The marines looked at the determined-looking man before them, feeling somewhat uneasy.
After all, the other party is one of the world's most vicious criminals.
"For justice, I'm willing to take the gamble!"
"If things go wrong, I urge you all to join me in protecting the civilians to the death!"
As a Marine of the headquarters, T-Bone knew quite a lot.
Even though Admiral Kuzan and his men were completely powerless to resist, he still chose to let them go, believing that the man, at the very least, was not such a despicable person!
T-Bone is also prepared for the worst.
It's nothing more than death!
When he embarked on this path, he had already disregarded life and death, only fearing that he would not be able to bring peace to the world even after his death.