Golden Lion fell silent.
Bright merely watched him calmly, waiting for his answer.
At last, Golden Lion spoke. "I just don't get it. Why me?"
"I don't give a damn what this world becomes! And I don't care what happened during the Void Century either!"
The Flying Lion spoke with impassioned fervor. Though his body was already battered beyond recognition, the bearing he displayed at that moment was still enough to earn anyone's admiration.
He only wanted to tell Bright that their ideals were fundamentally different.
He had no interest whatsoever in the future, history, or anything of the sort. The only thing he wanted was to rule—to seize the entire world and hold it in the palm of his hand!
"That's precisely why we should cooperate."
Bright spoke leisurely. That was the advantage of possessing Observation Haki capable of peering into people's hearts: no one could put on an act before him.
"Senior Golden Lion, if you want to conquer the world, then without question, the World Government is your greatest enemy, right?"
Bright smiled. "As for who the world belongs to, we can decide that after we overthrow them."
"Otherwise, if you can't even beat me, what makes you think you can defeat the World Government, which even I'm wary of?"
Golden Lion gritted his teeth slightly.
Though he was deeply unwilling to admit it, that was indeed the truth.
With this bastard around, how could he talk about ruling the world?
The fierce drug he had spent more than a decade researching was utterly useless. No matter how many Fierce Beasts he had, they probably could not do anything to this guy.
Golden Lion found it hard not to feel defeated by that.
For a moment, he had even thought that perhaps dying at this bastard's hands