Tesoro told Bright a story.
It was roughly about how he had once had a very, very good friend, who was later captured by the Celestial Dragons and made into a slave, then tortured to death. That was why he hated the Celestial Dragons, hated the World Government, and thought of nothing but taking revenge on them at every moment.
Bright knew that Tesoro had told the truth, but not the whole truth.
Tesoro really had had such a friend—she was the woman he loved most—and she really had been tortured to death by the Celestial Dragons as a slave.
What he had not said was that he himself had once been a slave of the Celestial Dragons as well. He had only escaped by chance when Fisher Tiger stormed Mary Geoise and freed the slaves.
Bright could hear the immense wail of grief and fury in Tesoro's heart as he calmly told the story.
But he still could not trust Tesoro.
How could he trust someone who, unable to take revenge because his enemies were too powerful, turned around and persecuted innocent people instead?
So Bright answered Tesoro like this. "I never expected Mr. Tesoro to have gone through something like that. You're right. We have the same enemies!"
Bright's voice was utterly sincere. "I was once a member of the Sun Pirates too. My companions told me many stories about the miserable pasts they endured under the Celestial Dragons' torture. I have always believed that the World Government cannot escape responsibility for Fish-Man Island's centuries of suffering. It was the Celestial Dragons who started the trend of buying mermaid slaves!"
"If they are not our enemies, then who is?"
Tesoro also looked excited. "Exactly! But the World Government and the Celestial Dragons are too powerful. That's why we