Kou De's words left Gu Ding speechless.
From the time Gu Ding and the others left Deep Sea Star until now, they had seen quite a few injustices. But such things truly could not be eradicated.
From Elementary Planes and Higher Planes to the Main Plane and now the Chaos Universe, injustice was everywhere. It could be said that it had become the norm.
Along their journey, whenever Gu Ding and the others encountered injustice, they would lend a hand. But what they encountered was only a tiny fraction of the population; there was far more that they never saw.
"You're being too extreme..." Gu Ding sighed helplessly.
"Only extreme measures can solve the problem completely at its root." Kou De still stood by his view.
Seeing Gu Ding fall silent, Kou De continued, "Do you know why, back in Long Teng Universe Country, I abandoned the title of youngest colonel in the Federal Government and became an Interstellar Pirate?"
Gu Ding had heard of Kou De's past before he made his name, but he had never known why Kou De gave up such a promising future to become an Interstellar Pirate. In fact, many people had tried to uncover the reason he betrayed the Alliance Government. Countless media outlets had fabricated all kinds of stories, but none had ever been confirmed by Kou De.
"When I was twenty-five, I had just been awarded the rank of colonel and received a secret mission—to eliminate an underground human trafficking organization and rescue everyone they held captive. Although I knew the mission was dangerous, I agreed without a second thought."
"More than a month later, I led my team to the headquarters of that underground organization. We infiltrated it and began attacking the traffickers. It was an enormous underground base, and we