Drake had heard countless grand boasts—things like, "I'll make this sea submit beneath my mighty name," "I'll become the Pirate King," and "My name will represent absolute truth," along with all kinds of excessively chuunibyou declarations.
But he had never heard words like Uchiha Hiko's, words that shook him to the depths of his soul.
Did you want freedom?
Such a simple sentence was like a beam of light shining down through a dark night sky, showing a lost traveler the road ahead. It was also like giving a confused person a clear direction in life.
This man was arrogant and confident, yet bold and brave. He dared to face the truth of this world, and he also dared to forge the truth he had decided to seize. He wanted to create his own ideal world, a world incomparably perfect for all those who longed for peace and stability.
"You're overestimating yourself!" Drake said. "Only someone mentally unstable would follow you in pursuit of such an illusory, utterly impossible goal."
Hiko shrugged. "There are already three mentally unstable people willing to pursue it with me."
Trafalgar Law, Jinbe, and Urouge. Drake knew those three were the people Uchiha Hiko meant—figures with some reputation even in the New World, unruly Pirates who had unexpectedly pledged themselves to Uchiha Hiko with all their hearts.
"Me too, me too!" Baby5 hurriedly jumped up and pointed fiercely at herself. "I'm mentally unstable too! I'm willing to follow you!"
Drake said in a deep voice, "Right now, you've only provoked Pirates. But once your ideals have been carried out to a certain extent, once the entire world has been affected by you and the foundations of the World Government's rule have been shaken, that will be when your true trial arrives. When that time comes,