Sabo nodded. "I'd like to hear the details."
"My ideal is actually very simple." Ronglin spoke slowly. "I want to ascend the throne of this world. I want to control everything myself. I won't let anyone defy me, oppose me, or scheme against me again! Whether they're pirates or the World Government, I'll trample them all beneath my feet!"
Sabo looked at Ronglin in surprise, unable to understand his words. "You mean... you want to control the entire world?"
"If your understanding is correct, then that is precisely what I mean." Ronglin said calmly, "That's why I won't join forces with anyone. In the future, those former allies may very well become enemies, and that is not a situation I wish to see. Rather than become enemies later, it's better to have no ties from the very beginning!"
The way Sabo looked at Ronglin began to change. He had never expected Ronglin's ambition to be so great—great enough to change the world, even to possess it.
If that was the case, then all of his choices seemed perfectly natural! He had refused Kaido because Kaido was destined to become an obstacle on the path toward his ideal, so Ronglin had to remove him. He had refused the Celestial Dragons' offer because one day, Ronglin would overthrow the Celestial Dragons as well!
Sabo recalled the tremendous changes in the lives of the people wherever Ronglin had passed these days. Those were all changes brought to the places Ronglin had conquered.
In an instant, Sabo suddenly had an absurd and strange thought: if Ronglin could bring happiness and peace to everyone in the world, then perhaps it would not be such a bad thing for him to become the king of this world?
Moreover, the pirates under his command had changed as