The Destruction of Ohara

"Saulo, do you know what you're doing?" Kuzan asked his friend who was blocking his path.

"Kuzan, do you also think those scholars are guilty?" Saulo retorted.

Kuzan sighed and remained silent.

"Kuzan, perhaps in your eyes, those scholars touched something they shouldn't have, but in their eyes, they were just researching history. Since when is researching history a crime?

The Navy is acting like lunatics, wanting to erase scholars just for researching history.

The strong strike at the stronger, the weak strike at the weaker. At this time, the Navy should show the magnanimity of the strong and protect Ohara, not strike at the weaker and assist the World Government in destroying this island.

Kuzan, do you know? I am very disappointed in the Navy's justice. In the past, I thought my actions were upholding Navy justice.

But now, I don't know what I've been holding onto.

Are we protecting justice itself? Or the order established by the Celestial Dragons and the World Government high above?

Kuzan, tell me, what is your definition of justice? Is it the order created by the Celestial Dragons and the World Government?"

After hearing Saulo's words, Kuzan fell silent.

At this moment, the roar of cannons from Ohara was incessant, but Kuzan seemed not to hear it, his mind filled with Saulo's words.

Just as Kuzan was lost in thought, the Den Den Mushi in his arms rang. Kuzan answered, and the Navy on the other end informed him that the civilians of Ohara had been placed on evacuation ships, which had already left the port.

Upon hearing this, Kuzan immediately turned his head towards the port.

However, in the next second, the ship, which hadn't gone far, was sunk by a fist wreathed in Magma.

Witnessing this scene, Kuzan's eyes were filled with confusion. He couldn't help but recall the words spoken by the young man beside Dragon: "That ship was just for show, it was bound to be sunk, and perhaps it would be sunk by someone from your Navy."

At the time, Kuzan thought the words were somewhat laughable, a rather clumsy attempt at provocation, but when this scene actually unfolded before his eyes, Kuzan felt his limbs go cold.

Kuzan knew very well that as an Ice-Ice Fruit user, he couldn't feel cold. What was truly cold was his heart.

Saulo also saw this scene. At this moment, Saulo became resolute in one idea: he absolutely could not let everyone in Ohara die here.

So, Saulo charged forward, using his own body to block the Navy's warships and create an opportunity for Robin to escape.

The scene shifts back to Dragon and Mosen. After Dragon sent Mosen to the northwest corner of the Tree of Knowledge, he began searching for books related to Poneglyphs.

Fortunately, there weren't many books, only one bookshelf, and Mosen quickly found three books related to Poneglyphs.

Besides these, Mosen had an unexpected gain; he discovered two very interesting books.

One was about how to develop human brain potential and improve human thinking and reaction speed.

The other was the theory of Lineage Factors, which mentioned the characteristics of Lineage Factors.

Mosen ran back to Dragon with these five books. Dragon had already manipulated the airflow, swirling up hundreds and thousands of books, which he sent high into the sky, hidden behind the clouds for protection.

Unfortunately, the books Dragon managed to protect were still too few. Compared to the books in the Tree of Knowledge, they were at most only a fraction of the total.

Seeing that Dragon had the ability to take away books, the scholars rushed over to ask for his help, urging him to protect more books.

Dragon sighed upon hearing this. If he could, he would have liked to protect more books, but with his current abilities, protecting these was already his limit.

"Mr. Dragon, I found the books," Mosen handed the three books containing Poneglyphs to Dragon.

Dragon took the books and casually sent them into the air as well, then turned his gaze to the two books in Mosen's arms.

"Mr. Dragon, I think these two books are quite useful, so I took them along."

"Good job. Later, when we see Kuzan, it can also indirectly prove that we came here to get books."

"See Kuzan? Mr. Dragon, are you going to find him?"

Dragon nodded and flew over with Mosen.

Dragon and Mosen rushed out of the sea of fire and flew towards the coastline. There, they saw Saulo, frozen in ice.

"Mr. Dragon, that giant."

"His name is Saulo. He's Kuzan's friend. It looks like he defied Navy orders and wanted to rescue Ohara, which is why Kuzan froze him," Dragon guessed.

"So, in Vice Admiral Kuzan's view, friendship is less important than conviction?"

"It's not about conviction; it's Kuzan's duty."

"Huh? Mr. Dragon, there seems to be a little girl over there too!" Mosen deliberately drew Dragon's attention to Robin.

"Heh, is this the Navy's justice? Not even sparing a little girl," Mosen said, feigning righteous indignation.

Dragon shook his head upon hearing this: "Mosen, you misunderstand. Although Kuzan ate the Ice-Ice Fruit, he is not that cold and heartless. The justice he upholds is not absolute.

Kuzan would never lay a hand on unarmed civilians, let alone a little girl."

As Dragon had said, Kuzan made the same choice as in the original story and let Nico Robin leave.

"Let's go, Mosen. We'll go have a chat with Kuzan." With that, Dragon manipulated the airflow and brought Mosen to Kuzan's front.

"It really is you! I just sensed your life aura," Kuzan said after glancing at Dragon.

Dragon frowned. What was with Kuzan's weak and listless demeanor?

"Kuzan, are you alright?" Dragon asked tentatively.

"Sakazuki just punched and shattered the evacuation ship. All the civilians inside are dead."

After hearing Kuzan's words, Dragon couldn't help but turn his head to look at Mosen. He remembered Mosen had said before that the Navy wouldn't let anyone from Ohara leave alive. Thinking about it now, it was truly a prophecy come true. No wonder Kuzan looked so devastated.

Kuzan also glanced at Mosen, then noticed the two books Mosen was holding.

"You really came for the books! Developing the brain and Lineage Factor? Dragon, did you switch careers to become a scientist? You're holding books like these."

Dragon smiled without explaining.

"Mr. Kuzan, why did you let that little girl go just now? Didn't the Navy already make its choice? Isn't that a bit inappropriate of you?" Mosen, standing nearby, picked up the conversation.

"That little girl is just an ordinary person, not a scholar. Letting her go is fine. Besides, I didn't expect Sakazuki to go this far." Kuzan, while covering for Nico Robin, deliberately shifted the topic to Sakazuki.

"Do you think Sakazuki was wrong, Kuzan?" Dragon asked.

"He wasn't wrong. He was upholding the Navy's reputation and the justice he believes in. It's just that my own justice has been shaken." Kuzan said with a complex expression.

"Then Mr. Kuzan, if the tragedy of Ohara were to happen again one day, what would you do?"

Today, a confirmed case emerged from a nearby high school, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.