A Man's Resolve

Looking at Gild Tesoro, whose face showed a look of resignation to death, Lin Yan nodded almost imperceptibly.

To be honest.

He has always disliked the so-called prodigal son returning home trope.

A person's life is like a set of footprints.

The path you've walked is the path you've walked.

It won't disappear just because of regret. Whether it's sin or good deed, it's destined to follow a person for life from the moment the ending is determined.

If you use your life as a bargaining chip, you must learn to face death; that is the price.

If you find pleasure in tormenting others, you must learn to make amends; this is the price to pay.

Redemption of a villain.

It's not something cheap.

"..."

Gild Tesoro did not continue to plead with Lin Yan.

This is completely pointless.

In the battle to come, he needed to prove to the man before him that he still had backbone, otherwise Lin Yan would never accept him.

It's time to pay the price for past mistakes!

Gild Tesoro's eyes showed a determined expression. He simply turned and left silently. As the emperor of the Gran Tesoro, he had to be fully prepared for the dangers that lay ahead.

"F-F-F-F, Captain Lin, I'll go back and prepare too."

Donquixote Doflamingo smiled as he watched Gild Tesoro's retreating figure.

The wicked save themselves...?

It's very good, but it's not suitable for me.

More than that, he was concerned about whether he could survive. (Meow Meow said)

So Donquixote Doflamingo left without hesitation.

Next, he will mobilize all the resources of his family to prepare for the upcoming war.

Without a doubt, Donquixote Doflamingo has placed all his bets on Lin Yan.

Lin Yan had no objection to this.

He simply stood there calmly, watching the two leave.

"Lin, what about us?"

Ain asked Lin Yan.

"There's nothing to worry about, is there? They're just Celestial Dragons, nothing to me. But you guys, aren't you afraid at all?"

"I'm your crew member, aren't I?"

Ain smiled and countered with a question.

The other two girls nodded in agreement.

Isn't it only natural for crew members to follow their captain to the death?

"That's true."

Lin Yan then laughed as well.

To be honest, I originally just came here to make money, at most to make a deal with Gild Tesoro, but I never expected it to turn out like this.

You could say it's fate...

As a user of the Gold-Gold Fruit, Gild Tesoro is quite strong, but before that, he needs to atone for his past mistakes and pay a sufficient price.

To what extent can that man's awareness reach?

Lin Yan still expressed her anticipation.

If it can really achieve the expected results.

Lin Yan didn't mind recruiting another strong member for the Whitebeard Pirates.

And those scum-like Celestial Dragons...

Lin Yan was also nearing the end of her patience.

"Let's go back and rest first; we have important business to attend to!"

Meanwhile, on the other side...

The Holy Land Mary Geoise, the heart of the region.

"Well... we've pretty much finished with the cleanup work, everyone. I don't think there are any other objections, right?"

The Five Elders, leaning on their canes, spoke slowly.

His expression was extremely gloomy.

That's not surprising.

After all, just a few weeks ago, the Buster Call, which brought together almost all of the World Government's publicly known forces, ended in failure!

Even with the addition of two Four Emperors) to their forces, they still suffered a crushing defeat.

They're all useless trash!

The Five Elders have been in a state of utter chaos lately.

Fortunately, the follow-up matters have been mostly resolved today.

No objections.

The other Five Elders nodded in agreement, and then the Five Elders holding the First Generation Kitetsu spoke angrily.

"But now there's a bigger problem. Amazon Lily aside, there's that man... and those strange creatures in the report."

He didn't continue speaking.

The implication is self-evident.

The dark shadow that has been looming over them for over a decade seems to have reappeared!

Although it's just a suspicion at this stage, and because of their advanced age, the Five Elders ' memory is also a bit bad, and they've almost forgotten what that man looked like back then.

However, as mentioned before...

Even a single doubt is enough for them.

"There's also the protest from the Celestial Dragons..."

The other of the Five Elders also sighed.

After realizing that Lin Yan was probably that terrifying being, they immediately and without hesitation issued orders to all the Celestial Dragons.

You should know that he actually dared to kill Celestial Dragons!

What happened in Mary Geoise more than a decade ago.

But it took them a lot of effort to barely suppress it.

This must never happen again!

Unfortunately, the Celestial Dragons didn't understand. As World Nobles, they were always arrogant and domineering, so how could they possibly accept such a submissive order?

This is the most troublesome problem for the Five Elders, even more so than the failure of the Buster Call.

"..."

For a moment, the five people were speechless.

No one could come up with a good solution.

"Well, it's just a protest after all... As long as what happened back then doesn't repeat itself, everything we've done has been worthwhile..."

The Five Elders, who were leaning on their canes, spoke softly.

However, before he could finish speaking, the conference room door was kicked open.

"What kind of behavior is this, all this panic!"

The Five Elders looked on angrily and turned to look.

However, the man who came in was also covered in sweat.

"I... I didn't mean to, um... there's... there's Celestial Dragons died!"

The man's voice trembled.

He was clearly terrified; his entire back was covered in cold sweat!

This is the worst luck imaginable! Honestly, I was just on duty as usual! Did they have to be so ruthless?!

The man who came to report was practically in tears.

Upon hearing this, the Five Elders were stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up.

"What did you say?! What exactly happened?! Tell me in detail!"

Everyone lost their composure.

How could he be dead again?!

It's only been a few days since things calmed down?!

The Five Elders were utterly furious, but they managed to calm themselves down and decided to listen to who dared to do such a thing!

Kill them!

They must be killed!

In an instant, the eyes of the Five Elders were filled with murderous intent; the dignity of the World Nobles was absolutely not to be desecrated!

However...

When they heard the name the man uttered, they all felt a wave of dizziness wash over them.

One of the Five Elders couldn't even catch his breath, rolled his eyes, and fell backward.

But at this point, no one went to help him up.

The Five Elders felt their hands trembling!

"Yes, it's Lin Yan, the Seventeenth Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"..."

Damn it!

It's that plague god again?!

I'm begging you, can't you just shut up for a bit?!