The Unending Tide of Thought

Chapter 048: A Tide of Thought That Can Never Be Stirred Up

Leo never thought that rebellion was something to be hidden.

Although he lacked the strength to do so now, if you couldn't clearly explain your ideals, and couldn't even be honest with your own people, then how could you expect everyone to risk their lives and futures with you?

Dragon's method of revolution wouldn't work.

He had known that from the very beginning.

Dragon's stance was firm, but he was full of unrealistic fantasies and adventurism.

The Revolutionary Army, represented by Sabo, was full of adventurism, causing trouble everywhere with the Straw Hat Pirates.

But in reality, they hadn't gained any benefits for the Revolutionary Army.

The Revolutionary Army's base was raided by the Marines, and the entire Revolutionary Army was broken up and scattered across the world, organizing resistance. They had essentially become a guerrilla force.

This should have been their strategy from the start, but it was only under the government's suppression that they were forced to break up. How many casualties and costs did the Revolutionary Army pay to understand that they should break up and scatter?

If Leo were to carry out his revolution in secret, it would only bring about false lies and a group of followers.

But now, he had a group of warriors who knew who they were, where they came from, and where they were going, with a clear ideology.

Their faith was extremely firm, their stance unyielding, and once they had this concept, they would no longer retreat.

Of course, among those who truly joined, there might be spies from the government's CP intelligence agencies. But regardless, Leo currently lacked the ability to distinguish spy agencies and could only assume everyone was truly devoted to the revolution.

When their voyage began again, the formation of the four ships had changed: the Cutlass Pirates' Great Bay Blade was towing the Spade Pirates' Spade, the Marine warship was five kilometers behind them, seemingly in pursuit, and finally, the Kuja Pirates' Perfume Sea Serpent was at the rear.

Everyone was gathered on the Great Bay Blade, while the Marine warship was merely a few Amazon female warriors piloting it, following behind them.

On the Great Bay Blade, besides their daily training, Leo also held lectures every evening.

Leo knew their time was pressing.

Because he had heard from Iska that it would take them twenty days to reach Jaya Island.

He needed to instill his ideology into the minds of these Marines as much as possible during these twenty days. Although these Marines had already accepted his ideals and believed the World Government was their enemy, it was clearly not enough.

Just like many villagers forced to rebel, they were simply unable to survive and were forced to revolt.

If, by chance, they encountered favorable timing, location, and unity: if farmers in other villages and cities were also unable to survive and rebelled, then their ranks would grow stronger and stronger.

But if they were unlucky and only rebelled locally, they would be easily suppressed.

This kind of rebellion was useless, unnecessary, and doomed to fail.

It was like the scattered sparks of revolution on the Eastern Continent, all easily extinguished.

Rulers, especially feudal rulers, were incapable of concessions and showed no mercy.

Only when a tide of thought swept across the entire Eastern Continent, when all Easterners recognized the concept of nationhood, and even the bureaucrats, the lackeys of the feudal government, dared not kill revolutionaries for fear of future retribution, would the time be truly ripe.

Therefore, the first lesson Leo wanted to teach these people was: the time is not yet right, preserve yourselves.

"Then when will the time be right?" The cabin of the Great Bay Blade was too narrow to accommodate two hundred people gathered together, so they had to hold the lecture on deck.

However, due to iron discipline, over two hundred people could listen to Leo speak quietly and silently even when gathered together.

But the Marines' discipline was clearly not as good as the pirates who had been training for fifteen days. Iska stood up and raised her hand to ask.

"Remember to report next time," Leo pointed at her and said.

She stuck out her tongue, then sat down, nudging Ace beside her with her arm and making a face.

If before, she was a soldier and he was a pirate, and they couldn't openly express their feelings, then now, they were sitting on the same ship, becoming their own people. They could finally face their true hearts and emotions.

Now, the two sat together intimately, completely disregarding the gazes of others.

"When will the time be ripe?"

Leo walked back and forth a couple of times, thinking, "That's a very good question."

"So, when will the time be ripe?"

"In fact, if we don't do anything, this time will never come."

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Leo's words shocked everyone.

"Are you surprised? Confused?"

"That's right, this is the real world, we must be realistic and adhere to objective facts."

"The fact is, before I arrived, you lived in a daze, not knowing who your friends were or who your enemies were. You, the common people, were killing each other over scraps thrown by the powerful. If I hadn't appeared, in another ten or twenty years, would you know how to resist the World Government?"

Leo's words made the people below shake their heads. Indeed, if Leo hadn't appeared, they would never have learned such theories and knowledge, and wouldn't have known how to resist the government even in a hundred years.

"I'm not saying this to tell you how great I am, but the seeds of revolution need to be sown, watered, nurtured, and protected!"

"The world is separated by the sea, information is cut off, and people, except in their own waters, know nothing about the world or news from other seas. Apart from the World Economic News, people are completely indifferent to world affairs."

"Even the World Economic News cannot spread news to ordinary kingdoms and ordinary people. Their main audience is actually pirates."

"Tell me, if we want to plant this seed throughout the world, how much time will it take?"

Leo looked at them, their expressions thoughtful, and asked.

Everyone fell silent.

"Report!" William raised his hand.

"William."

"Then, is there no way for us to quickly achieve this method?" William asked.

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