The Nation

At dinner that night, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and was chatting happily.

Ye Mu suddenly clapped his hands. After drawing everyone's attention, he said, "I have a new idea. I want to establish a nation!"

"A nation!!!"

In an instant, everyone froze. They seemed unable to understand why Ye Mu had suddenly said such a thing for no reason.

Under the glow of the Lamp Dial, Ye Mu slowly explained as he faced their strange looks.

"Actually, ever since we entered the New World, I've been thinking about two questions. The first is: where does the Sky Pirate Crew's road end? Becoming the One Piece? That seems like a goal, but what comes after that? Roger became the One Piece, but did he change anything?"

"The second question is: why do we want to become the One Piece? What does the One Piece mean to us? Charlotte Linlin said that Laugh Tale holds the answers to everything, but can those answers really solve every problem? Are they even the answers we want?"

As soon as Ye Mu raised these two questions, everyone fell into thought.

"I didn't have an answer to this before. But after I came to Charlotte Linlin's Totto Land, I suddenly had an idea. Although I don't agree with Charlotte Linlin's methods, her ideals are still admirable: to build a world where all races can coexist peacefully, a world without enslavement or oppression."

"The freedom of pirates is certainly precious, but that freedom belongs only to a few people. It's like the people and animals we had no choice but to leave on the island where the Longleg Tribe lives. Our ship is still too small to carry so many people, and we're constantly being hunted by the Marines and the World Government. But