The Golden Lion's Travels (2)

"Hope!?"

Hearing those two words, Shiki first looked stunned, but then broke into undisguised laughter.

"How laughable. You're actually placing your hopes of changing the world on a pirate?"

Unexpectedly, the owner retorted without the slightest fear.

"At least in all the history I know, Captain Ye Mu was the only one who dared to say such things openly. What about everyone else? The Marines, the pirates, even the Pirate King Roger—what have they done?"

Shiki was genuinely a little surprised this time.

"Wasn't it Roger who changed the world? He was the one who ushered in the Great Pirate Era..."

"And what does that have to do with ordinary people like us?! All I've seen is pirates harming this world!"

The owner shot back, leaving Shiki stunned.

He had never considered things from the perspective of ordinary people in this world.

He stared sharply at the clothing shop owner before him, then glanced at the two beautiful women whose faces had gone pale with fear.

Only after a long while did he speak slowly.

"You can have these treasures. Are my clothes ready?"

"They are... They're ready..."

Only then did the owner realize how many things he shouldn't have said in his moment of unrestrained honesty.

At that moment, all he wanted was to get this customer out of there as quickly as possible.

In a world of ice and snow, Shiki controlled his body and floated into the air, flying above the entirety of Loguetown.

He looked down at the city beneath him and gazed at the towering execution platform, recalling the clothing shop owner's words. Then he muttered,

"Do you see this, Roger? The so-called Great Pirate Era you started before your death is utterly laughable in the eyes of ordinary people!"

Shiki naturally wasn't someone