Pirates Against Pirates? Diverging Views

"I object!"

A powerfully built king who looked like a gladiator stood up in protest.

"Who is this?"

Li Huode asked.

"King Riku of Dressrosa."

The chairman of the World Government briefly introduced King Riku's background.

He was the king of Dressrosa, a major nation located in the latter half of the New World.

"The miracle island that had gone centuries without war?"

Li Huode laughed twice.

He remembered now. Dressrosa's original rulers had been the Donquixote Family.

After the Donquixote Family left the country to become Celestial Dragons,

power gradually passed into King Riku's hands.

King Riku was tall and heavily muscled, his physique sharply defined.

Tufts of stiff hair stood straight up from his head, making him look like a Super Saiyan.

"But going centuries without war isn't something muscles can achieve."

Li Huode snorted and gestured for King Riku to state his views.

"The Marines have never been able to fully protect Dressrosa."

"When facing the strongest pirates, Dressrosa can only submit."

As he spoke of such a miserable state of affairs, there was not the slightest shame on King Riku's face. Instead, he was filled with pride.

"Dressrosa has remained standing only because of its 'neutral' position."

"Both Marines and pirates can get what they want in Dressrosa."

"But if we support pirates to fight pirates, Dressrosa will become a battlefield."

"The powerful pirates from the first half of the Grand Line will challenge the pirate rulers of the latter half..."

"They will choose Dressrosa as their forward base, and the Marines will do the same."

King Riku slammed his hand down on the table and shouted.

"So I object! You just want to turn Dressrosa into a battlefield!"

At once, a large number of the kings present became enraged and began criticizing King Riku.

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