One Piece: I Could See Proficiency and Became a Legend

A voice suddenly sounded in Shirahoshi's mind. Startled, she looked up and glanced around.

"Robin-sama! Did you hear a voice?"

Robin blinked and gave her a curious look. "Nope."

"Stop looking. I'm using a special ability to speak to you. No one else can hear me!"

"Who are you?"

"Closer than you think!"

"You're that bad guy!"

"That's rude!"

"Sorry!"

"But you really are a big bad guy!"

"What did you see that makes you say that?"

"Um..."

"What you saw was only a dream!"

"Doesn't that make you a bad guy?"

"I killed Vander Decken."

"Thank you!"

"If you insist on dividing people into good and bad, I'm certainly no good person."

"Then you're a bad person?"

"..."

"Are good and bad the only choices?"

"I don't understand!"

Perhaps because their conversation took place directly in her mind, Shirahoshi felt no strong urge to reject him. Instead, she gradually calmed down and began talking to Dongze of her own accord.

"I feel like you aren't a bad person. But why did you become like that?"

"I can't give you a definite answer. But I do know that sometimes a sword is swung not to kill someone, but to save someone."

"Really?"

"Think about your father. When he wields his weapon, isn't it to protect his people?"

"Um... I suppose so!"

"So until you understand what happened, you have no right to call someone good or bad!"

"That sounds so profound. I don't think I understand!"

"Oh, right. Did you come here for something?"

"I wanted to meet another you. But it seems the time isn't right yet..."

While speaking with Shirahoshi, Dongze had also figured out what was happening inside her.

There was indeed a consciousness lying dormant within her, but it was utterly pure. Even if it