"For pirates whose conduct isn't particularly vile, like the Red Hair Pirates and the Storm Pirates, we can simply strip them of the pirate label and grant them the title of adventurers."
Murphy said this with a smile.
It was that overbearing.
What you think doesn't matter. What I think does.
If I say you're a pirate, you're a pirate. If I say you're an adventurer, you're an adventurer.
They wouldn't even let you be a pirate if you wanted to.
"Times have changed. Several pirate nations in the New World are being run quite well. Accepting them would improve and complement the United Government."
"Besides, can nations founded by pirates really last?"
"Amid the chaos in the New World, new pirates are constantly rising."
"One day, a great pirate might wipe them out and take their place."
"Leaving a few seats for them to compete over is tolerable."
"We don't need every great pirate, either. The Whitebeard Pirates, for example, can be ignored entirely. They pose no threat."
"As long as some of the top pirate crews are willing to join us, everything will go very smoothly."
"If there are any smart people among them, they might establish nations and join us without us even having to say anything."
"If those great pirates were all gone, what would we need the navy for?"
The existence of pirates was necessary.
The existence of great pirates was necessary, too.
Absolute order was impossible, and they would not allow it to exist.
For them, keeping the seas in a certain degree of chaos would hinder the development of most weaker nations, allowing their own countries to remain among the great powers for years to come.
"No problem. We can discuss restrictions on these pirate nations later. If they really become kingdoms, that