As for those prisoners who needed to be replaced with corpses, it was mainly because their situation was not good at the time.
For example, the owner of the Repel-Repel Fruit was imprisoned in the Blazing Hell, where he had to carry large amounts of wood to burn every day and was also physically punished by the jailers every few days.
Anduin feared that if he didn't get the guy out quickly, he would be tortured to death.
Although the other party is also a scumbag, if he dies now, it means that the fruit on his body will be randomly reborn in the sea.
Anduin didn't want to miss out on such a wonderful Devil Fruit.
Over the next two weeks, Moria, through the manipulation of the Shadow Soldiers, orchestrated the "accidental deaths" of two ability users in the fourth level of the Blazing Hell.
One of them is Devil Fruit User of the Repulsion Fruit, and the other is Devil Fruit User.
The other five individuals, two in the Freezing Hell, two in the Starvation Hell, and one in the Beast Hell, did not die "accidentally." Instead, they were brought out, reformed, and then secretly sent back to their cells.
At the same time, all Seven Deadly Sins are in place.
Noah, who was secretly sailing in the East Blue, also received gifts from Anduin and Moria.
Using the Garganta created by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, a dazed prisoner was vomited out.
Noah looked at the prisoner and casually tossed out a Major Arcana card.
A moment later, a brand new Apostle appeared before them.
[Ta: Kini ( Crush-Crush Fruit )]
The Crush-Crush Fruit's power is somewhat similar to the Chop-Chop Fruit, but one is a superhuman type and the other is a superpower type.
In other words, the Chop-Chop Fruit can split its own body, while the Crush-Crush Fruit cannot split itself, but it can pulverize external objects.
The Tower is a card purely for destruction; whether it's face up or face down, it represents something negative.
Noah originally planned to replace Buggy the Clown, or the Hermit ( Corrosion-Corrosion Fruit ), with Tower, and then use the Clear-Clear Fruit to create a new Hermit.
No, it's not needed now.
At this point, Noah has collected 21 of the 22 Major Arcana Deck, with only the Lovers remaining.
Once Apostle the Lovers is created, Noah's Card-Card Fruit will enter a fully Awakening state.
Noah knew very well that the only "raw material" suitable for the Apostle of the Lovers was Boa Hancock and the Love-Love Fruit she possessed.
However, plotting against Boa Hancock is no small matter, and if not handled properly, it could expose some intelligence.
After Granny Nyon and Shakky are members of the Rocks Pirates, especially the relatively young Shakky, whose strength should be at the level of Admiral Candidate. Add to that Rayleigh, whose strength has declined somewhat, and Amazon Lily, whose entire crew is mobilized.
If Boa Hancock cannot be subdued in the shadows in an instant, she will definitely unleash her Conqueror's Haki. Although the other members of Kuja are not a threat, Granny Nyon must be on guard.
This old woman definitely has Shakky's Den Den Mushi, and possibly even Whitebeard's Den Den Mushi. Moreover, Hancock's Shichibukai's personal Den Den Mushi is most likely in her possession as well.
Once the other party realizes something is wrong and notifies Shakky or reports the matter to the World Government, troublesome consequences can easily arise afterward.
Therefore, Noah does not intend to take action against Hancock in the near future, but he has ordered Kuro's General Staff Department to formulate a plan as soon as possible.
As for whether he could peacefully incorporate Amazon Lily, Noah didn't hold out much hope.
On one hand, it's a matter of stance. Pirates are pirates after all. No matter how noble their disguise may be, they cannot hide their true nature as evil forces.
What is the purpose of the Kuja Pirates setting sail?
The answer is that it was for plundering supplies.
So, who were their targets? Other pirates? Merchants? Civilians? Islands outside their Affiliated Nation?
Especially after becoming a member of the Shichibukai, the Kuja Pirates gained the legal right to plunder. However, this right was contingent on not attacking ships Affiliated Nation. Therefore, the Kuja Pirates could only plunder other pirates and islands outside of Affiliated Nation.
Noah wasn't interested in the so-called most beautiful woman in the world.
In his view, Boa Hancock, a woman who developed a psychological disorder due to traumatic stress, only gained a positive image from many people because of her accidental crush on King Luffy and her title as the world's most beautiful woman.
In essence, Boa Hancock is a ruthless killer who leads the Kuja Pirates to raid islands belonging to non- Affiliated Nation, and she is extremely capricious.
She hated the Celestial Dragons simply because she was enslaved by Celestial Dragons, but after becoming the Pirate Empress, she ultimately became the very thing she despised.
Her plundering of non- Affiliated Nation, her ruthless control over the lives of Amazonian citizens—wasn't she also a " Celestial Dragons "?
Before she could slay the dragon, she became the Arlong herself.
This is also why Noah didn't believe the Monkey family could change the world.
The Revolutionary Army leader helped his pirate son successfully set sail and used a storm to attack the town.
When the Revolutionary Army officers heard that their leader's son was to be executed ( Ivankov, upon hearing that Ace was Luffy, assumed Ace was Dragon's son), they immediately disregarded everything and helped him escape from Impel Down, releasing a large Impel Down of prisoners.
When the Revolutionary Army leader heard that his officers had been captured by the Celestial Dragons and enslaved, he broke out in a cold sweat but did nothing.
While like-minded comrades refused to come to the rescue, the pirate son, who was related to him by blood, took matters into his own hands. In the end, ideals were not as important as blood ties.
Noah could only chuckle at this.
Even if the Revolutionary Army manages to overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, they will quickly degenerate and become the new Celestial Dragons; this is almost a foregone conclusion.
If the Revolutionary Army successfully overthrows the World Government in the future, will Luffy Hancock, one of Luffy's women, along with her Kuja Pirates and Amazon Lily Kingdom, be held accountable for their past plundering and massacres?
The most likely scenario is a bow and apology, followed by an emotional appeal to whitewash the situation.
The saying "red beans are rice" can absolve all evil.
"Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot"—the ancients were truly right.
Therefore, Noah will not show mercy. He sympathizes with Boa Hancock's experience of being enslaved by the Celestial Dragons, but he will not let go of the ruthless, plundering, and capricious Pirate Empress.
This is like saying that you can't absolve someone of the crime of murder and arson just because they were bullied at school.
Noah modified Baccarat directly for this reason.
Baccarat appears to be a gentle and generous beauty, but this cannot conceal her heinous nature.
The luck of the Lucky-Lucky Fruit cannot be created out of thin air; it can only be obtained by absorbing the luck of others. The person whose luck has been absorbed will naturally suffer terribly.
While those gamblers may not deserve sympathy, does Baccarat only suck their luck? Not necessarily!
After joining Baroque Works, with Crocodile's help, he absorbed the luck of many people, including ordinary people.
Many people judge others by their appearance, and even more so by their character, believing that beautiful people are good and innocent.
Does beauty equal good person?
Beauty = Innocence?
What kind of logic is this?
Appearance is merely an external physical feature and cannot determine one's inner morality.
The true standard for judging good and evil is to look at what they did.
If Marshall Teach's experiences were replaced by Boa Hancock's, and she became the Pirate Empress, Noah killed Teach with a single blow, then most people would probably applaud and cheer, thinking that Teach deserved to die.
Therefore, before judging a person, we must first ignore their appearance and then judge them based on their actions to see their true colors.