One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 103 Choice
The next day, Kratie Kingdom, residential area, northwest corner.

"Qiang Qiang"

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Squeak-"

The door was gently opened.

"you are?"

An old man stuck his head out from inside the door. He looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but actually he was only in his forties or fifties. He was very tall, and when he stood up straight, he must be four meters tall!

He looked puzzled and seemed a little impatient when he looked at Borsalino who came to knock on the door.

These two months were the two months when he was most angry. His only daughter died in an unclear manner, and he didn't even know the truth!
Fortunately, he is the user of the Animal-type Monkey-Monkey Fruit and the Ape Form Fruit. He has traveled the sea when he was young and has the strength to fight his way in and out of the army of the entire kingdom.

Otherwise, he won't even see the hope of venting his anger or taking revenge!

But the problem is that there happens to be a navy stationed on this island, and the kingdom is also a member state. Two powerful naval officers stopped his revenge.

Finally, since no one actually died, the whole thing came to a stalemate and all the nobles fell silent. If it weren't for the persuasion and kindness of one of the navy boys, he would have turned into a pirate and desperately tried to kill the noble who killed his daughter.

In the end, it didn't matter whether he fled for fear of crime, was arrested on the spot, or was killed, because he had nothing left anyway.

At first, after listening to the advice, he treated other people as kindly as before, but as time went on, the impatience of not getting a response made him start to get irritated, and he wanted to kick the stones on the roadside when he went out.

He has recently started preparing for an opportunity for revenge. Of course he would be impatient and even... a little murderous if he came to me at this time.

Outside.

Borsalino was helpless and looked very embarrassed.

He and Long were fully authorized by Ross to take over and resolve the matter, and how to resolve it depended entirely on their choice.

According to his own idea, it would be fine for the old man to become a pirate and kill his enemies, as long as innocent people were not harmed in the process.

Finally, pretend to hunt him down, and then tell him to live in seclusion somewhere else. At worst, you can just make the portrait on the bounty blurry.

From the perspective of the navy, he cannot directly or indirectly help the old man to take revenge, because this is the rule, "the navy shall not directly interfere in the internal affairs of the member states", unless he does not intend to continue to stay in the navy.

Because nobles are unreasonable, especially when their own safety can be guaranteed.

The World Government will not watch tainted people climb up. Once they take direct action, even if the Marshal himself takes action, he will not be able to suppress the related impact.

But from the perspective of a bystander, he strongly supports the old man's revenge. A life is worth a life, this is an eternal truth.

There is a saying that is good:

When the law cannot justify justice, private revenge becomes a noble and just act.

The main thing is.

Borsalino didn't really want to make a choice. He wanted to keep things within a certain limit. As long as innocent people were not implicated, it would be perfect enough.

Stay out of trouble, be irresponsible, be honest and do your job, with a little bit of self-righteous justice, this is his life creed.

But Long didn't think so. For Mr. Cap's sake, he had to help Long a little and came here to understand the situation from the old man in front of him.

Borsalino scratched his cheek with his fingers and said in a somewhat helpless voice:
"Mr. Defar, I am the new person sent by the Navy to handle your case. I want to..."

"Oh!"

The door was slammed shut, causing Borsalino to pause before he could finish his words.

He shrugged.

As expected, Defar was about to completely lose his patience at this time.

"You can't blame me, Long. I was rejected before I could even finish my words."

He murmured to himself twice, turned around and walked away slowly. His back looked lazy, but extremely upright.

In the small room behind him, after noticing Borsalino had left, Defar casually spat on the ground and said:

"Pooh!"

"What a shitty navy! They are all lackeys of the nobles. It sounds good to say that they accept cases and mediate, but I don't know how much Bailey those bastards got."

"It's been two months, Thomas. You haven't been able to do what you promised. So I have to use my own methods to avenge Phil! No one can stop me!"

Defar muttered to himself in a very calm manner.

He was almost ready to give up completely and planned to have revenge to the death.

To this end, he would investigate the defense rotation time of the noble district and the navy's duty time every night to ensure that Thomas and the base commander would not be able to arrive in time to stop him when he took revenge.

All these plans were now written on a piece of paper on the desk in front of him. They were clearly organized. If nothing unexpected happened, an entire noble family would die in the night a few days later.

"Don't worry, Defeil, my daughter. Your father will definitely avenge you, for sure!"

Defar murmured, constantly confessing:

"It's all my fault. I didn't recognize the cunning of the nobles. I should have stopped you, but looking at your happy smile, what else could I say? It's all my fault. I didn't cover up my greed. I hoped that you could have a rich life and get rid of me, your father who has accomplished nothing.

It’s all my fault…”

………………

the other side.

Long asked Borsalino to investigate Defar's situation, while he himself went to the noble district to investigate the truth.

Long has a strong sense of justice, and his character has both his father's passion and the calmness of the Warring States period.

If it were Garp who was dealing with this kind of thing, he would probably just capture those nobles and confront them face to face, right?
But he is different. He knows very well that before fists can solve all problems, a valid reason can better solve the problem.

The navy is not allowed to directly interfere in the internal affairs of member states. This is an iron rule. Even as the son of a hero, he cannot violate it. Otherwise, he would not only be opposing the navy, but would be causing trouble for the World Government.

This doesn't work.

However, if the truth and evidence can be found, then their intervention will have a reason. With a reason, the subsequent wrangling will have a pillar, and the energy behind them will be able to suppress the matter.

Of course, all this is based on power and influence.

If not, then direct revenge is the best way and the most reasonable outcome, without too many exceptions.

Thomas is a typical example. He was unable to help Defar and could only delay the time of revenge as much as possible because he had power but no authority, and was both capable and incompetent.

But Long and Borsalino can, but the outcome depends on their choice.

"Here we are! According to Thomas, David Eagle of the David family is the cause of this incident."

Long moved flexibly among the buildings and soon found his target. He took out photos and compared them repeatedly to confirm.

He was a man who was strolling and flirting with his new girlfriend in the garden of the aristocratic district. He looked to be in his twenties, with elegant manners and a comfortable way of speaking.

But no one could have imagined that such a model of nobility proposed to an ordinary girl two months ago, and then the girl mysteriously disappeared within just a few days.

If Defar had not suddenly wanted to visit his daughter, and then been driven away and treated perfunctorily, and finally still decided to find out the truth, this matter would probably have taken a long time to be exposed.

If you go missing in the noble district, the outcome will most likely be death.

Now, the other party seemed to be using the same old tricks again, and found a girl who was obviously not a noble to start his "game".

The dragon was watching silently from a distance, feeling extremely sad.

It's not just because the murderer is still at large after Defar lost her daughter, but also because of the other party's indifferent attitude. Even though the danger is imminent, they started a new round of "game" without fear.

All this is just because the threat has not really come.

He couldn't help but think about the significance of the navy's existence.

The concept of justice that he had been instilled with since childhood was constantly being shattered every second. Dragon, who was already confused by the recent incident between King and Kaido, fell silent again.

He originally wanted to confront Eagle after finding him, to see if he could use his identity to intimidate him directly, to get the truth out of him, and then look for evidence.

But soon, he silently dismissed the idea and started planning again in his mind.

After a while, Long slowly stood up and quickly came to Eagle's house based on the description given by Thomas, which was about a mile away from the garden.

This was a luxurious mansion given to Eagle by his father, and there was no one else in it except some maids who were responsible for cleaning.

After confirming that Eagle was still wandering outside and unable to come back, he easily sneaked into his home and began searching.

This kind of bandit-like behavior even gave Long the illusion that he was at peace with himself, even though he was clearly doing something extremely despicable and bad.

He planned to search the other party's mansion secretly, trying to find some useful clues. After all, Eagle would never kill people in public or in someone else's home, right?

Truth will come to light sooner or later. As a noble, he should understand this truth.

This is the other party's home, so the possibility of leaving traces and evidence is very high.

After searching all the way, Long didn't find anything worthy of attention, or anything like a secret door.

The entire mansion was very plain and simple, without even the slightest peculiar smell. If there was a private prison underground here, Long would definitely be able to smell a faint odor of dampness and decay.

But alas, there was nothing!

So he had to give up, turned around and left the mansion to prepare to meet Borsalino.

The first execution of justice ended in complete failure.

Finally, before the dragon left, he stood in a hidden high place, watching Iger silently as he personally sent the girl back to the residential area.

"What a bad hobby, nobles. Are all of you like this?"

Long said, leaving quickly.

　My grandpa was in the hospital... small kidney stones plus something, I forgot the name, it's a bit long.

　　Alas, I didn't sleep a wink from two o'clock last night to eight o'clock in the morning, and I kept typing until I came back from my shift. To be honest, I felt a little overwhelmed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)