One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 296: Escape from the O'Hara Incident
I don’t know what the navy was thinking. They only deployed defenses in the area near the dock. Not a single shadow could be seen on the other side of the island, and even very few shells flew over.

"Maybe it's because there are not enough ships. O'Hara Island is not small, and ten ships are not enough to defend it. We can only attack one side first. We will probably worry about the wasteland here later." Barrett said to Dr. Clover who asked him the question.

"Cough cough cough, that's really, cough cough, good luck." Dr. Clover's breathing became increasingly difficult, and his voice became very dry and hoarse.

"Okay, stop talking. I'm really fed up with you. Where can I find a doctor?" Barrett said helplessly as he looked at Dr. Clover's increasingly paler face.

"I'm fine. I'm satisfied that so many people have escaped. I'm an old man, so if I die, I die." Dr. Clover said weakly.

"Stop talking nonsense, we're here! Right in front, everyone get on the submarine!" It has to be said that the giant Sauro runs really fast. Carrying so many people does not affect his speed at all, and he runs directly to the small pier at the back mountain.

"You get on the submarine, I'll row the boat and follow you." Sauro put everyone down and walked quickly to his small wooden boat. The boat was made in a hurry and was a little small for him. He could only barely squeeze in without sinking. There was not even a suitable oar, so Sauro could only row by hand.

But no one cared about these things at this time. The remaining dozens of scholars were crammed into the catapult. The interior of the catapult was not small. After all, Barrett was so big, and it would not work if it was smaller. But this thing was still a single-person submarine in general. Cramming so many people in one go was already daunting for Xi'erqi during the morning rush hour and frightening for the greenskins during the Spring Festival travel rush.

Many people couldn't even find a place to stand and had to be carried on others' heads. Only the injured Dr. Clover, the female Olbia, and the youngest Robin were in a better situation. They were specially placed on beds in the submarine's bedroom. Barrett's bed was big enough for these three people to rest.

"Everyone get ready! We're leaving!" The seat behind Barrett was crowded with people. Given the current situation, the oxygen meter would sound the alarm in less than twenty minutes. But they could not take care of all that now. The most important thing was to escape. Barrett pushed the joystick and the catapult struggled forward, which really put a lot of pressure on this small submarine.

"Have they left?" Kuzan muttered to himself as he stood in the woods, watching Sauro paddling clumsily in front of him and the Catapult slowly diving.

After he pretended to leave, he made a circle and followed them again. He didn't know whether Barrett had discovered him, but along the way, he was thinking about whether what he did was right. Vice Admiral Garp once told him that the longer he stayed in the navy, the more he would doubt himself.

At that time, he did not understand what Garp meant by this, but now, he understood. He began to doubt himself. He was not pretending to be sleepy in front of Barrett. He was really tired. He would feel tired after working for a month in a row before, but today he felt extremely tired and wanted to fall asleep on the spot. Maybe he subconsciously thought that all this was a dream. As long as he woke up, he would still be in the Navy Headquarters, not here, in O'Hara, executing the inhumane Demon Slayer Order. Demon Slayer Order? What a ridiculous name. It should be called Demon Slayer Order. They carried out the slaughter under the orders of the devil and then contaminated themselves with devils.

What does Sakaski think? Will he resist the order? Will he, who believes in "justice for the people", question his inner feelings like I did when facing such an order?
Kuzan didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. This massacre was wrong in the first place, and he couldn't go on making mistakes anymore. He couldn't resist his own heart, even though he really wanted to be as cold as his ability. But he couldn't do it. The burning justice he wanted was not this kind of burning. He wanted to burn himself and then illuminate and warm others, instead of letting others become burning torches while he watched from the side.

When Sauro's figure disappeared in the sea, Kuzan silently turned around, adjusted his sunglasses, and disappeared into the burning woods. The artillery fire had extended to this direction, and it was time for him to leave.

"Are you back? Kuzan." When Kuzan walked onto his ship, he found Sakaski standing on the deck, his hat brim still pulled down low, with no expression on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Kuzan asked. Although he knew that Sakaski was definitely following orders, he still couldn't look happy when he thought of the rescue ship that was sunk by the artillery shells.

"I want to talk to you, can I?" Sakaski said after two seconds of silence.

"Let's go to my office." Kuzan was silent for a moment. He could roughly guess what Sakaski wanted to say to him, and he also wanted to confirm his guess.

The two men just walked along in silence, and the sailors around them didn't even dare to come forward to say hello. After all, the low pressure surrounding the two men had already shown that they were not in a good mood. In fact, the sailors were not in a good mood either. Even though they were not ordinary sailors and most of them were lieutenants or the like, it was indeed a test for them to fire on these unarmed civilians. A massacre was not something that everyone could do. The pressure involved was unimaginable for ordinary people. You would feel like someone was torturing your heart every moment.

"Bang, click." The door was locked. One of them sat on the sofa and the other sat on an office chair. They just stared at each other, neither saying the first word, as if they were having a staring contest. "I surrender. Tell me, what's the matter?" Kuzan raised his hands, then leaned back and slumped in his office chair.

"You guessed it, right?" Sakaski said without any context.

"Guessed what?" Kuzan started to play dumb. It must be said that he was quite good at this. He had learned Borsalino's feeling without any instruction.

"I'm talking about the order to attack the supply ship." Sakaski didn't have the time to watch Kuzan's performance and said directly.

"So, are there indeed other orders behind this?" Kuzan didn't expect Sakaski to say it so bluntly, and immediately sat up straight.

"You are not suitable to learn from Borsalino. You don't have his kind of sticky feeling. This kind of stupidity is not suitable for you." Sakaski did not directly talk about what happened just now, but first commented on Kuzan's performance.

"Okay, okay, I got it. Let's get down to business." Kuzan didn't expect Sakaski to have the leisure to joke at this time, and immediately said with an unhappy look on his face.

"Well, it's true that attacking the refugee ship was not my idea, but the instruction from Admiral Sengoku. Of course, this was not Admiral Sengoku's idea either, but an order from a higher level." Sakaski said with a sigh.

"Why are they doing this? If they don't want anyone to survive, then they shouldn't have sent the refugee ship in the first place!" Kuzan said gritting his teeth. This expression was not common on his face, and it even made his face look a little distorted.

"Why else? Isn't this their usual routine? An act of winning people's hearts. And I think they really want to gather everyone together and catch them all in one fell swoop." Sakaski said with a gloomy face.

"Then why you? And not someone else!" Kuzan asked again.

"It may be related to my remarks in the navy in the past two years. These remarks made them unhappy. This is probably a warning. If I don't do as they say, then what happened to Teacher Zefa will happen to me. For example, the pirates broke free from their restraints and attacked Ekaterina who was carefully examining her." Although Sakaski's tone was calm, you could tell from his clenched fists that he was not calm at all.

"Huh, is that so?" Kuzan leaned back in his chair again. He felt really tired now. It was a kind of physical and mental exhaustion.

"Don't tell anyone about this, Kuzan." Sakaski whispered.

"I know, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, I've grown up today." Kuzan didn't look at Sakaski, but just covered his eyes with his hands and spoke like a whisper.

"Also, what you did on the island today was right. At least, I think so." Sakaski said softly before opening the door.

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