One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 353 Confirmation of the Historians Who Remain
"this..."

Dr. Clover was stunned. He didn't know how to answer Lily. After all, he didn't expect Lily to ask this question so directly.

"Tell them, Dr. Clover. They may know more. After all, Captain Roger met them after the voyage. If there is anything, they should know it."

Barrett said as he looked at Dr. Clover.

"Well... well, actually we haven't found much from our research. We are more focused on interpreting the meaning of the words in the historical text. So far, the most we have deciphered is a name."

Dr. Clover thought about it, sighed, and decided to believe Barrett's words. After all, they were already in the territory of the Beasts and had no ability to resist. It would make no difference whether he said it earlier or later. If the other party wanted to harm him, they would not have to wait until now. Barrett might not be able to stop so many people, right?

"Please wait a moment, let me guess, is this name Joey Boy?"

Lily suddenly interrupted Dr. Clover and said, and Lily's words immediately made these scholars look up at Lily in shock.

"You! How do you know?"

A scholar jumped out and shouted before Dr. Clover could speak.

"Oh, is that really the case? Is this Joey Boy really a ghost? Why is he everywhere?"

The scholar's words have confirmed Lily's statement. Suddenly, Kaido sneered and said that he had mentioned it more than once. Kaido's attitude towards Joyboy was disdainful. Whether it was Kaido or Lily, both of them were people who did not believe in fate. If they believed in fate, they would not have come to this point today. People who do not believe in fate naturally reject this so-called savior in the prophecy from the bottom of their hearts. If even saving oneself requires a special person to do it, then this world would be too boring. Therefore, Kaido and Lily really have no good impression of Joyboy.

After being influenced by Kaido and Lily for a long time, Jin and Dai, who originally believed in Joyboy, also found the problem. Yes! Why wait for others to save you? And it is a guy who you don't know when he will come. Isn't it better to save yourself? Isn't there a saying like this? God only saves those who save themselves.

If you don't even consider saving yourself and just wait for others to save you, then no matter how strong the savior is, he can't help you. Kaido and Lily believe that if this so-called Joy Boy is really a savior, then what he wants is definitely not to make himself a god, but to hope that more people will stand up and pursue their own freedom.

"You know what Joy Boy means, right? Can you tell us? Although we have studied it for a long time, we have found too few historical texts and they are not systematic at all. So we can only learn from a few words that this person named Joy Boy should be a very important person in history who disappeared eight hundred years ago. He is also a character that the World Government is extremely afraid of. Please! This is very important for us to interpret the history of that hundred years!"

Dr. Clover also came to his senses at this time. Although he didn't know what Kaido's obvious sarcasm meant, as a historian, he couldn't stand the opportunity to get close to history being right in front of him but he couldn't grasp it. At this moment, the desire for history even overcame Dr. Clover's fear of Kaido and Lily, and he asked.

"Please calm down, Dr. Clover. We don't know much about Joyboy. It's just that there are some family legends among the members and allies of the Beasts that mention this name. According to the information collected by the Beasts over the years, Joyboy was a person who led many races to overthrow the rule of the World Government during the hundred years that disappeared. But what kind of person is he and what exactly did he do? We don't know for the time being."

Although Lily is not a historian, she can understand how excited a person is when he learns something that can answer his professional questions. If we convert it, it should be similar to the feeling when he saw the Red Shadow Demon Sword, right? No, maybe even happier than this. After all, the Red Shadow Demon Sword is indeed very important to Lily, but for someone like Dr. Clover who has been studying for a lifetime, history is probably more important than life, right?
"That's already a lot. Sure enough, our research direction is correct. As long as we can continue to study along this line, we will be able to truly understand what happened in the missing hundred years."

Lily's words did not disappoint Dr. Clover. On the contrary, he was very excited. After all, the process of scientific research is almost a process of trial and error. Lily's words directly told them that it was right to continue searching along the line of Joy Boy, which saved them a lot of time. In fact, before this, they had deciphered a lot of things from the historical text, but because the historical text tablets were scattered and unsystematic, they could not find a clear thread to sort out. No one knew whether it was a dead end to sort out along this road. The reason why they searched along the line of Joy Boy was simple. This name appeared enough times.

Before talking with the Five Elders, Dr. Clover was not sure whether the name Joy Boy was important. However, when the Five Elders heard the name, they immediately ordered themselves to be shot. This shows that Joy Boy is indeed something that the World Government is trying hard to conceal.

But Dr. Clover was not sure what Joyboy was referring to. Was it a person? An organization? Or simply something? But Lily told them clearly that it was a person's name, and what this person did should be what the World Government feared.

"Wow, first of all, you really admire this Joyboy, Dr. Clover. Can you tell me why?"

Kaido looked at Dr. Clover's excited expression, smiled and asked.

"No, Captain Kaido, you are wrong about this. I am not advocating Joyboy. What I always advocate is the truth of history. In my opinion, Joyboy is a tool that can bring me the truth of history. What I always admire is the entire history! Not a certain person! The reason I am happy is that our research direction is not wrong, and this can save us a lot of time. I am very old, and I hope to see this period of history reappear in the world before my life comes to an end. This will undoubtedly speed up this process."

At this time, Dr. Clover no longer had any fear of Kaido on his face, and he explained to Kaido with a smile on his face.

"Woo-lo-lo-lo! Barrett is right, you are indeed an interesting guy. After meeting so many people who have been brainwashed by Joy Boy, it is really interesting to have a sober person like you here! Just based on what you said, I will definitely save you, a group of scholars! Woo-lo-lo-lo!"

Kaido was very satisfied with Dr. Clover's answer, especially when compared with Kozuki Oden's stupid appearance before, the difference between the two was obvious. Although Dr. Clover's martial arts level was far different from Kozuki Oden's, the ideals of the two were completely opposite. Kozuki Oden became a loyal believer without even meeting him and was even ready to bet on the future of the entire country, while Dr. Clover used Joy Boy as a tool just to get a glimpse of the full picture of history and to strengthen his ideals. The difference between the two was so great.

However, both of them paid a price for their ideas. Kozuki Oden paid with his own life and that of his family, and if Dr. Clover had not been rescued by Barrett by chance, he would probably have turned into ashes on O'Hara Island. But those islanders were not so lucky.

"We haven't even discussed it yet, but you've already made the decision. Never mind. The result will be the same anyway. Is there any place you'd like to go? If not, Baishou can provide a place for you to conduct research."

Lily was somewhat helpless about Kaido's muddled plan, but they themselves did not intend to reject the joining of these forces that were also resisting the World Government. If they could really research something and release it at the right time, then the Beasts could further shake the foundation of the World Government. It was even possible to undermine the World Government through this power.

"Really? We are fugitives from the World Government."

Upon hearing what Kaido and Lily said, Dr. Clover also became excited unconsciously. After all, it would be great if they could have a backer to help them with their research. He now fully understood what Barrett said. This world still relies on the use of force, especially for activities like theirs that are expressly prohibited by the World Government. They need the protection of force even more.

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