How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 15: Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate

Upon hearing this, Clo closed his eyes.

The opponent showed overwhelming strength and severely injured him. He had lost the strength to fight again. His subordinates had also turned against him. Of course, he knew that what Gawain said was true.

But he was really tired of being a pirate.

Rather than indulging in endless killing, it is better to end it all now.

Clo closed his eyes and prepared to be killed.

Gawain was unwilling to give up. He regarded both the death of Chu and Clo's talent as something in his pocket.

After a moment's silence, Gawain said:

"I heard from Zangao that you want to take off this outfit, change your identity and start over?"

Clo opened his eyes. Before he died, he didn't mind saying a few more words:
"You are still young, and you still have the idea of ​​making a name for yourself through success, or even grabbing that elusive one piece."

"When you reach my age, you will understand that endless killing has no meaning except to wear down people's will."

“Only an ordinary and peaceful life is real.”

between words.

A longing expression appeared on Clo's face. He had once lived a life like that, but he eventually ruined it with his own hands.

"Ah."

Gao Wen sneered and asked:
"You don't really think that you can get rid of pirates by taking off this suit? Even in the so-called most peaceful East Sea, how many towns are attacked every day?"

"How much money do you have to satisfy the desires of the nobility and the skyrocketing gold? Do you still remember why those people on your ship set out to sea in the first place?"

Kro was stunned and his face turned paler.

He is an extremely intelligent person, how could he not understand such a simple truth?

It’s just that people look at the white moonlight through a filter, and may even subconsciously ignore the problems in it. Now, Clo, who has come to his senses after hearing Gawain’s questioning, wakes up.

A peaceful life?
That means handing the knife to others. Do you expect those nobles, pirates, or even corrupt navy?

"Ah……"

Cloe sneered:
"This filthy world really doesn't want people to survive at all!"

Gao Wen continued:
"As long as you are strong enough to make everyone afraid of you, you will naturally have a peaceful life."

"I even know a real-life example. He was once a pirate, but now he's retired and living the life you expect."

"The Navy knows of his existence, and the World Government knows of his existence, but both sides have chosen to remain silent. Do you know why?"

"why?"

"Because he is Pluto Rayleigh, the former right-hand man of Pirate King Roger. Even if the navy wants to take action against him, they need to weigh the losses."

Clo was silent. He closed his eyes and lay on the deck, but the claw knife on his fingertips kept shaking.

The air fell into silence for a moment, and all the pirates looked at the scene in front of them silently. Gawain was also waiting for Clo's answer.

After counting the breaths.

Clo opened his eyes and looked at Gawain with burning eyes:

"Then what's your purpose?"

Gao Wen thought for a moment and said:
"First, go to the Grand Line and take the title of Shichibukai."

Clo was stunned.

He expected Gawain to go to the Grand Line, but the identity of Shichibukai had another meaning in his eyes:

Escape the Navy's pursuit!
As long as this is achieved, Clo can live a relatively peaceful life to a certain extent.

Although it was not as perfect as the original plan, Gawain's words had proved that it was nothing more than a self-deceiving fantasy.

Although becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea is still far away, it is truly feasible!
Clo pushed his glasses up with his palm, and a different kind of light emanated from his pupils:

"Although I am unwilling, I will be grateful for your guidance in the future...Captain!"

"Ah, Clo, my deputy." Gawain smiled and pulled Clo up.

The latter had just been severely injured, but his waist was still straight. Standing next to Gao Wen, he instantly had the temperament of a second-in-command.

The captain and three officers have surrendered.

The members of the Black Cat Pirates naturally had no reason to continue fighting.

Under the orders of Clo and his men, they simply laid down their weapons and announced their surrender.

The battle had only lasted a dozen minutes or so from the beginning, but the casualties on both sides had already exceeded one-third.

Fortunately, the Black Cat Pirates originally had three ships, and the number of people was close to two hundred. Even after deducting the casualties, Gawain now has nearly two hundred people under his command.

Gawain organized the pirate group's ship doctors and began treating the wounded.

The wounded were lined up neatly on the deck of the warship, and the ship's doctors walked among the crowd, treating their injuries.

"what!"

The ship's doctor poured high-proof alcohol directly onto the wound on a pirate's thigh. The pirate's body instantly tensed up and his face looked like a cooked shrimp.

Gao Wen's eyes twitched. If possible, he would like to receive more professional treatment:
"We still need to find a professional ship doctor afterwards."

The conditions on the sea are crude. For injured pirates, the only way to do is to disinfect the wound with alcohol and suture it after stopping the bleeding. Whether they can survive the wound infection depends entirely on their luck.

As for those pirates whose injuries were too severe to be saved, the only thing they could do was to kill them quickly.

These pirates were already used to this, and even Gawain did not feel any pity.

After all, even if a huge price is paid, in the end it will only make them die in longer pain.

Since then, the Black Cat Pirates have officially been incorporated into the Gawain Pirates.

A few days later, Gawain also announced publicly that Crowe would serve as the vice-captain of the pirate group, while the cat-man brothers and Zango would continue to serve as fighters.

Naturally, no one had any objection to this.

Gawain's former subordinates revered him as a god, and the former members of the Black Cat Pirates who witnessed Gawain crushing Crow feared him even more than Crow.

Only the next day.

Gao Wen then asked everyone to start practicing.

Ordinary pirates follow Gawain to practice swordsmanship, while elite soldiers like Clo, the cat brothers, and Zangao, who have their own fighting methods, practice according to their own habits.

After obtaining a new goal, Clo turned into a king of curling. He stayed in the training room on the warship all day long and practiced madly. In order to avoid injury, Clo even added a layer of protective padding on the wall of the training room.

Gao Wen was naturally happy about this.

after all.

Two hundred people practiced together, many of whom were new members of the pirate group. On the first night of practice, Gawain gained more than forty points of swordsmanship and thirty points of physical experience.

The magnitude of the surge even surprised him.

"The potential of my subordinates has almost reached its limit. These experiences should be provided by the newcomers. However, according to the proportion, these ordinary pirates should only be able to provide more than 20 points of experience."

"Should the extra ones be provided by Bronze-level Kruklo?!"

"Is this the extent of bronze-level potential?"

Gao Wen made a brief calculation.

Cloe alone can provide himself with more than ten experience points every day. Because of his greater potential, his total output is far higher than that of ordinary pirates!
"How strong will Sanji and Zoro be if they start from gold?!"

Gao Wen couldn't help but look forward to it.

Suddenly, the system prompt sounded again in his ears:

"Unlock the skill - Scoop to death!"

"Spoon-LV-0: 6/100!"

(End of this chapter)