Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me

"It will heal completely after a period of rest..."

"Excuse me, how much would it cost to order another M?"

"By the way," Locke said, "do you need any medicine? Please give me a price for that too."

"No, no need, it's free..."

"I'll pay whatever it is. What? Do you think I'd renege on my debt?"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Under Rocks's intense gaze, the doctor reluctantly accepted Rocks's offer.

After Rocks and the others left, the doctor stumbled and collapsed to the ground...

He inwardly screamed: "Holy crap! How could the famous black-haired swordsman end up in my place? Why is he being forced to pay me again...?"

……

On the way back to the Black Demon.

Nami looked at Illya being held in Rocks' arms and couldn't help but say to Rocks, "Wow, Rocks, I thought you were going to do something bad, but it turns out you're doing something good. I'm starting to see you in a new light!"

Lox glanced at him sideways: "As if I didn't save you?"

“That’s different. You made a promise to me and recognized my abilities, which is why you helped me.”

Nami gave Rocks a thumbs up: "And this time you were simply doing a good deed, amazing!"

Locus: "..."

Although it was a compliment, he felt something was off.

There's a kind of satisfaction in it, like when an elder praises a younger person for doing a good deed.

Lox was not happy at all to be praised in such a tone by a little girl!

Lox scoffed: "If you can't talk, shut up."

Hearing Rocks' tone, Nami was very dissatisfied: "Hmph, I was clearly praising you, why are you still unhappy?"

Lox gave a perfunctory thank you: "Well, thank you then!"

Nami huffed and puffed, calling him by his name: "You're so infuriating, Rocks!"

"So, Captain, what exactly is going on?"

Robin spoke up too. She glanced at the sleeping Yi and asked, "Where did you kidnap this little girl from?"

"This is how it happened..."

Seeing that Robin had asked, Lockes recounted the whole story, concluding, "That's it, it can only be described as a coincidence."

Chapter 112 All I want is to live freely! A wry smile...

"Those people are despicable! They treat people like medical tools!"

Nami, who has a strong sense of empathy, was furious after hearing this: "How could there be such despicable people? Xiao Luo, you absolutely cannot let them get away with this!"

Xiao Yi's experience reminded her of her past...

I am enslaved by the evil dragon Hai Bao!

"Those kinds of people definitely deserve to be killed!"

Kuina's voice was cold, and she was equally angry about what had happened to Xiao Yi.

Robin recalled the events of O'Hara and his own experiences as a fugitive, and sighed softly: "There are too many injustices in this world; these kinds of things happen all the time..."

She wasn't as emotionally agitated as Nami and Kuina.

Having seen too many of these situations, all that remains is a sigh and a sense of melancholy.

"There's no use thinking about it too much. We can't change anything right now, so we just need to do our best."

Lox didn't want to comment on such lofty issues.

He just wants to do what he wants to do, and doesn't want to be any kind of savior.

I don't think I'm qualified for this right now.

He's not the kind of person who cares about the world. He might intervene slightly when he sees injustice, but he wouldn't act with that goal in mind...

Rocks would not force himself to do things he didn't want to do.

Robin asked curiously, "To be honest, I still don't know what your real goal is, Captain, or what your reason for setting sail is."

"Reason? I want to live, take me with you... cough cough..."

Just as he was about to blurt out Robin's famous scene, Lockes coughed lightly.

Under the strange gazes of the three, Lockes didn't blush at all and said lightly, "Actually, there's no reason. I just want to live freely."

"I want to go wherever I want and do whatever I want. I'm very interested in this sea. I want to experience the scenery and people of each island and eat all kinds of delicious food to fill my stomach."

"I went out to sea for the sake of adventure and for the sake of food."

There's no lofty reason.

"As for becoming the world's greatest swordsman, I believe that with the power of my Devil Fruit, I should become the world's greatest swordsman!"

Roxon Robin raised an eyebrow: "How about it? Are you disappointed? Do you think I don't have much ambition?"

"Is this not having much ambition? It's clearly the biggest ambition of all!"

Robin stared blankly at Lockes.

Her tone became slightly hesitant: "Going wherever you want, doing whatever you want—that's something that Rocks couldn't do, Roger couldn't do, Whitebeard couldn't do!"

"Unless the whole world is yours, Captain, your goal is unlikely to be achieved..."

With this goal, you actually say you're not ambitious enough?

It's clearly too big!

"Um...is it really that exaggerated?"

Lockes was taken aback.

After thinking about it, it seems that this makes sense.

Unless the world is his for the taking, Rocks really can't go wherever he wants or do whatever he wants...

What's wrong?

They don't take the World Government, the Navy, or the Four Emperors seriously?

"Okay, now that you mention it, it seems like it's not an easy goal after all. My goal was to 'stop eating beef,' wasn't it?"

Lockes pondered for a moment, then laughed and said, "But since it's decided, I won't change it. We have to give it a try."

Kurokas called this "absolute freedom," and the freest person was Heracles.

But Lox thought that was far from enough.

[It's true that you can't just go wherever you want or do whatever you want...]

Is Roger, this guy, going to visit the Holy Land of Mary Geoise?

Obviously, they wouldn't dare!

But Rocks's ability to "go wherever he wants" included the World Government's headquarters in Mariajoia.

Yes, Lox's desire to eliminate the threat posed by the Blackwing Demon within him is actually included within the concept of "doing whatever he wants."

In short, Rocks wanted to "not eat beef" in this world!

This certainly seems like a very ambitious goal.

Lox had always thought he was rather unambitious, but little did he know that things would turn out the other way around.

The simpler something is, the more difficult it is!

Robin: "..."

Is this something that can be achieved just by trying?

And what the heck is this "not eating beef" thing?

"Wait a minute, we can go wherever we want?"

Nami's heart trembled slightly, and she said with a toothache, "If one day Xiao Luo wants to visit the Marine Headquarters, wouldn't we have to go with him?"

Rocks dismissed Nami's question: "What's so great about going to the Marine Headquarters?"

"That's good……"

Before Nami could even catch her breath, Rocks continued, "I'd rather visit the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, and, um, I was thinking of setting it on fire..."

"?"

Nami's expression froze, and a question mark appeared on her forehead.

Even the most ignorant person couldn't possibly be unaware that the Holy Land of Mary Geoise is the headquarters of the World Government.

That place is definitely more dangerous than Naval Headquarters!

Her lips twitched wildly: "Please, put away your ambition, Xiao Luo, we can't take this kind of torment from you!"

"What's there to be afraid of? If you really want to go there, that's a matter for later."

Lox curled his lip: "I can't even beat that old guy Zefa now, so there's no way I'm going to go to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise to get myself killed."

Even if Rocks had the idea of ​​setting fire to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, he wouldn't dare to do it now.

He has not yet disregarded all his strength.

We'll talk about it later...

Kuina tossed her wind-blown hair aside and said firmly to Lox, "Then I'll come with you. Wherever you go, I'll go."

"As expected of Kuina, as expected of my first partner!"

If he weren't still holding little Yi, Lox would definitely give Kuina a thumbs up: "She's incomparable to any other partner!"

"Nami, Nami, you should learn a lot from Kuina."

Rocks started picking on Nami again: "Look at this, that's the attitude! With a first mate like this, what more could a captain ask for!"

Nami: "..."

This guy always finds a reason to belittle her.

That's infuriating!

……

Not long after Rocks and his men returned to the Black Demon.

Yixiao, who was going to clean up the evil forces, also boarded the Black Demon by following the scent of Rocks.

After learning that Xiao Yi was alright, he smiled and bowed slightly to Locke: "Thank you very much for your help. You have done me a great favor."

Lox waved his hand: "It's nothing."

"My name is Yixiao. I am truly sorry that I do not know your name."

“My name is Duke Lox, well, a wanted criminal.”

“The Black-Haired Swordsman, Rocks? So it is you, sir. I have long admired you, and I never imagined that one day we would become kindred spirits…”

Yixiao is blind, but not deaf; he learned of this recently famous name from others.

certainly.

He was not one of those ignorant ordinary people; he knew in his heart that one could not completely believe everything in the newspapers.

Therefore, I wasn't too surprised by Lox's "act of justice"...

"Your Excellency Yixiao, could you tell me about Xiao Yi?"

Rocks didn't dwell on the term "fellow traveler".

They were more interested in Xiao Yi's situation: "How did she end up on this island?"

"She ate a Devil Fruit that could heal others. Because of the unique nature of her power, she was targeted by human traffickers, and then..."