I, a Celestial Dragon!

Therefore, those two guys are also my benchmarks, reminding me not to be complacent...

I... cough cough.

If I were to say, my habit of killing prisoners indiscriminately was developed because I was severely beaten by these two.

Do you believe it? "

"Cough cough!"

Hearing Xiliu's words, Yixiao couldn't help coughing. He spoke to Xiliu in a funny way while coughing.

“I like the Xuanniao I am in so much because the people here are all talented. Although not all of them are good people, everyone here is really honest enough.

Especially you, Xiliu, what I admire most about you is that you can easily turn bad habits into good things and openly tell everyone about them...

Such a rebellious look!!!"

After he finished speaking, he sighed leisurely and picked up his cup.

After the joke ended, Zefa on the side finally spoke again.

He spoke softly to everyone.

"Rayleigh, you are not the only ones who don't know about my severed hand.

Even the new members in the navy today don’t know that I ever existed!

After my failure, the new marines have long been influenced by the propaganda of the upper echelons and no longer know my story..."

"Haha, this is normal, brother Zefa!"

Rayleigh smiled and patted Zefa's shoulder. Just as Zefa avoided Rayleigh in disgust, Rayleigh continued softly.

"You said that you were a hypocritical person in the first half of your life. What did you insist on back then?

I remember... the justice you insist on is the justice of not killing, right?

Alas, I actually admire your justice, but it is obvious that this sea has never advocated the concept of not killing.

Even Roger, well, he was insulted by the people of the Kingdom of Embarr, saying that he looked like a butcher with an axe, killing pigs.

As a result, because of this sentence, Roger immediately led us to massacre all the people in the Kingdom of Enbaier...

Whenever I think of this incident in my dreams, I feel ashamed and uneasy.

But in that era, if we were weak, we would inevitably be full of weaknesses. Only by being as cruel as Roger and I could we protect our relatives and loved ones in the even more cruel sea..."

After he finished speaking, Rayleigh sighed sadly.

Just as he said, he couldn't help but feel that every drop of blood spilled on this sea had something to do with him.

Not that he took it for granted.

But...they committed too many sins back then!

They are pirates, the Pirate King's team!

Do you think they are adventurers?

From the moment they proudly pronounced the word "pirate", they were no longer adventurers!

On the side, listening to Rayleigh's words, Zefa first gritted his teeth, then he relaxed his expression and shook his head gently.

"Hey……"

Zefa sighed.

"Just like you said, gentleness cannot protect the people around you, but will only put them in danger...

If I had understood this truth thirty years earlier, then... my child would probably be the same age as Garp's son...

Ahem, forget it, I’ll just change it.

I am really confused. How could I compare my own son with such a vicious guy like Long?

Anyway, hey...

I was really wrong back then, because I never killed anyone.

So even though I have great strength, I still cannot gain the fear of the pirates!

They... they even killed my lover and my young child...

If I could be as ruthless as Garp and Sengoku, then I would be feared by more people, and perhaps such a tragedy would not have happened to me, right? "

As he spoke, Zefa shook his head slightly, and then he said in a boring tone.

“Anyway, I lost to Doflamingo back then.

Four and a half years ago, that flamingo and his family attacked my ship!

Fortunately, Vergo arrived at the critical moment and bought me time to recover, so I barely managed to survive...

And this matter has been completely hidden by the Navy since the day I failed!"

"What?!!"

As soon as Zefa finished speaking, everyone nearby was stunned, and saw Hancock shouting in disbelief.

"I didn't hear you wrong, did you mean the flamingo with the cocky walk?

You are a former admiral of the navy, but he is... a mere Wu Hai whom I don't even take seriously!

How could you lose to him? "

“Well, although I would like to remind Hancock that you are also a mere Wu Hai in your mouth.

But let’s talk about Brother Zefa.”

Beside Zefa, Rayleigh also shook his head.

"You are probably sick, Zefa. You were the black-armed Zefa who could defeat the golden lion Shiki!

No matter how weak he is, Brother Ming from four years ago shouldn't be able to hurt you anyway, right?"

Chapter 249: The Righteous Hero and the Clown!

"It's asthma... and heart failure..."

Faced with Rayleigh's question, Zefa shook his head dejectedly.

“I…have never been a person with outstanding talents.

Compared with my outstanding disciples, I am just an ordinary person who works harder.

When I was young, I always led by example in pursuit of my dreams and execution of justice.

Because of this, I became a general at the age of thirty-eight.

but……"

Zephyr sighed softly.

“However, the hard training I have been doing has made me really believe that my body can rival Garp and Sengoku.

With the title of Black Arm Zefa, I thought I was an iron-clad hero like my colleagues!

But the facts have proved that through hard training, my strength has reached the same level as theirs.

But my body is still just a mortal body.

So, when I learned that my wife and child were killed by cunning pirates...

I……"

At this point, Zefa seemed to be in some pain. He shook his head with a bitter face, then took out a bottle of cheap beer from behind him and drank it in big gulps.

After putting down the bottle of wine, Zefa looked at the people who were waiting and continued speaking helplessly.

"I had a heart attack..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zefa covered his face with his left hand.

“Although I possessed monstrous strength at the age of 38, the process of gaining this strength overdrawn my potential and also harmed my body.

I had had heart problems for a long time, and those problems burst out when I was stimulated.

Myocardial infarction... Oh, it's such a deadly disease. After experiencing endless... pain of the death of my wife and children, I also lost the ability to become a general.

Even after receiving treatment from military doctors, my health declined.

Fortunately, although I cannot sustain a fight for more than half a day after the illness, I still have considerable strength and combat experience.

So I withdrew from the front line and only took action a few times when the Navy particularly needed me.

But even so, I... was diagnosed with heart failure twenty-one years after the myocardial infarction, which was six years ago.

After I suffered from heart failure, I completely gave up my work as a general and focused on educating students.

But even so, I still can't find peace!

Four and a half years ago, my ship was suddenly attacked by the Don Quixote family near the G.5 branch of the Navy.

Logically speaking, even though my heart failure prevents me from using even half of my strength, I should still be able to block Doflamingo's attack.

Logically speaking, my students, they... they can be protected by me!

But I never expected that, right at that moment, I would break out in another disease!

asthma!

According to the doctor, my illness is not pure asthma, but a complication of heart failure, which means that my lungs are aging and degenerating along with my heart.

In short, at that moment, I lost the ability to breathe.

Relying on the life-returning technique, I forced myself to breathe through my pores, but the result would be that I would lose the qualification to defeat Doflamingo, because breathing through pores is far less efficient than breathing through the lungs.

Just like that, that bastard Brother Ming ordered his men to kill my students one by one right in front of me!

Just when he was about to attack the last two people, I forcibly mobilized all my strength, but due to lack of breath, although I blocked the attack, my Armament Haki could not continue, and my wrist was cut off by the ubiquitous... sharp line!"

Having said that, Zefa's expression became extremely ferocious, and he looked at Gawain viciously.

He just continued speaking.

"Fortunately, after my hand was cut off, the Navy's G.5 branch quickly dispatched their base staff. At that time, Vergo, that outstanding young man, had only been in the Navy for six years.

I remember that he was a lieutenant colonel at that time. After his warship arrived, I finally had a chance to catch my breath.

Because before my student died, he reported my symptoms to the nearby base.

So, Vergo not only brought me a heart-strengthening potion, he also brought me an asthma potion.

Just like that, I recovered my strength briefly and then captured Doflamingo!!!"

Having said that, Zefa pointed at Gawain and continued with hatred on his face.

"You heard it right, Gao Wensheng!

I caught him back then!

However, I finally let him go because after I caught him, he said something with his clown-like look that I will never forget for the rest of my life!

He said……

The so-called justice of not killing is nothing more than a kind of self-satisfaction of the successful!

He said I was a hypocrite!

What he did was just to prove to me that I, a general who adheres to the will of not killing and shoulders the so-called justice of not killing, can be completely defeated by a bad day!

And I was defeated by him!

Looking at the bodies of my disciples who died tragically around me, I could no longer control my emotions!

I'll kill him on the spot!

But then he made me realize what real pain is!

Because he then told me that he was a Celestial Dragon, at least he used to be!!!"

Just then, Zefa reached out and gently tapped Gawain's chest.

“That’s why I rejected your invitation outright when I first received Sakaski’s invitation call.