I, a Celestial Dragon!

As for us, Gawain, you who were born among us, need to expand your vision to a higher level!"

At this point, the old man with two beards took over the words of the old man with shawl hair and continued.

"Whether they were civilians, officers, thieves, or soldiers...

They are not you and me, they are not Celestial Dragons!

And you, and I, our existence is to consolidate and continue your and my rule over the world, that is, the Celestial Dragons!

Next…

We will have a good chat with you about how we rule the world!"

After he finished speaking, the old judge, who had been silent all this time, made the final decision.

"Perhaps you previously thought that we were scum on top of scum, scum even worse than scum.

Then, I hope you can get to know the real us!

If all the Celestial Dragons are scum, then in this world that we have ruled for eight hundred years, wouldn't those heroes who have stirred up the sea in every era during these eight hundred years be worse than scum...

More stupid and incompetent scum!

No matter what you think of us old ghosts before, I will let you know next...

Every one of the Five Elder Stars was once young!

And every one of the Five Elders was once you in the past!"

Chapter 7 The Target of the Celestial Dragons

They were all my young selves once!

Gao Wen nodded in approval at the old judge's words.

They are also Celestial Dragons, and they live with other Celestial Dragons in the ever-corrupted and decadent environment of Marijoa.

Then why was it that only five of them awakened the Conqueror's Haki and became the Five Elder Stars?

Gawain had thought about this question many times. He had thought about the specific background of the Five Elder Stars and the will of Im that lay above the Five Elder Stars.

But before coming to this world, I, who always held extreme contempt for the Celestial Dragon group, had never thought of another possibility.

What if the Five Elders are really excellent?

But Gao Wen changed his mind and wondered if what the Five Elders said was a veiled lie.

If that was all their rhetoric, they kept overlapping their past with their present in their conversations.

So from your own perspective, bring your current mentality into the past tense of the Five Elder Stars.

If we agree with their own ideas, doesn’t that mean we agree with their past?

But this way of thinking is still not rigorous enough, because if they are good at sophisticated rhetoric, then aren’t they still excellent?

At least we can chat, right?

Language and thought are always easy to close the loop, and when Gawain was silently thinking about everything, the old man with the knife finally brought him and the sofa into the office of the Five Elders.

After realizing that he was put down by the old man with a knife, Gao Wen nodded slightly and said.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, little Gawain, I'm just being considerate of your serious injuries.

If you are intact, no matter how outstanding you are, you can only walk into our room by yourself. This is the rule. "

The old man with the knife exchanged greetings, and then the five of them sat on their respective sofas.

As they sat down, Gawain looked around. There was almost nothing furnished in the room of the Five Elders. Apart from a few sofas, there was no special decoration.

This indirectly proves what the Five Elders said before, that people with domineering aura will not be overly dependent on external objects.

After a moment, the Five Elders sat down. The old man with a long beard, a judge's head and blond hair sat separately, while the old man with a knife and the two bearded old men squeezed on a sofa with their arms around each other.

It seemed that they didn't want to leave Gawain alone for a while, because the old man with the knife soon said to Gawain.

"Before we talk to you, we have to tell you something.

This principle is a problem.

Gao Wen, why do you think there are five people in the Five Elders? "

After asking the question, the old man with the knife and his colleagues looked at each other, and then looked forward to Gao Wen's answer.

Gao Wen was not stumped by such a simple question. During his tenure as a diplomat, he had encountered many more interesting questions than this one.

He just spoke slowly.

“Originally, this question should be difficult because it involves history from eight hundred years ago.

The position of the Five Elders has existed since the establishment of the World Government.

There is no reason for a young man like me, who is only in his twenties, to fully understand its meaning.

But after talking to five of you, I'd be really stupid if I still couldn't answer that question."

Having said this, Gawain's eyes lingered on the five people in front of him for a moment.

"Law, culture, economy, diplomacy and military, these five words combined together, there is only one answer.

That's politics!

You want to tell me that you are the highest position among the Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders with the above five points as the core, and the politics of the world today.

Right? "

"well said!"

The old diplomat nodded, his round face full of smiles.

“The five points mentioned above are the cornerstones of politics, and the meaning of ruling is the process by which the ruler spreads his own program from top to bottom.

This is the reason why the Five Elders System has continued from the time when the twenty ancestors established the World Government to this day.

This system, along with our core goal, has become an important cornerstone for the Celestial Dragon government to rule the world for eight hundred years!"

After he finished speaking, the round-faced diplomat glanced at Gao Wen's thoughtful expression, nodded with satisfaction, and continued.

“Apart from the meaning of the Five Elder Stars, which are the five political elements.

Another core of our Tianlong regime is our goal from the beginning to the end!

Gao Wen, why don't you make a bold guess, what exactly does this political system established by our twenty ancestors want to do?"

Facing the question from the old diplomat, Gao Wen frowned and asked back.

"In today's world, the allied nations are in chaos, pirate forces are growing stronger, marine corruption is rampant, and civilians are increasingly dissatisfied with the Celestial Dragon government.

In this environment, you let me guess what you want to do? "

Gawain paused for a moment, then chuckled.

"Do you want to destroy this world?!"

After saying this, Gawain smiled and observed the expressions of the Five Elders calmly.

He saw the Five Elders were stunned at first, then looked at each other, and then they burst out laughing together.

The old man of economy even smiled and patted the old man of culture on the shoulder.

"See, this is exactly the same problem I had back then. He is really more suitable to take my place!"

As he spoke, the old man looked at Gao Wen and continued domineeringly.

“But I didn’t ask similar questions in this tone back then!

Back then, I pointed at his nose and yelled at him.

Scum like you who just sit in office and do nothing can only lead the world to destruction!

That’s what I said, more domineering than you, haha!!!”

The old man of economy laughed and patted the old man of culture on the shoulder. There was no doubt that the "he" that the old man of economy was talking about was the former old man of culture.

On the side, while the economic old man was laughing, the diplomatic old man continued to speak.

"As expected, just as we thought, the majority of people who can awaken the Conqueror's Haki in an environment like Marijoa are dissatisfied with our way of governing.

Because as you said, whether it's the corruption of the Marines or the dissatisfaction of the civilians, those are facts.

Regarding these issues, you need to understand what I will explain to you next, the foundation of the world government.

In addition to our emphasis on politics, another foundation of our nation, the goal we strive for throughout our lives...

It is to destroy the rule of more than 170 member states over their respective territories, and then occupy every inch of land in the world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old economist beside him suddenly stopped laughing.

The other five elder stars were also solemn.

They stared at Gawain's eyes sternly, observing every change in his pupils.

Fortunately, Gao Wen developed a pair of exceptionally stable eyes very early on.

No matter how cunning a person is, he can never expect to see from the eyes of an excellent diplomat the real purpose of his country that may be concealed behind the speeches he speaks!

The Five Elders only saw calmness in Gawain's eyes, so they relaxed.

The old diplomat nodded and continued speaking to Gawain.

"Fortunately, you can still understand our ambitions. Your domineering Haki is not born out of so-called free will!

In that case, listen carefully!

The ancestors of our Celestial Dragons, the twenty kings who established the World Government.

What they originally wanted to establish was not a scattered alliance with countless allies!

They want to build a truly unified and complete country!"

Snapped!

The old diplomat slapped his thigh hard.

"Gawain, no matter who you will become in the future, you must remember us five well now!

Unlike the rest of the trash in Marijoa, you and I are true celestial dragons who have awakened our Conqueror’s Haki and found our goals in the mud!

The only meaning of our existence is to tear apart the illegal rule of the governments of the major member states over their private territories!

The existence of those member states, each with its own national politics, is a serious provocation to the world government and authoritarian ideology!

We must unify this ocean, we must unify the world!

Just like what our five elders told us when we took office!

Every dragon must be like our ancestors...

Carrying the dream of great unification! "

Chapter 8: Disappearing Years

"Great unification?!"

At this moment, Gao Wen was really shocked.

Even beneath his eyes that seemed to show only surprise, there was actually an unspeakable anger!

If Gawain is really a native Celestial Dragon in the One Piece world, he might just be surprised about the dream of great unification.

He might even think that this dream was somewhat great.

But for a native time traveler who was born in the spring breeze, grew up under the national flag.

The word "unity" in Gao Wen's mind has long been tied to the great emperor of the pre-Qin period!

Moreover, even with the explanation just given by the Five Elders, it is still difficult for Gawain to get rid of the disgusting image of the Celestial Dragons who are arrogant, treat others as slaves, claim to be noble, but actually use their status to take human lives lightly!

This made him feel uncontrollable disgust and anger towards the word "unity" that came out of the mouth of the Celestial Dragons!