"Pirates, hehe," Ye Chen sneered. "What do you define as a pirate?"
After speaking, Ye Chen glanced at Zephyr and continued, "Is it burning, killing, and looting, or treating human lives as worthless? It seems I haven't done any of these, have I? Or are you Marines defining me as a pirate just because you say so?"
"Ye Chen, you've killed so many people. Is it wrong to issue a bounty on you? Is it wrong to call you a pirate?" Zephyr glared at Ye Chen and said.
"I have killed many people; I admit that. But shouldn't human traffickers be killed? Should they be allowed to roam free? Don't make me laugh."
His last sentence was almost a roar, like a king's roar proclaiming his anger.
Immediately, a colossal aura surged from Ye Chen's body with his voice, mighty and surging, sweeping like a shockwave.
On the warship, besides Zephyr, Ye Chen, and a blue-haired girl next to Zephyr, everyone else fainted when the aura erupted. Although the blue-haired girl didn't faint, her body swayed precariously, making it very difficult for her to stand. It looked like she couldn't hold on much longer.
Indeed, after only a minute, the blue-haired girl finally fainted.
Seeing the fainted girl, Ye Chen couldn't help but glance at her. Among the many Marine soldiers, she lasted the longest.
"Conqueror's Haki." Zephyr's face was filled with disbelief.
Conqueror's Haki! Only one person in a million has it. Even he didn't have that Haki.
Zephyr took a deep breath, his expression grave: "Ye Chen, what do you mean by unleashing Conqueror's Haki on me?"
"I don't even know what happened," Ye Chen said, shrugging helplessly.
He hadn't expected to awaken Conqueror's Haki here. This was completely unforeseen.
"You mean..." Zephyr's eyes widened.
"As you think."
Zephyr heard this, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Possessing Conqueror's Haki, if you are allowed to continue developing, you will bring disaster to the world. I cannot let you leave today."
Zephyr hadn't expected to encounter Ye Chen during a mere academy assessment. What's more, he hadn't expected Ye Chen to awaken Conqueror's Haki here.
Moreover, a large part of the awakening was due to them causing Ye Chen's emotions to fluctuate too much, thereby awakening Conqueror's Haki.
Ye Chen never considered himself a good person. The reason he said so much to Zephyr today was just to hear Zephyr, the former Admiral, define what justice was, or what a pirate was.
"Do you think you can keep me? Zephyr?" Ye Chen sneered, patting Osiris's head. "This guy alone can kill you, and everyone on your ship will die without a burial place. Do you still want to keep me?"
Zephyr heard this, his brows furrowed. The Armament Haki wrapped around his hand quietly faded. As Ye Chen said, that dragon was not something he could deal with, let alone Ye Chen, whose strength was not weak. It was almost impossible to keep Ye Chen.
Moreover, there were his students and other Marines on the ship.
If they really started fighting, the warship would inevitably be annihilated.
The destruction of the warship would mean everyone on board would sink into the sea.
"What do you want to do?" Zephyr asked.
"I just want to ask you what your so-called justice is, and what a pirate is."
"Maintaining world peace, eliminating evil people, especially those who bully the weak and trample on lives, like you."
"Human traffickers also deserve to live? Just because they're Celestial Dragons' fleet, they can roam free? Your so-called justice makes me laugh." Ye Chen roared with laughter.
"Is the Celestial Tribute composed of human traffickers?" Zephyr retorted.
"Who told them it wasn't?" Ye Chen sneered. "If they weren't human traffickers, I wouldn't bother to eliminate these ants."
This was indeed Ye Chen's honest opinion. If the Celestial Tribute hadn't captured Hancock and the others, he wouldn't have bothered riding Osiris to the Land of Warriors.
No matter what, it was a day's journey to and from the Land of Warriors and Amazon Lily.
And after Zephyr heard this, he felt a little ashamed. He knew about the Celestial Tribute's actions, but the Celestial Tribute had always acted lawlessly under the protection of the Celestial Dragons. Although he really wanted to capture them, he was constrained by the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
But today, being exposed nakedly by Ye Chen, Zephyr was instantly at a loss for words.
However, seeing Ye Chen's mocking expression, Zephyr grew angry.
He was a former Marine Admiral! Yet he was being silenced by a pirate. This was simply a disgrace.
Zephyr forced himself to ask, "Is this your reason for killing them?"
"Human traffickers must die."
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